Mark W
@markwill14.bsky.social
Archivist, politics nerd, Proud Brummie, husband, father, human.
All views are my own etc.
All views are my own etc.
Reposted by Mark W
They literally couldn’t be bothered to even show up to discuss the VAWG strategy today. bsky.app/profile/sara...
A grand total of 10 Conservatives (one woman) and 0 Reform present for a statement on the VAWG strategy.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
Clearly protecting women and girls isn’t that much of a priority for them.
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
They literally couldn’t be bothered to even show up to discuss the VAWG strategy today. bsky.app/profile/sara...
Reposted by Mark W
Facebook memories telling me it's 6 years since the Boris Johnson landslide but six years? It feels like another lifetime.
December 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
Facebook memories telling me it's 6 years since the Boris Johnson landslide but six years? It feels like another lifetime.
Reposted by Mark W
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
- A 100,000 drop in net migration costs us £7bn
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
- Scrapping the two-child benefit cap costs us £3bn
What gets more attention?
James O’Brien says 'we have become a ludicrous country'.
November 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
'This isn't an opinion. This is counting.'
Reposted by Mark W
On International Men's Day, Joshua Edwicker writes: "The rhetoric of the far-right traps young men within - rather than emancipating them from - their concerns."
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/the-weaponisation-of-young-mens-frustration
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/the-weaponisation-of-young-mens-frustration
November 19, 2025 at 12:14 PM
On International Men's Day, Joshua Edwicker writes: "The rhetoric of the far-right traps young men within - rather than emancipating them from - their concerns."
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/the-weaponisation-of-young-mens-frustration
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/the-weaponisation-of-young-mens-frustration
Reposted by Mark W
This is disgusting that racism has been directed at school children who were visiting Parliament
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
November 11, 2025 at 10:06 AM
This is disgusting that racism has been directed at school children who were visiting Parliament
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
Wes Streeting has taken the post down to protect the children but it's wrong that he had had to
SAY NO TO RACISM! (Farage & Reform will not win)
Reposted by Mark W
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
Reposted by Mark W
Reform UK's Kent council tax going up by 5%.
They didn't find cuts through the failed DOGE.
This was their flyer in May 2025.
They didn't find cuts through the failed DOGE.
This was their flyer in May 2025.
October 6, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Reform UK's Kent council tax going up by 5%.
They didn't find cuts through the failed DOGE.
This was their flyer in May 2025.
They didn't find cuts through the failed DOGE.
This was their flyer in May 2025.
Reposted by Mark W
why are West Midlands police allowing flag hangers to block a public highway, exactly
Flags went up in Stirchley a few days ago & were taken down by local residents the same evening.
The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.
Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.
The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.
Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.
October 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
why are West Midlands police allowing flag hangers to block a public highway, exactly
Reposted by Mark W
Receipts. You know what I do with them, don't you?
Here is Danny Kruger MP in Parliament, as a Tory MP before defecting today, berating Reform UK for "simply replacing the words Conservative Party with the words Reform Party... in a desperate search for relevance", then warning they would "spend money like drunken sailors". ~AA
September 15, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Receipts. You know what I do with them, don't you?
But yeah, keep putting up the flags and stopping the boats...
September 12, 2025 at 11:18 AM
But yeah, keep putting up the flags and stopping the boats...
Reposted by Mark W
This happened in full view of Sky News cameras and a bunch of police just standing there. Why is THIS not on the news all day? Why don't we show people what these thugs are turning the country into? I could only find it on the far right TikTok page that proudly boasted about the incident. SHARE!
September 11, 2025 at 3:19 PM
This happened in full view of Sky News cameras and a bunch of police just standing there. Why is THIS not on the news all day? Why don't we show people what these thugs are turning the country into? I could only find it on the far right TikTok page that proudly boasted about the incident. SHARE!
Reposted by Mark W
Opinion: The Nigel Farage-ing of Britain is causing a terrible ripple effect - and families like mine are feeling it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Nigel Farage-ing of Britain is causing a terrible ripple effect - and families like mine are feeling it | Natalie Morris
Suddenly mixed heritage Britons are being obliged to explain ourselves and our families. We will not be pushed to the margins, says journalist and author Natalie Morris
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Opinion: The Nigel Farage-ing of Britain is causing a terrible ripple effect - and families like mine are feeling it
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Mark W
Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
September 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
Reposted by Mark W
My advice to people, take I'm angry at people not being paid as badly as me.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
August 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
My advice to people, take I'm angry at people not being paid as badly as me.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
And turn it into, I'm angry at being paid badly.
Median wage 2008 - £24,769
Median wage 2025 - £29,600
Inflation from 2008-2025 - 70.51%, your wage should be £42,231
We should all be angry.
Reposted by Mark W
So just today there are reports of
Knife crime down everywhere bar Greater Manchester (6-25%)
And
The number of asylum seekers in hotels is down from 50,000 (2023) to 34,000 today.
Where is this reported. And why is it not reported?
Knife crime down everywhere bar Greater Manchester (6-25%)
And
The number of asylum seekers in hotels is down from 50,000 (2023) to 34,000 today.
Where is this reported. And why is it not reported?
August 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
So just today there are reports of
Knife crime down everywhere bar Greater Manchester (6-25%)
And
The number of asylum seekers in hotels is down from 50,000 (2023) to 34,000 today.
Where is this reported. And why is it not reported?
Knife crime down everywhere bar Greater Manchester (6-25%)
And
The number of asylum seekers in hotels is down from 50,000 (2023) to 34,000 today.
Where is this reported. And why is it not reported?
Reposted by Mark W
Here's an interesting video from the other place about the devastating drop in tourism to #MAGAmerica ... Fascism is obviously a big turn-off for international travellers!
July 28, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Here's an interesting video from the other place about the devastating drop in tourism to #MAGAmerica ... Fascism is obviously a big turn-off for international travellers!
Reposted by Mark W
Rail passenger numbers have been released for 2023-2024 and as predicted by literally everyone who knows anything about transport, they have already surpassed pre-Covid figures.
Birmingham’s passenger growth second only to London.
Birmingham’s passenger growth second only to London.
July 18, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Rail passenger numbers have been released for 2023-2024 and as predicted by literally everyone who knows anything about transport, they have already surpassed pre-Covid figures.
Birmingham’s passenger growth second only to London.
Birmingham’s passenger growth second only to London.
Reposted by Mark W
Haven't seen this written up in some media outlets, unlike their third (yes THIRD) place finish in a Scottish Parliamentary by-election...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reform's membership 'falls by almost 10,000 in a month'
Having grown rapidly earlier this year, it seems as if Reform's membership numbers are starting to fall - significantly.
www.thelondoneconomic.com
July 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Haven't seen this written up in some media outlets, unlike their third (yes THIRD) place finish in a Scottish Parliamentary by-election...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/ref...
Reposted by Mark W
'Would you like a few words on Oviedo?' asked @sidlowe.bsky.social earlier. Would we ever
Santi Cazorla and Real Oviedo pull off the most romantic of returns to La Liga
Twenty-four long years after their relegation, then tumbling lower into ‘the mud’, the club whose fans would not let them die witnessed their return to Spain’s top table
www.theguardian.com
June 22, 2025 at 5:45 PM
'Would you like a few words on Oviedo?' asked @sidlowe.bsky.social earlier. Would we ever
Reposted by Mark W
An incredible line for an article opener:
June 13, 2025 at 12:58 PM
An incredible line for an article opener:
Reposted by Mark W
why i support the @archive.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh98...
Can the Internet Archive save our digital history? | BBC News
YouTube video by BBC News
www.youtube.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:31 AM
why i support the @archive.org www.youtube.com/watch?v=jh98...
This is going to be really problematic going forward. eek.
VEO 3
Prompt: Generate a TV news anchor with a British accent, the anchor says "in shocking news, Jake Kaye Rowe ling's yacht sank with her on board after being attacked by orcas off the coast of turkey" include the announcement in the dialogue.
This took one prompt and 2 minutes to generate.
Prompt: Generate a TV news anchor with a British accent, the anchor says "in shocking news, Jake Kaye Rowe ling's yacht sank with her on board after being attacked by orcas off the coast of turkey" include the announcement in the dialogue.
This took one prompt and 2 minutes to generate.
May 21, 2025 at 2:20 PM
This is going to be really problematic going forward. eek.