Martin Fletcher
@martinfletcher.bsky.social
Book editor and publishing consultant, career spanning Headline, Simon & Schuster, Picador, Sphere, Penguin. Likes motorbikes and cats.
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These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.
April 3, 2025 at 7:48 PM
These aren't tariffs. They are a horse's head in the bed of (almost) every world government and business leader.
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whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍
March 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
whoever is doing this campaign in London well bloody done 👍
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Is this a Nazi salute?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
March 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Is this a Nazi salute?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
March 4, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Canadian PM Justin Trudeau:
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
"Today, the United States launched a trade war against Canada - their closest partner and ally, their closest friend. At the same time, they're talking about working positively with Russia, appeasing Vladimir Putin - a lying murderous dictator. Make that makes sense."
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February 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
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220,000 Romanian Jews were murdered in WW2.
And here we are 80 years on
And here we are 80 years on
Romanian far-right presidential candidate Călin Georgescu does a Nazi salute as he leaves the prosecutors office following his detention.
MAGA fascists are normalising explicit Nazi gestures across the world.
MAGA fascists are normalising explicit Nazi gestures across the world.
February 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
220,000 Romanian Jews were murdered in WW2.
And here we are 80 years on
And here we are 80 years on
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This is absolutely next level insane
Few things can capture the vanity and sheer depravity of Trump.
This video, he posted on his Truth Social account overnight, is as close as you’ll get.
It should greet him at the gates of hell.
This video, he posted on his Truth Social account overnight, is as close as you’ll get.
It should greet him at the gates of hell.
February 26, 2025 at 9:55 AM
This is absolutely next level insane
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Donald Trump. An Apology.
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
January 22, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Donald Trump. An Apology.
The new Private Eye is out now
The new Private Eye is out now
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So Republicans are pro drug dealing and murder now, too?
The party of law and order!!
Trump just pardoned this guy.
The party of law and order!!
Trump just pardoned this guy.
January 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
So Republicans are pro drug dealing and murder now, too?
The party of law and order!!
Trump just pardoned this guy.
The party of law and order!!
Trump just pardoned this guy.
'Trump is not a brash but necessary guy, but a serious pox on humanity. Maybe we should substitute the word Trump for a harmful affliction, and see if that feels clarifying in terms of the futility of appeasing him.' Marina Hyde in @theguardian.com spot on as always.
January 21, 2025 at 5:10 PM
'Trump is not a brash but necessary guy, but a serious pox on humanity. Maybe we should substitute the word Trump for a harmful affliction, and see if that feels clarifying in terms of the futility of appeasing him.' Marina Hyde in @theguardian.com spot on as always.
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This is not what he said and they know it. Something very disturbing has happened to much of the British press and a fair amount of conservative politics. The extremist Musk tail wagging the formerly mainstream dog.
January 7, 2025 at 9:23 AM
This is not what he said and they know it. Something very disturbing has happened to much of the British press and a fair amount of conservative politics. The extremist Musk tail wagging the formerly mainstream dog.
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The redoubtable @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social have just beaten Gillingham* 1-0 to make their way into second place in League Two. Am I dreaming?
* Or possibly Jillingham. No one knows the correct pronunciation.
* Or possibly Jillingham. No one knows the correct pronunciation.
December 30, 2024 at 9:56 PM
The redoubtable @afcwimbledon1889.bsky.social have just beaten Gillingham* 1-0 to make their way into second place in League Two. Am I dreaming?
* Or possibly Jillingham. No one knows the correct pronunciation.
* Or possibly Jillingham. No one knows the correct pronunciation.
I very much enjoyed The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, a page- turning thriller that also addresses issues of class, entitlement and misogyny in 70s America.
December 30, 2024 at 10:28 AM
I very much enjoyed The God of the Woods by Liz Moore, a page- turning thriller that also addresses issues of class, entitlement and misogyny in 70s America.
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Four years of this shit.
December 5, 2024 at 5:01 PM
Four years of this shit.
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Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
November 27, 2024 at 12:42 PM
Kemi Badenoch at #PMQs: "We had a budget in March this year and tractors were not blockading the streets of Whitehall afterwards."
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Here are the tractors blockading the streets of Whitehall in March this year. They were protesting - you really couldn't make this up - Badenoch's trade policies. 😂
Samantha Harvey's Orbital received the Big Prize, but a novel that received less attention is Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional which is amazing, it manages to make the everyday and mundane extraordinary, rich and affirmative.
November 25, 2024 at 10:39 PM
Samantha Harvey's Orbital received the Big Prize, but a novel that received less attention is Charlotte Wood's Stone Yard Devotional which is amazing, it manages to make the everyday and mundane extraordinary, rich and affirmative.
Richard Flanagan at the South Bank recently was funny, humble and compassionate. The acclaim for Question 7 is well deserved.
November 20, 2024 at 7:13 PM
Richard Flanagan at the South Bank recently was funny, humble and compassionate. The acclaim for Question 7 is well deserved.
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This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
November 17, 2024 at 7:43 PM
This is the rallying call that I've needed to hear since November 6th. From Roxane Gay in today's New York Times www.nytimes.com/2024/11/17/o...
I've just finished reading Tessa Hadley's The Party which is wonderful. However, I'd like to recommend her first novel Accidents in the Home which is sublime.
November 17, 2024 at 10:51 AM
I've just finished reading Tessa Hadley's The Party which is wonderful. However, I'd like to recommend her first novel Accidents in the Home which is sublime.
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You don’t bury an ethics report that would exonerate Trump’s pick.
You don’t skip FBI background checks unless his nominees have something to hide.
See what they’re doing? Please tell me you see what they’re doing.
You don’t skip FBI background checks unless his nominees have something to hide.
See what they’re doing? Please tell me you see what they’re doing.
November 15, 2024 at 10:07 PM
You don’t bury an ethics report that would exonerate Trump’s pick.
You don’t skip FBI background checks unless his nominees have something to hide.
See what they’re doing? Please tell me you see what they’re doing.
You don’t skip FBI background checks unless his nominees have something to hide.
See what they’re doing? Please tell me you see what they’re doing.