Martin Ott
@martinott1.bsky.social
Suggestion of a pulse. Passionately pro-European left of centre. Widower & multi grandparent. Bit of aviation over 40+ years. Occasionally outspoken, embarrassing opinionate. Generally quite lucky. Hodophile.
Drew back the curtains to reveal this. A-da Gorda, Obidos, Portugal
November 28, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Drew back the curtains to reveal this. A-da Gorda, Obidos, Portugal
Rain on the palm. This week in 2023. Obidos, Portugal
November 28, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Rain on the palm. This week in 2023. Obidos, Portugal
Went down to the Crossroads …
Found at the Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz Ladenburg. Purported to be the oldest surviving traffic light.
Found at the Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz Ladenburg. Purported to be the oldest surviving traffic light.
November 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Went down to the Crossroads …
Found at the Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz Ladenburg. Purported to be the oldest surviving traffic light.
Found at the Automuseum Dr. Carl Benz Ladenburg. Purported to be the oldest surviving traffic light.
A wake up call in Bury St. Edmunds.
November 28, 2025 at 2:34 PM
A wake up call in Bury St. Edmunds.
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No more. Coach. Holidays. for. me.
November 28, 2025 at 10:41 AM
No more. Coach. Holidays. for. me.
From 5 years ago.
November 27, 2025 at 10:00 PM
From 5 years ago.
Wishing my American friends “Happy Thanksgiving” seems awfully hollow this year. “Good Luck” would seem to be a more appropriate.
November 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Wishing my American friends “Happy Thanksgiving” seems awfully hollow this year. “Good Luck” would seem to be a more appropriate.
I urge you to seek out this seminal work. Mental melodion machination.
November 27, 2025 at 11:08 AM
I urge you to seek out this seminal work. Mental melodion machination.
The de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth was innovative in so many ways. However, the “levitavivus” variant received scant approval.
November 22, 2025 at 11:15 PM
The de Havilland DH.83 Fox Moth was innovative in so many ways. However, the “levitavivus” variant received scant approval.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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If you run round a cow 10 times chanting "Family Farm Tax" backwards, an economist will appear and explain why allowing land to be used as a tax shelter causes the very problem you are complaining about.
November 22, 2025 at 11:07 AM
If you run round a cow 10 times chanting "Family Farm Tax" backwards, an economist will appear and explain why allowing land to be used as a tax shelter causes the very problem you are complaining about.
November 22, 2025 at 12:38 AM
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Tomorrow is a hugely important day.
At 4pm, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry will publish its report into the UK’s pandemic decision-making & political governance.
I dearly hope our political leaders & decision-makers will listen, learn &, above all, act on the findings.
Because there will be a next time.
At 4pm, the UK Covid-19 Inquiry will publish its report into the UK’s pandemic decision-making & political governance.
I dearly hope our political leaders & decision-makers will listen, learn &, above all, act on the findings.
Because there will be a next time.
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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'Battling' Bessie Braddock (1899-1970) died on this day 1970. Labour MP for Liverpool Exchange from 1945-70, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns on housing, public health and other social issues
November 13, 2025 at 8:16 AM
'Battling' Bessie Braddock (1899-1970) died on this day 1970. Labour MP for Liverpool Exchange from 1945-70, she won a national reputation for her forthright campaigns on housing, public health and other social issues
A rare outing for a Bristol Freighter film this Saturday, repeats Sunday. For me, childhood memories of Silver City car freighters heaving themselves skyward from Bornemouth Hurn airport.
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November 13, 2025 at 8:10 AM
A rare outing for a Bristol Freighter film this Saturday, repeats Sunday. For me, childhood memories of Silver City car freighters heaving themselves skyward from Bornemouth Hurn airport.
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So a reasonably priced, competent haircut and a Vindaloo may no longer be so readily available in my local town #Haverhill
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Sky News joins police raid on Turkish barbershop - and all is not as it appears
Sky's Paul Kelso saw evidence of suspected modern slavery as he joined police and other agencies during an operation in the Suffolk town of Haverhill, targeting "cash intensive" businesses like barber...
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November 11, 2025 at 6:13 PM
So a reasonably priced, competent haircut and a Vindaloo may no longer be so readily available in my local town #Haverhill
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Unfinished business. We haven’t forgotten.
November 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Unfinished business. We haven’t forgotten.
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Not only is the BBC eating itself, but when they wanted a guest to discuss ethical standards on the breakfast sofa, they rang Kelvin Mackenzie.
Satan, clearly, couldn't make it to Salford. Too busy looking for his mittens and oiling the snowplough.
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Satan, clearly, couldn't make it to Salford. Too busy looking for his mittens and oiling the snowplough.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Only one person can be the new BBC boss, and it's not one of the boys'
The new BBC boss cannot be one of the boys again, says Fleet Street Fox. History shows they keep cocking it up
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November 10, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Not only is the BBC eating itself, but when they wanted a guest to discuss ethical standards on the breakfast sofa, they rang Kelvin Mackenzie.
Satan, clearly, couldn't make it to Salford. Too busy looking for his mittens and oiling the snowplough.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Satan, clearly, couldn't make it to Salford. Too busy looking for his mittens and oiling the snowplough.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Yeah, but BBC, Donald Trump....
Revealed: The billion-pound PPE contractor with a Tory MP on site
Special report: Uniserve was paid £1.4bn for Covid contracts that included supply of £178.5m in never-used equipment
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November 9, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Yeah, but BBC, Donald Trump....
