Peter Martin
@petergmartin.bsky.social
Wildlife & environment advocate. Politics, philosophy, psychology, archeology, science. British European. Humanist. Rejoiner @AllianceNowUk @oldlongdog
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I think we need to stop referring to Donald Trump as a 'malignant narcissist' (even though he is that, too).
He's a malignant moron.
I'm sure I'm not alone in the world in being totally aghast and agog at what he is doing and saying.
Johnson and Brexit were bad but this is 'next level' bad.
He's a malignant moron.
I'm sure I'm not alone in the world in being totally aghast and agog at what he is doing and saying.
Johnson and Brexit were bad but this is 'next level' bad.
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"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
November 12, 2025 at 9:24 PM
"That is why I will sign the discharge petition right now to release the Epstein files" -- Rep. Grijalva
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"Since privatisation, Yorkshire Water and other regional water companies have paid out £7.6bn in dividends while loading themselves with borrowings.
Company accounts show net debt climbing year after year, even as profits were distributed to parent companies and investors."
Company accounts show net debt climbing year after year, even as profits were distributed to parent companies and investors."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:41 PM
"Since privatisation, Yorkshire Water and other regional water companies have paid out £7.6bn in dividends while loading themselves with borrowings.
Company accounts show net debt climbing year after year, even as profits were distributed to parent companies and investors."
Company accounts show net debt climbing year after year, even as profits were distributed to parent companies and investors."
What is the matter with people's brains?!
No wonder we are facing massive storms, droughts, rising sea levels, flooding, melting glaciers and polar ice.
The human race will make itself extinct through sheer hubristic stupidity. A complete failure to address facts and reality.
#ClimateCrisis
No wonder we are facing massive storms, droughts, rising sea levels, flooding, melting glaciers and polar ice.
The human race will make itself extinct through sheer hubristic stupidity. A complete failure to address facts and reality.
#ClimateCrisis
November 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
What is the matter with people's brains?!
No wonder we are facing massive storms, droughts, rising sea levels, flooding, melting glaciers and polar ice.
The human race will make itself extinct through sheer hubristic stupidity. A complete failure to address facts and reality.
#ClimateCrisis
No wonder we are facing massive storms, droughts, rising sea levels, flooding, melting glaciers and polar ice.
The human race will make itself extinct through sheer hubristic stupidity. A complete failure to address facts and reality.
#ClimateCrisis
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Good video from Caroline Lucas.
This is how campaigners should work, showing the value of community.
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This is how campaigners should work, showing the value of community.
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What Does Europe Mean To You? | European Movement UK
For people across the UK, Europe means many different things - from culture, adventure and diversity, to opportunities for work, collaboration and friendship.
Watch our video, introduced by European Movement Co-President Caroline Lucas, as people in Manchester and London share their perspective.
youtu.be
November 10, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Good video from Caroline Lucas.
This is how campaigners should work, showing the value of community.
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This is how campaigners should work, showing the value of community.
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Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
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The UK suffers from a finance curse. Far from being our economic jewel, the City of London has drained trillions from the economy. That’s lost jobs, lost investment, and a weaker democracy. In this video, I explain why finance is making Britain poorer, and what must change. youtu.be/Ssa_4TqpxVg?...
The finance curse: how the City is destroying Britain
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
September 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
The UK suffers from a finance curse. Far from being our economic jewel, the City of London has drained trillions from the economy. That’s lost jobs, lost investment, and a weaker democracy. In this video, I explain why finance is making Britain poorer, and what must change. youtu.be/Ssa_4TqpxVg?...
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Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lyndon B. Johnson's response to satire
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More people have been arrested for this Epstein protest than for the Epstein child sex ring.
UK Police arrested four adults “on suspicion of malicious communications following a public stunt in Windsor" after photos of Donald Trump and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were projected onto Windsor Castle on Tuesday night. www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Four arrested after photos of Trump and Epstein projected onto Windsor Castle during president's U.K. visit
Trump, who arrived in the U.K. for a state visit, is scheduled to spend most of Wednesday at Windsor Castle with members of the royal family.
www.nbcnews.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:45 PM
More people have been arrested for this Epstein protest than for the Epstein child sex ring.
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These images will never be erased from Windsor Castle. They're forever part of its history now. The government did this. The king did this. They brought shame on the UK and the monarchy by inviting one of the worst criminals in modern history for a second state visit.
#TrumpVisit #EpsteinFiles
#TrumpVisit #EpsteinFiles
September 17, 2025 at 12:19 PM
These images will never be erased from Windsor Castle. They're forever part of its history now. The government did this. The king did this. They brought shame on the UK and the monarchy by inviting one of the worst criminals in modern history for a second state visit.
#TrumpVisit #EpsteinFiles
#TrumpVisit #EpsteinFiles
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Because the feckless mainstream media in America has been cowed into complete submission.
September 17, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Because the feckless mainstream media in America has been cowed into complete submission.
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Hankyoreh now has an official English translation of this editorial: english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
September 15, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Hankyoreh now has an official English translation of this editorial: english.hani.co.kr/arti/english...
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In 2024-25 HMRC wrote-off £7.2bn of tax.
Main reason is UK insolvency law.
Since 2003, HMRC has been an unsecured creditor for taxes owed by companies such as corporation and capital gains tax.
Billions lost. Public purse pays subsidies, employment & other benefits.
Reinstate Crown preference.
Main reason is UK insolvency law.
Since 2003, HMRC has been an unsecured creditor for taxes owed by companies such as corporation and capital gains tax.
Billions lost. Public purse pays subsidies, employment & other benefits.
Reinstate Crown preference.
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
September 15, 2025 at 7:17 AM
In 2024-25 HMRC wrote-off £7.2bn of tax.
Main reason is UK insolvency law.
Since 2003, HMRC has been an unsecured creditor for taxes owed by companies such as corporation and capital gains tax.
Billions lost. Public purse pays subsidies, employment & other benefits.
Reinstate Crown preference.
Main reason is UK insolvency law.
Since 2003, HMRC has been an unsecured creditor for taxes owed by companies such as corporation and capital gains tax.
Billions lost. Public purse pays subsidies, employment & other benefits.
Reinstate Crown preference.
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41% of renters in England & Wales, 4.5m people, had to ration energy.
People skipping hot meals, wearing gloves inside, limiting heating.
Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020, also get subsidies, shareholders enriched, misery for people.
End profiteering. Nationalize energy
People skipping hot meals, wearing gloves inside, limiting heating.
Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020, also get subsidies, shareholders enriched, misery for people.
End profiteering. Nationalize energy
More than 40% of private renters ration energy use to afford bills, study finds
Citizens Advice says 4.5 million people in England and Wales had to cut use, with some skipping hot meals and wearing gloves inside
www.theguardian.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:47 AM
41% of renters in England & Wales, 4.5m people, had to ration energy.
People skipping hot meals, wearing gloves inside, limiting heating.
Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020, also get subsidies, shareholders enriched, misery for people.
End profiteering. Nationalize energy
People skipping hot meals, wearing gloves inside, limiting heating.
Energy companies made £514bn operating profit since 2020, also get subsidies, shareholders enriched, misery for people.
End profiteering. Nationalize energy
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Hillsborough Law - the government has confirmed a new professional & legal "duty of candour" will be part of the bill, meaning public officials would have to act with honesty and integrity at all times and would face criminal sanctions if they breached it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hillsborough Law will include duty of candour on public officials
The proposed law would force public bodies to co-operate with investigations into major disasters.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Hillsborough Law - the government has confirmed a new professional & legal "duty of candour" will be part of the bill, meaning public officials would have to act with honesty and integrity at all times and would face criminal sanctions if they breached it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ana Bailão has been fighting for housing forever. She got basement suites & laneway homes through Council before @moreneighboursto.bsky.social even existed. She worked with Tory and Perks to legalize rooming houses citywide. Build Canada Homes has a huge amount of work ahead. She is a great choice.
September 14, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Ana Bailão has been fighting for housing forever. She got basement suites & laneway homes through Council before @moreneighboursto.bsky.social even existed. She worked with Tory and Perks to legalize rooming houses citywide. Build Canada Homes has a huge amount of work ahead. She is a great choice.
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Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
September 12, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Oh to be a little Tardigrade scratching its back on a bubble. 🫧🐻🧪
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Far right Charlie Kirk's widow calls for
worldwide violent uprising against
killers of Charlie Kirk
... eh ...
the far right!?!?!
worldwide violent uprising against
killers of Charlie Kirk
... eh ...
the far right!?!?!
September 14, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Far right Charlie Kirk's widow calls for
worldwide violent uprising against
killers of Charlie Kirk
... eh ...
the far right!?!?!
worldwide violent uprising against
killers of Charlie Kirk
... eh ...
the far right!?!?!
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It’s become such a truism in all the Kirk coverage that he brought a generation into the MAGA fold but I haven’t seen too much discussion about them then leaving.
September 14, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It’s become such a truism in all the Kirk coverage that he brought a generation into the MAGA fold but I haven’t seen too much discussion about them then leaving.
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Don’t let them make a martyr of Charlie Kirk. He was one of the most vile of all the maga propagandists.
September 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
Don’t let them make a martyr of Charlie Kirk. He was one of the most vile of all the maga propagandists.
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Sorry – the killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong, but having his body flown on Air Force 2, flags at half-mast, having him lie in state, putting a statute of him in the Capitol, and giving him a Presidential Medal of Freedom are all entirely inappropriate.
September 14, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Sorry – the killing of Charlie Kirk was wrong, but having his body flown on Air Force 2, flags at half-mast, having him lie in state, putting a statute of him in the Capitol, and giving him a Presidential Medal of Freedom are all entirely inappropriate.
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NEW: The messages on the bullets are from a video game called Helldivers2. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-the-me...
NEW: The Messages on the Bullets are From a Video Game
The phrases engraved on the bullets found by law enforcement during the investigation into the shooting of Charlie Kirk come from a video game called Helldivers2
www.muellershewrote.com
September 12, 2025 at 6:04 PM
NEW: The messages on the bullets are from a video game called Helldivers2. My latest: www.muellershewrote.com/p/new-the-me...
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These people do not get to say what patriotism is. It's not 'their' country, it's *our* country and that includes all of us regardless of race, creed, colour, gender, sex, age or who your parents were.
September 13, 2025 at 12:14 PM
These people do not get to say what patriotism is. It's not 'their' country, it's *our* country and that includes all of us regardless of race, creed, colour, gender, sex, age or who your parents were.
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Oh look, another straight, right wing, white, jew-hating mass shooter. Nope, this isn't the Charlie Kirk shooter, it's the Colorado shooter.
September 13, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Oh look, another straight, right wing, white, jew-hating mass shooter. Nope, this isn't the Charlie Kirk shooter, it's the Colorado shooter.