Sylvester Marcus
@sylvestermarcus67.bsky.social
Once a separatist now an extremist, apparently. HH!
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At what point is Streeting going to stand up and say
'Shabana, I'll have no chance of getting waiting lists down if you carry on like this and many care homes will close'
Leaving aside the moral argument how can Labour carry on ignoring the practical issues?
Doing Reform's bidding won't work
'Shabana, I'll have no chance of getting waiting lists down if you carry on like this and many care homes will close'
Leaving aside the moral argument how can Labour carry on ignoring the practical issues?
Doing Reform's bidding won't work
Shabana Mahmood on the BBC this morning talking about desperate people fleeing war and persecution as being given a "golden ticket" and "handouts" and saying she's got a "moral mission" to take them away from them
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Indistinguishable from the rhetoric of Reform www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/shabana-ma...
Shabana Mahmood and the Politics of Extortion
Labour's strategy of telling its supporters to back Reform-style policies, or get a Reform Government, is the politics of the protection racket and it is not going to work
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:51 AM
At what point is Streeting going to stand up and say
'Shabana, I'll have no chance of getting waiting lists down if you carry on like this and many care homes will close'
Leaving aside the moral argument how can Labour carry on ignoring the practical issues?
Doing Reform's bidding won't work
'Shabana, I'll have no chance of getting waiting lists down if you carry on like this and many care homes will close'
Leaving aside the moral argument how can Labour carry on ignoring the practical issues?
Doing Reform's bidding won't work
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For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
November 16, 2025 at 11:11 AM
For Shabana Mahmood to attack some of the most cruelly treated people in the world as having won a "golden ticket" because they manage to get to and claim asylum in Britain is unforgiveable.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
A new, far right, low for which I can think of no precedent, by any UK Government.
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🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 10:33 AM
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
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Rangers trot out the symbolic trappings of national service - Royal Marines re-enactments, artillery displays, and a visible military presence on match days - while having a commercial strategy that profits from Poppy merchandise www.andymuirhead.com/p/empires-sh...
Empire’s Shadows: Why Celtic Fans Say No to the Sham of “Remembrance”
As the media and politicos remain silent on Rangers profiting from military and remembrance symbolism - fuelled by sectarianism - Celtic fans are denounced for refusing to stay silent.
www.andymuirhead.com
November 12, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Rangers trot out the symbolic trappings of national service - Royal Marines re-enactments, artillery displays, and a visible military presence on match days - while having a commercial strategy that profits from Poppy merchandise www.andymuirhead.com/p/empires-sh...
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Keir Starmer today called it “utterly appalling” that a Reform UK councillor described children in care as “downright evil”.
This report by a Care Experienced writer reveals how that remark still reverberates in Cambridgeshire.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
This report by a Care Experienced writer reveals how that remark still reverberates in Cambridgeshire.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
Cambridgeshire’s most vulnerable deserve respect, not contempt
Councillor Andy Osborn faces investigation after calling children in care “evil,” sparking outrage among Care Experienced people
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Keir Starmer today called it “utterly appalling” that a Reform UK councillor described children in care as “downright evil”.
This report by a Care Experienced writer reveals how that remark still reverberates in Cambridgeshire.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
This report by a Care Experienced writer reveals how that remark still reverberates in Cambridgeshire.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Here's a brief clip from the programme yesterday, about why Keir Starmer's Labour Party is tanking in the polls.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
George Monbiot nails Keir Starmer's government in under a minute #ukpolitics
YouTube video by The National
www.youtube.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Here's a brief clip from the programme yesterday, about why Keir Starmer's Labour Party is tanking in the polls.
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
www.youtube.com/shorts/jcUXX...
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And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
And today it's the turn of The Times to try and patronise us all.
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Every single day the right wing establishment tries to close ranks.
And every day we are growing.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
"On another occasion, a BBC executive forbade me from writing for the New Statesman, imploring me to ask The Spectator instead, saying that would be perfectly fine."
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-truth-...
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Will they be shouting at hospitals?
November 11, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Will they be shouting at hospitals?
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The allegation here is that wealthy tourists paid to be able to shoot human beings. Perhaps killing wildlife wasn't enough for them. If true, psychopathic scarcely begins to cover it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Milan prosecutors investigate alleged ‘sniper tourism’ during Bosnian war
Groups from Italy and elsewhere alleged to have paid Serb soldiers to shoot Sarajevo residents during siege
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The allegation here is that wealthy tourists paid to be able to shoot human beings. Perhaps killing wildlife wasn't enough for them. If true, psychopathic scarcely begins to cover it.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
Punch Brothers cover Gordon Lightfoot "Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" 3/3/22 Boston, MA
YouTube video by Less Than Face Productions
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November 10, 2025 at 10:05 PM
It's the fiftieth anniversary of the Edmund Fitzgerald sinking, memorialized in Gordon Lightfoot's song. Here's the haunting bluegrass version by the Punch Brothers.
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In case you missed it. Live acoustic, sweary ‘Cull’ from last month…
I taped a Cellar 92 session, had a great time with Intoxicated Pigeon in the basement. Here’s a sweary acoustic performance of ‘Cull’ from London Is Sinking…
#129 Cellar 92 Sessions: Chris T-T - Cull
YouTube video by Cellar 92 Sessions
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November 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
In case you missed it. Live acoustic, sweary ‘Cull’ from last month…
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Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
November 10, 2025 at 5:44 AM
Once every 20 years or so, the director-general of the BBC is forced to resign for being insufficiently rightwing. Alastair Milne in 1987. Greg Dyke in 2004. Tim Davie in 2025. The great irony is that the BBC was in all cases profoundly biased towards established power. But just not biased enough …
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30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
November 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
30 years ago Spitting Image dared to broadcast the truth about Israel.
Now no one dares.
Now no one dares.
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Way back in 2017 I made a post on twitter about how we often lose goals in batches in Europe; a result of our composure evaporating. Found it, and expanded upon it.
Here's how many times we've lost at least 2 goals in a 10 minute spell since 2010.
There are some great teams in there. But stil....
Here's how many times we've lost at least 2 goals in a 10 minute spell since 2010.
There are some great teams in there. But stil....
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Way back in 2017 I made a post on twitter about how we often lose goals in batches in Europe; a result of our composure evaporating. Found it, and expanded upon it.
Here's how many times we've lost at least 2 goals in a 10 minute spell since 2010.
There are some great teams in there. But stil....
Here's how many times we've lost at least 2 goals in a 10 minute spell since 2010.
There are some great teams in there. But stil....
Let's not kid ourselves. This is a woeful performance from Celtic.
November 2, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Let's not kid ourselves. This is a woeful performance from Celtic.
This isn't merely an opinion, it is a statement of fact: Engels is a shite footballer.
November 2, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This isn't merely an opinion, it is a statement of fact: Engels is a shite footballer.
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The fall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is no fall at all.
It comes ELEVEN years too late and has only happened as a damage limitation exercise.
We need to start having a grown up conversation about monarchy... and I'm starting it here.
Me @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/cast-into-th...
It comes ELEVEN years too late and has only happened as a damage limitation exercise.
We need to start having a grown up conversation about monarchy... and I'm starting it here.
Me @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/cast-into-th...
October 31, 2025 at 12:35 PM
The fall of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor is no fall at all.
It comes ELEVEN years too late and has only happened as a damage limitation exercise.
We need to start having a grown up conversation about monarchy... and I'm starting it here.
Me @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/cast-into-th...
It comes ELEVEN years too late and has only happened as a damage limitation exercise.
We need to start having a grown up conversation about monarchy... and I'm starting it here.
Me @noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/cast-into-th...
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● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
ALT: a close up of a man 's face with his eyes closed in a suit and tie .
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October 30, 2025 at 11:54 PM
● Andrew Windsor remains 8th in the line of succession.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
●King Charles III will privately fund his new living arrangements despite Andrew being very rich indeed
● Actually we don't know how wealthy Andrew is because his mother's will is sealed for 90+ years
● Sleep well serfs.
● Know your place.
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John Kennedy, Celtic player, coach & (interim) manager
“I have dedicated everything in my time and life to do the best for the club… It’s about what’s right for the club and not my agenda and what’s good for me.”
I wish him all the best.
www.thecelticwiki.com/players/all-...
#CelticFC
“I have dedicated everything in my time and life to do the best for the club… It’s about what’s right for the club and not my agenda and what’s good for me.”
I wish him all the best.
www.thecelticwiki.com/players/all-...
#CelticFC
October 28, 2025 at 1:36 PM
John Kennedy, Celtic player, coach & (interim) manager
“I have dedicated everything in my time and life to do the best for the club… It’s about what’s right for the club and not my agenda and what’s good for me.”
I wish him all the best.
www.thecelticwiki.com/players/all-...
#CelticFC
“I have dedicated everything in my time and life to do the best for the club… It’s about what’s right for the club and not my agenda and what’s good for me.”
I wish him all the best.
www.thecelticwiki.com/players/all-...
#CelticFC
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Just hoping that one day soon, people will tire of targeting and terrifying asylum seekers and instead, they will turn on politicians who whip up hatred and division to grab at power for themselves…
They are the ones who are failing us.
Not these people.
Prejudice can never make anyone’s life better
They are the ones who are failing us.
Not these people.
Prejudice can never make anyone’s life better
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Just hoping that one day soon, people will tire of targeting and terrifying asylum seekers and instead, they will turn on politicians who whip up hatred and division to grab at power for themselves…
They are the ones who are failing us.
Not these people.
Prejudice can never make anyone’s life better
They are the ones who are failing us.
Not these people.
Prejudice can never make anyone’s life better
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If he doesn’t win the Semi Final I think it’s time to call time.
October 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
If he doesn’t win the Semi Final I think it’s time to call time.
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Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
October 26, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Gallego: "It's murder. It's very simple. If this president feels they are doing something illegally, then he should be using the Coast Guard. If this is an act of war, then you use our military and then you come and talk to us first. But this is murder ... it's disgusting."
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#SussexSquad #RoyalFamily
Andrew may be the most pungent symptom, but the rot is systemic. And it reeks from every gilded corner of the palace.
NEW:
The Crown’s Rot Runs Deeper Than Prince Andrew unpacked4.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/t...
Andrew may be the most pungent symptom, but the rot is systemic. And it reeks from every gilded corner of the palace.
NEW:
The Crown’s Rot Runs Deeper Than Prince Andrew unpacked4.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/t...
The Crown’s Rot Runs Deeper Than Prince Andrew
October 2025 If the Windsors think they can toss Prince Andrew overboard and sail on as if the monarchy’s moral compass is intact, they’re in for a rude awakening. The (still) Duke of York may be t…
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October 26, 2025 at 9:21 AM
#SussexSquad #RoyalFamily
Andrew may be the most pungent symptom, but the rot is systemic. And it reeks from every gilded corner of the palace.
NEW:
The Crown’s Rot Runs Deeper Than Prince Andrew unpacked4.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/t...
Andrew may be the most pungent symptom, but the rot is systemic. And it reeks from every gilded corner of the palace.
NEW:
The Crown’s Rot Runs Deeper Than Prince Andrew unpacked4.wordpress.com/2025/10/26/t...