Martin D
@unixmaisonette.com
He/him. 🇪🇺🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️✊🏿🚴♂️💚 Optimistic chap from East #London. Skeeting in a personal capacity. Occasionally lewd.
Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #SciFi #beekeeping #maker #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #Jujitsu
Interests: #UKPolitics #environment #transport #SciFi #beekeeping #maker #bicycle #LGBTQ #gay #Jujitsu
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Martin D
@unixmaisonette.com
· Jul 9
Further important concerns were raised about the disastrous vertical extension project on our homes in Mile End in this article in The Standard: www.standard.co.uk/homesandprop...
Inside the Mile End homes flooded by disastrous air space project
A project to add two storeys to existing residential blocks in Mile End began in 2022. Three years on, the disastrous project has brought only ill health, distress, and disruption to residents
www.standard.co.uk
An in-depth article showing the problems faced by me and my neighbours and the web of organisations passing responsibility.
Number goes up, but for who, when the number goes down for most?
My letter in @thetimes.com today: what is the economy for?
#PublicHealth #Wellbeing #Environment #Inequality
#PublicHealth #Wellbeing #Environment #Inequality
December 27, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Number goes up, but for who, when the number goes down for most?
Crying listening to Rachel talk about these poor, brave women fleeing persecution. These are clearly refugees. Both the UK and France are letting refugees down. We need to be better, kinder.
Cannot stop thinking about the people I met in Calais. They deserve so much better.
@greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social
@greenparty.org.uk @calaisappeal.bsky.social
December 27, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Crying listening to Rachel talk about these poor, brave women fleeing persecution. These are clearly refugees. Both the UK and France are letting refugees down. We need to be better, kinder.
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There’s a very specific technique to pouring the perfect Bucks Fizz.
First you’ve got to speed it up, then you’ve got to slow it down.
First you’ve got to speed it up, then you’ve got to slow it down.
December 26, 2025 at 7:23 PM
There’s a very specific technique to pouring the perfect Bucks Fizz.
First you’ve got to speed it up, then you’ve got to slow it down.
First you’ve got to speed it up, then you’ve got to slow it down.
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The Christmas story begins with a family forced to flee violence and seek safety elsewhere. That memory calls us to stand with today’s migrants and refugees, and to choose welcome over fear as we work toward a more just and caring world.
December 24, 2025 at 5:33 PM
The Christmas story begins with a family forced to flee violence and seek safety elsewhere. That memory calls us to stand with today’s migrants and refugees, and to choose welcome over fear as we work toward a more just and caring world.
He’s on a train again #TrainSkeeter
December 19, 2025 at 8:23 PM
He’s on a train again #TrainSkeeter
I did a swim (first in a long time) and I’m reinforcing my good behaviour.
December 14, 2025 at 11:39 AM
I did a swim (first in a long time) and I’m reinforcing my good behaviour.
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Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
December 11, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Innocent people end up in our criminal courts.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
Completely, terrifyingly innocent.
And all that stands between them and losing everything is a fair trial.
Politicians would do well to remember this when they tell us that justice is all about processing “criminals” swiftly.
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Highlights from the Railways Bill session in Parliament pt4.
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
December 11, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Highlights from the Railways Bill session in Parliament pt4.
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
Here's Brighton Pavilion MP Siân Berry on the scandal of Rolling Stock Companies.
🤑Every time you buy a train ticket, approx 25% of the cost goes on paying the rent being charged by the ROSCOs to the train lines. @sianberry.bsky.social
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Our full reaction to Tower Hamlets Audit Report
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
Tower Hamlets audit report is part of the 2026 election campaign
Green Party reaction to the Tower Hamlets Audit Report. A statement of how we would run a Green Council
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk
December 10, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Our full reaction to Tower Hamlets Audit Report
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
towerhamlets.greenparty.org.uk/2025/12/10/t...
“A Green council would do its utmost to make sure that council officers have the resources they need to do their jobs effectively, impartially, in good time and without political pressure from councillors”
So I only bought one thing in this year’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday retail nonsense, and it’s pretty neat. No, it’s not a vape.
December 5, 2025 at 11:03 AM
So I only bought one thing in this year’s Black Friday/Cyber Monday retail nonsense, and it’s pretty neat. No, it’s not a vape.
“40 per cent said they’d consider voting for him as mayor: Green leader, Zack Polanski. Reassuringly, 39 per cent said they wouldn’t consider it.”
Reassuringly? No false balance here. The establishment hates @zackpolanski.bsky.social, so let’s get Greens elected!
www.cityam.com/has-sadiq-kh...
Reassuringly? No false balance here. The establishment hates @zackpolanski.bsky.social, so let’s get Greens elected!
www.cityam.com/has-sadiq-kh...
Has Sadiq Khan laid the groundwork for Mayor Zack Polanski?
According to a recent YouGov survey, just under 20 per cent of Brits think London is in a bad state and worse than the rest of the country. Only 14 per cent of actual Londoners share that view, while ...
www.cityam.com
December 3, 2025 at 6:40 AM
“40 per cent said they’d consider voting for him as mayor: Green leader, Zack Polanski. Reassuringly, 39 per cent said they wouldn’t consider it.”
Reassuringly? No false balance here. The establishment hates @zackpolanski.bsky.social, so let’s get Greens elected!
www.cityam.com/has-sadiq-kh...
Reassuringly? No false balance here. The establishment hates @zackpolanski.bsky.social, so let’s get Greens elected!
www.cityam.com/has-sadiq-kh...
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This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
December 1, 2025 at 11:09 AM
This is actually quite brilliant, up to and including the final sentence 🔥
The Green Party, in the pocket of… the general public. Please chip in and help us win.
So so close to £200,000!
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Other parties are funded by the super rich, hedge funders with private healthcare, oil and gas and arms traders.
We're growing our movement with the people.
If you want to help take the fight to Reform - please do chip in!
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/hopeishere
Hope is here: help us deliver it
Hope is here. In just 5 hours, we hit our £100,000 target. We're doubling our target. Let's take the fight to Reform in May.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
The Green Party, in the pocket of… the general public. Please chip in and help us win.
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Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Nearly at 70k, sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Nearly at 70k, sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 27, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
Nearly at 70k, sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Nearly at 70k, sign and share!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Reading @peteapps.bsky.social‘s Show Me The Bodies. So much of this resonates with what me and my neighbours have been through and are going through. Like Grenfell, I can’t help but feel that they would not have attempted this on a less diverse and more middle class estate.
November 24, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Reading @peteapps.bsky.social‘s Show Me The Bodies. So much of this resonates with what me and my neighbours have been through and are going through. Like Grenfell, I can’t help but feel that they would not have attempted this on a less diverse and more middle class estate.
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Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
November 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Today, on Transgender Day of Remembrance, we remember the transgender lives lost to violence.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
The Green Party stands shoulder to shoulder with transgender people in the face of increasing transphobic rhetoric in our society and politics.
Who wouldn't want to take a moment with Jonathan Bailey?
November 19, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Who wouldn't want to take a moment with Jonathan Bailey?
You’d hardly believe it’s November
November 13, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You’d hardly believe it’s November
Steve Reed should find out what the @greenparty.org.uk's policies are before calling them 'wacky'.
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
Steve Reed calls Green Party "wacky" | UK Politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
youtube.com
November 8, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Steve Reed should find out what the @greenparty.org.uk's policies are before calling them 'wacky'.
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
He was flummoxed by this question about what private landlords bring to society other than the redistribution of wealth in the wrong direction. #abolishLandlords
youtube.com/shorts/vbAEn...
Spent a rewarding hour last night helping collect signatures for a petition to get TfL to take over the Greenwich and Woolwich lifts, which are sadly neglected by the local council. All the people we met were so happy that someone was trying to do something about it.
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
November 7, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Spent a rewarding hour last night helping collect signatures for a petition to get TfL to take over the Greenwich and Woolwich lifts, which are sadly neglected by the local council. All the people we met were so happy that someone was trying to do something about it.
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
www.change.org/p/lifts-now-...
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When a journalist was punished for protecting a source, the ECHR stepped in. It ruled that a free press must be able to expose wrongdoing without fear. The ECHR defends accountability, and losing it would weaken the public’s right to know the truth.
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
When a journalist was punished for protecting a source, the ECHR stepped in. It ruled that a free press must be able to expose wrongdoing without fear. The ECHR defends accountability, and losing it would weaken the public’s right to know the truth.
Ouch. Might have been better to unscrew the cycle bollards before commencing work at Mile End Junction. Reversing heavy machinery over them risks damaging the bollards and their foundations. If they are left damaged, I hope TfL/LBTH sends Thames Water the bill for the repairs.
November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Ouch. Might have been better to unscrew the cycle bollards before commencing work at Mile End Junction. Reversing heavy machinery over them risks damaging the bollards and their foundations. If they are left damaged, I hope TfL/LBTH sends Thames Water the bill for the repairs.
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Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
November 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Let's just take a moment to reflect on the self-sacrifice and hope this person embodies - not the evil, hateful monsters thirsting for violence.
If true (and unfortunately you do have to caveat the Times under its current editorship), then this looks very much like a fraud against the people. apple.news/AsRgaQ_nBRl6...
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
How Andrew made £15m selling Sunninghill Park, his wedding gift — The Times and The Sunday Times
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor made £15 million by selling a property he had neither bought nor paid rent on, courtesy of an opaque trust structure created by the late Queen and today administered by the ...
apple.news
November 2, 2025 at 3:49 PM
If true (and unfortunately you do have to caveat the Times under its current editorship), then this looks very much like a fraud against the people. apple.news/AsRgaQ_nBRl6...
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
Still think the monarchy only has the people’s interests at heart?
We need a modern constitutional settlement.
It’s more than two years since Eastend Homes’ disastrous attempt to build flats on our flats resulted in our homes being flooded. Our homes are still being ruined. We still haven’t an explanation for how this meets building regulations. It’s like nothing was learned from #RonanPoint or #Grenfell.
November 1, 2025 at 12:48 PM
It’s more than two years since Eastend Homes’ disastrous attempt to build flats on our flats resulted in our homes being flooded. Our homes are still being ruined. We still haven’t an explanation for how this meets building regulations. It’s like nothing was learned from #RonanPoint or #Grenfell.