Mark
@harkym.bsky.social
Cybers from the UK. All opinions are my own.
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Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
November 27, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action...
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
(from my presentation at the IMF last week)
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one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
November 25, 2025 at 4:15 PM
one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible.
Is there a rota for someone to write a "MPs are plotting against Starmer" story every 2 weeks? It's getting a bit repetitive.
November 10, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Is there a rota for someone to write a "MPs are plotting against Starmer" story every 2 weeks? It's getting a bit repetitive.
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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?
Worth a trillion dollars of anyone's money!
November 8, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Worth a trillion dollars of anyone's money!
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It's finally happened.
Christmas cancelled in Kent because Operation Raise the Colours tatty lamp post flags prevent the Christmas lights going up.
www.harrietshamparishcouncil.gov.uk/community/ha...
Christmas cancelled in Kent because Operation Raise the Colours tatty lamp post flags prevent the Christmas lights going up.
www.harrietshamparishcouncil.gov.uk/community/ha...
a white flag with a red cross on it is waving in the wind
ALT: a white flag with a red cross on it is waving in the wind
media.tenor.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:46 PM
It's finally happened.
Christmas cancelled in Kent because Operation Raise the Colours tatty lamp post flags prevent the Christmas lights going up.
www.harrietshamparishcouncil.gov.uk/community/ha...
Christmas cancelled in Kent because Operation Raise the Colours tatty lamp post flags prevent the Christmas lights going up.
www.harrietshamparishcouncil.gov.uk/community/ha...
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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"The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix", writes @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social.
Read their full piece now: https://bit.ly/4mWSYtp
Read their full piece now: https://bit.ly/4mWSYtp
Yes, Robert Jenrick, we have an integration problem: raci...
The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix
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October 8, 2025 at 5:22 PM
"The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix", writes @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social.
Read their full piece now: https://bit.ly/4mWSYtp
Read their full piece now: https://bit.ly/4mWSYtp
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London under sharia law
September 29, 2025 at 12:10 PM
London under sharia law
Listen to those experts, people!
September 24, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Listen to those experts, people!
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I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
September 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
I love London so much. So much.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world?
Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor.
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"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
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It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.
September 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.
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Rayner was careless about her stamp duty liability in Brighton and paid the political price for lack of due diligence. Farage - as is now on the public record - lied about his stamp duty situation in Clacton yet carries on regardless.
September 8, 2025 at 6:26 AM
Rayner was careless about her stamp duty liability in Brighton and paid the political price for lack of due diligence. Farage - as is now on the public record - lied about his stamp duty situation in Clacton yet carries on regardless.
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On the same day in the Telegraph:
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
29 August 2025 8:57am BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreihe5mm7nwmwvzhtgadmsafyvsaxhrufuai2d2j2rju5zt6g2lytea@jpeg)
![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
29 August 2025 1:21pm BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2kf2qj56o2vq7jfaq4x4ogp6/bafkreieuwgc2vsmyfcctmf4cnpcqckij2pqdk2gmzajpnihrsqyqmzyr5e@jpeg)
September 5, 2025 at 7:55 AM
On the same day in the Telegraph:
What an interesting article! Long term government borrowing rates might be more about the risk of a populist government than today's fiscal conditions. Populists would probably break all the fiscal rules and try to end Bank of England independence.
Y'days post: The real fiscal concern should be a populist government mainlymacro.blogspot.com/2025/09/the-...
There are many reasons why the possibility of a populist government might raise interest rates on government debt. The puzzle is why US interest rates are not higher?
There are many reasons why the possibility of a populist government might raise interest rates on government debt. The puzzle is why US interest rates are not higher?
The real fiscal concern should be a populist government
Scare stories about UK fiscal policy seem a regular occurrence nowadays. The latest is the idea that the UK might have to go to the IMF f...
mainlymacro.blogspot.com
September 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
What an interesting article! Long term government borrowing rates might be more about the risk of a populist government than today's fiscal conditions. Populists would probably break all the fiscal rules and try to end Bank of England independence.
policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel... You certainly get access to a lot of markets as a member of the EU!
EU Trade agreements
Current state of play on trade agreements.
policy.trade.ec.europa.eu
September 3, 2025 at 12:21 PM
policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel... You certainly get access to a lot of markets as a member of the EU!
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Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
September 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
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Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
September 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/):
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Britain on the brink of civil war and/or an IMF bailout latest (Lloyds Business Barometer for August, out today www.lloydsbank.com/assets/asset...)
August 29, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Britain on the brink of civil war and/or an IMF bailout latest (Lloyds Business Barometer for August, out today www.lloydsbank.com/assets/asset...)
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We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
August 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇
#refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere
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I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
August 26, 2025 at 8:01 AM
I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration.
Conservative gaslighting in action. Where is their self-awareness?
‘Why did it take so many years to decide this was wrong?’
@tomswarbrick.bsky.social asks the Conservatives’ Chris Philp why the Bell Hotel in Epping was signed-off as an asylum-seeker hotel when he was Immigration Minister.
@tomswarbrick.bsky.social asks the Conservatives’ Chris Philp why the Bell Hotel in Epping was signed-off as an asylum-seeker hotel when he was Immigration Minister.
August 21, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Conservative gaslighting in action. Where is their self-awareness?
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A milestone of 100 Community Diagnostic Centres open across evenings & weekends has been reached in England.
They offer diagnostic tests and scans from locations within communities and closer to homes.
Being open 12hrs a day, 7 days a week, they are a key part of the plan to fix the NHS.
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They offer diagnostic tests and scans from locations within communities and closer to homes.
Being open 12hrs a day, 7 days a week, they are a key part of the plan to fix the NHS.
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Thousands more checks, tests and scans available out of hours
100 Community Diagnostic Centres across the country now offer out of hours services, 12 hours a day seven days a week
www.gov.uk
August 18, 2025 at 1:36 PM
A milestone of 100 Community Diagnostic Centres open across evenings & weekends has been reached in England.
They offer diagnostic tests and scans from locations within communities and closer to homes.
Being open 12hrs a day, 7 days a week, they are a key part of the plan to fix the NHS.
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They offer diagnostic tests and scans from locations within communities and closer to homes.
Being open 12hrs a day, 7 days a week, they are a key part of the plan to fix the NHS.
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