Mark Dickinson
@jmarkdickinson.bsky.social
Pragmatist. Marketing consultant. Advocate for tobacco harm reduction and medical cannabis.
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If Trump was President in 1940
March 3, 2025 at 12:45 PM
If Trump was President in 1940
Is anyone else concerned that the way Starmer, Macron and other European (& Canadian) leaders are approaching the Ukraine situation will force Trump to choose between Europe and Russia? And that all the signs are he may well choose Russia??
March 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Is anyone else concerned that the way Starmer, Macron and other European (& Canadian) leaders are approaching the Ukraine situation will force Trump to choose between Europe and Russia? And that all the signs are he may well choose Russia??
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"The focus of our attention shouldn't be another inquiry, it should be implementing those recommendations."
Barbara Mills KC, the first Black Chair of the Bar, tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social the debate on grooming gang inquiries distracts from the focus on victims.
www.channel4.com/news/barbara...
Barbara Mills KC, the first Black Chair of the Bar, tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social the debate on grooming gang inquiries distracts from the focus on victims.
www.channel4.com/news/barbara...
Barbara Mills KC on being first Black Chair of the Bar
For the first time in its 131 year history, the Bar Council which represents barristers in England and Wales has appointed the first black woman to lead the organisation.
www.channel4.com
January 13, 2025 at 11:20 AM
"The focus of our attention shouldn't be another inquiry, it should be implementing those recommendations."
Barbara Mills KC, the first Black Chair of the Bar, tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social the debate on grooming gang inquiries distracts from the focus on victims.
www.channel4.com/news/barbara...
Barbara Mills KC, the first Black Chair of the Bar, tells @ayshahtull.bsky.social the debate on grooming gang inquiries distracts from the focus on victims.
www.channel4.com/news/barbara...
A good question…
US teen nicotine vaping dropped 70% over the past 5 years, to a 10-year low. Teen cigarette smoking "mysteriously" dropped 90%, to near zero, over the past decade. It's now at a 50-year low. Teen nicotine use is at an all-time low.
Why is moral panic over teen vaping at an all-time high?
Why is moral panic over teen vaping at an all-time high?
January 13, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A good question…
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Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
January 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Some people in recent days have alleged a ‘cover-up’ over the grooming & rape of hundreds of young girls in predominantly northern UK towns, leading to calls for a ‘national’ public inquiry into child sexual exploitation
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
FWIW here’s a non-exhaustive list of inquiries into #CSE in last 12 yrs…
Good to see journalists standing up for a free press. Sad to see media owners suppressing it.
WaPo cartoonist resigns after Post rejects her cartoon of billionaires paying tribute to Donald Trump, one of whom happens to be her boss, Jeff Bezos.
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Satire has literally died.
anntelnaes.substack.com/p/why-im-qui...
Why I'm quitting the Washington Post
Democracy can't function without a free press
anntelnaes.substack.com
January 4, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Good to see journalists standing up for a free press. Sad to see media owners suppressing it.
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Company established by Musk in the UK 3 weeks ago on December 12th!! Why we wonder!!
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
This is important.
'We don’t know what that company is for but if Musk did want to pour £100m into the next UK election, as it’s been reported, this is how he could do it.'
From the UK Government's website👇👀 find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1613...
'We don’t know what that company is for but if Musk did want to pour £100m into the next UK election, as it’s been reported, this is how he could do it.'
From the UK Government's website👇👀 find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/1613...
January 3, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Company established by Musk in the UK 3 weeks ago on December 12th!! Why we wonder!!
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
Pull your finger out @uklabourparty.bsky.social, grow some balls and stop even more "corruption" destroying what's left of our democracy
Right now you have a majority the likes of which you might never see again
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Jeffrey Yass who owns 15% of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance donated $96,928,680 to Trump and other Republicans this year.
That’s not a coincidence.
That’s corruption.
That’s not a coincidence.
That’s corruption.
December 28, 2024 at 3:12 AM
Jeffrey Yass who owns 15% of TikTok’s parent company ByteDance donated $96,928,680 to Trump and other Republicans this year.
That’s not a coincidence.
That’s corruption.
That’s not a coincidence.
That’s corruption.
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