Mark Bloomfield
@mark-bloomfield.bsky.social
Freelance Cameraman, EV enthusiast, Philhellene, Humanist and Skeptic based in Kent. No DMs unless we know each other.
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Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
October 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Nigel Farage now says that any suggestion he's been soft on Putin is "just nonsense".
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
Here's a quick reminder of what he's said in the past
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Ukip leader Nick Tenconi, in Portsmouth today.
A Nazi salute.
A Nazi saluting.
A Nazi doing a Nazi salute.
HT Alisdair McKee
A Nazi salute.
A Nazi saluting.
A Nazi doing a Nazi salute.
HT Alisdair McKee
August 10, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Ukip leader Nick Tenconi, in Portsmouth today.
A Nazi salute.
A Nazi saluting.
A Nazi doing a Nazi salute.
HT Alisdair McKee
A Nazi salute.
A Nazi saluting.
A Nazi doing a Nazi salute.
HT Alisdair McKee
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Farage claim that police drove protesters to demo is not true – senior officer
www.stowmarketmercury.co.uk/news/nationa...
www.stowmarketmercury.co.uk/news/nationa...
Farage claim that police drove protesters to demo is not true – senior officer
Chief Constable Ben-Julian Harrington, of Essex Police, denied an accusation made by the Clacton MP.
www.stowmarketmercury.co.uk
July 24, 2025 at 6:27 AM
Farage claim that police drove protesters to demo is not true – senior officer
www.stowmarketmercury.co.uk/news/nationa...
www.stowmarketmercury.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Brexit.
2071 downsides
39 upsides.
And Labour is still supporting it.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-feat...
2071 downsides
39 upsides.
And Labour is still supporting it.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-feat...
The Davis Downside Dossier
David Davis famously said there would be no downsides to Brexit only considerable upsides - so we started recording them.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Brexit.
2071 downsides
39 upsides.
And Labour is still supporting it.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-feat...
2071 downsides
39 upsides.
And Labour is still supporting it.
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/regular-feat...
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“Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs
As the prime minister grapples with the US trade tariffs, trade unions and business groups are pushing him to negotiate closer ties with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
April 6, 2025 at 7:12 AM
“Starmer under pressure from biggest backers to unpick Brexit after Trump tariffs”
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... After just 2.5 days we’re not far short of 10,000 signatures on the #ParkyCharter petition - please sign and share
Petition: Increase funding for people with Parkinson’s and implement the "Parky Charter"
We want the government to take the decisive five steps set out in the Movers and Shakers' "Parky Charter" and to fulfil the Health Secretary’s promises.
petition.parliament.uk
March 13, 2025 at 8:35 AM
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71... After just 2.5 days we’re not far short of 10,000 signatures on the #ParkyCharter petition - please sign and share
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In Georgia, students are being expelled from university for protesting for the country’s freedom and European future.
March 10, 2025 at 7:34 AM
In Georgia, students are being expelled from university for protesting for the country’s freedom and European future.
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HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
March 2, 2025 at 1:05 AM
HERO vs ZERO
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
I'm in a state of shock & still trying to process yesterday's shameful, traitorous debacle in the WH: A DAY THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY. Our standing in the world has plummeted overnight, but the repercussions will be felt forevermore.
#SlavaUkraini🇺🇦 #ShameOnUS🇺🇸
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Clubbed, beaten, attacked with dogs…
The Geneva Conventions prohibit the targeting of healthcare workers, both civilian & military, yet Israel has tortured, starved & withheld medical treatment from Gaza’s doctors. It’s barbaric.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The Geneva Conventions prohibit the targeting of healthcare workers, both civilian & military, yet Israel has tortured, starved & withheld medical treatment from Gaza’s doctors. It’s barbaric.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
‘They forced me to stand for hours in the cold, arms raised and shackled’: eight Gaza doctors on their Israeli prison ordeal
Senior doctors and surgeons describe the torture, starvation, humiliation and denial of medical care they endured while being held without charge
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Clubbed, beaten, attacked with dogs…
The Geneva Conventions prohibit the targeting of healthcare workers, both civilian & military, yet Israel has tortured, starved & withheld medical treatment from Gaza’s doctors. It’s barbaric.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
The Geneva Conventions prohibit the targeting of healthcare workers, both civilian & military, yet Israel has tortured, starved & withheld medical treatment from Gaza’s doctors. It’s barbaric.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
We're not done yet | 18F
18f.org
March 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
I got laid off today, with the rest of 18F.
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
18F was an elite federal software shop. We made gov't websites work better, more efficiently for the American people. We saved taxpayers from getting screwed over by contractors. And were fired for it.
We made this website to tell our story:
18f.org
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The Prime Minister should show British leadership on Ukraine by inviting President Zelenskyy to address Parliament on Monday.
I'm proud that the UK has been Ukraine's staunchest ally from the start. We mustn't falter in the face of Trump's bullying now.
I'm proud that the UK has been Ukraine's staunchest ally from the start. We mustn't falter in the face of Trump's bullying now.
March 1, 2025 at 10:30 AM
The Prime Minister should show British leadership on Ukraine by inviting President Zelenskyy to address Parliament on Monday.
I'm proud that the UK has been Ukraine's staunchest ally from the start. We mustn't falter in the face of Trump's bullying now.
I'm proud that the UK has been Ukraine's staunchest ally from the start. We mustn't falter in the face of Trump's bullying now.
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Former Brexit Party MEP and ex-Reform Wales Leader, Nathan Gill has been arrested for taking "Russian-linked bribes" from Oleg Voloshyn.
Here’s Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife...
#FuckFarage
Edited version of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
BBC Article
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here’s Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife...
#FuckFarage
Edited version of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
BBC Article
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
February 25, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Former Brexit Party MEP and ex-Reform Wales Leader, Nathan Gill has been arrested for taking "Russian-linked bribes" from Oleg Voloshyn.
Here’s Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife...
#FuckFarage
Edited version of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
BBC Article
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Here’s Nigel Farage with Voloshyn’s wife...
#FuckFarage
Edited version of @carolecadwalla.bsky.social
BBC Article
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It's simple:
Russia is not on our side.
The US is not on our side.
Europe is on our side.
Russia is not on our side.
The US is not on our side.
Europe is on our side.
February 19, 2025 at 11:43 PM
It's simple:
Russia is not on our side.
The US is not on our side.
Europe is on our side.
Russia is not on our side.
The US is not on our side.
Europe is on our side.
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The US has betrayed Europe, Trump’s goal is the neo-Nazification of Germany, which ties in with the Russification of Ukraine.
Thread
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Trump and Vance have smashed the old order – how should Europe respond? | Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis and others
The vice-president’s attack on European values signalled a historic realignment. Should the continent seek rapprochement or go its own way? ask Nathalie Tocci, Yanis Varoufakis and others
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 9:38 AM
The US has betrayed Europe, Trump’s goal is the neo-Nazification of Germany, which ties in with the Russification of Ukraine.
Thread
Thread
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Everyone knows that Trump is planning on abandoning Ukraine and siding with Putin. None of this is a shock. The rest of the world needs to stop pretending there is any chance of working with Trump. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Donald Trump says Ukraine should have made a deal earlier
The US president dismisses concerns Ukraine is not involved in peace talks and says he is confident in success.
www.bbc.com
February 19, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Everyone knows that Trump is planning on abandoning Ukraine and siding with Putin. None of this is a shock. The rest of the world needs to stop pretending there is any chance of working with Trump. #r4today
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Scientists of the world, this is happening on our watch and we need to face it down. Evidence-based medicine weaponised for overtly ideological purposes. We do not need randomised trials of 'vaccine' versus 'no vaccine' when those vaccines have *already* been shown to be safe & effective.
#episky 🧪
#episky 🧪
RFK Jr. thinks that a clinical trial should be done for the entire childhood vaccine schedule. Here’s why that will never happen.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
1. You can’t do a randomized trial of something that we already know is safe and effective. There would have to be a placebo group that didn’t get vaxxed. Unethical.
February 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Scientists of the world, this is happening on our watch and we need to face it down. Evidence-based medicine weaponised for overtly ideological purposes. We do not need randomised trials of 'vaccine' versus 'no vaccine' when those vaccines have *already* been shown to be safe & effective.
#episky 🧪
#episky 🧪
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Across the country, thousands of people in hospital are fit enough to go home, but are stuck awaiting care packages.
You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
February 15, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Across the country, thousands of people in hospital are fit enough to go home, but are stuck awaiting care packages.
You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
You can’t fix the NHS without fixing social care.
@alisonebennett.bsky.social
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JD Vance, vice president of a regime currently overthrowing its own democracy, lectures Europe on the "retreat" from "some of its most fundamental values".
He cites the Romanian Constitutional Court annulling its recent presidential election.
He doesn't mention this was because Russia interfered.
He cites the Romanian Constitutional Court annulling its recent presidential election.
He doesn't mention this was because Russia interfered.
February 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
JD Vance, vice president of a regime currently overthrowing its own democracy, lectures Europe on the "retreat" from "some of its most fundamental values".
He cites the Romanian Constitutional Court annulling its recent presidential election.
He doesn't mention this was because Russia interfered.
He cites the Romanian Constitutional Court annulling its recent presidential election.
He doesn't mention this was because Russia interfered.
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Tell your boss, Stella. @stellacreasy.bsky.social
This should be changed asap.
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
If we give someone refugee status, it can't be right to then refuse them route to become a British Citizen. To say they can have a home in our country, but never a place in our society and be forever second class. freemovement.org.uk/good-charact...
Good character guidance amended to block refugees from naturalisation - Free Movement
There have been some important additions to pages 50 and 51 of the Good Character guidance (a comparison of the new and old versions is here) that have the
freemovement.org.uk
February 12, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Tell your boss, Stella. @stellacreasy.bsky.social
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"optimism has drained as Starmer appears either committed to this hardest of Brexits or too worried about the next election to risk losing the votes of red wall Brexiters.
But really he has nothing to lose."
But really he has nothing to lose."
Be brave on Europe, Keir Starmer
On the 5th anniversary of the UK's departure from the EU here's a plea for a re-think
sussexbylines.co.uk
February 10, 2025 at 10:22 PM
"optimism has drained as Starmer appears either committed to this hardest of Brexits or too worried about the next election to risk losing the votes of red wall Brexiters.
But really he has nothing to lose."
But really he has nothing to lose."
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The government wants to make Britain “safer, more secure and more prosperous.”
=>
Safer: join Europol & EU cooperation against terrorism
Secure: join European security & defence policy
Prosperous: join single market & customs union
=>
Safer: join Europol & EU cooperation against terrorism
Secure: join European security & defence policy
Prosperous: join single market & customs union
February 12, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The government wants to make Britain “safer, more secure and more prosperous.”
=>
Safer: join Europol & EU cooperation against terrorism
Secure: join European security & defence policy
Prosperous: join single market & customs union
=>
Safer: join Europol & EU cooperation against terrorism
Secure: join European security & defence policy
Prosperous: join single market & customs union
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We didn't vote for Reform lite. We don't want Reform lite.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK to refuse citizenship to refugees who have ‘made a dangerous journey’
Home Office accused of shutting out refugees, as new guidance says those applicants will ‘normally be refused’
www.theguardian.com
February 12, 2025 at 7:20 AM
We didn't vote for Reform lite. We don't want Reform lite.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵
February 10, 2025 at 10:58 AM
1. Here are just a few of the ways in which Starmer’s Labour Party seems determined to alienate its voters and lose the next election. As they pile up, you have to keep pinching yourself and asking, “what the hell is it playing at?” 🧵