@markb1960.bsky.social
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Having argued that Angela Rayner had to go when it became clear that she had not sought proper advice over her housing arrangements, I can't help thinking that entrusting the renting of your house in a specific area to people who routinely rent out houses in the specific area is pretty blameless.
October 30, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Having argued that Angela Rayner had to go when it became clear that she had not sought proper advice over her housing arrangements, I can't help thinking that entrusting the renting of your house in a specific area to people who routinely rent out houses in the specific area is pretty blameless.
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Geert Wilders lost nearly a third of his seats in the Netherlands.
The Far Right can be beaten, they offer nothing.
The Far Right can be beaten, they offer nothing.
October 30, 2025 at 9:27 AM
Geert Wilders lost nearly a third of his seats in the Netherlands.
The Far Right can be beaten, they offer nothing.
The Far Right can be beaten, they offer nothing.
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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
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When you’re starting the week with your so-called model council, the one meant to impress everyone, is collapsing in chaos, your girlfriend is awaiting sentencing for €500k EU fund fraud, and people are still talking about your mate being bribed by an innocent Ukrainians butcher - Putin!
October 20, 2025 at 9:53 AM
When you’re starting the week with your so-called model council, the one meant to impress everyone, is collapsing in chaos, your girlfriend is awaiting sentencing for €500k EU fund fraud, and people are still talking about your mate being bribed by an innocent Ukrainians butcher - Putin!
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Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
October 8, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Donald Trump is breaching the Constitution and breaking the law.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
A show of force so he can militarize our cities because of the 2026 elections.
We need to stand up together and speak up.
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I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
October 9, 2025 at 8:28 AM
I sometimes worry I exaggerate the collective madness of our media but the people who cheered Brexit, Boris Johnson & Liz Truss's mini-budget are now applauding Kemi Badenoch's speech. 'Parallell universe' doesn't come close. I suppose her not falling over is a win of sorts for them at the moment.
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Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
October 4, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Who could ever have imagined when I played a fictional rebel who joined the Resistance to oppose a criminal Authoritarian & wannabe King, it would be happening in real-life?
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
#TwentyfiveFortyseven
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Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
October 4, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Trump hates to be the object of humor. He understands that humor can be a more powerful antidote to tyranny than any other form of criticism.
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
I'm sure he'd hate it if you shared this cartoon. [Cartoon by Jon Adams/The New Yorker]
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Not trans. Not Muslim. Not a liberal. Just another radical white man with access to guns who in this case hated the LDS Church, as the NYT has since reported.
September 30, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Not trans. Not Muslim. Not a liberal. Just another radical white man with access to guns who in this case hated the LDS Church, as the NYT has since reported.
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hardly anyone will watch Starmer's appearance at Labour conference today but it was probably the best speech he's ever given
he clearly signposted what he stands for - a diverse, tolerant, decent Britain - and how be believes progressives are in an existential fight with the populist right
he clearly signposted what he stands for - a diverse, tolerant, decent Britain - and how be believes progressives are in an existential fight with the populist right
September 30, 2025 at 2:09 PM
hardly anyone will watch Starmer's appearance at Labour conference today but it was probably the best speech he's ever given
he clearly signposted what he stands for - a diverse, tolerant, decent Britain - and how be believes progressives are in an existential fight with the populist right
he clearly signposted what he stands for - a diverse, tolerant, decent Britain - and how be believes progressives are in an existential fight with the populist right
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This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
This speech is such an extraordinary combination of lies, delusions, narcissism, hatefulness, ignorance and lunacy that it could have been given by no other person than the president of the United States. It could well be the low point of US public diplomacy in our history.
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If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.
September 16, 2025 at 7:03 PM
If this became a weekly series, it would run longer than The Simpsons.
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Why would the DOJ scrub the fact that right-wing extremism is the #1 domestic terror threat in America?
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
September 17, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Why would the DOJ scrub the fact that right-wing extremism is the #1 domestic terror threat in America?
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
Why not acknowledge and confront it?
Also why haven't they released the Epstein Files?
Also why did Ghislaine Maxwell get a sweetheart deal transfer?
These problems won't go away.
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Hiding the truth.
September 16, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Hiding the truth.
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The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
September 13, 2025 at 8:35 PM
The fact that Matthew Dowd lost his job for pointing out Charlie Kirk’s hate speech, while Brian Kilmeade openly suggests we should euthanize the homeless and there is zero outrage, shows exactly what is terribly wrong with today’s political mainstream media.
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“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”
www.adl.org/resources/re...
www.adl.org/resources/re...
www.adl.org
September 14, 2025 at 2:40 AM
“The trend in recent years has been for the great majority of extremist-related murders to be connected to some form of right-wing extremism. That is also true for 2024: for the third year in a row, all the murders identified were tied to right-wing extremism.”
www.adl.org/resources/re...
www.adl.org/resources/re...
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I have never been so disappointed in a BBC piece. Breathless admiration is, as far as I knew, not the role of the BBC’s political editor when describing a party political conference. Description+detail yes, rigorous examination of the conference content, yes. This, absolutely no, in my opinion.
Chris Mason: Reform conference shows party's growing ambition like never before
The conference feels like that of a big party - but retains the insurgency vibe that the party is seeking to channel.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 6, 2025 at 10:49 PM
I have never been so disappointed in a BBC piece. Breathless admiration is, as far as I knew, not the role of the BBC’s political editor when describing a party political conference. Description+detail yes, rigorous examination of the conference content, yes. This, absolutely no, in my opinion.
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Israel’s supreme court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Israel’s supreme court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
Justices rule state is legally obliged to ensure ‘basic level of existence’ and orders authorities to improve nutrition
Israel’s supreme court has ruled that the government has failed to provide Palestinian security prisoners with adequate food for basic subsistence and ordered authorities to improve their nutrition.
Sunday’s decision was a rare case in which the country’s highest court ruled against the government’s conduct during the nearly two-year war. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 7, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Israel’s supreme court says government is not giving Palestinian prisoners enough food
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857 people were arrested yesterday, most of them over 60, for holding signs against Genocide.
Has anyone from the Free Speech brigade cried out about it.
Of course not, they only care about their Free Speech.
Has anyone from the Free Speech brigade cried out about it.
Of course not, they only care about their Free Speech.
September 7, 2025 at 4:34 PM
857 people were arrested yesterday, most of them over 60, for holding signs against Genocide.
Has anyone from the Free Speech brigade cried out about it.
Of course not, they only care about their Free Speech.
Has anyone from the Free Speech brigade cried out about it.
Of course not, they only care about their Free Speech.
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Retired Doctor has been going to Peaceful Protests for 60 years, but yesterday was the first time she felt afraid to go.
September 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Retired Doctor has been going to Peaceful Protests for 60 years, but yesterday was the first time she felt afraid to go.
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The whole story in three posts.
If Rayner had set out to minimise her tax bill, she could have waited til her son turned 18 before buying the Hove house. She didn't because she wasn't trying to minimise her tax bill.
September 5, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The whole story in three posts.
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Everything is worse under Trump.
September 4, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Everything is worse under Trump.
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But of course Dorries has joined Reform…
Reform is like a drain pulling all the shite towards it.
Soon, all the political rubbish will have gathered there.
Reform is like a drain pulling all the shite towards it.
Soon, all the political rubbish will have gathered there.
September 4, 2025 at 7:21 PM
But of course Dorries has joined Reform…
Reform is like a drain pulling all the shite towards it.
Soon, all the political rubbish will have gathered there.
Reform is like a drain pulling all the shite towards it.
Soon, all the political rubbish will have gathered there.
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Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup.
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
Is the BBC now the official mouthpiece for Reform?
A study of the BBC’s Question Time has raised concerns about representation and political impartiality
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
August 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Is the BBC Reform UK's mouthpiece? Yup.
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
"Researchers at Cardiff University have produced a detailed analysis of every episode of the BBC’s flagship Question Time programme broadcast between September 2014 and July 2023 to see if the broadcaster was balancing political viewpoints."
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"There is a moral implosion at the top of the Tory Party as people who failed spectacularly on immigration now hawk dangerous extremism to claw back relevance. And it risks civil unrest on a scale we haven't seen since the early 1980s”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Robert Jenrick is morphing into Farage - his shameless posts are dangerous'
The Shadow Justice Minister's rebrand has seen him out-Farage Farage, Brian Reade writes, and only stokes civil unrest over immigration
www.mirror.co.uk
August 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
"There is a moral implosion at the top of the Tory Party as people who failed spectacularly on immigration now hawk dangerous extremism to claw back relevance. And it risks civil unrest on a scale we haven't seen since the early 1980s”
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...