Mark Wootton
@markw176.bsky.social
Londoner. European. UK Politics, the environment, cities, public transport, history, music and travel. All views are my own.
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Every conversation & interview with a #Brexit or MAGA supporter ...
"For them, truth is not a destination. Truth is a moving target."
This. The rant of our time.
"For them, truth is not a destination. Truth is a moving target."
This. The rant of our time.
July 21, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Every conversation & interview with a #Brexit or MAGA supporter ...
"For them, truth is not a destination. Truth is a moving target."
This. The rant of our time.
"For them, truth is not a destination. Truth is a moving target."
This. The rant of our time.
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Today the government announced its strategy to reform elections.
It's right to identify lack of trust in politics and our institutions as an urgent problem.
But this won't be fixed without addressing our democracy's weakest link: the First Past the Post voting system.
It's right to identify lack of trust in politics and our institutions as an urgent problem.
But this won't be fixed without addressing our democracy's weakest link: the First Past the Post voting system.
July 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Today the government announced its strategy to reform elections.
It's right to identify lack of trust in politics and our institutions as an urgent problem.
But this won't be fixed without addressing our democracy's weakest link: the First Past the Post voting system.
It's right to identify lack of trust in politics and our institutions as an urgent problem.
But this won't be fixed without addressing our democracy's weakest link: the First Past the Post voting system.
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Social media this morning is a zombie apocalypse of dinosaur Tory politicians and right wing hangers-on hankering after the nasty Brexit wars of the last decade. Our country has moved on!
May 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Social media this morning is a zombie apocalypse of dinosaur Tory politicians and right wing hangers-on hankering after the nasty Brexit wars of the last decade. Our country has moved on!
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How many more will suffer at the hands of the 90/180 rule for 3rd country nationals?
@bremaininspain.com @andrewhesselden.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
@bremaininspain.com @andrewhesselden.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
Brexit means I'm struggling to handle my expat mum's dementia care in Spain
As Dementia Action Week begins a carer warns that the condition can be much harder for expats to cope with unless they plan ahead
inews.co.uk
May 19, 2025 at 6:55 AM
How many more will suffer at the hands of the 90/180 rule for 3rd country nationals?
@bremaininspain.com @andrewhesselden.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
@bremaininspain.com @andrewhesselden.bsky.social
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
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What immigrants from all over the world have done for this country is tremendous.
“Incalculable”, even.
🇬🇧♥️🌎
“Incalculable”, even.
🇬🇧♥️🌎
May 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
What immigrants from all over the world have done for this country is tremendous.
“Incalculable”, even.
🇬🇧♥️🌎
“Incalculable”, even.
🇬🇧♥️🌎
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London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
Levels of deadly pollutants have dropped, with significant improvements in capital’s most deprived areas
People in London have been breathing significantly cleaner air since the expansion of the ultra low emission zone (Ulez), a study has found.
Levels…
www.theguardian.com
March 7, 2025 at 12:21 AM
London air pollution down since Ulez extended to outer boroughs, study finds
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The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
January 4, 2025 at 9:16 PM
The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit, five years on www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
Spain to enshrine gay marriage and abortion rights into its constitution so 'they cannot be undone in the future' - Olive Press News Spain
PRIME Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain's constitution so they 'can never be undone'. The left-wing PSOE
www.theolivepress.es
December 6, 2024 at 9:46 PM
BREAKING: Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez today vowed to add abortion rights and gay marriage to Spain’s constitution so they “can never be undone.”
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If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
November 19, 2024 at 10:22 AM
If you bring central London to a halt in order to campaign against catastrophic climate change then you're a "barmy" eco "fanatic" who deserves to be locked up.
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
If you do the same to hang on to your multimillion pound inheritance tax exemption then you're a brave freedom fighter defying the odds
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Very good thread by @rolandmcs.bsky.social on the history of opposition to the ECHR. His conclusion is a call to arms: defenders of the ECHR/HRA - & judicial review more generally - need to explain to all our fellow citizens why they are essential to democracy and the accountability of state power.
Can our 'thick'/inalienable Human Rights be defended? I think so, but be under no illusions that if/when ECHR attacks from populists really start rolling, who would be "on the side of the Bulger killers"?
That's the emotive stuff that'll be thrown around. And it'll need good answers. /ends
That's the emotive stuff that'll be thrown around. And it'll need good answers. /ends
November 16, 2024 at 8:45 AM
Very good thread by @rolandmcs.bsky.social on the history of opposition to the ECHR. His conclusion is a call to arms: defenders of the ECHR/HRA - & judicial review more generally - need to explain to all our fellow citizens why they are essential to democracy and the accountability of state power.
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I've see a lot of people complain that you can only upload 1min videos here.
I have a nice surprise for you. Bluesky handles YouTube videos beautifully (like the old days on Twitter + Facebook)
So here's me, filmed yesterday, talking about Trump and the new geopolitics... For 30mins. 😂
I have a nice surprise for you. Bluesky handles YouTube videos beautifully (like the old days on Twitter + Facebook)
So here's me, filmed yesterday, talking about Trump and the new geopolitics... For 30mins. 😂
What Donald Trump means for Britain and the EU - Byline Interviews EP #3 | Mike Galsworthy
YouTube video by Byline TV
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 9:59 PM
I've see a lot of people complain that you can only upload 1min videos here.
I have a nice surprise for you. Bluesky handles YouTube videos beautifully (like the old days on Twitter + Facebook)
So here's me, filmed yesterday, talking about Trump and the new geopolitics... For 30mins. 😂
I have a nice surprise for you. Bluesky handles YouTube videos beautifully (like the old days on Twitter + Facebook)
So here's me, filmed yesterday, talking about Trump and the new geopolitics... For 30mins. 😂
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If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
November 15, 2024 at 12:25 PM
If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.
RT and reply to this post and add each other.
No fun speaking to yourself.