Martin McGrath
@martinmcgrath.bsky.social
Tries to be funny, often fails. Irish, Labour, LFC, NUJ & CIPR. Has a PhD, isn't afraid to use it. University lecturer in PR, branding & design, also sometime journalist, writer & editor. Will work for karma. "He's not angry, he always sounds like that."
"Dear Diary,
Really feel like we've made great progress in our struggle against the forces of capitalism and colonialism since founding the new party.
Yes, my face is really starting to hurt, but this is what leadership looks like."
Really feel like we've made great progress in our struggle against the forces of capitalism and colonialism since founding the new party.
Yes, my face is really starting to hurt, but this is what leadership looks like."
a man in a star trek uniform is standing in front of a mirror and looking up .
Alt: Captain James T Kirk repeatedly slaps himself in the face.
media.tenor.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:08 AM
"Dear Diary,
Really feel like we've made great progress in our struggle against the forces of capitalism and colonialism since founding the new party.
Yes, my face is really starting to hurt, but this is what leadership looks like."
Really feel like we've made great progress in our struggle against the forces of capitalism and colonialism since founding the new party.
Yes, my face is really starting to hurt, but this is what leadership looks like."
Could have been written yesterday.
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Could have been written yesterday.
"People of privilege almost always prefer to risk destruction... total destruction... rather than surrender any part of their privileges... There is also the invariable feeling that privilege is a right. The sensitivity of the poor to injustice is a poor thing as compared with that of the rich."
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
"People of privilege almost always prefer to risk destruction... total destruction... rather than surrender any part of their privileges... There is also the invariable feeling that privilege is a right. The sensitivity of the poor to injustice is a poor thing as compared with that of the rich."
Anyway, it's on BBC iPlayer, and really worth the time (if only to demonstrate that the right losing their mind over even mild ideological challenges to their preferred doctrines is not new Thatcher hated it and complained about its broadcast)
Ep.1 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002l6s9
Ep.1 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002l6s9
The Age of Uncertainty - Series 1: 1. 1. The Prophets and Promise of Classical Capitalism
John Kenneth Galbraith tells the story of the men who laid the foundations of economics, including Adam Smith, David Ricardo and Thomas Malthus.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Anyway, it's on BBC iPlayer, and really worth the time (if only to demonstrate that the right losing their mind over even mild ideological challenges to their preferred doctrines is not new Thatcher hated it and complained about its broadcast)
Ep.1 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002l6s9
Ep.1 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m002l6s9
I made a joke about this but it turns out that the cursed Ajax is still deafening soldiers unlucky enough to be shoved inside the damned things
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK troops treated for hearing problems in final tests of Ajax armoured vehicle
The £5.5bn model was classified as fit for army deployment in September but soldiers continue to raise health fears
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I made a joke about this but it turns out that the cursed Ajax is still deafening soldiers unlucky enough to be shoved inside the damned things
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I even get annoyed at satnavs warning drivers of the position of speedcams...
"...break the law...break the law...break the law...BEEP... *I AM A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN* ...break the law...break the law...break the law..."
"...break the law...break the law...break the law...BEEP... *I AM A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN* ...break the law...break the law...break the law..."
November 6, 2025 at 6:16 PM
I even get annoyed at satnavs warning drivers of the position of speedcams...
"...break the law...break the law...break the law...BEEP... *I AM A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN* ...break the law...break the law...break the law..."
"...break the law...break the law...break the law...BEEP... *I AM A LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN* ...break the law...break the law...break the law..."
Separated at birth?
November 2, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Separated at birth?
"Like" might not be the word, but I've just listened to it five times in a row and I think the hell mouth opened in the garden
November 2, 2025 at 10:47 PM
"Like" might not be the word, but I've just listened to it five times in a row and I think the hell mouth opened in the garden
Servalan's chairs sold for £1000 earlier this year. I was very jealous.
Lot 186 - Blake's 7 (1981) TV show prop: Servalan's share.google/3NwjmApYwvKs...
Lot 186 - Blake's 7 (1981) TV show prop: Servalan's share.google/3NwjmApYwvKs...
Lot 186 - Blake's 7 (1981) TV show prop: Servalan's
Lot 186 - Blake's 7 (1981) TV show prop: Servalan's - Estimate 1500-2500 GBP
share.google
November 2, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Servalan's chairs sold for £1000 earlier this year. I was very jealous.
Lot 186 - Blake's 7 (1981) TV show prop: Servalan's share.google/3NwjmApYwvKs...
Lot 186 - Blake's 7 (1981) TV show prop: Servalan's share.google/3NwjmApYwvKs...