Martyn Lane
@martynjlane.bsky.social
Lover of music (vinyl and CD collector) and politics (looking for a centrist answer to counter the disturbing shift to populism) #FBPE
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Do you think Farage is slowly going to come undone?
Are we at a turning point?
Will the British Media start pulling in it puppy dog trailing of Farage?
As @lizwebster.bsky.social points out. Farage doesn’t want to talk about the Epstein grooming gangs..not when Rick white men are doing it
Are we at a turning point?
Will the British Media start pulling in it puppy dog trailing of Farage?
As @lizwebster.bsky.social points out. Farage doesn’t want to talk about the Epstein grooming gangs..not when Rick white men are doing it
Farage's self serving tour of the States involved a reality check in Congress, but why didn't the the man who apparently cares so much about grooming gangs mention Epstein? Ep2 is in all the normal places now @lizwebster.bsky.social @nick1webb.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Do you think Farage is slowly going to come undone?
Are we at a turning point?
Will the British Media start pulling in it puppy dog trailing of Farage?
As @lizwebster.bsky.social points out. Farage doesn’t want to talk about the Epstein grooming gangs..not when Rick white men are doing it
Are we at a turning point?
Will the British Media start pulling in it puppy dog trailing of Farage?
As @lizwebster.bsky.social points out. Farage doesn’t want to talk about the Epstein grooming gangs..not when Rick white men are doing it
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I totally agree. Could @thegreenparty.bsky.social and @libdems.org.uk copy us in if we have a 💚 or a 🔶 ?
I’m happy to include both in my bio.
I’m happy to include both in my bio.
May 4, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I totally agree. Could @thegreenparty.bsky.social and @libdems.org.uk copy us in if we have a 💚 or a 🔶 ?
I’m happy to include both in my bio.
I’m happy to include both in my bio.
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
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✍️ Sign the petition:
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📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken.
With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
actionnetwork.org
May 2, 2025 at 12:38 PM
🚨 Thursday’s elections prove it: First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW.
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
✍️ Sign the petition:
actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
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Let this be the biggest, best attended march since Brexit 🙏🏼
Never before have world events demonstrated the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of being with our closest allies : Europe.
Thank you @marchforrejoin.bsky.social 👏
Let this be the biggest, best attended march since Brexit 🙏🏼
Never before have world events demonstrated the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of being with our closest allies : Europe.
Thank you @marchforrejoin.bsky.social 👏
Announcement incoming very soon! #RejoinMarch #RejoinEU
YouTube video by National Rejoin March
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April 13, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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Let this be the biggest, best attended march since Brexit 🙏🏼
Never before have world events demonstrated the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of being with our closest allies : Europe.
Thank you @marchforrejoin.bsky.social 👏
Let this be the biggest, best attended march since Brexit 🙏🏼
Never before have world events demonstrated the ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of being with our closest allies : Europe.
Thank you @marchforrejoin.bsky.social 👏
I'm calling on the Speaker to block Trump from addressing Parliament during his unprecedented second State Visit. Will you join me actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
Sign the Petition
Keep Trump out of Parliament
actionstorm.org
March 8, 2025 at 5:02 PM
I'm calling on the Speaker to block Trump from addressing Parliament during his unprecedented second State Visit. Will you join me actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
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If he fawns over Trump he will lose even more of his base here. However, it must be a nightmare for most world leaders ( apart from Netanyahu)
Trying to appease racists won’t work. Neither will fawning over Trump. This government needs to wake up, and quickly.
www.linkedin.com/posts/farruk...
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Farrukh Younus on LinkedIn: 2024: Keir Starmer, "The special relationship between the UK and the US…
2024: Keir Starmer, "The special relationship between the UK and the US will continue to flourish for many years to come"
2025: Donald Trump, "Simplifying our…
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February 11, 2025 at 9:52 AM
If he fawns over Trump he will lose even more of his base here. However, it must be a nightmare for most world leaders ( apart from Netanyahu)
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"57% of voters say they would vote to rejoin the EU, he has a certain mandate to get closer... bearing in mind Nigel Farage is constantly snapping at his heels"
📺 UKICE's @cbarnard.bsky.social discusses Keir Starmer aligning more closely with the EU on BBC's The Sunday Show👇
📺 UKICE's @cbarnard.bsky.social discusses Keir Starmer aligning more closely with the EU on BBC's The Sunday Show👇
February 4, 2025 at 5:20 PM
"57% of voters say they would vote to rejoin the EU, he has a certain mandate to get closer... bearing in mind Nigel Farage is constantly snapping at his heels"
📺 UKICE's @cbarnard.bsky.social discusses Keir Starmer aligning more closely with the EU on BBC's The Sunday Show👇
📺 UKICE's @cbarnard.bsky.social discusses Keir Starmer aligning more closely with the EU on BBC's The Sunday Show👇
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There are no basic standards in the modern Tory party. Not of respectability, or intellectual consistency, or mortality. So it will now say anything - anything at all - if it echoes what that madman in the White House is doing.
Kemi Badenoch's spokesman repeatedly refuses to condemn Donald Trump's Gaza plan, or repeat the Conservative party's previous support for a two state solution.
Pushed to say whether Palestinians should have a right to return to their homes, he refused to do so
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/k...
Pushed to say whether Palestinians should have a right to return to their homes, he refused to do so
bylinetimes.com/2025/02/05/k...
Kemi Badenoch Refuses to Reject Donald Trump's 'Ethnic Cleansing' Plan for Gaza
A spokesman for the Conservative leader would not reiterate the party's previous support for a two state solution for Israel and Palestine
bylinetimes.com
February 5, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There are no basic standards in the modern Tory party. Not of respectability, or intellectual consistency, or mortality. So it will now say anything - anything at all - if it echoes what that madman in the White House is doing.
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How LONG does it take before some people find their consciences? 🧐
( It appears to take rich people much longer. I think many of us can join up the dots here)
How LONG does it take before some people find their consciences? 🧐
( It appears to take rich people much longer. I think many of us can join up the dots here)
Kay Burley quits Sky News!
YouTube video by Femi
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February 5, 2025 at 6:20 PM
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How LONG does it take before some people find their consciences? 🧐
( It appears to take rich people much longer. I think many of us can join up the dots here)
How LONG does it take before some people find their consciences? 🧐
( It appears to take rich people much longer. I think many of us can join up the dots here)
Over 21 million votes cast in 2024 were ignored or wasted. After the most disproportionate election ever, there is a crucial parliamentary debate on 30th Jan on changing the voting system.
Write to demand your MP attend and support fair votes: actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
Write to demand your MP attend and support fair votes: actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
Westminster is debating PR on 30th January. Tell your MP to be there.
Over 21 million votes cast in 2024 were ignored or wasted. After the most disproportionate election ever, there is a crucial parliamentary debate on 30th Jan on changing the voting system.
Don’t let ...
actionnetwork.org
January 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Over 21 million votes cast in 2024 were ignored or wasted. After the most disproportionate election ever, there is a crucial parliamentary debate on 30th Jan on changing the voting system.
Write to demand your MP attend and support fair votes: actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
Write to demand your MP attend and support fair votes: actionnetwork.org/letters/pr-d...
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Dear @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
This is shameful. I think you might agree.
Can you do something about this?
Dear @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
This is shameful. I think you might agree.
Can you do something about this?
This 77-year-old climate activist should never have been jailed – and now faces a Kafkaesque struggle to get out | Zoe Williams
A failure of justice, and draconian Tory law, put Gaie Delap in prison. A failure of government is keeping her there, writes Guardian columnist Zoe Williams
www.theguardian.com
January 9, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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Dear @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
This is shameful. I think you might agree.
Can you do something about this?
Dear @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social
This is shameful. I think you might agree.
Can you do something about this?
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One teaspoon of the neonicotinoids pesticide could kill 1.25 billion bees. And yet the Government could be about to let it back on English fields. Sign the petition: tell Ministers to keep this ban on bee-killing pesticides in place. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Unbelievable!!
Unbelievable!!
Sign the petition: Keep our fields free of bee-killing pesticides!
One teaspoon of the neonicotinoids pesticide could kill 1.25 billion bees. And yet the Government could be about to let it back on English fields. Sign the petition: tell Ministers to keep this ban on...
act.38degrees.org.uk
January 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
One teaspoon of the neonicotinoids pesticide could kill 1.25 billion bees. And yet the Government could be about to let it back on English fields. Sign the petition: tell Ministers to keep this ban on bee-killing pesticides in place. act.38degrees.org.uk/act/save-our...
Unbelievable!!
Unbelievable!!
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Having bought the US election, Musk now wants to buy ours. This ketamine-infused menace thinks global domination is his to buy.
And Farage is grasping for his money.These repulsive men weaponise prejudice for power. They feed off ignorance, resentment and inadequacy.
If they succeed, we have failed.
And Farage is grasping for his money.These repulsive men weaponise prejudice for power. They feed off ignorance, resentment and inadequacy.
If they succeed, we have failed.
December 1, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Having bought the US election, Musk now wants to buy ours. This ketamine-infused menace thinks global domination is his to buy.
And Farage is grasping for his money.These repulsive men weaponise prejudice for power. They feed off ignorance, resentment and inadequacy.
If they succeed, we have failed.
And Farage is grasping for his money.These repulsive men weaponise prejudice for power. They feed off ignorance, resentment and inadequacy.
If they succeed, we have failed.
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Terrifying. We have lots of idiots here who believe any old lies in the RW press
Heads up Bluesky, another wave of Brits may be heading over here from Twitter. Musk is rumoured to be considering funding the UK's right-wing nationalist party, at levels never seen before in this country. Basically, he wants to buy himself a UK PM to go with the POTUS he just bought.
Is Elon Musk Planning To Make A 'F*** You Starmer' $100 Million Donation To Reform UK?
The tech billionaire has been at war with the PM for months.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 1, 2024 at 10:58 AM
Terrifying. We have lots of idiots here who believe any old lies in the RW press
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This revisionism and flat-out disinformation, exploited by politicians for self-promotion and monetised by pundits for profit, also fuels the resentment that results in the awful scenes this summer.
Our public broadcaster needs to do better than simply giving it a megaphone. ~AA
Our public broadcaster needs to do better than simply giving it a megaphone. ~AA
November 28, 2024 at 4:23 PM
This revisionism and flat-out disinformation, exploited by politicians for self-promotion and monetised by pundits for profit, also fuels the resentment that results in the awful scenes this summer.
Our public broadcaster needs to do better than simply giving it a megaphone. ~AA
Our public broadcaster needs to do better than simply giving it a megaphone. ~AA
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"Britain dumped other mistakes: Poll Tax, Sinclair C5, amphibious scooters, shoe umbrellas... Time to dump Brexit."
"It’s no longer if but when a UK Government will find the courage to abandon this pointless exercise"
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2473930...
"It’s no longer if but when a UK Government will find the courage to abandon this pointless exercise"
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2473930...
'Britain dumped other mistakes, now it's time to dump Brexit'
Britain dumped other mistakes: time to dump Brexit says our letter writer. What do you think?
www.yorkpress.co.uk
November 23, 2024 at 2:29 PM
"Britain dumped other mistakes: Poll Tax, Sinclair C5, amphibious scooters, shoe umbrellas... Time to dump Brexit."
"It’s no longer if but when a UK Government will find the courage to abandon this pointless exercise"
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2473930...
"It’s no longer if but when a UK Government will find the courage to abandon this pointless exercise"
www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/2473930...
I just beat you at 57!
59 😬
Your real age is 70 minus the number of musicians you recognize playing at Coachella 2025
November 22, 2024 at 1:12 PM
I just beat you at 57!
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Never has a petition to the government about the folly and criminality of Brexit ever amounted to anything, but it's good to keep the narrative going. Sign and hope is what I say! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... #Brexshit #Remain #FBPE #EU
Petition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possible
I believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ...
petition.parliament.uk
November 18, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Never has a petition to the government about the folly and criminality of Brexit ever amounted to anything, but it's good to keep the narrative going. Sign and hope is what I say! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70... #Brexshit #Remain #FBPE #EU
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In other news millions of people in the UK are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks
November 20, 2024 at 12:52 PM
In other news millions of people in the UK are living in poverty, destitution & using food banks
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Hilarious way for Alex Burghart to start Deputy
#PMQs - questioning Angela Rayner about inflation, when he was Minister for Growth under Liz Truss.
When inflation hit 11.1%.
#PMQs - questioning Angela Rayner about inflation, when he was Minister for Growth under Liz Truss.
When inflation hit 11.1%.
November 20, 2024 at 12:14 PM
Hilarious way for Alex Burghart to start Deputy
#PMQs - questioning Angela Rayner about inflation, when he was Minister for Growth under Liz Truss.
When inflation hit 11.1%.
#PMQs - questioning Angela Rayner about inflation, when he was Minister for Growth under Liz Truss.
When inflation hit 11.1%.
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"What do you farm mate? Arable, beef?
"Outrage"
"Outrage"
November 19, 2024 at 7:44 PM
"What do you farm mate? Arable, beef?
"Outrage"
"Outrage"
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The multi-millionaire who bought farmland to avoid tax…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
November 20, 2024 at 4:21 PM
The multi-millionaire who bought farmland to avoid tax…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
And the man who decimated farming to progress his own career
…are now the self-appointed saviours of farming
On today’s pod we discuss how people have lost their damned minds.
Listen on link below…
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The numbers look seriously bad for the Tories in Wales.
Fewer than 10% of people aged under 65 in Wales voted for the Conservatives in the GE.
Assuming the trend continue, 40% of Tory voters will have passed away by next election.
Data from @richardwynjones.bsky.social & @jaclarner.bsky.social
Fewer than 10% of people aged under 65 in Wales voted for the Conservatives in the GE.
Assuming the trend continue, 40% of Tory voters will have passed away by next election.
Data from @richardwynjones.bsky.social & @jaclarner.bsky.social
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 PM
The numbers look seriously bad for the Tories in Wales.
Fewer than 10% of people aged under 65 in Wales voted for the Conservatives in the GE.
Assuming the trend continue, 40% of Tory voters will have passed away by next election.
Data from @richardwynjones.bsky.social & @jaclarner.bsky.social
Fewer than 10% of people aged under 65 in Wales voted for the Conservatives in the GE.
Assuming the trend continue, 40% of Tory voters will have passed away by next election.
Data from @richardwynjones.bsky.social & @jaclarner.bsky.social
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Lord Heseltine issues Trump warning to Starmer with urgent appeal to push for #BrexitReset
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t.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-reset-heseltine-trump-starmer-european-movement-b2648863.html
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t.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-reset-heseltine-trump-starmer-european-movement-b2648863.html
Heseltine issues Trump warning to Starmer with urgent appeal to push for Brexit reset
Former deputy PM says Trump’s looming return to White House means UK must revive links with Brussels
www.independent.co.uk
November 18, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Lord Heseltine issues Trump warning to Starmer with urgent appeal to push for #BrexitReset
www.independen
t.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-reset-heseltine-trump-starmer-european-movement-b2648863.html
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t.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-reset-heseltine-trump-starmer-european-movement-b2648863.html