Mick
@mickyjohn.bsky.social
Studied Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art, London 1969-1973 and Royal Academy, London 1973-1976. Lefty, Remainer, walker, cyclist, whisky lover, drummer, fly fisher and grandfather.
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
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Cars are an essential, planes are for holidays. Of course it’s not that black and white - but I’ll tell you what is, zero fuel duty on flying and big fuel duty on driving. That’s wrong. Our tax system needs to be more fair, logical and progressive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/ne...
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/ne...
November 20, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Cars are an essential, planes are for holidays. Of course it’s not that black and white - but I’ll tell you what is, zero fuel duty on flying and big fuel duty on driving. That’s wrong. Our tax system needs to be more fair, logical and progressive.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/ne...
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/tax/ne...
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The Mothers, 1921 woodcut, by German artist and #printmaker Käthe Kollwitz, is an anti war artwork, from the perspective of mothers #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
November 16, 2025 at 7:11 AM
The Mothers, 1921 woodcut, by German artist and #printmaker Käthe Kollwitz, is an anti war artwork, from the perspective of mothers #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
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“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
November 16, 2025 at 8:55 AM
“on article 8 of the ECHR in particular the right to family life ..we want to constrain in legislation the way that that is applied in immigration cases” Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood tells Sky’s Trevor Philips
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
Who would have imagined we would ever hear this from a Labour government
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November 16, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
November 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Human rights are universal - if we start stripping away basic human rights from any section of society then none of us has rights – just privileges that can be taken away by people in power whenever they want
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Today was Palestinian Independence Day.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
November 16, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Today was Palestinian Independence Day.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
As Trump and Netanyahu’s disastrous postwar plans become clear, the U.S. must recognize and respect Palestinian statehood — as 81% of the world already does.
Agency and dignity are the only ways we can achieve lasting peace.
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They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
November 13, 2025 at 9:43 PM
They market their cars as weapons and we allow them on the same roads as children cycling to school.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
And I still get weird middle-aged men in my notifications obfuscating for and defending this.
This is not a serious society.
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X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
🔉What dangers does X pose to our democracy? And should the government stop using it?
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
Good to hear yesterday from @sundersays.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social on the immense risk of X as it ignores legal obligations and its owner tries to influence UK politics.
@commonswec.parliament.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:44 PM
X is a radicalisation machine that pushes people into angry extremism, peddles disinformation and conspiracy theories and is run by an egomaniacal lunatic who threatens civil war on our streets and wants to trash our democracy.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
It does nothing but harm.
So, yes. Government should stop using it.
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Trump is moving to immortalize himself with his name etched into coins, carved into pediments, and inscribed into marble. He wants to glorify himself in the most permanent ways possible.
We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.
We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.
The Verdict of History
Trump and his fascist glorification
robertreich.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Trump is moving to immortalize himself with his name etched into coins, carved into pediments, and inscribed into marble. He wants to glorify himself in the most permanent ways possible.
We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.
We must not allow Trump to rewrite history with false tributes to himself.
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MAJOR BREAKING: Adelita Grijalva has OFFICIALLY been sworn in as a member of Congress.
Rep. Grijalva says the first thing she will do is to SIGN the Epstein discharge petition.
CONGRATULATIONS
REP. ADELITA GRIJALVA!
RELEASE THE FILES!!
Rep. Grijalva says the first thing she will do is to SIGN the Epstein discharge petition.
CONGRATULATIONS
REP. ADELITA GRIJALVA!
RELEASE THE FILES!!
November 12, 2025 at 10:22 PM
MAJOR BREAKING: Adelita Grijalva has OFFICIALLY been sworn in as a member of Congress.
Rep. Grijalva says the first thing she will do is to SIGN the Epstein discharge petition.
CONGRATULATIONS
REP. ADELITA GRIJALVA!
RELEASE THE FILES!!
Rep. Grijalva says the first thing she will do is to SIGN the Epstein discharge petition.
CONGRATULATIONS
REP. ADELITA GRIJALVA!
RELEASE THE FILES!!
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"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."
Teesworks scandal: a dark tale of public wealth lost and private gain
Teesworks - a story that reads like a screenplay for a dark political drama
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 10:07 AM
"This entire saga has a smell hanging over it. The people of Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington are no fools. That smell will not go away until there is a full, transparent and independent inquiry."
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◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
Houchen’s deprivation failure exposed – official
Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 9:38 AM
◾ >9 years since Tees Valley voted for supposed benefits of Brexit
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
◾ >8 since Houchen was elected Mayor of Tees Valley
◾ >6 since Johnson promised to level up left-behind areas
...Middlesbrough remains the local authority with the highest proportion of most deprived neighbourhoods in England.
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"Lest we forget"
Remembrance Sunday 9 th November
Remembrance Sunday 9 th November
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Lest we forget"
Remembrance Sunday 9 th November
Remembrance Sunday 9 th November
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Number 1 for eleven years running. But who’s counting?
Greatest city in the world.
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
Greatest city in the world.
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
November 8, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Number 1 for eleven years running. But who’s counting?
Greatest city in the world.
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
Greatest city in the world.
www.londonandpartners.com/newsroom/new...
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Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to this young boy.
They. Set. Fire. To. A. Child.
This is life in the West Bank.
READ THAT AGAIN
MONSTERS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
They. Set. Fire. To. A. Child.
This is life in the West Bank.
READ THAT AGAIN
MONSTERS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
November 7, 2025 at 10:28 PM
Illegal Israeli settlers set fire to this young boy.
They. Set. Fire. To. A. Child.
This is life in the West Bank.
READ THAT AGAIN
MONSTERS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
They. Set. Fire. To. A. Child.
This is life in the West Bank.
READ THAT AGAIN
MONSTERS 🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
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Zohran Mamdani’s victory is one for humanity- within New York AND America AND the West.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
November 5, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Zohran Mamdani’s victory is one for humanity- within New York AND America AND the West.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
and the wider world needed to see it.
It’s about the community of people who care about humanity deeply - and it’s part of a new wave coming in to break the old sclerotic media-political positions.
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November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division.
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
November 4, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Cities thrive not on fear but empathy, on cooperation not division.
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
That's the NYC we know and love. It has found expression in this movement. And it is rising up at the ballot box today.
Polls close at 9pm: zohranfornyc.com/vote
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Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
The myths are seductive, the reality is very different – without the ECHR your freedoms rest on whichever Home Secretary wakes up grumpy
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Leaving the ECHR won’t “Take Back Control” – it will hand your rights to politicians
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/politics/jus...