Martin
@mls4711.bsky.social
Forever a Breturn/Brejoin European 🇪🇺, with a preference to/of 🇫🇷.
Scuba interests. Let’s look after this planet while we are on it!
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Scuba interests. Let’s look after this planet while we are on it!
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Martin
@mls4711.bsky.social
· Feb 2
Absolutely right Mike!
But we all know that the U.K. always acts after the horse had bolted!
But we all know that the U.K. always acts after the horse had bolted!
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What a cruel and heartless woman
Even her dog seems to be disgusted at her
Even her dog seems to be disgusted at her
October 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
What a cruel and heartless woman
Even her dog seems to be disgusted at her
Even her dog seems to be disgusted at her
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Before pavements were council-provided free car parking, they used to be for people to walk on and push prams on. (I am old and grumpy.)
October 20, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Before pavements were council-provided free car parking, they used to be for people to walk on and push prams on. (I am old and grumpy.)
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The tide is finally turning: the past doesn’t have to define the future, but we must acknowledge the damage Brexit has caused. By rebuilding our relationship with the European Union, we can begin to restore the trust that was broken almost a decade ago.
![Reeves suggests impact of Brexit on UK economy has been even worse than critics predicted at time
Rachel Reeves has suggested that the impact of Brexit on the economy has been even worse than critics predicted when the UK voted to leave the EU.
Speaking at the Regional Investment Summit in Birmingham, in response to a question about the budget, she said:
“I don’t think that the past has to define our future. That’s why we are doing things differently. That’s why we are deregulating. It’s why we’re overturning the planning system. It’s why we are backing all regions of the UK with the capital spending that we’re putting in. Because I’m determined to defy those projections [from the OBR] and grow our economy quicker.
We also know – and the OBR, I think, is going to be pretty frank about this [in its next report on the state of the economy, published to coincide with the budget on 26 November] – that things like austerity, the cuts to capital spending and Brexit, have had a bigger impact on our economy than even was projected back then.
That’s why we are unashamedly rebuilding our relations with the European Union to reduce some of those costs that were, in my view, needlessly added to businesses since 2016 and since we formally left a few years ago.”
The Guardian, 21st October, 11:56 BST](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bnuqsmli2rmtqcha6emaedr3/bafkreihnifcmedaep7poymmochdg3euu4uuqiemcvgrtj7of4ifrut7iyq@jpeg)
October 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
The tide is finally turning: the past doesn’t have to define the future, but we must acknowledge the damage Brexit has caused. By rebuilding our relationship with the European Union, we can begin to restore the trust that was broken almost a decade ago.
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Stolen from FB
October 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Stolen from FB
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Football team away supporters are regularly banned in Europe. All English teams were banned for five years from Europe. All quite normal in football and not anti English, anti Dutch or anti Israeli. Just anti thug!
October 17, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Football team away supporters are regularly banned in Europe. All English teams were banned for five years from Europe. All quite normal in football and not anti English, anti Dutch or anti Israeli. Just anti thug!
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Unfortunately yes, Israel owns them
October 17, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Unfortunately yes, Israel owns them
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The people of Birmingham do not want zionists in their city. That's 2 million people. Starmer is ignoring the will of his own people purely because he so disgracefully bows down to Israel and America. He should be removed from office immediately.
October 17, 2025 at 5:42 PM
The people of Birmingham do not want zionists in their city. That's 2 million people. Starmer is ignoring the will of his own people purely because he so disgracefully bows down to Israel and America. He should be removed from office immediately.
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Fuck Israel and fuck the Westminster that panders to them....it's not just Starmer. Too many of our politicians take the blood money and expect us not to notice.
October 17, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Fuck Israel and fuck the Westminster that panders to them....it's not just Starmer. Too many of our politicians take the blood money and expect us not to notice.
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Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned because of information from Interpol in Europe, who passed it on to the Home Office, who gave it to the Police, who banned them.
Is our Government really going to endanger the safety of our citizens just so it doesn't upset Israel?
Is our Government really going to endanger the safety of our citizens just so it doesn't upset Israel?
October 17, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Maccabi Tel Aviv fans were banned because of information from Interpol in Europe, who passed it on to the Home Office, who gave it to the Police, who banned them.
Is our Government really going to endanger the safety of our citizens just so it doesn't upset Israel?
Is our Government really going to endanger the safety of our citizens just so it doesn't upset Israel?
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It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
October 17, 2025 at 3:43 AM
It costs ~$70 to produce a year’s supply of insulin.
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
Yet, the average annual cost of insulin went from $2,864 in 2012 to $5,705 in 2016 to $18,000 in 2025. A 25,714% markup. That isn’t inflation or supply chain—It’s corporate greed.
Now—California will sell insulin for $11. Make this nationwide!
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"weirdo” “ridiculous” - these are the playground taunts when you have no political arguments left to make.
And just like playground bullies, they come from a place of fear. Because they can see us organising and they don’t know how to respond.
join.greenparty.org.uk
And just like playground bullies, they come from a place of fear. Because they can see us organising and they don’t know how to respond.
join.greenparty.org.uk
October 17, 2025 at 8:24 PM
"weirdo” “ridiculous” - these are the playground taunts when you have no political arguments left to make.
And just like playground bullies, they come from a place of fear. Because they can see us organising and they don’t know how to respond.
join.greenparty.org.uk
And just like playground bullies, they come from a place of fear. Because they can see us organising and they don’t know how to respond.
join.greenparty.org.uk
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He will no doubt ban Arabic numerals from schools as well
October 9, 2025 at 7:34 PM
He will no doubt ban Arabic numerals from schools as well
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Increase sentence for Gisèle Pelicot rapist, prosecutor tells appeal court
Increase sentence for Gisèle Pelicot rapist, prosecutor tells appeal court
Dominique Sie recommends 12-year jail term after Husamettin Dugan’s ‘refusal to take responsibility’ for assault
The French state prosecutor has called for the jail term of an unemployed builder to be increased after he contested his conviction for raping Gisèle Pelicot after she had been drugged unconscious by her husband.
Dominique Sie, the lead state prosecutor, told Nîmes appeal court that Husamettin Dogan’s claims of innocence were an example of how rape culture was still widespread in society as part of “archaic” forms of “male domination”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Increase sentence for Gisèle Pelicot rapist, prosecutor tells appeal court
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🚨The petition is now well on its way to 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it there today 🙏
You can support the campaign to change the law by signing the petition here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
You can support the campaign to change the law by signing the petition here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
October 9, 2025 at 10:44 AM
🚨The petition is now well on its way to 75,000 signatures! Let’s get it there today 🙏
You can support the campaign to change the law by signing the petition here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
You can support the campaign to change the law by signing the petition here👇
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
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Yeah, so many:
All those bankers
Hedge fund managers
Foreign owners of utility companies
Slum landlords
The royal family
MPs
Mates of MPs
Private healthcare providers
Private social care providers
Billionaires
Russian billionaire’s
That’s a lot of people
All those bankers
Hedge fund managers
Foreign owners of utility companies
Slum landlords
The royal family
MPs
Mates of MPs
Private healthcare providers
Private social care providers
Billionaires
Russian billionaire’s
That’s a lot of people
Kemi Badenoch has claimed the Tories 'made life better for so many' as she delivered her keynote speech at the party’s conference
Kemi Badenoch claims the Tories 'made life better for so many'
www.thenational.scot
October 8, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Yeah, so many:
All those bankers
Hedge fund managers
Foreign owners of utility companies
Slum landlords
The royal family
MPs
Mates of MPs
Private healthcare providers
Private social care providers
Billionaires
Russian billionaire’s
That’s a lot of people
All those bankers
Hedge fund managers
Foreign owners of utility companies
Slum landlords
The royal family
MPs
Mates of MPs
Private healthcare providers
Private social care providers
Billionaires
Russian billionaire’s
That’s a lot of people
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"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
October 8, 2025 at 10:33 AM
"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?
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And what’s that saying? ‘ when America coughs the U.K. catches a cold’
October 8, 2025 at 1:11 PM
And what’s that saying? ‘ when America coughs the U.K. catches a cold’
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WAKE THE F'K UP UK....this Fascist takeover will be easier to pull off in UK than than US...your Press are more compromised/compliant already, the FPTP electoral system hands complete control to 33% vote, & the Right - REFORM, Tommy & (now) Tory are getting close to lock Goose-step.
October 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
WAKE THE F'K UP UK....this Fascist takeover will be easier to pull off in UK than than US...your Press are more compromised/compliant already, the FPTP electoral system hands complete control to 33% vote, & the Right - REFORM, Tommy & (now) Tory are getting close to lock Goose-step.
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That is why fascism walked into America with ease and without any restraint.
October 8, 2025 at 5:46 PM
That is why fascism walked into America with ease and without any restraint.
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It’s scary. Sending in presidential storm troopers and arresting democratically elected opposition politicians is pure authoritarianism.
And, yes, it’s heading this way.
And, yes, it’s heading this way.
October 8, 2025 at 1:29 PM
It’s scary. Sending in presidential storm troopers and arresting democratically elected opposition politicians is pure authoritarianism.
And, yes, it’s heading this way.
And, yes, it’s heading this way.
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I’m listening to what’s going on in the USA.
We need to pay attention people.
American is being completely taken over by fascism.
There will be no opposition party.
It’s happening.
We need to pay attention people.
American is being completely taken over by fascism.
There will be no opposition party.
It’s happening.
fascism.th
October 8, 2025 at 11:46 AM
I’m listening to what’s going on in the USA.
We need to pay attention people.
American is being completely taken over by fascism.
There will be no opposition party.
It’s happening.
We need to pay attention people.
American is being completely taken over by fascism.
There will be no opposition party.
It’s happening.
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So much free speech.
September 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
So much free speech.
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Zack Polanski, "Nigel Farage is the leading cause for Brexit, one of the biggest disasters, I believe, for this country"
"That man has the audacity to say on the international stage that he wants to remove us from other organisations"
"I believe that ultimately our heart is in the European Union"
"That man has the audacity to say on the international stage that he wants to remove us from other organisations"
"I believe that ultimately our heart is in the European Union"
September 2, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Zack Polanski, "Nigel Farage is the leading cause for Brexit, one of the biggest disasters, I believe, for this country"
"That man has the audacity to say on the international stage that he wants to remove us from other organisations"
"I believe that ultimately our heart is in the European Union"
"That man has the audacity to say on the international stage that he wants to remove us from other organisations"
"I believe that ultimately our heart is in the European Union"
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US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio.
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio
Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out
www.ft.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio.
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8