SV-UK
@synvuk.bsky.social
Lawyer, former Trade Union official, activist, dilettante, general wise cracker, malarkeyist and shenaniganiser.
Pithy remarks, quips, likes and general tomfoolery are not endorsements...
Pithy remarks, quips, likes and general tomfoolery are not endorsements...
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Today is one of those days I am so grateful we have Sir Keir Starmer as our PM.
He is leading the world in supporting Ukraine.
A tough scenario for all involved and I can think of no one better right now to be our leader.
He is leading the world in supporting Ukraine.
A tough scenario for all involved and I can think of no one better right now to be our leader.
December 8, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Today is one of those days I am so grateful we have Sir Keir Starmer as our PM.
He is leading the world in supporting Ukraine.
A tough scenario for all involved and I can think of no one better right now to be our leader.
He is leading the world in supporting Ukraine.
A tough scenario for all involved and I can think of no one better right now to be our leader.
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£725m package of reforms to apprenticeships
Another day, another announcement to help tackle youth unemployment!
Thousands of young people are set to benefit from skills reforms over the next 3 years including:
+ 50k more on apprenticeships
+ a new wave of foundation apprenticeships
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Another day, another announcement to help tackle youth unemployment!
Thousands of young people are set to benefit from skills reforms over the next 3 years including:
+ 50k more on apprenticeships
+ a new wave of foundation apprenticeships
1/2
December 8, 2025 at 7:22 AM
£725m package of reforms to apprenticeships
Another day, another announcement to help tackle youth unemployment!
Thousands of young people are set to benefit from skills reforms over the next 3 years including:
+ 50k more on apprenticeships
+ a new wave of foundation apprenticeships
1/2
Another day, another announcement to help tackle youth unemployment!
Thousands of young people are set to benefit from skills reforms over the next 3 years including:
+ 50k more on apprenticeships
+ a new wave of foundation apprenticeships
1/2
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To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
RFK’s Anti-Vax Team Readies Its Next Moves
“Their game is, let’s really destabilize trust in the vaccine, and make people really anxious about it.”
lnk.thebulwark.com
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
To be very clear: Kennedy's team is messing with a vaccine which has led to a 99 percent drop in the incidence of hepatitis B, which kills, early and painfully, 25 percent of the children who get it.
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Criminal gangs have built a mountain of illegal waste by the River Cherwell.
The police are calling the mega fly-tipping across the county ‘the new narcotics’. It’s time Labour clean this mess up in Oxfordshire and everywhere else.
The police are calling the mega fly-tipping across the county ‘the new narcotics’. It’s time Labour clean this mess up in Oxfordshire and everywhere else.
December 6, 2025 at 5:01 PM
Criminal gangs have built a mountain of illegal waste by the River Cherwell.
The police are calling the mega fly-tipping across the county ‘the new narcotics’. It’s time Labour clean this mess up in Oxfordshire and everywhere else.
The police are calling the mega fly-tipping across the county ‘the new narcotics’. It’s time Labour clean this mess up in Oxfordshire and everywhere else.
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Another list of 12 announcements from our Labour government this week . The star is the Child Poverty Strategy. As a rich country we have to do better for our children. Thank goodness for our Labour Government. Sure/Best starts making massive contribution too.
December 5, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Another list of 12 announcements from our Labour government this week . The star is the Child Poverty Strategy. As a rich country we have to do better for our children. Thank goodness for our Labour Government. Sure/Best starts making massive contribution too.
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How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
The Paradox of Global Warming and Colder Winters - WhoWhatWhy
If the cold weather makes it harder for you to argue with climate change deniers about the existence of global warming, this story is for you.
whowhatwhy.org
December 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
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'Ireland’s security services have found that the drones in the Irish Sea were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack.' God only knows how many times Zelensky has survived such attacks. www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 11:13 AM
'Ireland’s security services have found that the drones in the Irish Sea were large, hugely expensive, of military specification, and that the incident could be classed as a hybrid attack.' God only knows how many times Zelensky has survived such attacks. www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
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A masterclass in how to be an honest, no-holds barred journalist.
If only we had more like her
If only we had more like her
December 5, 2025 at 4:14 AM
A masterclass in how to be an honest, no-holds barred journalist.
If only we had more like her
If only we had more like her
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A timely reminder that the definition of the word ‘farage’ is the liquid found at the bottom of a waste bin or container.
And yes you can get your public service announcement T Towel at www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
And yes you can get your public service announcement T Towel at www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
![Red and white t towel design. Reading in red, Public Health Warning. Please mind the farage. Beneath is a health and safety logo of a leaking bin. Beneath the logo are the words ‘Farage (noun) [fa-rij] The liquid found at the bottom of a waste bin or container.’](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dsjjyd6tv34uyxd75o44o4p/bafkreiakzmcl5fdykwhpkndq3zkwpdknkwtc4piddfans2ewkjclqiq7cq@jpeg)
December 5, 2025 at 10:54 AM
A timely reminder that the definition of the word ‘farage’ is the liquid found at the bottom of a waste bin or container.
And yes you can get your public service announcement T Towel at www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
And yes you can get your public service announcement T Towel at www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
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Just what is Labour doing to support families?
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
December 5, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Just what is Labour doing to support families?
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
Quite a lot, actually. And they are just getting started!
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Another story related to the State Visit by Germany which you may have missed...
...is that the plans for the direct UK-Germany rail service have got one step closer!
Signing an agreement, Eurostar & Deutsche Bahn (DB) have confirmed joint plans to explore the setting up the route
How exciting!
...is that the plans for the direct UK-Germany rail service have got one step closer!
Signing an agreement, Eurostar & Deutsche Bahn (DB) have confirmed joint plans to explore the setting up the route
How exciting!
Plans for direct UK–Germany rail link one step closer
Eurostar and Deutsche Bahn plan direct London–Germany high-speed rail by early 2030s, making travel greener and easier.
www.gov.uk
December 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Another story related to the State Visit by Germany which you may have missed...
...is that the plans for the direct UK-Germany rail service have got one step closer!
Signing an agreement, Eurostar & Deutsche Bahn (DB) have confirmed joint plans to explore the setting up the route
How exciting!
...is that the plans for the direct UK-Germany rail service have got one step closer!
Signing an agreement, Eurostar & Deutsche Bahn (DB) have confirmed joint plans to explore the setting up the route
How exciting!
I'm reminded of the words of Jean Luc Picard in terms of the Borg...
We appear to have indulged the Russian Bear for far too long. Our complacency is our weakness and we cannot appease our way out of its voracious appetite.
We appear to have indulged the Russian Bear for far too long. Our complacency is our weakness and we cannot appease our way out of its voracious appetite.
December 5, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I'm reminded of the words of Jean Luc Picard in terms of the Borg...
We appear to have indulged the Russian Bear for far too long. Our complacency is our weakness and we cannot appease our way out of its voracious appetite.
We appear to have indulged the Russian Bear for far too long. Our complacency is our weakness and we cannot appease our way out of its voracious appetite.
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Finally someone says it.
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Finally someone says it.
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A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists?
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
December 3, 2025 at 10:43 PM
A: Who gives a fuck apart from racists?
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
B: His figure is wrong. 71.2% of Glaswegian children speak English as their first language.
C: So that's 28.8% who speak it as a second and I'll bet you they speak brilliant English and that it's much better than most Reform voters I've met online.
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Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
December 4, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Last year Sky News was rending its garments over Starmer's free eyeglasses: WHAT INFLUENCE DID LORD ALLI BUY?
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
Now, RefUK get £9m from a crypto bro, they have not one word about the donor's interests; just BRAVO NIGEL, barely concealed glee, and "what a huge boost... money goes where momentum is". 🤡
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Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration
Creditors are proposing to inject cash and write off some of the troubled water company’s record debt as its customers struggle to afford rising bills
www.thetimes.com
December 4, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Thames Water risks being forced into special administration.
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
40% price hike. Doubling of operating profit, sewage in rivers.
Era of water poverty - 8.5% of the TW customers are on bills subsidised by those who are paying their charges, 4% not paying bills at all.
It's a scam.
archive.ph/k6QX0
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"Like us, they have good and bad days, and must deal with issues relating to health, affordability, and happiness. Despite the traumas many of them have endured, I witnessed the best of humanity shining through each person I met."
A Glasgow soup kitchen
Those who visit a Glasgow soup kitchen have much to teach us about being a caring society – it’s a place where humanity shines through
bylines.scot
December 4, 2025 at 8:59 AM
"Like us, they have good and bad days, and must deal with issues relating to health, affordability, and happiness. Despite the traumas many of them have endured, I witnessed the best of humanity shining through each person I met."
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Melissa Dalton-Bradford
December 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Melissa Dalton-Bradford
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
If you thought SLAPP was bad, how about CLANP -
Corporate Litigation against National Parliaments...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Corporate Litigation against National Parliaments...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Hello, foreign oligarchs and corporations! Please come and sue the UK for billions | George Monbiot
The case of a planned Cumbrian coalmine shows how governments around the world are being threatened by litigation in shadowy offshore courts, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
December 1, 2025 at 11:20 AM
If you thought SLAPP was bad, how about CLANP -
Corporate Litigation against National Parliaments...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Corporate Litigation against National Parliaments...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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As if to prove a point, here it is again…. For the last time today x
It is that time of year where I relentlessly plug this years T Towels.
Get ‘em www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
Get ‘em www.markthomasinfo.co.uk/store/
![T Towel in red and white, PLEASE MIND THE FARAGE. Picture of bin leaking said ‘farage’ and the information ‘farage (noun) [fa-rij] The liquid found at the bottom og a waste bin or container.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:2dsjjyd6tv34uyxd75o44o4p/bafkreier3jfqiupxmlfwchsgac3sbfwx6x5gtr7so3oecezmkf3otmm3ey@jpeg)
November 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As if to prove a point, here it is again…. For the last time today x