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Mark Johnson

@bluemarco54.bsky.social
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Socialist, cyclist and environmentalist. Optimistic about Andy Burnham's government. Lancs CC & MCFC

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Humanists UK @humanists.uk · 02/10/2026
Hey, Suella, leave them kids alone. A school's job is educate children, not force them into religious worship. Keep Christian Nationalism OUT of assemblies, classrooms, and the curriculum. Agree? Sign our petition today 👇 humanists.uk/action/keep-...
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Keep Christian Nationalism out of our schools
Reform UK wants to force every school to sing Christian hymns – and says there will be ‘consequences’ for schools that refuse. Add your name and help us defend inclusive education. Reform UK has unvei...
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
It's that time again, National Trust members. Please use the QuickVote or make your own choices but avoid Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing and Omrani. Hopefully one day "Restore Trust" will give up trying to Restore Empire and deny our full and honest history as a nation.
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"The National Trust, too quick to bend in the wind of fashion, is making historical mistakes and confusing visitors."

Lawrence Goldman on Dyrham Park.

Vote Bonigala, Cristea, Goldman, Mealing and Omrani. Leave the Quick Vote unticked.
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
A philanthropic gift is a new hospital ward, it’s a CAT scanner, it’s a new library, it’s a school swimming pool it’s not funding fascism.
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Mark Johnson @bluemarco54.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
God help us, the orange idiot can't even say the word unification and the BBC treat it as a serious statement
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Seems the difference between ‘protestors’ and ‘terrorists’ is that protestors wear balaclavas while terrorists hold placards.
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Gemma Clark 🧿🕯️ @gemmaclark.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
It’s kind of funny that anyone believes a ‘man of the people’ meets millionaires to discuss illegal deals over oysters and champagne to… act in the working man’s best interests. It’s trade unions we need not fascist grifters.
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KoKoPopz @kokopopz.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
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Stockport NHS Foundation Trust @stockportnhsft.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Wishing everyone a happy and safe Bank Holiday weekend, and as always a big thank you to all our staff working over the period. Please remember to choose the care that’s right for you, and to keep our emergency department (A&E) for emergencies. More info here: www.stockport.nhs.uk/news/know-wh...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I see Farage has honked out another one of his ‘racist ideas for idiots’… Don’t solve the problem by building more social housing, make people in the queue angry with each other instead. What a little racist shit-stirrer with his £5mill and 5 homes, whipping up hatred to make himself richer. (Times)
Put working Britons first in housing queue, says Reform
Matt Dathan
British-born workers under 35 would be placed at the front of the queue for social housing, with priority given to married couples with children, in a new pledge from Reform UK
Nigel Farage's party has announced radical plans to overhaul the way such accommodation is allocated,
with
veterans also given preference.
Those on benefits would be regarded as a lower priority under the new policy, to be announced by Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader.
The party has already pledged to bar foreigners from social housing and said they would be evicted after a "short grace period. Reform UK estimates that 540,000 social homes are occupied by foreign citizens and that of the 1.3 million people on waiting lists, 15 per cent - about 195,000 households — are foreign.
Tice said: "There are now 1.3 million people waiting for social housing in Britain. The vast majority of them do not have jobs. In terms of the social houses we have, less than half of households are in work and over half a million social homes are currently occupied by foreign nationals.
"Meanwhile, young British men and women, who are working hard, can't afford to move out of their family home… It is time for us to prioritise young British workers, and that is what our policy is about."
A Labour spokesman described
Reform's plans as unserious and unworkable. "Access to social housing is already tightly controlled. Illegal migrants, asylum seekers and migrants on student or work visas are not eligible for social housing," the spokesman said.
"This policy would go after long-term
UK residents that have contributed to our country but are not British citizens, including NHS staff. It would leave more families at risk of homelessness and drive up use of temporary accommodation at the taxpayers' expense. It would also mean renegotiations with the EU, resulting in years of wrangling"
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Andrew Rait @andrewrait.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Now the Clacton election is over the hunt resumes for their MP
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Let’s remember today that Nigel Farage wants to - leave the ECHR - repeal the Equality Act - Strip back workers rights - Lift restrictions on exploitative zero-hours contracts - repeal the Renters’ Rights Act which abolishes “no fault evictions” He is not on your side youtu.be/KxOQRt8PQys?...
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If UK media actually explained Nigel Farage’s policies to the public no one would be supporting him
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
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Bob of Bobington @mrweekender.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
“The Establishment” - is this the new “Woke” ?
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
People of Clacton - it's time to send a message to The Establishment! You know who I mean - the privately educated millionaires who walked into city trader jobs then became career politicians. So you know what to do - vote Binface! #VoteBinface #Clacton
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Kid Charlemagne @smudgeboy99.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
While we're at it, do not forget that c.85% of Reform MPs and councillors are bandwagon-jumping ex-Tories.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Polls for the Greater Manchester Mayoral election are open. If you’re eligible to vote, make sure you cast your vote to help keep Reform out of Greater Manchester’s leadership & stop their divisive politics taking hold. #NeverVoteReform
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Flynnog @flynnog.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Take your head out of the sand re. Adult Social Care and read this. Best exposition I have ever read. Or just let the MSM anti taxation fury obscure facts again
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James Greenwood-Reeves @jgreenwoodreeves.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
As an academic, I have decided to pre-empt AI taking my job, so I am going to take ITS job! I am going to start hallucinating, lying to my students, and drinking 700,000 litres of water
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023
Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 10/07/2026
The wider the hands, the bigger the lie. This was around in 2024, but it's still funny.
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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Reform have now lost six by-elections in a row in England, Scotland and Wales. Their national poll rating is 26% – below Labour in 1983 – and Farage’s approval rating is -37. They’re very far from the voice of the people and need to stop being treated as such.
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David Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Working-class white people are burning down the homes of black working-class people, at the instigation of the world's only trillionaire. How has it come to this?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Crazy isn't it Jeremy Corbyn's Labour party had an 'antisemitism crisis' and now Zack Polanski's Green Party does. While Nigel Farage's Reform party, with Nigel Farage and loads of Nazi lovers, doesn't. It's like it's some kind of scam used against Left Wing parties.
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👋I’m working on follow backs😊 @beaches1.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
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Vote to Stop Reform @stopreform.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
"In Gorton & Denton, the tactical vote to stop Reform was for the Greens - and we said so. In Makerfield, the tactical choice is clearly Andy Burnham. He has the best chance of stopping Reform this time, and that's why...
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Sneaking a giant screen into the flagshagger march is one of the funniest things @ledbydonkeys.org have ever done. "STAY HYDRATED" 😂🤣😂
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Also sending my love to everyone who might find today difficult because they no longer have a Mum or haven't had the chance to become one yet xx
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
“Farage has said he wishes the party "hadn't bothered" to take minority control of Worcestershire County Council, because of its financial problems” V much summing up his approach to power. Grifting and gobshiting - yes please. Hard work and responsibility - god no. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage regrets running 'bankrupt' Worcestershire Council
The Reform UK leader says he wishes the party
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 07/03/2026
Measles is one of the most highly infectious diseases, and it can make children seriously unwell. But it is preventable. Protect yourself and others by ensuring you’re up to date with your and your children’s MMRV vaccines.
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MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) vaccine
Find out about the MMR vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella, including who should have it, when it's given and possible side effects.
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Mark Johnson @bluemarco54.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Should have been a pen but no harm done will take an OG instead
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Kevin Thurston @del-boy.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
50 years ago it was accepted by everyone that Water, Energy, Public Transport, Social Housing, Child Social Care, Telecoms and much more was all owned by the Government (you) and was free from profit. We need to make that normal again, as it is the source of most of the problems
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Socialism built your roads, it built your rail, it built your healthcare, it built your power stations and power lines, it built your houses. Everything that works was built by socialism, everything that doesn't work is owned by capitalism.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Bit of a theme going on here! Farage - “man of the people”. Facts say otherwise! #NeverVoteReform
Who is backing Reform UK?
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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
A great letter to Farage:
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Mark Johnson @bluemarco54.bsky.social · 01/01/2026
I love raking over the remains of Christmas in the supermarket at this time of year. Half price Christmas pudding, don't mind if I do, mince pies at 50p a box, I'll take two, reduced Port, be rude not to.
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Stockport Council @stockportcouncil.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
From 1 March, concessionary passholders will be able to enjoy free, round-the-clock travel on #BeeNetwork buses with the lifting of 9.30am restrictions after two successful trials. ✅ £2 single bus fare stays for the 4th year running Read more: www.stockport.gov.uk/news/free-bu...
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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 14/12/2025
I find it fascinating how the Telegraph can spend half its time berating migrants coming to the UK for a better life, while spending the other half treating British people leaving for cheaper housing and lower costs as a national heartbreak rather than, apparently, migration.
The @elegraph
The quiet exodus of middle earners who want to be anywhere but Britain
Crushed by rising costs, families are finding bigger homes, lower school fees and cheaper meals out abroad
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Trades Union Congress @tuc.org.uk · 06/11/2025
Which one is more English?
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Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
The great dividers want you to think the problems in society are caused by migrants and refugees. They’re wrong. The problems in society are caused by an unjust economic system that protects the interests of the super-rich.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/10/2025
For all cyclists out there... You are the most efficient form of locomotion across the animal kingdom. Power to the bicycle!
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Free stickers suitable for flag-bearing lampposts. Send a large A4 envelope with a 1st class large stamp to me at Bragg Office, PO Box 6830 Bridport DT6 9BH and I’ll send you a sheet. #ReclaimtheFlag 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This is a lie. There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years. But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Reform pretend they offer change, but they’re just a bunch of Tories jumping from a sinking ship. #NeverVoteReform #NeverFarage
Recycle your Tories here at Reform!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Our politics and media have become viciously obsessed with immigration. Farage has made sure of it. And in that obsession, they’ve all lost sight of the people they target. Fellow human beings trying to live and belong somewhere. Shame on everyone responsible for this daily inhumanity (Letter,Times)
Reform's plan for a benefit clampdown
Sir, Regarding Reform's plan to ban foreigners from claiming benefits ("Farage visas would make it harder to settle in the UK", news, Sep 22;
"Time's Up", leading article, Sep 23), in my small company for the past ten years we have employed, on a yearly average, 32 eastern European people, two of them in senior management positions. They all pay British taxes and have had little or no unexplained absences to date. Sick leave for them is extremely low. As far as I am aware, none of them is claiming benefits for dependants. These diligent people provide compassionate care for their clients, living with them for a few weeks at a time. During the pandemic they were responsible for ensuring zero transmission of the virus to people in their care. I feel utterly ashamed that many of them will be reading about Nigel Farage's plan on their various social media platforms
this morning.
Chrstina Sell
Managing director, Arbour
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