Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 09/07/2026Jenrick covering for @mrjamesob.bsky.social ??? OMG. Come back soon James! 000
Reposted by MarkBill Bennett @billbennett.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Narcissists have a history with reflecting pools 1814451961
Reposted by MarkMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 16/05/2026One city. 9 million people. All of us Londoners. We will never be divided. 482427633
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 06/05/2026youtu.be/WnzR5aOElvw?... this was both hilarious and terrifying. Nice work from @fryrsquared.bsky.social and team.youtu.beWhy AI Agents are either the best or worst thing we’ve ever builtYouTube video by Hannah Fry 000
Reposted by MarkGreg 🇺🇦🇺🇸 @gregb.bsky.social · 20/04/2026They really need to learn that paying taxes is the happy outcome for them. 0439
Reposted by MarkOur World in Data @ourworldindata.org · 10/04/2026Our colleague needs your help keeping a 1,200-year dataset alive! If you have botanical expertise or are based near Arashiyama, Kyoto — DM her or email tuna@ourworldindata.org. 29962
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Calvin Bailey very good just now about Starmer, Iran etc on @mrjamesob.bsky.social 010
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 27/02/2026This is a town in Ukraine the size of Woking being destroyed by Russian munitions. Appalling. 000
Reposted by MarkAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 27/02/2026💔Kostiantynivka, Donetsk region. Russian forces are wiping a Ukrainian city from the map. Homes and innocent lives destroyed. Absolutely horrific. 📹: libkos, 28th Mechanized Brigade 42489255
Reposted by MarkNPR @npr.org · 24/02/2026An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsUn.prJustice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to TrumpAn NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. 333101775088
Reposted by MarkMar Hicks @histoftech.bsky.social · 06/02/2026No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technologyShe made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman. 13674820919710
Reposted by MarkIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Yes, quite. It's the biggest scandal of this administration, so far, probably. It's an average Tuesday under Johnson. 481468352
Reposted by MarkAnton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Municipal workers across Ukraine are working tirelessly Among them is 75-year-old Mykola Yurchenko from the Kakhovka District of Kherson region. After spending 6 months under Russian occupation, Mykola&his family relocated to Lviv in August 2022. 📹: Radio Liberty 328769
Reposted by MarkPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 06/12/2025Breaking. Liz Truss wins this year's FIFA Prize for Economics. 381072228
Reposted by MarkJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 27/11/2025Today's migration stats illustrate the migration doom loop in action... (from my presentation at the IMF last week) 371370562
Reposted by MarkRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2025one of the coolest things about ChatGPT is how you can actually just never use it. you can fill your whole entire life with simply not once using it. it's incredible. 238228656522
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Is there a rota for someone to write a "MPs are plotting against Starmer" story every 2 weeks? It's getting a bit repetitive. 010
Reposted by MarkDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 10/11/2025Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions? 17344185
Reposted by MarkOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/11/2025It's finally happened. Christmas cancelled in Kent because Operation Raise the Colours tatty lamp post flags prevent the Christmas lights going up. www.harrietshamparishcouncil.gov.uk/community/ha...media.tenor.coma white flag with a red cross on it is waving in the windALT: a white flag with a red cross on it is waving in the wind 82873236
Reposted by MarkThe Observer @theobserveruk.bsky.social · 08/10/2025"The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix", writes @sarfrazmanzoor.bsky.social. Read their full piece now: bit.ly/4mWSYtpbit.lyYes, Robert Jenrick, we have an integration problem: raci...The shadow justice secretary has railed against the lack of integration in parts of Britain. But it’s the ‘flag-bothering patriots’ who don’t want to mix 48235
Reposted by MarkNaomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 17/09/2025I love London so much. So much. Did you know that London has the lowest level of ethnic violence of any city of comparable size in the world? Multiculturalism has in fact worked here. They just don’t want it to be true because we happen to have a Muslim mayor. 883140786
Reposted by MarkDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 10/09/2025"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress 521562684
Reposted by MarkParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 09/09/2025It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite. 722217574
Reposted by MarkProfessor Christopher Painter @prfchrispainter.bsky.social · 08/09/2025Rayner was careless about her stamp duty liability in Brighton and paid the political price for lack of due diligence. Farage - as is now on the public record - lied about his stamp duty situation in Clacton yet carries on regardless. 34695252
Reposted by MarkJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025On the same day in the Telegraph: 12664493185
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 03/09/2025What an interesting article! Long term government borrowing rates might be more about the risk of a populist government than today's fiscal conditions. Populists would probably break all the fiscal rules and try to end Bank of England independence. 010
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 03/09/2025policy.trade.ec.europa.eu/eu-trade-rel... You certainly get access to a lot of markets as a member of the EU!policy.trade.ec.europa.euEU Trade agreementsCurrent state of play on trade agreements. 010
Reposted by MarkAdam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs. 36663366
Reposted by MarkAdam Kucharski @adamjkucharski.bsky.social · 01/09/2025Results so stunningly clear they inspired this classic xkcd (xkcd.com/2400/): 1739601332
Reposted by MarkJoseph Cotterill @jsphctrl.ft.com · 29/08/2025Britain on the brink of civil war and/or an IMF bailout latest (Lloyds Business Barometer for August, out today www.lloydsbank.com/assets/asset...) 04017
Reposted by MarkThe National @scotnational.bsky.social · 25/08/2025We have launched a series highlighting the positive stories of refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland 💙 Our team tells you why we felt this was necessary to do 👇 #refugeeswelcome #refugeesarewelcomehere 11452199
Reposted by MarkAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 26/08/2025I go. I try. And I will keep trying, even though it feels like a losing battle. Because I remember the whole point of the far-right astroturfing of social media is to make it feel like a losing battle, to make us give up. Anyway, a few snippets on small boat crossings and immigration. 1532831724
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 21/08/2025Conservative gaslighting in action. Where is their self-awareness? 000
Reposted by MarkWarren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 18/08/2025A milestone of 100 Community Diagnostic Centres open across evenings & weekends has been reached in England. They offer diagnostic tests and scans from locations within communities and closer to homes. Being open 12hrs a day, 7 days a week, they are a key part of the plan to fix the NHS. 1/2gov.ukThousands more checks, tests and scans available out of hours100 Community Diagnostic Centres across the country now offer out of hours services, 12 hours a day seven days a week 119849
Reposted by MarkLaindonFeminist @viviane49.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Things that are down: Crime Interest rates Mortgages NHS Waiting Lists Things that are up: Wages Investment in UK Retail spending Growth Labour rebuilding Britain 1519271
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 18/08/2025www.theguardian.com/politics/202... I can't imagine how a company would conclude what it really needed was "strategic direction and high level advice" from Grant Shapps.theguardian.comEx-defence secretary Shapps criticised as he is cleared to join missiles start-upFormer defence secretary allowed to take role as chair of Cambridge Aerospace, as long as he avoids defence matters 010
Mark @harkym.bsky.social · 14/08/2025www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Sir Alex Younger from 2h:11m is such a good interview. What a smart guy.bbc.co.ukToday - 14/08/2025 - BBC SoundsNews and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day. 030
Reposted by MarkAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 02/08/2025And here is Part II of Aesop. Aesop III and an episode on Medusa 16/8 are the last of Season 1. As I research and write Season 2, if you can afford to support my work you can do so on ko-fi.com/podyssey - a monthly subscription is best. Thanks, you lovely people. bsky.app/profile/alex...ko-fi.comSupport Alex AndreouSupport Alex Andreou 24715
Reposted by MarkJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Labour's Polly Billington MP responds to Reform's letter: "Reform UK can't just go around writing unhinged letters threatening investors with reprisals for growing our green economy and creating good, well-paid jobs. Here's my response and the questions they need to answer - signed by 58 Lab MPs." 18428162
Reposted by MarkGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 13/06/2025Compare and contrast the plutocratic US government's grotesque help for the richest... with social democratic Britain. Like night and day. 213646
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[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
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It’s a really emotional journey
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with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent
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![The Telegraph
Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
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