Sign in

Mark DB

@markdb.bsky.social
54 followers 87 following 32 posts

Hello! History, model making, arty things, a little bit of politics and random nonsense...

PostsRepliesMedia
Reposted by Mark DB
Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Just a reminder, Professor James Orr, Reform UK head of policy, teaches 'ethics' to undergraduates at Cambridge University youtu.be/aXut3s90rUI
20836011429
Reposted by Mark DB
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
🔴 NEW: Who Is Really Bankrolling Rupert Lowe’s Restore Britain By @maxcolbert.bsky.social and @josiahmortimer.bsky.social Byline Times investigates the figures behind the Elon Musk-backed far-right rival to Nigel Farage's Reform UK Read the full story below.
bylinetimes.com
Who Is Really Bankrolling Rupert Lowe's Restore Britain
Byline Times investigates the figures behind the Elon Musk-backed far-right rival to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
79958
Reposted by Mark DB
Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📌 ICYMI @nafeez.bsky.social EXCLUSIVE: A dark money lobbying network backed by a Reform UK donor is hosting figures pushing for the forced removal of millions of ethnic-minority citizens from the UK, reports Nafeez Ahmed
bylinetimes.com
Revealed: The ‘Right-Wing Arms Race’ to Deport Non-White Britons – Backed By the Tufton Street Brexit Lobby
EXCLUSIVE: A dark money lobbying network backed by a Reform UK donor is hosting figures pushing for the forced removal of millions of ethnic-minority citizens from the UK, reports Nafeez Ahmed
16965
Reposted by Mark DB
Benjamin Myers @benjaminmyers76.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
AI data centres are coming to Britain - from the US and beyond. This one's in the village where I write my books. It'll use the same amount of power equivalent to 1 million homes and will wreck the natural environment. Please sign if you value nature. www.change.org/p/save-the-l...
change.org
Sign the Petition
Save The Lammermuirs - Stop The Data Centre
23521
Reposted by Mark DB
The i Paper @theipaper.com · 25/05/2026
Robert Kenyon, who is running for Reform in the Makerfield by-election, once claimed women get abortions for "vanity purposes" trib.al/aXXu6zM
84732
Reposted by Mark DB
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/03/2026
🤡 Reform are just the Tories in disguise.... ❌ Vote for Reform and get the worst of the Tories. See our tracker here to find out just how many have jumped the sinking ship = www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformu…
centralbylines.co.uk
‘Racist’, ‘offensive’, ‘useless’, ‘pathetic’: Reform UK and the Tory defectors, in their own words
Braverman, Jenrick, Zahawi, and Farage tell us how the Tories’ moral bankruptcy has led to Reform UK
17727
Reposted by Mark DB
THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 19/03/2026
NEW Is Palantir in your pension? Investigation reveals UK organisations – including some of Britain’s biggest retirement providers – had investments in Silicon Valley’s controversial technology company of more than £5bn at the end of 2025 @carolecadwalla.bsky.social and Ian Tucker report 1/🧵
Graphic including picture of Peter Thiel and Keir Starmer with Palantir CEO Alex Karp and the Nerve logo, with values of shareholdings in Palantir held by major UK institutions at the end of 2025, including Legal and General (£1.9bn), Barclays (£1.6bn), Marshall Wace (£303.3m) and Aviva (£255.5m)
510267
Reposted by Mark DB
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Dark money isn’t just a party political problem Main voice in this is ‘a forum for concerned members’ - actually Restore Trust is a Tufton street operation that refuses to declare its funders Incredible how much of our politics has been warped like this www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
thetimes.com
Has the National Trust’s green gamble paid off?
The plan was to reduce the charity’s carbon footprint while generating a new stream of income, but investments in renewables have slumped, accounts show
12355165
Reposted by Mark DB
Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
🔴 BREAKING: Labour Together paid controversial PR firm £30k to investigate journalists who were digging into how its undeclared funding Reporters from Sunday Times, Guardian and other outlets targetted *And* Morgan McSweeney knew about it Full story: democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
democracyforsale.substack.com
BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists
Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.
561115661
Reposted by Mark DB
Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2025
"It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people" 🎯 www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
theguardian.com
Trump has dragged the US to the abyss and Nigel Farage would do the same to Britain. Here’s how to stop him | Jonathan Freedland
It’s not too late to puncture the Reform leader’s populist myth. His ‘make Britain great again’ act is out of step with the British people, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
417163
Reposted by Mark DB
Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
We can stop Reform Here's how you can vote tactically to keep Reform out: - By voting GREEN in these places: stopreformuk.vote/for/greens - By voting LIBDEM in these places: stopreformuk.vote/for/libdems - By voting INDEPENDENT in these places: stopreformuk.vote/for/independ...
stopreformuk.vote
Stop the Tories and Reform
Where you can vote tactically for Green to stop the Tories and Reform
40433218
Mark DB @markdb.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
An oldie but a goodie...ICM French infantry. A great little kit of figures #scalemodels
020
Mark DB @markdb.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
1/24 Airfix Hellcat...well that took a while! #airfix #modelmaking
051
Reposted by Mark DB
Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
64,260 killed in Gaza, that's 3% of the pop 59% being women, children and people over 65 60% of buildings in Gaza destroyed That's 151,265 structures 57% of agricultural land has been damaged or destroyed 67% of water and sanitation infrastructure destroyed 92.9% of school buildings
12239145
Reposted by Mark DB
HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 17/12/2024
It's the HappyToast ridiculous last minute Christmas giveaway! I'm shoving a load of Christmas themed prints of various sizes in some envelopes tomorrow morning. If you want a chance of receiving some, just Like, Repost and Follow (UK only because Brexit soz)
HappyToast Christmas prints
11220181