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Mark Scott

@markescott.bsky.social
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Grandfather. Volunteer with village fete, National Trust, CAMRA, Liberal Democrats. EV owner since 2015.

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🦋 Mark Edgerton @mark-edgerton.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I’m one of those 950 people who have taken part so far. Let’s add a zero or two to that figure 👇🏻
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Former Tory chancellor Kwarteng wants people to pay for private insurance to access NHS services. A plan to deny healthcare to millions. People already pay taxes, NIC. NHS drained by privatisation. Needs investment. Privatisation hikes cost - water, energy, social care.
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Kwarteng says people will need to pay private insurance to access future NHS services
Tory Kwarteng told GMB that private health insurance must "play a part" in the NHS's future, signalling a move away from a free public service
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Paul McO'Smith III @pavsmith.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
dear AI, please find a way to stop global warming. AI thinks for a bit, and... ...designs a virus that rapidly kills all humans, and is resistant to all antiviral therapies. result: global warming solved. apart from some domestic animals, we wouldn't be missed.
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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 06/08/2026
Climate change is one of the gravest threats we face. Myself, Cllr John Leach & around 150 others watched Go Green Widcombe’s screening of the People’s Emergency Briefing to hear the latest evidence on this crisis. We discussed practical steps local communities can take to protect our planet. 🌍
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Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Palantir has no place in our health service. It is high time that the Government listened to the Liberal Democrats and used their break clause.
At least half a dozen senior NHS leaders linked to Palantir. Extent of ties revealed as scrutiny grows of US tech company’s contract to build new data platform.
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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A first year above 2C in the mid-2030s now looks plausible. 0.5C was first passed in 1980, 1.0C in 2010 and 1.5C in 2024. The 15-year trend runs at 0.42C per decade. The 2026 and 2027 points for the current El Nino are estimates. We're not remotely ready!
Line chart titled "A first year above 2 C in the mid-2030s looks increasingly plausible". It shows global mean surface temperature from 1940 to 2050 as the annual anomaly against the 1850 to 1900 baseline, in degrees C. Data is ERA5 from Copernicus, running to 31 July 2026.

A thin gold line shows individual years, wobbling around a thick dark blue smoothed trend. Both sit near 0.2 C through the 1940s to the early 1970s, then climb steadily from the mid-1970s onward.

Three red dots mark the first year each threshold was passed. 0.5 C in 1980, 1.0 C in 2010 and 1.5 C in 2024. Labels beneath note the gap of 30 years between the first two and 14 years between the second and third. Everything above 1.5 C is shaded pink.

Two dashed lines run forward from 2025. A blue line follows the 15-year trend of 0.42 C per decade and reaches 2 C in 2037. A fainter grey line follows the 30-year trend of 0.27 C per decade and reaches 2 C in 2044.

Two orange circles mark estimates for the developing El Niño, at about 1.5 C for 2026 and about 1.7 C for 2027.
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Great early sign 👇🏽from @andy-burnham.bsky.social & @eddavey.libdems.org.uk on social care that fits with the collaboration MPW believes essential to deal with all the crises coming at the UK.
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Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
As the number of parties that could conceivably win a seat increases, so does the difficulty of working out the best way to use your vote. We shouldn't have to work around our voting system, it should work around us. buff.ly/BYEPLLW
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The problem with tactical voting in Britain’s multi-party politics
At election time, millions of us arrive at the polling station in a conflicted state of mind – do I vote for the party I most believe in, or do I vote tactically to influence the resul
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Paul Behrens @profpaulbehrens.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"We, the undersigned, urge the Prime Minister to convene a live, televised emergency briefing, delivered by independent experts." We've an open letter in the FT today calling on Andy Burnham to hold a national emergency briefing on climate and nature.
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Mark Scott @markescott.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Too much background crowd noise on the BBC. Can't hear the commentary. ITV much better.
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Mark Scott @markescott.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...
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Dear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting system
Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo...
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 28/06/2026
Ex-Treasury official Sharon White says on BBC One that Britain has "the highest debt, the highest overdraft if you like, across any of the developed countries". Erm, no we don't?
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Two news items, one after the other; a piece about coping with the heatwave in our homes, followed immediately by a piece about growing pressure to drill more oil in the North Sea. No connection made between them at all. Full video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=IXIW...
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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
We’re calling on government to stage a prime-time televised emergency briefing on the climate & nature crisis. Introduced by the Prime Minister to signal utmost seriousness, and delivered by independent experts. It’s time for a moonshot-scale mission to protect the public & improve lives. #PEBUK
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National Emergency Briefing
Core principles that a government-led briefing should follow to ensure maximum effect
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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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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 11/06/2026
🌎 Planetary heating is intensifying and key climate indicators are deteriorating, top scientists said Thursday, warning that funding decisions affecting Earth observation systems in the United States and other countries threaten efforts to track global warming. ➡️ u.afp.com/Szom
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Cobie Cipher Triangulation Agency @cobieef.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
It needs repeating over and over... The far-right and racist rioters are not protesting violent crime. Almost all violent crime is ignored by them. They are rioting about the existence of black and brown people. And it isn't depressing or sad. It's the destruction of an entire nation.
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Nigel Farage. What a cunt. That’s the post. Good morning.
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
This is an unforgivably stupid situation. It is an astonishing own goal to try and drive student numbers down to move an immigration number that in turn is totally ignored by the anti-immigrant head bangers.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
UK chancellor tells ministers to ‘buy British’ in four key industries - shipbuilding, steel-making, energy and AI. All are foreign owned, profits exported. Not self reliant for most things. Manufacturing neglected: was 30% of GDP in 1970, now 9%+. Need a fundamental economic reset.
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Rachel Reeves tells ministers to ‘buy British’ in four key industries
Exclusive: Chancellor pushes for procurement of ships, steel, energy and AI to prioritise Britishness as well as cost
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
"In Twickenham and Richmond Park, we now have every single councillor, but we don't have every single vote. We'd welcome electoral reform in our councils, where we are overrepresented." Lib Dem leader @eddavey.libdems.org.uk calls for a fair voting system in his response to the King's Speech:
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Anything you’d like to say, Richard?
Angela Rayner cleared by
HMRC over tax affairs paving the way for potential leadership bidWhen Angela Rayner, the former deputy prime minister, failed to pay stamp duty on the purchase of a second home, Tice said her position was "morally completely indefensible" and that she would resign if she had
"any moral decency".Richard Tice's firm broke law by failing to pay
£91,000 taxes
The deputy leader of Reform UK owns a property investment company that did not pay tax on dividends before sending profits to a trust registered in JerseyThe total tax Tice's companies are known to have avoided through onshore and offshore entities, or failed to pay, in relation to Quidnet now amounts to almost £800,000.
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Mark Scott @markescott.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Schrödinger’s Economy 99-percent.org/schrodingers...
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Schrödinger’s Economy - 99%
We are asked to believe both that the UK has too little money and too much. They can’t both be true.   We are facing a cost-of-living crisis, the economy […]
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/05/2026
We all know the best way to deliver desperately needed economic growth: a closer relationship with Europe. Yet the PM's reset plan is far too unambitious. Leading Labour leadership contenders must put the country first and commit to fixing our broken relationship with Europe if they enter No. 10.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Britain's broadcast media boasts of its strict adherence to impartiality rules. Mentions per MP. LibDems: 645 Tories: 5,116 Greens: 7,763 Labour (the actual govt): 27,438 Reform: 70,732 Anyone surprised they're ahead? bebroadcast.co.uk/politics-who...
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#Politics Who gets heard – and who doesn’t – on UK broadcast? | Be Broadcast
New analysis of 1.5m mentions reveals which UK parties are overexposed or underrepresented on broadcast – from Labour and Reform to the Conservatives and Lib Dems.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.
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Mr Roger Quimbly @rogerquimbly.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
On the positive side, it’s a great day for my new jackboot-making business.
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Proportional Commons @propvoting.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
The current session of Parliament has ended. Of the 515 divisions held in the session, 282 would have changed result if seats matched votes. That is, ~55% of the time, opposition MPs represented *more* people but the government won anyway. @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
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JointheDots @joiningupthedots.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Zia Yusuf treating the state like a corporate loyalty programme. This is a legal non-starter: the Equality Act 2010 and administrative law forbid distributing public burdens based on political affiliation. It will never get through the courts. He is on the ropes.
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Mark Scott @markescott.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Amazon's recent style of social media ads, showing a succession of product images, prompting a "WTF is that?" response & a click-through, seems extremely unlikely to yield much fruit, unless the clicks are the real target.
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Jeff Colley @jeffcolley.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Nadine’s not a fan. But I think she may have helped me find a legitimate good use for AI. I asked AI: can you write me a passage of erotic literature in the style of Nadine Dorries that involves a critical depiction of heat pumps? And it came up with this.
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Doug Parr @dougparr.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
If a massive project's success depends on a single politician in a febrile politics.... it probably ain't a good project "Losing her as chancellor would “risk” the entire project, a person close to Heathrow said" www.ft.com/content/e225...
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Heathrow’s third runway at risk if Rachel Reeves is removed after May elections
UK chancellor has been driving force behind latest attempt to expand London hub airport
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 28/04/2026
This state visit will put our King in an impossible position and serve only to normalise Trump's illegal war in Iran and his insults and attacks on British sovereignty. All the risk, with no long-term reward from a President who's proven he is an unreliable ally.
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AFP News Agency @en.afp.com · 20/04/2026
A world-first conference on phasing out fossil fuels will be held in Colombia as the Iran war underscores how dependent countries remain on planet-heating coal, oil and gas. The world's biggest coal, oil and gas producers - US, China, Saudi Arabia and Russia - are skipping the event u.afp.com/SEaE
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Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Great how your phone gives you memories. It's two years to the day since Rachel Reeves told me if Labour won the general election they would send the National Audit Office in to investigate the Teesworks saga. The authority responsible hasn't published audited accounts since then, yet nothing.
Rachel Reeves, Chris Mcdonald, Ed Miliband, Keir Starmer. All wearing fluorescent jackets.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Private equity KKR pulled out of the deal to buy Thames Water. New bidders want licence to abuse; no fines for dumping sewage, unplugged leakscausing harms What did their due diligence reports find? Cost borne by customers. The reports need to be made public. archive.ph/G9tsd
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Ofwat poised to waive Thames Water fines to 2030 under deal
Clock is ticking on approving creditors’ emergency offer for utility as October deadline looms
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 30/03/2026
Trump’s illegal war is hitting our economy, pushing up inflation and deepening the cost of living crisis. We shouldn’t be rewarding that behaviour with a state visit.
A graphic showing Donald Trump speaking at a podium with a microphone, wearing a navy suit and red tie, with a blurred crowd behind him.

Overlaid text from The Standard reads: “Trump’s Iran war wreaks economic carnage on UK with £15 billion blow to GDP and deepening cost-of-living crisis, warns OECD.”
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Mark Scott @markescott.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
@privateeyenews.bsky.social The Eye's powers of prediction are becoming ever stronger! Just this morning, Tuesday 24th March, the latest edition arrived, and look how long ago it was posted!
Mailer displays a posting date of Tuesday 3rd March
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
If we made the green energy transition this war would be unthinkable and these authoritarians wouldn’t be in power — not in the US, not in Iran, not in Saudi Arabia, not in Russia. Hydrocarbons are killing our freedom and just plain killing us.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
UK junk food ad ban so diluted it may be largely ineffective. It is because govts succumb to pressure from corporations and hobbyists. How many legislators on industry payroll? Game of impression management. Exceptions manufactured to create ineffective laws.
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UK junk food ad ban so diluted it may be largely ineffective, experts say
Exclusive: Report suggests only 1% of annual spend on food and drink adverts will be affected after industry lobbying
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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
📑 In his speech about the Representation of the People Bill, @ollyglover.bsky.social quoted an open letter from 50+ academics, warning about the dangers of FPTP. ➡️ Read it here: www.politicshome.com/news/article...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The Representation of the People Bill will have its Second Reading today. While it includes some necessary measures, our position is clear: It won't fix our broken democracy without reforming the very voting system that leaves millions of people unrepresented. Scrap FPTP now.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Corruption in England's water industry and its regulation 2,778 serious pollution incidents reported in 2024. Officials downgraded 2,735 (98%) to minor incidents. Only 496 attended before downgrading; the rest were deemed minor. Regulators collude with industry, inflicting harms to people.
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Thousands of pollution incidents in England downgraded without site visit, data suggests
Exclusive: Whistleblower figures show large rise in ‘serious’ to ‘minor’ downgrades based on water company evidence
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Sue B @leftiewokesue.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Allowing Non-British citizens and tax avoiders to own British media poses a grave risk to our democracy
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
Don’t look here! ITV expose of the suppressed - redacted - government report on national security threat of biodiversity loss. Ummm isn’t it their job to keep us safe?
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We uncovered the redacted climate report the government didn’t want you to see
YouTube video by ITV News
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Rob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Fascinating - Reform lose to every other option, Lib Dems beat every other option, Greens beat every other option except Lib Dem
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Left: Zia Yusuf, "Mandelson deserves to be in jail. The buck stops with the executive, Keir Starmer is a disgrace to his office and should resign" Right: Nathan Gill is in jail for accepting Russian bribes. Using Zia Yusuf's logic, isn't Nigel Farage also a disgrace, and should also resign?
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MP Watch @mpwatch.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
The burying of this extremely concerning report on the likely effects of climate change is a national disgrace. @elliechowns.bsky.social @werahobhouse.org.uk @rozsavage.bsky.social @labourlewis.bsky.social @barrygardiner.bsky.social Thank you @adrianramsay.bsky.social
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Rupert Read @rupertread.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Government 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks www.businessgreen.com/news/4524657... Quotes our own @carolinelucas.bsky.social Good piece! READ. There’s scarcely anything more determinative…
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Government accused of 'suppressing' report warning of catastrophic climate risks
The Times reports unabridged version of security services' analysis sets out 'reasonable worst case scenario' where climate impacts trigger mass migration and conflict
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Oliver J. Tooley (Olli Tooley) @otooleyauthor.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
And on current polling Reform will become an unpopular government elected with just 30% of the vote. We MUST have #PR #ProportionalRepresentation NOW
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