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Markeye

@markeye.bsky.social
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Trains, music, film, theatre. Environmentally green, politically left of centre but well to the right of the real nutters. Retired and very opinionated!

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Adrian Littlejohn @yorksfella59.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Evening, #Ofcom. A British politician is advertising, in advance, that his "full verdict" on the Prime Minister's speech today will be given in his own programme, which carries his name, on GB News tonight. Aren't News channels supposed to show due impartiality? 🤮 x.com/Nigel_Farage...
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Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) on X
I will give my full verdict on Andy Burnham’s speech LIVE on GB News at 7PM tonight.
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Labour is not opening new safe routes. This latest measure is reopening a route they closed and making it more restrictive. This follows claiming they were opening new community sponsorship and work/study routes which already existed but they made harder to access. It's smoke and mirrors. #r4today
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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
If you could take a minute to read this and, if it takes your fancy, then re-post it… I’d be so grateful. 🙏🏻 I’m doing my utmost to #SaveSquareChapelArts for the good people of Halifax & far beyond, and I need all the help you lovely lot can give me. Thank you! x www.canncomms.co.uk/post/actor-a...
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Actor and long-standing Patron, Reece Dinsdale fronts new campaign to save Halifax’s Square Chapel Arts Centre
Photo credit: Reece Dinsdale in the cinema/studio space at Square Chapel (photo by Ant Robling)Reece Dinsdale leads Square Chapel rescue mission: “It’s time to bring it home”Award-Winning Actor, Write...
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/09/2026
Time's up on Thames Water. Since privatisation in 1989, Thames has handed out over £10 billion to shareholders, while racking up over £20 billion in debt. Now a consortium of US hedge funds want to take control... Get private profit out of water. Nationalisation now.
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REAL HOPE. REAL CHANGE.

TIME'S UP ON
THAMES WATER

NATIONALISATION NOW.

In the centre of the graphic is a screenshot of a Zack Polanski BlueSky post, which reads: Thames Water has long passed its notice period. Labour can use its massive majority to nationalise it right now.

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Promoted by Chris Williams on behalf of the Green Party of England and Wales, c/o PO Box Green Party, London, SE1P 6YL
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is very hard to satisfactorily describe just how badly the BBC's journalistic standards have collapsed in recent years. Quite completely fucking useless.
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
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Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Right fuck this. I have reported Danny Tommo’s YouTube video and I implore others to do the same. They are platforming a man who live streamed himself essentially committing a crime and he will be making money off of it as well. Please please report the video www.youtube.com/live/lkeZbk8...
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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
I’m rapidly coming to the conclusion that some of our politicians aren’t quite the clever-clogs we think they are.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 18/09/2026
🚨This government wants mayors to oversee private water companies Without OWNERSHIP, this plan only foists the blame for failures onto local leaders. @angelaeagle1.bsky.social MP read our open letter on why you MUST give leadership AND ownership to local leaders: weownit.org.uk/mayors/ownership
Image with a picture of Environment Secretary Angela Eagle, with text that says "Open letter to Angela Eagle and regional mayors: NO to local oversight of private water companies, without local ownership"
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“There can be no more trying to pretend there’s a respectable anti-immigration position which is meaningfully distinguishable from far right thuggery” We must actively make racism shameful again. Because this is where it has led and it’s unforgivable. No more indulging ignorance and hate.
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
So scrap inheritance tax for the one in twenty families that pay it and instead make everyone - the lowest paid, those who’ll never own a property for their children to inherit - pay more. So gross. So Tory.
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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Or gullible and stupid…?
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
I resigned from ExxonMobil today. I spent the last three years doing fossil fuel extraction research at both BP and ExxonMobil. Neither company is acting responsibly. They are racing to maximize extraction while the window to act closes, and gambling with our lives. More below.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Crypto billionaire. Convicted in the US. Pardoned by Trump. Trashing our democracy by buying Reform. Does anyone think this is to improve our NHS, our schools, our public services…? Of course it fucking isn’t. It’s to make Ben Delo and Farage richer. That’s it. That’s all they care about.
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Transport minister: ".. as we renationalise the railways we want to make sure the trains people are travelling on are high quality" Our trains continue to be privately owned by rolling stock leasing companies that extract hundreds of millions from the industry each year.
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
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Association of British Commuters @abcommuters.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
"The Railways Bill could allow companies within Great British Railways to have private shareholders... These companies could carry out any GBR function - even train operations or infrastructure management... We shouldn't be creating a back door that allows privatisation to creep in."
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
We need a revolution in how Britain works youtu.be/oLP5qnqpSFs?... Nothing works now. It can't, and it won't, unless we turn our economy around to serve people and not finance. Is that too much to ask for? It would be revolutionary.
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We need a revolution in how Britain works
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The RNLI’s volunteers head out in any conditions. They don’t question who. They save strangers at sea. People, helping people. Your Christmas shop can help support people who’ll drop everything to save people. shop.rnli.org
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RNLI Shop | Lifesaving Gifts
We have the perfect lifesaving gifts for you and your crew. Order them online at shop.RNLI.org and help us to save lives for another 200 years.
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Andy Burnham seemed to do a social media video at the drop of a hat - so why the silence about the masked mobs on the street?
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
At what point does ‘the masked men on the street have legitimate concerns’ and ‘Just Stop Oil/Palestine Action are terrorists’ become two tier policing?
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"It is hard not to draw the conclusion that the police and Home Office seem to be incapable of an appropriate response to the threat of far-right activity and violence."
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Did Kent Police ignore a 999 call?
Contrary to their public statement, HOPE not hate can exclusively reveal that Kent Police were tipped off about the Patriot Platform mobilisation – and seemingly did not act on the information.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Wealthy want UK govt to ditch pensions triple lock, cut welfare spending. Silence on corporate welfare Oil/gas, water, energy profiteering HMRC not collecting £59bn last yr Poorest 20% paying higher proportion in income in taxes than the richest 20%. It is always about hitting the poor, old, sick.
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Ditch pensions triple lock and cut welfare spending to calm markets, Burnham told
Bond market shock has ramifications for new prime minister’s first Budget, his former adviser warns
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We should do the same, it would stop Musk and others pushing far right and other damaging content to users.
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Joshua Murray-Nevill @joshuamurraynevill.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
How many times does the BBC lead on a murder story with a large headline stating: Man accused of murder 'not guilty,' according to man* Oh, never, right? Because you can see the obvious problem with that style of reportage, right?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
The Nigel Farage and Reform foreign donations scandal excluded from all but one national newspaper front page this morning. No sign of it at all on the front pages of the two papers which splashed the polls secretly funded by a Reform donor earlier this year
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
There is of course another conclusion one could draw.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Parliamentary motion against Mahmood's vicious immigration reforms gathering further signatures. Think it's pretty clear there's going to be concessions but they'd need to go very far indeed for the plan to be even halfway acceptable inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Mahmood's 'hardline' immigration reforms hit by growing rebellion
More Labour MPs to publicly oppose Home Secretary's changes to indefinite leave to remain
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Jonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Mahmood's proposals would force medium-skilled & care workers to leave the UK & would deter high skill workers from coming in future. This would widen the deficit/fiscal home. Would be deliberate economic and political self-harm for Burnham/Healey to proceed with them. inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Mahmood's 'hardline' immigration reforms hit by growing rebellion
More Labour MPs to publicly oppose Home Secretary's changes to indefinite leave to remain
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Accuracy matters. Since 2018 there have actually been 17 convictions for voter fraud from approx 47 million voters. And 11 election convictions from approx 1300 Reform/Brexit Party officials. That's about 25,000 times more convictions per capita. I did the maths. You're welcome.
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
The nightingale hospital in Birmingham cost £106 million and didn't treat a single patient. We had no trained staff, because for decades we prioritised tax cuts for "wealth creators" (aka wealth hoarders) over investing in our country. Hospitals. Schools. Roads. Prisons. This is the result.
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 31/08/2026
They take the dividends; we deal with the sewage. That is water privatisation in a nutshell Thank you @mayorofwy.bsky.social for being so vocal about the disaster of water privatisation Take action now to help pressure Andy Burnham to end water privatisation: vist.ly/5gpdv
Screenshot of a Yorkshire Post OpEd by Tracy Brabin that says "The Ouse is the second most polluted river in England. The Calder is the third. The Aire is the fourth. All three sit within Yorkshire Water’s patch. Last month, Yorkshire Water’s own annual report laid bare the results of a broken model: In the year to March, the company was responsible for 260 recorded pollution incidents – the equivalent of five per week, up 72 per cent on the year before, and nearly double the limit set by the regulator. They released raw sewage into our rivers for a total of 248,270 hours during 2025 – the equivalent of one pipe gushing effluent into our ecosystems continually for over 28 years. Thirteen of these incidents were classed as ‘serious’, which represents no improvement on the previous year, where there were also 13. In October, the company expects to be downgraded by the Environment Agency to a one-star rating – the lowest score it is possible to hold."
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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Anyone else feel that, when an official statement about something starts with the words “we take this issue very seriously”, in reality the opposite is likely to be true?
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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Costly PR stunt which "legitimises" vigilantism against migrants. People seeking asylum are less likely to cause trouble than Brits. This is aimed at framing them as a threat. If anything it's liable to increase divisions and violence, just against those seeking safety www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Essex council worried about migrants to hire security guards
The Reform UK-run council says it will pay for security to patrol towns in Essex.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In July 2026, median pay of a UK employee was £31,704, take home £26,346. Single person needs to earn £30,500 a year to reach a minimum standard of living. A couple with 2 children needs £74,000. 25.3m Britons live below minimum standard. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.
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Earnings and employment from Pay As You Earn Real Time Information, UK - Office for National Statistics
Monthly estimates of payrolled employees and their pay from HM Revenue and Customs’ (HMRC’s) Pay As You Earn (PAYE) Real Time Information (RTI) data.
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Hardeep Matharu @hardeepmatharu.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
"So chatgpt : "Which kind of school did Yusuf himself 👇go to ?" Turns out he went to a private fee-paying establishment school - as also, astonishingly ! - did Farage, Tice, Jenrick, Kruger, Braverman, Pochin etc Apparently their 𝐡𝐲𝐩𝐨𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐲 lessons were all top notch" via Oxford For Europe
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
"Reform will end something for nothing Britain" says the MP who has wasted £250,000 on a by-election after being paid £98,599, plus expenses for chronic absenteeism from the House of Commons and zero constituency surgeries in Clacton meme via Truth Against Hate
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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
High up at the BBC -
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
"Data centres already use 6.6 million litres of water in the UK daily. Labour is seeking to triple the number of data centres by 2030. This would lead to an increase to 19.8 million litres a day [affecting fish, amphibians, birds and mammals - all wildlife]" via Mike Hall
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Luca @lucagalletti.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
One of French puppeteer Raphaël Gromy’s most recognizable performances features a puppet painting real artworks on canvas, blending puppetry, live performance, and visual art into a unique theatrical experience. 😊 IG: @artistsuniversum @raphael_gromy
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Well I for one am astonished that a party run by multimillionaires and funded by billionaires wants to slash welfare to the bone and force people on benefits to work for nothing ... so that they can cut taxes for the rich www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Jenrick says Reform would make long-term benefits claimants clean up high streets – UK politics live
Party’s ‘welfare to work’ policy would force long-term claimants to do community work or face losing benefits
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Squeezy John @johnspiers.co.uk · 17/08/2026
Why haven’t Labour even attempted to tackle the problem of the Nigel Farage fetishists in the leadership of BBC News and Politics yet?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
It’s time we sorted out the press. Constant misinformation to protect their donors and fossil fuels is destroying lives and our planet. The Government must step up and stop being cowardly.
Sorry Zack Polanski this long hot summer is not the apocalypse - it's like a gloriously long holiday in France
..with village green cricket thrown in good measure
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 14/08/2026
👀Tommy Robinson’s right hand man Danny ‘Tommo’ Thomas says his new anti-migrant vigilante group exists to protect women and children. So obviously we know what comes next: several of the men he personally “handpicked” have criminal convictions, including for violence against women.
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Markeye @markeye.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
50% of the population of Europe - around 50 million people - dying of the Black Death doesn’t really go a long way in endorsing the view that the resilience of the human immune system is all we need.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
I hope (genuinely) that Gabriel has good security. Cottrell is involved with some very dodgy people and they're now losing money.
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Forget the journalistic frustration for people like me and Carole that most ignored the Banks revelations, Russian links and Cottrell PayPal ruses, 7 or 8 years ago. More important is that Farage doubled up with his double dealings in the years since, because of sense of impunity
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iPoof 2.0 @ipoof.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Why are BBC News allowed to show clips of Farage in a piece about the Clacton by-election but none from Count Binface?? #bbcnews
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Direct, full-time jobs opening Rosebank oilfield would create: 450 D, f-t jobs opening Jackdaw gasfield would create: 27 D, f-t jobs in UK's net-zero economy: 300,000 + 400,000 more on the way D, f-t jobs in the rest of the green economy: 600,000 Is that really the hill Burnham wants to die on?
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