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Mark

@markwinter61.bsky.social
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Interested in politics and current affairs in UK and US. Love most sports, especially football. Life long Celtic supporter☘️. Ex social worker and hate injustice and discrimination.

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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Because Trump got elected and shut down the agencies investigating it. Who would have thought it?
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Why are you so angry about this? Just agree to disagree. Your timeline suggests so much better than this exchange, but hey ho. C’est la Vie!!!
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Looked at your timeline and I support virtually everything you do, just disagree on extra judicial kidnapping, especially when Trump has no intention of helping Venezuelans whatsoever.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
I don’t though. If you can’t see that then I worry about your comprehension skills. I just don’t agree that Trump or anyone else should be allowed to kidnap another head of state without consequence, else we are heading back to the Wild West. Cheers Bye
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Do you really believe that this justifies what Trump did? On that basis many world leaders would be justifiably kidnapped including, ironically, Trump himself. Do you not see how perverse your viewpoint is?
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We could ensure fair pensions by changing pension tax relief for the wealthiest i.e. higher rate tax payers, over 70% of the total. That costs us about £60 billion a year.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
I know that I will need to pay tax on my work pension and don’t have an issue with that. We should undoubtedly find ways to tax the rich, especially those who rely on unearned income like share dividends, inheritances and the like. Also big corporations should be taxed fairly, not given tax breaks
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Less than 2 years to go for me. Fortunately I have a reasonable pension unlike some of the poor old folk who rely on our meagre state pension. This govt won’t alter the triple lock as it’s a vote loser, no matter the cost
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He could not as it would be against all conventions. I know that politicians obfuscate and it is so annoying, but I don’t think Reynolds did much wrong on this occasion.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He said that he would not discuss it, saying that budget decisions were basically not part of his remit in the interview
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
He never said anything about pensions though.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Any other President and they would be boycotting press conferences and impromptu press briefings. The man is a monster yet the media gives him a free pass. Pathetic bootlickers one and all.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
He does it all the time.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
What is correct about it? There is no protest.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
If this was Palestine Action oe Extinction Rebellion the police response and media reporting would be far different. Thsy would be classed as terrorists & arrested. The double standards being applied are beyond belief. No wonder we are where we are.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They just voted to change it because it didn’t.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I have tbf read much better stuff than this. It is as if she was asked to write a piece criticising Burnham, lazily focused on his nickname and decided to compare him to mediaeval kings.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Zoe can do much better than this contrived drivel.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
That is why I worded it in the way that I did.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
It is the policy of this rep of our very own nazi party that he would have been ‘remigrated’
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Mammals are animals though. Stop being a pedant and start being accurate.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
You minimised the article imo. We are all entitled to our views. Cheers
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
It emphasises his views on Zionism and links to Israel which are irrelevant to his being a British Jew. That you wilfully ignore this is not a good look.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
This article is extremely antisemitic. You should know far better but you are so beholden to Zionist ideology that you just drift into it without any real thought in what you write. Shame on you
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Oh FFS Israel and USA killed the whole Iranian leadership, religious, civic and military yet you focus on a made up plot against a proven liar. I shall leave this conversation now as you are certifiably nuts.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
It was open before USA and Israel illegally started a stupid war with them.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Give me Ed over Shabana any day. It sends a message about direction of travel. Appointing Shabana signals continuity Starmer imo. That is the last thing we need.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Thw Wombles came on at half time at Hampden in the 1970s, followed very quickly with a loud chorus of ‘if you hate the f____g Wombles clap your hands’. Glorious it was.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Why are the English so biased against Argentina? MacAllister should have been yellow carded but other than that he has been fair enough?
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Maybe because the media just ignores the daily atrocities, Israel’s ceasefire violations, their ongoing lies and misinformation. The Western democracies are a shameful disgrace.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I would not count on it. Argentina in the last half hour were brilliant.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Looked at your feed. You clearly hate Zak Polanski and the Greens too. Anyway I cannot be arsed arguing with a bigot so I am off.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
That is not who she is targeting in her immigration plans though. BTW no one is illegal.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Of course he has.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
Only if you hate foreigners.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
WTF? Burnham’s whole schtick was appoint me and change will come. I did not think he meant he would shift even further to the right economically and send a great big F** you to the left of the party.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
He left his leg behind to initiate the contact to buy a free kick. We see it every week, it is diving imo. VAR was correct.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
They just say whatever shite they want knowing that no one will contradict them. Pathetic
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
He deserved his card for cheating
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Harry Kane, Ronaldo and Neymar are just as bad. They are all at it.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Correct, they all do it, but VAR can only step in if the offender is given a yellow/red card. The Swiss player was so OTT in his dive his opponent Argentine was yellow carded. If he hadn’t then maybe a free kick with no card would have been the result. The Swiss player brought it on himself.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
See below
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Of course I do having watched football for 60 years. The ball hit the overhead wire and the game should have restarted with a drop ball. What about this is so hard for you to comprehend?
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Yet it happened.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
He posted a link showing the ball hitting an overhead wire. That should be a drop ball yet somehow the magic ball with all the sensors managed to miss it. Funny that.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
He is such a sycophantic pos who Trump will dump in an instant. Pathetic
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
The ultra slow mo does not make it easier for refs either. Things can look really bad when slowed down.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Not in my opinion. That is what makes the game what it is I suppose
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Yes and I could cite you plenty that supports my opinion.
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Mark @markwinter61.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Yes but studs down the leg almost always is a red. Messi should have hone earlier in the tournament too.
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