Reposted by Martin Docherty.Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 15/04/2025Fuck. Me. Backwards. 8192 19
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Leigh Jones @leighsus.bsky.social · 30/03/2025Today's Teesside Lead is totally free to read because I thought it was important people got to see what happens at TVCA's meetings. Ben Houchen called the public's questions "completely insane" then threatened to kick them out.teesside.thelead.ukBen Houchen calls public's questions "completely insane"Plus: "Flawed process" of approving £12.5m for Teesside Airport 35227 52
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Sean Padraig @bluesman55.bsky.social · 11/03/2025petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...petition.parliament.ukPetition: Apply for the UK to join the European Union as a full member as soon as possibleI believe joining the EU would boost the economy, increase global influence, improve collaboration and provide stability & freedom. I believe that Brexit hasn't brought any tangible benefit and there ... 021 2
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Gerri McGerriface @messmonstergigi.bsky.social · 08/03/2025We are raising a glass to fucking Trump and not in a nice way! #SlavaUkraine 1122 12
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 08/03/2025Let’s go for it! Tell everyone you know to join @bsky.app and TOGETHER let’s send them packing 265128353479 12.8K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.BrooklynDad_Defiant! @mmpadellan.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I'm watching the press conference between President Macron and trump, and the President of France speaks and understands TWO languages way better than trump does, struggling with just English. It's such a colossal embarrassment having trump representing the U.S. 449139582283 14K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Jim T 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇦 @jimt1877.bsky.social · 24/02/2025I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHateactionstorm.orgSign the PetitionMarks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News 074 7
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Yorkshire Victor Meldrew and his dog📎 @yorkshirevicmeld.bsky.social · 22/02/2025Thankfully it's the weekend 🤔 1010513 105
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 20/02/2025 20472170 472
Reposted by Martin Docherty.R1ch1e5 @r1ch1e5.bsky.social · 20/02/2025We’re surrounded by treachery & lies, those openly betraying fact for fiction, utilising opinion as an alternate reality to aid political agenda, lies upon lies…. because there is no penalty for such. That needs to change. #TrumpsTraitors #FreeSpeechIsNotFreeFlowPropaganda #Bullshiticians 62310 23
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Ostfee 🐝 🍩 @lurch.bsky.social · 10/02/2025Well I know why I'm ashamed... 072 7
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Theprogressive ✊️ @treadres.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Whoever started calling the Tesla vehicles 'Swasticars' is a genius! 18559120 559
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Kane Clements📎 @kaneclements11.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Afternoon Kuntie. The situation is really serious and he’s only just started. My very rational fear is a descent into large scale violence. There are more firearms than people in the US. The prospect of one or two flashpoints being reached is high. 🫤 061 6
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 26/01/2025I usually believe there's no point worrying about things you can't control but most pple I know irl appear to be sticking their heads in the sand over the rise of fascism in the US. We need to be shouting it from the rooftops - I can't help thinking this must be how it felt in the UK in the 1930s. 1311219 112
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Colin Sydes aka Lord SydesJokes #FBPE #FBR #Resist #Resistance @sydesjokes.bsky.social · 26/01/2025 69015 90
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Lady Bee Middlemast-Neal @mistyswoman.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Waiting patiently for Badenoch to explain that the murders committed by these people was due to their "lack of integration" into British society: Dennis Nilson Fred West Robert Thompson James Venables Beverley Allitt Myra Hindley Ian Brady Robert Ryan Thomas Hamilton Derrick Bird Peter Sutcliffemedia.tenor.coma cartoon of spongebob in a classroom waiting patiently for aru theory trainingALT: a cartoon of spongebob in a classroom waiting patiently for aru theory training 26436124 436
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 26/01/2025As the 5th anniversary of Brexit approaches, here's the chillingly methodical moment when the UK flag was removed from the EU Council building in Brussels. Since then, not a single Brexit promise has come true. #BrexitHasFailed 1011355565 1.4K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Shosh🇪🇺🇺🇦🇬🇧 WokeAF💥GreenAF💚 Powered by Fury,Disbelief&Determination @shoshanade.bsky.social · 26/01/2025There are so many misquoted attributed to Labour politicians🤬The fcking RW media landscape in the UK is slowly but surely eroding whatever little trust voters had left in politicians. 3101 10
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 07/12/2024The killing of insurance CEO reveals simmering anger at the trillion-dollar US health system which is all about profit and routinely denies patient claims for treatment and medicine. - We must protect our NHS from these vultures! www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comKilling of insurance CEO exposes simmering anger at US health systemLong-standing frustrations were revealed online after a health insurance executive was shot and killed in New York City. 13309136 309
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 06/12/2024Alastair Campbell, "I was disappointed that Keir Starmer didn't mention Brexit, because Brexit has done so much damage to our country" #BBCQT Campbell then calls our Farage on Brexit, he squirms 1333062 330
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Nigel Farage isn't the answer to our problems, Britain. He is the cause of them. Until my country can work that very simple puzzle out we are doomed. #bbcqt 1404242962 4.2K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 27/11/2024DAWN OF A NEW ERA Labour’s Big Breakfast Plan “This Labour government will ensure every primary school child can start the school day ready to learn” Bridget Phillipson Education Minister 👏 53890153 890
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 27/11/2024The same analysis. It’s like we can see it but can’t believe it. Democratic systems can be impacted by communications platforms to promote populists who sound far more authentic than the centrists desperately echoing them. People don’t feel they have much to lose by disrupting the status quo. 919354 193
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Alan Stedman @alanjstedman.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Every time you look into the background of these so called disruptors you often find something very murky And often there is an association with something unpleasantly RW Crikey, even one of Reforms MP's has a background that is pretty unpleasant (I'm being polite) 055 5
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 27/11/2024Rishi Sunak and his wife avoiding public scrutiny by changing their company to 'unlimited'... just as David Cameron did ... Seems to be a pattern with Tory Prime Ministers eh? I wonder why..... hmmmmmmmm 972255848 2.3K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Sharron Honey @sharronhoney.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Let's talk disability, as you know @BlokeOnWheels is ma bestie. I see him taking shit on social media, "get a job" "get off your arse" He's kind, funny, loving, loyal, intelligent. Just because he can write a thought provoking tweet, which is well written does not ...1/ 4936993 369
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Sharron Honey @sharronhoney.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Oh well 🤣🤣🤣 my 3 are 🤣🤯🤦♀️ 37434 43
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Sharron Honey @sharronhoney.bsky.social · 26/11/2024He is worth more than 100 able bodied people. He still has a working brain (sometimes 🤣) he still has the same emotions!! He is valid!!! #DisabilityRights #TuesdayThought 3223219 232
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Sharron Honey @sharronhoney.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Mean he can work. In reality his body is fucked. I won't go into the details of how fucked that's for his disclosure. Being disabled doesn't make him less, less important in the world. His opinion is not less just because he can't walk.... 2/ 218516 185
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 25/11/2024So here’s the update. The billionaire owner of the Guardian preparing to get rid of a core part of the news org + 100 journalists. If you’re a Guardian or Observer reader, please share this. The need for a strong, free & independent press couldn’t be greater. Yet, here it is. 8027882080 2.8K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Clainy @clainybskysocial.bsky.social · 26/11/2024CON-PARTY PHILOSOPHY Trickle down economics trickle down economic trickle down economi trickle down econom trickle down econo trickle down econ trickle down eco trickle down ec trickle down e trickle down trickle dow trickle do trickle d trickle trickl trick IT HAS NEVER WORKED, AND IT NEVER WILL. 2389 38
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Miss Chief 🤭 @magf.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Morning scamps, get a load of this cuntcake. Posh peep's probs, must be a nice one to have. Would bring a tear to a glass eye 🙄🤣😂 5645 64
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Tobi @tobifrenzen.bsky.social · 21/11/2024And Trump boasted about how he didn't need any more votes. How did he know? He probably had the data right in front of him and his team, weeks before the election. And this is also likely where that rumour about "Elon Musk's App" came from that apparently told him the results before polls closed. 3818 81
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Duchess Gemma 🐠🕷️🇪🇺 @gemmagould.bsky.social · 25/11/2024For International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and Girls I wrote this piece for @centralbylines.bsky.social 1716483 164
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 25/11/2024There's not a single comms expert on Earth who fails to understand that this is an attempt to spread disinformation. When Elon found out that much of what I used to teach at University of New Hampshire fell into the ambit of comms, he called my work "bullshit." But all he does, all day, is comms.newrepublic.comElon Musk Admits X Is Making It Harder for People to Read NewsThe world’s richest man has finally admitted he’s essentially censoring news articles on X. 782003618 2K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Even as a kid Elon was a asshole.... 5469 46
Reposted by Martin Docherty.BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Paris to Berlin - €49.99 London to Manchester - €324.36 Guess which train journey is 4x longer? 52904205 904
Reposted by Martin Docherty.feistyliblady.bsky.social @feistyliblady.bsky.social · 25/11/2024America elected Trump. It was by no means a mandate. Half of us are outraged. The other half is people I will never understand. This is not the time to quit. It's time to work your outrage into resistance. Make sure we win in 2026 and 2028. Activism matters. Outrage alone doesn't matter 1 bit. 420866 208
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024Let’s all take a moment to congratulate Daniel ‘unelected bureaucrat’ Hannan for this masterclass in hypocrisy and abuse of power. Someone sitting in the House of Lords (however dubiously) should *not* be signing this idiotic petition. But good to have his total lack of integrity confirmed. Again. 1201655452 1.7K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 25/11/2024“For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team” Me for Byline Times on what Trump’s election means for US-UK-EU relations.bylinetimes.com'Donald Trump's Election Means Reversing Brexit Is Now More Urgent Than Ever'For the sake of Britain, Europe and humanity, it’s time for us to get back with the European team, argues Mike Galsworthy 281279407 1.3K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 25/11/2024From Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comFrom Sure Start to youth centres, cutting children’s services is a false economy | Torsten BellResearch reveals that Tessa Jowell’s programme not only helped early years children but went on to reduce youth crime 11384126 384
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2024🚨UPDATE: Lord Woodley’s Bill to end the cruel injustice of the #IPPscandal has passed its 2nd Reading. The question now is will the Prime Minister do the right thing & give the Bill government time for a full & proper Committee Stage? Let’s not wait for the next ITV drama to do what’s right 628377 283
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Mandoline Blue 🕸️ @mandolineblue.bsky.social · 24/11/2024The Right never stop trolling, do they? This lunatic petition calling for another GE has reached well over a million signatures, and climbing. I remember our Remainer petition with 6 million signatures for Article 50 to be revoked and for us to stay in the EU that the Tories completely ignored! 11473 47
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Donald Trump’s return sends shivers through the anti-misinformation world Trump will attempt to destroy those who question misinformation....in other words the few "fact finders" left How do we spell dystopia nowadays? on.ft.com/4f1cvFfon.ft.comDonald Trump’s return sends shivers through the anti-misinformation worldVow to crack down on the ‘censorship cartel’ has researchers worried — and Big Tech is on notice 961850333 1.9K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Elon Musk Hides X Engagement Figures Amid User Exodus Sounds desperate to me www.newsweek.com/elon-musk-hi...newsweek.comElon Musk hides X engagement figures amid user exodusAs X loses users, the platform introduced a new feature allowing optional hiding of likes, shares, and other engagement metrics. 1402091512 2.1K
Reposted by Martin Docherty.Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 24/11/2024Why have the Guardian & Observer's journalists voted overwhelming to go on strike? I've attempted to summarise our concerns, the reports so far & why a Scott Trust board meeting tomorrow is a pivotal moment for press freedom & the future of journalism. open.substack.com/pub/broligar...open.substack.comHow to Speak Truth to Power...when that power is your own news organisation? I don't know. And I wish it was a question I didn't have to ask. 451049452 1K