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Martin Palmer

@martinpalmer.bsky.social
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Deputy Chief of Stuff at Palmer & Palmer. Amiable misanthrope. Music & photography. Master of none. Left-leaning, evidence-based pragmatic idealist. Manc. www.flickr.com/photos/martinpalmer

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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Storming speech from Andy Burnham. I expect Chris Mason will be along soon, to get Nigel Farage's opinion on it.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
To add insult to injury, the way things are going with Spurs, Man City won’t even have the best stadium in the Championship. #ManCity #Spurs
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
"Racist? No, I just fancied trying my hand at art criticism" - 50% of my FB feed today. #TschabalalaSelf #fourthplinth #LadyInBlue
Tschabalala Self's "Lady in Blue" artwork, on the fourth plinth in London's Trafalgar Square.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I've had more enticing offers...
A screenshot of an email header, offering a free skin and hair bundle
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Just watched the TdF Femmes highlights on TNT. What a shoddy mess. Commentary sometimes 30s out of sync with the pictures. Apparently randomly edited clips with commentators coming in literally mid-sentence describing something we've not seen. No round-up or outro of any kind. Utter shambles.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Mad skies over South Manchester, as the smoke from the moorland wildfires drifts across the setting sun.
A red sun hangs over the rooftops of suburban South Manchester.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
John Terry coming down to take the penalty… #NORENG
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
Haaland wandering about, totally uninterested in any involvement that isn’t someone putting the ball at his feet in front of goal. #BRA-NOR
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Where the bee sucks..." #bee #photography #photographersofbluesky #nature
A bee hangs halfway out of a pink honey garlic flower, with just its rear end and wings visible.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Today’s hydration break sponsor
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
0-0 in the 90th minute. England strolling around playing walking football.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
How bad is this Australian side? Complete shambles. #fifaworldcup
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
What's going on with #TNTSports coverage of the Giro? "Extended Highlights" of stage 20 just ... stops ... with 10km to go. wtf? No explanation. Amateurs. Not a patch on the (free) ITV highlights presentation. Let's hope they get their shit together before the TdF.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
So commences the countdown to Farage’s mobile being mysteriously ’stolen’.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Croatia going the full floating Yoda there. #Eurovision
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
Bold Sir Robin Daisy Nook Country Park, Ashton-under-Lyne. This little guy was definitely posing. This way and that, determined that I got his best side. #photography #photographersofBlueSky #nature #Spring #naturephotography
A European robin (Erithacus rubecula) sat on a branch of a Common Hawthorn
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I mean, I was surprised and delighted by the "floating Nutella" incident. But the reveal of the Tunnocks Teacakes was a next level finale. #Artemis #Integrity #NASA #splashdown #tunnocksteacakes
The Artemis capsule "Integrity" splashes down in the Pacific ocean, suspended from three huge parachutes. The parachutes have alternate red and white radial markings, closely resembling the design of the packaging of the popular Scottish-made confection, Tunnocks Teacakes.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The pro-Brexiters who bleated about "UK sovereignty" are now bleating that Starmer doesn't have his head far enough up Trump's arse.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Dear BBC: you don’t refer to Epstein as “Jeffrey”, do you? So why do you keep calling this nasty bastard just “Andrew”, as if he is some kind of beloved national treasure?
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Nadine Dorries: “It’s not far right rhetoric! It’s defending British values and communities!” #bbcqt
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a man holds his finger to his nose in front of a netflix sign
ALT: a man holds his finger to his nose in front of a netflix sign
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 09/02/2026
Who did this? #lordofthefiles #mandelson #epstein
A spoof of the film poster for "Lord of the Flies', showing Peter Mandelson and renamed "Lord of the Files"
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Massive "Peoples Front of Judea" vibes...
Screenshot of a Guardian article by Geraldine McKelvie. Photographs of Zarah Sultana and Jeremy Corbyn. Text below reads "Zarah Sultana has boycotted the first day of Your Party’s inaugural conference, throwing the party’s first official gathering into chaos amid disagreements with co-founder Jeremy Corbyn over how the party should be run."
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Chris Mason will be along soon to tell us how the Covid report is a terrible blow to Keir Starmer...
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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
If you have a doubt the MAGA attack on the BBC is not co-ordinated, read what GB News owner told the US “We need you to come and save us. To rescue us … You are making America great again… We need to make Britain great again” subscribe.bylinetimes.com/edition/79/a...
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‘America Must Save Britain’ – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition
GB News’ new programme broadcast live from Washington DC features climate denial, vaccine misinformation, and non-stop praise for Donald Trump – with the channel’s co-owner telling ‘MAGA’ politicians ...
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Jo Kibble (Political Animal) @politicanimal.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
I’m sure Matt Goodwin will be along shortly to tell us all whether LNER Customer Service Host Samir Zitouni counts as British or not. news.sky.com/story/train-...
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Train company LNER 'extremely proud' of rail worker in critical condition after mass stabbing as family call him 'hero'
The "extraordinary bravery" of the LNER worker who intervened during the train mass stabbing attack on Saturday has been hailed by his company.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
Bloody hell. Somebody actually sat down and wrote this. Next week: a searing exposé of the toilet habits of bears in woods.
A stock photo of police officers at a UK railway station. Below is an article explaining the blatantly obvious fact that installing hi-tech knife prevention equipment at all Britain's railway stations would be impossible, and concluding that, in any case, the risk from knives on trains is, in fact, very small indeed.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Bloody hell. What on earth is #BBCQT thinking, giving a platform to this obnoxious, coked-up, big-eared twat?
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Rampant fungi at RHS Bridgewater, Salford. It's been a good year for it. #photography #photographersofbluesky #fungus #fungi #nature #naturephotography
Fungi growing on dead wood at RHS Bridgewater in Salford. Photo taken from a low angle.Fungi growing on dead wood at RHS Bridgewater in Salford. Photo taken from a low angle.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Much as I enjoy the dancing, the costumes and the music, I do feel that #Strictly is slowly suffocating under the weight of dull, repetitive motivational speeches. God spare us this endless sentimental stodge.
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Ben Fenton @benfenton.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
If a news organisation is making -200% margin after five years, it is not a commercial operation and should be assumed to have a different purpose.
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him. Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership." SHARE!
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
Bluesky isn’t perfect but at least its owner isn’t demanding violent insurrection in the UK from thousands of miles away
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Keir Starmer having pensioners arrested for wearing t-shirts, but apparently quite happy to say nothing about a foreign billionaire calling for revolution, inciting political violence on the streets of London, while dozens of Police officers are hospitalised by the far-right thugs he was addressing.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
Good to see Bill Bailey playing an old-fashioned acoustic typewriter. #BBCproms
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
I miss those optimistic times. The giddy few days, freighted with possibilities, when we thought he might be dead.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Big shout out to the preppers, whose stated reason for spending years hoarding all manner of lethal weapons, was that they would be ready for the day when the US government declared war on its own population. So, that's.... now, isn't it?
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Dream if you wanna go faster. National Fairground Museum, Statford Country Park, Tamworth. #fairground #statford #nationalfairgroundmuseum #photography #photograph #photographersofbluesky #fairgroundride #nostalgia #daydream
In the still centre of a motorcycle themed ride, a fairground worker stands in the control booth, as the ride whirls around him in a blur. Dozens of light bulbs illuminate the intricate designs of the colourfully painted panels which decorate the ride.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
##Flowerscape #FlowersonFriday #photography #PhotographersOfBlueSky #GardeningBluesky #gardening #flower #GardenersWorld #nationaltrust #columbine #Aquilegiavulgaris Columbine, at Biddulph Grange in Staffordshire.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
#TNTsport have completely lost the commentary for the Europa League final. Way to go.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
Starmer’s strategy to challenge Reform seems to consist of pointing at them and shouting “These guys are absolutely correct!”.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
#photography #streetphotography #chinatown #nyc #dimsum Three Guys (Chinatown, Manhattan).
Three men relax on their break, in front of the window of the restaurant they work at, in Manhattan's Chinatown. Above them is a sign reading "Dim Sum To Take Out".
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Mark Jacob @markjacob.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
By the time major media agree that it's a dictatorship, it will be so far along that they'll be afraid to call it a dictatorship.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
#photography #shadow #minimalist One Green Bottle
A green plastic spray bottle projects a shadow onto a green wall.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
#photography #spring #blossom #pink #cherry #nature Signs of Spring. Cherry blossom in Fog Lane park, Didsbury.
A sprig of pink cherry blossoms against a blurred background
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Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 25/03/2025
The full message exchange... mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/those-top-...
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
#photography #colours #colors #shapes #orange #mauve Table for three The Kiosk Cafe, Lapwing Lane, Didsbury
A square photograph showing three orange metal folding chairs, leaning against a red shop shutter, alongside a mauve metal circular table, also folded.
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Jonty @fairless.xyz · 01/03/2025
Dammit. Someone nicked our cute lil yellow Yoonit. A mini cargo bike. Share around, and keep an eye out around Edinburgh. Shout at @cargobikemovement.bsky.social if you see it. Let's make this thing too hot to handle. Bike theft is the worst. Bike theft from a CHARITY is something else 😤
A yellow front loading 'Yoonit' cargo bike, parked on the pavement in front of the Cargo Bike movement HQ in Edinburgh
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/03/2025
NEW: Senator Marshall (R-KS) RUNS AWAY, fleeing his own town hall after being asked about DOGE firing Veterans. MAKE HIM GO VIRAL.
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Martin Palmer @martinpalmer.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
I guess that, in seeking the support of the Trump administration, Zelensky’s major disadvantage is that he’s not a misogynistic, sex-trafficking rapist.
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Karen asked to speak to Trump's manager and this weird guy and his kid appeared
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