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Mark Robinson

@mr.place
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Chair of Fellows at Radix Big Tent - OSP student @lsepbs.bluesky.app - #ABI survivor - urbanist Writing about later life learning and being a padawan "pracademic" markisalwayslearning.substack.com

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Inequality News @inequalitynews.bsky.social · 6h
📢 HUGE THANKS to everyone following us and a big welcome to the new folk! We've had a surge in followers to 6.5k ♥️. Our message is simple: unless we massively reduce the gap between rich and poor, everything will continue to fall apart... #WealthTaxNow #TaxTheRich #EndBillionaires
Cartoon of a sinking boat with two people bailing it out and two people at the other end saying "Sure glad the hole isn't at our end".
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Samantha Asumadu @samanthaasumadu.substack.com · 23/09/2026
So I think maybe I just figured out why @timeshighered.bsky.social has not reported anything negative about James Orr. I could very well be wrong, but here we go: In 2024, THE signed an agreement with Hungary's Culture and Innovation Ministry which oversees Hungarian higher education..
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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#RejoinEU
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 30/09/2026
But Luke Johnson on @thetimes.com Radio just said we are heading for a trifecta of doom this winter 🤡
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it.
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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Our response to Andy Burnham's Labour Party Conference speech 💬 #TaxTheSuperRich
We welcome the Prime Minister's vision to bring hope back to our country and communities.
And we repeat our longstanding message: we're ready to play our part by paying our fair share, so Britain gets the investment it needs to make that vision a reality. 
This country helped to build our success. So millionaires like us must be taxed more. It's our turn to step up first and help build a better future for everyone.
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Heather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
David Willetts, president of the Resolution Foundation and former Conservative universities minister: “the PM deserves credit for announcing what many politicians have been saying in private for some time – that the triple lock is unsustainable and needs to go.”
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 29/09/2026
My dad failed his 11 plus, I am crying like a Milliband now.
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John O’Shea @politicalhackuk.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A new national commission on electoral reform is kicking the can down the road, but it is a good idea to get maximum buy-in across the political spectrum.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 29/09/2026
I'm having a little cry, but I am also painfully hungover...
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@Julianshea.bsky.social @julianshea.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
'Have you got a copy of Fly Tipping by RAF Fairford? You do? Oh that's wonderful. My name? Fairford. RAF Fairford.'
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 28/09/2026
Good news is CGT for non residences is calculated back to 2015, so you get to avoid tax! Government should make more of this tax reducing “win”😬
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Dan Neidle @danneidle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Luxury retailers want taxpayers to fund a 20% tax break for foreign tourists. They paid consultancy Cebr to claim this will raise £2.6bn for the UK. That convinced Sadiq Khan and Kemi Badenoch. But it's false: a free lunch. Four basic errors mask a £600m loss. Thread:
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 28/09/2026
Today’s evaluation: WIFI still shite.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 28/09/2026
Some might suggest that Manchester is not ‘piecemeal’ as it’s only a tight coterie who get to develop in there…
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 28/09/2026
OFf to LPC to talk about #HighStreets
A middle aged man with a beard on a train, pretending he is important as he will be speaking at a finge event at the Labour Party Conference.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 27/09/2026
Social care 👍 Demand side solutions to a supply side problem 👎 I understand the shortn term politics and the intense lobbying by industry, but it really needs to be time limited and matched by some concessions from industry in return.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 27/09/2026
Indeed
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 26/09/2026
They tried to.
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Jess Asato MP @jessasatomp.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
For too long, short-term cuts to public services have meant support being lost from our communities.
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Katie Schmuecker @katieschmuecker.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Great to see investment in high streets and community spaces announced today. These are places that help us feel confident, connected and in control. 🤔 But these places aren’t just about bricks and mortar. A community space needs people to make it thrive.
Image of people making food in a community kitchen
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 25/09/2026
The opportunity to bore the arse off my wife, correcting where supposed locations actually are!
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Resolution Foundation @resolutionfoundation.org · 24/09/2026
When it comes to reforming residential property taxes, current owners stand to gain where the tax burden falls, and lose where taxes increase. In regions with higher property values, the gains from abolishing Stamp Duty will cushion the impact of a higher rate of property tax ➡️ buff.ly/SAUyopI
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Adrian Bowyer @adrianbowyer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
It's a legal thing. They can't say, "Man arrested for slashing boat," without adding, "He denies all charges," (which they can't say if they can't contact him) otherwise it would turn into a contempt of court if there is a prosecution. And he might then get off.
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LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Join our great line-up of speakers at Revolution on the Docks. We have: 🔴 Neil Brocklehurst, CEO, Post Office 🔴 @leighinghammp.bsky.social , Member of Parliament for Stafford 🔴 Mark Robinson (@mr.place), chair, High Streets Task Force (2019-2024) All chaired by @rachaelsaunders.bsky.social.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 24/09/2026
Wake up with a smile❤️
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 23/09/2026
I've just signed "IKEA, stop advertising on Rupert Murdoch's Talk Radio" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ik... @StopFundingHate
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
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Ray Casey's Truth on Teesside account @raycasey.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Grumpy and embittered plastic patriot, billionaire, tax-dodging, Monaco-based economic migrant, far-right enabling racist, fossil-fuel shill, Jim Ratcliffe says what?👿 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Jay Van Bavel, PhD @jayvanbavel.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The notion that "ordinary people inevitably conform to the roles" in the experiment has been widely debunked. When we analyzed the transcripts from the original study, the experimental team was pressuring the guards to act viciously. We describe it here www.powerofusnewsletter.com/p/debunking-...
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Debunking Popular Psychology Myths: Exposing The Stanford Prison Experiment
Shining a light on evidence that was left out of the findings from the Stanford Prison Experiment.
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 18/09/2026
It is incredibly important that political violence does not succeed. The far-right mob that shut down Portsmouth wanted this outcome. If the state wishes to avoid more of these actions, it needs to make sure this RNLI branch reopens *immediately*, or as close to that as humanly possible.
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Stephen Kinsella @stephenstroud.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
It was such a treat to meet Hazel and her team. What they have achieved in defending their community is remarkable.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 18/09/2026
Could I tempt any of the BlueSky active travel gang to join me cycling (or hiking) in Ibiza for the charity that helped me when I had my haemorrhage in 2020? uk.emma-live.com/SameYouBikeH...
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Bike & Hike Ibiza 2027
Visit our incredible website to take part in the event.
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Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
These are bad people. Their defeat is essential.
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Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The government needs to get serious on growth and pull the biggest growth lever we have: fixing our relationship with Europe.
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Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Elon Musk is a bigger threat to British democracy than crypto billionaires - my latest newsletter piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/politic...
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Elon Musk is a bigger threat to British democracy than cr...
The foreign-based tech mogul is using the X algorithm to influence British politics in more sinister ways than the £72m given to Reform last week
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 17/09/2026
It’s almost like that’s not really their issue any more…
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elia ayoub @ayoub.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Friend shared this video of a man unveiling the library he hid when he fled Damascus in 2011. It’s incredible
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 17/09/2026
FFS.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 17/09/2026
I already own a cravat so do not doubt me.
A dangerous man wearing a cravat to Lords rather than a tie. DANGEROUS.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 17/09/2026
I’ve just changed my LinkedIn profile to: “I am a dangerous man”
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 17/09/2026
Whilst I have a genuine concerns about people who would describe themselves as progressive piling in on the BBC, this is legitimately spot on.
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Nicolas Hénin @nicolashenin.net · 17/09/2026
Nice campaign by the Norwegian Consumer Council about the declining lifespan of products. Enjoy!
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 17/09/2026
Try @weratedogs.com
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Stéphanie says… 🏴‍☠️🦈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @stephaniejane.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My heart goes out to Rachel: she must be feeling she and her family are now strangers in her own village. But society has always been like this, except people were forced to keep their bigotry hidden. Now they’re seeing politicians and the media espousing the bigotry and hatred, and are emboldened.
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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Solidarity with this Piddington resident ♥️✊ #Newsnight
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Jo Michell @jomichell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Presumably once gilt yields have dropped, growth has surged and tax revenues leapt, you can reinstate the welfare spending that Haldane implies must be cut -- in same way that we did after Osborne generated a boom using precisely this policy mechanism.
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Mark Robinson @mr.place · 16/09/2026
Bet the house and what's left of his reputation.
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