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Martin Porter

@thesnufkin.bsky.social
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Middle aged, middle class eco-warrior living in the middle of England.

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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
You don't have to be a psychopath or narcassist to support Reform UK, but it clearly helps.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Just sent out this post. The Ankara Summit was, contrary to the reports, the worst NATO summit in history. It was so bad there might not be another while Trump is president. Here are the reasons why, and it is not pretty. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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The Worst NATO Summit In History
And The Proof Is In The Pudding
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Never forget.
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 04/07/2026
A sailboat, the Hudson River Sloop Clearwater, was removed from the Sail4th 250 Parade of Ships for displaying banners about climate justice and clean water. Source: ig/jackiemarieburton, ig/sloopclearwater
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The Bulwark @thebulwark.com · 08/06/2026
Sometimes the ability of an army to fight is eroded slowly over time by many factors, as to be almost imperceptible, before reaching a tipping point where the illusion of strength shatters all at once. Don't look now... New from @brynntannehill.bsky.social: lnk.thebulwark.com/4dWe0af
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
"At the end of the day we’ll have to come to this kind of cooperative redistribution of resources and power because the alternative will simply lead to disastrous outcomes both on the environment, on the climate, but also on social grounds." Thomas Piketty globaljusticeproject.wid.world
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
I can now announce I have been reelected Branch Secretary of UNISON Derbyshire County branch. Thank you to everyone who voted for me.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
WTF 'During the six-hour dinner, Aguto drank from two bottles of alcohol, according to the report. The former general told investigators he had been drinking "chacha," a Georgian spirit.'
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Derbyshire UNISON @derbyshireunison.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
'UNISON Derbyshire Branch Secretary, Martin Porter, said: “This [care fee rates] increase, though welcome, is essentially irrelevant as Derbyshire County Council has lost control of the market across most of the county."' www.buxtonadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/...
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Derbyshire County Council set to increase care fee contributions during backlash over failed sale of care homes
Derbyshire County Council is expected to confirm its latest annual increase in its care fee contributions which it uses to help cover independent care home and home care agency costs for the county’s ...
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Lewi Whalberg @anno1540.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Iran is copying Russia’s infrastructure war. Mass, cheap drones. Overload air defense. Hit ports, airports, energy. Push oil up. Exhaust societies. The Wall Street Journal notes Tehran studied Moscow’s playbook for years. Swarm warfare is now exportable.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
I'm on BBC East Midlands news calling on Derbyshire County Council to end the closure of eight care homes for older people.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
This is brilliant. Having a party leader who is a human being is such a breath of fresh air.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Vote wisely Gorton and Denton (and Levenshulme, Burnage and Haughton Green).
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
📌 ICYMI — Revealed: Reform UK Matt Goodwin’s Academic Ties to Rebranded Nazi Eugenics Front Reform's Gorton and Denton candidate, who has said that genetics will expose the… bylinetimes.com/2026/02/23/revealed…
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Revealed: Reform UK Matt Goodwin's Academic Ties to Rebranded Nazi Eugenics Front
Reform's Gorton and Denton candidate, who has said that genetics will expose the "inherent differences between groups" has links to multiple organisations tied to discredited racist pseudoscience
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stuart @stuartp.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Mandelson arrested
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
UNISON Derbyshire branch secretary Martin Porter said: “People are angry, but they’re also desperate for common sense to prevail. If there’s a way to keep homes like The Grange open, that must be better than shutting the doors and forcing residents to move" www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/people/...
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Four MPs back campaign to save eight Derbyshire council care homes facing closure
Four MPs are backing a union campaign urging Derbyshire County Council to save eight of its care homes from feared closure after a collapsed sale.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Merry Imbolc everyone
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Please SIGN and SHARE
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Finally, we have a protest song about ICE www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKS...
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Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)
YouTube video by Bruce Springsteen
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Please SIGN and SHARE
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Brandon Friedman @brandonfriedman.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
What in the Gestapo is going on in Grand Rapids? Watch this activist get arrested *mid-interview* for speaking out against U.S. action in Venezuela.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
During last year's county council elections people received leafets from Reform UK saying that they would cut council tax if elected. @reformexposed.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Derbyshire County Council plans for maximum council tax rise - BBC News
The council's Reform UK leaders say factors "beyond control" are behind plans to hike the tax.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 03/01/2026
A Ukrainian MiG-29 pilot has destroyed a key bridge near Pokrovsk, Donetsk region, with precision AASM Hammer guided bombs. The bridge had been used by Russian forces as a logistics route and temporary shelter for assault groups.
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 01/01/2026
Ilsky Oil Refinery, Krasnodar region, 6.5 million tons/year capacity, becomes the first Russian refinery hit in 2026. Another precision drone strike lights up critical energy infrastructure deep inside Russia.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Reform UK led Derbyshire County Council is closing eight care homes for older people. The residents were told ten days before Christmas @reformexposed.bsky.social
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Derbyshire County Council Reform UK councillor says "I'm a racist and I'm proud of it" in angry debate about 'people arriving in small boats'. @reformexposed.bsky.social youtu.be/N_oIvcdGgJU?...
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Council - 10 December 2025
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
This is quite an incredible story: a Reform UK council leader has sent a 'cease and desist' letter to an opposition Labour councillor! Trump sues the press, but only Reform UK sues the opposition. @reformexposed.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Leader of Reform-run council accused of ‘authoritarian’ attempt to silence opposition
Worcestershire council leader Jo Monk sent city councillor Ed Kimberley a cease and desist letter over his criticism of her
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
We forced Derbyshire's Reform UK council to recruit more Social Worker. @reformexposed.bsky.social
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Derbyshire UNISON @derbyshireunison.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Our monthly newsletter, which should have arrived in our inbox members inboxes earlier in the week, including an update on our SEND campaign
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
@reformexposed.bsky.social And Derbyshire County Council has a conspiracy theorist.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Trump appears to have pissed off Musk again, so Twitter is now showing where accounts are based. A lot of MAGA feeds aren't in Kansas.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
This is the new YouTube channel of my friend; the activist, journalist and ecologist Stuart Spray. Please subscribe. www.youtube.com/@stuartspray
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Nature's Frontline with Stuart Spray
Welcome to Nature’s Frontline, where investigative environmental journalist Stuart Spray takes you deep into the wild places, fragile ecosystems, and hidden conflicts shaping our planet’s future. Fro...
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Greenpeace Manchester @mancgreenpeace.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
If we are to prevent climate chaos we need to get out and protest, but the rigth to protest is under threat, from governments, but also from violent extrememists who feel embolded by the current political climate. www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4TQ...
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This World is Ours: Resist. Reclaim. Rise up!
YouTube video by Extinction Rebellion (XR) UK
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
"Fascists violently attacked protesters following a climate demonstration in Manchester last Saturday." socialistworker.co.uk/news/fascist...
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Fascists violently attack activists in Manchester
Following a climate protest in Manchester last Saturday, fascists followed, harassed and violently attacked a group of protesters.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Tax billionaires, not batteries. www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
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Rachel Reeves ‘planning pay-per-mile tax for electric vehicles in budget’
EV drivers would face 3p-a-mile charge on top of other road taxes to offset falling revenue from petrol and diesel cars
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
Apparently, Hadrosaurs did it si vigorously they often injured their tails. This must be the first paper I've ever read on dinosaur sex.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
Greenpeace activists have installed prison bars around the statues of three iconic protesters in Parliament Square to highlight the UK government’s crackdown on the right to protest. www.greenpeace.org.uk/news/monumen...
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Why are there prison bars around the statues of Gandhi, Mandela and Fawcett in Parliament Square? - Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace activists have installed prison bars around the statues of three iconic protesters in Parliament Square to highlight the UK government’s crackdown on the right to protest. What happened A t...
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
This week's dose of Iggy Pop's cynical, whiskey-fueled Mother Nature. It's good. sweetlittlehuman.buzzsprout.com/2531647/epis...
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Bugs, Bees and Bad Decisions - Sweet Little Human
Mr. Bee is drunk, depressed and feeling destructive. His species are under pressure from pesticides and intensive agriculture. So, to cheer him up, Mother Nature agrees to dedicate the episode to inse...
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Wrote a thread, of disagreement, in response to this, which seems to equate 'people' with 'select elites.'
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Who knew Iggy Pop has an environment podcast? The first episode is rubbish, but then it gets really good. sweetlittlehuman.buzzsprout.com
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Sweet Little Human
Mother Nature, played by punk legend Iggy Pop, has had a tough few thousand years. Tired and traumatized by relentless human expansion, they battle many of the ills that plague humans today: Addiction...
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Putin didn't want Ukraine top have Tomahawk missiles so he told Trump he'd agree to talks. Trump cancelled the missiles. Putin now won't attend talks. Rinse and repeat. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/o...
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US shelves plans for Trump-Putin talks in Budapest
White House says there are now no plans for summit ‘in the immediate future’ as latest efforts to end Ukraine war falter
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
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Owen Blacker @owen.blacker.me.uk · 10/10/2025
A great reframing of Poppet >> How to eat with others buttondown.com/monteiro/arc...
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How to eat with others
This is the last painting I did at my old studio. I left it behind. You can support my shenanigans for a mere $2/mo. This week’s question comes to us from...
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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Middle Age Riot @middleageriot.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The free speech party is the quote Charlie Kirk and you'll lose your job party is the you can't make me vaccinate my child party is the we won't let you get an abortion party is the law and order party is the voted for a convicted felon and rapist party.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
In Manchester a grim reaper figure with a pennant flag with “Insuring Genocide” stood outside the AIG office on Deansgate. 30 protesters gave out leaflets to the public and spoke about how of Palestinians are being affected by the arms companies AIG Insures.” www.emergingrisks.co.uk/insurers-fac...
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Insurers face climate protests as global action continues
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Derbyshire UNISON @derbyshireunison.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Our Sonya Pickford picked up the TUC Congress Awards Women's Gold Badge. From her important role in the successful campaign to save the older persons day centres, to her vital Health and Safety work, Sonya has always been a dedicated campaigner who has put our members first.
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Martin Porter @thesnufkin.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
The FT revealed two years ago that Mandelson stayed at Epstein's house whilst Mandelson was Deputy Prime Minister and Epstein was in prison for child trafficing. So why are we now surprised? www.ft.com/content/0723...
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Links between Peter Mandelson and Jeffrey Epstein detailed in JPMorgan report
Emails indicate then UK business secretary stayed at New York house while disgraced financier was in prison
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Just sent out this free post. Russia attacked Poland last night--and the NATO response indicates institutional and national failure. They were clearly not prepared, cannot even call the Russian attack an attack, and do not understand their real security concerns. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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NATO States Have Failed
They have not prepared and do not understand their national interests
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