Keith Marriott
@keithmarriott58.bsky.social
UK based retired Architect
Interested in photography, architecture, history, mountains and politics- not necessarily in that order
Interested in photography, architecture, history, mountains and politics- not necessarily in that order
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Fascinating article from 2017 about how Trump may have been cultivated by Soviet intelligence as early as 1977…
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
The Hidden History of Trump’s First Trip to Moscow
In 1987, a young real estate developer traveled to the Soviet Union. The KGB almost certainly made the trip happen.
www.politico.com
February 5, 2026 at 10:35 AM
Fascinating article from 2017 about how Trump may have been cultivated by Soviet intelligence as early as 1977…
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
www.politico.com/magazine/sto...
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That‘s the spirit.
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 AM
That‘s the spirit.
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
February 5, 2026 at 11:50 AM
Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again.
#Pinks #ProudBlue
#Pinks #ProudBlue
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This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
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Voters in focus groups are contrasting Labour’s treatment of Burnham and Mandelson – that’s a dangerous comparison for Starmer. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
The parable of Andy Burnham and Peter Mandelson
Voters are unimpressed by Keir Starmer’s contrasting treatment of two Labour politicians
www.newstatesman.com
February 4, 2026 at 10:52 AM
Voters in focus groups are contrasting Labour’s treatment of Burnham and Mandelson – that’s a dangerous comparison for Starmer. www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Laughable ( ie better than crying) that GB News has realised what Northerners have known for decades to be „news“ , although it clearly not convinced its real and not just „perceived „
🔥IPPR North's @zoebillingham.bsky.social on the perceived 'brain drain' from the North to the South:
"There is no need for London as the capital city to be the capital of everything and we’d all be better off for it."
www.gbnews.com/news/brain-d...
"There is no need for London as the capital city to be the capital of everything and we’d all be better off for it."
www.gbnews.com/news/brain-d...
The northern cities fighting back against Britain's 'brain drain' as thousands flee to south
GB News investigates why areas of the North struggle to stop top talent from flocking to London
www.gbnews.com
February 2, 2026 at 2:22 PM
Laughable ( ie better than crying) that GB News has realised what Northerners have known for decades to be „news“ , although it clearly not convinced its real and not just „perceived „
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NEW: UK should consider re-entering talks for defence pact with the EU, Keir Starmer has said, arguing that Europe needs to “step up and do more” to defend itself in uncertain times.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK should consider resuming talks on EU defence pact, Starmer says
PM says Europe must ‘step up’ and signals he wants to work more closely with other states to build military capability
www.theguardian.com
February 1, 2026 at 7:25 PM
NEW: UK should consider re-entering talks for defence pact with the EU, Keir Starmer has said, arguing that Europe needs to “step up and do more” to defend itself in uncertain times.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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With more evidence coming to light of Bannon’s interference in British politics - plotting with Johnson, Rees Mogg and Farage and bigging up Yaxley Lennon while working with Epstein, thought I’d re-up this
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 11:15 AM
With more evidence coming to light of Bannon’s interference in British politics - plotting with Johnson, Rees Mogg and Farage and bigging up Yaxley Lennon while working with Epstein, thought I’d re-up this
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
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The review to end all reviews.
January 30, 2026 at 5:19 AM
The review to end all reviews.
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One of my favourite buildings in Huddersfield today was Byram Arcade, a galleried shopping arcade of c1880 by WH Crossland. It's easy to imagine the posh shops that would fill it if it was in Leeds or Harrogate!
January 29, 2026 at 9:18 PM
One of my favourite buildings in Huddersfield today was Byram Arcade, a galleried shopping arcade of c1880 by WH Crossland. It's easy to imagine the posh shops that would fill it if it was in Leeds or Harrogate!
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No Ball Games. Broomhall Street, Sheffield.
January 30, 2026 at 9:59 AM
No Ball Games. Broomhall Street, Sheffield.
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This makes the post-9/11 NSA warrantless surveillance program look like digging through people's trash (which the FBI also did).
That caused such a backlash there was still congressional activity on it a decade later.
This is absolutely blood-chilling levels of state overreach and so far crickets.
That caused such a backlash there was still congressional activity on it a decade later.
This is absolutely blood-chilling levels of state overreach and so far crickets.
January 30, 2026 at 12:40 PM
This makes the post-9/11 NSA warrantless surveillance program look like digging through people's trash (which the FBI also did).
That caused such a backlash there was still congressional activity on it a decade later.
This is absolutely blood-chilling levels of state overreach and so far crickets.
That caused such a backlash there was still congressional activity on it a decade later.
This is absolutely blood-chilling levels of state overreach and so far crickets.
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The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
January 26, 2026 at 1:22 PM
The UK version of “Project 2025” by the Reform party includes a British ICE, a concentration camp for 24,000 people, mass surveillance and withdrawing from refugee, anti-torture and anti-trafficking conventions.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
It’s on their website. That’s how comfortable fascists are in the UK today.
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Dangerous, grotesque and unnecessary. Get them out of our cities and towns. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Number of US-style ‘battering ram’ pickup trucks on UK roads has nearly doubled in a decade
Exclusive: Campaigners say ‘menacing vehicles’ are putting children at risk owing to their large front blind zones
www.theguardian.com
January 27, 2026 at 8:38 AM
Dangerous, grotesque and unnecessary. Get them out of our cities and towns. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
January 28, 2026 at 9:03 AM
NEW: Expensive gas still biggest driver of high UK electricity bills, says UKERC
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
"Volatile, gas-linked market prices – not green policies, as some misleading claims have suggested – dominate the real-terms increase in bills since 2021."
www.carbonbrief.org/expensive-ga...
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The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
January 27, 2026 at 12:55 PM
The Telegraph’s political editor is saying, more subtly, what others are saying brutally.
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The commercial art galleries of Mayfair and St James's are one of London's overlooked delights. Here are seven current shows that are worth catching, starting with the stunning Richard Avedon exhibition at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill until 14 March (THREAD 1 of 7)
January 26, 2026 at 8:14 PM
The commercial art galleries of Mayfair and St James's are one of London's overlooked delights. Here are seven current shows that are worth catching, starting with the stunning Richard Avedon exhibition at Gagosian, Grosvenor Hill until 14 March (THREAD 1 of 7)
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Johnny was one of the most entertaining people I've ever interviewed. Every line could have been a pull quote.
Among other things, he organised the first Rock Against Racism gig, but he had his young daughters that day. They sat at the side of the stage with crisps and fizzy pop as The Clash played
Among other things, he organised the first Rock Against Racism gig, but he had his young daughters that day. They sat at the side of the stage with crisps and fizzy pop as The Clash played
This has reminded me that I wanted to recommend John Cooper-Clarke's fantastic radio tribute to Johnny Green, who was road manager for The Clash and so much more, as the programme reveals...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Great Lives - John Cooper Clarke on Johnny Green, road manager of The Clash - BBC Sounds
Famous guests pick someone who has inspired their lives
www.bbc.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Johnny was one of the most entertaining people I've ever interviewed. Every line could have been a pull quote.
Among other things, he organised the first Rock Against Racism gig, but he had his young daughters that day. They sat at the side of the stage with crisps and fizzy pop as The Clash played
Among other things, he organised the first Rock Against Racism gig, but he had his young daughters that day. They sat at the side of the stage with crisps and fizzy pop as The Clash played
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Fish and chip shop, Leeds, 1970s, photo by Peter Mitchell.
January 26, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Fish and chip shop, Leeds, 1970s, photo by Peter Mitchell.
Paul Sweeney is right and Its an absolute tragedy that there isn’t the political will in the UK needed to restore Mackintosh‘s Glasgow School of Art.
Paul Sweeney MSP sets out powerfully detailed objections to the proposed commercial development that threatens the significance of Mackintosh's Glasgow School of Art.
Recommended reading as a reminder of how important this building is and why its restoration is a priority.
Recommended reading as a reminder of how important this building is and why its restoration is a priority.
January 20, 2026 at 5:09 PM
Paul Sweeney is right and Its an absolute tragedy that there isn’t the political will in the UK needed to restore Mackintosh‘s Glasgow School of Art.
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“We have had from President Trump what amounts to a revolution. It is not grandiose to call this the end of the Western alliance.”
Last night Chatham House Director @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social delivered the 2026 Director’s Annual Lecture.
Find out more➡️ bit.ly/4pHKSpH
Last night Chatham House Director @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social delivered the 2026 Director’s Annual Lecture.
Find out more➡️ bit.ly/4pHKSpH
January 14, 2026 at 8:52 AM
“We have had from President Trump what amounts to a revolution. It is not grandiose to call this the end of the Western alliance.”
Last night Chatham House Director @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social delivered the 2026 Director’s Annual Lecture.
Find out more➡️ bit.ly/4pHKSpH
Last night Chatham House Director @bronwenmaddox.bsky.social delivered the 2026 Director’s Annual Lecture.
Find out more➡️ bit.ly/4pHKSpH
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"£6 TRILLION: Staggering cost of making Britons fat"
"£11 TRILLION: Staggering cost of wrecking the countryside"
"£1 TRILLION: Staggering cost of cleaning up Britain's rubbish"
"£11 TRILLION: Staggering cost of wrecking the countryside"
"£1 TRILLION: Staggering cost of cleaning up Britain's rubbish"
The utterly shameless & widely covered "report" out today, claiming net zero will "cost" £9tn is based on:
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
* Assuming free fossil-fuel energy, free petrol cars, free gas boilers, free gas power plants etc
AND
* Including climate damages in the "cost" of net zero
I kid you not, it is that stupid
🧵A political/media guide to the "truth" about net-zero
1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
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1) Add up costs to install & run a net-zero energy system
2) Pretend fossil-fuelled alternatives wld be free
3) Do say "eco zealots are bankrupting us"
4) Don't say "free cars if we scrap net-zero" cos it sounds ridiculous
5) That's it!
1/10
January 13, 2026 at 9:49 AM
"£6 TRILLION: Staggering cost of making Britons fat"
"£11 TRILLION: Staggering cost of wrecking the countryside"
"£1 TRILLION: Staggering cost of cleaning up Britain's rubbish"
"£11 TRILLION: Staggering cost of wrecking the countryside"
"£1 TRILLION: Staggering cost of cleaning up Britain's rubbish"
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The Two Ronnies - Swedish Made Simple by Gerald Wiley (9th January 1975)
January 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
The Two Ronnies - Swedish Made Simple by Gerald Wiley (9th January 1975)