Markr1202
@mark1202.bsky.social
Former company director, author, parent and grandparent. Enjoying retirement and being free to express my opinions. 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇫🇷
Badenoch. One word in her budget response: Deluded.
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Badenoch. One word in her budget response: Deluded.
When you see what what the BBC is doing for Children In Need tonight the mindset of the grasping, venal Donald Trump is set into a stark context. I watched live as POTUS incited violence on Jan 6th 2020. The BBC made an editorial mistake but the essence of what Trump was doing was not exaggerated.
November 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
When you see what what the BBC is doing for Children In Need tonight the mindset of the grasping, venal Donald Trump is set into a stark context. I watched live as POTUS incited violence on Jan 6th 2020. The BBC made an editorial mistake but the essence of what Trump was doing was not exaggerated.
When you are arresting people in their middle years and over 500 of them in one sitting you have to question the wisdom of your policy. If the policy is right then you have to carry hearts and minds. It is sad that our government seems incapable of doing so. www.bbc.com/news/article...
Palestine Action protest arrests rise to more than 500
Police say the majority of arrests were for displaying placards in support of the banned group.
www.bbc.com
August 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
When you are arresting people in their middle years and over 500 of them in one sitting you have to question the wisdom of your policy. If the policy is right then you have to carry hearts and minds. It is sad that our government seems incapable of doing so. www.bbc.com/news/article...
@yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social risks losing all credibility over Palestine Action. She says it is not non-violent and she may well be correct since we don’t have all her data. But given the scenes in Westminster today it is essential that the government communicates the reality she asserts.
August 9, 2025 at 8:13 PM
@yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social risks losing all credibility over Palestine Action. She says it is not non-violent and she may well be correct since we don’t have all her data. But given the scenes in Westminster today it is essential that the government communicates the reality she asserts.
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"As someone who used to visit the Scottish Islands regularly, and a member of several local online groups, I see a growing anti-campervan sentiment.
Locals call motorhomers who park in scenic places “freeloaders” and openly discuss harassing them"
Locals call motorhomers who park in scenic places “freeloaders” and openly discuss harassing them"
Are motorhomers really freeloaders?
Many remote communities in Scotland consider the motorhome community to be freeloaders. Are they right?
bylines.scot
July 20, 2025 at 8:41 PM
"As someone who used to visit the Scottish Islands regularly, and a member of several local online groups, I see a growing anti-campervan sentiment.
Locals call motorhomers who park in scenic places “freeloaders” and openly discuss harassing them"
Locals call motorhomers who park in scenic places “freeloaders” and openly discuss harassing them"
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social why does the BBC keep referring to Reform UK as a political party? Call it what it is - a company with Farage and Tice as directors. In the interests of impartiality the true nature of Reform needs to be called out day after day.
June 5, 2025 at 9:19 PM
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social why does the BBC keep referring to Reform UK as a political party? Call it what it is - a company with Farage and Tice as directors. In the interests of impartiality the true nature of Reform needs to be called out day after day.
Here we go! We are going to reform everything….. but er…..don’t hold us to any timescales and don’t ask us what we will do. In the meantime we will cancel essential council meetings so government effectively is on hold until we deem it necessary. Life under Reform.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform Doge review of Kent County Council has no time frame set
The party, which took control in May, says the review of spending will
www.bbc.co.uk
June 4, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Here we go! We are going to reform everything….. but er…..don’t hold us to any timescales and don’t ask us what we will do. In the meantime we will cancel essential council meetings so government effectively is on hold until we deem it necessary. Life under Reform.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The Brexiters are the past now. They must be left there, for the good of the country inews.co.uk/opinion/cant...
You can't argue with Brexiters – they have completely lost the capacity for reason
The Brexiters are the past now so they must be left there, for the good of the country
inews.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 4:49 PM
The Brexiters are the past now. They must be left there, for the good of the country inews.co.uk/opinion/cant...
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The polls are loud and clear!
66% of Britons support Britain having a closer relationship with the EU, with merely 12% in opposition to it.
You wouldn't know it if you listened to the mainstream media's coverage of the #Brexit reset deal!
66% of Britons support Britain having a closer relationship with the EU, with merely 12% in opposition to it.
You wouldn't know it if you listened to the mainstream media's coverage of the #Brexit reset deal!
May 21, 2025 at 12:39 AM
The polls are loud and clear!
66% of Britons support Britain having a closer relationship with the EU, with merely 12% in opposition to it.
You wouldn't know it if you listened to the mainstream media's coverage of the #Brexit reset deal!
66% of Britons support Britain having a closer relationship with the EU, with merely 12% in opposition to it.
You wouldn't know it if you listened to the mainstream media's coverage of the #Brexit reset deal!
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Sky News
Sam Coates blames Johnson for the UK EU deal, rightly, but forgets Farage's part in it.
Call out Farage for his main role in the Brexit nonsense.
Sam Coates blames Johnson for the UK EU deal, rightly, but forgets Farage's part in it.
Call out Farage for his main role in the Brexit nonsense.
May 19, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Sky News
Sam Coates blames Johnson for the UK EU deal, rightly, but forgets Farage's part in it.
Call out Farage for his main role in the Brexit nonsense.
Sam Coates blames Johnson for the UK EU deal, rightly, but forgets Farage's part in it.
Call out Farage for his main role in the Brexit nonsense.
Quite right too. If you voted Brexit you got what you wanted.
No blame linked to Sir Keir Starmer here. All enmity should go to Brexiters Johnson, Farage and Co. They fcuked this country big time !!
The European Union has rejected British appeals for access to critical crime and illegal migration databases as part of a Brexit reset with the bloc
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
May 5, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Quite right too. If you voted Brexit you got what you wanted.
Now we know what they really think! And it’s as bad as we suspected. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Stunning Signal leak reveals depths of Trump administration’s loathing of Europe
Messages inadvertently shared with Atlantic journalist lay bare the unvarnished truth about how Vance and Hegseth feel about European allies
www.theguardian.com
March 25, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Now we know what they really think! And it’s as bad as we suspected. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
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Fascinating (and damning) that the Times of India is reporting the Brexit truths the UK press won’t.
The cost to UK businesses is staggering—but our politicians and media stay silent.
Why is foreign press doing their job for them? #BrexitReality
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/the...
The cost to UK businesses is staggering—but our politicians and media stay silent.
Why is foreign press doing their job for them? #BrexitReality
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/the...
The price of Brexit: How much is leaving the EU costing UK businesses? - The Times of India
UK News: Brexit is costing UK businesses £37 billion annually due to reduced trade with the EU. Labour government aims to rebuild economic ties and remove trad
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
March 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Fascinating (and damning) that the Times of India is reporting the Brexit truths the UK press won’t.
The cost to UK businesses is staggering—but our politicians and media stay silent.
Why is foreign press doing their job for them? #BrexitReality
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/the...
The cost to UK businesses is staggering—but our politicians and media stay silent.
Why is foreign press doing their job for them? #BrexitReality
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/the...
To anyone who voted Brexit I sincerely hope that when you or your relatives are ill they can obtain the medicine they need.
“Elevated and troubling levels of medicine shortages.. The UK has had the lowest import growth in medicines of any G7 country, driven by a reduction in EU imports,”
The recklessly stupid Brexit monster raises one of its many heads again.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
The recklessly stupid Brexit monster raises one of its many heads again.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Brexit a key factor in worst UK medicine shortages in four years, report says
Nuffield Trust says supply chains have shifted, with medicines for epilepsy and cystic fibrosis among those now scarce
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:35 AM
To anyone who voted Brexit I sincerely hope that when you or your relatives are ill they can obtain the medicine they need.
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How BADLY Did Brexit's Business Cheerleaders FAIL?
YouTube video by Aid Thompsin
youtu.be
March 9, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Listening to the ignorant and puerile comments of JD Vance is so depressing. Article 5 invoked once in NATO history, ironically to defend the USA. And of course they cut and ran in the end, leaving Afghans to a terrible fate. The ingratitude of the ingrate.
March 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Listening to the ignorant and puerile comments of JD Vance is so depressing. Article 5 invoked once in NATO history, ironically to defend the USA. And of course they cut and ran in the end, leaving Afghans to a terrible fate. The ingratitude of the ingrate.
It seems that we now have American politicians demanding the removal of an elected president, Zelenskyy. What a state of affairs. Never thought I’d see the US become so unreliable.
March 3, 2025 at 5:45 PM
It seems that we now have American politicians demanding the removal of an elected president, Zelenskyy. What a state of affairs. Never thought I’d see the US become so unreliable.
Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is ‘failing’ and needs Maga-style movement to save it.
She’s nuts. She cannot see the damage she inflicted. Typical populist. Blame someone else for your woes and appeal to simplistic solutions as an answer for your own uselessness.
She’s nuts. She cannot see the damage she inflicted. Typical populist. Blame someone else for your woes and appeal to simplistic solutions as an answer for your own uselessness.
February 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Liz Truss tells CPAC UK is ‘failing’ and needs Maga-style movement to save it.
She’s nuts. She cannot see the damage she inflicted. Typical populist. Blame someone else for your woes and appeal to simplistic solutions as an answer for your own uselessness.
She’s nuts. She cannot see the damage she inflicted. Typical populist. Blame someone else for your woes and appeal to simplistic solutions as an answer for your own uselessness.
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"It is time to recognise who our friends are".
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexits-fail...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexits-fail...
Brexit’s failure and Trump’s fury have turned the tide for the UK and EU
Two new polls show Britons are now firmly aligned with Europe, not the USA
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
January 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
"It is time to recognise who our friends are".
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexits-fail...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/brexits-fail...
Are we seeing common sense finally emerging ? I do hope so for the sake of our country and the future of my grandchildren.
#brexitdisaster
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#brexitdisaster
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Move closer to Europe – not Trump’ voters tell Starmer in major UK poll
Pressure growing on Labour to improve trade with EU as Rachel Reeves admits Brexit damaged UK
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Are we seeing common sense finally emerging ? I do hope so for the sake of our country and the future of my grandchildren.
#brexitdisaster
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
#brexitdisaster
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
January 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Pity Farage wasn’t asked about this - he should be forced to own it @bbclaurak.bsky.social @theneweuropean.bsky.social
Makes me so cross this. If it’s good enough for young people why is not good enough for me? You cannot expect our youth to give up that mobility so the demands for rejoin will grow but I find it all very ageist. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK-EU youth mobility scheme key to better EU relations, says top diplomat
Germany’s ambassador to UK suggests Starmer will have to agree to concessions like youth mobility in order to secure economic benefits
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Makes me so cross this. If it’s good enough for young people why is not good enough for me? You cannot expect our youth to give up that mobility so the demands for rejoin will grow but I find it all very ageist. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...