Markeye
@markeye.bsky.social
Trains, music, film, theatre. Environmentally green, politically left of centre but well to the right of the real nutters. Retired and very opinionated!
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Brilliant takedown of Telegraph bollocks!
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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November 29, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Brilliant takedown of Telegraph bollocks!
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This is objectively bollocks by Malhotra, so very much in tune with Labour comms on this.
People's circumstances change, global situations change. That is the main reason why you get people on one visa route needing to apply for asylum. It is not "abuse of the system"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People's circumstances change, global situations change. That is the main reason why you get people on one visa route needing to apply for asylum. It is not "abuse of the system"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
November 25, 2025 at 9:56 AM
This is objectively bollocks by Malhotra, so very much in tune with Labour comms on this.
People's circumstances change, global situations change. That is the main reason why you get people on one visa route needing to apply for asylum. It is not "abuse of the system"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
People's circumstances change, global situations change. That is the main reason why you get people on one visa route needing to apply for asylum. It is not "abuse of the system"
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:32 AM
This petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy already has over 30,000 signatures. Let’s get it to 100,000 this week.
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Please sign and share 🙏
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
‘Harmless raging racism’?
That’s a new concept.
That’s a new concept.
Asked again and again whether he ever racially abused his fellow pupils, as 20 people at his old school have now said he did, Nigel Farage will only say that he never did so in a "hurtful way" or "with intent"
November 24, 2025 at 8:35 PM
‘Harmless raging racism’?
That’s a new concept.
That’s a new concept.
Love it!
“…another shopping list of the legally impossible, fiscally incoherent, internationally reckless and economically self-defeating proposals…”
Perfect summary of Reform’s budget plans.
“…another shopping list of the legally impossible, fiscally incoherent, internationally reckless and economically self-defeating proposals…”
Perfect summary of Reform’s budget plans.
If you read one thing today, make it The Bear’s withering dismantling of Reform UK’s “budget” with the precision of someone who understands numbers… unlike the people who wrote it. A a masterclass in calm annihilation that's ruthlessly savage. 🔥
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @bearlypolitics.co.uk
The truth behind Reform UK’s reckless budget
£25bn of imagined savings, real-world cruelty and mathematics that should come with a trigger warning
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Love it!
“…another shopping list of the legally impossible, fiscally incoherent, internationally reckless and economically self-defeating proposals…”
Perfect summary of Reform’s budget plans.
“…another shopping list of the legally impossible, fiscally incoherent, internationally reckless and economically self-defeating proposals…”
Perfect summary of Reform’s budget plans.
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As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
November 23, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
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Dear #KeirStarmer and #Labour how patriotic is is to continue to hide the Select Committee Report on #Russia??
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
November 22, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Dear #KeirStarmer and #Labour how patriotic is is to continue to hide the Select Committee Report on #Russia??
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
Russian money and interference in the #Brexit Referendum is evident for all to see, now make it public!!
Do a real service to the Country. Publish in full!!
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Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
November 22, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Newmarket MP Matt Hancock gave a £37bn Covid testing contract to Jockey Club director Dido Harding, who subcontracted it to Grand National sponsor Randox, employer of Tory MP Owen Paterson, whose late wife chaired Aintree racecourse. That's how the Tories handled the pandemic.
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The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Time for a top to bottom investigation, Nigel.
November 22, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Time for a top to bottom investigation, Nigel.
I’ll see your LG and raise you a Miele.
We bought five appliances six years ago. Four of them have subsequently gone wrong and required a visit from Miele’s very expensive engineers, one multiple times and is now currently dead.
Expensive and unreliable.
We bought five appliances six years ago. Four of them have subsequently gone wrong and required a visit from Miele’s very expensive engineers, one multiple times and is now currently dead.
Expensive and unreliable.
November 22, 2025 at 9:27 AM
I’ll see your LG and raise you a Miele.
We bought five appliances six years ago. Four of them have subsequently gone wrong and required a visit from Miele’s very expensive engineers, one multiple times and is now currently dead.
Expensive and unreliable.
We bought five appliances six years ago. Four of them have subsequently gone wrong and required a visit from Miele’s very expensive engineers, one multiple times and is now currently dead.
Expensive and unreliable.
About time. Get the spooks onto it post haste!
UK PM Keir Starmer has demanded an investigation into Reform’s Russia links after the party's ex-Wales leader was jailed, Sky News reports.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
About time. Get the spooks onto it post haste!
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Just as a matter of interest, allowing political parties to receive donations in crypto is one way for Russian and pro-Russian donations to be disguised.
November 21, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just as a matter of interest, allowing political parties to receive donations in crypto is one way for Russian and pro-Russian donations to be disguised.
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This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
And still the Farage Flock will bleat that it’s all because it was done badly.
No. It’s because it was done.
No. It’s because it was done.
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist
Brexit Hit to UK Economy Double Official Estimate, Study Finds
Brexit has caused almost twice as much damage to the UK economy than estimated by official forecasts, according to new paper from a group of experts including a senior Bank of England economist.
bloom.bg
November 21, 2025 at 2:12 PM
And still the Farage Flock will bleat that it’s all because it was done badly.
No. It’s because it was done.
No. It’s because it was done.
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Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
November 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Shabana Mahmood's Indefinite Leave To Remain Culture War
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
3 years - if you're earning £125k+
15 years - if you're e.g. a nurse, or a teacher
Labour's two tier system which rewards high earners and insults those who work just as hard but don't earn as much - really sad to see Labour fall
A very disturbing and timely piece.
The problem with the Conservatives is that they only ever saw stuff in terms of money. The cost of the service, not the human cost.
And Reform is no better - but on steroids.
The problem with the Conservatives is that they only ever saw stuff in terms of money. The cost of the service, not the human cost.
And Reform is no better - but on steroids.
The legacy of British austerity can’t be understood without considering the effects on mental health, especially childhood trauma.
Austerity has a powerful impact on children’s mental health
The legacy of British austerity can’t be understood without considering the effects on mental health, especially childhood trauma
centralbylines.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 8:32 AM
A very disturbing and timely piece.
The problem with the Conservatives is that they only ever saw stuff in terms of money. The cost of the service, not the human cost.
And Reform is no better - but on steroids.
The problem with the Conservatives is that they only ever saw stuff in terms of money. The cost of the service, not the human cost.
And Reform is no better - but on steroids.
This destroys pretty much all of their arguments about these measures being about stopping the boats.
Many of us want the criminal gangs of smugglers stopped, so desperate people don’t need to put their lives at risk.
This is completely different. This is a vile victimisation of all refugees.
Many of us want the criminal gangs of smugglers stopped, so desperate people don’t need to put their lives at risk.
This is completely different. This is a vile victimisation of all refugees.
The i Paper is reporting that once the changes are brought in, the 20 year route will be applied to refugees who are already here.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
I can't over emphasise the level of terror this will cause to our refugee population, and the lack of detail and timescale will make it very difficult to calm nerves.
November 19, 2025 at 12:13 PM
This destroys pretty much all of their arguments about these measures being about stopping the boats.
Many of us want the criminal gangs of smugglers stopped, so desperate people don’t need to put their lives at risk.
This is completely different. This is a vile victimisation of all refugees.
Many of us want the criminal gangs of smugglers stopped, so desperate people don’t need to put their lives at risk.
This is completely different. This is a vile victimisation of all refugees.
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Who better to fix Britain than the dickhead who broke it?
November 18, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Who better to fix Britain than the dickhead who broke it?
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The misconceived notion that the way to deal with the backlog of asylum claims is to duplicate the system so as to have exit assessments too.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
November 18, 2025 at 12:22 PM
The misconceived notion that the way to deal with the backlog of asylum claims is to duplicate the system so as to have exit assessments too.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
In essence: addressing the problem of a queue by forming another queue, just as long.
Daft, as well as cruelly unsettling.
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By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together.
November 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
By mimicking Reform to win back support, the Labour government is making a serious mistake. This race to the bottom emboldens Farage, punishes vulnerable people, amplifies racism, and undermines those working to hold communities together.
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Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.
November 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Coverage of the refugee proposals demonstrates why we have such a broken political system. Endless focus on left-wing anger and right-wing support. Basically nothing on whether the reforms will work. They will not, which is why we'll still be here having the same debate in three years.