mark norris
@marknuclearman.bsky.social
Fission & fusion. Derby Bentley, Triumph TR4. Aviation. Physics/Space stuff. Views mine & no-one else's. Reposts not. Twitter refugee @MarkNuclearman
Suffolk UK
Suffolk UK
Imagine being the one who actually went.
Tragic. Absolutely fucking tragic.
January 29, 2026 at 11:09 PM
Imagine being the one who actually went.
Looks like the British contingent will have to deploy the 'Communications Room' contingency plan once again.
#YesPrimeMinister
#YesPrimeMinister
French embassy only serving water and juice to attendees until the evening's speeches are over, a misunderstanding of what Brits look for in a drinks reception of such proportions that I can only assume the declaration of war will come overnight
January 28, 2026 at 11:52 PM
Looks like the British contingent will have to deploy the 'Communications Room' contingency plan once again.
#YesPrimeMinister
#YesPrimeMinister
Dear herberts,
you think these people let you belong to their world, don't you?.
Like the vampires of fiction, they have to be invited over the threshold via the ballot box. Once in, you are not at their table as you hoped. You are on the menu. Forever. They despise you.
#reformarenotyourfriends
you think these people let you belong to their world, don't you?.
Like the vampires of fiction, they have to be invited over the threshold via the ballot box. Once in, you are not at their table as you hoped. You are on the menu. Forever. They despise you.
#reformarenotyourfriends
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 27, 2026 at 11:58 AM
Dear herberts,
you think these people let you belong to their world, don't you?.
Like the vampires of fiction, they have to be invited over the threshold via the ballot box. Once in, you are not at their table as you hoped. You are on the menu. Forever. They despise you.
#reformarenotyourfriends
you think these people let you belong to their world, don't you?.
Like the vampires of fiction, they have to be invited over the threshold via the ballot box. Once in, you are not at their table as you hoped. You are on the menu. Forever. They despise you.
#reformarenotyourfriends
...and the answer, my friend, lies blowin' in the wind:
Rael Braverman, the husband of failed Tory Home Secretary and new Reform MP Suella Braverman, has joined Reform. Six months after he quit Reform.
January 27, 2026 at 11:50 AM
...and the answer, my friend, lies blowin' in the wind:
A place has been created for those for whom The Nasty Party is not nasty enough.
Dear herberts,
are you sure you REALLY want to vote to put these people in charge of...YOU?
#reformarenotyourfriends
Dear herberts,
are you sure you REALLY want to vote to put these people in charge of...YOU?
#reformarenotyourfriends
NEW: Suella Braverman has defected to Reform UK, shocking the many people who were sure that she had already.
January 26, 2026 at 3:37 PM
A place has been created for those for whom The Nasty Party is not nasty enough.
Dear herberts,
are you sure you REALLY want to vote to put these people in charge of...YOU?
#reformarenotyourfriends
Dear herberts,
are you sure you REALLY want to vote to put these people in charge of...YOU?
#reformarenotyourfriends
'Vote for us - we support death squads'
Didn't remember seeing that on the side of a bus.
Herberts of Britain - don't think it will be you next? I admire your optimism.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Didn't remember seeing that on the side of a bus.
Herberts of Britain - don't think it will be you next? I admire your optimism.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Reform Party UK sharing Pro-ICE posts on social media. They support seizing 5 year olds as bait, and the extra judicial murder of civilians.
January 26, 2026 at 12:05 PM
'Vote for us - we support death squads'
Didn't remember seeing that on the side of a bus.
Herberts of Britain - don't think it will be you next? I admire your optimism.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Didn't remember seeing that on the side of a bus.
Herberts of Britain - don't think it will be you next? I admire your optimism.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Have we sold Tower Bridge to the people of the Antarctic?
Confused of Darkest Suffolk.
Confused of Darkest Suffolk.
@sueafc.bsky.social
Hope you’re following doctors orders and are taking it easy.
Don’t forget your skis when you pop out to the shops
Hope you’re following doctors orders and are taking it easy.
Don’t forget your skis when you pop out to the shops
January 26, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Have we sold Tower Bridge to the people of the Antarctic?
Confused of Darkest Suffolk.
Confused of Darkest Suffolk.
BBC Verify saving the day, once again.
BBC New's BBC Verify with Ros Atkins
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
Prove that President Trump and Kristi Noem lied
When they both claimed that Alex Pretti was a domestic terrorist
As the video evidence which they present, shows otherwise
January 25, 2026 at 11:19 PM
BBC Verify saving the day, once again.
A nice little video clip of my corner of Darkest Suffolk:
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#DebenPeninsular
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#DebenPeninsular
January 25, 2026 at 9:49 PM
A nice little video clip of my corner of Darkest Suffolk:
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dxq...
#DebenPeninsular
www.facebook.com/share/v/1Dxq...
#DebenPeninsular
Having family in the US, we have 1st-hand accounts of what the experience of having an insurance-based healthcare system is like.
Having a more 'efficient' system means a $10,000 bill for having the temerity to have a baby WITH insurance.
Call an ambulance - $2,000 extra.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Having a more 'efficient' system means a $10,000 bill for having the temerity to have a baby WITH insurance.
Call an ambulance - $2,000 extra.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Reform’s newest MP backs scrapping the NHS and replacing it with private insurance, saying that the healthcare system needs to be more “efficient”
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-mp-...
Reform MP Backs Privatising the NHS to Make It More 'Efficient'
Andrew Rosindell, who defected last week from the Conservatives, says he "would not object" to replacing free healthcare with a private insurance system
www.adambienkov.co.uk
January 25, 2026 at 3:55 PM
Having family in the US, we have 1st-hand accounts of what the experience of having an insurance-based healthcare system is like.
Having a more 'efficient' system means a $10,000 bill for having the temerity to have a baby WITH insurance.
Call an ambulance - $2,000 extra.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Having a more 'efficient' system means a $10,000 bill for having the temerity to have a baby WITH insurance.
Call an ambulance - $2,000 extra.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Exactly the way Garage and his goons would treat the herberts in Britain if they voted them into power.
Beyond a vote, they care nothing for you. In fact, you are despised by them.
Never forget, #reformarenotyourfriends
Beyond a vote, they care nothing for you. In fact, you are despised by them.
Never forget, #reformarenotyourfriends
How one year of ‘America First’ left workers behind ft.trib.al/YeRLrmR | opinion
How one year of ‘America First’ left workers behind
The Trump administration’s rhetoric on blue-collar jobs has not matched reality
ft.trib.al
January 25, 2026 at 1:02 PM
Exactly the way Garage and his goons would treat the herberts in Britain if they voted them into power.
Beyond a vote, they care nothing for you. In fact, you are despised by them.
Never forget, #reformarenotyourfriends
Beyond a vote, they care nothing for you. In fact, you are despised by them.
Never forget, #reformarenotyourfriends
Even the herberts know that Britain needs security. This was largely provided by the US since 1945 whether they liked it or not.
That has just vanished.
Our only hope of mutual security is the EU nations & we can't afford to do it alone therefore, for security alone, we need to return to the fold.
That has just vanished.
Our only hope of mutual security is the EU nations & we can't afford to do it alone therefore, for security alone, we need to return to the fold.
The world as we knew it has gone. But we can influence what comes next. Rejoining the EU is no longer an academic issue nor a decision borne of nostalgia. It’s a matter of political necessity
Me with Dominic Grieve for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
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Me with Dominic Grieve for @thenewworldmag.bsky.social
@europeanmovement.co.uk
▶️ buff.ly/YvqAyV8
January 24, 2026 at 4:05 PM
Even the herberts know that Britain needs security. This was largely provided by the US since 1945 whether they liked it or not.
That has just vanished.
Our only hope of mutual security is the EU nations & we can't afford to do it alone therefore, for security alone, we need to return to the fold.
That has just vanished.
Our only hope of mutual security is the EU nations & we can't afford to do it alone therefore, for security alone, we need to return to the fold.
For those who are old enough to remember the Apollo programme to the Moon, it's a stunning reminder, for those not, its a superb evocation of what was possible 50+ years ago.
If you are in or close to London, check out this experience at The Lightroom in Kings Cross:
lightroom.uk/whats-on/the...
If you are in or close to London, check out this experience at The Lightroom in Kings Cross:
lightroom.uk/whats-on/the...
The Moonwalkers: A Journey with Tom Hanks
Tom Hanks narrates an epic experience that offers a unique new perspective on humankind's past and future voyages to the moon.
lightroom.uk
January 23, 2026 at 8:54 PM
For those who are old enough to remember the Apollo programme to the Moon, it's a stunning reminder, for those not, its a superb evocation of what was possible 50+ years ago.
If you are in or close to London, check out this experience at The Lightroom in Kings Cross:
lightroom.uk/whats-on/the...
If you are in or close to London, check out this experience at The Lightroom in Kings Cross:
lightroom.uk/whats-on/the...
And Lo, the God of Pantomime spake unto him:
'Oh no I'm not!'
'Oh no I'm not!'
Donald Trump: “God is very proud of the job I’ve done.”
January 20, 2026 at 8:44 PM
And Lo, the God of Pantomime spake unto him:
'Oh no I'm not!'
'Oh no I'm not!'
Thought for the Day goes to:
You cannot measure with existing technology how little I care about Brooklyn Beckham.
ffs.
ffs.
January 20, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Thought for the Day goes to:
I'm surprised it hasn't already been projected onto a large, prominent, building somewhere very public and embarrassing.
Or is that just a British thing?
Or is that just a British thing?
January 19, 2026 at 7:40 PM
I'm surprised it hasn't already been projected onto a large, prominent, building somewhere very public and embarrassing.
Or is that just a British thing?
Or is that just a British thing?
As someone who relocated to Morecambe from inner-city Birmingham in 1985 all I can say is good luck to them.
#CultureShock
#CultureShock
It's a strong premise. Maybe those suits arriving ahead of the fabled Eden project are...extra-terrestrial. No love we don't do herbal tea, this is a bingo hall.
One of the projects you can support on Smelt is a new sitcom by me. It's called The Least Bad Of All Possible Worlds and it's about refugees from parallel universes trying to integrate into society in Morecambe. You can pledge to fund it here: if you fund it, we make it! mirlo.space/leadmojo/rel...
January 19, 2026 at 4:25 PM
As someone who relocated to Morecambe from inner-city Birmingham in 1985 all I can say is good luck to them.
#CultureShock
#CultureShock
Trimp, however inadvertently, has given Britain the perfect fig-leaf to cover our necessary return to the EU fold.
It gives a security angle the herberts can latch on to as a face saver and dismantles the EU reticence over the risk of 'hokey-cokey' British membership.
Just need to get on with it.
🚨 "The EU needs Britain’s arms industry. And Britain needs the EU economic and security blanket."
📉 "By 2025 UK GDP per capita was 6–8 per cent lower than it would have been without Brexit."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-starmer-tariffs-greenland-uk-nato-eu-b2902930.html
📉 "By 2025 UK GDP per capita was 6–8 per cent lower than it would have been without Brexit."
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-starmer-tariffs-greenland-uk-nato-eu-b2902930.html
Trump’s tariff threat must be the final straw for Starmer – time to rejoin the EU
President’s threat to impose a 10 per cent tariff is another sign that the UK should turn away from Washington and towar
www.independent.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Trimp, however inadvertently, has given Britain the perfect fig-leaf to cover our necessary return to the EU fold.
It gives a security angle the herberts can latch on to as a face saver and dismantles the EU reticence over the risk of 'hokey-cokey' British membership.
Just need to get on with it.
Climate: 'Editorials? Am I bothered?'
The climate responds to heat input, insulation & heat output. Increases in insulating gases like CO2 slow the heat output & the temp rises to keep input/output in balance.
You can have all the editorials in the world but, as King Cnut discovered, physics wins.
The climate responds to heat input, insulation & heat output. Increases in insulating gases like CO2 slow the heat output & the temp rises to keep input/output in balance.
You can have all the editorials in the world but, as King Cnut discovered, physics wins.
NEW – Analysis: UK newspaper editorial opposition to climate action overtakes support for first time | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @sylviahayes.bsky.social
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
Read here: buff.ly/eAPkvkx
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 AM
Climate: 'Editorials? Am I bothered?'
The climate responds to heat input, insulation & heat output. Increases in insulating gases like CO2 slow the heat output & the temp rises to keep input/output in balance.
You can have all the editorials in the world but, as King Cnut discovered, physics wins.
The climate responds to heat input, insulation & heat output. Increases in insulating gases like CO2 slow the heat output & the temp rises to keep input/output in balance.
You can have all the editorials in the world but, as King Cnut discovered, physics wins.
Do we think the not is Gordian?
Dear BBC, the word "not" seems to have been accidentally inserted into your headline...
January 18, 2026 at 8:40 PM
Do we think the not is Gordian?
Shafted the non-billionaire portion of the British public with their Brexit con and now want us to vote for Garage and his goons to run our national government?
Not bloody likely.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Not bloody likely.
#reformarenotyourfriends
All of these people - Mogg, Farage, Carswell, Jenrick, Hannan and the rest need to be forever reminded of what they backed and supported
January 18, 2026 at 6:31 PM
Shafted the non-billionaire portion of the British public with their Brexit con and now want us to vote for Garage and his goons to run our national government?
Not bloody likely.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Not bloody likely.
#reformarenotyourfriends
Reporting from the tropical paradise that is Darkest Suffolk today. I give you the view of Felixstowe from the terrace of Bawdsey Manor this afternoon. Turner would be proud.
#MartelloTower
#MartelloTower
January 17, 2026 at 5:59 PM
Reporting from the tropical paradise that is Darkest Suffolk today. I give you the view of Felixstowe from the terrace of Bawdsey Manor this afternoon. Turner would be proud.
#MartelloTower
#MartelloTower
Are you a young person or maybe have one of these rare people at home?
A golden opportunity awaits in Darkest Suffolk - come along and find out:
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A golden opportunity awaits in Darkest Suffolk - come along and find out:
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January 16, 2026 at 11:24 PM
Are you a young person or maybe have one of these rare people at home?
A golden opportunity awaits in Darkest Suffolk - come along and find out:
www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=...
A golden opportunity awaits in Darkest Suffolk - come along and find out:
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Should've thought it through first
Every time.
I've pondered on this many times. Most of us, through childhood & into early adulthood, learn that saying, let alone doing, the first thing that comes into our heads is generally a very bad idea.
This lot, like the Brexiteers in Britain, not so much.
Every time.
I've pondered on this many times. Most of us, through childhood & into early adulthood, learn that saying, let alone doing, the first thing that comes into our heads is generally a very bad idea.
This lot, like the Brexiteers in Britain, not so much.
January 16, 2026 at 12:58 PM
Should've thought it through first
Every time.
I've pondered on this many times. Most of us, through childhood & into early adulthood, learn that saying, let alone doing, the first thing that comes into our heads is generally a very bad idea.
This lot, like the Brexiteers in Britain, not so much.
Every time.
I've pondered on this many times. Most of us, through childhood & into early adulthood, learn that saying, let alone doing, the first thing that comes into our heads is generally a very bad idea.
This lot, like the Brexiteers in Britain, not so much.
Fed-up with international companies failing to pay their fair share of tax in the UK?
How about nudging your MP to do something to begin to stop this unfair practice:
actionnetwork.org/letters/take...
How about nudging your MP to do something to begin to stop this unfair practice:
actionnetwork.org/letters/take...
Take Back Global Tax Powers
No more Trump-ed up, billionaire-backed, corporate-control of global tax rules.
actionnetwork.org
January 15, 2026 at 11:57 AM
Fed-up with international companies failing to pay their fair share of tax in the UK?
How about nudging your MP to do something to begin to stop this unfair practice:
actionnetwork.org/letters/take...
How about nudging your MP to do something to begin to stop this unfair practice:
actionnetwork.org/letters/take...