Marta
@martamcd.bsky.social
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Left-of-centre
Feisty
Hopeful
Don't do Trump
Don't do Brexit
Don't do lawyering
Don't do podcasting
Don't do columning
Don't do meringue
Don't mind a rainy day
Left-of-centre
Feisty
Hopeful
Don't do Trump
Don't do Brexit
Don't do lawyering
Don't do podcasting
Don't do columning
Don't do meringue
Don't mind a rainy day
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Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
The world’s richest person just hit another major milestone thanks to the soaring valuation of his rocket maker SpaceX.
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
Full story: www.forbes.com/sites/mattdu... (Photo: Kevin Winter via Getty Images)
December 16, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Nothing more than perceived wealth that doesn’t exist for the purposes of taxes, but magically does for the purposes of leverage. Meanwhile, the rest of us pay real taxes on low wages and can’t leverage shit. The game is rigged. Tax the rich.
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Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936), Irish-born artist Arts and Crafts artist, best-known work for her murals in the former Catholic Apostolic Church (1893–1901) now Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh #WomensArt
December 17, 2025 at 5:54 AM
Phoebe Anna Traquair (1852-1936), Irish-born artist Arts and Crafts artist, best-known work for her murals in the former Catholic Apostolic Church (1893–1901) now Mansfield Traquair Centre, Edinburgh #WomensArt
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Busiest day of announcements I can remember. Our Labour Government do more in a day than the Tories did in 14 years.
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
December 17, 2025 at 5:55 AM
Busiest day of announcements I can remember. Our Labour Government do more in a day than the Tories did in 14 years.
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
Our workers are better protected, our Politics will be better protected and our BBC will be updated. And that’s not to mention house building 👏👏👏
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The Employment Rights Bill has passed and will become law. As the voice of the working classes, I voted against this bill because I know the last thing people want is sick pay, paternity leave or protection from dismissal, harassment and exploitative zero hour contracts.
December 16, 2025 at 7:07 PM
The Employment Rights Bill has passed and will become law. As the voice of the working classes, I voted against this bill because I know the last thing people want is sick pay, paternity leave or protection from dismissal, harassment and exploitative zero hour contracts.
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Another beautiful afternoon on Loch Long in Argyll Scotland 😎
Still a bit chilly at around 3° but will take that over the rain every day 🥴
Hope everyone has a great Tuesday 🎄💙
#StormHour #Christmas
Still a bit chilly at around 3° but will take that over the rain every day 🥴
Hope everyone has a great Tuesday 🎄💙
#StormHour #Christmas
December 16, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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Good. Let's see what's unearthed, on all sides of the political landscape.
Minister orders probe into foreign financial interference in UK politics
Communities Secretary Steve Reed says the country
www.bbc.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Good. Let's see what's unearthed, on all sides of the political landscape.
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December 16, 2025 at 11:14 AM
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Just pointing out that the UK has the highest pension and minimum wage we ever had. Also the highest level of regulatory protection.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
December 16, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Just pointing out that the UK has the highest pension and minimum wage we ever had. Also the highest level of regulatory protection.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
Because it is rarely mentioned when everyone talks about how terrible everything is.
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The debate in the Commons to consider the Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill for the 4th time has begun!
Tory caricature, Desmond Swayne, interupted Minister @katedeardenmp.bsky.social, with what he likely though was a strong intervention.
But it brough out the fight in Angela Rayner!
Tory caricature, Desmond Swayne, interupted Minister @katedeardenmp.bsky.social, with what he likely though was a strong intervention.
But it brough out the fight in Angela Rayner!
December 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The debate in the Commons to consider the Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill for the 4th time has begun!
Tory caricature, Desmond Swayne, interupted Minister @katedeardenmp.bsky.social, with what he likely though was a strong intervention.
But it brough out the fight in Angela Rayner!
Tory caricature, Desmond Swayne, interupted Minister @katedeardenmp.bsky.social, with what he likely though was a strong intervention.
But it brough out the fight in Angela Rayner!
Shockingly not shocking.
🚨David McLennan is Reform UK's first elected councillor in Scotland. He won a by-election in Whitburn last week.
He claims to be a retired police officer, but David actually left the force after being charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, we reveal tonight.
He claims to be a retired police officer, but David actually left the force after being charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice, we reveal tonight.
December 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
Shockingly not shocking.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
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12/14/1885 — b. Ethel Browne Harvey, American biologist, embryologist, and independent researcher. An international cell biologist renowned for discovering the mechanisms of cell division #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BioSky #SciSky #HistSci #BOTD
December 14, 2025 at 6:00 PM
12/14/1885 — b. Ethel Browne Harvey, American biologist, embryologist, and independent researcher. An international cell biologist renowned for discovering the mechanisms of cell division #womenshistory #WomenInSTEM #BioSky #SciSky #HistSci #BOTD
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Fraser Nelson is the latest Farage apologist to dismiss the racism allegations against him, saying that there's never been any evidence of him ever being racist as an adult.
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Nigel Farage Is a Racist
The media is refusing to state the most bleedingly obvious facts about a man whose entire career has been devoted to pursuing a racist political agenda
www.adambienkov.co.uk
December 14, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Fraser Nelson is the latest Farage apologist to dismiss the racism allegations against him, saying that there's never been any evidence of him ever being racist as an adult.
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Just completely untrue. There is extensive undeniable evidence of it www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/nigel-fara...
Striking in the midst of a flu crisis doesn't feel right.
Labour has proven it is willing to compromise in ways past Conservative governments have not.
Sad day for all.
Labour has proven it is willing to compromise in ways past Conservative governments have not.
Sad day for all.
Doctors vote to go ahead with five-day strike in England this week
It comes after ministers made fresh offer amid warning the walkout is risky as NHS battles wave of flu.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Striking in the midst of a flu crisis doesn't feel right.
Labour has proven it is willing to compromise in ways past Conservative governments have not.
Sad day for all.
Labour has proven it is willing to compromise in ways past Conservative governments have not.
Sad day for all.
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As reported by the FT:
“UK mortgage rules to be loosened to help first-time buyers and pensioners”
Just one day after the Observer reported the predicted death of the mortgage and housing market due to Labour ‘restrictions ‘ 🥴
“UK mortgage rules to be loosened to help first-time buyers and pensioners”
Just one day after the Observer reported the predicted death of the mortgage and housing market due to Labour ‘restrictions ‘ 🥴
December 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
As reported by the FT:
“UK mortgage rules to be loosened to help first-time buyers and pensioners”
Just one day after the Observer reported the predicted death of the mortgage and housing market due to Labour ‘restrictions ‘ 🥴
“UK mortgage rules to be loosened to help first-time buyers and pensioners”
Just one day after the Observer reported the predicted death of the mortgage and housing market due to Labour ‘restrictions ‘ 🥴
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Three weeks without a Reform representative on Laura Kuenssberg! Anyone would think we were avoiding questions about election fraud, MEPs taking Russian bribes, me being a racist bully at school, Reform officials calling LBGT people nonces or my dodgy house purchase.
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Three weeks without a Reform representative on Laura Kuenssberg! Anyone would think we were avoiding questions about election fraud, MEPs taking Russian bribes, me being a racist bully at school, Reform officials calling LBGT people nonces or my dodgy house purchase.
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2026 will be a big year.
We in Labour must make and win the argument together that our progressive politics is changing peoples lives for the better.
We must stay united, beat the politics of division and hate and overcome the challenges ahead.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
We in Labour must make and win the argument together that our progressive politics is changing peoples lives for the better.
We must stay united, beat the politics of division and hate and overcome the challenges ahead.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Sharing Labour's message is made harder when we hang out our dirty washing'
Writing for The Mirror, Labour's deputy leader Lucy Powell urges the party to unite behind Keir Starmer ahead of major elections in England, Scotland and Wales in 2026
www.mirror.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 5:17 PM
2026 will be a big year.
We in Labour must make and win the argument together that our progressive politics is changing peoples lives for the better.
We must stay united, beat the politics of division and hate and overcome the challenges ahead.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
We in Labour must make and win the argument together that our progressive politics is changing peoples lives for the better.
We must stay united, beat the politics of division and hate and overcome the challenges ahead.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
December 14, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Penny Evans, ceramic artist in Australia who creates works that embody her Indigenous Kamilaroi/Gomeroi cultural heritage #WomensArt
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#ResistanceRoots
Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
December 14, 2025 at 1:49 AM
#ResistanceRoots
Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
Ella Baker was born on this day in 1903 in Norfolk, Va. Known as the “Mother of the Civil Rights Movement,” Baker worked largely behind the scenes in a five-decade career in which she helped found major civil rights organizations and championed “group-centered leadership.” /1
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That Good News Girl
@thatgoodnewsgirl.bsky.social
@thatgoodnewsgirl.bsky.social
December 13, 2025 at 11:12 PM
That Good News Girl
@thatgoodnewsgirl.bsky.social
@thatgoodnewsgirl.bsky.social
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Happy 81st Birthday to 🏴Scottish-born theatre, radio, film and television actor #KennethCranham born #OnThisDay in Dunfermline, Fife
December 12, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Happy 81st Birthday to 🏴Scottish-born theatre, radio, film and television actor #KennethCranham born #OnThisDay in Dunfermline, Fife
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December 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Ill-intentioned speak, you say?
Sen. Ashley Moody seems EXTREMELY beatable to me next year in Florida. She really struggles on TV (as you can see in this clip) or to speak coherently in public in general.
December 12, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Ill-intentioned speak, you say?
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Share a random film GIF or vid! 🖤
December 12, 2025 at 3:57 AM
Share a random film GIF or vid! 🖤
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AGEING
#poem #limerick #funny #spokenword #spokenpoetry #spokenwordpoetry #poems #reallife #book #comedy #humor #humour #fyp #foryoupagereels #foryouシ #jokes #jokeofday #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #ageing #ageinggracefully #change #signsofaging #aging #aginggracefully #agingwell
#poem #limerick #funny #spokenword #spokenpoetry #spokenwordpoetry #poems #reallife #book #comedy #humor #humour #fyp #foryoupagereels #foryouシ #jokes #jokeofday #poetry #poetrycommunity #poetrylovers #ageing #ageinggracefully #change #signsofaging #aging #aginggracefully #agingwell
December 12, 2025 at 11:07 AM