Martandelus (Cheez)
@martandelus.bsky.social
Hi, Nobody particulary special here. Just a UK bloke who is worried about the state of the world at the moment. I like all sorts really.
Community helped me kill alcoholism, It don't cost nowt 2B nice.
https://www.youtube.com/@CH33ZGAM3Z
Community helped me kill alcoholism, It don't cost nowt 2B nice.
https://www.youtube.com/@CH33ZGAM3Z
Farage and Johnson, both Russian colluders, conspiring with Bannon and his ilk.
Toppling democratically elected leaders in one party, throwing a mob at the other at the behest of Johnson's Saville dogwhistle. I'm fairly sure that says foreign interference in our processes. The media = Crickets...
Toppling democratically elected leaders in one party, throwing a mob at the other at the behest of Johnson's Saville dogwhistle. I'm fairly sure that says foreign interference in our processes. The media = Crickets...
Here’s the LBC recording of Bannon talking with Farage about getting rid of Theresa May, just as his text messages to Epstein suggest he’s work with Boris Johnson to the same end youtu.be/nU0F8rP7dr4?...
February 11, 2026 at 11:59 AM
Farage and Johnson, both Russian colluders, conspiring with Bannon and his ilk.
Toppling democratically elected leaders in one party, throwing a mob at the other at the behest of Johnson's Saville dogwhistle. I'm fairly sure that says foreign interference in our processes. The media = Crickets...
Toppling democratically elected leaders in one party, throwing a mob at the other at the behest of Johnson's Saville dogwhistle. I'm fairly sure that says foreign interference in our processes. The media = Crickets...
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One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
Ex Tory MP John Redwood has been made a peer, as Lord Redwood on 31 January, and was formally introduced in the Lords on Tuesday
February 11, 2026 at 8:34 AM
One of the maddest elements of Brexit - and there are *many* - is the rewards that continue to be lavished on the blithering idiots who sold it & continue to be proved wrong about everything every day…
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Uncharacteristically mild wording from Ian but unerringly accurate as always.
It is so embarrassing that it has taken nearly a decade for a British minister to say this, a statement of the absolute bloody obvious
February 11, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Uncharacteristically mild wording from Ian but unerringly accurate as always.
Oof, these fellers are tough customers. I was getting my arse handed to me last night, but annihilated him finally.
Checks notes : Oil Blasts are painful.
Finally learning the attack patterns though :)
#MetroidDread
Checks notes : Oil Blasts are painful.
Finally learning the attack patterns though :)
#MetroidDread
February 11, 2026 at 7:40 AM
Oof, these fellers are tough customers. I was getting my arse handed to me last night, but annihilated him finally.
Checks notes : Oil Blasts are painful.
Finally learning the attack patterns though :)
#MetroidDread
Checks notes : Oil Blasts are painful.
Finally learning the attack patterns though :)
#MetroidDread
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Palantir were handed a £240m contract without bidding for it by the Government.
It simply shouldn't be legal for the Government to handout huge amounts of money to whoever they like without any oversight.
That's not democracy.
It simply shouldn't be legal for the Government to handout huge amounts of money to whoever they like without any oversight.
That's not democracy.
February 10, 2026 at 3:26 PM
Palantir were handed a £240m contract without bidding for it by the Government.
It simply shouldn't be legal for the Government to handout huge amounts of money to whoever they like without any oversight.
That's not democracy.
It simply shouldn't be legal for the Government to handout huge amounts of money to whoever they like without any oversight.
That's not democracy.
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Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There is a lot of convenient amnesia about Peter Mandelson’s New Labour days. Let’s jog some memories | George Monbiot
Yes, he betrayed the national interest in his dealings with Jeffrey Epstein – but also in his sanctioned role as enabler of corporate power, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:22 PM
Peter Mandelson's official role in Gordon Brown's government was actually not that far away from his unauthorised dealings with Jeffrey Epstein. This week's column digs up some inconvenient truths and suggests the problem is much deeper than we're told.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
This can't be said enough, as grim as things look right here and now, we still need the government to identify where it has gone wrong and evolve accordingly. It isn't about if we like or dislike the leader, its about maintaining a barrier between ourselves and perdition (Fascism)
Miliband's right
Miliband's right
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There we have it. To stand any chance, Starmer must:
- remove the Glasman 'Blue' cabal
- appoint soft left figures to Cabinet
- move away from the vile rhetorical stance on migrants and asylum, stop chasing Reform, and
- form actual progressive policies, communicate them, and deliver them.
There we have it. To stand any chance, Starmer must:
- remove the Glasman 'Blue' cabal
- appoint soft left figures to Cabinet
- move away from the vile rhetorical stance on migrants and asylum, stop chasing Reform, and
- form actual progressive policies, communicate them, and deliver them.
February 10, 2026 at 5:27 PM
This can't be said enough, as grim as things look right here and now, we still need the government to identify where it has gone wrong and evolve accordingly. It isn't about if we like or dislike the leader, its about maintaining a barrier between ourselves and perdition (Fascism)
Miliband's right
Miliband's right
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Starmer is in the death zone - there's only one way to save him inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
Starmer is in the death zone - there's only one way to save him
He's battered, mortally wounded, bleeding out - but also getting back on his feet
inews.co.uk
February 10, 2026 at 4:51 PM
Starmer is in the death zone - there's only one way to save him inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
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I'm not going to block *everyone* who fails to understand this, but I will if the incomprehension is personalised & expressed aggressively or obnoxiously. In short, don't be cultish! x
Getting really tired of "this is all a media concoction"...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
Starmer has the lowest approval rating of any PM in history bar Truss. Senior ministers are openly and unsubtly positioning. His Chief of Staff, Director of Comms and Cab Sec have all resigned on the same day.
I mean come on...
February 10, 2026 at 9:52 AM
I'm not going to block *everyone* who fails to understand this, but I will if the incomprehension is personalised & expressed aggressively or obnoxiously. In short, don't be cultish! x
Metroid Dread is such a nice game, they knocked it out of the park with this one.
Turbo pads make mincemeat out of the demonic Yoshi himself. (aka. Kraid)
Not quite as elaborate as sequence breaking this fight (i suck at that). But nonetheless quite satisfying.
"They call me the tummy tickler" 😅
Turbo pads make mincemeat out of the demonic Yoshi himself. (aka. Kraid)
Not quite as elaborate as sequence breaking this fight (i suck at that). But nonetheless quite satisfying.
"They call me the tummy tickler" 😅
February 10, 2026 at 10:27 AM
Metroid Dread is such a nice game, they knocked it out of the park with this one.
Turbo pads make mincemeat out of the demonic Yoshi himself. (aka. Kraid)
Not quite as elaborate as sequence breaking this fight (i suck at that). But nonetheless quite satisfying.
"They call me the tummy tickler" 😅
Turbo pads make mincemeat out of the demonic Yoshi himself. (aka. Kraid)
Not quite as elaborate as sequence breaking this fight (i suck at that). But nonetheless quite satisfying.
"They call me the tummy tickler" 😅
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1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it.
Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Is our Government Complicit in Genocide?
The Genocide Convention imposes obligations on states and individuals not just to punish the crime of genocide but to actively prevent it. Two years into the war in Gaza and over 20 months since th…
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February 10, 2026 at 7:31 AM
1. Many here seem bemused by the anger and disappointment this government attracts. Please bear with me while I try to explain it.
Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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Let’s begin with Gaza. Starmer’s complicity is one of the major reasons so many people are disillusioned.
rethinkingsecurityorguk.wpcomstaging.com/2025/10/07/i...
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"We're so pro-choice that we'll force diseases on you against your will and we're so pro-life that we give microscopic organisms a loving home, cos we care that much....y'all know how it is"
Yep...that is a unique kind of stupid...
Yep...that is a unique kind of stupid...
ProLife protests turns super spreader for measles; a potentially fatal infection (though fatality potential is lesser in healthy ppl with strong immune systems). Many , especially on the right, don't believe in immunizations.
www.rawstory.com/march-for-li...
www.rawstory.com/march-for-li...
Right-wing pro-life march ends up being measles super spreader: health officials
Anti-abortion protesters who travelled to Washington, D.C. for the March for Life ended up at a measles super spreader-event, according to health officials.Thousands of pro-lifers came for the Jan. 23...
www.rawstory.com
February 10, 2026 at 6:59 AM
"We're so pro-choice that we'll force diseases on you against your will and we're so pro-life that we give microscopic organisms a loving home, cos we care that much....y'all know how it is"
Yep...that is a unique kind of stupid...
Yep...that is a unique kind of stupid...
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God Farage is a bore. He voted against improving workers’ rights. He doesn’t want us to have control over our lives. He demands that we live within the stifling confines of his stale old prejudices and resentments.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
BREAKING: Nigel Farage calls for an end to working from home and the focus on work-life balance
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
"People aren't more productive working from home - it's a load of nonsense”
Whatever you do JUST DON’T VOTE REFORM!
February 9, 2026 at 6:48 PM
God Farage is a bore. He voted against improving workers’ rights. He doesn’t want us to have control over our lives. He demands that we live within the stifling confines of his stale old prejudices and resentments.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
Fewer rights. Less protection. More exploitation.
That’s his plan for the rest of us.
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When he was a Tory politician (you remember, just after he was binned as a Labour one) female colleagues were free to express their disgust at his blatant misogyny. “Lee is an odious sexist,” was Anna Soubry’s irrefutable conclusion. I wonder what his current colleagues will have to say…
Jeremy Kyle is interviewing Reform MPs at a live press conference
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
Discussing who might take over from Keir Starmer as PM, Kyle just said: "She's had a makeover, Angela"
Lee Anderson: "She's throwing her money away, isn't she, to be honest with you"
*applause from the audience*
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
When he was a Tory politician (you remember, just after he was binned as a Labour one) female colleagues were free to express their disgust at his blatant misogyny. “Lee is an odious sexist,” was Anna Soubry’s irrefutable conclusion. I wonder what his current colleagues will have to say…
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The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
February 9, 2026 at 8:51 AM
The daft thing is that with Proportional Representation there'd be no need for this self-destructive war within Labour. It could split into its component parts - left and right - and people could vote for what they wanted. It's only First-Past-the-Post that forces these irreconcilables together.
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Many people on this platform just aren't getting it.
The jig is up.
The party's over.
Unless Labour MPs eject Starmer PDQ, recover Labour values, show how they'll fix our chronic problems, give us hope and inspiration instead of disappointment and frustration, they're finished.
No more denial. ⏰👃☕
The jig is up.
The party's over.
Unless Labour MPs eject Starmer PDQ, recover Labour values, show how they'll fix our chronic problems, give us hope and inspiration instead of disappointment and frustration, they're finished.
No more denial. ⏰👃☕
February 9, 2026 at 8:26 AM
Many people on this platform just aren't getting it.
The jig is up.
The party's over.
Unless Labour MPs eject Starmer PDQ, recover Labour values, show how they'll fix our chronic problems, give us hope and inspiration instead of disappointment and frustration, they're finished.
No more denial. ⏰👃☕
The jig is up.
The party's over.
Unless Labour MPs eject Starmer PDQ, recover Labour values, show how they'll fix our chronic problems, give us hope and inspiration instead of disappointment and frustration, they're finished.
No more denial. ⏰👃☕
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The US is now funding the far-right in the UK youtu.be/srCked8HMNc?...
The US is now funding the far-right in the UK
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
youtu.be
February 9, 2026 at 7:07 AM
The US is now funding the far-right in the UK youtu.be/srCked8HMNc?...
2 words = Trojan Horse
Theres no way in hell the RW press didn't know about all of this, think about it. The intention of these so-called "libertarians" is to smash trust in government and enable corporate governance, Theil's big play is to do that and end liberal democracy.
Theres no way in hell the RW press didn't know about all of this, think about it. The intention of these so-called "libertarians" is to smash trust in government and enable corporate governance, Theil's big play is to do that and end liberal democracy.
uk.news.yahoo.com/mandelson-po...
The Telegraph, December 2024. How times change. Lauding Mandelson, now out to unseat the Prime Minister. Hypocrites.
The Telegraph, December 2024. How times change. Lauding Mandelson, now out to unseat the Prime Minister. Hypocrites.
Mandelson is a political genius: he’s the right man to deal with Trump
In announcing Peter Mandelson’s appointment as Britain’s new ambassador to the United States, the BBC described him as “one of the best known figures in British politics”.
uk.news.yahoo.com
February 9, 2026 at 6:20 AM
2 words = Trojan Horse
Theres no way in hell the RW press didn't know about all of this, think about it. The intention of these so-called "libertarians" is to smash trust in government and enable corporate governance, Theil's big play is to do that and end liberal democracy.
Theres no way in hell the RW press didn't know about all of this, think about it. The intention of these so-called "libertarians" is to smash trust in government and enable corporate governance, Theil's big play is to do that and end liberal democracy.
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Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
The End of Morgan McSweeney: Peter Oborne on Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
As McSweeney resigns, we re-publish Peter Oborne’s Byline Times reporting on how Keir Starmer's chief strategist drove Labour towards defeat by the far-right
open.substack.com
February 8, 2026 at 4:25 PM
Our great @bylinetimes.bsky.social diarist Peter Oborne spotted the problem with McSweeney back in August 2024. Here's 18 months of his coverage of Keir Starmer's Departing Chief of Staff
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
open.substack.com/pub/bylinesu...
Well, shit...it is better late than never. Long overdue, but it's done and he's jumped before he was pushed. Just like the next guy, i don't even know what comes after this one, but lets take whatever victories we can.
Had to happen.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Had to happen.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Morgan McSweeney resigns and says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for advising Starmer to appoint Mandelson – UK politics live
McSweeney, who masterminded landslide 2024 election win, resigns as PM’s chief of staff after Mandelson revelations
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 3:51 PM
Well, shit...it is better late than never. Long overdue, but it's done and he's jumped before he was pushed. Just like the next guy, i don't even know what comes after this one, but lets take whatever victories we can.
Had to happen.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Had to happen.
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Oh, that's a nice little docking unit, i was considering one of those until i bumped into one of these docking cables, They're a nice little solution for otg game capturing and even pack nice and neatly into carrying cases with other peripherals.
Still though, that one's cool with the S2 colours.
Still though, that one's cool with the S2 colours.
February 8, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Oh, that's a nice little docking unit, i was considering one of those until i bumped into one of these docking cables, They're a nice little solution for otg game capturing and even pack nice and neatly into carrying cases with other peripherals.
Still though, that one's cool with the S2 colours.
Still though, that one's cool with the S2 colours.
Decided i'm going to beast through Metroid : Other M
After getting through the latest one (Prime : Beyond), i was taken aback by how rushed it was, so, by those metrics, was this one all of that bad? I suppose not, all things considered.
Surprised at the performance on the Dolphin emu though.
After getting through the latest one (Prime : Beyond), i was taken aback by how rushed it was, so, by those metrics, was this one all of that bad? I suppose not, all things considered.
Surprised at the performance on the Dolphin emu though.
February 8, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Decided i'm going to beast through Metroid : Other M
After getting through the latest one (Prime : Beyond), i was taken aback by how rushed it was, so, by those metrics, was this one all of that bad? I suppose not, all things considered.
Surprised at the performance on the Dolphin emu though.
After getting through the latest one (Prime : Beyond), i was taken aback by how rushed it was, so, by those metrics, was this one all of that bad? I suppose not, all things considered.
Surprised at the performance on the Dolphin emu though.
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Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
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“It could take years to restore Brexit losses”
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Post-Brexit sales of British farm products to EU fall by 37%
NFU warn it could take years to restore Brexit losses despite efforts to smooth negotiations on farming and other elements of UK-EU reset
www.theguardian.com
February 8, 2026 at 8:58 AM
“It could take years to restore Brexit losses”
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Especially if Farage comes along and tears up the ‘reset’ as he threatens.
Honest to god.. it’s such a tedious, idiotic, resource-sapping mess. There’s really nothing patriotic about it. Prejudice costs such a lot.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Mandelson was a key figure lobbying for Labour NOT to hold a proper inquiry into Russian interference in our elections. His closeness to Deripaska and others would have come out
February 7, 2026 at 3:15 PM
I don't know for sure, but I'd bet that Mandelson was a key figure lobbying for Labour NOT to hold a proper inquiry into Russian interference in our elections. His closeness to Deripaska and others would have come out