Martyn Brunt
@skybluebrunty.bsky.social
Former Team GB swimmer and triathlete, and one time runner for England (literally one time). Greenway builder, hedgehog fosterer, wild gardener, ageing punk, book author, and if I can't bring my dogs, I'm not coming. PUSB.
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🔴Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage's party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com
February 10, 2026 at 4:19 PM
🔴Reform MPs Accused of Pandering to Putin After Skipping Russian Interference Debate
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
Nigel Farage’s party refused to attend the debate, called after more than 100,000 people signed a petition demanding a public inquiry into Russian interference in British politics
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/10/r...
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Maybe sit this one out, Nige
February 4, 2026 at 9:39 PM
Maybe sit this one out, Nige
Post a pic of your favourite fictional band
February 10, 2026 at 5:45 PM
Post a pic of your favourite fictional band
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February 10, 2026 at 12:14 PM
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No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
February 10, 2026 at 11:40 AM
No-one seems to have noticed, but many of the core developments in the Mandelson/Epstein story these last few days have been broken on this website. @pickardje.bsky.social and @petergeoghegan.bsky.social are both posting each breaking development on BlueSky, not X.
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Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
February 10, 2026 at 9:32 AM
Reform is threatening Bangor University over a student society’s decision. The society isn’t Bangor University—but this is a neat preview of how a Reform government would work: public money for supporters only. Trump-style politics, UK edition.
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
Authoritarian reflex is already working just fine.👇
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Reform UK made low council tax a political priority.
Now they are breaking their promises.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/09/reform-worcestershire-council-tax-england-largest-rise
Now they are breaking their promises.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/09/reform-worcestershire-council-tax-england-largest-rise
Reform-led Worcestershire set to issue England’s largest council tax rise
Cap-busting tax hike will be embarrassing for the party, which has made low council tax a priority
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Reform UK made low council tax a political priority.
Now they are breaking their promises.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/09/reform-worcestershire-council-tax-england-largest-rise
Now they are breaking their promises.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/feb/09/reform-worcestershire-council-tax-england-largest-rise
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Reform banned journalists they dislike from covering their party conference and then Nigel Farage dissembled about it to Congress, so I think we’ve heard quite enough faux free speech bollocks out of them, tbh.
This is pretty menacing.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
Sarah Pochin wrote to Bangor's university student run debating society requesting that she attend to "answer questions from students."
When they said "no" Reform rolled all it's tanks onto the lawns and said they'll cut funding to the entire university if they win.
February 10, 2026 at 10:46 AM
Reform banned journalists they dislike from covering their party conference and then Nigel Farage dissembled about it to Congress, so I think we’ve heard quite enough faux free speech bollocks out of them, tbh.
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Please take 2 seconds to send a letter to your MP on this issue: protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/
February 10, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Please take 2 seconds to send a letter to your MP on this issue: protectthewild.org.uk/endhuntingnow/
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It's #NationalUmbrellaDay ☔️
And we couldn't think of a better painting to share than Norman Garstin's painting 'The Rain It Raineth Every Day', painted in 1889.
And we couldn't think of a better painting to share than Norman Garstin's painting 'The Rain It Raineth Every Day', painted in 1889.
February 10, 2026 at 9:08 AM
It's #NationalUmbrellaDay ☔️
And we couldn't think of a better painting to share than Norman Garstin's painting 'The Rain It Raineth Every Day', painted in 1889.
And we couldn't think of a better painting to share than Norman Garstin's painting 'The Rain It Raineth Every Day', painted in 1889.
@quietriotpod.bsky.social A grin and share it suggestion
Great news amidst all the gloom. There have been a lot of beaver releases but these wild releases are really significant in England – finally we are giving this life-giving animal the right to roam. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers
Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 10:24 AM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social A grin and share it suggestion
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Great news amidst all the gloom. There have been a lot of beaver releases but these wild releases are really significant in England – finally we are giving this life-giving animal the right to roam. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A beaver blind date’: animals given freedom to repopulate Cornish rivers
Release into Helman Tor reserve marks historical first for keystone species hunted to extinction in UK 400 years ago
www.theguardian.com
February 10, 2026 at 9:09 AM
Great news amidst all the gloom. There have been a lot of beaver releases but these wild releases are really significant in England – finally we are giving this life-giving animal the right to roam. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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If you ever worry about bumblebees in cold weather, just remember:
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
February 10, 2026 at 10:10 AM
If you ever worry about bumblebees in cold weather, just remember:
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
🧥They are covered in thick fur.
🌡️They can raise their body temperature by dislocating their wings and shivering their flight muscles.
❄️Their body can produce an antifreeze to stop ice crystals from forming and freezing their insides.
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One by one, old father time is gonna make all our Victorian bridges walking and cycling only. and I gotta say: hell yeah
February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM
One by one, old father time is gonna make all our Victorian bridges walking and cycling only. and I gotta say: hell yeah
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Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too.
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
February 9, 2026 at 6:02 PM
Productivity increases between 5% and 13% with working from home, and worker wellbeing improves hugely too.
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
But Farage doesn't care about reality. Or productivity. Or your wellbeing.
He cares about the workplace property investors who bankroll him.
www.greatplacetowork.com/resources/bl...
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It’s very good of Prince William to distance himself from his horrific uncle Andrew, while on a visit to hang out with journalist-murdering bastard Mohammed bin Salman. I
February 9, 2026 at 10:19 PM
It’s very good of Prince William to distance himself from his horrific uncle Andrew, while on a visit to hang out with journalist-murdering bastard Mohammed bin Salman. I
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Ghislaine Maxwell got into jail for engaging in pedophilia and sex trafficking.
Ghislaine Maxwell hopes to get out of jail by engaging in extortion.
I'm beginning to get the impression that Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys criming.
Ghislaine Maxwell hopes to get out of jail by engaging in extortion.
I'm beginning to get the impression that Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys criming.
February 9, 2026 at 8:06 PM
Ghislaine Maxwell got into jail for engaging in pedophilia and sex trafficking.
Ghislaine Maxwell hopes to get out of jail by engaging in extortion.
I'm beginning to get the impression that Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys criming.
Ghislaine Maxwell hopes to get out of jail by engaging in extortion.
I'm beginning to get the impression that Ghislaine Maxwell enjoys criming.
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Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 2023. It’s a dark and rainy day in Portland, Oregon, and I felt the need for some color in my life. I think this fits the bill. #Photography #Architecture #Interior #Paris #France 📷
February 8, 2026 at 12:59 AM
Sainte-Chapelle, Paris, 2023. It’s a dark and rainy day in Portland, Oregon, and I felt the need for some color in my life. I think this fits the bill. #Photography #Architecture #Interior #Paris #France 📷
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#OtD 10 Feb 1938, Spanish anarchist miner Pedro Masera was sentenced to death and executed by Franco's forces during the civil war. In 2017 his granddaughter was finally able to get his body exhumed, to be properly reburied. This is a short biography: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
February 10, 2026 at 5:55 AM
#OtD 10 Feb 1938, Spanish anarchist miner Pedro Masera was sentenced to death and executed by Franco's forces during the civil war. In 2017 his granddaughter was finally able to get his body exhumed, to be properly reburied. This is a short biography: shop.workingclasshistory.com/collections/...
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Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.
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 7:09 PM
Policy by Pub Bore. He's just that spittle-flecked Hate Guy in the corner of your done-up bar saying that modern beer is horrible and anyone under 50 is lazy and a loser. As beatable a politician as there'll ever be.
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Man who doesn't turn up to do his job, tells a room full of retired people that working from home is bad.
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 7:18 PM
Man who doesn't turn up to do his job, tells a room full of retired people that working from home is bad.
Post a banger not in English
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February 9, 2026 at 7:37 PM
Post a banger not in English
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The party that just want to love and protect women and girls strikes again
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 4:53 PM
The party that just want to love and protect women and girls strikes again
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Being a nemesis of something toxic isn't quite the insult they hoped it would be!
Please give my petition a boost, if you think the premise is reasonable? I believe think-tank funding to sway media and policy needs to be debated and made transparent:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Please give my petition a boost, if you think the premise is reasonable? I believe think-tank funding to sway media and policy needs to be debated and made transparent:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Petition: Require all think tanks to disclose their donors, funding, and media spending
Research bodies and representation of specialist interests is important when making policy. However, think tanks go beyond merely brainstorming ideas and presenting data and arguments. They can push s...
petition.parliament.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Being a nemesis of something toxic isn't quite the insult they hoped it would be!
Please give my petition a boost, if you think the premise is reasonable? I believe think-tank funding to sway media and policy needs to be debated and made transparent:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
Please give my petition a boost, if you think the premise is reasonable? I believe think-tank funding to sway media and policy needs to be debated and made transparent:
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
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EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of having no solution to Britain's problems by his own candidate. Matt Goodwin repeatedly attacked the Farage in historic posts, as well as the Reform party as a whole
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Farage accused of having no answer to UK's problems by his own candidate
In posts from just last year, Matt Goodwin, the Reform UK candidate, claimed if Mr Farage became Prime Minister support for him would 'collapse quickly' due to him being 'fairly divisiv...
www.mirror.co.uk
February 9, 2026 at 5:23 PM
EXC: Nigel Farage has been accused of having no solution to Britain's problems by his own candidate. Matt Goodwin repeatedly attacked the Farage in historic posts, as well as the Reform party as a whole
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...