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, punk and ska fan, book author, and if I can't bring my dogs, I'm not coming. PUSB.
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And Here's David Coburn on Russian state television accusing the EU of "interfering in the Russian sphere of influence" on Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJS...
Russia today - David Coburn on Russia/Ukraine, March 2014
YouTube video by Liberty media
www.youtube.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:40 AM
And Here's David Coburn on Russian state television accusing the EU of "interfering in the Russian sphere of influence" on Ukraine www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrJS...
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Should I keep feeding hedgehogs over winter? 🤔❄️
www.hedgehogstreet.org/should-i-keep-feeding-hedgehogs-over-winter
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
www.hedgehogstreet.org/should-i-keep-feeding-hedgehogs-over-winter
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
Should I keep feeding hedgehogs over winter? - Hedgehog Street
It’s great to hear that so many fantastic Hedgehog Champions have been leaving food in the garden for local hedgehogs. …
www.hedgehogstreet.org
November 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Should I keep feeding hedgehogs over winter? 🤔❄️
www.hedgehogstreet.org/should-i-keep-feeding-hedgehogs-over-winter
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
www.hedgehogstreet.org/should-i-keep-feeding-hedgehogs-over-winter
#HedgehogStreet is a joint campaign run by us and the British Hedgehog Preservation Society.
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Nigel Farage, who has made more than £200,000 from second jobs, thinks we should cut the minimum wage for younger workers? You can't make this up.
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
Nigel Farage rakes in another £200,000 from second jobs
The Reform leader has made over £1.3 million from second jobs since he was elected as an MP in July 2024
leftfootforward.org
November 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Nigel Farage, who has made more than £200,000 from second jobs, thinks we should cut the minimum wage for younger workers? You can't make this up.
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
https://leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nigel-farage-rakes-in-another-200000-from-second-jobs/
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From Private Eye.
Never forget that it’s all just a fucking grift for these chinless wankers.
Never forget that it’s all just a fucking grift for these chinless wankers.
November 28, 2025 at 4:33 PM
From Private Eye.
Never forget that it’s all just a fucking grift for these chinless wankers.
Never forget that it’s all just a fucking grift for these chinless wankers.
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Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
November 28, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Here's UKIP's former Scottish leader David Coburn, who has denied taking Russian bribes after being named in Whatsapp messages between Nathan Gill and a pawn of the Putin administration, being applauded by Gill for arguing against Ukraine's entry to the EU
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Perhaps a good time to launch an investigation...
November 28, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Perhaps a good time to launch an investigation...
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”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Reform UK’s barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don’t play the bully’s game
My news organisation, Nation.Cymru, was threatened with legal action over a story involving Nigel Farage’s party in the Senedd. Instead of hiring our own lawyer, we simply told them to go away, writes...
www.thenerve.news
November 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
”Reform UK's barrister tried to scare us. Our advice to other news sites: don't play the bullies game." Martin Shipton from @nation.cymru on being bullied by Reform's lawyers: www.thenerve.news/p/reform-nat...
Et en angleterre aussi.
🇫🇷 Avec le retour au pouvoir de Trump, la droite radicale américaine s'est engagée dans une offensive idéologique hors de ses frontières, notamment en France où les autorités surveillent de près les manoeuvres d'influence de cette nébuleuse.
➡️ u.afp.com/Shgo
➡️ u.afp.com/Shgo
November 28, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Et en angleterre aussi.
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Our favourite story of the week!
Tiverton council votes to declare Boxing Day hunt 'unwelcome' - BBC News
The motion says "the Hunt Meet is not welcome in Tiverton on Boxing Day, or any other day".
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Our favourite story of the week!
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Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes
centralbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social
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Throw the book at him!
Man arrested in connection with massive illegal waste dump in Kidlington, Oxfordshire
The Environment Agency declared the 40ft-high mountain of waste left from illegal tipping near Kidlington a "critical incident" last week.
news.sky.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Throw the book at him!
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In Goodwin Curve news, @willhaycardiff.bsky.social's latest newsletter notes how the immediate aftermath of the Welsh 20 mph speed limits saw a petition raise 400,000 signatures. Today, a second petition has just 2387 signatures
November 26, 2025 at 8:23 AM
In Goodwin Curve news, @willhaycardiff.bsky.social's latest newsletter notes how the immediate aftermath of the Welsh 20 mph speed limits saw a petition raise 400,000 signatures. Today, a second petition has just 2387 signatures
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP...."
His chateau in France.
His chateau in France.
In other shocking news, adjascent apples in same barrel also appear brownish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:59 AM
"Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP...."
His chateau in France.
His chateau in France.
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In other shocking news, adjascent apples in same barrel also appear brownish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 9:46 AM
In other shocking news, adjascent apples in same barrel also appear brownish.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
PS I know it shouldn't surprise me, but OF COURSE he lives in France.
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Why was there no mention of this National Emergency Briefing on broadcast media? Censorship!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security
Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Why was there no mention of this National Emergency Briefing on broadcast media? Censorship!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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Turns out the head of comms for Reform called me a c**t.
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
November 27, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Turns out the head of comms for Reform called me a c**t.
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
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Nigel Farage on Russia Today before the 2014 European Elections talking about the European Union:
"They are fanatical and, and I believe the most dangerous people we've seen in Europe for 70 years."
Make of this what you will.
"They are fanatical and, and I believe the most dangerous people we've seen in Europe for 70 years."
Make of this what you will.
November 27, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Nigel Farage on Russia Today before the 2014 European Elections talking about the European Union:
"They are fanatical and, and I believe the most dangerous people we've seen in Europe for 70 years."
Make of this what you will.
"They are fanatical and, and I believe the most dangerous people we've seen in Europe for 70 years."
Make of this what you will.
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Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
November 27, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Next time someone asks what's the matter with Musk's Twitter, show them this:
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
An account in India, amplifying a billionaire from South Africa being cheered by an Irish passport holder (using an alias) to encourage civil unrest in the UK.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
The Specials (original line-up)
Half Man Half Biscuit.
Stone Roses.
New Order.
Crowded House.
The Specials (original line-up)
Half Man Half Biscuit.
Stone Roses.
New Order.
Crowded House.
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Sade
John Otway
Cud
Pixies
Rolling Stones
Sade
John Otway
Cud
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you’ve seen.
Yes
King Crimson
Secret Chiefs 3
Adam Ant
Mike Oldfield
Yes
King Crimson
Secret Chiefs 3
Adam Ant
Mike Oldfield
November 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Introduce yourself with 5 concerts you've seen.
The Specials (original line-up)
Half Man Half Biscuit.
Stone Roses.
New Order.
Crowded House.
The Specials (original line-up)
Half Man Half Biscuit.
Stone Roses.
New Order.
Crowded House.
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Why did the BBC think they should say that a woman in her 90s who has suffered serious injuries “was dressed in dark clothes”?
Do they think that is relevant? Did she in any way make this driver hit her?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do they think that is relevant? Did she in any way make this driver hit her?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Pedestrian in serious condition after Owlthorpe crash
The woman, in her 90s, is in hospital with serious injuries after being struck by a car, police say.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Why did the BBC think they should say that a woman in her 90s who has suffered serious injuries “was dressed in dark clothes”?
Do they think that is relevant? Did she in any way make this driver hit her?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Do they think that is relevant? Did she in any way make this driver hit her?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...