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Kevin Markland

@viscountfishpond.bsky.social

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Several years in chemistry followed by a career in IT. Now retired. Outdoorsy and leftish. Not a fan of the Bisto Stained Beelzebub, nor the craven billionaires that do his bidding. Never buy American.

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Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 20h

"gold prices are very high right now"

Can't think why.

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Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 9d

I sense a new variant of Mornington Crescent is in the offing.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 9d

The Sun used to write to a reading age of 8 largely because that was where their readership was. Whether it's a literal or rhetorical standard it's still way beyond a lot of people born in the uk and way beyond what's needed for the work that many people do, uk born or not.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 11d

www.gov.uk/government/n...

That's immigration from the USA dropping off a cliff then.

Migrants will be required to pass A Level standard of English

Migrants will be required to pass tough new English language requirements under a law introduced in Parliament today.

www.gov.uk

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 14d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 14d

Have had a spam culling session. Why would buying underpants lead someone to believe I wanted to hear from them every damn day. It's a once in a decade purchase.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 16d

No matter what he does to distract us, he still hung out with a convicted paedophile and likely participated in his parties. If only there was a set of documents that might shed light on the matter. #EpsteinFiles

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 16d

Getting a bit het up about what is and isn't creative, what with Badenoch's nonsense. So I just want to get it off my chest. There is beauty and creativity in music, painting, literature, quantum mechanics, synthetic chemistry, evolutionary biology, history, physics... you get the picture.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 17d

Stamp duty is ripe for overhaul, but a tax on sellers rather than buyers would seem sensible. It is those of us lucky enough to have bought before the mad price spiral started that have been the beneficiaries after all.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 17d

Well played.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 17d

I had the opposite experience. Working class family in which parents and grandparents left school at 14 but they understood the value of education so I and my sisters were supported through university. I am enormously grateful to them and the system that made it possible for a working class kid.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 19d

If your primary source is Wikipedia and you choose not to respond after a reasoned and polite response I think we're good in parting ways. I'm way more liberal than you seem to think and not at all hard line. I'm concerned about authoritarianism above all.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 19d

Make as much of that as is possible known. Then people who are clearly only "terrorists" because they hold a sign will be able to make an informed choice. It's clearly making a mockery of the law to arrest pensioners for words scrawled on cardboard.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 19d

I've been very clear that I don't think it was ok. Only the hard of thinking could suggest otherwise. But there is a difference between criminal damage and terrorism and the home secretary at the time suggested their proscription was based on facts other than the attacks on aircraft. So... 1/2

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 19d

I think their actions were criminal and that they deserve prosecution. I don't in any way support what they did. But I don't think they meet the threshold for terrorism based on what we know. Cost should not be part of that bar.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 19d

Why would you need anything other than laws against criminal damage and trespass on military bases for that? There may be a reason for their proscription but causing damage and being a pain in the arse isn't it.

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Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 21d

"Last time I checked...". Not sure what we should make of that. Liar, or really quite dim and unable to check whether her sleeves are covering her arse?

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 21d

Are you trying to suggest that the shutdown is a distractionary tactic to avoid releasing the Epstein Files? Hmmm. Interesting. You might be on to something. #ReleaseTheEpsteinFiles.

Louise Quo Vadis @louiseqv.bsky.social · 21d

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Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 23d

It would and I agree. But it should act as a learning opportunity for government so that they implement laws with appropriately severe penalties for the future.

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Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 23d

What evidence do you have that "they" are clever? Some are, undoubtedly. But dear lord there are some halfwits in there.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 26d

Even the numbers are nonsense. At the low end of 'tens' of thousands (20k to make it plural) thats 54 new people each and every day of the year.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · 28d

As long as the parties agree to the approach why does anyone care? They don't take precedence over English or Scottish law. It's no different to people taking their grievances to Judge Rinder.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · Sep 24

Bloody rapture was a let down.

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · Sep 24

You have allies?

Kevin Markland @viscountfishpond.bsky.social · Sep 24

I no longer wish to visit the US. Too many absolute c....s who are happy to elect a brain dead paedophile as president then sit and cheer as he proves himself to be an absolute <> himself, again, at the UN. I fear as a Brit we'll be here soon but Christ it's embarrassing to be American right now.