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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 2h

Agreed!

Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 7h

Most recently to my knowledge 2015 and 2016 for Britain First.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

Thank goodness. We have no blasphemy law in this country any longer, nor should we. I dislike book burning instinctively, but plenty of things I might dislike are nonetheless rightly legal. Mr Coskun should never have been convicted for an act of free expression. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Man who burned Quran outside Turkish consulate wins appeal - BBC News

Hamit Coskun's freedom of expression includes the right to express views that offend, a judge rules.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

Yep - I’m still amazed no action was taken over this uniformed march in Brixton www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

Who are secretive British protest group Forever Family?

Forever Family - whose social media accounts are mostly set to private - aims to centralise community groups in a bid to support like-minded organisations.

www.dailymail.co.uk

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

LOL! Though I don’t think that’s the monarch they have in mind

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

I don’t think that’s the King they have in mind.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

Just a reminder that marches featuring a political uniform are illegal…

James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 10h

Homophobic Christian evangelical group ‘King’s Army’ marches through London’s Old Compton Street www.scenemag.co.uk/christian-ev...

Homophobic Christian evangelical group ‘King’s Army’ marches through London’s Old Compton Street

A 'Christian evangelical group' calling itself the 'King’s Army' has marched through Old Compton Street - the historic heart of London’s LGBTQ+ community - chanting religious slogans and accusing the ...

www.scenemag.co.uk

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

If they think the choice is a) swoop in and save your councillors or b) let them lose their seats then swoop in then sure, a). But if it’s a) swoop in, lose your councillors and get blamed or b) lose them while letting someone else get blamed first, then swoop in, then they’d choose b, surely.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

I think there’s a reasonable argument that if you want to say “It’s not worked, I’m resetting it”, you instantly lose all momentum if you immediately get battered in an election. It speaks to whether they think May is currently salvageable.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

Basically, this: bsky.app/profile/gare...

Gareth Davies @garethtbij.bsky.social · 10h

If a "younger" reporter files me a story containing an error like that and we end up publishing it, then ultimately that's on me. I'd get very short shrift if I blamed them for it, and rightly so

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 10h

Hmm. Are there no checks between these “younger producers” and the script airing?

I recently encountered a younger producer who insisted (via TikTok) that gold top milk was a newly invented superfood. But neither I nor the presenter then said it on air…

Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social · 10h

The Guardian has picked up this story, with the founder of the production company behind #HIGNFY blaming young producers “marinated in social media”

He says they have tightened their rules around getting information from social media

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 1d

Britain must resist unwinnable subsidy races and instead fix its foundations
✍️ John Caudwell

Britain must resist unwinnable subsidy races and instead fix its foundations

Our economy is anaemic. Infrastructure is crumbling. Electricity prices are among the highest in the developed world. For a country with our histor...

www.politicshome.com

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 14h

🚨OUT NOW 🚨Panic (on the streets of Manchester?)

Join @alaintolhurst.bsky.social inside Tory conference as he talks to James Cleverly & Mel Stride, pollsters Allie Jennings & Patrick English, the IfG's Tom Pope, and academic Rob Ford about whether the party can recover

podfollow.com/politicshome...

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 11h

This so absurd as to amount to bad faith now. You claimed my post was “spin” - with no basis. When asked which bit, you refuse to answer until you see the judgment. Then you refuse to answer the fact that it is what the judgment says. Then you falsely claim I’m quoting Toby Young. And on…

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 11h

Whose words are they?

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 12h

Do you know what “the words of” means?

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

Possibly - I’m not advocating it just reflecting on what I suspect is the thinking

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

If you just messed up, and leapt to a slur without any reason beyond instinctive dislike, it’d be easier (and more decent) just to say so.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

And you *still* won’t answer my straightforward question. You declared something to be the case - you must have had a reason, a basis beyond kneejerk dislike?

I haven’t quoted the words of Toby Young at all on this topic. You’re making things up now…

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Goldie and Komos @komos-and-goldie.bsky.social · 13h

"I dislike book burning instinctively, but plenty of things I might dislike are nonetheless rightly legal."

Exactly.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

Laughs in vampire.

Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 13h

More than a decade ago, scientist Tony Wyss-Coray stitched together the blood vessels of two mice, allowing their blood to intermingle. The results of this experiment facilitated a leap forward in our understanding of longevity: that younger blood can help the memory. on.ft.com/42uwt7S

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

That isn’t what he said - he’s referring to the principles displayed by the Laureates as the basis for the committee resisting and disregarding external pressure.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

Also somewhat alarming how often people on The Traitors just go for anyone who’s in any way different. Look a bit unusual? Traitor behaviour. Dress eccentrically? Traitor behaviour.

Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15h

One thing I love about the Traitors is you really get a very profound insight into a country culture, and we really do love to kill the clever ones.

General Boles @generalboles.bsky.social · 1d

He's got a point #CelebrityTraitors

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

lol! bsky.app/profile/wall...

Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

I’m anti as I was before. You still haven’t answered my original question. You were certain enough to allege “spinning” was going on, so which bit exactly do you mean? Otherwise it seems like you might just be a blowhard who doesn’t know what he’s talking about…

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 13h

I’m anti as I was before. You still haven’t answered my original question. You were certain enough to allege “spinning” was going on, so which bit exactly do you mean? Otherwise it seems like you might just be a blowhard who doesn’t know what he’s talking about…