Marko Pirata
@markawilliams.bsky.social
Like a film noir Captain Birdseye! Politically homeless. Tofu-eating Wokerati. Test Engineer. Pirate! #Chester #CleanDee #BeMorePirate #Sarcoidosis #KeepChesterWeird
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Marko Pirata
@markawilliams.bsky.social
· Feb 14
If unearned income, from shares and dividends, is taxed at a lower rate than earned income, from wages, it bakes in inequality and ensures the rich get ever richer. #politics
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Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
November 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Word of the day is ‘quockerwodger’ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
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BREAKING: Former Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes from Russia because everyone knows our politicians are only allowed to take bribes from Israel x
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
BREAKING: Former Reform Wales leader Nathan Gill has been jailed for 10 years for taking bribes from Russia because everyone knows our politicians are only allowed to take bribes from Israel x
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If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
November 20, 2025 at 5:32 PM
If you use GMail, AI (Gemini) was turned on yesterday by default and now scans all of your content for machine learning. To turn off, go to Settings>General and scroll down. Uncheck the box for "Smart features."
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
There's other "Smart" add-ons as well, but that's the one that reads your content.
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It looks quite likely that the two-child limit will be scrapped at the 2025 Budget. But that will still leave child poverty levels at 28 per cent - double what it was in the 1970s.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Is scrapping the two-child limit enough to tackle poverty? | British Politics and Policy at LSE
It looks like the two-child limit will be scrapped at the 2025 Budget. But that will still leave child poverty at 28 per cent, double what it was in the 1970s.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:34 PM
It looks quite likely that the two-child limit will be scrapped at the 2025 Budget. But that will still leave child poverty levels at 28 per cent - double what it was in the 1970s.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
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"They can see a truth: the political establishment, of which Reform is part, has been ripping them off for years.
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"They can see a truth: the political establishment, of which Reform is part, has been ripping them off for years.
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Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 20, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
The Covid enquiry needs to hold the politicians legally accountable and prosecute them.
November 21, 2025 at 6:50 AM
The Covid enquiry needs to hold the politicians legally accountable and prosecute them.
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Reform's dark methods
A company hires Farage or another party figure for “consulting.”
The payment is effectively a disguised donation. no real work done.
Huge private donations to non profits, charities, think-tanks, etc who then surreptitiously act on their behalf and it goes under the radar.
A company hires Farage or another party figure for “consulting.”
The payment is effectively a disguised donation. no real work done.
Huge private donations to non profits, charities, think-tanks, etc who then surreptitiously act on their behalf and it goes under the radar.
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Reform's dark methods
A company hires Farage or another party figure for “consulting.”
The payment is effectively a disguised donation. no real work done.
Huge private donations to non profits, charities, think-tanks, etc who then surreptitiously act on their behalf and it goes under the radar.
A company hires Farage or another party figure for “consulting.”
The payment is effectively a disguised donation. no real work done.
Huge private donations to non profits, charities, think-tanks, etc who then surreptitiously act on their behalf and it goes under the radar.
Let’s seize MP’s jewellery to pay for their subsidised meals.
November 18, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Let’s seize MP’s jewellery to pay for their subsidised meals.
Look if the tories, reform and tommy effin Robinson like you’re policy then you are doing it wrong! FFS
November 18, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Look if the tories, reform and tommy effin Robinson like you’re policy then you are doing it wrong! FFS
Seizing the assets of asylum seekers - as an appalling distraction - so we don't have to tax the rich!
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
November 17, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Seizing the assets of asylum seekers - as an appalling distraction - so we don't have to tax the rich!
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
New Labour are the same old nasty Tories...
Wait is MAGA still a thing? I thought that imploded with the Epstein files… Trump is a nonce.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Wait is MAGA still a thing? I thought that imploded with the Epstein files… Trump is a nonce.
Did Farage ever go to Epstein island? Just asking questions! Would be awful if people kept asking it.
November 15, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Did Farage ever go to Epstein island? Just asking questions! Would be awful if people kept asking it.
Farage banged on about unelected EU beauracrats but now wants to appoint his own unelected cabinet if elected! Twat
November 14, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Farage banged on about unelected EU beauracrats but now wants to appoint his own unelected cabinet if elected! Twat
Oh I remember why we fought. My grandfathers fought fascism and were Antifa. Fake patriots celebrate war and death and country and killing other humans.
November 11, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Oh I remember why we fought. My grandfathers fought fascism and were Antifa. Fake patriots celebrate war and death and country and killing other humans.
Utah Saints tonight innit
November 7, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Utah Saints tonight innit
Trillionaire should not exist. Eat the rich!
November 7, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Trillionaire should not exist. Eat the rich!
Fuck bonfire night when we are supposed to remember and celebrate that the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 failed to destroy Parliament!
November 5, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Fuck bonfire night when we are supposed to remember and celebrate that the Gunpowder Plot of 1605 failed to destroy Parliament!
Trump thinks Mamdani is a communist lunatic because he dared say that rents are too high!
November 5, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Trump thinks Mamdani is a communist lunatic because he dared say that rents are too high!
Twitter must now be a wasteland of bots lying to each other, in an endless spiral of Chinese whispers and a few zombie racists fighting over the scraps and screaming into the void like a goose that just shat itself.
November 5, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Twitter must now be a wasteland of bots lying to each other, in an endless spiral of Chinese whispers and a few zombie racists fighting over the scraps and screaming into the void like a goose that just shat itself.
Farage wants to cut the minimum wage to the young and Tice wants to cut the state pension to the elderly. That’s their reform. They are not on your side.
November 5, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Farage wants to cut the minimum wage to the young and Tice wants to cut the state pension to the elderly. That’s their reform. They are not on your side.
Any potential tax rises for ordinary working-class people will be wildly unpopular
November 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Any potential tax rises for ordinary working-class people will be wildly unpopular
Sad times when you realise that T'Pau singer is now a GB News gammon
November 4, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Sad times when you realise that T'Pau singer is now a GB News gammon