markpownall.bsky.social
@markpownall.bsky.social
I'll wait for the snide versions in Primark
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January 20, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Geezer.
January 20, 2026 at 12:12 PM
But what a book. Would love to hear an Origin Story on Paine.
January 17, 2026 at 7:43 PM
It's a weird day when Badenoch does the right thing and Ed Davey behaves like a tanky dickhead.
January 17, 2026 at 7:07 PM
Utter goat spunk from Reed.
January 16, 2026 at 1:21 PM
This will do, sounds exciting, says nothing, flatters my sources, says Mason. Again.
January 16, 2026 at 2:11 AM
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Thank you!
January 15, 2026 at 12:55 PM
Some trying to improve the bill, yes. Many more trying to kill it.
January 15, 2026 at 1:32 AM
Maybe your fellow antis shouldn't have drafted a zillion amendments many designed, not to improve, but to talk out the bill then. The Lord's have behaved irresponsibly with their shenanigans.
January 14, 2026 at 10:36 PM
Also the British Movement logo:
January 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Also failing to report or broadcast the 'fucking bitch' comment which is a crucial part of the story.
January 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Costs of 'biosimilars' - biological genetic drugs- still high because of higher costs of making a complex biological molecule compared with simpler chemicals like statins. So they are unlikely to become as cheap as statins (at least until new tablet versions of GLP1s lose patent protection).
January 9, 2026 at 5:55 PM
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And the BBC package ends with some crap about ‘in these politically charged times, dualling narratives’

WHAT IN THE NAME OF GOD IS GOING ON!?!

There is no dual narratives

An innocent woman was shot dead and the Trump administration is lying about

THAT in the story
January 8, 2026 at 10:09 PM
Certainly does.
January 8, 2026 at 6:56 PM
It's a classic example of: journalism is not saying A says it's raining, B says it isn't (all too often the BBC model). Journalism is going outside, looking up in the sky and telling the truth about whether it's raining or not.
January 8, 2026 at 8:49 AM
It was grim. The boring pathetic attempts to get a 'gotcha' moment.
January 8, 2026 at 7:51 AM
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"What do we call it when a stronger person decides to rob a weaker person because he can?"

"loot" entered the English language in the late 18th century

It's from India - a Hindi word for plunder

"The East India Company: The original corporate raiders"

- @willdalrymple.bsky.social in 2015
The East India Company: The original corporate raiders | William Dalrymple
The long read: For a century, the East India Company conquered, subjugated and plundered vast tracts of south Asia. The lessons of its brutal reign have never been more relevant
www.theguardian.com
January 6, 2026 at 8:42 AM