Martyn 🏳️🌈
@mjbalson.bsky.social
Born of sailors and grazing farmers. I work in arts and culture. 🏎️🍷🐶🍑🍰
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Pathetic. They just cannot make the big decisions can they? No consideration of the health offset and saving for the NHS. It’s about loss of car tax revenue. Tax up, more on benefits, no reform, no affordable homes. Why should I stay in the UK? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Pathetic. They just cannot make the big decisions can they? No consideration of the health offset and saving for the NHS. It’s about loss of car tax revenue. Tax up, more on benefits, no reform, no affordable homes. Why should I stay in the UK? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Every year. Truss the shameless lettuce.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Every year. Truss the shameless lettuce.
Out for lunch and met eyes with the chef who I fired from work about six months ago. Too late to back out. Just assuming the worst for my steak. Fucked. 😂
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Out for lunch and met eyes with the chef who I fired from work about six months ago. Too late to back out. Just assuming the worst for my steak. Fucked. 😂
Firework wankers out already then. 🙄
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Firework wankers out already then. 🙄
Lovely rainbow on the bike today in the rain. Shortly after this I got crapped on by a bird from head to toe. 😳
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Lovely rainbow on the bike today in the rain. Shortly after this I got crapped on by a bird from head to toe. 😳
Rainy half day pint. 🍺
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Rainy half day pint. 🍺
That stupid hour really caught up with me today. 😳
October 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
That stupid hour really caught up with me today. 😳
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OK, I’m not pulling any punches on this one as the consequences are just way too big.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OK, I’m not pulling any punches on this one as the consequences are just way too big.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
Just did an old school leaving my number for a guy we’ve been light flirting with for about a year. Not sure it’s going to happen. Feel like a bit of a dick right now. 🥺💁🏼♂️
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just did an old school leaving my number for a guy we’ve been light flirting with for about a year. Not sure it’s going to happen. Feel like a bit of a dick right now. 🥺💁🏼♂️
The Sora 2 AI content coming out in the last week feels like such a huge shift. Literally flooding social media. Much of it imperceptible from reality. Bleak and hugely worrying.
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Sora 2 AI content coming out in the last week feels like such a huge shift. Literally flooding social media. Much of it imperceptible from reality. Bleak and hugely worrying.
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A poem I’d like to think is very British
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A poem I’d like to think is very British
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Kemi Badenoch doesn't seem to understand that the ECHR was set up to protect everyone from people like her.
October 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Kemi Badenoch doesn't seem to understand that the ECHR was set up to protect everyone from people like her.
Ugh. So handsome. 🏎️
October 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ugh. So handsome. 🏎️
Some idiots tried to burn down a small mosque in Sussex while people were inside. Thankfully, no one was harmed. I saw it on CNN. Mostly ignored by our media. 💁🏼♂️
October 5, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Some idiots tried to burn down a small mosque in Sussex while people were inside. Thankfully, no one was harmed. I saw it on CNN. Mostly ignored by our media. 💁🏼♂️
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"Milei is amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing. That's leadership" - Nigel Farage
Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch
Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch
October 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
"Milei is amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing. That's leadership" - Nigel Farage
Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch
Milei would be the "template" for my government - Kemi Badenoch
This was exactly what I wanted to eat today and it’s a simple and beautiful dish. Food. One of my two loves. Food and 🍑 👅
October 4, 2025 at 12:42 PM
This was exactly what I wanted to eat today and it’s a simple and beautiful dish. Food. One of my two loves. Food and 🍑 👅
If you think this man is the answer, you do not know what being British is…
October 3, 2025 at 11:27 PM
If you think this man is the answer, you do not know what being British is…
Saw the Doctor last night for some test results. He said my cholesterol was on the high side but my Vine brain kicked in and I missed what he said about statins. 💁🏼♂️🙄
October 1, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Saw the Doctor last night for some test results. He said my cholesterol was on the high side but my Vine brain kicked in and I missed what he said about statins. 💁🏼♂️🙄
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Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
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How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...
September 29, 2025 at 9:29 PM
How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...