Mark
@mjbennison.bsky.social
Engineer. It’s probably my fault. Likes: Punk, Post Punk, Post Rock, England RFU and the mighty Boro @mfc.co.uk #UTB
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January 10, 2026 at 3:31 PM
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7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
December 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
7News Australia reports that the hero who jumped and disarmed one of the terrorist shooters
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
His name is Ahmed el-Ahmed
A 43 year old married father of two
He owns a fruit shop in Sutherland
No experience with guns
He was walking past
He has two bullets in his arm
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The EU discourse is perfect because there's something in it for everyone. First of all, the European Union genuinely does have a lot of problems. But more importantly, a lot of people hate it for largely unrelated and often contradictory reasons. It's a great enemy
December 8, 2025 at 10:16 AM
The EU discourse is perfect because there's something in it for everyone. First of all, the European Union genuinely does have a lot of problems. But more importantly, a lot of people hate it for largely unrelated and often contradictory reasons. It's a great enemy
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... and how many members of the FIFA board, too!
December 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
... and how many members of the FIFA board, too!
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This documented, fighting age white British male was found guilty of 7 counts of rape, 4 counts of assault by penetration & 2 of administering a drug his victim’s is life now in tatters
A 2024 HMPPS report showed 76% of offenders were White
Yet Reform/Far Right say migrants are a danger to women❗️
A 2024 HMPPS report showed 76% of offenders were White
Yet Reform/Far Right say migrants are a danger to women❗️
Man jailed after drugging and raping woman in Swindon
Lee Hampton left his victim with daily flashbacks and nightmares about the assaults.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:59 AM
This documented, fighting age white British male was found guilty of 7 counts of rape, 4 counts of assault by penetration & 2 of administering a drug his victim’s is life now in tatters
A 2024 HMPPS report showed 76% of offenders were White
Yet Reform/Far Right say migrants are a danger to women❗️
A 2024 HMPPS report showed 76% of offenders were White
Yet Reform/Far Right say migrants are a danger to women❗️
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I can't tell you how many times I've signed an NDA.
November 11, 2025 at 3:04 PM
I can't tell you how many times I've signed an NDA.
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SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
November 10, 2025 at 6:40 PM
SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten.
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
"I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA
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November 8, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Anyway, we need some joy, so here's the Egyptian foreign minister being given a Lego Pyramid by the Danish foreign minister.
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The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 has been awarded to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado.
The Nobel Committee recognised her “struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
In other words, exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing to the United States.
The Nobel Committee recognised her “struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
In other words, exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing to the United States.
October 10, 2025 at 9:07 AM
The Nobel Peace Prize 2025 has been awarded to Venezuelan democracy activist María Corina Machado.
The Nobel Committee recognised her “struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
In other words, exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing to the United States.
The Nobel Committee recognised her “struggle to achieve a just & peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy.”
In other words, exactly the opposite of what Trump is doing to the United States.
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Remember, if you are going out in the hail showers today, pop a child's xylophone on your head for added fun.
October 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Remember, if you are going out in the hail showers today, pop a child's xylophone on your head for added fun.
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Happy 120th birthday, special relativity!
Albert Einstein introduced special relativity in the paper "On The Electrodynamics Of Moving Bodies," published in Annalen der Physik #OTD in 1905. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Manuscript: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
English: www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einst...
Albert Einstein introduced special relativity in the paper "On The Electrodynamics Of Moving Bodies," published in Annalen der Physik #OTD in 1905. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Manuscript: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
English: www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einst...
September 26, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Happy 120th birthday, special relativity!
Albert Einstein introduced special relativity in the paper "On The Electrodynamics Of Moving Bodies," published in Annalen der Physik #OTD in 1905. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Manuscript: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
English: www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einst...
Albert Einstein introduced special relativity in the paper "On The Electrodynamics Of Moving Bodies," published in Annalen der Physik #OTD in 1905. 🧪 ⚛️ 🔭
Manuscript: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
English: www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/einst...
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A senior Reform member who was their leader in Wales has pleaded guilty to 8 charges of bribery.
He took money from someone connected with the Russian Secret Service to make positive statements about Russia in the EU Parliament when an MEP.
So it's clear:
Vote Reform. Get Putin. Become a traitor.
He took money from someone connected with the Russian Secret Service to make positive statements about Russia in the EU Parliament when an MEP.
So it's clear:
Vote Reform. Get Putin. Become a traitor.
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 26, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A senior Reform member who was their leader in Wales has pleaded guilty to 8 charges of bribery.
He took money from someone connected with the Russian Secret Service to make positive statements about Russia in the EU Parliament when an MEP.
So it's clear:
Vote Reform. Get Putin. Become a traitor.
He took money from someone connected with the Russian Secret Service to make positive statements about Russia in the EU Parliament when an MEP.
So it's clear:
Vote Reform. Get Putin. Become a traitor.
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It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.
September 25, 2025 at 7:38 AM
It’s gone so quickly from ‘boat people’ to all immigrants. So quickly from ‘I don’t mind if they come here legally and pay taxes’ to ‘actually it’s anyone foreign’. We are living in the ‘first they came for’ poem. All to give the population a scapegoat so the super rich can hoard yet more wealth.
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Millions spent on Trump visit. Red carpets, Royals in coronets and golden dining services too. And all he offers in return are petulant racist insults about our capital city and our mayor.
What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig
What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig
September 23, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Millions spent on Trump visit. Red carpets, Royals in coronets and golden dining services too. And all he offers in return are petulant racist insults about our capital city and our mayor.
What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig
What a singular lack of decorum, grace, and courtesy. Fuck him and his damp hands and his nicotine yellow wig
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Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
September 22, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Reform will apparently pledge today that they'd abolish indefinite leave to remain - including retrospectively, to people already granted it. Obviously this is a moral abomination but it is also a practical and legal impossibility.
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Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event, blames his office for ‘error’.
Collects full £93,904+exp as MP but isn't in the Commons often enough.
Previously claimed to have bought a house in his constituency, but after press investigation now tells a different story.
Collects full £93,904+exp as MP but isn't in the Commons often enough.
Previously claimed to have bought a house in his constituency, but after press investigation now tells a different story.
Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event and blames his office
The Reform leader failed to disclose how much he earned or who paid for his visit to a Republican Party event in March 2025
www.independent.co.uk
September 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Farage admits breaching parliamentary rules over Trump event, blames his office for ‘error’.
Collects full £93,904+exp as MP but isn't in the Commons often enough.
Previously claimed to have bought a house in his constituency, but after press investigation now tells a different story.
Collects full £93,904+exp as MP but isn't in the Commons often enough.
Previously claimed to have bought a house in his constituency, but after press investigation now tells a different story.
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I remember when it was universally acknowledged that Tommy Robinson was a racist thug. Now he’s being encouraged by The Telegraph.
Musk is inciting violence and amplifying him.
Reform are saying they’d ’take back the judiciary’ and god knows what else.
What’s happening to Britain?
Musk is inciting violence and amplifying him.
Reform are saying they’d ’take back the judiciary’ and god knows what else.
What’s happening to Britain?
September 15, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I remember when it was universally acknowledged that Tommy Robinson was a racist thug. Now he’s being encouraged by The Telegraph.
Musk is inciting violence and amplifying him.
Reform are saying they’d ’take back the judiciary’ and god knows what else.
What’s happening to Britain?
Musk is inciting violence and amplifying him.
Reform are saying they’d ’take back the judiciary’ and god knows what else.
What’s happening to Britain?
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
www.theguardian.com
September 5, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on £400,000 GB News earnings.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
Poor attendance record in parliament, collects £94,000 salary+expenses.
Has used a trust fund in an offshore tax haven.
Previously described people who try to avoid tax as the “common enemy”.
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Looks like @bylinetimes.bsky.social is sweeping the field in the only award categories that really matter
September 4, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Looks like @bylinetimes.bsky.social is sweeping the field in the only award categories that really matter