martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
What's the brace position for cats in an emergency landing?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
What's the brace position for cats in an emergency landing?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
If there is no free speech, if they cannot be scrutinized, the releasing the Epstein files has no effect.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
US president a rapist, the Brother the UK head of state paid millions to woman he allegedly abused.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The British upper class are dependable, they will always let you down. The privilege elite.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The story of the British people being ripped off by the private sector is a narrative the current Blue Labour government wants to ignore. Expect intense indifference from the current government, they want to cosy up to the same type of people that did this rip off, (unless they can blame migrants).
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Join the Green Party.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Private equity, ripping of the British people from cradle to grave.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Classic Scottish delicacies My gran used to love a tunnocks caramel wafer, and she was from Hampshire.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Kraken technology should make thiem a few squid.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Government issues gilts as part of the inflation offset, this has been done for centuries but is not actually needed. Governments that issue their own currency do not need is issue securities. For a better view of this see: www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Just not very loudy
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Who is the UK borrowing from and when do they want their money back? Or should it be called money creation, which needs to have inflationary effects countered by fair progressive taxation?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Starmer is happy, he cravenly crawled before Trump, and he doesn't like Sidiq Khan because he is more popular in the Labour Party ( mind you leprosy is more popular in the Labour party than Starmer at the moment).
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
A serious point put with dark satirical humour. It is perhaps a sign of how desperate the situation is under trump that the integrity of law enforcement is so dire , that it is a possibility the state would consider the murder of an inconvenient person a possibility.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't forget get the British Imperial atrocities in Malaya and against Mau May for a start.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
There is also increasing potential of geothermal and osmotic power.
Oliver (@oliver48.bsky.social) reposted
Feasts breed famine #BlameMillionairesNotMigrants meme via Angie Stack
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
But announced it will be reducing quantitative tightening. It shouldn't be doing this at all and Reeves should have stopped this last year. It was quantitve tightening that helped cause the some of the problems with the Truss budget crisis.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
I think it is nearer billions that will go the private companies. Not only does privatization harm the public sector, it also harms the private sector, diverting resources away from the productive sectors.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Just another financial crowbar for wealth extraction from the British economy.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds more reasonable than Trump.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
A genocidal army sends misleading SMS, lets people escape strikes only to strikes later. T
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Sounds just like any recent tory home secretary.
Dr Eric Farmer (@himself132.bsky.social) reposted
Reform UK features in 25% of the BBC's 10 o'clock news bulletins, with less than 1% of parliamentary seats. The state broadcaster's coverage of Farage allowed him to spook the Tories into the Brexit referendum, which caused enduring damage. Now they promote a Reform govt that would defund them!
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Made by Hugo Boss
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Reminds me of: www.youtube.com/watch?v=erkt...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Ah Haa !!
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
What happens if they recruit a self identifying conservative who then decides to transition to liberal (on seeing the error of their ways). Will trans political be barred and forced to start spouting conservative rubbish all the time?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
I believe they are going to fight it, as they do not accept it was criminal.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Bail on conditions, ( breaking conditions is a criminal offence in it's own right) or remand. Caution is only if you accept there was a crime and is in effect a guilty plea without going to court but with no immediate sanction.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
They have committed the ultimate crime, made the establishment look stupid.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Acorn Atom, built in assembler with Integer Basic, £140 as a kit.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
BS1363 or BS546 Plugs?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Monarchy and aristocracy is basically a protection racket that has been going for a millennium or so.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
I believe it was Drax's ancestor who developed the accountancy principle of writing off capital assets over 7 years, that was the life expectancy of a slave in his sugar plantation. It was cheaper to work a slave to death over 7 years then get another rather than treat them humanely .
David Schraub (@schraubd.bsky.social) reposted
So you don’t think it’s a “genocide”? Fine. If it was “just” ethnic cleansing, it should have been enough (dayenu). If it was just starvation as a weapon of war, dayenu. If it was just torture at black site prisons, dayenu. If it was just pogroms in the West Bank, dayenu. Enough is enough.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Spread it around Flag of St George = solidarity with Palestine www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't for the billions paid to city parasites as well.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Don't forget the huge amounts paid in City of London bankers and advisors fees and chrarges.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Easy Scapegoats so you don't blame the bankers or other assorted asset strippers.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
You rectified your mistake.
Prof Bill McGuire (@profbillmcguire.bsky.social) reposted
"Fusing Israel with “the Jewish people” is a key propaganda technique" This hits the nail right on the head The problem is - it's working www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
St George was a Palestinian ( Palestinian mother, brought up in Palestine) www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
And how much has been paid in fees and charges to the City of London, Bankers, Advisors, Accountants, lawyers, fixers and 'PR' ? How much corporate hospitality, junkets and slush has corruptly oiled the wheels? How much has gone to pliant journalists to push the wonders of privatization?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
St George was a Palestinian ( Palestinian mother, brought up in Palestine) www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazin...
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Israel is committing Genocide. If you agree Like/RT, lets make this the most Liked post to prove that everyone knows exactly what Israel is doing.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
I would ask how much has been paid to the City of London financial sector including advisors and PR.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Also a lot of WRNS ( and other RN) were working at Bletchley Park on decoding German signals,
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
According to gridwatch.co.uk at the moment 14:45 15-9-25 73% of UK demand is met by wind or solar.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
What about Welsh and Gaelic? Or Cornish or Manx ?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Some FAA pilots were involved, both flying defensive sorties over dockyards and some volunteers flew RAF aircraft. Sailors manned anti aircraft guns on ships and shore stations. On the other hand to claim direct experience through inheritance, absolute rubbish.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The financial institutions of world take this very seriously, and are asking themselves "how can we make a profit from all this misery ?"
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember the curate ( I went to a church school, despite being Jewish) saying the feeding of the 5000 was not so much a miracle but simply people being encouraged to share what they had and everyone got enough to eat.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The Zionists weren't so keen on the British establishment when they blew up the King David Hotel.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Bankers contribution to society is highly negative. The city of London between 1995 and 2015 cost the economy £4.5 TRILLION pounds ( not account for inflation since) taxjustice.net/press/press-...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Be grateful, we are getting towards summers we pray will end soon. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Future records will show that we are at the end of the coolest quarter of the 21st century. Records broken this year round the world, but those record will not last long.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Our current system is very good at redistribution of wealth, extracted from those that produce it, to the rich and powerful.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The Besa machine gun used the standard German rifle Mauser ammunition, so it could use captured stocks.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
If you really want growth stop private equity and hedge funds asset stripping the productive sectors, rather than promising them less regulation to stop their economically and environmentally destructive wealth extraction. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Katie Hopkins compared Israel to apartheid era South Africa, but was not called an anti-Semite, mostly because she was praising Israel and though it was a compliment to Israel.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Essentially capitalist petrol head complains about the failures of capitalism and the problems of global heating.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Presumably as long as Elon likes what you said.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Will only make Farage's demands more extreme.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social)
NHS will die if Labour continue with PFI and neo liberal policies that allow the public sector to be asset stripped. Labour is enabling Reform anyway, Labour needs to take on the vested interests it is currently pandering to. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The rich say "we can make money selling them medicines and medical care, then they die, win win for us!"
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
He talks like a c*nt.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The financial crash was caused by the rich financial parasites'. They use their money to fund the likes of Farage Johnson using migrants, the poor and disabled as scapegoats. Look what this government is doing www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Zionist apologist: Look at all those belongings they have, and they still have fuel to move about, they are almost in luxury!
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
This country has been broken by the rich and privileged using their position to asset strip the country and the world and despoil the environment and use their paid mouthpieces to blame the poor and vulnerable as scapegoat.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
As I have said Labour Minister acts as apologist for extremist thugs. Also the financial crisis was caused by unfettered financial parasites, and this government has just got rid of the limits excessive bonuses that helped cause the crash. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Better reference www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Screen shot of relevant text, taken at time of reference, but the BBC sometimes 'update#' stories like this.
Democracy Now! (@democracynow.org) reposted
"Epstein’s sex-trafficking operation, we now know, operated in large part because he had unfettered access to the global financial system. And for many years, it was JPMorgan that was providing him with that access."
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social)
Labour Minister acts as apologist for extremist thugs. Also the financial crisis was caused by unfettered financial parasites, and this government has just got rid of the limits excessive bonuses that helped cause the crash. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The problem is not the number of people but the number of thugs and extremists in the crowd.
The Canary (@thecanaryuk.bsky.social) reposted
Video: Israeli conductor gives passionate anti-genocide speech at BBC Proms On one of the biggest stages in classical music, Ilan Volkov demanded action over Israel's ongoing genocide in Gaza www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Starmer and Blue Labour will only listen to the money, and ignore the sound of suffering.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Another glimpse at the inner workings of corporate greed. These corporate intelligence companies and alike are conduits for corruption and collusion to enrich those in their circle at a cost to country and world as a whole, part of the wealth extraction process of the rich and privileged.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
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martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Remember Starmer chose Mandelson as an advisor.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The met used facial recognition on the DOJ/Palestine Action protest, but not on today's Unite the Kingdom demo.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Two tier policing.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
It has been seen in the US that many on the extream right work in law enforcement.
Prof Bill McGuire (@profbillmcguire.bsky.social) reposted
Pro-Palestinian marches 2 to 3 times bigger than this were barely covered by the BBC Ditto for similarly huge marches for climate and nature So, BBC, why is this different? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
I knew an agnostic, dyslexic, insomniac, he was up all night wandering if there was a dog
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
The irony is that global heating is making the west Bank land ever more marginal and the settlers are increasingly stressing the available water resources.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
I remember the Oklahoma City Bombing was attributed to Islamic terrorists, until it a right wing nutjob was found to have done it. I suspect a disaffected MAGA for the latest murder.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Good, the Greens represent most of where Labour should be. Starmer won't call an election yet, his cronies haven't established enough credibility with vested interests they want to get high paying non jobs with yet.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
It is what the vested interests that have the ear of Keir, and McSweeney want so it is what the policy is. If Starmer were to announce a new EU referendum it gives his government a new lease of life and huge amounts of bile from the Tory press, so he won't do it.
BladeoftheSun (@bladeofthes.bsky.social) reposted
Zack Polanski "The Labour Party is fundamentally broken, it seeks only to protect the wealth of its donors."
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Nationalisation of the bits the private sector has given up on, the lucrative bits remain in the greed sector.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Compared to Blair Cameron and Clegg, Boris is a shabby bungling ametuer, the revelation that he is still a grifter and liar will come as no shock.
Normal Island News (@normalisland.co.uk) reposted
BREAKING: Israel has launched a drone strike on the secret residence of the graffiti artist known as Banksy. Foreign secretary Yvette Cooper has apologised unequivocally for Banksy's "terrorist artwork" and thanked Israel for the bombing ♥️
Prem Sikka (@premnsikka.bsky.social) reposted
Rachel Reeves tells private equity bosses she plans to shut down more regulators. Numerous banking scandals. PE is unregulated PE devoured hospitals, care homes, water, high street. Banks continue to engage in predatory practices. What next? Finance sector needs effective regulation.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Need to keep saying Privatisation and private finance has been a DISASTER for the PRIVATE sector, directing money and effort away from the productive parts of the economy into the public sector that would be far better served by a well run public sector with an ethos of service rather than profit.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Perhaps if we chain Trump and the republican leadership to an underwater curtain it will work better at reducing CO2.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
Starmer came in bad faith, how many of his pledges, made when he was elected leader has he kept? Why are food banks still seeing evermore demand while the rich wallow in evermore sumptuous luxury?
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
So are Blue Labour. Yes sorry you are correct, Blue Labour are the right.
martinpb66.bsky.social (@martinpb66.bsky.social) reply parent
No, too many politicians want to do the same themselves, indeed it is a major plank of being in Blue Labour.