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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 1h

#Newsnight
Did James Rubin get that seat from a cinema?

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 1h

#Newsnight
Donald Trump meets his boss, Vladimir Putin, in Hungary, with the most voracious purchaser of Russian oil, Viktor Orban.
It's a carnival of autocrats.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...

Hungary refuses to stop buying Russian oil despite Trump’s Nato demand

Foreign minister says getting energy supplies elsewhere is a ‘nice dream’ while describing western European officials as ‘fanatics’

www.theguardian.com

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 4h

#c4news
That, from a MAGA regime that has been blackmailing the world with tariffs.
China and America have become equal threats to the world economy.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 4h

#c4news
Donald Trump meets his boss, Vladimir Putin, in the most voracious purchaser of Russian oil, Hungary.
A carnival of autocrats.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 4h

#c4news
What if the CPS, itself, were infiltrated by China?
Has anyone considered that possibility?

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 6h

#BBCPM
Donald Trump is being debriefed by his handler.
No doubt, he'll give Vladimir Putin another 'two weeks.'

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 6h

#BBCPM
This sounds like the airplane seat argument.

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 6h

#BBCPM
What if the CPS were infiltrated by China?

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
I'm stunned that random Reform UK Ltd councillor wasn't asked about fracking.
The hypocrisy of those Reform frauds is extraordinary.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
Reform UK Ltd: We must not tear up Lincolnshire with solar farms!

Also Reform UK Ltd:
drillordrop.com/2025/08/01/l...

Lincolnshire mayor pledges to frack Gainsborough gasfield

The Reform UK mayor of Greater Lincolnshire has said her party will frack a shale gasfield near Gainsborough if it wins the next general election.

drillordrop.com

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
This pro-fossil fuel rant by Annabel Denham is just economic doo-doo.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
This random Reform UK Ltd councillor would prefer that Lincolnshire were torn up by fracking.
Will he be asked about his party/company's fracking policy?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Get ready for fracking, Reform UK tells energy firms

The party is serious about going after shale gas - but critics argue it's too difficult and costly.

www.bbc.co.uk

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
The government official also made an almost identical statement about the last government's policy towards China.

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
Anabel Denham is a complete slave to the elites.
I get the feeling that she won't be happy until the richest people in this country are paying zero tax.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
My first question to this farmer would be: Are you affected by this inheritance tax?
But I suspect he won't be asked that question.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 11h

#PoliticsLive
Former IEA, current Telegraph propagandist Annabel Denham knows that Brexit has choked the UK economy, but she has to keep up the pretence that Brexit is great.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 13h

#BBCNews
The horse is deceased, but they still try to flog it.

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 22h

#Inners #MSNBC
The same Elise Stefanik who hauled college presidents over the coals for alleged antisemitism.
Every single one of those MAGA people are frauds.
www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/n...

Stefanik Has Taken Aim at Elite College Presidents (Published 2024)

www.nytimes.com

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 22h

#Inners #MSNBC
Any word from Bill Ackman about that MAGA group chat?

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 22h

#Inners #MSNBC
By the way, JD Vance must really despise his wife and kids.
I doubt those MAGA goblins didn't racially abuse Asians.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 22h

#Inners #MSNBC
Meanwhile, Tim Scott and Byron Donalds are incommunicado.

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 22h

#Inners #MSNBC
If those 'Young Republicans' (up to 40 years old) were pro-Palestine campus students, what would that hypocrite JD Vance be saying?
These MAGA people are all frauds.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 1d

#Newsnight
Those very same 18-year-olds will go out on the lash, as soon as they can, and we have a far bigger problem with alcohol abuse.

markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 1d

#Newsnight
The Green Party's drug policy is completely sensible.
You will never stop a certain section of society wanting to take drugs.
It's better to remove those people from illegality.

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markofbattersea @markofbattersea.bsky.social · 1d

#Newsnight
Government is just too damned slow in this country.
Just get on with implementing the recommendations.