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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · 7h

It has been very strange in its' pull - occasionally my 16y and 18y olds will pop in to watch Gogglebox with us BUT they've been all over Celebrity Traitors since episode 2..all watching together tonight at 9!

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · 2d

Really interesting, thank you - will be an informative read for my 16 and 18 year olds. Does remind me of worried colleagues in the mid 90's who worked in IBM mainframe support who retrained when SAP was implemented - ultimately that retraining proved lucrative for most of them over the years

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · 6d

Wasn't a thing in Bury in the 70's/80's - as kids we'd build a shit Guy Fawkes and spend the week before 5th Nov wheeling it around door to door in our village asking for 'penny for the Guy' just so we could afford to buy fireworks for our own 'Bommie'

Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · 17d

Haha..reminds me of doing my MCSE certification 25 odd years ago and setting up Windows NT Servers in the practice labs and having loads of replication issues - MS instructor "DNS, it's always DNS - come back in the morning and it will have worked itself through"

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · 22d

Has been interesting reading about his Dad’s behaviour with Jobe at Dortmund..maybe explains where the attitude comes from and looks like TT having a time limited contract is benefiting squad selection based on finding the best team rather than a disjointed one full of “star” players

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Kath @kathyburke.bsky.social · Oct 7

Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 25

Recently watched the Edna O'Brien documentary 'Blue Roads' and it came up that she was a guest on the first ever QT..had to look it up as thought QT had been around much longer!

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 11

It's very poor from a new leader and doesn't bode well for the Greens. No mention of social media platforms, right wing press and TV. Think for some it's v easy to blame poverty, racism is literally everywhere in our society regardless of class, just some folk are more covert with it than others

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 11

Seem to remember a quote during the Greensill scandal that although being very wealthy, David Cameron desperately wanted more so he could be part of the filthy rich yacht owning elite with whom he was mixing..

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 11

The vetting process looked suspect considering the amount of info in the public domain i.e. FT reporting 2 years ago that "Mandelson stayed at Epstein's luxury house in Manhattan while the financier was in jail for soliciting a minor"

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 5

I don’t know what medication she’s taking for imposter syndrome but I’d like some..

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 4

I don't know what it is that they hate? She's a successful, young, left wing working class northern woman..it's such a mystery..

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 4

Tice and his ilk are ghouls who don't believe in anything that they have no direct experience of or conditions they choose not to understand. If his wiki is to be believed he identifies as a 'christian'..hmmm

Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 2

She shouldn't be anywhere near a top cabinet job, at best a lowly minister of state where she can't do damage. Trouble is no one wants to do Home Office so you tend to get nasty or inept politicians filling the role. Why can't they just say, I have a flag but I just get it out when the football's on

Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 1

Accidentally landed on NN, saw the guests and immediately off to Martin Parr on BBC4. Why do the producers keep booking irrelevant and failed politicians? Was so much better in the 40/45 minute format with the in depth stories that they broke

bart simpson is giving a speech at a podium while homer simpson is standing in the doorway

ALT: bart simpson is giving a speech at a podium while homer simpson is standing in the doorway

media.tenor.com

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Sep 1

Didn't realise it was coming up on BBC4..we rented it on Friday night and it was, as you'd expect glorious. So, so talented and his ability to gently blend into any social setting is fascinating to watch. Hate to say national treasure but we do spot funny situations and go 'that's a Martin Parr!'..

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 27

Same, it’s the dangerous normalisation of the phrases “illegal immigrants” and “camps” all going unchallenged by the media and Labour. Dubai regular, Tice on NN last night spouting bollox about ECHR but at last VD called him out. Labour need to espouse the positives of migration and denounce Farage

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 26

Labour has 4 years left. They could easily manage an ethical and responsible narrative on migration, how it benefits the UK etc. They could attack Farage/Reform and draw a line in the sand with little to no impact on their voter base. They would rather race to the bottom for no gain whatsoever.

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 26

Ah brilliant we’ve already got tickets! Really looking forward to it

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 23

I love this song and hunted down a live version of it on YT, his voice not so good 😆

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 22

But that would involve Lisa Nandy actually doing "something" at DCMS

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 20

First, Sam hope you’re well 🙏 and second, just watched Newsnight and shocked at the lazy lack of pushback. Penny Mourdaunt was just racing to the bottom as much as Zia Yusuf and within a breathe was bemoaning wealthy entrepreneurs “leaving” the UK if Reeves introduced a property tax

Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 20

Great piece in The i, just watched Newsnight and despair. No pushback from O’Connell on lots of false claims and a Tory council leader in Broxbourne worried about her daughters and the asylum seekers..so grim

Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 20

Just watched Newsnight and the race to the bottom on immigration is just sickening. GRIM. Producers booking RW nobs to compete against each other rather than highlighting fact checks on actual irregular vs legit applications…where irregular = fleeing war or just looking for a better life

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Martin Jones @martcj.bsky.social · Aug 20

Well done last night being the voice of reason against a former political lightweight who's only contribution was to talk all over you...couldn't believe it when O'Connell thanked you both for your "passionate views", Clarke had no coherent view other than calling people "illegal"

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