Mark Purchase
@markpurch.bsky.social
"Now, You've Got A Corpse In A Car, Minus A Head, In A Garage. Take Me To It."
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Surely all these isembarrassingly tone deaf, culturally insensitive and I imagine if you are Scottish or Irish, offensive tweets are just rage farming at this point. He comes across as someone needy and desperate for attention. Can't buy a blue tick and visibility here.
December 20, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Surely all these isembarrassingly tone deaf, culturally insensitive and I imagine if you are Scottish or Irish, offensive tweets are just rage farming at this point. He comes across as someone needy and desperate for attention. Can't buy a blue tick and visibility here.
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Starmer now doomed
December 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Starmer now doomed
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He seems to have radicalised himself over the years. I'm sure he made some sort of sense back in the beginning. I don't remember him being such an exceptionalist at the start. Now he's gone the way of Brexiters... or maybe he's just sold out.
Could Andrew be the James Melville of Brexit?
Could Andrew be the James Melville of Brexit?
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 PM
He seems to have radicalised himself over the years. I'm sure he made some sort of sense back in the beginning. I don't remember him being such an exceptionalist at the start. Now he's gone the way of Brexiters... or maybe he's just sold out.
Could Andrew be the James Melville of Brexit?
Could Andrew be the James Melville of Brexit?
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It's such an odd way to approach campaigning, trying to be so rude that you alienate everyone around you.
Which is why I question the actual motivation of so many of these "pro-Europeans"
Which is why I question the actual motivation of so many of these "pro-Europeans"
December 20, 2025 at 9:33 AM
It's such an odd way to approach campaigning, trying to be so rude that you alienate everyone around you.
Which is why I question the actual motivation of so many of these "pro-Europeans"
Which is why I question the actual motivation of so many of these "pro-Europeans"
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An article that brings you back to the good old days of Brexit with its warped and at times strange arguments. I have a question at the end, so please bear with me, but I'll highlight some examples: /1
December 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
An article that brings you back to the good old days of Brexit with its warped and at times strange arguments. I have a question at the end, so please bear with me, but I'll highlight some examples: /1
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It all comes down to an inability to distinguish between comforting superiority narratives and reality. It pervades culture far beyond right-wing circles. All that needs to be binned. Fresh thinking needs to start from reality. As a general principle, this applies to all of Europe, of course.
December 18, 2025 at 8:48 PM
It all comes down to an inability to distinguish between comforting superiority narratives and reality. It pervades culture far beyond right-wing circles. All that needs to be binned. Fresh thinking needs to start from reality. As a general principle, this applies to all of Europe, of course.
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And what a tedious bit of 'Brexit wasn't done properly' nonsense he has come up with. Tho' I did enjoy the delicious stupidity of: "Post-Brexit, London also could have become more of a hub for blockchain and stablecoins. But many Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of the tax regime."
Paul Marshall, 'a writer' who also owns GB News, Unherd and The Spectator, and is chief stoker of the culture wars.
December 19, 2025 at 8:26 AM
And what a tedious bit of 'Brexit wasn't done properly' nonsense he has come up with. Tho' I did enjoy the delicious stupidity of: "Post-Brexit, London also could have become more of a hub for blockchain and stablecoins. But many Bitcoin traders prefer Portugal and Milan because of the tax regime."
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Erasmus was scrapped for ideological reasons, not economic ones. Rejoining means backing a programme that grows skills, brings money into local economies and reconnects Britain to everyday European cooperation that actually works.
December 19, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Erasmus was scrapped for ideological reasons, not economic ones. Rejoining means backing a programme that grows skills, brings money into local economies and reconnects Britain to everyday European cooperation that actually works.
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🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
European Council, 18 December 2025, Ukraine
The European Council discussed the latest developments as regards Ukraine.
www.consilium.europa.eu
December 19, 2025 at 8:21 AM
🚨🚨Breaking: #EU has secured essential funding through a loan to #Ukraine of EUR 90 billion for the years 2026-2027 but failed to secure agreement on a deal on sending Russian #frozenassets to Ukraine after a 16-hour summit in Brussels. 🧵 www.consilium.europa.eu/en/press/pre...
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"what is not clear is whether the issue is Brexit itself or the way it has been implemented"
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a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his hand on his chin and the words `` sure '' written on his face .
ALT: a man with a beard is sitting at a table with his hand on his chin and the words `` sure '' written on his face .
media.tenor.com
December 19, 2025 at 7:33 AM
"what is not clear is whether the issue is Brexit itself or the way it has been implemented"
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Just as the US re-elected Trump, so the UK is going to make the idiotic mistake of re-electing Boris Johnson ... in the guise of his alter ego Farage:
Another braying demagogue posing as a tribune of the people, with the same vanity, arrogance and carelessness, the same Russian friends ...
Another braying demagogue posing as a tribune of the people, with the same vanity, arrogance and carelessness, the same Russian friends ...
December 18, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Just as the US re-elected Trump, so the UK is going to make the idiotic mistake of re-electing Boris Johnson ... in the guise of his alter ego Farage:
Another braying demagogue posing as a tribune of the people, with the same vanity, arrogance and carelessness, the same Russian friends ...
Another braying demagogue posing as a tribune of the people, with the same vanity, arrogance and carelessness, the same Russian friends ...
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That was called "freedom of movement"...
Nonetheless I've always thought we should have an Erasmus-like scheme for people who weren't in education. Just take a checkout worker at Aldi in Plymouth and let them be a checkout worker at Aldi in Bruges for a year or something. Never does harm to let people see a bit of the world.
Important point: university isn't just for posh kids; Erasmus+ gives non-posh kids same chance as posh kids to study abroad, which they otherwise wdn't have; & covers vocational & other non-university training & education exchanges. And if more students come to the UK, that increases UK soft power.
December 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
That was called "freedom of movement"...
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It seems weird they think the European negotiators are weighing the merits of either:
1) Cutting a special deal for Britain; or
2) Demonstrating Brexit does not work.
It seems more likely that they have a single goal:
1) Patiently explaining the terms under which Britain may rejoin the EU.
1) Cutting a special deal for Britain; or
2) Demonstrating Brexit does not work.
It seems more likely that they have a single goal:
1) Patiently explaining the terms under which Britain may rejoin the EU.
December 18, 2025 at 10:33 AM
It seems weird they think the European negotiators are weighing the merits of either:
1) Cutting a special deal for Britain; or
2) Demonstrating Brexit does not work.
It seems more likely that they have a single goal:
1) Patiently explaining the terms under which Britain may rejoin the EU.
1) Cutting a special deal for Britain; or
2) Demonstrating Brexit does not work.
It seems more likely that they have a single goal:
1) Patiently explaining the terms under which Britain may rejoin the EU.
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In the year of grace 2025 the British are still coming to terms with the fact that theirs is not a special country entitled to special treatment, and that the EU will decide on what it wants from the UK and for the most part will get it on its terms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
December 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
In the year of grace 2025 the British are still coming to terms with the fact that theirs is not a special country entitled to special treatment, and that the EU will decide on what it wants from the UK and for the most part will get it on its terms www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
December 18, 2025 at 9:34 AM
If your cost-benefit model tells you it isn't worth investing in a tram or light rail system for an urban area with a population of well over 1m, like Leeds-Bradford, your model is wrong and should be thrown in the bin.
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MAGGIE, MAGGIE, MAGGIE!
a man says freedom for tooting in front of graffiti on a wall
ALT: a man says freedom for tooting in front of graffiti on a wall
media.tenor.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
MAGGIE, MAGGIE, MAGGIE!
Some good news at last
Net migration to UK could rise to 300,000 by end of decade, says government adviser
Net migration to UK could rise to 300,000 by end of decade, says government adviser
Chair of migration advisory committee says figure will jump as numbers of overseas students and workers rise again
Net migration to the UK could rise to around 300,000 by the end of the decade, a leading government adviser has said.
Prof Brian Bell, the chair of the migration advisory committee, said the overall migration figure will jump “in the medium term” from the current level of 204,000 as the numbers of overseas students and workers rise again. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Some good news at last
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Six years after it was ripped away, Erasmus is coming back, and it did not happen by accident. Sustained campaigning and relentless pressure forced this back onto the agenda. Young people finally get their opportunities back.
December 17, 2025 at 10:50 AM
Six years after it was ripped away, Erasmus is coming back, and it did not happen by accident. Sustained campaigning and relentless pressure forced this back onto the agenda. Young people finally get their opportunities back.
We like a nice petition
I keep trying in case one day I might actually sign one that achieves something
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I keep trying in case one day I might actually sign one that achieves something
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
petition.parliament.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We like a nice petition
I keep trying in case one day I might actually sign one that achieves something
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I keep trying in case one day I might actually sign one that achieves something
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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And could have been done a year ago by Starmer. We’ve been let down across the board by our politicians.
Britain could have joined Erasmus five years ago; an agreement on funding was completed between negotiators but vetoed “at the very last minute” by Boris Johnson. From Stefaan de Rynck’s book
December 17, 2025 at 9:20 AM
And could have been done a year ago by Starmer. We’ve been let down across the board by our politicians.
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I have difficulty with the Lib Dems saying what the rest of Europe sees as normal as un-British. It’s what what T May and other Tories said on many Europe issues, it may be ok for Europe but we’re British! Please challenge on its merits not if it’s ’British’
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2569821...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2569821...
Vikki Slade MP says mandatory digital ID is 'un-British'
Nearly 3 million sign petition against mandatory digital ID in UK. Lib Dem MP Vikki Slade calls policy "un-British" and urges ministers to…
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:22 AM
I have difficulty with the Lib Dems saying what the rest of Europe sees as normal as un-British. It’s what what T May and other Tories said on many Europe issues, it may be ok for Europe but we’re British! Please challenge on its merits not if it’s ’British’
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2569821...
www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2569821...
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If it weren’t for the shootings, I’d be convinced the US didn’t have any schools…
December 16, 2025 at 12:32 AM
If it weren’t for the shootings, I’d be convinced the US didn’t have any schools…
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Chris Grey is correct here
For there to be a ‘reset’ in UK / EU relations and the Uk economy to improve there needs to be a positive affirmation of European identity.
Within England, I only see this in the Greens and 70% ish in the LibDems
This is a good thread
For there to be a ‘reset’ in UK / EU relations and the Uk economy to improve there needs to be a positive affirmation of European identity.
Within England, I only see this in the Greens and 70% ish in the LibDems
This is a good thread
And not because Britain is not like the US or China or India, but is actually far far like us, like Nlands, Fra, Irl and Bel.
No, because this is a question of our civilisational survival.
The join focus has to be community, not pounds, shillings and pence.
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No, because this is a question of our civilisational survival.
The join focus has to be community, not pounds, shillings and pence.
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@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 6:04 AM
Chris Grey is correct here
For there to be a ‘reset’ in UK / EU relations and the Uk economy to improve there needs to be a positive affirmation of European identity.
Within England, I only see this in the Greens and 70% ish in the LibDems
This is a good thread
For there to be a ‘reset’ in UK / EU relations and the Uk economy to improve there needs to be a positive affirmation of European identity.
Within England, I only see this in the Greens and 70% ish in the LibDems
This is a good thread
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Brilliant thread!
Theresa Villiers on Badenoch. Oddly I hope she's right but this is the latest in the Telegraph's 'Whisper it' series. The record of this series is not good.... (thread)
December 15, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Brilliant thread!
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Maybe.
But the UK needs a democratic alternative to the government, not another hard-right party with louche ties to Moscow
(Actually it could do with Tories who behave like conservatives too)
But the UK needs a democratic alternative to the government, not another hard-right party with louche ties to Moscow
(Actually it could do with Tories who behave like conservatives too)
December 15, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Maybe.
But the UK needs a democratic alternative to the government, not another hard-right party with louche ties to Moscow
(Actually it could do with Tories who behave like conservatives too)
But the UK needs a democratic alternative to the government, not another hard-right party with louche ties to Moscow
(Actually it could do with Tories who behave like conservatives too)