Martyn 🏳️🌈
@mjbalson.bsky.social
Born of sailors and grazing farmers. I work in arts and culture. 🏎️🍷🐶🍑🍰
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Out for a pub lunch whilst the brisket bubbles away at home. Loving the more is more approach to the decorations. 😂👍🏻
November 29, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Out for a pub lunch whilst the brisket bubbles away at home. Loving the more is more approach to the decorations. 😂👍🏻
This budget is going to make me very angry is n’t it?
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 PM
This budget is going to make me very angry is n’t it?
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The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
The 50 wealthiest families own more wealth than the bottom 50% of the population.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
How can this Labour Government say this is a "cost of living" budget and refuse to tax the rich?
They care about protecting power and wealth. And cost of living is a buzz phrase for them. Dire.
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Freezing personal allowances until 2031 is brutal.
It’s the ultimate stealth tax. Inflation pushes wages up, the freeze drags you into higher brackets, and your purchasing power vanishes.
Honestly worse than a transparent rate hike.
It’s the ultimate stealth tax. Inflation pushes wages up, the freeze drags you into higher brackets, and your purchasing power vanishes.
Honestly worse than a transparent rate hike.
November 26, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Freezing personal allowances until 2031 is brutal.
It’s the ultimate stealth tax. Inflation pushes wages up, the freeze drags you into higher brackets, and your purchasing power vanishes.
Honestly worse than a transparent rate hike.
It’s the ultimate stealth tax. Inflation pushes wages up, the freeze drags you into higher brackets, and your purchasing power vanishes.
Honestly worse than a transparent rate hike.
Have just moved carriages on the train back from London due to the guy behind me having what I can only describe as garlic-roasted cat shit breath. 🙄
November 25, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Have just moved carriages on the train back from London due to the guy behind me having what I can only describe as garlic-roasted cat shit breath. 🙄
Nothing quite like checking your playlists to find some Apple bot has deleted half of them despite the fact you bought all the songs. Incredibly mingey.
November 23, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Nothing quite like checking your playlists to find some Apple bot has deleted half of them despite the fact you bought all the songs. Incredibly mingey.
I don’t even want great sex. I’d just like quiet intimacy. My partner looking at me through a group of friends out for a drink and reaching out for my hand. Watching me sit back at our table and smiling at me.
November 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I don’t even want great sex. I’d just like quiet intimacy. My partner looking at me through a group of friends out for a drink and reaching out for my hand. Watching me sit back at our table and smiling at me.
Fatuous slag just waddled in to the Thai restaurant drenched in Temu Channel Cinq and fucking ruined my meal. I implore you, sluts all, leave the perfume at home. If you stink that bad, see a doctor.
Yes. I am a snob.
Yes. I am a snob.
November 15, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Fatuous slag just waddled in to the Thai restaurant drenched in Temu Channel Cinq and fucking ruined my meal. I implore you, sluts all, leave the perfume at home. If you stink that bad, see a doctor.
Yes. I am a snob.
Yes. I am a snob.
Pathetic. They just cannot make the big decisions can they? No consideration of the health offset and saving for the NHS. It’s about loss of car tax revenue. Tax up, more on benefits, no reform, no affordable homes. Why should I stay in the UK? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to cut tax benefits for workers using salary sacrifice schemes to buy bikes
Chancellor expected to introduce new limit on how much can be spent on a bicycle through cycle to work scheme
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Pathetic. They just cannot make the big decisions can they? No consideration of the health offset and saving for the NHS. It’s about loss of car tax revenue. Tax up, more on benefits, no reform, no affordable homes. Why should I stay in the UK? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Every year. Truss the shameless lettuce.
November 9, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Every year. Truss the shameless lettuce.
Out for lunch and met eyes with the chef who I fired from work about six months ago. Too late to back out. Just assuming the worst for my steak. Fucked. 😂
November 3, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Out for lunch and met eyes with the chef who I fired from work about six months ago. Too late to back out. Just assuming the worst for my steak. Fucked. 😂
Firework wankers out already then. 🙄
November 1, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Firework wankers out already then. 🙄
Lovely rainbow on the bike today in the rain. Shortly after this I got crapped on by a bird from head to toe. 😳
November 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Lovely rainbow on the bike today in the rain. Shortly after this I got crapped on by a bird from head to toe. 😳
Rainy half day pint. 🍺
October 31, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Rainy half day pint. 🍺
That stupid hour really caught up with me today. 😳
October 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
That stupid hour really caught up with me today. 😳
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OK, I’m not pulling any punches on this one as the consequences are just way too big.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
October 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
OK, I’m not pulling any punches on this one as the consequences are just way too big.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
In the history of colossally stupid & historically self-destructive political choices, giving power to Nigel Farage in the UK could be comparable to giving Trump power in the United States.
Please don’t do it.
Just did an old school leaving my number for a guy we’ve been light flirting with for about a year. Not sure it’s going to happen. Feel like a bit of a dick right now. 🥺💁🏼♂️
October 24, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Just did an old school leaving my number for a guy we’ve been light flirting with for about a year. Not sure it’s going to happen. Feel like a bit of a dick right now. 🥺💁🏼♂️
The Sora 2 AI content coming out in the last week feels like such a huge shift. Literally flooding social media. Much of it imperceptible from reality. Bleak and hugely worrying.
October 9, 2025 at 8:50 PM
The Sora 2 AI content coming out in the last week feels like such a huge shift. Literally flooding social media. Much of it imperceptible from reality. Bleak and hugely worrying.
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A poem I’d like to think is very British
October 5, 2025 at 2:02 PM
A poem I’d like to think is very British
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Kemi Badenoch doesn't seem to understand that the ECHR was set up to protect everyone from people like her.
October 5, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Kemi Badenoch doesn't seem to understand that the ECHR was set up to protect everyone from people like her.
Ugh. So handsome. 🏎️
October 5, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Ugh. So handsome. 🏎️