Mark Breeze
markyb62.bsky.social
Mark Breeze
@markyb62.bsky.social
Engineer/Physicist (retired)
Woke, Ally

#Rejoiner #NeverTory

Cyclist, hillwalker, environment, history, travel, arts.
Husband, uncool dad, no planet B.
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The BBC fiasco shows a core left–right difference, the left long criticised its bias but defends its core principles when unfairly attacked.
The right, having shaped its bias by installing their own, now gleefully throw it under the bus, amplify foreign attacks, and call for its destruction.
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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The BBC's senior leadership resigning en masse over one dodgy edit in one programme, simply because the right wing press demands it, tells you everything you need to know about where the power really lies in that relationship
November 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
A prosaic day fixing the shower.
Pouring outside - otherwise I'd have loved to get outside again.
(Photos of last week's walk around Kedleston).
November 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
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Great interview with Andrew Lownie about his book on the former Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson & the reaction to it by the palace. With a mention of the @fpalondon.bsky.social! We invited him for a press briefing in September when the UK media still tried to ignore the book.
Andrew Lownie wrote an explosive book about Prince Andrew

Then came the backlash.

Legal threats. Journalists were told they’d lose Palace access if they spoke to him

Anonymous social media accounts accused Lownie of visiting sex workers.

This is how ‘the Firm’ works youtu.be/OJHaVsDVv-c?...
November 9, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver, the Motor Insurers' Bureau (MIB) said, based on claims from over 26,000 victims each year.

news.sky.com/story/worst-...
Worst areas for uninsured driving revealed - as hit-and-run victim says he was 'left for dead'
Every 20 minutes, someone in the UK is hit by an uninsured or hit-and-run driver, according to data from the Motor Insurers' Bureau.
news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:40 AM
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The BBC’s week from hell might look like accountability - but there is more than a whiff of orchestration about it all.

When the Telegraph cheers and Trump claps, you have to ask yourself:

Who, exactly, benefits when the Beeb bleeds?
The Beeb Bleeds, the Telegraph Cheers, and Trump Claps From the Balcony
The people who always hated public broadcasting finally smell blood - and the BBC seems too tired and compromised to fight back.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 AM
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Kind of familiar.

Isn't it.
November 9, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Be clear, the American far right are coming for British democracy.
November 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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This is the most abysmal, pathetic thing. The BBC head resigning because the corporation is not supine *enough* to the far-right.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump

➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 6:16 PM
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Blue Labour is the Militant Tendency of the 2020s, and just as damaging
November 9, 2025 at 9:51 AM
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Rather than global cooperation on preventing people seeking asylum, there needs to be global cooperation on ensuring they can do so safely if we are to avoid further tragic loss of life. There's no question Rohinga Muslims need asylum. It's a question of how they get it.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Dozens missing after migrant boat sinks near Malaysia-Thailand border
Malaysian authorities are looking for more survivors after the vessel capsized near the resort of Langkawi.
www.bbc.com
November 9, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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Someone put this "blue plaque" on a London Tesla showroom to mark his becoming the world's first trillionaire. “World’s first trillionaire Elon Musk. Could have solved world hunger but funded fascists instead. Bellend.”
November 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
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Seriously? He has no idea how insurance works or how to govern. I’ll never get over 77 million people thinking a man this incompetent belongs anywhere near the Oval Office.
November 8, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Every single time Labour behave more like Reform, it helps Reform.

They will have plenty of time to reflect on their car crash level stupidity after they've been obliterated at the 2029 GE.

Unfortunately, all the rest of us will be left facing the consequences.

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
November 8, 2025 at 12:40 PM
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Layoffs are reaching their highest levels since the pandemic, but America's corporate elite have never been doing better.

Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
November 8, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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🩸🩸🩸 I'm going to post this video every day so we never forget what the POS 34x convicted felon, DEADLY INSURRECTIONIST, adjudicated rapist & pedophile Donald Trump did 🩸🩸🩸
November 8, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🔴We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts

Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott

www.bylinesupplement.com/p/we-need-to...
We Need to Talk About Michael Gove and Crony Covid Contracts
Gove claims he had no “active role” in the procurement of Covid PPE during the pandemic, yet evidence suggests he was involved in multiple VIP deals worth over £1billion, reports Russell Scott
www.bylinesupplement.com
November 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A majority of the days the government has ever been shut down, Donald Trump was president. www.howtoreadthisch.art/red-versus-b...
November 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Is it me being in a Bluesky/news bubble, or the MAGAs are being very quiet a t m?

Are they being too busy desperately trying to feed, medicate, and house themselves during America's Golden Age?
November 8, 2025 at 5:19 AM
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"What most people don't seem to realize is that there is just as much money to be made out of the wreckage of a civilization as from the upbuilding of one."
Margaret Mitchell*

[*born #OTD in 1900]
November 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
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Excellent news for the UK - and my particular bit of it!

Surely this highlights sharply the head-in-the-sand pig ignorance of 'patriots' who simply want to continue burning fossil fuels.

Looking at you, Messrs Tice and Farage...

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/business/dog...
World's largest offshore windfarm off Yorkshire coast to boost economy by £6.1bn
The Dogger Bank Wind Farm will boost the UK economy by £6.1 billion during its lifetime and support thousands of British jobs over the next three decades, an independent report has found.
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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There are enough resources on our planet to meet the needs of all, but not enough to satisfy the greed of the few.

Maybe that is why Musk wants to exploit other planets as well…
November 7, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Republican legislators continue to surrender power and authority. Weak and useless.

www.nytimes.com/2025/11/06/u...
Republicans Block Measure to Bar Military Strike on Venezuela
www.nytimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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À tale of two cities.

The Macron presidency in Paris, which ends in 2027,will have coincided, broadly with the Brexit period in London.

There is a interesting comparison which tells us something about the UK, about France, and maybe even Brexit.

A 🧵
November 6, 2025 at 7:57 AM