Martin
@martinavatar.bsky.social
Does stuff. Likes things. Lives in England.
The frog song was for a children’s film, ffs.
November 28, 2025 at 8:14 PM
The frog song was for a children’s film, ffs.
“Niemöller? Who’s that?”
A prerequisite of working for the Jewish Chronicle.
A prerequisite of working for the Jewish Chronicle.
November 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
“Niemöller? Who’s that?”
A prerequisite of working for the Jewish Chronicle.
A prerequisite of working for the Jewish Chronicle.
Alms for the poor?
Woke.
Woke.
November 28, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Alms for the poor?
Woke.
Woke.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:07 AM
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Gutter journalism.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Gutter journalism.
I thought doorstepping family members was gutter journalism reserved for the likes of the Mail and the Mirror?
I know the Times has gone downhill but I didn't think it was to this extent.
I know the Times has gone downhill but I didn't think it was to this extent.
November 28, 2025 at 10:45 AM
I thought doorstepping family members was gutter journalism reserved for the likes of the Mail and the Mirror?
I know the Times has gone downhill but I didn't think it was to this extent.
I know the Times has gone downhill but I didn't think it was to this extent.
OFCOM - the regulator that won’t regulate anything.
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
OFCOM - the regulator that won’t regulate anything.
Finding out the number of legal threats sent by various political parties to the BBC would be an interesting FoI request.
I hypothesise it’s a silly amount by Brexit/Reform
I hypothesise it’s a silly amount by Brexit/Reform
November 25, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Finding out the number of legal threats sent by various political parties to the BBC would be an interesting FoI request.
I hypothesise it’s a silly amount by Brexit/Reform
I hypothesise it’s a silly amount by Brexit/Reform
Isn’t it arguably too late to worry about the normalisation of Farage?
He’s now an institution, thanks to the BBC.
He’s now an institution, thanks to the BBC.
November 25, 2025 at 7:14 AM
Isn’t it arguably too late to worry about the normalisation of Farage?
He’s now an institution, thanks to the BBC.
He’s now an institution, thanks to the BBC.
wasn't expecting that bombshell in the penultimate sentence.
November 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
wasn't expecting that bombshell in the penultimate sentence.
This highlights a significant problem with Labour.
They govern like a party with a majority of 2-10 MPs, as opposed to a party with the 169 seat majority that they actually have.
They govern like a party with a majority of 2-10 MPs, as opposed to a party with the 169 seat majority that they actually have.
November 22, 2025 at 1:51 PM
This highlights a significant problem with Labour.
They govern like a party with a majority of 2-10 MPs, as opposed to a party with the 169 seat majority that they actually have.
They govern like a party with a majority of 2-10 MPs, as opposed to a party with the 169 seat majority that they actually have.
They won’t bother.
Huge chunks of the British media simply aren’t interested in holding Nigel Farage to account.
They all went to the same schools. He’s one of them.
Huge chunks of the British media simply aren’t interested in holding Nigel Farage to account.
They all went to the same schools. He’s one of them.
November 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
They won’t bother.
Huge chunks of the British media simply aren’t interested in holding Nigel Farage to account.
They all went to the same schools. He’s one of them.
Huge chunks of the British media simply aren’t interested in holding Nigel Farage to account.
They all went to the same schools. He’s one of them.
🪕🎵”You’ll be surprised what I will write
When I’m hating migrants”
When I’m hating migrants”
November 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
🪕🎵”You’ll be surprised what I will write
When I’m hating migrants”
When I’m hating migrants”
Looking forward to the newspaper reviews on the BBC where they balance the Mail opinion that immigrants should be gassed with the Telegraph opinion that immigrants should be shot.
November 22, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Looking forward to the newspaper reviews on the BBC where they balance the Mail opinion that immigrants should be gassed with the Telegraph opinion that immigrants should be shot.
Don’t worry, everyone.
Lisa Nandy has been fully informed of this and has already drawn up a plan to do precisely nothing about it.
Lisa Nandy has been fully informed of this and has already drawn up a plan to do precisely nothing about it.
November 21, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Don’t worry, everyone.
Lisa Nandy has been fully informed of this and has already drawn up a plan to do precisely nothing about it.
Lisa Nandy has been fully informed of this and has already drawn up a plan to do precisely nothing about it.
God he’s such a chinless wonder, isn’t he?
a man in a suit and hat says he 's thought by many to be this year 's outstanding twiit
ALT: a man in a suit and hat says he 's thought by many to be this year 's outstanding twiit
media.tenor.com
November 21, 2025 at 3:30 PM
God he’s such a chinless wonder, isn’t he?
Dear Reader - please don't live a life as grey as this person's.
November 21, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Dear Reader - please don't live a life as grey as this person's.
You say that, but a friend with his white Californian wife were put through the wringer by the Home Office. I think because she didn’t earn enough as a primary school teacher.
They left the U.K., so “job done” I guess 🙄
They left the U.K., so “job done” I guess 🙄
November 20, 2025 at 8:02 PM
You say that, but a friend with his white Californian wife were put through the wringer by the Home Office. I think because she didn’t earn enough as a primary school teacher.
They left the U.K., so “job done” I guess 🙄
They left the U.K., so “job done” I guess 🙄
I don’t understand how more people aren’t outraged by the simple concept of “if you fall in love and get married, your spouse will probably not be allowed to live here with you.”
I can only guess it’s because the media doesn’t tell them.
I can only guess it’s because the media doesn’t tell them.
November 20, 2025 at 7:54 PM
I don’t understand how more people aren’t outraged by the simple concept of “if you fall in love and get married, your spouse will probably not be allowed to live here with you.”
I can only guess it’s because the media doesn’t tell them.
I can only guess it’s because the media doesn’t tell them.
I was unsure about cigarette filters being "plastic" so I looked it up and indeed they are made out of a form of plastic - cellulose acetate - that is not biodegradable and (even worse) breaks down into microplastics.
November 19, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I was unsure about cigarette filters being "plastic" so I looked it up and indeed they are made out of a form of plastic - cellulose acetate - that is not biodegradable and (even worse) breaks down into microplastics.
ah. So it turns out whilst Labour plan to take refugees’ jewellery they now say they will draw the line at wedding rings.
Guess that makes it ok then 🙄
Guess that makes it ok then 🙄
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 PM
ah. So it turns out whilst Labour plan to take refugees’ jewellery they now say they will draw the line at wedding rings.
Guess that makes it ok then 🙄
Guess that makes it ok then 🙄
There were many reasons why I voted Labour in 2024.
Taking wedding rings from refugees was not one of them.
Taking wedding rings from refugees was not one of them.
November 17, 2025 at 7:36 PM
There were many reasons why I voted Labour in 2024.
Taking wedding rings from refugees was not one of them.
Taking wedding rings from refugees was not one of them.
The problem for Mike Graham is he said the quiet bit out loud so Talk had to fire him.
They have no such problems with Julia Hartley-Brewer, as her prime journalistic talent is to provide enough plausible deniability that the stench of racism is nothing to do with her.
They have no such problems with Julia Hartley-Brewer, as her prime journalistic talent is to provide enough plausible deniability that the stench of racism is nothing to do with her.
November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
The problem for Mike Graham is he said the quiet bit out loud so Talk had to fire him.
They have no such problems with Julia Hartley-Brewer, as her prime journalistic talent is to provide enough plausible deniability that the stench of racism is nothing to do with her.
They have no such problems with Julia Hartley-Brewer, as her prime journalistic talent is to provide enough plausible deniability that the stench of racism is nothing to do with her.
Thanks for the link. Doesn’t look like he has a Damascene conversion at all. More a whinge about “why should I have had to do any work on this?”
November 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks for the link. Doesn’t look like he has a Damascene conversion at all. More a whinge about “why should I have had to do any work on this?”