Mark Kieran
@mkieran
💥 Determined to make democracy work for EVERYONE 👔 CEO Open Britain www.open-britain.co.uk @openbritain.bsky.social 💻 Editor of Ugly Politix Substack Born: 🇮🇪 Home: 🇬🇧 Wife: 🇺🇸 Future: 🇪🇺
I'VE SIGNED...HAVE YOU? Tell Andy Burnham to launch a National Commission on Electoral Reform in his first 100 days. Cease the endless debate. #GetShitDone (Petition going to Number 10 on 28th July.) #Share
I see Liz Truss has launched her new ‘at home’ prostate exam service. i.guim.co.uk/img/media/52...
I remember once talking to a guy who was in the middle of a two-tab LSD trip...he made infinitely more sense than this mad, tedious prick. 🤪😴
Here’s the very dubious illustrated message Donald Trump sent to Jeffrey Epstein for his birthday some years ago. Trump claimed it didn’t exist. Rupert Murdoch’s Wall Street Journal said it did. Trump sued them for $10Billion. Looks like it’s 1-0 to Rupert!
Here's right-wing griftmeister Matt Goodwin using flags as a way to divide communities rather than unite them. As someone who comes from Northern Ireland, I'll tell you a little secret...this doesn't end well...for ANY bit of the community. #PoshBoyPlayingWithFire
Cats on election nights: “Why are you still awake? Actually, never mind…any chance of an early breakfast?”
Think you’ll find that, legally, no-one has won it until the Returning Officer announces the result. Pesky laws, eh? Farage once again showing why he should never be allowed anywhere near real power.
As the dust settles on Farage’s theatrical local elections launch event, I’ve been reflecting on what lies beneath the spectacle. It’s not good. This man needs much more scrutiny, and soon.
This little snippet of family history from @stephenkb.bsky.social this morning brightened my day. 😊
If Trump was genuinely motivated by a US isolationist agenda, he’d just walk away from Ukraine. These secret back channels to VZ’s opponents show - again - that he is more interested in pushing Putin’s agenda. #TraitorOrPuppet
💥 US cuts off supply of military intelligence to Ukraine. Clear sign there’s no point trying to appease this ignorant, orange c***. 4D chess, my arse…he’s in Putin’s pocket, plain and simple.
1. Sign 2. Repost 3. Resolve to do everything in your power to show that Trump’s values are not your values. #BloodOnHisHands actionstorm.org/petitions/du...
We can argue all night whether Trump is an actual Russian agent…but this, without doubt, is EXACTLY what a Putin stooge in the White House would be doing. This decision means Trump and his goons will soon have the blood of innocent Ukrainian men, women and children on their hands. Shame on them! 🇺🇦
Enough of a genius to land a man on Mars. Not enough of a genius to avoid giving the game away by doing a Nazi salute on global television. Multiple times. Look at the hate on his face when he first does it. Does he think we’re all stupid?
Hi Hugo. This isn’t a traditional commission. The exact wording of the recommendation is below. The second paragraph in particular is intended to provide reassurance that the NCER will be driven by voters not vested interests, and to a tight timetable.👍🏻
🧵1/ 💥 Big news: A cross-party group of MPs with more than 100 members is calling for a National Commission on Electoral Reform (NCER) to identify a replacement for the First Past the Post (FPTP) voting system. #FairElections
Sad news about JP. Worked with him in the early 2000s when he was Deputy Prime Minister. As with all of us, he had his faults, but I doubt I’ve ever met a man more passionate about making this country a better place for ordinary people. Top man. 😞
Seems Biden has concluded that World War III would be a more attractive option than Trump Presidency II. He might have a point, but... 😔
I *want* to live up to BlueSky’s higher standards, I really do…but THESE PEOPLE make it REALLY hard! 😬🤣