Martin Dixey

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Personal reflections on a Trumpian 2025 The implications of a year in Trump's new America and why I started tracking Trump - and why I'm not stopping.

I've written an end of year substack post about tracking Trump, where we are ending the year and some implications for Europe and for me personally...

christinapagel.substack.com/p/personal-r...

UK to rejoin EU’s Erasmus student exchange programme Exclusive: British students will be able to participate in EU-wide scheme from January 2027, sources say

Thank goodness for that. Something that shouldn’t have happened, happened. And now it’s set to unhappen. Great for students, great for research in general and great for Britain.
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a group of people standing next to each other with the caption " clang ! clang ! clang went the trolley " ALT: a group of people standing next to each other with the caption " clang ! clang ! clang went the trolley "

My favorite song of the movie. #TheTrolleySong #TCMParty #MeetMeInStLouis

The US just voted alongside Russia, Belarus and North Korea against a UN resolution to support Ukraine.

This is a wake-up call for all those cheerleading Trump in our country.

We are one of 1,000+ musicians who are jointly releasing this album today to protest the UK government's planned changes to copyright law, which would hand the life's work of the
country's musicians to AI companies for free.
isthiswhatwewant.com

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic Trump falsely claims Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%” - recent polling puts it better than his

Donald Trump again mimics Putin and calls for an election in Ukraine - falsely claiming Zelensky’s approval rating was “at 4%”

Recent polling in fact shows that Zelensky’s approval rating is better than Trumps

Lets make sure everyone knows the truth
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@marilliononline.bsky.social This idiot is not Steve h. He does not have a personal account. Please unfollow, report and block. Thanks

Should billionaires and corporations be banned from buying political parties in the UK?

Like if yes.
RP if it's HELL YES.

We need to make @bsky.app the biggest social media platform in the world, we need to do it with urgency, we need to make sure Reform UK never get any where near power & we need to send Elon Musk packing. TOGETHER we can do it

Also see Landlords and CEO's.

If you are anti-Brexit and pro EU and want to find some extra followers.

RT and reply to this post and add each other.

No fun speaking to yourself.

Help a fella out & complete this short survey, would you?

Firms who supplied unusable PPE are still raking in cash from NHS contracts - Good Law Project During the pandemic 17 firms supplied £119m worth of PPE that was deemed unusable in the NHS. Since the start of 2024, they’ve made £83.6m. By Max Colbert

During the pandemic 17 firms supplied £119m worth of PPE that was deemed unusable in the NHS. Since the start of 2024, they’ve made £83.6m. How is this even possible?

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My #AlbumoftheWeek Seasons End by @marillion.com
A new start for the band & my new discipline.
Live, H began the title track with O Come O Come Emmanuel, so good #Advent choice.
I even quoted lyrics from Seasons End in my A level RS!
After Me’s fragility & the soaring guitar of The Space make this

Merry Christmas to Marillion and all at the Racket Club!

European Federation of Journalists to stop posting content on X The EFJ represents over 295,000 journalists in 44 countries.

"We cannot continue to participate in the social network feed of a man who proclaims the death of the media and therefore of journalists... X is a platform that no longer serves the public interest at all, but the special ideological and financial interests of its owner and his political allies"

Your 2024 Unwrapped is here. Find out how Brexit has impacted the music industry. Discover the challenges and support the UK music scene today.

This is a great little video showing the impact of Brexit on the music industry.

Key data. Please watch. 👇👇

Starmer warned NHS reforms will fail over ‘worrying’ trend in staff recruitment The UK is failing to train up home-grown healthcare staff and relying too much on overseas workers, experts warn

Our NHS does not need sweeping (often costly) reforms, it needs a government that values its staff and commits to support them.

Without this shift in thinking there can be no NHS fit for the future.
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@marillion.com The Crow and the Nightingale from their 2022 album An Hour Before It’s Dark, filmed during the 2023 Port Zélande Convention Weekend

As someone who works in the NHS, I wasn’t offered a COVID booster through work. Flu - yes, had that early on.

These statistics do not surprise me in the least as the NHS seems to have gone backwards in infection prevention and control for airborne viruses. It’s really sad.

Marillion Weekends 2025. What one are you coming to?

Leicester, UK

Anyone missing Twitter? We're not....the only thing we are missing is about 60K followers - hope they arrive soon:)

Labour can no longer hide from the cost of Brexit. Its catastrophic impact on trade is in the OBR report they keep quoting from - but it never gets mentioned..

Marillion Promo Videos - YouTube Marillion's catalogue of official promo videos

Finally getting 'permission' to post our promo videos on You Tube:).
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