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MartinCheshire C.Eng.

@martinh55.bsky.social

Cheshire bloke. Ex rail vehicle safety engineer. Started work at 15 with BR Engineering retired at 67. Happily married. Music fan. Book hoarder. History nerd. Enjoys a bit of radicalism! INTJ. When Adam delved and Eve span, who then was the gentleman?

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In the end…the majority of those who voted in the Gorton and Denton by-election turned out to vote for a decent candidate!

28.02.2026 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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These two women are suing Andrew Tate, alleging he raped them. Here they visit the social media companies that created Tate. Please share.

*one voice altered to disguise identity

18.02.2026 11:36 β€” πŸ‘ 4458    πŸ” 3065    πŸ’¬ 116    πŸ“Œ 181

I’m so pleased that there is a new MP with loads of real world/real life experience! A plumber and a plasterer……brilliant!!!

27.02.2026 08:29 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Great British fuck off to Farage's former Tory Party from me.
Climate change deniers.
Equal opportunities deniers.
Rich, arrogant, entitled, permanently greedy, racist liars.

24.02.2026 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying β€œshadow Home Secretary” (Wot?)

Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Photo of Yusuf at a lectern saying β€œshadow Home Secretary” (Wot?) Reform's plan for a 'British ICE' combines cruelty with stupidity

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence.
The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps.
Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear.
The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled.
Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to
"contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

Project forward to 2036 under a majority Reform government and the picture darkens further. Britain would be smaller, older and whiter; more isolated from Europe; paradoxically, more vulnerable to foreign interterence and less able to fund its own defence. The welfare state would shrink to a skeleton. Charity would fill the gaps. Flags would proliferate; rights would not. The police and courts would be politicised. The BBC could disappear. The NHS would survive only as a minimal safety net. Protections against discrimination would erode - you might indeed be sacked for being disabled. Migrants and even their British-born children could find their rights curtailed unless they were deemed to "contribute" sufficiently. Meanwhile, the wealthiest would enjoy a generous, low-tax regime.

β€œRarely has a British political party unveiled a programme that combines cruelty with impracticality on such an extravagant scale.”

Chilling on Reform’s increasingly confident fascism. High on viciousness and greed. Very low on wisdom. A ruinous combination.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/zia-y...

24.02.2026 07:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1988    πŸ” 894    πŸ’¬ 137    πŸ“Œ 50

A list of names that will live long in the annals of infamy!

18.02.2026 12:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely no sympathy for the assholes who elected these racist incompetents.

18.02.2026 09:49 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Call off the King’s visit to the US for the 250th anniversary of America's independence With the current political chaos in the US and Trump’s failure to adhere to international norms, and given his apparent obsession with the Monarchy, calling off this visit would send a powerful messag...

I think it inappropriate for a royal visit to the United States to take place under the current US administration. We do not approve of shooting protesters and the incarceration of innocent people!
Cancel the visit!!!

18.02.2026 10:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Worked in a locomotive works…at one point in charge of the calibration lab…. great job….included inspection of stylus for record players, weighing cheese and weighing darts…..all part of the service!

17.02.2026 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You know what they say around here? If you can’t fight, wear a big hat!

17.02.2026 12:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I too worked in heavy engineering. Most of the time we worked in millimetres…once we got below the millimetre level I automatically reverted to working in thous, tenths of a thou etc

17.02.2026 12:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Better still, the sixpence was a tanner and a shilling a bob!

17.02.2026 11:34 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

An excellent film, I bought the DVD so that I can share the joy with my wife!

17.02.2026 11:32 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Fascist Foghorn, Farage?

13.02.2026 08:51 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s outrageous that we can't kick out Lords. Sign now to demand an elected second chamber It takes 30 seconds

Enough is enough. The House of Lords is a rolling scandal - sign @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to demand change. It takes 30 seconds.
action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/186062/...

11.02.2026 07:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This needs to be seen by:
The families of staff and students
The entire university staff
The population of Bangor and Wales in general.
The entire U.K. university sector!

10.02.2026 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

"Didn't she have a lovely time the day she didn't go to Bangor"

A wise choice. Please help keep beautiful Wales Farage free.

10.02.2026 09:30 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

How not to win friends and influence people! These threats need to be understood far and wide!

10.02.2026 09:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
BREAKING The Brexit Conspiracy The Epstein Files Confirm
YouTube video by A Different Bias BREAKING The Brexit Conspiracy The Epstein Files Confirm

"Brexit was not a British political issue, but a foreign conspiracy trying to weaken the forces trying to combat oligarchy."

There is mases of evidence originating in Russia and the US, the culture wars created by the likes of Farage.
Brexit was a massive treason.

m.youtube.com/watch?v=VK3Y...

09.02.2026 22:13 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Morgan McSweeney resigns as Keir Starmer’s chief of staff Longtime aide departs after seemingly botched No 10 effort to shore up PM’s position against supposed plotters

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Considering the damage he has done to this Government and this country already, he is getting off very fucking lightly!.

There should be law AGAINST lobbyists, ThinkTanks, overal nefarious people doing the work of very rich companies.

Time to repair is NOW!.

08.02.2026 14:21 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

The ignorant and hard of thinking will destroy the U.K. They started with Brexit and may finish the job by electing the latest Farage grifting project!

06.02.2026 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I must say, even as a Tory, that Reform can never be accused of hypocrisy.
For instance Nigel Farage saying Mr Starmer’s association with Mr Mandelson was a β€œGrave error of judgement” & he should resign.
Mr Farage’s β€˜associations’ could NEVER be called grave errors of judgement.πŸ€”

06.02.2026 09:05 β€” πŸ‘ 544    πŸ” 201    πŸ’¬ 40    πŸ“Œ 3

The Reformatories going for performative cruelty (as usual)….didn’t work this time though!

04.02.2026 09:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I wouldn’t be at all surprised!

02.02.2026 13:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Wrong is one way of putting it! He deliberately sold the hard of thinking a spectacularly ugly pup!

02.02.2026 13:39 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

If Matt Goodwin is an academic, I’m a Dime Bar. Having done a PhD heavy on genetic analysis, the challenge is identifying subtle differences that sets us apart. And I mean from anything with a genetic code. We share 60% DNA with a banana. In MG’s case, you could push that figure to 89%.

02.02.2026 10:00 β€” πŸ‘ 151    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
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With Advance UK putting up a candidate in Gorton and Denton as well as Reform, there is a real danger of splitting the all-important thick racist fuckwit vote.

01.02.2026 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 423    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 37    πŸ“Œ 11

I suppose that it’s a case of β€˜once bitten etc’

01.02.2026 09:37 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thirty years after stopping, I still torture myself by looking at pipes and pipe tobacco!

31.01.2026 19:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Queensbury rules???? My money’s on Jegga!

31.01.2026 18:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0