Mark Willcox
@markwillcox.bsky.social
Rural GP, crofter … previously soldier, lecturer and marine biologist. Widow to a wonderful woman. Dad to dos niños. Outclassed by two 🐈⬛.
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Mark Willcox
@markwillcox.bsky.social
· Mar 8
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2026 On this special day I remember Lydia. An accomplished solicitor, a musician, a friend to many, a daughter, a sister, a wife and mother. The most complete person I'll ever know. So missed.
#IWD2026 On this special day I remember Lydia. An accomplished solicitor, a musician, a friend to many, a daughter, a sister, a wife and mother. The most complete person I'll ever know. So missed.
Having learnt French, Spanish and Norwegian, Scottish football fans are delighted to have a week off @duolingoverde.bsky.social
#worldcup2026
#worldcup2026
July 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Having learnt French, Spanish and Norwegian, Scottish football fans are delighted to have a week off @duolingoverde.bsky.social
#worldcup2026
#worldcup2026
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Why is Israel holding Dr Hussam Abu Safiya?
@andyburnham.bsky.social
@andyburnham.bsky.social
July 5, 2026 at 2:31 PM
Why is Israel holding Dr Hussam Abu Safiya?
@andyburnham.bsky.social
@andyburnham.bsky.social
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What on Earth?!
This video is from Greenpeace. 💔
This video is from Greenpeace. 💔
May 30, 2026 at 7:15 PM
What on Earth?!
This video is from Greenpeace. 💔
This video is from Greenpeace. 💔
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This is a very interesting video. After a brief intro, the first 3 minutes are a monologue starting in the English of 600AD and transitioning to modern American. Where do you start understanding it?
youtu.be/842OX2_vCic?...
youtu.be/842OX2_vCic?...
From Old English to Modern American English in One Monologue
YouTube video by Simon Roper
youtu.be
May 9, 2026 at 10:05 PM
This is a very interesting video. After a brief intro, the first 3 minutes are a monologue starting in the English of 600AD and transitioning to modern American. Where do you start understanding it?
youtu.be/842OX2_vCic?...
youtu.be/842OX2_vCic?...
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🚨 I wrote in @statnews.com on the #hantavirus cruise ship outbreak & highlight how quickly outbreaks can evolve.
It’s a reminder of what the U.S. has risked by stepping back from @who.int
With World Cup ahead, global surveillance and coordination are essential.
www.statnews.com/2026/05/05/h...
It’s a reminder of what the U.S. has risked by stepping back from @who.int
With World Cup ahead, global surveillance and coordination are essential.
www.statnews.com/2026/05/05/h...
The cruise ship hantavirus outbreak is a warning sign to the U.S.
Leaving the WHO means the U.S. lacks access to necessary information about infectious disease.
www.statnews.com
May 5, 2026 at 12:11 PM
🚨 I wrote in @statnews.com on the #hantavirus cruise ship outbreak & highlight how quickly outbreaks can evolve.
It’s a reminder of what the U.S. has risked by stepping back from @who.int
With World Cup ahead, global surveillance and coordination are essential.
www.statnews.com/2026/05/05/h...
It’s a reminder of what the U.S. has risked by stepping back from @who.int
With World Cup ahead, global surveillance and coordination are essential.
www.statnews.com/2026/05/05/h...
Three grinning men in uniform and a mother and daughter blindfolded - the unexplained photo mystery
news.sky.com/video/share-...
news.sky.com/video/share-...
Gaza investigation: A family's fight to find their missing relatives
A Sky News investigation has pieced together the harrowing final moments of a mother and daughter in Gaza who were last seen alive in Israeli military custody. Special correspondent Alex Crawford, alo...
news.sky.com
May 6, 2026 at 6:48 PM
Three grinning men in uniform and a mother and daughter blindfolded - the unexplained photo mystery
news.sky.com/video/share-...
news.sky.com/video/share-...
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Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU.
Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
April 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Mail is running a poll on whether the UK should rejoin the EU.
Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
Takes seconds to vote and it's going hilariously well...
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
The "good guys" threatening war crimes
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
Trump tells Iran it has 48 hours to open Hormuz or US will ‘obliterate’ its power plants
US president threatens to take out Iranian energy facilities – ‘starting with the biggest one first’ – if Tehran does not reopen the strait
www.theguardian.com
March 22, 2026 at 12:57 PM
The "good guys" threatening war crimes
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
The world needs regime change in the US
NEW: This new report, from BBC, is the best takedown of the insanity of Trump you will see anywhere.
Calm, coherent and repeating only Trump’s own words. Devastating.
Brilliant work once again from Roz Atkins.
(🎥 BBC News)
Calm, coherent and repeating only Trump’s own words. Devastating.
Brilliant work once again from Roz Atkins.
(🎥 BBC News)
March 21, 2026 at 7:42 PM
The world needs regime change in the US
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Just imagine if these rags led with headlines like:
• OIL GIANTS BANK RECORD PROFITS WHILE BRITAIN FREEZES
• SUPERMARKETS RAMP UP PRICES AS EXECUTIVES POCKET MILLIONS
• BILLIONAIRES BUY UP HOMES — FAMILIES PRICED OUT
A girl can dream…
• OIL GIANTS BANK RECORD PROFITS WHILE BRITAIN FREEZES
• SUPERMARKETS RAMP UP PRICES AS EXECUTIVES POCKET MILLIONS
• BILLIONAIRES BUY UP HOMES — FAMILIES PRICED OUT
A girl can dream…
March 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
Just imagine if these rags led with headlines like:
• OIL GIANTS BANK RECORD PROFITS WHILE BRITAIN FREEZES
• SUPERMARKETS RAMP UP PRICES AS EXECUTIVES POCKET MILLIONS
• BILLIONAIRES BUY UP HOMES — FAMILIES PRICED OUT
A girl can dream…
• OIL GIANTS BANK RECORD PROFITS WHILE BRITAIN FREEZES
• SUPERMARKETS RAMP UP PRICES AS EXECUTIVES POCKET MILLIONS
• BILLIONAIRES BUY UP HOMES — FAMILIES PRICED OUT
A girl can dream…
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2026 On this special day I remember Lydia. An accomplished solicitor, a musician, a friend to many, a daughter, a sister, a wife and mother. The most complete person I'll ever know. So missed.
#IWD2026 On this special day I remember Lydia. An accomplished solicitor, a musician, a friend to many, a daughter, a sister, a wife and mother. The most complete person I'll ever know. So missed.
March 8, 2026 at 11:53 PM
#InternationalWomensDay
#IWD2026 On this special day I remember Lydia. An accomplished solicitor, a musician, a friend to many, a daughter, a sister, a wife and mother. The most complete person I'll ever know. So missed.
#IWD2026 On this special day I remember Lydia. An accomplished solicitor, a musician, a friend to many, a daughter, a sister, a wife and mother. The most complete person I'll ever know. So missed.
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US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
January 4, 2026 at 9:00 AM
US chicken is chlorinated because America has no animal welfare laws where poultry is concerned. It has to be chlorinated because Salmonella and e. coli run rife
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
The EU banned that practice in 1997 and as such the UK has among the highest welfare and standards in the world. 1/2
The Boston tea party folk would know what to do.
January 4, 2026 at 6:59 AM
The Boston tea party folk would know what to do.
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She did 🫶
When I have posted this in the past, people inevitably have asked "Did she come home?" so I will not wait until the end of the thread to tell you she did (she's still a nomad, but less so, as she hits her middle years). The story can be found here: www.tom-cox.com/the-cat-who-...
The Cat Who Travelled Through Time
My mum and dad’s cat Bridget (pictured above, more recently) has always been a bit of a wanderer.
www.tom-cox.com
December 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
She did 🫶
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Animals are so much better than humans‼️
October 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Animals are so much better than humans‼️
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If you keep voting for politicians who want to cut public services and roll back human rights, eventually you end up desperate but powerless because if you so much as squeak in protest the government is free to do what it wants to you.
October 6, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If you keep voting for politicians who want to cut public services and roll back human rights, eventually you end up desperate but powerless because if you so much as squeak in protest the government is free to do what it wants to you.
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The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .
🚨EXCLUSIVE
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Insiders reveal that the former MEP - convicted of bribery for his part in the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence - was one of Farage’s closest aides
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Insiders reveal that the former MEP - convicted of bribery for his part in the Kremlin’s strategic plan to crush Ukrainian independence - was one of Farage’s closest aides
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/04/t...
‘Thick as Thieves’: Nathan Gill and Nigel Farage’s Putin Problem
Far from being distant from the Reform UK Leader, insiders told Byline Times that the former MEP convicted of bribery was one of Farage’s closest aides – and that he worked on the Kremlin’s strategic ...
bylinetimes.com
October 5, 2025 at 12:57 PM
The msm pursued the Rayner story in such detail it forced her resignation . Now there’s a much bigger scandal concerning Farage of possible treason it’s like they’ve forgotten how to spell investigate & corruption. It’s not only Farage who has a Russian problem, if our msm protects him we all do .
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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We absolutely DO NOT NEED digital ID cards.
People can choose to have one, but no one should be forced to have a digital ID if they choose not to.
There is no reasonable argument for any government to have access to this much information on their citizens.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
People can choose to have one, but no one should be forced to have a digital ID if they choose not to.
There is no reasonable argument for any government to have access to this much information on their citizens.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Do not introduce Digital ID cards
We demand that the UK Government immediately commits to not introducing a digital ID cards. There are reports that this is being looked at.
petition.parliament.uk
September 26, 2025 at 9:17 AM
We absolutely DO NOT NEED digital ID cards.
People can choose to have one, but no one should be forced to have a digital ID if they choose not to.
There is no reasonable argument for any government to have access to this much information on their citizens.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
People can choose to have one, but no one should be forced to have a digital ID if they choose not to.
There is no reasonable argument for any government to have access to this much information on their citizens.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...