Mark Bardsley

Comedy genius and future ryder cup star. Also HCPC registered Podiatrist.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

Immigration makes Britain brilliant.

[Jack Dart @JackWDart]

The media has convinced you that Keir Starmer is the worst Prime Minister in history. They're lying to you.

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@Elbow One of my faves, but only heard you play it once on tour. Should be a nailed on must play.

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@Cantona_Collars People are fucking stupid

[Alternative MUFC. @AlternativeMUFC]

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[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@edwinhayward Find me the next one that will return this

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@BoltonOldLinks @TheMasters @EnglandGolf @Lancashiregolf @RickShielsPGA @SkySportsGolf I'll look forward to a wee tot of whiskey

[Gandalv @Microinteracti1]

Let me explain something to the MAGA crowd, because clearly someone needs to.

They seem to think NATO is cosmic room service. You pick up the phone, say “hello, we’re having a bit of a war here,” and thirty-one countries march to your rescue. A continental Uber for military adventures.

That is not how it works.
Article 5 is a mutual defense clause. The clue is in the word mutual. And it has been triggered exactly once in NATO’s entire history. After September 11. When America was attacked. Not Europe. America.

Every NATO member showed up. They went to Afghanistan. They fought. They bled. They died. In America’s war. On America’s behalf.

Now imagine they hadn’t.
Over 1,100 allied soldiers died in Afghanistan. British, Canadian, German, Danish, Polish. And yes, even Ukrainian soldiers, who had no NATO obligation whatsoever. Gone. Without them, those are American names on those graves. Sons from Ohio. Fathers from Georgia. Kids from Nebraska who never came home.

Then there is the money. NATO allies spent over 100 billion dollars on a war that started on American soil. Without that, Washington pays every cent. On top of the 2 to 3 trillion the war already cost.

And without allied bases across Europe and Central Asia, American supply lines collapse entirely. Without British forces in Helmand and Canadians in Kandahar, the Taliban reconstitutes in three years instead of ten. The gaps get filled one way. More American deployments. More American coffins arriving at Dover.

Afghanistan was bloody. But NATO took the hit. Without them, every single one of those casualties would have had an American name.

Trump called allies like these losers. Suckers.

If you are a certain kind of broken person, that probably makes sense to you. But for the rest of us, what those soldiers did has a different name. Honor. The bond between men who have been in the same dirt, under the same fire. Between Brits and Americans, Frenchmen and Norwegians, Canadians and Danes. Not a diplomatic relationship. A blood bond. Brotherhood forged in places most people will never see and cannot imagine.

In that culture, you do not mock a fallen ally. You do not sneer at the dead. It is the lowest thing a human being can do. Trump did it to a standing ovation.

If you are a MAGA supporter travelling to NATO countries, understand this. There are no friendly pats on the back waiting for you. No one will buy you a beer. The governments who share your worldview sit in Minsk, Moscow and Pyongyang. Brutal dictatorships where journalists disappear, elections are theatre and dissent is a medical condition treated in basements. Not London. Not Paris. Not Rome, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Berlin or Ottawa.

You have abandoned the open societies, the free press, the rule of law, the places where people actually want to live. You traded the best of civilization for a very small, very dark room. Frankly, it serves you right.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

Gandalv / @Microinteracti1

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@GoodwinMJ Number 2 as in shit

[Femi @Femi_sorry]

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[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@GolfMonthly That's nothing i went from 6 to 12 to 6 in a year. This new WHS system can change things quickly

[Yorkshire girl @helloKi30596224]

Nigel Farage is anti-Britain.
Please repost if you agree

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@SophWalks Great game

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@secretclubprov I'm surprised you entertain anything foreign

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@AlternativeMUFC 3rd place here we come

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@secretclubprov Apparently not most people

[Samuel Luckhurst @samuelluckhurst]

Billboard outside Old Trafford today #mufc

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@chasingscratch0 1st round under par on Sunday. Friendly game with mates but had 3 bogies 7 birdies and 8 pars no gimmes. Thanks for the inspiration. #lglg #fighthard #kudostome #teambear

[Mark Bardsley @macandthedogs]

@AlternativeMUFC Ding dong