Mark Ormrod

Medieval historian, living and working in the great historic city of York. Walks, talks, eats and thinks.

[Ian Blackford @blackfordian1]

The First Ministers of Scotland and Wales have done what Boris Johnson childishly couldn't - signed their names on a letter to the European Union.

Scotland, and Europe, know who the adults in the room are... and it's not the UK government. https://t.co/oy52GS0tVS

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Amazing scenes like this unfolding around world!

Sea level isn’t the only thing rising. We are rising too

Don’t let anyone say taking part in protests like this doesn’t make a difference

Together we are more powerful than we can possibly imagine - be there!

#ClimateStrike

[Luisa Porritt @LuisaPorritt]

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's treatment by the Iranian govt amounts to state hostage taking. Today 608 MEPs supported my call for her immediate release. The EU is taking action where the UK Prime Minister is failing. We must keep fighting to #FreeNazanin.

[Mark Ormrod @mark_ormrod]

York does it again! Best place in UK: yeah!

York is crowned best city in the UK https://t.co/khbn1IqF6M

[Molly Scott Cato is on Bluesky @GreenPartyMolly]

Good to hear @gonzalezpons say that, with the British Parliament closed down, he is speaking English today because, today, the European Parliament is the only Parliament where British citizens can be represented

[Dr Philip Lee @drphiliplee1]

Thanks Laura, next time any patient gets substandard care I'll make sure to check their political affiliation first before I listen to their concerns.

[Simone @cee4cat]

I wish the BBC could identify Conservative councillors in the #BBCQT audience half as fast as they do Labour activists with poorly children.

[Jason J Hunter (Not a noble Lord) @JJHTweets]

Remember when Merkel said Boris had 30 days to provide some written proposals for negotiation? And Boris said it would be done easily within that time?

That 30 days ends this Friday and the UK have provided absolutely NOTHING in writing to negotiate. Nothing. Nada. Zip. Zero.

[Alejandro Negueruela @Alex_Negueruela]

My evening at the Houses of Parliament. #ReesMogg #NoDeal #DateNight #Parliament #Brexit #NoDealBrexit

[ALASTAIR CAMPBELL @campbellclaret]

For Tory MPs to stay silent as people like Ken Clarke and @NSoames get kicked out of a party to which they have given their lives suggests major moral depravity is not just at the top

[SODEM : "Cap ALL Political Party Spending." @snb19692]

The evening shift at #SODEM 💕
#StopTheCoup #StopBrexit

[Toby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social @TobyonTV]

sitting up now, aren’t you

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

21 TORY REBELS:

Bebb
Benyon
Brine
Burt
Clark
Clarke
Gauke
Greening
Grieve
Gyimah
Hammond P
Hammond S
Harrington
James
Letwin
Milton
Nokes
Sandbach
Soames
Stewart
Vaizey

Hats off to you. You’ve put principles over party.

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

The BBC, The Guardian, and C4 have checked a claim by the foreign Secretary Dominic Raab that leaving the EU without a deal was widely discussed and he was questioned about it frequently. All found he was completely misremembering what happened in 2016 https://t.co/9Zm7RdwsBd

[Sean Cunningham @SeanC1509]

As the English #Reformation hits the media again, here's more evidence of how nasty & dangerous the 1530s were. These lists of executions for treason in #HenryVIII's reign contain many more abbots, monks, priests & friars than nobles & knights (BL Cotton Titus B I).

[Luisa Porritt @LuisaPorritt]

Boris Johnson does not speak for me, or millions of other Brits. A philandering, lying, reckless individual who undermined Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe's fight for freedom and is willing to see the UK economy & society drop off a cliff with a no deal Brexit. #NotMyPM

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

Around 100,000 Tory party members have inflicted on us a prime minister with a record of bigotry, racism, lying and incompetence #BorisJohnson

This is not democracy

This is #NotInOurName