Chris Johns
@chrisbjohns.bsky.social
Economist, podcaster, journalist, curious.
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Sport England suspends X account over abuse of women and girls
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/articl...
Sport England suspends X account over 'abhorrent' output
Public funding agency Sport England suspends its account on Elon Musk's X, claiming it
www.bbc.co.uk
January 13, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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Repressive occupying forces often believe that a few acts of horrifically unjustified violence will get the public to forfeit freedom and kowtow to them, especially if the violent is well publicized. But it usually does not work that way.
A woman recording an ICE agent tells him "Shame on you."
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
The agent responds, "Have you all not learned from the past couple of days?"
"Learned what?" she asks
Then he knocks her phone out of her hand
January 10, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Repressive occupying forces often believe that a few acts of horrifically unjustified violence will get the public to forfeit freedom and kowtow to them, especially if the violent is well publicized. But it usually does not work that way.
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For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
January 8, 2026 at 3:35 PM
For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies
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Your eyes are lying to you, says the Dear Leader.
Indeed. Can it get worse than a president lying to cover up a murder bad?
January 7, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Your eyes are lying to you, says the Dear Leader.
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I strongly encourage people to watch the videos circulating and decide whether they think the President’s claims are accurate.
Your eyes are lying to you, says the Dear Leader.
Indeed. Can it get worse than a president lying to cover up a murder bad?
January 7, 2026 at 10:12 PM
I strongly encourage people to watch the videos circulating and decide whether they think the President’s claims are accurate.
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Interesting stylistic clash on Saturday night which dominated the post-match press chat
Munster are raging against rugby's trend of kicking and set-piece battles.
Leinster want to be more creative but think it's naive.
Who is right?
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Munster are raging against rugby's trend of kicking and set-piece battles.
Leinster want to be more creative but think it's naive.
Who is right?
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Tadhg Beirne: ‘The style of the game has gone backwards’
Munster forward would prefer if rugby had more flow after defeat to Leinster in scrappy affair
www.irishtimes.com
December 29, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Interesting stylistic clash on Saturday night which dominated the post-match press chat
Munster are raging against rugby's trend of kicking and set-piece battles.
Leinster want to be more creative but think it's naive.
Who is right?
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Munster are raging against rugby's trend of kicking and set-piece battles.
Leinster want to be more creative but think it's naive.
Who is right?
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
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Absolutely nothing going on here.
October 13, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Absolutely nothing going on here.
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Grit and niggle aplenty, but enough quality to give punters their money's worth?
Report from Thomond ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Report from Thomond ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Leinster show grit to beat Munster in scrappy URC clash at Thomond Park
Josh van der Flier shines in game lacking in attacking quality but full of physicality and niggle
www.irishtimes.com
December 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Grit and niggle aplenty, but enough quality to give punters their money's worth?
Report from Thomond ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
Report from Thomond ⬇️
www.irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/...
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It’s all so pathetic isn’t it
December 21, 2025 at 12:23 PM
It’s all so pathetic isn’t it
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The main @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social account also has a string of aliases which join in the harassment, the latest including @lorcantwomey.bsky.social and @martin-finnucane.bsky.social. Anyone who thinks this shouldn't be happening, please block and report. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team 2/2
December 15, 2025 at 8:47 AM
The main @gylesnamopaleen.bsky.social account also has a string of aliases which join in the harassment, the latest including @lorcantwomey.bsky.social and @martin-finnucane.bsky.social. Anyone who thinks this shouldn't be happening, please block and report. @safety.bsky.app @support.bsky.team 2/2
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Literally poles apart
Many Poles arrive. Daily Mail: “THIS IS A CATASTROPHE OUR COUNTRY IS DYING”
Many Poles leave again. Daily Mail: “THIS IS A CATASTROPHE PUR COUNTRY IS DYING”
Do you want Poles or not?
Many Poles leave again. Daily Mail: “THIS IS A CATASTROPHE PUR COUNTRY IS DYING”
Do you want Poles or not?
December 13, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Literally poles apart
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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Fucking disgraceful. We should be culling peers, not increasing them.
A list of 34 new House of Lords appointments has just been published.
Our Director, Meg Russell, wrote a thread last week about the problems related to these appointments.
She highlighted that Keir Starmer is one of the most proliferate appointers of peers.
Read the list (and the thread below) 👇
Our Director, Meg Russell, wrote a thread last week about the problems related to these appointments.
She highlighted that Keir Starmer is one of the most proliferate appointers of peers.
Read the list (and the thread below) 👇
December 10, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Fucking disgraceful. We should be culling peers, not increasing them.
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I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
December 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
I can’t help thinking that when, in future, people ask what UK political leaders said as it became undeniable that US saw European liberal democracy as its no1 strategic foe, Starmer and others will regret that the answer is “not much, shuffled awkwardly, looked at their feet”.
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In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How long Britain could really fight for if war broke out tomorrow
In the event of a war, one expert suggests the British Army could be incapable of fighting effectively on land within weeks, once committed - though 'much depends on the form of the conflict'.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In some ways this is a useful reminder that a lot of the talk of European security guarantees to Ukraine have the whole thing backwards. For more than three years Ukraine has been guaranteeing European security by fighting and degrading the Russian armed forces.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
December 8, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Nothing is more symbolic of Europe's inherent weakness of resolve - EU and UK - than the failure of governments and institutions to leave X/Twitter en masse. It's easier to stay, so stay they do. Pathetic.
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Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
Elon Musk and his Russian friends call for the abolishment of the EU
December 6, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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I just read a piece by @iandunt.bsky.social asking why people are still on blatantly Nazi Twitter and how this place really is the answer, and I thought he's right, I need to be checking in on here more so hello everyone.
December 5, 2025 at 4:28 PM
I just read a piece by @iandunt.bsky.social asking why people are still on blatantly Nazi Twitter and how this place really is the answer, and I thought he's right, I need to be checking in on here more so hello everyone.
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NEWS! Keir Starmer's ‘Let me be crystal clear’s to be capped at fifty per speech newsthump.com/2025/12/02/k...
Keir Starmer’s ‘Let me be crystal clear’ to be capped at fifty per speech
Under new rules set out by Downing Street officials, Keir Starmer will only be allowed to use the phrase ‘Let me be crystal clear’ a maximum of fifty times per speech, it has been revealed.
newsthump.com
December 2, 2025 at 1:34 PM
NEWS! Keir Starmer's ‘Let me be crystal clear’s to be capped at fifty per speech newsthump.com/2025/12/02/k...
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Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
December 1, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Watched BBC 6 o clock news. Just a completely unserious broadcast. Chris Mason, acting like a children's entertainer, giving a prolonged impenetrable editorial. Not a whiff of informative content about the Budget or what it means for the country. Just playschool blah blah bollocks.
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Superb as always from @chrisgrey.bsky.social following the threads linking Brexit to: the UK’s particularly dire Covid pandemic, enemy (Russian) influence in UK politics, economic weakness (hence higher taxes and/or lower spending) and anti-immigration obsession devoid of compassion or common sense
Brexit reminders. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog. Brexit may not be in the headlines, but many current news stories carry reminders of it, including the Hallett Inquiry report, the Gill scandal, the Budget & the latest net migration figures: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/brex...
November 29, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Superb as always from @chrisgrey.bsky.social following the threads linking Brexit to: the UK’s particularly dire Covid pandemic, enemy (Russian) influence in UK politics, economic weakness (hence higher taxes and/or lower spending) and anti-immigration obsession devoid of compassion or common sense
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Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
November 28, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Populist Right: 'We're not racist, we just want immigrants to integrate & contribute.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
Immigrant gains BA, MA, works for charities, marries a 'Brit', becomes Brexit-supporting, lockdown-sceptic Tory MP, then Deputy Speaker of HoC.
Populist Right: 'People born abroad shouldn't be allowed to do this.'
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