Chris Foulkes
Chris Foulkes
@chrisfoulkes.bsky.social
Publisher & editor- wine books mostly. Wooden boat custodian. London, UK
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November 22, 2025 at 12:24 AM
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The Daily Mail has bought the Telegraph.

This is Lord Rothermere's (the owner of the Daily Mail) Grandfather chilling with Adolf Hitler after he had already declared himself lifetime dictator of Germany.
November 22, 2025 at 8:02 PM
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Clearly Farage has no idea who Nathan Gill is.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Scumbags flying a flag right outside this guy's house even though he tells them not to.

Then they post about it on Social Media.

Thugs is what they are.
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
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"Research released this month by economists at the Bank of England, the Bundesbank, King’s College London and the universities of Stanford and Nottingham underscored the economic hit from leaving the EU. Brexit had reduced UK GDP by 6-8%"

on.ft.com/4p1NoHv
Rachel Reeves signals she will break manifesto pledge with Budget tax rises
Chancellor hopes to win support from Labour MPs by lifting two-child benefit cap
on.ft.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:08 AM
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“Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan and Paris are all doing better than they were. It has been at London’s expense. There is no question about that.” ~AA

www.theguardian.com/business/202...
‘The money machine is misfiring’: City blames Brexit for UK’s £20bn productivity headache
Poor output since the leave vote has landed Rachel Reeves with a bigger-than-forecast budget spending gap
www.theguardian.com
November 3, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Well, well, well: who's surprised?
Excellent bit of local journalism of national interest here, thank you.

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Tory party strategists are working on the Migratory Birds Prohibition Bill that would impose limits on the number of birds spending summers in England after wintering in Africa. Quotas for species will allow partial exemption for robins due to their role in the Christmas economy.
October 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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October 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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From the FT
October 6, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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statistic of the day
September 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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In the late 19th century, millions of migrants left Germany as a result of religious persecution, economic hardship, and political uncertainty.

Among them was Nikolaus Schrod, a cabinet maker from Frankfurt who - along with his wife Bina - moved to London to start a new life in the 1850s. 1/3
a black and white photo of a crowd of people with a sign that says walter
ALT: a black and white photo of a crowd of people with a sign that says walter
media.tenor.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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Any journalist quoting this absurd, invented £234 billion number cited by Farage/Reform should make absolutely clear that it has been withdrawn by *its own authors* (the Centre for Policy Studies) after they admitted it contained several major errors (1/3)
September 22, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....

PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
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A friend just shares this about Saturday's hate march. #reform #march
September 15, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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Saxons is clearly code for “people who came to these islands in small boats, didn’t learn the local languages and fought amongst themselves until the next gang turned up.”
September 8, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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Labour, Tories and Reform are talking about trying to shrink the UK’s working age population by curtailing immigration. Here’s an excellent summary of why this approach is catastrophic even solely on economic grounds. www.bearlypolitics.co.uk/p/nans-not-b...
Nan’s Not Bankrupting Britain (But Politicians Might Be)
Pensions, productivity, and the myth of the migrant “drain.”
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Next week, Boris Johnson with advice on monogamy. ~AA
September 2, 2025 at 9:39 AM
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He caused havoc with Brexit. Don’t let him do it again - here’s five red flags about what Farage said today. Hit share to show him we see through him.
August 26, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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Wired and Business Insider have removed features written by a freelance journalist after concerns they are likely AI-generated.

Freedom of expression non-profit Index on Censorship is also in the process of taking down a magazine article by the same author pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/d...
Wired and Business Insider remove 'AI-written' freelance articles
Wired and Business Insider have removed freelance articles over concerns they were written by AI under a fake name.
pressgazette.co.uk
August 21, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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Dismal.

‘US special envoy Steve Witkoff misunderstood Putin's statements and took them for a concession. For example, he interpreted Russia's required "peaceful withdrawal" of Ukrainians from Kherson and Zaporizhzhia as an offer of a "peaceful withdrawal" of Russians from these same regions’ 1/
Trump's special envoy Witkoff misunderstood Putin - Bild
УНН Politics ✎ Steve Witkoff, Donald Trump's special envoy, misinterpreted Putin's statements regarding ceasefire conditions.
unn.ua
August 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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And some News: those figures on fleeing millionaires everyone else has unquestioningly quoted? Based largely on LinkedIn locations and statistically unsound extrapolation on.ft.com/4fim7gw
Doubt cast on widely quoted millionaire migration numbers
[FREE TO READ] Report published in association with Henley & Partners criticised for use of LinkedIn data and definition of ‘private wealth’
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July 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Anyone who cares about the future and funding of the #BBCWorldService, please consider coming to the Westminster Hall parliamentary debate starting 3pm Thursday 26th June and please email your MP and ask them to be there. If you come please allow 20-30 minutes to go through security.
June 24, 2025 at 8:14 PM