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Chris Hoar
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Writer of stuff / Software Developer / Musician and lead singer Courting Ghosts / Lib Dem / History lover /Despiser of Brexit.
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Well now, if it isn't the post I thought had yet to be created, the lead official for the UK-EU reset...

Little bit late given negotiations have already started in effect. But a sign this is going to be a serious effort. www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cg...
November 22, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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Brexit shows what happens when too many politicians stay silent in the face of expert warnings, fearful of the billionaire press.

With the climate & nature crisis, we can't afford the same mistake. We need courageous leaders to be honest with the public and act boldly. #ClimateAction #NoMoreExcuses
November 22, 2024 at 3:17 PM
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Since Nigel Farage has just sided with Russia again, and said “the idea Ukraine is going to win, frankly, is for the birds,” it’s time to re-ask those five questions he’s never asked about his support for Vladimir Putin 1/6

bylinetimes.com/2024/06/19/t...
The Five Questions Nigel Farage is Never Asked About Brexit, Trump and Russia
As the media provides the Reform Leader with a prominent platform once more during this general election campaign, Peter Jukes considers all the concerning lines of enquiry that journalists never conf...
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 11:24 AM
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Appreciate this may not be a universally popular opinion but the less you treat BlueSky as a crusade or cause, and the more you position it as simply a superior user experience with a better governance approach, the more sustainable the growth will be.
November 20, 2024 at 10:21 AM
Going to add this as one of my very first posts here for posterity as a reminder of the one good thing I did on X\Twitter
November 20, 2024 at 1:05 PM
If you've just joined #BlueSky then this Chrome/Firefox extension is excellent for finding the people you follow or who follow you on X and reconnecting with them here.

All of a sudden BlueSky feels like home!
chromewebstore.google.com/detail/sky-f...
Sky Follower Bridge - Chrome Web Store
Instantly find and follow the same users from your Twitter follows on Bluesky.
chromewebstore.google.com
November 20, 2024 at 11:47 AM
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Bluesky now has over 20M people!! 🎉

We've been adding over a million users per day for the last few days. To celebrate, here are 20 fun facts about Bluesky:
November 19, 2024 at 6:51 PM
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Shad DEFRA Sec Victoria Atkins, rocks up in a fetching little jingoistic union jack-et to say Labour are city socialists who don't understand farmers.

Farmers say this is "the last straw" after lost #Brexit subsidies, bad trade deals, and poor climate mitigation - all of it under Atkins' gov't.🧐~AA
November 19, 2024 at 12:16 PM
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The most dangerous immigrant in the world.
November 17, 2024 at 9:51 PM