Chris Weston
@chrisweston.bsky.social
A friend, most likely. Talking to interesting people weekly at wb40podcast.com for over 8 years. Midlander. Cricket tragic. Rent-a-quote. Techmonger/know it all
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Birmingham Labour Councillor uses the same line that got a British fascist sent to prison in 1936. Not the worst legal precedent, maybe…
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Birmingham Labour Councillor uses the same line that got a British fascist sent to prison in 1936. Not the worst legal precedent, maybe…
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On Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s refusal to review the BBC Board membership of Robbie Gibb, Lib Dem culture spokes Anna Sabine MP said:
"This is the wrong choice...Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC Board, & the BBC Charter gives the Government the power to sack him." PM should step in, she says.
"This is the wrong choice...Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC Board, & the BBC Charter gives the Government the power to sack him." PM should step in, she says.
November 11, 2025 at 6:02 PM
On Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy’s refusal to review the BBC Board membership of Robbie Gibb, Lib Dem culture spokes Anna Sabine MP said:
"This is the wrong choice...Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC Board, & the BBC Charter gives the Government the power to sack him." PM should step in, she says.
"This is the wrong choice...Gibb isn’t fit to serve on the BBC Board, & the BBC Charter gives the Government the power to sack him." PM should step in, she says.
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Ah, Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay MP, BBC critic and (checks notes) a pro-Nazi who the wartime Churchill coalition interned.
February 1937 Tory campaign against BBC "bias". To be fair, if Captain Maule Ramsay was leading the charge, "left-wing" probably covered everything up to and including Mussolini...
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Ah, Captain Archibald Maule Ramsay MP, BBC critic and (checks notes) a pro-Nazi who the wartime Churchill coalition interned.
Repost with an iconic fictional band
November 11, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
November 11, 2025 at 3:35 PM
I wonder if the United States can learn anything from the last time a major industrialized country decided to isolate itself from the rest of the world?
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
Almost a decade after the Brexit vote, GDP in the UK is around 6-8% lower relative to peer countries. (Source: www.nber.org/papers/w34459)
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You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
November 11, 2025 at 10:08 AM
You may have missed this gem yesterday. From which we learn that:
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
1. Betting shops are really good for the mental health of isolated people.
2. Most drug-takers are not a problem.
3. Kids put tuppence in slot machines in the hope of getting rich.
4. Farage probably has a gambling industry donor.
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Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
November 11, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Nowhere in the hysterical pile-on against the BBC in the British press has anyone mentioned that BBC News now has 77 million viewers & listeners in the US and has established itself as the second most trusted news source there.
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I’m old enough to remember when the Director General of the BBC categorically didn’t resign after one of its flagship politics shows literally photoshopped Jeremy Corbyn with a Soviet hat and painted red with the Kremlin in the background like some kind of Cold War-era communist mural.
November 10, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I’m old enough to remember when the Director General of the BBC categorically didn’t resign after one of its flagship politics shows literally photoshopped Jeremy Corbyn with a Soviet hat and painted red with the Kremlin in the background like some kind of Cold War-era communist mural.
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🔥 The row between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana gets even more bitter tonight as the two row over hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of donations.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Your Party row erupts over hundreds of thousands of pounds in donations
Clash the latest in months of political infighting between the camps of Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🔥 The row between Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana gets even more bitter tonight as the two row over hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of donations.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
November 9, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Kyle Kingsbury is not a journalist. He is not an op-ed writer.
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
He is a computer safety researcher.
And he has written one of the most compelling, comprehensive accounts of the ongoing hell in Chicago that you could possibly imagine.
In under 1600 words.
aphyr.com/posts/397-i-...
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Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
Isn't this just a basic bait-and-switch by the GOP? There will be nothing in those files that damages them.
November 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Isn't this just a basic bait-and-switch by the GOP? There will be nothing in those files that damages them.
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This is extraordinary.
Tell me you don’t understand risk pools without telling me you don’t understand risk pools
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
This is extraordinary.
It took me too long to realise I don't have to worry about this chart.
November 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
It took me too long to realise I don't have to worry about this chart.
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Have you ever tracked, in photos, the retrograde movement of a planet? 🔭
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
November 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Have you ever tracked, in photos, the retrograde movement of a planet? 🔭
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
Or perhaps you're planning to capture the retrograde motion of Mercury and Jupiter this month? (1/2)
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Farage’s local refuk: Reform’s Warwickshire leader Finch wants to scrap school transport for SEND kids, forcing them to walk miles. Parents call it cruel and heartless, another example of Reform’s nasty streak, punishing the vulnerable to save a few quid. #ukpolitics
November 10, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Farage’s local refuk: Reform’s Warwickshire leader Finch wants to scrap school transport for SEND kids, forcing them to walk miles. Parents call it cruel and heartless, another example of Reform’s nasty streak, punishing the vulnerable to save a few quid. #ukpolitics
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Today is the last day to submit a session proposal for next year's Agile Manchester conference: agilemanchester.net/call-for-ses...
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
Call for Sessions
Our Agile Manchester 2026 Call for Sessions is open
agilemanchester.net
November 10, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Today is the last day to submit a session proposal for next year's Agile Manchester conference: agilemanchester.net/call-for-ses...
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
The event will take place from 13-14 May
Tickets now available. Discount for freelancers.
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woah plot twist
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 AM
woah plot twist
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related: Allison Pearson blocked me on the bad place when i challenged her about her conspirabollox about the viral photo of a child sleeping on a hospital floor
November 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
related: Allison Pearson blocked me on the bad place when i challenged her about her conspirabollox about the viral photo of a child sleeping on a hospital floor
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Moore rather gave the game away on Today just now when he mentioned climate change as one of the things on which the BBC should be impartial. Treating the truth and lies as though they are equal isn't impartiality, it's an abdication of the most basic journalistic responsibility
November 10, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Moore rather gave the game away on Today just now when he mentioned climate change as one of the things on which the BBC should be impartial. Treating the truth and lies as though they are equal isn't impartiality, it's an abdication of the most basic journalistic responsibility
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NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
November 9, 2025 at 5:24 PM
NEW: EXCLUSIVE: I spoke to sources at FBI and DOJ that reviewed the Epstein files. It’s worse than the photos. I’ll let you know what they said today at 3:30 PM PT / 6:30 PM ET on @meidastouch.com. Link to show: www.youtube.com/live/hEi77Ib...
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
Russian activist held in Poland admits he worked as FSB agent, court papers say
Igor Rogov, who left Russia in 2021, due to go on trial accused of informing on other Russian opposition activists
www.theguardian.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This might be the first spy who appears to be literally wearing one of those 'spy disguises' you could pick up in a joke shop in Newquay in 1993.
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Alexei Sayle's Stuff (9th November 1989). The latest teenage craze is a rather unexpected one.
And Pete Murray has a complaint from 1960.
And Pete Murray has a complaint from 1960.
November 9, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Alexei Sayle's Stuff (9th November 1989). The latest teenage craze is a rather unexpected one.
And Pete Murray has a complaint from 1960.
And Pete Murray has a complaint from 1960.