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criquaer.bsky.social
Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer
@criquaer.bsky.social
390 followers 1.2K following 120 posts
Queer, humanist, pantheistic Quaker.
Politically non-partisan.
Disabled & chronically ill
#pwME #MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #SevereME
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criquaer.bsky.social
www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...
The crisis in the news
The news is lying to you — and Britain is falling apart behind the scenes Every night, the lights are bright, the headlines loud — but the real news is missing. While the media fixates on Trump, Farag...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
November 10, 2025 at 6:35 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
Last year I ordered some gorgeous #decorations for the #ChristmasTree from Svenskt Tenn. Just repeat-ordered, so double # coloured-glass shell #ornaments.

#SvensktTenn is #Swedish 🇸🇪; the designer is #British 🇬🇧; the manufacturer is #German 🇩🇪: very #European 🇪🇺! 💕

www.svenskttenn.com/gb/en/range/...
Decoration Atlantis - Luke Edward Hall
Decorate the Christmas tree with glass baubles from Luke Edward Hall’s Christmas collection ‘Atlantis’, designed for Svenskt Tenn, with motifs of corals, starfish and the ancient Greek wave.
www.svenskttenn.com
October 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
I have just completed and finalised my fourth annual hamper from Brindisa, specialists in #Spanish comestibles and beverages.

If one signs up to their email, there is a #Brindisa 15% discount from your first order.

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brindisa.com
Home of Spanish Food in the UK & Online
Brindisa has been the home of Spanish Food in the UK for over 35 years. Shop online for the best Spanish ham, charcuterie, artisan cheese, olive oil, snacks & more. Free UK delivery & offers available...
brindisa.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:08 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
I have just made a donation to the #EU #RejoinRegister. Here is the link, if you would like to support their efforts to #rejoin.

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www.rejoinregister.org/donate?utm_c...
Donate
www.rejoinregister.org
October 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
#UN high commissioner for #HumanRights, Volker Türk, told the #HumanRightsCouncil that #disabled people in the UK “will be disproportionately affected by planned cuts to health benefits.”

www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...
Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations
United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question its reforms to universal credit.
www.bigissue.com
October 17, 2025 at 5:16 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
872,701 responsed to the #BBC’s research. There is no majority for trust in the Corporation’s independence. In fact there is a deficit of some 48 points. I am so relieved that I am not the only one disheartened by the BBC’s current political stance. Perhaps there maybe be hope for a better BBC…
October 16, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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criquaer.bsky.social
My latest blog-post on the need for #intimacy.

Warning: there is a section on sexual intimacy, but this can be skipped.

Link to Blogger:

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/08/inti...
Intimacies: Eight Types of Intimacy
crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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criquaer.bsky.social
Here's my latest blog-post, which I have been working on for several months, on my personal experience of #SexualFantasies and how they relate to my #asexuality & #demisexuality.

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-qu...
A Queer, Asexual's Sexual Fantasising?
crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
Had a @HelloFreshUK voucher. Like 1:5 Brits, we suffer from food allergies/intolerances. Cannot check whether allergens might be contained within the ingredients supplied by #HelloFresh. One cannot specify dislikes/allergens, so one has to plough through every recipe to check. 😏
October 14, 2025 at 12:02 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
Acabo de mirar una película navideña. Es la tercera mirada mía. Es basada sobre la obra dramática de Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing", "Mucho ruido y pocas nueces" ¡Es prácticamente la #PelículaDeNavidad perfecta! En mi opinión, por supuesto. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas

www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...
Much Ado About Christmas (TV Movie 2021) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Family, Romance
1h 25m
www.imdb.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:32 AM
criquaer.bsky.social
I have just watched a #ChristmasFilm. My third viewing. It is based on the play by Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing". For myself, it is practically the perfect #ChristmasMovie. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas

www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...
Much Ado About Christmas (TV Movie 2021) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Family, Romance
1h 25m
www.imdb.com
October 6, 2025 at 5:31 AM
criquaer.bsky.social
Here's my latest blog-post, which I have been working on for several months, on my personal experience of #SexualFantasies and how they relate to my #asexuality & #demisexuality.

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-qu...
A Queer, Asexual's Sexual Fantasising?
crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com
October 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
It's September so #ChristmasFilms are available. I found a gay #ChristmasMovie starring & co-written by #JonathanBennett, #TheHolidaySitter. Zero angst but lots of laughs & heart-touching moments.

If in the UK you can stream for free via #ITVX - link in comments.

www.imdb.com/title/tt2229...
The Holiday Sitter (TV Movie 2022) ⭐ 6.6 | Comedy, Romance
1h 24m | TV-G
www.imdb.com
September 5, 2025 at 8:18 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
Very honoured to have been painted by an artist chum (who wishes to remain anonymous but has given permission to share the artwork). They have made me look rather sexy, for which many thanks. 🥹 From my LH-side I am painted naked in pink hues. I am holding a small bottle and am watering a plant. 🪴
August 28, 2025 at 10:18 AM
criquaer.bsky.social
I needed something light & frothy to buck me up. I chose #Bros because it starred #LukeMacFarlane, a regular in the #ChristmasFilms I so adore. Personally, I found it quite thought-provoking as well as laugh-out-loud funny, thanks mostly to the lead #BillyEichner.

www.channel4.com/programmes/b...
Bros
(2022) The first studio gay romcom stars Billy Eichner as a podcaster who pooh-poohs love
www.channel4.com
August 26, 2025 at 10:00 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
My latest blog-post on the need for #intimacy.

Warning: there is a section on sexual intimacy, but this can be skipped.

Link to Blogger:

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/08/inti...
Intimacies: Eight Types of Intimacy
crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com
August 20, 2025 at 9:04 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
Who knew that #MARINA, the Welsh singer & poët, is a #pwME i.e. suffers from ME/CFS.

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME #MEcfs
#ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #CFSme
Link to #People magazine:
people.com/singer-marin...
Singer MARINA Diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: ‘It’s Been Hard to Remember What Healthy Feels Like’
Welsh singer Marina says that she believes “chronic stress” caused her Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
people.com
August 18, 2025 at 1:19 PM
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criquaer.bsky.social
I have added link to #BritishRedCross:

donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/gaza-...

Follow the link and give to their Gaza Appeal if able & willing. Cheers!

British Red Cross is an affiliate of #RedCross / #RedCrescent agencies. Other charities are also running appeals.
Gaza Crisis Appeal
Donate now to the Gaza Crisis Appeal and help provide vital aid to people affected by the devastating humanitarian crisis and threat of famine.
donate.redcross.org.uk
May 23, 2025 at 11:06 AM
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criquaer.bsky.social
#UKGov still in breach of #UNCRPD (under which we are still on annual-report), has made no head-way in ameliorating its failures, but instead has decided to make matters very much worse.

Without #DisabilityRights
there is #DisabilityDiscrimination.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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Petition: Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper & create National Disability Strategy
The DWP Green Paper Pathways to Work proposes what we think are devastating cuts to disability benefits. We think the Government must drop these proposals and instead begin a process of co-production ...
petition.parliament.uk
May 23, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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cambridgegill.bsky.social
Relevant to #pwME, #LongCovid and #ChronicIllness. Thanks @criquaer.bsky.social and www.equity.org.uk/news/2025
July 12, 2025 at 10:15 AM
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somethingchronic.bsky.social
I think this applies to #ME/CFS and #LongCovid advocacy too…
July 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
“#Opinion is the lowest form of human #knowledge. It requires no #accountability, no #understanding. The highest form of knowledge is #empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self.” #Plato in ‘Phaedrus’
July 11, 2025 at 8:44 PM
criquaer.bsky.social
Unlawful #UKGov #PIP Law!

The legal opinion says: “there can be no doubt that the reforms are regressive in #HumanRights terms. Therefore, in accordance with the principle of non-retrogression, they are presumed to be prohibited under #UNCRPD, #ICESCR and #UNCRC.”

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/we...
Welfare reforms breach international law, says new expert legal opinion
New expert legal opinion says the government’s welfare reforms “result in very serious breaches” of international human rights law and constitute “human rights violations for disabled people” and desc...
www.equity.org.uk
July 9, 2025 at 11:52 AM
criquaer.bsky.social
The #UnitedNations is not ignoring the treatment of #Disabled folk in UK. On 7.7.25 they sent a letter to #UKGov about ongoing serious failings to ensure #DisabilityRights and to protect people with #disabilities.

The linked doc highlights breaches of #UNCRPD.

tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...
tbinternet.ohchr.org
July 9, 2025 at 11:08 AM
criquaer.bsky.social
“Pension benefits for the wealthy are, on average, more than maximum #PIP payments a year” #RichardMurphy

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...
Pension benefits for the wealthy are, on average, more than maximum PIP payments a year
There are varying estimates of how much total benefit payments to people who have some form of disability, or who are paid benefits relating to their health, actually cost per annum. Figures I have se...
www.taxresearch.org.uk
July 5, 2025 at 6:15 PM