Chris Sheridan
@fatshez.bsky.social
weegie lawyer who would like to be a runner!
The audacity. 4-2. No Scotland, no party!
November 18, 2025 at 9:47 PM
The audacity. 4-2. No Scotland, no party!
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My column this week: on the 'infernal circle' in immigration policy and Labour's muddled and uncertain attempt to get out of it:
Labour needs a way out of the infernal circle of immigration policy
Politics today is about ‘open vs closed’, but the UK government’s approach risks appeasing no one
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My column this week: on the 'infernal circle' in immigration policy and Labour's muddled and uncertain attempt to get out of it:
I appreciate I am a lily-livered pinko, but if the problem is pull factors attracting people to the UK, can we not, in some small way, make a positive of that?
November 18, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I appreciate I am a lily-livered pinko, but if the problem is pull factors attracting people to the UK, can we not, in some small way, make a positive of that?
What annoys me (a Starmer supporter) most about the first year or so of his premiership is that most of his government's problems could have been avoided (and more bandwidth devoted to some of their successes) by simply doing LESS.
November 14, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What annoys me (a Starmer supporter) most about the first year or so of his premiership is that most of his government's problems could have been avoided (and more bandwidth devoted to some of their successes) by simply doing LESS.
Just listened to Dr Runswick of the BMA on Times Radio. Speaking as a member of a famously unpopular profession, I'd advise doctors to get better representation if they want to avoid that fate.
November 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Just listened to Dr Runswick of the BMA on Times Radio. Speaking as a member of a famously unpopular profession, I'd advise doctors to get better representation if they want to avoid that fate.
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
JD Vance: "Democrats' idea was the way you get more prosperity is that you import more and more low wage servants."
November 14, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door!
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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?
Typed on a smartphone....
Year one: "We can work it out as an estimate"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
Year two: "Oh, look, lots of people are dodging the system!"
Year three: "We need to fit mandatory trackers to every car in the country."
Year four plus: "Why shouldn't tracker data be used in evidence? What have people got to hide?"
I don’t think think “estimated road use” is right approach - at the least drivers should have the *option* of getting a black box fitted that just tracks their EVs usage, but come on, Mel, impersonate a serious politician!
November 6, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Typed on a smartphone....
Other than the impact on Kent, it is hard to think of a clear Brexit upside.
‘It will be like a 70-acre lighthouse!'
Full story: www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/i...
Full story: www.kentonline.co.uk/dover/news/i...
November 5, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Other than the impact on Kent, it is hard to think of a clear Brexit upside.
Traditionally, it's drinking the blood of teenage virgins, I think.
November 5, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Traditionally, it's drinking the blood of teenage virgins, I think.
I mean, sure, this is where we're definitely at, what with recent Tory chancellors and PMs not resigning after *checks notes* crashing the economy, lying to the Queen, and losing a majority in an election called by that PM.
If Reeves increases income tax she will have to resign
Like Jim Callaghan in 1967, this chancellor will have to pay the political price for going back on her oft-repeated pledge
www.thetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 1:21 PM
I mean, sure, this is where we're definitely at, what with recent Tory chancellors and PMs not resigning after *checks notes* crashing the economy, lying to the Queen, and losing a majority in an election called by that PM.
The tech oligarchs aren't concerned about tax; they're concerned about legislation restricting what they can take and use for free. The modern left should be more focused on controlling their behaviour than taxing their wealth. Make them spend the money.
November 5, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The tech oligarchs aren't concerned about tax; they're concerned about legislation restricting what they can take and use for free. The modern left should be more focused on controlling their behaviour than taxing their wealth. Make them spend the money.
Americans are arguing about whether you should call the licensed corner shop a bodega, a convenience store, or a 7-Eleven.
I will support any New York mayoral candidate who admits bodegas are just convenience stores and everywhere in the world has them
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Americans are arguing about whether you should call the licensed corner shop a bodega, a convenience store, or a 7-Eleven.
Ireland and NZ looking beatable.
November 1, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Ireland and NZ looking beatable.
Trying to help my 14 year old with her English homework...
October 29, 2025 at 6:52 AM
Trying to help my 14 year old with her English homework...
Your periodic reminder that an adult's strong view (pro or anti) on any national flag is as good an indicator of their political acumen as knowing their favourite Mr Man character.
October 25, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Your periodic reminder that an adult's strong view (pro or anti) on any national flag is as good an indicator of their political acumen as knowing their favourite Mr Man character.
Warriors on fire at Scotstoun.
October 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Warriors on fire at Scotstoun.
Vic & Bob's time to shine!
BREAKING - Tess Daly and Claudia Winkleman are to leave Strictly at the end of the current series.
October 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
Vic & Bob's time to shine!
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Again, we probably should have addressed whatever law permits the President to blow up the White House before electing a maniac.
October 22, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Again, we probably should have addressed whatever law permits the President to blow up the White House before electing a maniac.
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Open letter in support of Prof Michael Ben-Gad, City University London, targeted and harassed by “students” in a protest group, for no other reason than pure anti-semitism - for being an Israeli Jew. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Standing against targeted harassment of Professor Michael Ben-Gad
21 October 2025
We, the undersigned, are deeply concerned by a targeted harassment campaign against Michael Ben-Gad, Professor of Economics at City St George’s, University of London, led by a group ca...
docs.google.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Open letter in support of Prof Michael Ben-Gad, City University London, targeted and harassed by “students” in a protest group, for no other reason than pure anti-semitism - for being an Israeli Jew. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
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Louvre Thieves Given Immunity After Confirming Jewels Stolen For Purpose Of Training AI Software
FRENCH POLICE have immediately ended all efforts to recover priceless Napoleon-era jewellery from the Louvre taken in a daring heist after it emerged the jewels were merely stolen for the purposes of ...
waterfordwhispersnews.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:43 PM
“When we realised these jewels were only stolen to inflate the share price of a company whose entire value relies on the wholesale theft of other people’s art, we had no choice but grant immunity,”
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Genius from @waterfordwhispers.bsky.social
waterfordwhispersnews.com/2025/10/20/l...
Good luck turning the party that ended free movement, and strenuously resisted its reintroduction for young people, into a party for young voters, Bill.
www.thetimes.com/article/edaf...
www.thetimes.com/article/edaf...
Without young voters, the Tories are sunk
The party needs economic policies that chime with under-40s, with an emphasis on opportunity and aspiration
www.thetimes.com
October 7, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Good luck turning the party that ended free movement, and strenuously resisted its reintroduction for young people, into a party for young voters, Bill.
www.thetimes.com/article/edaf...
www.thetimes.com/article/edaf...