Mike Hill
@mikehillmanc.bsky.social
Left liberal internationalist, retired, now cricket umpire/groundsman/administrator, loves travel, good food & drink, and cultural stuff
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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In addition to the post, to accompany the new Blog title there is a new, separate Blog Page setting out in detail what ‘Brexitism’ means. Defining Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/p/defining-b... 2/2
September 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
In addition to the post, to accompany the new Blog title there is a new, separate Blog Page setting out in detail what ‘Brexitism’ means. Defining Brexitism: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/p/defining-b... 2/2
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From Brexit to Brexitism. New post starting the 10th year of my now retitled Brexit & Brexitism Blog, analysing the current politics of Brexit, this summer's confected crisis, and the new terrain of post-Brexit politics. Long read: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/from... 1/2
September 5, 2025 at 6:28 AM
From Brexit to Brexitism. New post starting the 10th year of my now retitled Brexit & Brexitism Blog, analysing the current politics of Brexit, this summer's confected crisis, and the new terrain of post-Brexit politics. Long read: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/09/from... 1/2
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This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
September 3, 2025 at 10:33 PM
This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely
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Outstanding.
August 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Outstanding.
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Having had a first pass at the Industrial Strategy, my thought is that I am not sure how a strategy that is entirely reliant on a sustained large supply of graduates is wholly compatible with a relaxed attitude towards the financial distress of the institutions charged with producing that workforce.
June 23, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Having had a first pass at the Industrial Strategy, my thought is that I am not sure how a strategy that is entirely reliant on a sustained large supply of graduates is wholly compatible with a relaxed attitude towards the financial distress of the institutions charged with producing that workforce.
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Turns out Ireland could single-handedly put a stop to this entire nonsense.
April 6, 2025 at 6:06 AM
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Facing Trump’s lunacy the UK now has some idea how Brexit felt to the EU. An idea that never made sense, promoted by scoundrels, voted for by the lied to, which led to fracturing trade with long-term allies, making both sides worse off, and all for nothing.
April 4, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Facing Trump’s lunacy the UK now has some idea how Brexit felt to the EU. An idea that never made sense, promoted by scoundrels, voted for by the lied to, which led to fracturing trade with long-term allies, making both sides worse off, and all for nothing.
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How Trump has reset the Brexit reset. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The moral collapse of the US & the US's declaration of economic war both change the meaning of the Brexit reset, but they don't necessarily change it in the same way: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
April 4, 2025 at 6:42 AM
How Trump has reset the Brexit reset. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The moral collapse of the US & the US's declaration of economic war both change the meaning of the Brexit reset, but they don't necessarily change it in the same way: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/04/how-...
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The people have lost faith in politics.
Politicians seem above the law. They are corrupt. They use public money for their own benefit. They lie to the public about who funds them.
That is why we must allow the convicted criminal who embezzled from the public purse to run.
- Me, for the Spectator.
Politicians seem above the law. They are corrupt. They use public money for their own benefit. They lie to the public about who funds them.
That is why we must allow the convicted criminal who embezzled from the public purse to run.
- Me, for the Spectator.
April 1, 2025 at 8:54 AM
The people have lost faith in politics.
Politicians seem above the law. They are corrupt. They use public money for their own benefit. They lie to the public about who funds them.
That is why we must allow the convicted criminal who embezzled from the public purse to run.
- Me, for the Spectator.
Politicians seem above the law. They are corrupt. They use public money for their own benefit. They lie to the public about who funds them.
That is why we must allow the convicted criminal who embezzled from the public purse to run.
- Me, for the Spectator.
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This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
The Imperialism Has no Clothes
JD Vance in Greenland
open.substack.com
March 29, 2025 at 1:03 PM
This, from Timothy Snyder, is definitive, on Greenland open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...
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Genuinely serious, realistic appraisal of our current predicament from @anthonypainter.bsky.social. Highly recommended.
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
Brexterity Britain - no way out?
Without confronting the impairment of Brexit and austerity directly, the Government risks sinking into the same quicksand that swallowed German Chancellor Olaf Scholz.
anthonypainter.substack.com
March 22, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Genuinely serious, realistic appraisal of our current predicament from @anthonypainter.bsky.social. Highly recommended.
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
anthonypainter.substack.com/p/brexterity...
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A global movement to undermine Elon Musk’s Tesla business makes its presence known outside a showroom in Stockport, Manchester
#TeslaTakedown
By Dominic Jackson
northwestbylines.co.uk/region/great...
#TeslaTakedown
By Dominic Jackson
northwestbylines.co.uk/region/great...
Tesla Takedown (Manchester edition)
A global movement to undermine Elon Musk’s Tesla business makes its presence known outside a showroom in Stockport, Manchester
northwestbylines.co.uk
March 16, 2025 at 12:38 PM
A global movement to undermine Elon Musk’s Tesla business makes its presence known outside a showroom in Stockport, Manchester
#TeslaTakedown
By Dominic Jackson
northwestbylines.co.uk/region/great...
#TeslaTakedown
By Dominic Jackson
northwestbylines.co.uk/region/great...
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The new global divide makes Brexit an anomaly. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog on the choices facing the UK, what they show about the realities of sovereignty, how they're already changing domestic politics, and what they mean for Brexit:
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
March 7, 2025 at 7:38 AM
The new global divide makes Brexit an anomaly. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog on the choices facing the UK, what they show about the realities of sovereignty, how they're already changing domestic politics, and what they mean for Brexit:
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-...
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Trump’s new world chaos offers possibilities for post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The UK's choice isn’t just between US & EU, it's about the new global divide, and it could finally change the stale politics of Brexit: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/trum...
February 7, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Trump’s new world chaos offers possibilities for post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Beyond Blog. The UK's choice isn’t just between US & EU, it's about the new global divide, and it could finally change the stale politics of Brexit: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2025/02/trum...
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And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
February 6, 2025 at 8:27 PM
And there it is: Doors are open for kleptocracy in America
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The UK is under attack
January 8, 2025 at 2:55 PM
The UK is under attack
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clip here www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ3m...
Keir Starmer responds to Elon Musk tweets (6 Jan 2025)
YouTube video by Brock Election
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January 6, 2025 at 10:51 AM
clip here www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQ3m...
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And the only "solution" ever offered? Some variation of "STOP NOW AND TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO WHEN I HAD HAIR AND DIDN'T NEED VIAGRA."
People make an actual living churning out this derivative nonsense.
People make an actual living churning out this derivative nonsense.
December 8, 2024 at 4:21 PM
And the only "solution" ever offered? Some variation of "STOP NOW AND TURN BACK THE CLOCK TO WHEN I HAD HAIR AND DIDN'T NEED VIAGRA."
People make an actual living churning out this derivative nonsense.
People make an actual living churning out this derivative nonsense.
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Proposed changes to inheritance tax for farmers have stirred up strong feelings. An author with a family background in farming looks at both sides of the issue | Richard Styles
Inheritance tax: an everyday story of country folk
Proposed changes to inheritance tax for farmers have stirred up strong feelings. An author with a family background in farming looks at both sides of the issue
kentandsurreybylines.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
Proposed changes to inheritance tax for farmers have stirred up strong feelings. An author with a family background in farming looks at both sides of the issue | Richard Styles
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Here it is. Thank you all - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMg...
Merry Christmas to All, EXCEPT For The Following People | Colin From Portsmouth's 2024 Xmas List
YouTube video by TheExplodingHeads
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December 2, 2024 at 11:53 AM
Here it is. Thank you all - www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCMg...
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Six of the Best: simple things to make your club more nature friendly 🏏🐝🌼🌳🦋🐞☘
Mark Cocker author and naturalist (Guardian's Country Diary) offers some top tips to make your cricket club that little bit greener💚
New blog 👉 bit.ly/3ZgUJaU
#Cricket #Biodiversity
Mark Cocker author and naturalist (Guardian's Country Diary) offers some top tips to make your cricket club that little bit greener💚
New blog 👉 bit.ly/3ZgUJaU
#Cricket #Biodiversity
November 30, 2024 at 7:58 PM
Six of the Best: simple things to make your club more nature friendly 🏏🐝🌼🌳🦋🐞☘
Mark Cocker author and naturalist (Guardian's Country Diary) offers some top tips to make your cricket club that little bit greener💚
New blog 👉 bit.ly/3ZgUJaU
#Cricket #Biodiversity
Mark Cocker author and naturalist (Guardian's Country Diary) offers some top tips to make your cricket club that little bit greener💚
New blog 👉 bit.ly/3ZgUJaU
#Cricket #Biodiversity
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Just remembering this great post by @briancalbrecht.bsky.social, whose newsletter is fantastic.
Econ 101 is wrong about tariffs
They're even worse in reality.
www.economicforces.xyz
November 25, 2024 at 10:14 PM
Just remembering this great post by @briancalbrecht.bsky.social, whose newsletter is fantastic.
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"a strategy of starvation was always going to be indefensible" is somewhere of an understatement.
#Genocide
#Genocide
Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame | Jonathan Freedland
Benjamin Netanyahu is a wanted man – and he has only himself to blame | Jonathan Freedland
A strategy of starvation would always be indefensible. After this week’s ICC decision, he risks turning Israel into a pariah state
Thanks to Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, which once dreamed of being a light unto the nations, has taken a step closer to…
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2024 at 5:26 PM
"a strategy of starvation was always going to be indefensible" is somewhere of an understatement.
#Genocide
#Genocide
A strategy of starvation would always be indefensible. After this week’s ICC decision, he risks turning Israel into a pariah state, says Guardian columnist Jona…
November 22, 2024 at 6:35 PM
A strategy of starvation would always be indefensible. After this week’s ICC decision, he risks turning Israel into a pariah state, says Guardian columnist Jona…