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@thatchrisguy.bsky.social
A nice guy trapped in the sarcastic body of an asshole. Does legal/contract stuff. Proud libtard and wannabe ally.
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There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
June 19, 2025 at 11:11 AM
There may come a day when the BBC puts on air one of the other 29,999 headteachers currently estimated to be working in UK schools, but that day is not today
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£450k audit fees. TV licences. Foreign aid.
Reform UK finds a big number, strips the context, and screams “WASTE!”
Meanwhile, I’m here with my spreadsheets.
Let me walk you through the difference.
Reform UK finds a big number, strips the context, and screams “WASTE!”
Meanwhile, I’m here with my spreadsheets.
Let me walk you through the difference.
Show Your Working: A Challenge to Reform UK
What real efficiency looks like, why Reform’s approach is pure theatre, and why public trust depends on more than vibes.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 10:22 AM
£450k audit fees. TV licences. Foreign aid.
Reform UK finds a big number, strips the context, and screams “WASTE!”
Meanwhile, I’m here with my spreadsheets.
Let me walk you through the difference.
Reform UK finds a big number, strips the context, and screams “WASTE!”
Meanwhile, I’m here with my spreadsheets.
Let me walk you through the difference.
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Widespread pollution of forever chemicals in UK rivers
A new report highlights the need for a group ban on PFAS chemicals, as contamination of rivers reaches record levels
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
A new report highlights the need for a group ban on PFAS chemicals, as contamination of rivers reaches record levels
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
Widespread pollution of forever chemicals in UK rivers
A new report highlights the need for a group ban on PFAS chemicals, as contamination of rivers reaches record levels
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Widespread pollution of forever chemicals in UK rivers
A new report highlights the need for a group ban on PFAS chemicals, as contamination of rivers reaches record levels
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
A new report highlights the need for a group ban on PFAS chemicals, as contamination of rivers reaches record levels
By Brian McHugh
@yorkshirebylines.co.uk
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Legacy media has bowed down and will obey. That is what there is to know.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
February 2, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Legacy media has bowed down and will obey. That is what there is to know.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
Support pro-democracy, independent media.
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Posting again, in light of the Trump administration suppressing research
For Americans thinking of moving to the EU, refugee status is a high bar.
But there is an EU law (& parallel national laws) on admission of highly skilled non-EU workers
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-...
Also an EU law on non-EU researchers eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-...
But there is an EU law (& parallel national laws) on admission of highly skilled non-EU workers
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2021/05/the-...
Also an EU law on non-EU researchers eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-...
The revised Blue Card Directive: the EU's search for more highly skilled non-EU migrants
Steve Peers , Professor of Law, University of Essex One sign of the difficulty in resolving differences of opinion within the EU on im...
eulawanalysis.blogspot.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Posting again, in light of the Trump administration suppressing research
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I have many friends, family and neighbors facing job losses and financial difficulties. My community is in turmoil. People in countries I care about are being abandoned. The values and principles I worked for my entire life for are being betrayed. Eventually, we’re all caught in Trump’s tsunami. 🧵
February 2, 2025 at 2:36 PM
I have many friends, family and neighbors facing job losses and financial difficulties. My community is in turmoil. People in countries I care about are being abandoned. The values and principles I worked for my entire life for are being betrayed. Eventually, we’re all caught in Trump’s tsunami. 🧵
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This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.
NEW: Yvette Cooper rules out a youth mobility scheme between the UK and EU: "That's not the right starting point for us at all."
Brussels is demanding one as part of the government's "reset" of relations with the bloc.
Brussels is demanding one as part of the government's "reset" of relations with the bloc.
February 2, 2025 at 9:06 AM
This is, by some distance, the most unforgivably stupidest thing the government is doing. An easily sellable proposal, which would actually help Brits, and unlocks meaningful negotiation. Irrational and anti-growth.
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👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
A gay guy, a Black man, and a woman walk into a flight deck— that’s not the beginning of a joke, but just a regular day at work! There was so much DEI on this plane that we could hardly get in the air. Luckily my limp wrists were able to wrestle the heavy jet back to the ground 💅🏼
February 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
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I’ve been privileged to meet several autistic people over the years & none of them did Nazi salutes…
February 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM
I’ve been privileged to meet several autistic people over the years & none of them did Nazi salutes…
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Can't spell tariffs without FFS
a woman is holding a cup of coffee and the words something to think about are above her
ALT: a woman is holding a cup of coffee and the words something to think about are above her
media.tenor.com
February 2, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Can't spell tariffs without FFS
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X marks Despot
November 23, 2024 at 5:58 PM
X marks Despot
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How many times do I need to say this?
These are not expats, they are immigrants.
You don’t “expat” somewhere, you emigrate, and that makes you an immigrant.
I have never heard anyone refer to “Bangladeshi Expats” or “Polish Expats”, it’s always immigrants, so why not here?
These are not expats, they are immigrants.
You don’t “expat” somewhere, you emigrate, and that makes you an immigrant.
I have never heard anyone refer to “Bangladeshi Expats” or “Polish Expats”, it’s always immigrants, so why not here?
November 24, 2024 at 11:13 AM
How many times do I need to say this?
These are not expats, they are immigrants.
You don’t “expat” somewhere, you emigrate, and that makes you an immigrant.
I have never heard anyone refer to “Bangladeshi Expats” or “Polish Expats”, it’s always immigrants, so why not here?
These are not expats, they are immigrants.
You don’t “expat” somewhere, you emigrate, and that makes you an immigrant.
I have never heard anyone refer to “Bangladeshi Expats” or “Polish Expats”, it’s always immigrants, so why not here?
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Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.
November 22, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Probably the only time I was grateful for a MTG tweet.
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I love that when I say "the good place" and "the bad place" everyone knows exactly what I'm talking about.
November 23, 2024 at 12:32 AM
I love that when I say "the good place" and "the bad place" everyone knows exactly what I'm talking about.
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Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking girlfriend
The MP had told the media he had been jailed for ‘pushing’ former partner in 2006, when the court records say he repeatedly kicked her on a night out
www.thetimes.com
November 21, 2024 at 6:35 PM
Reform MP James McMurdock was jailed for repeatedly kicking his girlfriend.
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
He had told the media he was jailed for "pushing" his former partner in 2006.
Court records obtained by The Times say the sentence was given because of "the serious nature of the offence”.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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It’s WILD how farmers can threaten to withhold food and that’s absolutely fine. But when NHS workers are striking for fair pay and a safer NHS, the right completely lose their minds. We have nurses using food banks, the right don’t care. We have farmers with land worth £Ms… we must /1
November 21, 2024 at 7:49 PM
It’s WILD how farmers can threaten to withhold food and that’s absolutely fine. But when NHS workers are striking for fair pay and a safer NHS, the right completely lose their minds. We have nurses using food banks, the right don’t care. We have farmers with land worth £Ms… we must /1
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Wow. According to this image it looks like nurses - whose real-terms pay has declined by at least 20% since 2010 are responsible for driving up UK borrowing. Thanks for clearing that up BBCNews
November 22, 2024 at 6:01 AM
Wow. According to this image it looks like nurses - whose real-terms pay has declined by at least 20% since 2010 are responsible for driving up UK borrowing. Thanks for clearing that up BBCNews
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● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
The great patriot doesn’t like the new Jaguar advert, so he hopes they go bust. What a horrid man.
November 22, 2024 at 7:44 AM
● Jaguar Land Rover adds £10bn annually to the UK economy
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
● Employs 11,000 people in the UK
● Creates thousands more jobs in supply chain reliant on it
● And Grandad Nigel wants them to go bust because he doesn't like the ads.
Why do YOU think he doesn't like them?
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Why the síneadh fada (the accents over #Irishlanguage
vowels) matter:
Órla (name) - Orla (vomit)
Tonóg (a duck) - Tónóg (small-arsed)
Cráic (anus) - Craic (i.e. havin' the craic)
Anás (poverty) - Anas (Anus)
Steámar (stale piss) - Steamar (scrap of)
Cáca (cake) - Caca (shit)
#gaeilge
vowels) matter:
Órla (name) - Orla (vomit)
Tonóg (a duck) - Tónóg (small-arsed)
Cráic (anus) - Craic (i.e. havin' the craic)
Anás (poverty) - Anas (Anus)
Steámar (stale piss) - Steamar (scrap of)
Cáca (cake) - Caca (shit)
#gaeilge
November 21, 2024 at 12:27 PM
Why the síneadh fada (the accents over #Irishlanguage
vowels) matter:
Órla (name) - Orla (vomit)
Tonóg (a duck) - Tónóg (small-arsed)
Cráic (anus) - Craic (i.e. havin' the craic)
Anás (poverty) - Anas (Anus)
Steámar (stale piss) - Steamar (scrap of)
Cáca (cake) - Caca (shit)
#gaeilge
vowels) matter:
Órla (name) - Orla (vomit)
Tonóg (a duck) - Tónóg (small-arsed)
Cráic (anus) - Craic (i.e. havin' the craic)
Anás (poverty) - Anas (Anus)
Steámar (stale piss) - Steamar (scrap of)
Cáca (cake) - Caca (shit)
#gaeilge
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Made the mistake of suggesting we shouldn't appease Putin on the other place.
Now, apparently, I have to join the army and go and fight in the war.
I'll miss you, gang.
Now, apparently, I have to join the army and go and fight in the war.
I'll miss you, gang.
November 21, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Made the mistake of suggesting we shouldn't appease Putin on the other place.
Now, apparently, I have to join the army and go and fight in the war.
I'll miss you, gang.
Now, apparently, I have to join the army and go and fight in the war.
I'll miss you, gang.
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Leak the report. Pass it on
A Democrat should leak the Gaetz report. Trump and MAGA invited a violent insurrection against our election and refer to the traitors as freedom fighters and political prisoners.
This is nothing. Leak the report. Americans deserve to see it.
This is nothing. Leak the report. Americans deserve to see it.
November 20, 2024 at 9:51 PM
Leak the report. Pass it on
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Raw unvarnished truth here.
November 21, 2024 at 2:13 AM
Raw unvarnished truth here.
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“Farage cost farmers more money with Brexit than any inheritance tax. Now he’s cosplaying in tweed, marching alongside them. Tractors came to Whitehall in March, to protest trade deals Badenoch signed. Now they're applauding her speech. How can I take them seriously? Where are their principles?”
🚜 NEW Quiet Riot: FARMED OUTRAGE 🐄
@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social and special guest former UK-US ambassador, Sir Kim Darroch, discuss Trump's outrage farming in the US, and farmers' outrage here in the UK.
🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/1gu2...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
@pimlicat.bsky.social, @sturdyalex.bsky.social and special guest former UK-US ambassador, Sir Kim Darroch, discuss Trump's outrage farming in the US, and farmers' outrage here in the UK.
🏮 open.spotify.com/episode/1gu2...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Farmed Outrage
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 21/11/2024 · 1h
podcasts.apple.com
November 21, 2024 at 5:18 AM
“Farage cost farmers more money with Brexit than any inheritance tax. Now he’s cosplaying in tweed, marching alongside them. Tractors came to Whitehall in March, to protest trade deals Badenoch signed. Now they're applauding her speech. How can I take them seriously? Where are their principles?”
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In the real world, if you leave a pub because everybody is screaming abuse, there are constant fights, and you get no service because the spoiled brat of a landlord too busy sucking up to Nazis... nobody accuses you of vanishing into an elitist echo chamber.
Same applies online.
Same applies online.
November 21, 2024 at 8:09 AM
In the real world, if you leave a pub because everybody is screaming abuse, there are constant fights, and you get no service because the spoiled brat of a landlord too busy sucking up to Nazis... nobody accuses you of vanishing into an elitist echo chamber.
Same applies online.
Same applies online.