Chris Oliff UK
@4chris.bsky.social
True Brit. 🟧
. Life is good.
Married
, cooking, gardening, walking our wonderful Tibetan Terrier.
now over 80 - still love working in our business
. Life is good.
Married
, cooking, gardening, walking our wonderful Tibetan Terrier.
now over 80 - still love working in our business
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Left: Luke Johnson, Chairman of Gail's Bakery, who was pro-Brexit, criticises Labour for not understanding the private sector and how wealth is created
Right: The thing he voted for, Brexit, costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax revenue every year #BBCQT
Right: The thing he voted for, Brexit, costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax revenue every year #BBCQT
November 27, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Left: Luke Johnson, Chairman of Gail's Bakery, who was pro-Brexit, criticises Labour for not understanding the private sector and how wealth is created
Right: The thing he voted for, Brexit, costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax revenue every year #BBCQT
Right: The thing he voted for, Brexit, costs the UK £90 billion in lost tax revenue every year #BBCQT
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Is Farage still the racist bully he was at school?
“there’s a substantive case that Farage did change. He’s seen the strategic necessity of maintaining a clear boundary with the far right”
Cynical political manoeuvring should not shield him.
So yes, he still is.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
“there’s a substantive case that Farage did change. He’s seen the strategic necessity of maintaining a clear boundary with the far right”
Cynical political manoeuvring should not shield him.
So yes, he still is.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
How Farage fails the racism test
Would a person from an ethnic minority trust Nigel Farage in power? So long as the answer remains “no”, Farage and the Reform party are unfit for office
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Is Farage still the racist bully he was at school?
“there’s a substantive case that Farage did change. He’s seen the strategic necessity of maintaining a clear boundary with the far right”
Cynical political manoeuvring should not shield him.
So yes, he still is.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
“there’s a substantive case that Farage did change. He’s seen the strategic necessity of maintaining a clear boundary with the far right”
Cynical political manoeuvring should not shield him.
So yes, he still is.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/sunder-katwa...
Trump: will “permanently pause migration . . .
- if any shoot a Nat Guard?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-migration-from-third-world-countries-after-national-guard-shooting
- if any shoot a Nat Guard?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-migration-from-third-world-countries-after-national-guard-shooting
Trump says he will ‘permanently pause’ migration from ‘third world countries’ after national guard shooting
In a social media post sent late on Thanksgiving, US president said he would ‘end all federal benefits and subsidies to noncitizens’ following Washington DC shooting
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Trump: will “permanently pause migration . . .
- if any shoot a Nat Guard?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-migration-from-third-world-countries-after-national-guard-shooting
- if any shoot a Nat Guard?
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/nov/28/trump-says-he-will-permanently-pause-migration-from-third-world-countries-after-national-guard-shooting
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“This? Oh, this fell apart weeks ago”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 27, 2025 at 5:13 PM
“This? Oh, this fell apart weeks ago”
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Why dark matter is still one of the biggest open problems in science
We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
www.newscientist.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
We can't see dark matter directly, so studying it pushes the boundaries of our creativity as scientists. How exciting, says Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
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~ Rachel Reeves’s budget creates tax break for rich former non-doms | Budget 2025 | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/27/rachel-reevess-budget-creates-tax-break-for-rich-ex-non-doms
~ Rachel Reeves’s budget creates tax break for rich former non-doms | Budget 2025 | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/27/rachel-reevess-budget-creates-tax-break-for-rich-ex-non-doms
Rachel Reeves’s budget creates tax break for rich former non-doms | Budget 2025 | The Guardian
Cap on inheritance tax paid by their offshore trusts will only help those worth more than £83m, say experts
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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~ Rachel Reeves’s budget creates tax break for rich former non-doms | Budget 2025 | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/27/rachel-reevess-budget-creates-tax-break-for-rich-ex-non-doms
~ Rachel Reeves’s budget creates tax break for rich former non-doms | Budget 2025 | The Guardian ~
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/nov/27/rachel-reevess-budget-creates-tax-break-for-rich-ex-non-doms
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✍️ Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 4:02 PM
✍️ Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
@brianmchugh.bsky.social
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Seventh Met Police officer sacked over BBC Panorama investigation
Seventh Met Police officer sacked over BBC Panorama investigation
PC Sean Park was shown "expressing discriminatory and disrespectful views about Muslims", the Met says.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Seventh Met Police officer sacked over BBC Panorama investigation
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🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🔥 Rachel Reeves says there’s a “hole” in the public finances.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
A new decade-long Brexit study quantifies it:
A 6–8% hit to GDP
That's £180bn-£240bn a year
It means less tax revenue and so less money for everything.
Brexit made Britain MUCH poorer.
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Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
November 27, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Net migration has fallen again to 204,000, the lowest level since 2021 and is forecast to continue falling over the coming years.
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
Not that you would know it from the endless coverage of Britain's supposed "immigration crisis"
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More than 700,000 homes across the ten English councils now governed by Reform UK are projected to face medium or higher flood risk by the middle of the century...
That is roughly one in five households in the party’s local strongholds.
That is roughly one in five households in the party’s local strongholds.
Drowning in denial: one in five homes in Reform UK heartlands faces flooding in 25 years
Even as the party rolls back climate action, Reform-controlled councils sit on some of England’s worst rising flood risks
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 AM
More than 700,000 homes across the ten English councils now governed by Reform UK are projected to face medium or higher flood risk by the middle of the century...
That is roughly one in five households in the party’s local strongholds.
That is roughly one in five households in the party’s local strongholds.
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Increased toxicity from plastic pollution in a warmer climate is highly likely to be affecting whole ecosystems, with potentially disproportionate impacts on apex predators such as orcas.
Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Increased toxicity from plastic pollution in a warmer climate is highly likely to be affecting whole ecosystems, with potentially disproportionate impacts on apex predators such as orcas.
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Even Brexiters are beginning to acknowledge the damage Brexit has done to the economy, and Westminster needs to catch up. Facing reality is the first step towards repairing the harm and rebuilding a serious relationship with Europe.
We Brexiteers must acknowledge the costs of leaving Europe
Breaking free from the EU has undoubtedly deepened the UK’s malaise, and it’s no use denying it
www.thetimes.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Even Brexiters are beginning to acknowledge the damage Brexit has done to the economy, and Westminster needs to catch up. Facing reality is the first step towards repairing the harm and rebuilding a serious relationship with Europe.
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This is the real effect of leaving the EU.
November 27, 2025 at 11:35 AM
This is the real effect of leaving the EU.
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Polite request...
Can politicians stop using the word "botched"! It tells me nothing specific and just sounds like there is a good version of the rubbish thing you are rightly trying to criticise.
Can politicians stop using the word "botched"! It tells me nothing specific and just sounds like there is a good version of the rubbish thing you are rightly trying to criticise.
November 27, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Polite request...
Can politicians stop using the word "botched"! It tells me nothing specific and just sounds like there is a good version of the rubbish thing you are rightly trying to criticise.
Can politicians stop using the word "botched"! It tells me nothing specific and just sounds like there is a good version of the rubbish thing you are rightly trying to criticise.
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This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
November 27, 2025 at 12:33 PM
This is why a con man shouldn’t have been allowed to become President!
This 👇
This 👇
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All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
November 27, 2025 at 12:49 PM
All the Right Wing apologists are cheering the fall in UK immigration announced today while missing what could be a huge problem - 99% of emigrants are under the age of 35. That’s a big brain drain.
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Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Plastic pollution: a crisis requiring systemic change
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
Plastic pollution is worsened by warming climate and must be stemmed, researchers warn
By Brian McHugh
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UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
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Not saying that the EU wouldn't show some caution, but our membership is at much in their interests as it is ours. Of course they want us back in.
It's not negative, it's realistic. Why would the EU take us back after 10+yrs of being insulted and the possibility of another tory/reform gov to leave again? My optimistic future is a closer relationship leading, eventually, to candidate and then full membership
November 27, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Not saying that the EU wouldn't show some caution, but our membership is at much in their interests as it is ours. Of course they want us back in.
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The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices
centralbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 2:24 PM
The X Effect and the dangers of social media bias
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Sky News' investigation The X Effect has exposed a right-wing bias in X's algorithm, which boosts extreme content over left-wing voices | Cliff Mitchell
@cliffmitchell.bsky.social @sdupp.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
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Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what Farage thought of Truss’s budget that cost Britain about £30,000,000,000.
November 26, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Let’s take a moment to remind ourselves what Farage thought of Truss’s budget that cost Britain about £30,000,000,000.
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Regular reminder that behind all the guff about immigration statistics we are talking about actual people's lives.
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
UK migration is at a record high – but immigration should be celebrated, not weaponised
Experience tells us that there will be those who try and “weaponise” immigration no matter what, says Stand for All's Daniel Sohege.
www.bigissue.com
November 27, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Regular reminder that behind all the guff about immigration statistics we are talking about actual people's lives.
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
We are pretty much guaranteed to see today's figures used to defend anti-immigration policies, and ignore the harm they cause. These are people's lives.
www.bigissue.com/opinion/uk-m...
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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.
Net migration to the UK fell by two-thirds in the year ending June 2025 compared with the previous 12 months, provisional figures indicate.
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Sharp fall in UK net migration with drop in arrivals for work and study www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sharp fall in UK net migration with drop in arrivals for work and study www.bbc.com/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.com
November 27, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Net migration to the UK fell by two-thirds in the year ending June 2025 compared with the previous 12 months, provisional figures indicate.
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Sharp fall in UK net migration with drop in arrivals for work and study www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Sharp fall in UK net migration with drop in arrivals for work and study www.bbc.com/news/article...