Chris McCann
@canntoya.bsky.social
County Derry man, used to write for newspapers in Ireland. Worked in Central Govt for a few years at Dept for Business and Cabinet Office now Deputy Chief Exec at Healthwatch England. Based in Belfast
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Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
November 10, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Very interesting piece, including the extract below which has the ring of truth
I’ve no dog in this fight but that VAR decision against Liverpool was a joke.
November 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
I’ve no dog in this fight but that VAR decision against Liverpool was a joke.
Ha ha ha ha ha. This is precisely why they wanted him to lose.
Canadian multimillionaire and Shark Tank guy Kevin O'Leary went on TV to say he's upset Zohran won't talk to him: "I and others who invest in real estate have tried to get a meeting to figure out what's rhetoric and what's policy. So far for me it's been crickets."
November 8, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Ha ha ha ha ha. This is precisely why they wanted him to lose.
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‘You should come back to Twitter instead of staying in a liberal echo chamber’
November 8, 2025 at 12:46 PM
‘You should come back to Twitter instead of staying in a liberal echo chamber’
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Sneery tone aside, it's not either/or. The UK does have high levels of inequality by European standards, massive wealth disparities and a squeezed working class.
And some of us have been thinking of ways of raising substantial taxes while ameliorating cost of living e.g inews.co.uk/opinion/lowe...
And some of us have been thinking of ways of raising substantial taxes while ameliorating cost of living e.g inews.co.uk/opinion/lowe...
It's hard to hear, but even lower earners should be paying more tax
Let’s start an open and honest debate about who pays and how
inews.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Sneery tone aside, it's not either/or. The UK does have high levels of inequality by European standards, massive wealth disparities and a squeezed working class.
And some of us have been thinking of ways of raising substantial taxes while ameliorating cost of living e.g inews.co.uk/opinion/lowe...
And some of us have been thinking of ways of raising substantial taxes while ameliorating cost of living e.g inews.co.uk/opinion/lowe...
At some point the centre left will realise that the way to beat the far right is not to pander to their politics of grievance but to leaning into progressive values and fight for them. Gwan Zohran ya boy ye.
November 5, 2025 at 8:56 AM
At some point the centre left will realise that the way to beat the far right is not to pander to their politics of grievance but to leaning into progressive values and fight for them. Gwan Zohran ya boy ye.
I hope Jerra remains in charge of the Cowboys for eternity.
so the Cowboys essentially traded Micah and Mazi Smith for Quinnen Williams, Kenny Clark and a move up roughly 20 spots into the back of the first round of the '26 draft.
they got no extra picks out of it
they got no extra picks out of it
November 4, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I hope Jerra remains in charge of the Cowboys for eternity.
Imagine being one the top college prospects and knowing that Jets have so many first round picks these next couple of years. Like having a clown playing Russian roulette with your career potential.
November 4, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Imagine being one the top college prospects and knowing that Jets have so many first round picks these next couple of years. Like having a clown playing Russian roulette with your career potential.
Folks if I wanted to know what Goodwin was saying on Twitter I’d be on Twitter.
November 2, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Folks if I wanted to know what Goodwin was saying on Twitter I’d be on Twitter.
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After FG's abject failure in the #Aras25 election, this grab for the 200k spoiled (many of them racist) votes was as predictable as it was inevitable, but there is a deeper, broader context too - and a warning for the left.
I wrote about it all here:
philipoconnor.com/after-presid...
I wrote about it all here:
philipoconnor.com/after-presid...
October 31, 2025 at 8:40 AM
After FG's abject failure in the #Aras25 election, this grab for the 200k spoiled (many of them racist) votes was as predictable as it was inevitable, but there is a deeper, broader context too - and a warning for the left.
I wrote about it all here:
philipoconnor.com/after-presid...
I wrote about it all here:
philipoconnor.com/after-presid...
Wholly predictable that the Irish centre right has learned absolutely nothing from what has happened in the UK.
Immigration numbers are too high. We have to listen to the people in this country. The increase is too high.
- Simon Harris, via @news.rte.ie
Welcomed by Aontu.
Matt Carty says SF has been saying this for some time.
- Simon Harris, via @news.rte.ie
Welcomed by Aontu.
Matt Carty says SF has been saying this for some time.
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Wholly predictable that the Irish centre right has learned absolutely nothing from what has happened in the UK.
I love watching a TV program on 20 minute catchup. Fast forwarding through the ads, confounding capitalism - real Che Guevara stuff. No Pasaran.
October 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I love watching a TV program on 20 minute catchup. Fast forwarding through the ads, confounding capitalism - real Che Guevara stuff. No Pasaran.
The problem with a hippy punching strategy is eventually even hippies punch back.
October 28, 2025 at 1:27 PM
The problem with a hippy punching strategy is eventually even hippies punch back.
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It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
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Straight to ‘let’s have a debate about whether racism is racism’ for *almost* all of the UK media. Nothing learned from the lessons of Brexit, Trump & Johnson. But on we go.
Off the top of my head, there have been four egregious examples of weapons grade public racism in the last couple of weeks - Jenrick; the Express hack; Captain Concrete & the Reform woman. The way they are treated by employers, punters & wider media, will directly influence how much more we see.
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Straight to ‘let’s have a debate about whether racism is racism’ for *almost* all of the UK media. Nothing learned from the lessons of Brexit, Trump & Johnson. But on we go.
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It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
October 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
It’s impossible to avoid the conclusion that large parts of Westminster remaining on X - a platform that tolerates and amplifies extremism and racism - has led a great many people to normalise what previously was unacceptable.
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One of the most interesting things about the election of Catherine Connolly is how it has spurred "liberals" (especially in media) to seek to play down her landslide victory. In their efforts to cope with being wrong, they are focusing instead on what they believe to be a flawed selection process.
One of the most interesting things about the election of Catherine Connolly is how it has spurred "liberals" (especially in media) to seek to play down her landslide victory. In their efforts to cope with being wrong, they are focusing instead on what they believe to be a flawed selection process.
October 28, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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One of the most interesting things about the election of Catherine Connolly is how it has spurred "liberals" (especially in media) to seek to play down her landslide victory. In their efforts to cope with being wrong, they are focusing instead on what they believe to be a flawed selection process.
One of the most interesting things about the election of Catherine Connolly is how it has spurred "liberals" (especially in media) to seek to play down her landslide victory. In their efforts to cope with being wrong, they are focusing instead on what they believe to be a flawed selection process.
Jesus wept, ‘racist or realist’. Peston really is a risible hack.
Is the Reform MP who says she’s driven mad by TV adverts full of Black & Asian people a racist or realist? How many migrants would the Tories expel? & should the UK be selling fighter jets to Türkiye?
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October 27, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Jesus wept, ‘racist or realist’. Peston really is a risible hack.
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Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in history - any pol corr or commentator trying to convince you that the story is actually the spoiled votes is showing you their whole arse, and should be treated accordingly.
October 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Catherine Connolly got more votes than any other president in history - any pol corr or commentator trying to convince you that the story is actually the spoiled votes is showing you their whole arse, and should be treated accordingly.
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian.
[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].
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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown
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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.
[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives
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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage
[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]
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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view?
FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.
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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.
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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?
FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!
PRESENTER:
Ha ha
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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.
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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]
FARAGE:
It’s a really emotional journey
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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable...
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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:
*Am I the only option for Britain?*
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[Cut back to studio]
PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that
FARAGE:
Absolutely!
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Gwan ya good thing.
October 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Gwan ya good thing.
Massive victory for the left, Dublin media determined to make it about the right. They so badly want to have their own Farage to promote.
October 25, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Massive victory for the left, Dublin media determined to make it about the right. They so badly want to have their own Farage to promote.
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Given that Connolly got the biggest personal mandate in the history of the state AND the highest percentage of first preferences ever in a presidential election, anyone in media engaging this pereniial fuckwit for analysis is pissing in your eye and telling you it's soda water.
October 25, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Given that Connolly got the biggest personal mandate in the history of the state AND the highest percentage of first preferences ever in a presidential election, anyone in media engaging this pereniial fuckwit for analysis is pissing in your eye and telling you it's soda water.