chris_foreverf
@chris-foreverf.bsky.social
development sage and sounding board. Dislike of both dishonest politics and fanatically blind tribalism.Not politically affiliated. Maverick . Remainer.
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Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich
Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich
Labour urges Conservative leader to reveal whether she knew David Wolfson was to represent Russian oligarch in legal case
Kemi Badenoch is under pressure to act on the revelations that her shadow attorney general is representing the Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich, despite UK sanctions against him.
David Wolfson, a Tory peer, is part of the legal team representing Abramovich as he attempts to recover billions in frozen assets he owns in the Channel islands. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Badenoch under fire as Tory shadow attorney general acts for Roman Abramovich
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I hope the farmers blame the Tories who gave us Brexit and Liz Truss who ‘negotiated’ the trade deal, (despite everyone saying this would happen) not Labour who are saddled with the mess.
Farmers’ anger grows as Australian beef floods into Britain after trade deal.
Who saw that coming
bmmagazine.co.uk/news/austral...
Who saw that coming
bmmagazine.co.uk/news/austral...
Farmers’ anger grows as Australian beef floods into Britain after trade deal
British farmers warn they are being undercut as Australian beef and lamb imports surge following the UK-Australia free-trade deal, with volumes rising sharply since 2023.
bmmagazine.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 10:51 PM
I hope the farmers blame the Tories who gave us Brexit and Liz Truss who ‘negotiated’ the trade deal, (despite everyone saying this would happen) not Labour who are saddled with the mess.
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My God, the media really do have an unhealthy obsession with tearing down Rachel Reeves at every opportunity.
December 28, 2025 at 8:27 AM
My God, the media really do have an unhealthy obsession with tearing down Rachel Reeves at every opportunity.
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The headline is a quote from Kemi Badenoch. Her observation on job security is as relevant as health advice from Mr Creosote.
It's an unfashionable idea but shouldn't a newspaper include news?
It's an unfashionable idea but shouldn't a newspaper include news?
December 28, 2025 at 8:21 AM
The headline is a quote from Kemi Badenoch. Her observation on job security is as relevant as health advice from Mr Creosote.
It's an unfashionable idea but shouldn't a newspaper include news?
It's an unfashionable idea but shouldn't a newspaper include news?
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Remember: the millionaire led #Reform party are NOT on your side. They're the same party that think it's OK for toffs to chase foxes on horseback & let their dogs rip them apart - for fun.
Don't believe their lies!
Don't believe their lies!
December 27, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Remember: the millionaire led #Reform party are NOT on your side. They're the same party that think it's OK for toffs to chase foxes on horseback & let their dogs rip them apart - for fun.
Don't believe their lies!
Don't believe their lies!
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I hope you’ve had a good Christmas. But isn’t there somebody you forgot to thank? That's right. Sir Keir Starmer: tireless, sleepless, incandescently decent - bearing the weight of the nation with monkish resolve so the rest of us can let our hair down.
December 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
I hope you’ve had a good Christmas. But isn’t there somebody you forgot to thank? That's right. Sir Keir Starmer: tireless, sleepless, incandescently decent - bearing the weight of the nation with monkish resolve so the rest of us can let our hair down.
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Our community clashed over the new border delays. While some railed against EU incompetence, most insisted Britain is now simply living with the consequences of Brexit
‘The UK got what it wanted’: Readers on long waits at EU borders
www.independent.co.uk
December 19, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Our community clashed over the new border delays. While some railed against EU incompetence, most insisted Britain is now simply living with the consequences of Brexit
Filter water with pillowcase: stark official advice in event of UK-wide power cuts - The i Paper
December 17, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Filter water with pillowcase: stark official advice in event of UK-wide power cuts - The i Paper
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Labour are launching an investigation into historical foreign interference in UK politics. But they are explicitly excluding the Brexit referendum from the investigation.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
December 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Labour are launching an investigation into historical foreign interference in UK politics. But they are explicitly excluding the Brexit referendum from the investigation.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
That's like pledging to investigate instances of arson while ignoring the wall of flames spanning the horizon.
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Calling Starmer, the Cowardly Lion, is so unfair.
1.The post Brexit economy is weak, the UK dependent on foreign investment, the Tories cut NI to "force a commitment not to increase taxes" - all leaving the government reliant on inflation led wage growth for budget revenue (freezing thresholds).
1.The post Brexit economy is weak, the UK dependent on foreign investment, the Tories cut NI to "force a commitment not to increase taxes" - all leaving the government reliant on inflation led wage growth for budget revenue (freezing thresholds).
December 17, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Calling Starmer, the Cowardly Lion, is so unfair.
1.The post Brexit economy is weak, the UK dependent on foreign investment, the Tories cut NI to "force a commitment not to increase taxes" - all leaving the government reliant on inflation led wage growth for budget revenue (freezing thresholds).
1.The post Brexit economy is weak, the UK dependent on foreign investment, the Tories cut NI to "force a commitment not to increase taxes" - all leaving the government reliant on inflation led wage growth for budget revenue (freezing thresholds).
Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
December 16, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Erasmus scheme to return for UK students, BBC understands
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So an enquiry into foreign financial interference into UK politics
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Urgent review into foreign financial interference in UK politics
An independent review, led by Philip Rycroft, into foreign financial interference in UK politics has been commissioned by the government.
www.gov.uk
December 16, 2025 at 4:03 PM
So an enquiry into foreign financial interference into UK politics
www.gov.uk/government/n...
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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If Starmer took this seriously he would release the full Russia report. He has not done so, this is therefore a farce. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Starmer orders foreign interference review after ex-Reform leader jailed - latest
Housing secretary Steve Reed called Gill’s conduct ‘a stain on our democracy’
www.independent.co.uk
December 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
If Starmer took this seriously he would release the full Russia report. He has not done so, this is therefore a farce. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
‘Urgent’ review announced into foreign interference in British politics - Sky News
December 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
‘Urgent’ review announced into foreign interference in British politics - Sky News
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I’ve written to the Water Minister about delays in strengthening the rules that protect rivers like the Thames.
👇 Read more in the article below
www.henleyherald.com/2025/12/12/m...
👇 Read more in the article below
www.henleyherald.com/2025/12/12/m...
MP urges Government to act faster on river water protection - Henley Herald
Freddie van Mierlo, Member of Parliament for Henley and Thame, has written to Emma Hardy MP, Minister for Water and Flooding, to raise concerns about...
www.henleyherald.com
December 15, 2025 at 9:12 PM
I’ve written to the Water Minister about delays in strengthening the rules that protect rivers like the Thames.
👇 Read more in the article below
www.henleyherald.com/2025/12/12/m...
👇 Read more in the article below
www.henleyherald.com/2025/12/12/m...
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🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:38 PM
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
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Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders
🚨 “Can I tell you how many times in the last 45 years the European Court of Human Rights has ruled against the UK when it comes to deporting people from this country - only 13 times - in 45 years”
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
Hugely important point made by @vicderbyshire.bsky.social 👏
December 11, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Please remember this next time you hear Nigel Farage and Reform say we must leave the ECHR to control our borders
You are not helping !!
Starmer refusing to regulate the Press or Social Media in a time where disinformation is exploding, polls south, Trump/Putin nuts…
I imagine our PM as a witless captain on an ocean liner headed to 2028, flags flapping all around his head, iceberg ahead - but instead of “Titanic” boat is “WhyPanic”
I imagine our PM as a witless captain on an ocean liner headed to 2028, flags flapping all around his head, iceberg ahead - but instead of “Titanic” boat is “WhyPanic”
December 11, 2025 at 9:02 PM
You are not helping !!
Opinion | Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows - The Guardian
December 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Opinion | Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows - The Guardian
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UK’s higher borrowing costs compared with major countries ‘may be coming to an end’
Thinktank says Rachel Reeves’s budget had started to assure bond markets about fiscal approach
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thinktank says Rachel Reeves’s budget had started to assure bond markets about fiscal approach
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK’s higher borrowing costs compared with major countries ‘may be coming to an end’
Thinktank says Rachel Reeves’s budget had started to assure bond markets about fiscal approach
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 8:13 PM
UK’s higher borrowing costs compared with major countries ‘may be coming to an end’
Thinktank says Rachel Reeves’s budget had started to assure bond markets about fiscal approach
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Thinktank says Rachel Reeves’s budget had started to assure bond markets about fiscal approach
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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December 10, 2025 at 8:32 PM
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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch - who supported Brexit - has listed leaving the EU alongside Covid-19 and the financial crisis as being “shocks” that had damaged the UK
www.ft.com/content/d358...
www.ft.com/content/d358...
Kemi Badenoch cites Brexit as ‘shock’ to UK
Tory leader’s comments come amid debate on whether Britain should rejoin EU customs union
www.ft.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch - who supported Brexit - has listed leaving the EU alongside Covid-19 and the financial crisis as being “shocks” that had damaged the UK
www.ft.com/content/d358...
www.ft.com/content/d358...
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Congratulations Eileen Higgins, the new mayor of Miami.
….keep the momentum going America!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
….keep the momentum going America!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
In blow to Trump, Miami elects first Democratic mayor in nearly 30 years: Latest
President Donald Trump meanwhile dismisses ‘affordabilty hoax’ at Pennsylvania rally and launches into vicious anti-immigrant rhetoric
www.independent.co.uk
December 10, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Congratulations Eileen Higgins, the new mayor of Miami.
….keep the momentum going America!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
….keep the momentum going America!
www.independent.co.uk/news/world/a...
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That's quite the community note. And why are Trump’s allies suddenly all for government handouts?
December 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
That's quite the community note. And why are Trump’s allies suddenly all for government handouts?