Chris Howell
@chrisacrisp.bsky.social
Retired NHS, leftie, artist, folkie, recycler, repairer, mender
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Thames Water insists that the £3m it has dished out to top managers are not bonuses - which are currently illegal for the company - but rather 'retention payments'. So that's alright then?
May 17, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thames Water insists that the £3m it has dished out to top managers are not bonuses - which are currently illegal for the company - but rather 'retention payments'. So that's alright then?
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I did consider making a speech about tackling poverty, taxing the rich, nationalising utilities and properly funding the NHS and social care, but then I thought... nah, just go full Enoch Powell.
May 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
I did consider making a speech about tackling poverty, taxing the rich, nationalising utilities and properly funding the NHS and social care, but then I thought... nah, just go full Enoch Powell.
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Well done Labour
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
May 13, 2025 at 6:11 AM
Well done Labour
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
Anyone who thought you represented real change now despises you.
Anyone who didn’t, still won’t.
People who weren’t that convinced but hoped for the best are out of patience.
You’ve managed to turn off everyone.
Quite the achievement!
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Imagine not trying to keep the vote of millions of people like me who turned to Labour to end the Tory/Brexit clusterfuck but decide instead to embrace the thousands of bigots who vote Reform and want refugee boats sunk in the Channel.
Starmer and his cabinet can get to fuck.
Starmer and his cabinet can get to fuck.
May 12, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Imagine not trying to keep the vote of millions of people like me who turned to Labour to end the Tory/Brexit clusterfuck but decide instead to embrace the thousands of bigots who vote Reform and want refugee boats sunk in the Channel.
Starmer and his cabinet can get to fuck.
Starmer and his cabinet can get to fuck.
My thoughts are with all those hard working well intentioned staff who now face more disruption and insecurity. I am so glad I was able to retire from the NHS when I did. Constant this exhausting and demoralising.
Brilliant piece by Siva Anandaciva from the Kings Fund on the implications of abolishing NHS England.
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
The Reshaping Of NHS National Bodies Has Only Just Started. How Will It Finish? | The King's Fund
Following the announcement that NHS England is to be abolished, Siva Anandaciva considers the implications and why at the moment there are more questions than answers.
www.kingsfund.org.uk
March 15, 2025 at 8:20 AM
My thoughts are with all those hard working well intentioned staff who now face more disruption and insecurity. I am so glad I was able to retire from the NHS when I did. Constant this exhausting and demoralising.
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A simple request. Repost to spread the word.
Petition: Cancel Trump’s state visit
Stop Trump Coalition
stoptrump.org.uk
March 1, 2025 at 8:08 AM
A simple request. Repost to spread the word.
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Winston Churchill visiting the White House in 1942. Not wearing a suit. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦
February 28, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Winston Churchill visiting the White House in 1942. Not wearing a suit. #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦
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You stupid, opportunistic, traitorous bastards.
You’ve all done such unforgivable harm to our country, risking our safety, prosperity and wellbeing in your nasty, populist cravings for power.
You stink of him.
Shame on you all forever.
You’ve all done such unforgivable harm to our country, risking our safety, prosperity and wellbeing in your nasty, populist cravings for power.
You stink of him.
Shame on you all forever.
March 1, 2025 at 7:26 AM
You stupid, opportunistic, traitorous bastards.
You’ve all done such unforgivable harm to our country, risking our safety, prosperity and wellbeing in your nasty, populist cravings for power.
You stink of him.
Shame on you all forever.
You’ve all done such unforgivable harm to our country, risking our safety, prosperity and wellbeing in your nasty, populist cravings for power.
You stink of him.
Shame on you all forever.
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
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European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen 👏
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen 👏
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I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
February 28, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I can't stand bullies. President Zelensky is now trying to stand up against two of them. We should have his back. #SlavaUkraïni
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European leaders are stepping forward to tonight to show their support for President Zelensky 👏
February 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
European leaders are stepping forward to tonight to show their support for President Zelensky 👏
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I can go with this.
Taking a little time to count little blessings this morning 🫶
December 23, 2024 at 7:41 AM
I can go with this.
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If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
November 24, 2024 at 7:04 PM
If you oppose NHS privatisation, please could you repost this and follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟🌟🌟
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To celebrate @fryrsquared.bsky.social’s professorship at Cambridge 🍾 , here’s her brilliantly highlighting the Leonardo DiCaprio complex in - ahem - most men: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PPMs...
Which women do men find most attractive?
YouTube video by Hannah Fry
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November 25, 2024 at 4:09 PM
To celebrate @fryrsquared.bsky.social’s professorship at Cambridge 🍾 , here’s her brilliantly highlighting the Leonardo DiCaprio complex in - ahem - most men: m.youtube.com/watch?v=PPMs...
As an ex NHS manager, I am so disappointed with Wes Streeting. The NHS does not need more completion and league tables, we need hospitals to be cooperating with each other and other parts of the NHS. And we need more cooperation with social care. And giving more to those doing well, not struggling!
November 13, 2024 at 7:12 PM
As an ex NHS manager, I am so disappointed with Wes Streeting. The NHS does not need more completion and league tables, we need hospitals to be cooperating with each other and other parts of the NHS. And we need more cooperation with social care. And giving more to those doing well, not struggling!
So like so many others I have ditched Musk and Twitter . Looking to find like souls and interesting people here.
November 13, 2024 at 7:07 PM
So like so many others I have ditched Musk and Twitter . Looking to find like souls and interesting people here.