Chris Brewer
@chrisbrewer.bsky.social
#StillEuropean Resident in the mysterious Headington/Marston borderlands. A pleasant shade of Green. 💚 🇪🇺 🇩🇪 🇺🇦🐸
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Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
November 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Glad that someone has finally taken responsibility for the appalling assault on democracy that was the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
Slightly confused that it's the Director-General of the BBC, but what do I know?
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This video is brilliant: buff.ly/1zyTWmM
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
Private jets don't pay fuel tax. Now I don't either.
You pay fuel duty. Why don’t billionaires? This week, we launched WeWingAnyCar.com to help you qualify for the same tax breaks that private jets get.
Because tax loopholes shouldn’t just be for…
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November 8, 2025 at 9:34 AM
This video is brilliant: buff.ly/1zyTWmM
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
Seems a total slam dunk that owners of private jets should pay fuel duties. Doesn't it?
The answer is annoying.
Thread:
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I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Reform UK, the Russian spy and rolls of Kremlin cash: the inside story of Nathan Gill
How did a former Mormon bishop end up pleading guilty to taking bribes to make statements in favour of Russia in the European parliament?
www.theguardian.com
November 2, 2025 at 8:20 AM
I knew Gill and Farage and the rest of the UKIP crew in the European Parliament
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
They were crooks and shysters to a man
They repeated Putin talking points and appeared on Russia Today
UKIP then and Reform now are both a threat to our democracy
www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
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"Are we the baddies?"
October 29, 2025 at 6:24 PM
"Are we the baddies?"
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This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
In Portland, Oregon, masked ICE GOONS abducted and vanished US citizen Gonzalo Catalan last week. Tragically, his family remains unaware of his whereabouts and has not received any communication from him as of today.
October 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
This is what happened to my Grandfather in Frankfurt, Germany on 9th November 1938, commonly known as Kristallnacht.
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And what about those UK politicians who have served the interests of Putin's terrorist kleptocracy, in some cases for money (considerably more money than was paid to these low-level operatives)?
When will we finally see the unredacted Russia Report?
When will we finally see the unredacted Russia Report?
Earl and his co-conspirator Jake Reeves became the first people convicted under Britain's National Security Act 2023, a new law designed to counter foreign sabotage and espionage.
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/25/s...
euromaidanpress.com/2025/10/25/s...
Six Britons get up to 23 years for Russia’s Wagner Group arson attack on Ukraine aid warehouse
The judge described the attack as part of a "planned campaign of terrorism and sabotage" serving Russian state interests, noting that Russia's Wagner Group is proscribed in the UK as a terrorist…
euromaidanpress.com
October 25, 2025 at 3:15 PM
And what about those UK politicians who have served the interests of Putin's terrorist kleptocracy, in some cases for money (considerably more money than was paid to these low-level operatives)?
When will we finally see the unredacted Russia Report?
When will we finally see the unredacted Russia Report?
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![[Scene is a high school classroom. A teacher is writing on the whiteboard 'ACT 2 SCENE 3'.]
TEACHER:
OK class - open up Macbeth to Act 2 Scene 3...
TEACHER:
So - does anybody have any ideas on Shakespeares meaning behind the character of 'the Porter' in this scene?
[A voice comes from off-scene, behind the teacher's back[.
VOICE:
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING.
TEACHER [turning round]:
Sorry….. who are you?
[We see a wider scene that shows it is the GHOST OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, hovering over the heads of the startled students]
SHAKESPEARE:
I'm the Ghost of Shakespeare and I've come back to say: this scene means *absolutely nothing*.
The Porter is a funny drunk bloke I lobbed in to cover a costume change!
I mean like, not everything I did was genius OK? Stop giving me the ick.
TEACHER:
So um...what do you suggest we study?
SHAKESPEARE:
The most important text in British culture!
TEACHER:
Which is...?
SHAKESPEARE:
'Bollocks People Say on the Internet.'
TEACHER:
You think we should study... bollocks people say on the internet?
SHAKESPEARE:
Yes.
TEACHER:
But Mr Shakespeare... your Porter scene was a question in a past GCSE paper...
We need to analyse it so the kids don't end up failing their exams...
SHAKESPEARE:
Yes, and I'm just suggesting you should analyse Bollocks People Say on the Internet instead, so they don't end up painting flags on roundabouts.
[Silent pause]
TEACHER:
OK class - open up your phones to X...
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President Zelenskyy:
Yesterday, Russia attacked a kindergarten.
The "second army in the world" fighting against Ukrainian children. This doesn't show that they want to stop this war.
Yesterday, Russia attacked a kindergarten.
The "second army in the world" fighting against Ukrainian children. This doesn't show that they want to stop this war.
October 23, 2025 at 3:07 PM
President Zelenskyy:
Yesterday, Russia attacked a kindergarten.
The "second army in the world" fighting against Ukrainian children. This doesn't show that they want to stop this war.
Yesterday, Russia attacked a kindergarten.
The "second army in the world" fighting against Ukrainian children. This doesn't show that they want to stop this war.
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Racist fearmongering propaganda in the age of AI slop. WTF
Done with absolutely no subtlety. It’s just so over the top. I mean, the opening with Mamdani eating rice?!?!?!?
Done with absolutely no subtlety. It’s just so over the top. I mean, the opening with Mamdani eating rice?!?!?!?
Andrew Cuomo’s campaign just posted — and quickly deleted — this AI-generated ad depicting “criminals for Zohran Mamdani.”
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
Features a Black man in a keffiyeh shoplifting, an abuser, a trespasser, a trafficker, a drug dealer, and a drunk driver all declaring support for Mamdani.
October 23, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Racist fearmongering propaganda in the age of AI slop. WTF
Done with absolutely no subtlety. It’s just so over the top. I mean, the opening with Mamdani eating rice?!?!?!?
Done with absolutely no subtlety. It’s just so over the top. I mean, the opening with Mamdani eating rice?!?!?!?
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I just cannot take this shit seriously. If you're a senior Labour figure and think that the party's stance is cowardly but are too afraid to put your name on the record saying it YOU ARE A COWARD.
Senior Labour figures have expressed dismay at the Party's "cowardly" and "incompetent" response to Tory shadow minister Katie Lam calling for legal migrants to "go home".
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
Exclusive: Labour Anger Erupts Over Party's Response To Katie Lam Immigration Row
"What’s the point of us saying we’re anti-racist when we fail to call out racism," said one MP.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
October 22, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I just cannot take this shit seriously. If you're a senior Labour figure and think that the party's stance is cowardly but are too afraid to put your name on the record saying it YOU ARE A COWARD.
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🕯️Antonina
🕯️Adelina, 6 months
🕯️Anastasiia, 12 years
Killed by russia this morning.
🕯️Adelina, 6 months
🕯️Anastasiia, 12 years
Killed by russia this morning.
October 22, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🕯️Antonina
🕯️Adelina, 6 months
🕯️Anastasiia, 12 years
Killed by russia this morning.
🕯️Adelina, 6 months
🕯️Anastasiia, 12 years
Killed by russia this morning.
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Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
October 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Of everything he has done, this somehow hits different.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
It lays bare the vacuous, moral bankruptcy of the man and, perhaps more than anything, the generational cowardice of those who should stop him, but won’t.
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Starmer should never have got involved with the decision of the local authorities in Birmingham regarding the Villa match and linking it to anti-semitism was idiotic.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tel Aviv football derby between Hapoel and Maccabi called off after rioting
Israeli police make nine arrests, citing ‘disorderly conduct, riots, injured police officers’ and infrastructure damage
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Starmer should never have got involved with the decision of the local authorities in Birmingham regarding the Villa match and linking it to anti-semitism was idiotic.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
October 18, 2025 at 7:01 AM
US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.
What do you think?
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How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
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Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 AM
Things are happening at Portland's ICE facility tonight.
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
Read more of our protest coverage here: www.oregonlive.com/crime/2025/1...
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
October 7, 2025 at 11:29 PM
I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.
Coming to Britain if Badenoch wins.
October 5, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Coming to Britain if Badenoch wins.
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October 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Peacehaven: Fire at East Sussex mosque probed as 'hate crime'
Video appears to show two people in balaclavas at the mosque before a large blaze spreads.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 5, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Men in balaclavas set fire to a mosque in East Sussex last night. It's only appearing on the BBC's local coverage, rather than its main national headlines, despite coming just a week after the (also under-reported) firebombing of an asylum hotel in London last week
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
Meanwhile the @greenparty.org.uk say a lot of sensible things at their conference but they are buried so deep on the BBC web site you would need specialist mining equipment to find them.
British politics is basically a doom spiral of increasingly unhinged hostile policies.
Reform says something unhinged
⬇️
Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
⬇️
Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
⬇️
Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁
Reform says something unhinged
⬇️
Labour counters with their own unhinged policy
⬇️
Tories shout from back they'll be even more unhinged
⬇️
Reform announces different unhinged proposal in response
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And repeat...🔁
October 5, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Meanwhile the @greenparty.org.uk say a lot of sensible things at their conference but they are buried so deep on the BBC web site you would need specialist mining equipment to find them.
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Kemi Badenoch: let's do this in Britain
October 4, 2025 at 9:43 PM
Kemi Badenoch: let's do this in Britain
Excellent cycling skills, made the goons look like right berks.
ICE Nazis in Chicago tried to kidnap a food delivery worker but my man was too fast for those slow bastards
September 29, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Excellent cycling skills, made the goons look like right berks.
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I looked for it on the BBC's home page, but, strangely, it wasn't there. I had to go to the Wales page to find it. Not good enough.
This story should be getting far more coverage than it is. I guess cos it shows Reform to have bribery links to Russia, BBC and Sky aren’t interested.
Reform UK’s ex-leader in Wales Nathan Gill pleads guilty to bribery charges
Gill admits eight counts of bribery relating to pro-Russia statements made in European parliament and articles
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I looked for it on the BBC's home page, but, strangely, it wasn't there. I had to go to the Wales page to find it. Not good enough.