Chris James
@chrism-jam.bsky.social
Pro fairness, equality, justice. Bunny hugger. Still angry about brexit 🇪🇺
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Very bad flu’ season this year and no sign of it peaking.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
December 4, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Very bad flu’ season this year and no sign of it peaking.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
1,717 patients were admitted to hospital with the virus each day last week on average, more than twice as high as this time last year, according to NHS England statistics.
Get vaccinated if you haven’t already.
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
December 1, 2025 at 12:55 PM
👏🏽"We must all now confront the reality that the Brexit deal significantly hurt our economy. We have to keep reducing frictions. We have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU. And we have to be grown up about it. To accept that it will require trade-offs."👏🏽
Music to my ears. ~AA
Music to my ears. ~AA
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"My NHS colleagues & I weren’t willing to let the bodies pile high in their thousands. Boris no longer mentions them at all."
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
My piece on the responses to the UK Covid-UK Inquiry report that try to airbrush the dead away.
Sincere thanks, @theobserveruk.bsky.social.
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
I’ll never forget the horror of the Covid wards | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Powerful piece by @drrachelclarke.com on the COVID inquiry. Those who say it’s easy to be wise in hindsight are being utterly disingenuous. Many of us spoke out at the time, and it’s in the public record.
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
@independentsage.bsky.social
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time | Peter Morris
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time | Peter Morris
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#RachelReeves
Yes Prits!
Apart from cocking up Covid,
Implementing Brexit,
Partying whilst people died,
Cutting local Govt funding by 40%,
Running down public services
And increasing levels of poverty.
We Conservatives were NEVER business bashing, job destroying or law breaking!
Yes Prits!
Apart from cocking up Covid,
Implementing Brexit,
Partying whilst people died,
Cutting local Govt funding by 40%,
Running down public services
And increasing levels of poverty.
We Conservatives were NEVER business bashing, job destroying or law breaking!
November 4, 2025 at 9:24 AM
#RachelReeves
Yes Prits!
Apart from cocking up Covid,
Implementing Brexit,
Partying whilst people died,
Cutting local Govt funding by 40%,
Running down public services
And increasing levels of poverty.
We Conservatives were NEVER business bashing, job destroying or law breaking!
Yes Prits!
Apart from cocking up Covid,
Implementing Brexit,
Partying whilst people died,
Cutting local Govt funding by 40%,
Running down public services
And increasing levels of poverty.
We Conservatives were NEVER business bashing, job destroying or law breaking!
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Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
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Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Asylum seekers, housed in hotels in Manchester, are reaching out in their own words to address the concerns of the local community.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
Please take a minute to read their letter, & share it with the people in your life who need to hear the truth about the people they are protesting.
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
October 29, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Wow - those are quite phenomenal headlines given the details of the story.
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
Ahh look, he’s just a ‘nerdy’ guy. No harm done.
You need to scroll down to paragraph 13 of the Sky piece to find the full story!
🧵
1/9
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Michael Heseltine suggests axing Climate Change Act would be 'act of unforgiveable irresponsibility' by Tories - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Michael Heseltine suggests axing Climate Change Act would be 'act of unforgiveable irresponsibility' by Tories - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
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Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
October 1, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Can someone ask Farage or Zia Yusuf why, if they're so concerned about incitement to violence, they had Lucy Connolly as a guest star at their conference?
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Reform UK’s Darren Grimes Under Investigation Over Fake AI Asylum Video of Keir Starmer
Grimes faces an official complaint to the council after using manipulated imagery and attacking asylum seekers as ‘deviants’
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/29/r...
Grimes faces an official complaint to the council after using manipulated imagery and attacking asylum seekers as ‘deviants’
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/29/r...
Reform UK's Darren Grimes Under Investigation Over Fake AI Asylum Video of Keir Starmer
Grimes faces an official complaint to the council after using manipulated imagery and attacking asylum seekers as 'deviants'
bylinetimes.com
September 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Reform UK’s Darren Grimes Under Investigation Over Fake AI Asylum Video of Keir Starmer
Grimes faces an official complaint to the council after using manipulated imagery and attacking asylum seekers as ‘deviants’
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/29/r...
Grimes faces an official complaint to the council after using manipulated imagery and attacking asylum seekers as ‘deviants’
bylinetimes.com/2025/08/29/r...
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Key crimes down in London.
By working with the Met and backing them with record funding from City Hall, we’ll keep doing everything we can to keep Londoners safe.
By working with the Met and backing them with record funding from City Hall, we’ll keep doing everything we can to keep Londoners safe.
September 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Key crimes down in London.
By working with the Met and backing them with record funding from City Hall, we’ll keep doing everything we can to keep Londoners safe.
By working with the Met and backing them with record funding from City Hall, we’ll keep doing everything we can to keep Londoners safe.
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Marina Purkiss, "Nigel Farage cloaks himself in patriotism"
"Farage flew out to the United States, spoke to a US Committee, and he urged the US to put sanctions on the UK"
"Sanctions that would hurt British companies, British people, our back pockets"
"And Farage is your patriot?"
"Farage flew out to the United States, spoke to a US Committee, and he urged the US to put sanctions on the UK"
"Sanctions that would hurt British companies, British people, our back pockets"
"And Farage is your patriot?"
September 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Marina Purkiss, "Nigel Farage cloaks himself in patriotism"
"Farage flew out to the United States, spoke to a US Committee, and he urged the US to put sanctions on the UK"
"Sanctions that would hurt British companies, British people, our back pockets"
"And Farage is your patriot?"
"Farage flew out to the United States, spoke to a US Committee, and he urged the US to put sanctions on the UK"
"Sanctions that would hurt British companies, British people, our back pockets"
"And Farage is your patriot?"
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Providing safe routes to reach the UK is the only logical, evidence-based way to stop people travelling through irregular means.
Last night Ben Kentish challenged me on @lbc.co.uk on how that would work & whether A MILLION BILLION PEOPLE might come😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al4R...
Last night Ben Kentish challenged me on @lbc.co.uk on how that would work & whether A MILLION BILLION PEOPLE might come😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al4R...
Would a SAFE ROUTE WORK to stop Channel crossings?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
August 5, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Providing safe routes to reach the UK is the only logical, evidence-based way to stop people travelling through irregular means.
Last night Ben Kentish challenged me on @lbc.co.uk on how that would work & whether A MILLION BILLION PEOPLE might come😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al4R...
Last night Ben Kentish challenged me on @lbc.co.uk on how that would work & whether A MILLION BILLION PEOPLE might come😱 www.youtube.com/watch?v=Al4R...
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In "Legitimate Concerns" news.
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Two in five arrested for last summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse
Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse
www.theguardian.com
July 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
In "Legitimate Concerns" news.
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
41% of the 899 arrested for taking part in Farage Riots last year had been reported for crimes associated with intimate partner violence.
For those arrested by one police force, this figure was 68%.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Why is our media so in thrall to the dimwitted Farage? The man's wreaked havoc on this country, every single one of his ideas has been proven to be a fucking disaster and his parliamentary party has shed a third of MPs in a year. When do they challenge and stop treating him like some PM in waiting?
July 21, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Why is our media so in thrall to the dimwitted Farage? The man's wreaked havoc on this country, every single one of his ideas has been proven to be a fucking disaster and his parliamentary party has shed a third of MPs in a year. When do they challenge and stop treating him like some PM in waiting?
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Naomi Smith, CEO of B4B: "This is a very welcome move that seeks to undo the gerrymander of mayoral elections by the last Conservative government who changed the rules to make it easier for right wing candidates to win with a minority of votes."
www.localgov.co.uk/Devo-Bill-to...
www.localgov.co.uk/Devo-Bill-to...
Devo Bill to reintroduce supplementary vote in blow to Reform | LocalGov
The supplementary vote system will be reintroduced to elect mayors in a move that is expected to reduce the chances of success for Reform UK.
www.localgov.co.uk
July 10, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Naomi Smith, CEO of B4B: "This is a very welcome move that seeks to undo the gerrymander of mayoral elections by the last Conservative government who changed the rules to make it easier for right wing candidates to win with a minority of votes."
www.localgov.co.uk/Devo-Bill-to...
www.localgov.co.uk/Devo-Bill-to...
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Lorraine Kelly, "Do you ever see Nigel Farage as Prime Minister?"
Angela Rayner, "Nigel Farage was the key architect for Brexit, and all these wonderful things we were going to get"
"We haven't had those wonderful things"
"We were promised a lot, and we haven't had that"
Angela Rayner, "Nigel Farage was the key architect for Brexit, and all these wonderful things we were going to get"
"We haven't had those wonderful things"
"We were promised a lot, and we haven't had that"
July 2, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Lorraine Kelly, "Do you ever see Nigel Farage as Prime Minister?"
Angela Rayner, "Nigel Farage was the key architect for Brexit, and all these wonderful things we were going to get"
"We haven't had those wonderful things"
"We were promised a lot, and we haven't had that"
Angela Rayner, "Nigel Farage was the key architect for Brexit, and all these wonderful things we were going to get"
"We haven't had those wonderful things"
"We were promised a lot, and we haven't had that"
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🚨 ICYMI: Could you survive on £49 per week? Not allowed to get a job?
🗺️ Who takes the most refugees globally? (p.s. it isn't us!)
🗺️ Who takes the most refugees globally? (p.s. it isn't us!)
FAQ: What is the truth about refugees?
For far too long asylum seekers, and immigrants of all kinds, have been demonised. Their existence weaponised for political gain, their struggles ignored in favour of a narrative designed to stoke…
buff.ly
June 21, 2025 at 5:01 PM
🚨 ICYMI: Could you survive on £49 per week? Not allowed to get a job?
🗺️ Who takes the most refugees globally? (p.s. it isn't us!)
🗺️ Who takes the most refugees globally? (p.s. it isn't us!)
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The standout feature from Reform’s performance in the polls is not how many votes they are winning from the Conservatives and Labour, but how many they are gaining from non-voters. Whether or not these voters actually turn out will shape the next election - a 🧵
May 31, 2025 at 1:35 PM
The standout feature from Reform’s performance in the polls is not how many votes they are winning from the Conservatives and Labour, but how many they are gaining from non-voters. Whether or not these voters actually turn out will shape the next election - a 🧵
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So, have you told the truth about Brexit, immigration, social care, ‘levelling up’, tax, NetZero… about 14yrs abusing power?
No.
You spend your life on a disinformation hellsite and you don’t call out “the lies and delusions that dominate Westminster” because your party is neck-deep in all of them.
No.
You spend your life on a disinformation hellsite and you don’t call out “the lies and delusions that dominate Westminster” because your party is neck-deep in all of them.
May 25, 2025 at 8:09 AM
So, have you told the truth about Brexit, immigration, social care, ‘levelling up’, tax, NetZero… about 14yrs abusing power?
No.
You spend your life on a disinformation hellsite and you don’t call out “the lies and delusions that dominate Westminster” because your party is neck-deep in all of them.
No.
You spend your life on a disinformation hellsite and you don’t call out “the lies and delusions that dominate Westminster” because your party is neck-deep in all of them.