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Chris Marritt
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Crisis comms consultant and media trainer for Citypress.
My three castles are family, running and Liverpool FC.
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Spring rolls (noun): The excess weight from Christmas that you've still not shifted in late March
March 23, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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Some people think setting your alarm for 5:30am on a Sunday is ridiculous...
March 16, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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I've said it before but if you need pyrotechnics, light shows and plastic flags to create an atmosphere on a European night, you're in a very sorry state.
March 5, 2025 at 7:56 PM
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Love 6am running at this time of year
March 5, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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“The lyric is about someone who loses something, obviously [Donald Trump] hadn’t read the lyric.”

ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus speaks to @vicderbyshire.bsky.social about AI copyright and 'The Winner Takes It All' being used at a Trump rally.

Full interview on iPlayer.

#Newsnight
February 26, 2025 at 12:12 AM
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Ice ice baby.

Plenty of the cold stuff on today's jaunt around the Coniston fells
February 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
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It was the highlight of my week working with Elliot on this

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Newcastle model with cerebral palsy backs adaptive clothes range
Elliot Caswell says adaptive clothing is
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February 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Superb night watching #DesperateJournalist at Yes in Manchester last night. One of those rare perfect performances - music, band, atmosphere and venue were all spot on.
January 19, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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This is funny to read now but I also suspect most leavers would have thought it delusional even then.
geoffreyharris.bsky.social Geoffrey Harris @geoffreyharris.bsky.social · Jan 11
Barely more than 6 months now until we all get to celebrate Daniel Hannan day!
What Britain looks like after Brexit Daniel Hannan Jun 21, 2016 "It’s 24 June, 2025, and Britain is marking its annual Independence Day celebration. As the fireworks stream through the summer sky, still not quite dark, we wonder why it took us so long to leave. The years that followed the 2016 referendum didn’t just reinvigorate our economy, our democracy and our liberty. They improved relations with our neighbours. The United Kingdom is now the region’s foremost knowledge-based economy. We lead the world in biotech, law, education, the audio-visual sector, financial services and software. New industries, from 3D printing to driverless cars, have sprung up around the country. Older industries, too, have revived as energy prices have fallen back to global levels: steel, cement, paper, plastics and ceramics producers have become competitive again." "Now, the UK has again become a centre for world shipping. Shale oil and gas came on tap, almost providentially, just as the North Sea reserves were depleting, with most of the infrastructure already in place. Outside the EU, we have been able to augment this bonanza by buying cheap Chinese solar panels. In consequence, our fuel bills have tumbled, boosting productivity, increasing household incomes and stimulating the entire economy. During the first 12 months after the vote, Britain confirmed with the various countries that have trade deals with the EU that the same deals would continue. It also used that time to agree much more liberal terms with those states which had run up against EU protectionism, including India, China and Australia. These new treaties came into effect shortly after independence. Britain, like the EFTA countries, now combines global free trade with full participation in EU markets. Our universities are flourishing, taking the world’s brightest students and, where appropriate, charging accordingly. Their revenues, in consequence, are rising, while they continue to collaborate with research centres in Europe and around the world." "Unsurprisingly, several other European countries have opted to copy Britain’s deal with the EU, based as it is upon a common market rather than a common government. Some of these countries were drawn from EFTA (Norway, Switzerland and Iceland are all bringing their arrangements into line with ours). Some came from further afield (Serbia, Turkey, Ukraine). Some followed us out of the EU (Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands). The United Kingdom now leads a 22-state bloc that forms a free trade area with the EU, but remains outside its political structures. For their part, the EU 24 have continued to push ahead with economic, military and political amalgamation. They now have a common police force and army, a pan-European income tax and a harmonised system of social security. These developments have prompted referendums in three other EU states on whether to copy Britain. Perhaps the greatest benefit, though, is not easy to quantify. Britain has recovered its self-belief. As we left the EU, we straightened our backs, looked about us, and realised that we were still a nation to be reckoned with: the world’s fifth economy and fourth military power, one of five members on the UN Security Council and a leading member of the G7 and the Commonwealth. We recalled, too, that we were the world’s leading exporter of soft power"
January 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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Think we'll pass on the ice cream today
January 11, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Beautiful day for a cold, snowy run along the Transpennine Trail
January 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
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Canalboats stranded in the mud after flooding caused the canal to collapse last week
January 5, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Dunham Massey looking pretty first thing this morning
January 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Footprints in the snow
January 5, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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First (f)light.
December 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
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Glorious sunrise morning run around Hale and Altrincham. Let's hope it's enough to rediscover my mojo, which has been MIA for most of 2024.
December 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
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When you win the card but the other player says that's such a Gemini thing to say.
December 26, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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Cheeky Frank
December 25, 2024 at 11:47 AM
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Joy to the Kop!
thekophq.bsky.social Spion Kop @thekophq.bsky.social · Dec 22
Happy Christmas Reds 🔴🔝 #LFC
December 22, 2024 at 6:52 PM
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A great player on both sides of Stanley Park and, by all reports, a wonderful man too. Sadly missed.
lfchistory.net LFChistory.net @lfchistory.net · Dec 20
Gary Ablett made his Reds bow on 20 December 1986, playing 90 minutes in a goalless draw with Charlton at Selhurst Park. He came to the team from the reserves and introduced himself as a great defender who was able to play a great role in the fantastic #LFC side of the late 80's.
December 20, 2024 at 11:55 AM
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Only 18 days to go until the mornings start getting lighter. We've almost made it.
jemima.bsky.social Jemima Kelly @jemima.bsky.social · Dec 12
Just a reminder, as you look outside and notice it's already getting dark 😱, that today is the earliest sunset of the year (15:51 in London). From tomorrow the sunsets slowwwwly start getting later again. (Sunrises don't start getting earlier until Dec 30th hence solstice on 21st.) YOU ARE WELCOME.
December 12, 2024 at 7:58 PM
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Fascinating thread
roadscholar.bsky.social Michael Dnes @roadscholar.bsky.social · Dec 7
Does HS2 have a future?

And why does that question hinge on an unseen government document and a sugar mill in Nottinghamshire?
December 7, 2024 at 12:23 PM
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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
georgeeaton.bsky.social George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · Nov 29
A remarkable stat: Heidi Alexander’s appointment as Transport Secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history.
November 29, 2024 at 8:50 PM
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You can call it Black Friday.
I call it the ninth Friday of Christmas.
November 29, 2024 at 10:53 AM
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City claim the world is against them but we've only had our manager for four months and the government is trying to limit how much you can win with a Slot Machine

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Online slots gambling to be limited to £5 per spin
The government says reforms will reduce gambling-related harm and raise funds to treat addiction.
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November 27, 2024 at 7:12 AM