Chris Drew
@cj-drew.bsky.social
Cornishman in Salford.
Speaker of languages.
Enjoyer of sports.
Speaker of languages.
Enjoyer of sports.
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“it was the OBR’s job to stop my nefarious opponents from doing the unaffordable tax cut which I supported and pledged not to undo”
Does he also believe in the Tooth Fairy? That, and other questions raised by this excellent piece: www.ft.com/content/cc83...
December 2, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“it was the OBR’s job to stop my nefarious opponents from doing the unaffordable tax cut which I supported and pledged not to undo”
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This reads as parody and I'm embarrassed for everyone involved
Tomorrow Grimes will DJ a livestream of immortality influencer Bryan Johnson tripping on shrooms to determine its effect on longevity. Mr. Beast and the CEO of Salesforce will be there too.
Grimes DJing Immortality Influencer's Shroom Trip With Special Guest Mr. Beast
Grimes is a fan of Bryan Johnson, the multimillionaire and immortality influencer who spends his time trying to fight death. He is perhaps best known for undergoing plasma transfusions with donations ...
stereogum.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:34 PM
This reads as parody and I'm embarrassed for everyone involved
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Maybe we should build HS2 in full and increase capacity on the network. It was never just about speed.
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Soon-to-be-axed 7am Manchester-London train will still run – but without passengers
Exclusive: Rail regulator pulls Avanti service from timetable from mid-December but it is needed for staff travel
The good news for rail travel between Manchester and London is that a morning train will continue to link England’s biggest cities in under two hours. The bad news: passengers will no longer be able to get onboard.
The rail regulator has axed one of Britain’s fastest and most lucrative intercity services, the 7am Avanti West Coast from Manchester Piccadilly to London Euston, as part of a timetable shake-up that will take effect in mid-December. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Maybe we should build HS2 in full and increase capacity on the network. It was never just about speed.
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UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
A low-paid carer from Ghana has cancelled all the benefits she is legally entitled to, including the disability allowance one of her children receives, owing to fears about her immigration status after the policy changes announced by the home secretary.
The radical changes to legal migration announced by Shabana Mahmood on 20 November will penalise those who are living and working legally in the UK, but who claim benefits. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 6:20 AM
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
So, these new ISA rules seem unhelpful…
November 28, 2025 at 5:28 PM
So, these new ISA rules seem unhelpful…
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Think I musta hit my head yesterday. Part 3 and now this? Incredible.
Cornwall likely to get its own devolution deal - MP - BBC News
The government says a deal respects Cornwall's unique identity.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Think I musta hit my head yesterday. Part 3 and now this? Incredible.
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Jesus ate the loaves and fish himself
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
Kemi Badenoch says welfare spending is unchristian
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Jesus ate the loaves and fish himself
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There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
November 28, 2025 at 11:22 AM
There was no state. Who does she think crucified him, an anarchist collective?
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This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
November 27, 2025 at 1:09 PM
This house tax pretending is making me more insane than usual because as a renter I’ve had to move every 1-3 years just as standard because rents always rise. And no one cares. House owners get a tiny fraction of that precarity and suddenly it’s the worst thing that’s ever happened
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Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
November 27, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Serious howls of outrage in the media this morning at what is a relatively modest Budget from Labour that does nothing more than fiddle around the margins.
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
It does highlight the missed opportunity. If you’re going to get this reaction anyway, why not at least get it for attempting a big swing?
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This is a massively dumb way to fund things. Just fund local government properly through fiscal devolution, council tax reform, and social care reform. Oh, wait, you ducked all of those again....
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This is a massively dumb way to fund things. Just fund local government properly through fiscal devolution, council tax reform, and social care reform. Oh, wait, you ducked all of those again....
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new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
November 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped
Targeting private pension savings, when we need to find *some way* of stopping the state pension spiral out of control, is certainly a move a chancellor could make...
November 25, 2025 at 11:08 PM
Targeting private pension savings, when we need to find *some way* of stopping the state pension spiral out of control, is certainly a move a chancellor could make...
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Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
November 25, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Why the two-child limit has to go, in a chart.
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I think this sums up Blue Labour to a tee: someone experiences, or shares a human tragedy, and you feel sad for them, but equally it doesn’t give them license to tear up 600 years of information about what drives prosperity and replace it with saying the word “relational” a lot.
There are some truly unhinged bits in the piece about Glasman, as to be expected when dealing with Glasman, but seriously what the actual? That's...one hell of a conflation of terminology.
November 23, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I think this sums up Blue Labour to a tee: someone experiences, or shares a human tragedy, and you feel sad for them, but equally it doesn’t give them license to tear up 600 years of information about what drives prosperity and replace it with saying the word “relational” a lot.
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It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
I find insane that shabana mahmood is going out there and saying "white british people cannot be asked to accept too many of us outsiders, it is not in their nature, and their pushback against all of us is to be placated". What???
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 1:45 PM
It’s just nuts. Even if you accept Labour’s policy diagnosis, we “lost control” of our borders, and concern about immigration was rising long before the alarming rise of racism. The big change on racism has been we traded an anti-racist government for one that is at best Trappist on it.
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The Met Police appearing to arrest a mannequin today at the 'Lift the Ban' protest outside the Ministry of Justice...
Protesters have been (again) holding cardboard signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” www.instagram.com/reel/DRR94x6...
Protesters have been (again) holding cardboard signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” www.instagram.com/reel/DRR94x6...
November 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The Met Police appearing to arrest a mannequin today at the 'Lift the Ban' protest outside the Ministry of Justice...
Protesters have been (again) holding cardboard signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” www.instagram.com/reel/DRR94x6...
Protesters have been (again) holding cardboard signs saying “I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action.” www.instagram.com/reel/DRR94x6...
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From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"
November 20, 2025 at 1:27 PM
From @philipjcowley.bsky.social - thanks to a happy coincidence we have a much more rigorous than usual understanding of the impact of Keir Starmer's "Island of Strangers" speech. As Cowley puts it "It is not obvious this was the intended outcome"
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Ruin a mutual’s media consumption today and point out the “there’s nothing Labour about making an argument!” rhetorical tic.
When you spot this it's so fucking irritating every time. Just a gaping chasm where an argument should be.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Ruin a mutual’s media consumption today and point out the “there’s nothing Labour about making an argument!” rhetorical tic.
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Fatel via kavos 'Kevardhu Ebronlas' nessa mis? Post dhe'n lyha unweyth pub jydh yn Kernewek? Res yw gweles moy a'gan yeth omma.
How about doing a 'Kernewek on Bluesky December' next month? Post at least once each day in Cornish? We need to see more of the language here.
#kevardhuebronlas
How about doing a 'Kernewek on Bluesky December' next month? Post at least once each day in Cornish? We need to see more of the language here.
#kevardhuebronlas
November 20, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Fatel via kavos 'Kevardhu Ebronlas' nessa mis? Post dhe'n lyha unweyth pub jydh yn Kernewek? Res yw gweles moy a'gan yeth omma.
How about doing a 'Kernewek on Bluesky December' next month? Post at least once each day in Cornish? We need to see more of the language here.
#kevardhuebronlas
How about doing a 'Kernewek on Bluesky December' next month? Post at least once each day in Cornish? We need to see more of the language here.
#kevardhuebronlas
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Ice hockey in the UK is a very underrated evening out. I need to get back to Altrincham again soon.
for this month's Observer sports column! I went to Romford to watch some ice hockey by myself and I had........the time of my life? observer.co.uk/news/columni... [free to read!]
November 18, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Ice hockey in the UK is a very underrated evening out. I need to get back to Altrincham again soon.
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Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
Defence of Labour asylum policy reveals backsliding on racism
Home secretary’s framing of failures is partly low politics, but also a result of ministers’ poor approach to race relations
www.ft.com
November 18, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Labour’s “we have to do it, or racism will get worse” argument is striking. Any other public policy failures British ethnic minorities should be on the hook for? Can we be blamed en bloc for Rachel Reeves’ budget next week too? www.ft.com/content/37b0...
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Reminder transphobia affects more than just trans people
November 18, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Reminder transphobia affects more than just trans people