Chris
@cjkmuk.bsky.social
UK. SW. Green, vegan, progressive. Arts, theatre, reading, old TV, tennis. High culture, low culture. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇬🇧
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Looks like Parliament may have to debate Russian influence on UK politics as the petition's passed 100,000 signatures.
(But don't get too excited. It almost certainly won't be in the main Chamber, and the government may send only token or no representation.)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
(But don't get too excited. It almost certainly won't be in the main Chamber, and the government may send only token or no representation.)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 29, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Looks like Parliament may have to debate Russian influence on UK politics as the petition's passed 100,000 signatures.
(But don't get too excited. It almost certainly won't be in the main Chamber, and the government may send only token or no representation.)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
(But don't get too excited. It almost certainly won't be in the main Chamber, and the government may send only token or no representation.)
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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I keep seeing arguments that the Government should have spent the money on services eg Sure Start rather than lifting the two-child benefit cap.
The evidence for cash transfers is very strong. And cash transfers go straight to families.
Their decision is completely evidence backed and valid.
The evidence for cash transfers is very strong. And cash transfers go straight to families.
Their decision is completely evidence backed and valid.
November 28, 2025 at 11:41 AM
I keep seeing arguments that the Government should have spent the money on services eg Sure Start rather than lifting the two-child benefit cap.
The evidence for cash transfers is very strong. And cash transfers go straight to families.
Their decision is completely evidence backed and valid.
The evidence for cash transfers is very strong. And cash transfers go straight to families.
Their decision is completely evidence backed and valid.
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Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement.
Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
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Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph
Because this does NOT add up!
No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies…
🧵1/9
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Last year I made the 1974 Radio Times TV Guide with links to watch 1974’s Christmas listings.
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
1974 Christmas Radio Times TV Guide Magazine
View 1974 Christmas Radio Times TV Guide Yuletide felicitations to you all! I’ve created this extra special TV listings magazine that pulls together numerous TV programmes from Christmas week 1974, ac...
visualmutterings.com
November 28, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Last year I made the 1974 Radio Times TV Guide with links to watch 1974’s Christmas listings.
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
It’s coming back for 1975! Have you memories from Christmas 1975? Or opinions on that year’s Christmas TV shows?
Hit reply to feature on this year’s Letters page! 🧑🎄
visualmutterings.com/1974-christm...
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Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
November 28, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Hope is here.
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
Help us beat Reform in May. Donate today ⤵️
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Pretty audacious calling Polanski's approach insane whilst continuing to defend the 'trickle down' economic status quo, which has failed the average working person since the dawn of time
The country wants a wealth tax on assets.
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
They're panicking because "won't the rich just leave" has been utterly debunked.
They've got no actual argument.
Join.greenparty.org.uk
November 27, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Pretty audacious calling Polanski's approach insane whilst continuing to defend the 'trickle down' economic status quo, which has failed the average working person since the dawn of time
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Here's @garethdennis.uk making a case which I've made for years (even when I lived in Inverness and travelled south regularly): dualling the A9 Perth to Inverness is the wrong solution (estimated cost- £3.8bn). Better to dual & electrify the Highland Main Line £4.5bn)
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
How to BETTER spend the A9 dualling project's £3.8bn
YouTube video by Gareth Dennis
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here's @garethdennis.uk making a case which I've made for years (even when I lived in Inverness and travelled south regularly): dualling the A9 Perth to Inverness is the wrong solution (estimated cost- £3.8bn). Better to dual & electrify the Highland Main Line £4.5bn)
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
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🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
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To be fair, the coverage that follows is more substantive. But it's so hard to break the grip of "how will this poll?" rather than "what will this do?"
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
To be fair, the coverage that follows is more substantive. But it's so hard to break the grip of "how will this poll?" rather than "what will this do?"
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I wonder how many in Labour's inner circle realise they're part of the last ever Labour government?
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I wonder how many in Labour's inner circle realise they're part of the last ever Labour government?
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
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The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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I've been "hilariously" mocked for my perceived ethnicity/religion as a "joke" from school through employment and I can assure everyone it's not funny and it hurts every time. He knows that, or he wouldn't have done it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've been "hilariously" mocked for my perceived ethnicity/religion as a "joke" from school through employment and I can assure everyone it's not funny and it hurts every time. He knows that, or he wouldn't have done it.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There are more of us than there are of them.
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
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It is really weird how so many people that count themselves in the liberal bracket have just said 'fuck that I'm staying on X' regardless of the dark shit that is perpetrated on there by its owner.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It is really weird how so many people that count themselves in the liberal bracket have just said 'fuck that I'm staying on X' regardless of the dark shit that is perpetrated on there by its owner.
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Whole thread is absolutely fascinating
It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Whole thread is absolutely fascinating
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Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
What's next for the Green Party? Zack Polanski interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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A scattering of the usual, tiresome journalistic tics aside - "Hard left", "eye-wateringly expensive", "Is Britain ready for a gay prime minister?" - a really good interview.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A scattering of the usual, tiresome journalistic tics aside - "Hard left", "eye-wateringly expensive", "Is Britain ready for a gay prime minister?" - a really good interview.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
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"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
President Mamdani visits Washington Old people's home
Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
President Mamdani visits Washington Old people's home
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People voted in a Labour government by a landslide because they wanted something meaningful to change. Labour has, ever since securing that win, done everything in its power to signal it won't change anything very much.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
People voted in a Labour government by a landslide because they wanted something meaningful to change. Labour has, ever since securing that win, done everything in its power to signal it won't change anything very much.
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At mum’s. Farage just appeared on TV.
Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
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Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
❤️
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
At mum’s. Farage just appeared on TV.
Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
❤️
Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
❤️