Christine Quigley
@cpquigley.bsky.social
Irish in Britain. Transport nerd. Labour. Feminist. Gaeilgeoir. Works in public affairs. Was on a TV quiz show once. Views own. She/her.
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A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM
A strong immigration system doesn't need to be a cruel one.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
It shouldn't need saying - but refugees & asylum seekers are real people, fleeing war and persecution.
This daughter of an immigrant is proud of our British and Labour values of respect and not turning our backs on people in real need.
I was idly looking at apartments to rent in the Barbican (a girl can dream, right?) and came across... well, this.
I have absolutely no idea why someone would turn a Barbican flat into a weird characterless white cube.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
I have absolutely no idea why someone would turn a Barbican flat into a weird characterless white cube.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
Check out this 1 bedroom flat for rent on Rightmove
1 bedroom flat for rent in Barbican EC2Y for £2,600 pcm. Marketed by Hamptons, City
www.rightmove.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 4:10 PM
I was idly looking at apartments to rent in the Barbican (a girl can dream, right?) and came across... well, this.
I have absolutely no idea why someone would turn a Barbican flat into a weird characterless white cube.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
I have absolutely no idea why someone would turn a Barbican flat into a weird characterless white cube.
www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/1...
I’m not a parent (not by choice) so feel free to disregard, but gentle parenting seems a recipe for disaster. Just been smacked several times by a four-year-old with a plastic sword in my local bakery queue. The kid wasn’t told off by his parent. The dog in the queue he also hit was less patient.
October 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
I’m not a parent (not by choice) so feel free to disregard, but gentle parenting seems a recipe for disaster. Just been smacked several times by a four-year-old with a plastic sword in my local bakery queue. The kid wasn’t told off by his parent. The dog in the queue he also hit was less patient.
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Manchán Magan 1970 - 2025 💔
Craoltóir, scríbhneoir agus Gael. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Thar na blianta, chruthaigh sé & chuir sé i láthair an t-uafás cláracha do TnaG & TG4. Tá oidhreacht shaibhir fágtha aige dúinn a thabharfaidh inspioráid don chéad ghlúin eile 🕯️
🔗 www.tg4.ie
Craoltóir, scríbhneoir agus Gael. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Thar na blianta, chruthaigh sé & chuir sé i láthair an t-uafás cláracha do TnaG & TG4. Tá oidhreacht shaibhir fágtha aige dúinn a thabharfaidh inspioráid don chéad ghlúin eile 🕯️
🔗 www.tg4.ie
October 3, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Manchán Magan 1970 - 2025 💔
Craoltóir, scríbhneoir agus Gael. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Thar na blianta, chruthaigh sé & chuir sé i láthair an t-uafás cláracha do TnaG & TG4. Tá oidhreacht shaibhir fágtha aige dúinn a thabharfaidh inspioráid don chéad ghlúin eile 🕯️
🔗 www.tg4.ie
Craoltóir, scríbhneoir agus Gael. Ní bheidh a leithéid arís ann.
Thar na blianta, chruthaigh sé & chuir sé i láthair an t-uafás cláracha do TnaG & TG4. Tá oidhreacht shaibhir fágtha aige dúinn a thabharfaidh inspioráid don chéad ghlúin eile 🕯️
🔗 www.tg4.ie
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Terrific piece this - will tell you more about why the government is unpopular than anything you’ll read about politics this week:
Restaurants are increasingly relying on loyalty apps. As one diner told me, “you’d be insane to eat at Pizza Express without the app”
My long read on £100 ‘bill shock’ at high street restaurants. For @telegraphnews.bsky.social:
www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri...
My long read on £100 ‘bill shock’ at high street restaurants. For @telegraphnews.bsky.social:
www.telegraph.co.uk/food-and-dri...
Middle-class families are choking on the £100 ‘casual meal out’
A table for four hitting triple digits is triggering ‘bill shock’, to the detriment of Britain’s best-known restaurants
www.telegraph.co.uk
September 28, 2025 at 10:51 AM
Terrific piece this - will tell you more about why the government is unpopular than anything you’ll read about politics this week:
I’ve just heard my first Christmas song of the year. It’s September 27th.
September 27, 2025 at 1:34 PM
I’ve just heard my first Christmas song of the year. It’s September 27th.
This is horrifying. Nobody chooses to take this risk for themselves and their children unless there is no better option. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Two women die trying to cross Channel from France
French authorities say about 100 people were attempting to reach the UK on a makeshift boat
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
This is horrifying. Nobody chooses to take this risk for themselves and their children unless there is no better option. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Very concerning altogether. Glad that nobody was hurt, but thinking of @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social and her staff.
Labour MP Sharon Hodgson’s office targeted in suspected arson attack
Labour MP Sharon Hodgson’s office targeted in suspected arson attack
Police investigate after images show the office burned out and roof destroyed in Washington, Tyne and Wear
Police are investigating a suspected arson attack on the office of the Labour MP Sharon Hodgson.
Images show her constituency office in Washington, Tyne and Wear burnt out and the roof destroyed. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Very concerning altogether. Glad that nobody was hurt, but thinking of @sharonhodgsonmp.bsky.social and her staff.
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This.
Political violence is always bad, and that really isn’t complicated.
Political violence is always bad, and that really isn’t complicated.
A thing social media has enabled is that you can respond to an unimaginable horror about which you feel powerless (the continuing spread of political violence) with something manageable (smearing everyone on a small social site that you dislike).
they just decide what they think we’re like and proceed as though
September 10, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This.
Political violence is always bad, and that really isn’t complicated.
Political violence is always bad, and that really isn’t complicated.
I’m sorry - is UK political discourse now about putting people in camps? Relatively recent European history suggests that the people who put people in camps tend to be the bad people. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Robert Jenrick says UK asylum seekers should be held in ‘rudimentary prisons’
Shadow justice minister, seen as nurturing Tory leadership hopes, criticises Reform’s immigration plans as too weak
www.theguardian.com
September 4, 2025 at 7:52 AM
I’m sorry - is UK political discourse now about putting people in camps? Relatively recent European history suggests that the people who put people in camps tend to be the bad people. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Walking home from the station at about 8:15 this evening. It’s cold and wet and I’m carrying several bags. I am tired and I look it. So when a large man who looked drunk / stoned tried to stop me to talk to him, I shook my head and tried to walk on. But of course…
September 3, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Walking home from the station at about 8:15 this evening. It’s cold and wet and I’m carrying several bags. I am tired and I look it. So when a large man who looked drunk / stoned tried to stop me to talk to him, I shook my head and tried to walk on. But of course…
Haven't been posting here much, but horrified at the 'women's safety' rhetoric being used to justify mass deportation plans by Reform.
One in four women in England and Wales have been raped or sexually assaulted, according to Rape Crisis UK.
This isn't an immigration issue. It's a misogyny issue.
One in four women in England and Wales have been raped or sexually assaulted, according to Rape Crisis UK.
This isn't an immigration issue. It's a misogyny issue.
August 26, 2025 at 11:38 AM
Haven't been posting here much, but horrified at the 'women's safety' rhetoric being used to justify mass deportation plans by Reform.
One in four women in England and Wales have been raped or sexually assaulted, according to Rape Crisis UK.
This isn't an immigration issue. It's a misogyny issue.
One in four women in England and Wales have been raped or sexually assaulted, according to Rape Crisis UK.
This isn't an immigration issue. It's a misogyny issue.
If you, or someone you know, happens to be in Helsinki tomorrow evening (Sunday 24th) and would like my spare ticket to see @smashingpumpkins.bsky.social, please get in touch!
August 23, 2025 at 12:26 PM
If you, or someone you know, happens to be in Helsinki tomorrow evening (Sunday 24th) and would like my spare ticket to see @smashingpumpkins.bsky.social, please get in touch!
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if I ever go properly "screaming about nothing in particular in the street" mad it will be due to having spent too much time having read about the opinions of men who have absolutely never cared about women's rights for one moment in their lives but decided to pretend just for the sake of racism
The Mail on Sunday: TOP TORY'S FEARS FOR DAUGHTERS OVER BOAT MIGRANTS #TomorrowsPapersToday
August 9, 2025 at 10:01 PM
if I ever go properly "screaming about nothing in particular in the street" mad it will be due to having spent too much time having read about the opinions of men who have absolutely never cared about women's rights for one moment in their lives but decided to pretend just for the sake of racism
I found this a really interesting and thought-provoking read. Definitely worth your time.
'Prior to the home sec's decision to proscribe Palestine Action, no organisation... has ever been proscribed solely on the basis that they carry out actions which cause serious damage to property'
Good piece on legal Qs surrounding Palestine Action ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...
Good piece on legal Qs surrounding Palestine Action ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...
Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism
On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …
ukconstitutionallaw.org
July 22, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I found this a really interesting and thought-provoking read. Definitely worth your time.
With obvious apologies for the swearing, this is absolutely fascinating.
Britons are more regular swearers than Australians or Americans, but what are their top swear words?
Britons
F*ck: 67% use regularly
Sh*t: 65%
Bloody: 54%
Australians
Sh*t: 61%
F*ck: 56%
Bullsh*t: 52%
Americans
Damn: 55%
Sh*t: 54%
F*ck: 47%
👇 more in chart below
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Britons
F*ck: 67% use regularly
Sh*t: 65%
Bloody: 54%
Australians
Sh*t: 61%
F*ck: 56%
Bullsh*t: 52%
Americans
Damn: 55%
Sh*t: 54%
F*ck: 47%
👇 more in chart below
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
July 15, 2025 at 11:05 AM
With obvious apologies for the swearing, this is absolutely fascinating.
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I have called for the UK to immediately recognise the state of Palestine, and to press for the unhindered resumption of humanitarian aid.
#Palestine #Gaza
#Palestine #Gaza
July 15, 2025 at 7:51 AM
I have called for the UK to immediately recognise the state of Palestine, and to press for the unhindered resumption of humanitarian aid.
#Palestine #Gaza
#Palestine #Gaza
A week ago I knew nothing about Zohran Mamdani, and now he is literally everywhere on my social feeds. To the point I really want a “Hot girls for Zohran” T-shirt.
June 24, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A week ago I knew nothing about Zohran Mamdani, and now he is literally everywhere on my social feeds. To the point I really want a “Hot girls for Zohran” T-shirt.
Nine Inch Nails were incredible last night, but one of my favourite parts of the evening was sitting on the Tube from Bond Street to the O2 and watching the Jubilee Line get progressively more goth with every stop. By the end I and everyone else in my section of the carriage was wearing all black.
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Nine Inch Nails were incredible last night, but one of my favourite parts of the evening was sitting on the Tube from Bond Street to the O2 and watching the Jubilee Line get progressively more goth with every stop. By the end I and everyone else in my section of the carriage was wearing all black.
Folks! I've got a spare ticket to see Nine Inch Nails at the O2 in London this evening. Free to a good home - give me a shout if interested.
June 18, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Folks! I've got a spare ticket to see Nine Inch Nails at the O2 in London this evening. Free to a good home - give me a shout if interested.
PSA for UK news outlets covering the Mo Chara magistrates' court appearance today - his name is Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. The accents are important; it's pronounced differently without them, and the Óg bit isn't part of his surname.
June 18, 2025 at 8:29 AM
PSA for UK news outlets covering the Mo Chara magistrates' court appearance today - his name is Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh. The accents are important; it's pronounced differently without them, and the Óg bit isn't part of his surname.
Great coverage of the Philomena's Law campaign ahead of the Westminster Hall debate led by @liamconlon.bsky.social this afternoon.
Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes being “re-traumatised” by the prospect of losing benefits in the UK if they accept compensation from Irish state
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Survivors of Ireland’s mother and baby homes risk losing UK benefits over compensation
Campaign pushes to change law that could lead to survivors living in UK being disqualified from means-tested benefits
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Great coverage of the Philomena's Law campaign ahead of the Westminster Hall debate led by @liamconlon.bsky.social this afternoon.
If you don't believe in creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive society in your community and the country, I'm not entirely sure why you would join the Labour Party...
June 2, 2025 at 11:37 AM
If you don't believe in creating a more diverse, equitable and inclusive society in your community and the country, I'm not entirely sure why you would join the Labour Party...
That Brexit dividend is going well, then…
May 29, 2025 at 5:41 PM
That Brexit dividend is going well, then…
There can be no moral or ethical justification for this - absolutely none. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...
Israeli airstrike kills nine of Gaza doctor’s 10 children
Dr Alaa al-Najjar was on duty at Nasser hospital in Khan Younis when she received her children’s bodies
www.theguardian.com
May 25, 2025 at 8:19 AM
There can be no moral or ethical justification for this - absolutely none. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...