Chris Lee
@leeinroyston.bsky.social
Trying to keep out of the health and social care system for as long as possible by running, writing, reading, singing, making things, laughing, and Men's Sheds
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Chris Lee
@leeinroyston.bsky.social
· Nov 20
How to stay healthier and happier for longer
In June 2016 I gave a TEDx Talk – ‘Male, stale and in a Shed’ – with mixed success. Following that scary but exciting experience, I resolved to write a series of blog posts …
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My 3 Cs for staying healthier and happier for longer - Connect, Create, Carry on - more at enterpriseessentials.wordpress.com/2017/12/24/h...
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UK govt U-turns on plan to raise inheritance tax for farmers, increases threshold for full relief from £1m to £2.5m.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
Ministers raise inheritance tax threshold for farms after backlash
U-turn lifts limit from £1m to £2.5m after protests and warnings that family farms were at risk
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 8:58 AM
UK govt U-turns on plan to raise inheritance tax for farmers, increases threshold for full relief from £1m to £2.5m.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
What was the point of defending the policy for months? Same for winter fuel payment cut, two child benefit cap, disability benefit cuts.
Self-inflicted political damage.
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Rip-off Britain.
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
Train firms warned over ‘best price’ claims after watchdog bans ads
Advertising regulator said operators and a ticket seller could not prove bookings were cheapest
www.theguardian.com
December 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Rip-off Britain.
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
ScotRail, Greater Anglia and My Train Ticket, warned for misleading ads.
Companies could not provide evidence to show that people could get lowest available price by booking train tickets through them.
Scams are crafted by exec to boost bonuses. None fined. Why will they stop?
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Only Keir Starmer's Labour could arrest the world's most famous climate activist for holding a placard
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
December 23, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Only Keir Starmer's Labour could arrest the world's most famous climate activist for holding a placard
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
All I want for Christmas is a vote of no confidence in Keir Starmer for trashing the UK's humanitarian reputation
Come on decent Labour MPs, where are you?
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Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Interesting insights from The Young Foundation www.youngfoundation.org/12-things-we...
12 things we learnt in 2025 | The Young Foundation
In this co-created article, colleagues across The Young Foundation share some key learnings and trends observed through their work over the past 12 months…
www.youngfoundation.org
December 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Interesting insights from The Young Foundation www.youngfoundation.org/12-things-we...
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Profit margins on fuel at UK supermarket and non-supermarket retailers are "historically high".
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.
Fuel profit margins still persistently high, says watchdog
The consumer watchdog says weak competition between retailers is keeping profit margins up.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 22, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Profit margins on fuel at UK supermarket and non-supermarket retailers are "historically high".
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.
Govts cut real wages/benefits, don't curb profiteering. Corporate appeasement causes inflation and poverty.
Voluntary agreements and gimmicks don't work. No regulator protects people.
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Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago
The emergence of a document contradicts claims made by the Post Office over bugs in its IT system during criminal prosecutions.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Post Office had deal with Fujitsu to fix Horizon errors 19 years ago.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
They lied to courts, parliamentary committees.
Postmasters knowingly wrongfully prosecuted, Lives destroyed. Compensation being paid from public purse, none by those who profited from the scandal.
No one charged for conspiracy.
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Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
The secret history of Neoliberalism | The Invisible Doctrine | Full Film
YouTube video by Journeyman Pictures
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December 22, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Delighted to hear that The Invisible Doctrine, the film by @peterhutchison.bsky.social and @lucas-sabean.bsky.social, is being offered free to view on YouTube for the holiday season. It's all yours! youtu.be/gR4eSEetKP0
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This image did not appear in the Epstein files, and nobody should share misinformation
December 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
This image did not appear in the Epstein files, and nobody should share misinformation
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Wes Streeting is as idiotic about Brexit in his own way as Starmer is.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
Apparently engaging with the EU is all about economics, while also avoiding freedom of movement. Sigh.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
Anyone hoping to rejoin has a very very long wait.
Frankly, if you're a rejoiner over 50, I'd suggest taking up stamp collecting or bird watching instead. It'll be more fulfilling.
December 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Wes Streeting is as idiotic about Brexit in his own way as Starmer is.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
And to think that some in Labour feel that his wishy washy Customs Union comment will bring voters stampeding back tells you all you need to know about their tenuous grasp of the reality of geopolitics.
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Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
December 19, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Jeffrey Epstein & David Walliams leading all the bulletins but Kemi Badenoch knows that only men from ‘different cultures’ pose a threat to women.
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FFS❗️🤬🤬 This👇🏼makes my blood boil
Reform’s Kent County Council plans to spend £100K of tax money on Political Assistants
While slashing adult care impacting 18,800 vulnerable elderly, disabled & sick people
And raising council tax
They have a £60 million deficit & they want Political Assistants❗️
Reform’s Kent County Council plans to spend £100K of tax money on Political Assistants
While slashing adult care impacting 18,800 vulnerable elderly, disabled & sick people
And raising council tax
They have a £60 million deficit & they want Political Assistants❗️
Council under fire for backing £100k pot for political assistants
Reform UK has defended a decision to fund the appointment of political assistants, which could cost taxpayers nearly £100,000 a year.
www.kentonline.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 12:35 PM
FFS❗️🤬🤬 This👇🏼makes my blood boil
Reform’s Kent County Council plans to spend £100K of tax money on Political Assistants
While slashing adult care impacting 18,800 vulnerable elderly, disabled & sick people
And raising council tax
They have a £60 million deficit & they want Political Assistants❗️
Reform’s Kent County Council plans to spend £100K of tax money on Political Assistants
While slashing adult care impacting 18,800 vulnerable elderly, disabled & sick people
And raising council tax
They have a £60 million deficit & they want Political Assistants❗️
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December 19, 2025 at 10:44 PM
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The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
December 20, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The worst, most dishonest prime minister we’ve ever had, rocks back and forth in his Daily Mail cubbyhole spewing out idiotic bilge to kid himself that he and his disastrous Brexit weren’t an almighty national fuck-up.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
A deeply pathetic threat from an abject failure of a man.
It's mornings like this that make #parkrun at Wimpole @nationaltrust.org.uk such a delight
December 20, 2025 at 8:55 AM
It's mornings like this that make #parkrun at Wimpole @nationaltrust.org.uk such a delight
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Michelle Mone's company PPE Medpro has been wound up without repaying the £122m it owes for ripping off the NHS. But luckily, she gets to keep the private jet and the superyacht.
December 19, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Michelle Mone's company PPE Medpro has been wound up without repaying the £122m it owes for ripping off the NHS. But luckily, she gets to keep the private jet and the superyacht.
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These two tweets were posted at almost exactly the same time.
They say almost exactly the same thing.
One by former Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies.
The other by Reform's Wales director David Thomas.
A defection coming or are they simply getting their instructions from the same source?
They say almost exactly the same thing.
One by former Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies.
The other by Reform's Wales director David Thomas.
A defection coming or are they simply getting their instructions from the same source?
December 19, 2025 at 2:04 PM
These two tweets were posted at almost exactly the same time.
They say almost exactly the same thing.
One by former Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies.
The other by Reform's Wales director David Thomas.
A defection coming or are they simply getting their instructions from the same source?
They say almost exactly the same thing.
One by former Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies.
The other by Reform's Wales director David Thomas.
A defection coming or are they simply getting their instructions from the same source?
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Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.
December 19, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Since David Frost has NEVER been right about anything at any point when it comes to Brexit, this feels like a strong endorsement for our participation in Erasmus.
Yes - 'carry on' is one of my four Cs for staying healthier and happier for longer (the other three are connect, create and care)
Our practice
What do you do regularly? Where do you show up, what do you publish? Who do you ask, and what do you answer to? What gets better because you persist? Are there systems you support or work to change? What do you do when you don't feel like it? Especially then. The ocean is made of…
What do you do regularly? Where do you show up, what do you publish? Who do you ask, and what do you answer to? What gets better because you persist? Are there systems you support or work to change? What do you do when you don't feel like it? Especially then. The ocean is made of…
Our practice
What do you do regularly? Where do you show up, what do you publish? Who do you ask, and what do you answer to? What gets better because you persist? Are there systems you support or work to change? What do you do when you don't feel like it? Especially then. The ocean is made of drops. And our practice turns those drops into something of significance.
seths.blog
December 18, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Yes - 'carry on' is one of my four Cs for staying healthier and happier for longer (the other three are connect, create and care)
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Thank you to @carolinevoadenmp.bsky.social for pushing for Government to consider a televised emergency briefing on the #climate and #nature crisis.
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
The public have a right to know.
Sign the open letter:
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter-...
Now at over 36,000 signatories.
#TimeToStepUp #NEB2025
December 18, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Now over 45 000. Keeps growing sign & share
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Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Europe is a continent soaked in economic pessimism. Until we change that, the far right will rise and rise | Owen Jones
Since 2008, struggling communities have been told they are in competition with migrants. Only a model that gives them hope will halt the populists, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Why is the far right triumphing across the West?
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Because ordinary citizens are told they're trapped in a zero-sum game - competing with migrants for scarce resources.
This is a lie.
A failed economic order is to blame:
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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I came here to post this as I can't believe it doesn't already have 10,000 signatures - please sign and share! So vital and so utterly crazy that this has to be petitioned for. #climatesky
To get the government to respond to our petition calling for a National Climate Resilience Plan, we need 10,000 of you to help us. We are over halfway now! If you haven't already, please sign it and encourage others to do so as well ✒️ 🌍
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
Petition: Fund a National Climate Resilience Plan: protect communities from climate impact
From floods to extreme temperatures, climate impacts risk damaging homes, health, businesses, services, and the economy. We want Government to prioritise adaptation; fund a new Resilience Plan that…
petition.parliament.uk
December 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I came here to post this as I can't believe it doesn't already have 10,000 signatures - please sign and share! So vital and so utterly crazy that this has to be petitioned for. #climatesky