Chris
@masterklump.bsky.social
'Success' in the eyes of modern society does not always lead to happiness and contentment. In fact, happiness and contentment are the quintessence of success.
Play by your own rules.
Play by your own rules.
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Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
December 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Truly shocking that Rachel Reeves had the audacity to call herself the U14 girls chess champions when she won the U14 girls chess championship but some bloke thought she was talking about something else.
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This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
December 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
This is how Chris Mason, like a child filled with wonder, described "the choreography and theatre that surrounds a Budget" in Feb 2024, when a male Tory Chancellor was in post.
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
"Plans, or even just options, can be floated... Reaction to them can be tested. Opponents can be teased or wrongfooted." 👀
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Mark Kelly, "When Trump was writing birthday greetings to Epstein, I was the first on the scene to recover the bodies of my fellow astronauts"
December 1, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Mark Kelly, "When Trump was writing birthday greetings to Epstein, I was the first on the scene to recover the bodies of my fellow astronauts"
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CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
November 29, 2025 at 11:01 PM
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1965: 20-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
CEO-to-worker pay ratio in 1990: 75-1
CEO-to-worker pay ratio today: 280-to-1
Trickle-down economics was always a sham.
Nothing has ever trickled down.
When the Trump regime comes to an end - and it will - there are gonna be some people paying a very heavy price for their deluded sycophancy. He doesn't get to pardon anyone when all the power is gone!
KARL: Did you know about the judge's order when you issued your order for the planes to continue?
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
KRISTI NOEM: This is an activist judge. We comply with all federal orders that are lawful and binding.
November 30, 2025 at 8:20 PM
When the Trump regime comes to an end - and it will - there are gonna be some people paying a very heavy price for their deluded sycophancy. He doesn't get to pardon anyone when all the power is gone!
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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…
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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
How is it that lots of Americans are still willing to stand up, put a hand over their heart, and sing 'the land of the free, and the home of the brave' while this sh*t's going on!
“Is this shit legal?”
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
How ICE is disappearing people and holding them in a “black hole” where nobody knows where they are, even as they’re hospitalized
November 29, 2025 at 8:43 PM
How is it that lots of Americans are still willing to stand up, put a hand over their heart, and sing 'the land of the free, and the home of the brave' while this sh*t's going on!
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“To my horror, I found that every member of my family [in Israel]... they were all racist.”
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos talks to Mehdi about what drove him to pro-Palestine activism.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/holocaust-...
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos talks to Mehdi about what drove him to pro-Palestine activism.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/holocaust-...
November 29, 2025 at 4:02 PM
“To my horror, I found that every member of my family [in Israel]... they were all racist.”
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos talks to Mehdi about what drove him to pro-Palestine activism.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/holocaust-...
Holocaust survivor Stephen Kapos talks to Mehdi about what drove him to pro-Palestine activism.
Watch the full interview: zeteo.com/p/holocaust-...
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“The BBC continues to be really stupid, I think, and there’s no cure for stupidity.”
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
November 28, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“The BBC continues to be really stupid, I think, and there’s no cure for stupidity.”
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
Salman Rushdie criticises the BBC’s self-censorship in a Reith lecture, saying it hands ammunition to those who want to take down public broadcasting.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social | @lewisgoodall.com
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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?
I see Richard Burgon is now looking for a punch-up on the employment rights bill. There's lots about this government to be disappointed with, but this lot are no different to the tory eurosceptics are they. They can never be satisfied and won't feel at home until they're back in opposition.
November 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I see Richard Burgon is now looking for a punch-up on the employment rights bill. There's lots about this government to be disappointed with, but this lot are no different to the tory eurosceptics are they. They can never be satisfied and won't feel at home until they're back in opposition.
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UKIP/Brexit's David Coburn has finally been tracked down for a comment... at his home in France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:36 AM
UKIP/Brexit's David Coburn has finally been tracked down for a comment... at his home in France.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
#R4Today
I wonder what he's gonna spend his 30 pieces of silver on 🤔
Rachel Reeves' uncle brands niece's Budget as 'the worst I've ever seen'
www.lbc.co.uk/article/rach...
Rachel Reeves' uncle brands niece's Budget as 'the worst I've ever seen'
www.lbc.co.uk/article/rach...
Rachel Reeves' uncle brands niece's Budget as 'the worst I've ever seen' | LBC
Terry Smith, 73, joined a number of opponents after the Chancellor announced a £30 billion package of tax rises
www.lbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I wonder what he's gonna spend his 30 pieces of silver on 🤔
Rachel Reeves' uncle brands niece's Budget as 'the worst I've ever seen'
www.lbc.co.uk/article/rach...
Rachel Reeves' uncle brands niece's Budget as 'the worst I've ever seen'
www.lbc.co.uk/article/rach...
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It sure would be good if Heath woke up one morning, went to his computer, opened a new document, and did not go on to wet and soil himself.
November 27, 2025 at 8:45 PM
It sure would be good if Heath woke up one morning, went to his computer, opened a new document, and did not go on to wet and soil himself.
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On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
On Truss & Kwarteng in ‘22. Allister Heath, Telegraph: “the best budget I have ever heard a British chancellor deliver". Alex Brummer, Mail: “a genuine Tory package elbowing to one side the Treasury's fiscal conservatism".
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
These men will now be paid actual money for their analysis of today’s budget.
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Oops, dunno how this link slipped in. Around the same time gill was stuffing his pockets with brown envelopes. How many times did Moscow Nige turn up and speak?
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
Brexit party MEPs vote against plans to tackle Russian propaganda
Resolution seeking upgrade of EU counter-disinformation unit nevertheless passes easily
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Oops, dunno how this link slipped in. Around the same time gill was stuffing his pockets with brown envelopes. How many times did Moscow Nige turn up and speak?
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
www.theguardian.com/world/2019/o...
Trump's latest '5d chess' strategy is to completely contradict what he said one or two days previously. With supporting evidence.
The man is an absolute genius!
The man is an absolute genius!
The draft dodging idiot posted a pic of this West Point plaque. It contains these words:
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
“Our American Code of Military Obedience requires that, should orders and the law ever conflict, our officers must obey the law.”
That is precisely what Senator Mark Kelly told officers to do. #NoSedition
November 25, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Trump's latest '5d chess' strategy is to completely contradict what he said one or two days previously. With supporting evidence.
The man is an absolute genius!
The man is an absolute genius!
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“How do you cover Trump at the BBC without fear right now?”
@jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the many pressures currently facing BBC journalists.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the many pressures currently facing BBC journalists.
November 25, 2025 at 5:08 PM
“How do you cover Trump at the BBC without fear right now?”
@jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the many pressures currently facing BBC journalists.
@jonsopel1.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com unpack the many pressures currently facing BBC journalists.
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Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Gibb; “ I had no editorial role whatsoever at the Jewish Chronicle”. Lee Harpin, reporter at the paper; “RG made a habit of calling into the office on print days to check up on what stories were topping the news list, and offering a view’”
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The BBC belongs to the public, not political fixers.
If trust is to be restored, Robbie Gibb must go now.
If trust is to be restored, Robbie Gibb must go now.
November 24, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The BBC belongs to the public, not political fixers.
If trust is to be restored, Robbie Gibb must go now.
If trust is to be restored, Robbie Gibb must go now.
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🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
November 22, 2025 at 1:54 PM
🎵 “Join Ice” - @wellesmusic on Colbert
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Too little, too late’: damning report condemns UK’s Covid response
Report on handling of pandemic contains stinging criticism of ‘toxic and chaotic’ culture inside Boris Johnson’s No 10
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Findings partic brutal about early 2020, describing the Feb as “lost month”. If lockdown was imposed a week earlier than March 16, it could've cut deaths in England by almost half. Many of same mistakes then "inexcusably" repeated - @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.
November 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
BREAKING: The UK’s response to Covid was “too little, too late”, a damning official report on the handling of the pandemic has concluded, saying the introduction of a lockdown even a week earlier than happened could have saved more than 20,000 lives.