Kris Tooke
@tookekris.bsky.social
European 🇬🇧🇳🇱🇪🇺FBPE, ✊, RejoinEU, Russia Report, NATO (OTAN) & NAFO (OFAN), Slava Ukraini 🇺🇦, 🐈🐈 (Fennel & Ferkel), Winter does not have afternoons - it's just morning until 2pm, then night. 330ppm.
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When dealing with Russia, Trump behaves like a poker player who folds a royal flush.
Pathetic!
Pathetic!
November 20, 2025 at 7:26 PM
When dealing with Russia, Trump behaves like a poker player who folds a royal flush.
Pathetic!
Pathetic!
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Pope Leo in new book: “We must look at our world, directly: we can no longer tolerate structural injustices in which those who have more always have more, and, conversely, those who have less become increasingly poor.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
Pope Leo XIV: Recognizing each other as brothers is antidote to all extremism - Vatican News
The Vatican Publishing House (LEV) releases Pope Leo XIV’s new book, entitled “The Power of the Gospel: Christian Faith in 10 Words.” Edited by ...
www.vaticannews.va
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Pope Leo in new book: “We must look at our world, directly: we can no longer tolerate structural injustices in which those who have more always have more, and, conversely, those who have less become increasingly poor.” www.vaticannews.va/en/pope/news...
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Boris Johnson
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
November 20, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Boris Johnson
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
What he said: 20,000 more police
What he did: 23,000 fewer people
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2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
November 20, 2025 at 6:11 PM
2 posts containing details of Boris Johnson's response to the initial outbreak of COVID, taken from "The Decade In Tory"
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
I'm glad the inquiry has been published. But it's 3 years too late. And by focusing on just COVID, it barely touches the surface.
£2.50 right now.
amzn.eu/d/eCNltv2
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Mein Fuehrer commands.
U.S. Coast Guard will no longer classify swastikas, nooses as hate symbols — The Washington Post
The military service, which falls under the Department of Homeland Security, has drafted a new policy that classifies such items “potentially divisive.”
apple.news
November 20, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Mein Fuehrer commands.
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The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
November 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The "Dominic Cummings is a genius" types were worse than Dominic Cummings because they enabled Dominic Cummings.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
The "Boris Johnson is a genius" types were worse than Boris Johnson because they enabled Boris Johnson.
Now go away and write that out a thousand times.
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My thoughts are with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Tho we knew it at the time, confirmation of the “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying
‘Chaotic and indecisive’: key findings of report on UK’s Covid response under Tories
Second pandemic report focuses on decision-making, organisation and messaging by senior politicians including Boris Johnson
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
My thoughts are with all who lost loved ones or still struggle with effects of #Covid. Tho we knew it at the time, confirmation of the “toxic & chaotic culture” at heart of Govt; that they did “too little, too late” & that faster action could have saved over 20K lives is still horrifying
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A former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
November 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
A former UK prime minister held responsible for tens of thousands of deaths while the US president calls for elected politicians to be hanged.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
A jolt of a reminder that law and policy are ultimately about life and death.
And politicians are often not up to dealing with such things.
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Gosh. What a shock.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Dominic Cummings ‘poisoned the atmosphere’ of Boris Johnson’s No 10, Covid inquiry finds
Report from inquiry’s second module also says Johnson as PM ‘at times actively encouraged’ chaotic culture
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Gosh. What a shock.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
Very long thread: As with many of Labour's anti-immigration policies, this isn't new. British police have been stationed in other countries for this purpose for a long time
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
It does however show how Labour is pushing more on anti-immigration than previous governments. 1/
www.lbc.co.uk/article/shab...
Home Secretary orders police and border 'hit squads' to Albania to stamp out people smugglers | LBC
Shabana Mahmood will send hit squads of police and border force teams to Albania in a fresh drive to stamp out people-smuggling gangs upstream.
www.lbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 5:36 PM
While it feels like I'm repeatedly slamming my head against a brick wall repeating this massively simple concept. Saying "Reform would be worse" doesn't make what Labour is doing better. Labour is now the most anti-immigration, anti-any marginalised group, government we have seen in decades. 1/
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Keir Starmer's net favourability is now 22% below Kemi Badenoch's.
What more is there to say?
What more is there to say?
Keir Starmer's net favourability rating falls to its lowest level to date (-54, 16-17 November), within the margin of error of Jeremy Corbyn (-55) and Boris Johnson's (-53) lowest ratings
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 20, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Keir Starmer's net favourability is now 22% below Kemi Badenoch's.
What more is there to say?
What more is there to say?
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Ploughing through this and is Mahmood really that shocked that her policies are being endorsed by the far right? The language alone, such as describing the last government's hideous policies as "open borders" contains enough dog whistles to set every one of them in the country barking.
Government has today published its consultation into "earned settlement", the forward alone contains a hot mess of misrepresentation of the current system by the Home Secretary. I would strongly urge anyone affected by the current system to respond.
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November 20, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Ploughing through this and is Mahmood really that shocked that her policies are being endorsed by the far right? The language alone, such as describing the last government's hideous policies as "open borders" contains enough dog whistles to set every one of them in the country barking.
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This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
November 20, 2025 at 4:29 PM
This is what happens when you put a preening, lazy, populist, dilettante in charge of a country.
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
Johnson was completely out of his depth and more concerned with his pathetic perceived popularity than leading this country through the greatest crisis since 1939.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
November 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
The Covid Inquiry finds that if Boris Johnson had called the first lockdown even one week earlier then it could have saved at least 20,000 lives.
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
Here's a quick reminder of what Johnson was actually doing during those weeks
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I never would have believed a Labour government would move the goalposts for people who are in this country legally - breaking a contract with migrants who may have planned their lives around the existing settlement regime
‘Boriswave’ migrants to wait up to 20 years to get settled status
Shabana Mahmood has announced restrictions to force hundreds of thousands of people who arrived after Brexit to wait longer to qualify
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Shabana Mahmood has announced restrictions to force hundreds of thousands of people who arrived after Brexit to wait longer to qualify
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
‘Boriswave’ migrants to wait up to 20 years to get settled status
Shabana Mahmood, the home secretary, has announced restrictions to force hundreds of thousands of people who arrived after Brexit to wait longer to qualify
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 PM
I never would have believed a Labour government would move the goalposts for people who are in this country legally - breaking a contract with migrants who may have planned their lives around the existing settlement regime
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The Covid Inquiry - like those who retrospectively look back on Trump, Brexit - has found that left leaning concerns that were ignored/derided at the time, were indeed legitimate.
When will the public stop listening to the habitually wrong but over confident right wingers?
When will the public stop listening to the habitually wrong but over confident right wingers?
November 20, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The Covid Inquiry - like those who retrospectively look back on Trump, Brexit - has found that left leaning concerns that were ignored/derided at the time, were indeed legitimate.
When will the public stop listening to the habitually wrong but over confident right wingers?
When will the public stop listening to the habitually wrong but over confident right wingers?
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The one thing the useless incompetent Boris Johnson clung on to for his failed premiership was the UK’s Covid response. Turns out he killed 20,000 people.
‘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 4:34 PM
The one thing the useless incompetent Boris Johnson clung on to for his failed premiership was the UK’s Covid response. Turns out he killed 20,000 people.
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The Green Party announces that former Labour MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, has defected to them, after being de-selected by Keir Starmer's party last year
"My old party has left behind millions of people who want hope... In the Greens I see a party that is offering that," says Russell-Moyle
"My old party has left behind millions of people who want hope... In the Greens I see a party that is offering that," says Russell-Moyle
November 20, 2025 at 3:13 PM
The Green Party announces that former Labour MP, Lloyd Russell-Moyle, has defected to them, after being de-selected by Keir Starmer's party last year
"My old party has left behind millions of people who want hope... In the Greens I see a party that is offering that," says Russell-Moyle
"My old party has left behind millions of people who want hope... In the Greens I see a party that is offering that," says Russell-Moyle
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🔴 What Labour and the BBC have in common…
Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
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Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
📝 New post 👇🏻
What Labour and the BBC have in common
They still don’t get it...
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November 20, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🔴 What Labour and the BBC have in common…
Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
📝 New post 👇🏻
Their mutual naivety towards the feral right-wing media is causing them to make huge strategic mistakes.
📝 New post 👇🏻
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Farage. Epstein. Bannon ... and Farrari. ... "Ferrari had worked for Farage’s UKIP, and then ran the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe – a Farage-linked think tank later accused of diverting EU funds into UKIP campaigning. Today, Ferrari is openly Farage’s partner."
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Farage. Epstein. Bannon ... and Farrari. ... "Ferrari had worked for Farage’s UKIP, and then ran the Institute for Direct Democracy in Europe – a Farage-linked think tank later accused of diverting EU funds into UKIP campaigning. Today, Ferrari is openly Farage’s partner."
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Oh, good. Labour haven't had enough controversy. Now they're stripping many people of the right to a trial by jury.
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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Criminals will be stopped from “gaming the system” by choosing trial by jury in order to increase the chances of proceedings collapsing, the courts minister has said, promising to enact radical changes to limit jury trials by the next election.
Drug dealers and career criminals were “laughing in the dock” knowing cases can take years to come to trial, Sarah Sackman told the Guardian, saying inaction would be a road to “chaos and ruin”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Oh, good. Labour haven't had enough controversy. Now they're stripping many people of the right to a trial by jury.
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Don't think there was a single Reform UK MP in the House of Commons for the Urgent Question on the Russian spy ship.
Wonder why...
Wonder why...
November 20, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Don't think there was a single Reform UK MP in the House of Commons for the Urgent Question on the Russian spy ship.
Wonder why...
Wonder why...