Chris
@windandwave.bsky.social
Sailor, European, celebrates diversity & freedom of movement/trade; former environment protection professional
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🍰 Happy birthday to David Skinner who turns 94 years young today.
🗺️ "I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it. And it was done by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor, a Nigerian registrar"
"And these two people here, talk about sending them back."
🗺️ "I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it. And it was done by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor, a Nigerian registrar"
"And these two people here, talk about sending them back."
February 11, 2026 at 7:34 PM
🍰 Happy birthday to David Skinner who turns 94 years young today.
🗺️ "I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it. And it was done by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor, a Nigerian registrar"
"And these two people here, talk about sending them back."
🗺️ "I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it. And it was done by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor, a Nigerian registrar"
"And these two people here, talk about sending them back."
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Perhaps I’m old-fashioned but an actual resignation has always struck me as a much more courageous vote of no confidence than a mere call for one…
Hold on, this Anas Sarwar? Surely not.
February 9, 2026 at 3:24 PM
Perhaps I’m old-fashioned but an actual resignation has always struck me as a much more courageous vote of no confidence than a mere call for one…
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Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
February 1, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Heroes come in many forms and this is one of them
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A little statistical tweak, so nobody can say "Ah, but.. "
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
January 12, 2026 at 8:27 AM
A little statistical tweak, so nobody can say "Ah, but.. "
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
Police fatal shootings per million of population
Canada 7.314
France 3. 396
Germany 1.189
Australia 1.920
UK 0.316
US 43.921
Ha ha ha.
December 27, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Ha ha ha.
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tiny violin for this particular billionaire
December 27, 2025 at 11:44 AM
tiny violin for this particular billionaire
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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This is wonderful and also true.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
December 2, 2025 at 7:09 PM
This is wonderful and also true.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
The analogies you draw, the thoughts you suddely have, the roads you pursue, the structures you comprehend, simply because a piece of art or theatre shakes you up and makes you think differently.
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Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
As a doctor I stepped in to tend to an elderly passenger … but it won’t waive £100 transfer fee to rebook
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Ryanair expects me to take the financial hit for helping others
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I really enjoy Mr Henig’s completely cheesed off expert commentary.
The honest budget speech...
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
"This year we're putting pensioners ahead of growth. We're prioritising reform voters over growth. Incumbent businesses. Tax advisors...
And the party opposite can complain, but they did exactly the same thing.
In UK politics, this is called change"
i: Reeves to unveil £600m raid on foreign student
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 24, 2025 at 10:14 AM
I really enjoy Mr Henig’s completely cheesed off expert commentary.
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Extraordinary
Liz Truss on Fox News supporting Trump suing the BBC
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
"There are lots of people in Britain who are cheering President Trump on and want him to sue the BBC"
"And I believe the organisation needs to be defunded"
November 15, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Extraordinary
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Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
November 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Headline from a serious and long working paper on the economic impact of Brexit. Possible that this has been feeding into OBR and HMT discussions?
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Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
Lawyers challenge €4bn Project One development, saying emissions and health impacts vastly underestimated
The deaths from pollution caused by Europe’s biggest plastic plant, which is being built in Antwerp, will outstrip the number of permanent jobs it will create, lawyers will argue in a court challenge issued on Thursday.
In documents submitted to the court, research suggests the air pollution from Ineos’s €4bn petrochemical plant would cause 410 deaths once operational, compared with the 300 permanent jobs the company says will be created. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Pollution from Ineos’s Antwerp plastic plant ‘will cause more deaths than jobs created’
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The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson wants to bring back the ‘invalid carriage’.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
The Invacar was banned from English roads in 2003 over safety fears after some overturned and others caught fire.
October 31, 2025 at 7:40 AM
The path from abusing foreigners to abusing the disabled is well-trodden. I I hope this nugget is bright enough to reflect on who else has walked it.
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In the last few days, the Times has had to delete two stories. One because someone pretended to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio to a reporter and one because they wrote up nonsense about Torsten Bell's expenses.
Needs a new editor badly.
Needs a new editor badly.
October 29, 2025 at 8:24 AM
In the last few days, the Times has had to delete two stories. One because someone pretended to be former Mayor Bill de Blasio to a reporter and one because they wrote up nonsense about Torsten Bell's expenses.
Needs a new editor badly.
Needs a new editor badly.
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Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
Treasury minister leading budget plans spent £900 on desk
Torsten Bell, who is working with Rachel Reeves to fill a £30 billion hole in finances, also used his parliamentary expenses to claim £600 for three chairs
www.thetimes.com
October 27, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Totally untrue garbage from @thetimes.com & @dailymail.co.uk today - smear dressed up as journalism. Some facts:
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
- There is no “£900 desk”
- my constituency office has Ikea desks/chairs
- we significantly underspent the new MPs allowance to set up an office
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Full article is available here via @conservativehome.bsky.social: conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
Robert Buckland: Leaving the ECHR would be a grave mistake | Conservative Home
Withdrawal from the ECHR would upset the delicate political balance in Northern Ireland, compromise our extradition and security arrangements, and damage our moral authority abroad. Above all, it woul...
conservativehome.com
October 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Full article is available here via @conservativehome.bsky.social: conservativehome.com/2025/10/05/r...
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This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
October 7, 2025 at 8:03 AM
This is a lie.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.
But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.
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not sure you’d be allowed to write this in North Korea, lads
September 3, 2025 at 8:55 AM
not sure you’d be allowed to write this in North Korea, lads
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Great news 👏
We need more opportunities for young people - this is a step in the right direction!
https://www.ft.com/content/c79dab61-d3eb-4c6f-9682-fa38f39e6055
We need more opportunities for young people - this is a step in the right direction!
https://www.ft.com/content/c79dab61-d3eb-4c6f-9682-fa38f39e6055
UK advertises contract to run Erasmus scheme
Tender indicates ministers are preparing ground to rejoin European student swap programme
www.ft.com
September 1, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Great news 👏
We need more opportunities for young people - this is a step in the right direction!
https://www.ft.com/content/c79dab61-d3eb-4c6f-9682-fa38f39e6055
We need more opportunities for young people - this is a step in the right direction!
https://www.ft.com/content/c79dab61-d3eb-4c6f-9682-fa38f39e6055