Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 5hThey may get lucky and avoid having any existential risk to the party’s existence if they end up with no credible challenger to their right if reform does the usual post-Farage Farage party thing, but that’s running into the usual Kemi-era-conservative rhetoric problem of setting a very low bar 010
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 6hI feel like the Tories’ reputation for regicide is somewhat overstated. It took two years, and the Tories coming 5th in an election to remove May, it took Pincher on top of partygate to remove Boris, and truss is her own special case 270
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 02/10/2026As a Lib Dem voter I think the big issue with Ed is not necessarily electoral, it’s about being prepared for a hung parliament 030
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 30/09/2026"frustrating when people rush to judgement" The proccess took 4 fucking years Andy 1347
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Surely the only logical punishment since Manchester City has been convicted is not relegating them to the championship/league 2/national league/northern counties league, but sending them to the Australian A league 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 29/09/2026Nationalisation is clearly going to better than it did last time because we’re prefixing everything with ‘Great British’ rather than just ‘British’ and that means it can’t go wrong 021
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I can imagine I’ll only be disappointed if I watch number 54 and it’s not about a high class bureau de change 010
Reposted by ChrisHazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026and yes, I do think that there would (rightly) be criticism if a Western state did something this crass and a racing series capitulated to it, there was (rightly) criticism of the embarrassing IndyCar Washington fiasco and F1 deserves to get shit for being used as a political pawn 1407
Reposted by ChrisHazel Southwell @hazelsouthwell.bsky.social · 24/09/2026the POINT of this stunt about moving the grand prix to the Saturday and holding it this weekend is that Aliyev wants to draw attention to his agenda here. the idea is to get foreigners in and push the Azerbaijan narrative. Armenia can't afford to do this sort of shit. it's a stunt. 1294
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 21/09/2026I suspect this is where the English langauge is an advantage for us here 010
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 19/09/2026You could even oversee such a broadcaster with some kind of political office, perhaps even a cabinet minister 010
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Clearly a community asset of critical importance when it’s so well used 001
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 18/09/2026See a lot of similar behaviour with London buses, where the bottom deck is rammed, but the upstairs is relatively empty (which benefits me but still is weird) 350
Reposted by ChrisJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026What on earth is happening? 23833101338
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 17/09/2026What really grinds my gears are motorists rights activists who launder their activism as something else like ‘safe guarding the nearby primary school’ (???) or protecting the farmers market (which is supportive of the development). 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 17/09/2026I work round the corner from the car park in question and it’s nearly always mainly empty 100
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Love my green council for standing up for the green issues that really matter: protecting the motorist 100
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Do you think we could find a village willing to declare independence unless Andy Burnham appoints a secretary of states for culture media and sport 110
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 15/09/2026‘Leader of the Reform party in Wales gets arrested’ day comes earlier every year 040
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Tbf my understanding is that the teaching unions’ main complaint is about work load/pay, so I think there’s a degree of the government is trying to appease them in a way that costs less money (and won’t work) 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I’m not sure sure the weather is good enough to play cricket in October 010
Reposted by ChrisChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026We've had a "Number 10 spokesperson" briefing to journalists, and reported comments from Burnham in a closed door meeting That's pissweak. If you can make videos about chicken nuggets or whatever, you can make videos about violent fascists 6675113
Reposted by ChrisChaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 08/09/2026I think the worst part of Labour's response to the fascist mobilisation is Andy Burnham's absence. He's the most popular politician in the country, with social media reach and actual powers of persuasion, and he's saying nothing in public. He can actually be of use here but he's choosing not to 451458420
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Ultimately, for all his flaws, I have to be fully behind a mayor who’s waged war on the motorist and is fighting Westminster council’s attempts to set the capital’s bedtime/be in denial that they’re the middle of a global city not some sleepy village in the shires 000
Reposted by ChrisStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Time for Andy Burnham to appoint a Culture Secretary. 1749189
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Of course fascism can be defeated through my own policy preferences (the war on the motorist and walkable high density cities) 020
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The median American is also very wealthy, where America really suffers in its income distribution is that the bottom decile is way worse off compared to a lot of Europe because of the lack of safety net 000
Reposted by ChrisJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I want the Prime Minister to look into a TV camera and say the RNLI are heroes, that we do not change policy by street violence in this country, and that he expects any criminal action to face the full force of the law. That's it. That's all he has to do. 632781879
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I think there’s also a popular line of thought of if you fix people’s economic circumstances, that’s enough to stop the far-right, when that really doesn’t explain why the wealthiest country in human history voted for a fascist in 2024, or all the other non-economic drivers of the far right 1132
Reposted by ChrisLaura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026This government reminds me of Joe Biden. Biden didn't want to be the prosecute Trump president, he wanted to pass an infrastructure bill. Burnham doesn't want to be the take on the hard right PM, he wants to do social care reform and devo. But you have to do the task you're set or face disaster. 1430488
Reposted by ChrisDylan Difford @dylandifford.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Share a thought tonight for James Johnson, who will for once not have to motivatedly reason his way to why a poll-related news story is positive for the Tories, but won't be able to share that insight. 928051
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 29/08/2026At this point I would take worse signal on trains if it meant people weren’t able to watch tik toks or whatever without headphones 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 28/08/2026I'm not Rohmed, I'm not Rohmed, I scream until I long knife myself into the night 010
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Fortunately Howard Shore makes up for it because ‘The Last March of the Ents’ is an absolute banger 1120
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 25/08/2026The 4 Simpsons lines I’ve uttered most off the top of my head 1. Attempted murder, what sort of crime is that? Do they give a Nobel prize in attempted chemistry? 2. Hearsay and conjecture are kinds of evidence 3. Not a very happy birthday for Rex Banner 4.No I said he sleeps with the fishes 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 25/08/2026I wouldn’t drink by myself in most contexts, but a 2 hour journey from York to London with a gin and tonic, some comfy seats and a book is such a treat 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 25/08/2026A well priced seat-frog upgrade on LNER is such a great little luxury 100
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Oh, and 2 of them couldn’t appear in scenes together (Cersei and Bronn) 110
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I think by season 7 there were down to 4 named characters in King’s landing, and 1 of them was a mute undead Gregor clegane 110
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 22/08/2026I don’t think it’s that, I think the later problems are with the writing not the acting. However there’s clearly a lack of interest in introducing new characters in king’s landing which definitely kills the political heart of the show 110
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 19/08/2026Anecdotally there has been a rise in the number of kids taking 1 minute to complete their online maths homework in the past year. Also the SEN homework club that I help with definitely has been less well attended which suggests kids are using ai instead of getting help 4396
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 15/08/2026Depends on when Rory Stewart is going to post his phone number on the internet again 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 14/08/2026In a real bad place rn (the Heathrow baggage reclaim hall) 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 14/08/2026It’s funny that every time this opinion is expressed it is opinion-laundered through the idea that the issue is entirely about music (which at least has conceivable circumstances where it’s not entirely anti-social), rather than engaging with the more prevalent tik-tok/insta reels aspect 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Just crossed the straight of messina with zero whirlpools or monsters eating 6 of the crew. I don’t know why Odessyus made it seem so tricky 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 05/08/2026They’ve claimed that the other plane has a hydraulic issue but I know the real reason is that the pilot had fish for dinner 000
Chris @chreeeeeees.bsky.social · 05/08/2026Delayed taking off from Gatwick because there’s going to be another plane making in emergency landing is not the perfect start to a holiday 100