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ChrisJ

@chris17jn.bsky.social
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Love Scotland, Northumbria/Yorkshire, open spaces & sailing. Worked for NHS for 40 years. ‘Woke’ socialist. Hate Brexit, spivs & Thatcher’s legacy (&Tories/Reform). #FBPro EU and a bit of a Francophile too. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺 DMs=🚫unless I know you.

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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes - that was a fly in the metaphorical ointment for me too but overall 👍👏🏻
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Yes - same here.. Genuine and a real communicator.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
With every passing day we are reminded what a piece of hubristic nonsense Brexit was and is…
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
(And continues to be) 🤬🤬(again)!
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Oh yes.. What a ridiculous piece of nationalistic self harm Brexit was.. 🤬
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Haven’t been around so much of late on here so only just seen this. So sorry, Ted. Thoughts are with you.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Morning Kevin. Three flights of stairs should have me sorted today ..😉😄 Though there’s always a dog to walk! Safe travels!
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
A really ‘level’ playing field! 🙄 Government missed the boat to limit donations from individuals..
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good morning, Hettie. If their behaviour doesn’t tell anyone with access to a ballot paper what we need to know then we are in trouble..
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good morning Kevin. Taking some family visiting from Oz out to see some of the fabulous countryside up here in the NE 😎. Have a good one!
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Good morning, Reece. I, for one, find your ‘wafflings’ enjoyable and on point! 50k - deserved! Great to see you here and much better than the other place.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Me too! 🙄
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Had turn off his interview with Farage today I’m afraid.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🤦‍♂️🤣🤣
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
👍🏼🤣🤣
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Exactly- no doubt for being ‘biased’ .. 🙄
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Understand but that would be a shame.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Yup… BBC in all its current glory .. right there. As a few are saying, “Come on, Lisa Nandy!”
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Vive la révolution ! 🇫🇷
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bore da, Mark. Yes this could be almost as bad as voting Reform! Hope you’re well.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Exactly! Top story this morning on the BBC .. 🙄
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
We can certainly hope! Come on Clacton..
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Good morning Kevin. Finishing painting window frame in guest bedroom today as family visiting at the weekend! 🤦‍♂️😬
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Leeds, eh? Or.. as they say in Leeds, “Leeds..Leeds..Leeds!” 😉😄
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
All ok here thank you ! 😊
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Definitely!
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Exactly. Tentatively, liking what I’m seeing so far..
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Good morning Helen. It’s pathetic.. Successful man spends a few hundred quid on clothes… really.. I suspect they’re running a bit scared… (Did anyone mention a £5m ‘donation’ elsewhere?)
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
So pleased you’re through, Kitty. Wishing you well for the next phase and hope your energy returns quickly.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Yes.. quite!
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Nice idea! I’m sure he’d have enough to see him to his state pension age… 🤔😉
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Sir John Major, "Brexit has been very damaging" "Most people think of the economic damage, but that's only part of the argument" "It has as a country made us weaker, more isolated"
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
100%, Sir John..
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
No .. quite .. we wouldn’t want you to collapse! 😉
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Morning Kev! Love this 🤣🤣
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Let’s hope those ‘red lines’ are the first things in the shredder!
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Exactly, Doug. All starting in the UK with ‘she’ who did not believe in ‘Society’…
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
It would be ‘Amazeballs’ if they did.. .. I would say, “Ok.. I’ll get my coat,” but it’s too ruddy hot for that! Morning Gemma, by the way!
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Heartbreaking but true.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Yep - my anger is undimmed even 10 years in.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Weapons grade treachery from the lot of them! They should be held to account..
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
That’s a worry but we can only hope that because he’s been out of that bubble for a while he will be more in touch. Time will tell..
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
With you, Sue. I really, really want him to succeed, as many do, I’m sure. He has to be bold and start by shredding Starmer’s red lines! Time will tell if he’s ’the messiah’ or not..
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
“Britain is only going to move on when it starts realising it’s one little cog in a whole load of cogs that make up the EU, that make up global geopolitics, and the UK on its own, not being a cog anywhere, is really unwise” “Independence Day” How bloody stupid. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘A total, utter nightmare’: small businesses on Brexit, 10 years on
Cheesemakers, farmers, exporters and wine merchants say red tape, lack of vision and rising costs mean they have stopped trading, sold up or retired early
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Spot on, Sarah. Andy Burnham (or whoever) needs to shred those ‘red lines’ and be bold.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Andy Burnham (assuming it’s him) has to be bold on this one. The evidence is there and mounting every day. It has and continues to be a disaster on many levels.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Could everyone please repost this to help @oxford4europe.bsky.social find its followers again. Thanks 🙂👍
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Same here, as you know! I recall Paddy Ashdown summed it up well with his words, “May God help our country.”
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Absolutely - and yet there are those who still think he is the answer.. aided by our RW media of course.. So frustrating and very worrying.
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ChrisJ @chris17jn.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Yes - and completely understood!
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