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Christopher Hobday

@chrishob.bsky.social
1.2K followers 1.2K following 1.4K posts

Old, Woke, Lefty widower. Anti-growth, supports Greenpeace, XR, hates Tories, Big Oil and Brexit. Likes jazz and poetry. Self-êxiled in France since 2020. RLS.

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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
But the terms, the terms. Would the electorate be happy with adopting the euro? I would but would they? The Bank of England would cease to exist. No problème for me but it would trigger "Sovrinty" issues.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
But we just can't do it. Put it in into the manifesto so the élection result gives the mandate.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
The ideological clowns are out and the testostérone obsessed clowns are in. One ideology decrying another.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
An old Buddy Holly song from 60 ode years ago
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
None of us will ever be good enough. We just have to keep on trying.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
No such thing as a good billionaire.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Of the 3 Abrahamic religions Islam is closer to Christianity than either is to Judaism, but try explaining that to a MAGA Christian Zionist.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
BTW I use the Oxford comma with abandon and love splitting an infinitive. Rules of grammaire and punctation are intended to aid comprehension. They must never get in the way of expression.
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Wolfgang. One Race:HUMAN. 🙏🏾🇺🇸 💙💛🇺🇦 @wolfgangrul.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
So, what is it doing after "allow". Better a full stop and a new sentence starting with "We". Also full stop after "context" and new sentence starting with "Skipping".
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Vous plaisantez évidement mais je n'ai pas comprendré "running back". I am Welsh, living in France and I argue with French Rugby fans about whether Gareth Edwards (Wales) or Antoine Dupont (France) is the best scrum-half the world has ever seen. American football is just not a thing in Provence.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Ella Fitzgerald Art Blakey and the Jazz messagers Count Basie Duke Ellington Oscar Peterson Anita O'Day Shirley Bassey Dave Brubeck Jack Jones Ella Fitzgerald (again)
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
There is no normal. There is just essence.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Haven't seen you doing much pretending.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
If $17bn is just the cost of doing busines we are fucked.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
In her way she is,
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Trop de crapauds.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I know all about love. On maybe I know nothing. Because love is an unfathomable mystery. We can’t be certain off the things we think we know, but we can be certain of things we don’t understand.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Insta has taken this down. Must be true then.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
He didn't say anything yet they cheered. The USA is lost.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Arguments around whether AI is intrinsically good or bad miss the point. AI requires data centres that are environmentally unsustainable.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
No State has a right to exist. Yugoslavia ceased to exist in 1992. Ukraine was once part of the USSR. A State has borders which it arguably has a right to défend. Israel refuses to define its borders.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
I have lived in Provence for 6 years and enjoy an early evening Pastis. A year or two ago while visiting my hometown of Cardiff I entered a coctail bar (Castle end of St Mary St, I think) and asked if they had any Pastis. The reply was "Sorry sir, but we have sandwiches." I swear this is true.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Less of the smaller
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
There may be something wrong with me. I believe that I am physically incapable of rape.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
substack.com/@sugarrhi/no...
substack.com
SugarRhi~ (@sugarrhi)
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
They have been bought.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 25/07/2026
One for you Maryscott. bsky.app/profile/alan...
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Tom Jones
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Done
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Shame we aren't neighbours.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
In a monified world democracy is just another commodité that can be bought and sold. The reports I see in the US press about candidates focus on the amont of financial backing a candidate has, not policies. Perhaps voting will become otiose. Just weigh the dollars.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
If she was my daughter......
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Waiting for the end of the game
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Strange fruit.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Moi aussi. Je n'sai pas pourquoi
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
My girlfriend says she doesn’t watch porn. Where does she get all those ideas from?
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Nah. Been there too.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Both are symptômes of the basic (base?) drive to dominate and control.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I am reminded of the tale of the boy who cried Wolf. I hope it doesn't happen. I don't want the Church of the Latter Day Cretins (commonly known as Morons) to have a martyr. Cults love a martyr.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
The biggest threat to Uk security is people like Farage who stoke division and it is working. Any Welsh person who supports an English Nationalist Party should consider moving to England. I am not a gynaecologist but.......
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Who décides what is harmful? Would a post supportive of Palestine and critical of Israel be deemed harmful?
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
youtu.be/lcUeothSPyc
youtu.be
Lake Street Dive in the Studio: Rachael Price Sings "What I'm Doing Here" In One Complete Take
YouTube video by Lake Street Dive
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Shuffle?
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Why does Kafka Spring to mind,
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 04/06/2026
Herd immunité.
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
And your point is?
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
It is going to Netinyahu’s plan. For Iran a cessation of hostilités in Lebanon is a fundemental requirement. Even if Trump agrees, Israel will immediately violate it.
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ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟ℝ𝕖𝕤𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕤 🏳️‍🌈 ✡️ 😸 🌊 @stevefm20.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
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Christopher Hobday @chrishob.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Pas moi aussi. Je n'ai pas le sensibilité
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