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Chris Jarvis

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Head of strategy and development at Left Foot Forward. Green Party councillor. Mostly into music, video games, professional wrestling, skateboarding and books.

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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
This weekend, @left-foot-forward.bsky.social was reporting from @greenparty.org.uk conference in Brighton. Here are the big things we covered. 🧵 1. The one everyone's talking about - Greens voted to say Zionism is racism.
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Green Party votes for ‘Zionism is racism’ motion
The contentious motion also commits the Green Party to a 'one-state solution'
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
My (very) long read for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social on the 'Zionism is Racism' motion coming to Green Party conference this weekend. 👇
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Will Green Party members vote to call Zionism racism?
Green Party members will be voting on the motion this weekend
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Labour conference is now all wrapped up. Our full rundown of what happened and what it all means will be landing in inboxes at 3pm. Subscribe here to be the first to get it. 👇
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Busy few days reporting from #TUC26 for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social. Here's the highlights of our coverage 👇 1. My interview with @unitetheunion.bsky.social general secretary @unitesharon.bsky.social
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Sharon Graham: A just transition could be as transformational as the 1945 Labour government
LFF interviewed Unite general secretary Sharon Graham at TUC Congress in Brighton
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
TUC Congress has wrapped up today. Sign up to the @left-foot-forward.bsky.social newsletter to get my run down of everything that happened and what it all means I your inbox at 4pm 👇 leftfootforward.org/newsletter/
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The progressive news briefing The day's biggest stories and sharpest analysis, delivered to your inbox every weekday morning. Plus our weekly Right Wing Watch roundup.
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
I'm reporting on #TUC26 for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social this week. All the coverage is here 👇
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TUC Congress Archives - Left Foot Forward: Leading the UK's progressive debate
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The moon is cool all year round 👇
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The moon and me
Every night I make sure to try to find the moon
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Green Party leader @zackpolanski.bsky.social is 'absolutely right' about privatisation threatening water security, @weownit.org.uk have said
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Zack Polanski ‘absolutely right’ about privatisation threatening water security, water campaigner says
'Leaky pipes and a lack of reservoirs are inevitable outcomes of privatisation.'
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Left Foot Forward needs 62 more people to give a monthly donation in order to plug our funding gap and secure our reporting for the future. Read more and help keep independent media alive👇
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Zack Polanski has today called for a 'full-scale emergency response' on the climate crisis, with three major policy demands on the prime minister
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Zack Polanski brands climate crisis ‘biggest threat since Second World War’ and demands ‘full-scale emergency response’ from Andy Burnham
The Green Party accused the government of an 'astonishing dereliction of duty'
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
The Green Party has launched its manifesto for the Oxford City Council elections, pledging to build a ‘fairer, greener and more equal city’. They say that the manifesto was written following thousands of doorstep conversations with voters and responds to the big issues that residents have raised.
Green Party launch (credit, Roger Close)
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
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Councillor defects to Greens giving them more seats than ever on city council
A councillor who defected to the Green Party on Oxford City Council said the leadership of Zack Polanski means they have a chance to get more seats.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Oxford Greens have gained a 9th councillor, making them joint second largest opposition in the City Council. Independent Cllr Edward Mundy, who was elected for Labour in '21 and '22, but had left Labour along with 9 other councillors over Keir Starmer’s position on Gaza, joined the Greens today.
Newly defected Green City Councillor Ed Mundy. (Image: Oxford City Green Party)
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Oxford Green Party @oxfordgreenparty.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
🚨Former Labour Councillor Ed Mundy has defected to the Oxford @greenparty.org.uk
Welcoming Councillor Edward Mundy 
Holywell Ward, Oxford City Council

Graphic showing arrows from labour to IND to green logos. 

Photo of Edward Mundy on green background.
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Incredibly excited to welcome Oxford City Councillor Edward Mundy to the Green Party today. As a result of this, the Greens now have a record nine councillors on Oxford City Council.
A graphic showing Edward Mundy leaving the Labour Party, sitting as an independent and then joining the Green Party
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 1️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on how MPs voted on the proscription of Palestine Action.
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Palestine Action: How every MP voted on proscribing them as a terrorist group
Find out who voted which way
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 2️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on @zackpolanski.bsky.social and @jeremycorbyn.bsky.social’s response to comments from Rupert Lowe.
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EXCLUSIVE: Zack Polanski and Jeremy Corbyn slam Rupert Lowe’s ‘utterly repulsive’, and ‘deeply un-British’ social media comments
'Beyond disgusting'
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 5️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on internal factionalism in Your Party.
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A group called ‘Our Party’ is trying to take over ‘Your Party’
They've called for Corbyn and Sultana to 'hand the reins over to the grassroots membership'
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 1️⃣5️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on the announcement of Your Party being founded.
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Zarah Sultana says she will found new political party with Jeremy Corbyn
The two former Labour MPs are set to launch a new party
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 1️⃣6️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on a poll which found that the public would rather have any major party leader as Prime Minister than Nigel Farage.
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Poll shows public would rather have any other major party leader as Prime Minister than Nigel Farage
People even prefer Kemi Badenoch...
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 3️⃣4️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on a rebellion against the government’s propose disability benefit cuts.
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These are the 42 Labour MPs who have called for Starmer to abandon disability benefit cuts
“The planned cuts of more than £7bn represent the biggest attack on the welfare state since George Osborne ushered in the years of austerity"
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 4️⃣0️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on Reform losing two council by-elections.
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Reform lose two council by-elections in seats they only won in May
This was the first time Reform defended council seats in by-elections...
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 4️⃣3️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on one of the early developments in Your Party.
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Your Party releases new statement following Zarah Sultana’s membership launch
"These developments are a blow for everyone who has put their hope in a real alternative."
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 4️⃣7️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social looked at the significance of the massive number of people that signed up to Your Party’s mailing list.
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How significant is Corbyn and Sultana’s 600,000 sign ups to their new party?
Is this an historic moment?
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 5️⃣4️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social took a look at Labour’s candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election.
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Who is Karen Shore, Labour’s candidate in the Runcorn and Helsby by-election?
A by-election will be taking place to replace Mike Amesbury
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 6️⃣8️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on two senior figures in Your Party issuing a damning statement on the divisions in the party.
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‘Shocked and appalled’: Two senior Your Party figures release damning statement on chaotic Corbyn-Sultana split
"This is the last thing anyone wants"
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 7️⃣2️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on a Labour activist taking Nigel Farage and Steve Bannon to task on GB News.
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Labour activist rinses Nigel Farage and Steve Bannon live on GB News leaving ex-Tory MP squirming
'Nigel's quick to sit down with Bannon, and rant about the globalist elite, but when Bannon's Sieg Heiling like it's 1939, he's quieter than a pub with no beer.'
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 8️⃣5️⃣ In July, @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social reported on Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana confirming the launch of Your Party.
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Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana confirm launch of new left party
"It's time for a new kind of political party. One that belongs to you."
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 9️⃣1️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social’s article in 2024 looking at Nigel Farage’s worst moments of last year’s general election campaign.
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5 worst Nigel Farage moments of the general election campaign
These were the Reform UK leader's biggest controversies and cock-ups
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
We’re looking back over our most read articles in 2025. 👇 1️⃣0️⃣0️⃣ @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social’s interview with Owen Jones at Your Party Conference.
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Owen Jones compares Your Party to Fyre Festival and brands it a ‘clusterf*ck’
'This was a project with huge potential which to a large degree has been trashed'
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
My round up of what happened at Your Party's founding conference 👇
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Everything you need to know about what happened at Your Party’s founding conference
It wasn't a chilled affair...
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
My piece in this weekend's @mstaronline.bsky.social about what's underpinning the current rise of the Green Party and why now is the time for socialists to join. You can still get a paper copy or read online here: morningstaronline.co.uk/article/rise...
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
On Monday, Oxford City Council near-unanimously supported the Green Party motion which made clear our city stands against the far right and against regressive migration policy - from banning asylum seekers from working to scrapping family reunion.
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Oxford City Council backs city's minority communities in vote
A Green party motion called on Oxford City Council to oppose far right rhetoric.
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Delegates at #TUC25 have voted for a motion which will see the TUC "campaign publicly on its policy for gender self-declaration"
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TUC calls for new legal protections for trans people following Supreme Court ruling
The motion passed unanimously
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Speaking to me at #TUC25, Green MP @carladenyer.bsky.social said: "It's clear that the Green Party and the trade union movement are very strongly aligned in our vision for what needs to change in the UK"
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Greens have ‘better aligned values’ with trade unions than Labour, Carla Denyer claims
"It's clear that the Green Party and the trade union movement are very strongly aligned in our vision for what needs to change in the UK"
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I spoke to @zackpolanski.bsky.social at #TUC25 about the relationship he wants to see between trade unions and the Green Party.
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Exclusive: Zack Polanski wants trade unions to affiliate to Green Party
'The Labour Party as a party of change is beyond dead'
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
I spoke to @richardburgon.bsky.social at #TUC25 about Labour's deputy leadership election.
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Richard Burgon: Labour leadership ‘will move heaven and earth’ to stop left candidate getting on deputy leader ballot
Left Foot Forward spoke to Richard Burgon at TUC Congress in Brighton
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 17/08/2025
Green Party members: I'm keen to hear who you're voting for in the leadership and executive elections. In lieu of Bluesky having a poll function here is where you can indicate which way you're voting: x.com/chrisjarvisd... www.instagram.com/stories/chri... www.threads.com/@chrisjarvis...
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
A few thoughts on the Green Party leadership election for @left-foot-forward.bsky.social on the eve of voting opening
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Adrian Ramsay’s success could be the reason for his downfall
Has the Green Party's success under Adrian Ramsay's leadership opened the door to Zack Polanski's more ambitious leadership bid?
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Big Green Party news today - Carla Denyer announces she's not re-standing for the Green Party leadership.
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Carla Denyer confirms she’s not re-standing for the Green Party leadership
She's standing down after four years in the role
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Big news in Green Party land this morning as @zackpolanski.bsky.social has announced he's standing to be the next Green Party leader
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Zack Polanski announces he's running to be the next leader of the Green Party
The starting pistol on the leadership election has been fired
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
Incredibly proud to have played a small role in getting these two wonderful people elected in East Oxford. @greenpartyemma.bsky.social and @emilykerr36.bsky.social will now be part of the largest ever group of Greens on Oxfordshire County Council.
A photo of Emma Garnett and Emily Kerr after being elected to Oxfordshire County Council.
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Adrian Ramsay, co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales, called for Thames Water to be taken into public ownership following a visit to Oxford Sewage Treatment Works yesterday.
People, many of them wearing green, standing outside the gate to Thames Water Sewage Treatment Works . Adrian Ramsey, in a suit, not wearing green, stands in the centre. (via Green Party)
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
Slightly late to the party, but 2024 was a great year for new music. To my mind, these were the 10 best albums of the year. 1. Sprints - Letter to Self 2. English Teacher - This Could be Texas 3. Mumbles - In the Pocket of Big Sad 4. @thecure.com - Songs of a Lost World
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
Over 100 people have now started reading the novel I'm publishing in instalments every Saturday. Join them! 👇
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 04/01/2025
We're looking back at our most read articles of 2024. 3️⃣1️⃣ - @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social covered polling on what the public thought of the general election leaders' debate.
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REVEALED: Who the public think won the BBC leaders debate
Spolier: The Tories didn't do well
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
We're looking back at our most read articles of 2024. 4️⃣9️⃣ - @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social covered former MP Beth Winter leaving the Labour Party.
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Former Labour MP Beth Winter quits party
'I cannot in all conscience remain in a political party that is pursuing an authoritarian political agenda whose primary objective is to retain the neoliberal status quo'
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
We're looking back at our most read articles of 2024. 5️⃣1️⃣- @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social covered a poll which revealed what the public really think about Lee Anderson.
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Damning poll reveals what public really thinks about Lee Anderson
It turns out the people aren't too keen on the self-styled 'man of the people'
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Chris Jarvis @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Looking for something new to explore in 2025? I've been publishing a bleak post-apocalyptic novel (@thesevennovel.bsky.social) in weekly instalments. Read the first 9 chapters, with more to come in the new year. 👇 Now just two people away from reaching 100 readers on chapter 1!
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The Seven | Chris Jarvis | Substack
A serialised post-apocalyptic survival novel: When the world fell apart, seven people came together to find safety. Click to read The Seven, by Chris Jarvis, a Substack publication. Launched 2 months ...
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Left Foot Forward @left-foot-forward.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
We're looking back at our most read articles of 2024. 6️⃣5️⃣ - @chrisjarvisdiy.bsky.social covered polling which showed the only demographic in the UK that wanted Trump to win the US election.
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REVEALED: The only demographic in Britain that wants Trump to win the US election
A new poll shows who in the UK is backing Trump
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