Reposted by Chris MilsomNadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 1hFeel sorry for decent Green Party members and politicians, this rot will take years to deal with - when the political will is finally there to do it 1191
Reposted by Chris MilsomJWexTheSpa @jwsidders.bsky.social · 12hA new chapter for Profiles in Courage ... 0265
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Dipped into Polanski speech. I’d give it five minutes 110
Reposted by Chris MilsomJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 28/09/2026I think the story of our era will be of a political class that were not only not up to the times they faced, but often wilfully blind to them. 724845
Reposted by Chris MilsomStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 28/09/2026It will never not be wild to me that the Russians attacked Keir Starmer's home, successfully spread falsehoods about Starmer's love life, and this didn't changed British politics and British political elite behaviour *at all*. 471185354
Reposted by Chris MilsomDorian Lynskey @dorianlynskey.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Does good work for her members I assume but wrong on tax, wrong on political funding, wrong on net zero. Every policy intervention is short-termist and blinkered 101149
Reposted by Chris MilsomTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Confusing cabinet appointments, ranked: 1) Nandy - Visibly disinterested, openly insubordinate, and a vital role. 2) Healey - When you thought the main issue with Rachel Reeves was her haircut. 3) Bryant - Consistent bungler, very little experience in either NI or Home, also not willing to learn. 1214415
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 27/09/2026“Which of you shall we say doth love f***ing us most?” 010
Reposted by Chris MilsomJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 27/09/2026Someone's getting sent to Slough House. 622124
Reposted by Chris Milsom👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 27/09/2026About ten years ago, my "Britain Stronger In Europe" mug broke off at the handle as I was drinking from it, smashed onto the kitchen worksurface, and splashed tea all over my biography of Edward Heath. It was the most perfect metaphor for the Remain campaign imaginable. 4475
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 26/09/2026An opponent acting for traffickers secured a trial adjournment. He then tried (covertly and unsuccessfully) to get my client deported during the interregnum. On the return date he walked into the courtroom supping a can of Dr Pepper before trying to defend his actions. The Dr Pepper moment endures 010
Reposted by Chris MilsomTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Fundamentally, the median voter has had a tax cut since 2010 and the result is that nothing works. 1145395
Reposted by Chris MilsomRachel Cunliffe @rmcunliffe.bsky.social · 24/09/2026Can anyone explain to me why this article doesn't mention anywhere that small boat crossings are down 42% from last year? That doesn't mean it's not an issue 781 people arrived in one day. But it seems like the sort of context a reputable news source might mention www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNo 'switch' to stop small boats, Lucy Powell tells BBCLabour's deputy leader was speaking to BBC local radio ahead of the party's annual conference 26429115
Reposted by Chris MilsomAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I’ve written to my MP, the Home Secretary and the PM this morning demanding that the government take action to defend the RNLI and clamp down on these far-right “activists”, who need to be arrested and charged for the criminal offences in this thread alone, as well as others in recent weeks. 12580156
Reposted by Chris MilsomDilek Sayedahmed @dileksayedahmed.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I truly, deeply, sincerely do think the guy flipping burgers at McDonalds should be able to afford rent, bills, and groceries with his paycheck alone. That's kind of the whole point of having a job and I can't believe this is considered a radical position.🤷🏽♀️ 159167344691
Reposted by Chris MilsomJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 19/09/2026a powerful case for appointing a secretary of state specialising in media and culture 1332461
Reposted by Chris MilsomTwlldun @twlldun.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think the prime minister should have said this 1844461
Reposted by Chris MilsomSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Former PM Rishi Sunak in the Sunday Times challenges the rise of ethno-nationalism in British politics, as an argument within the right about Britishness being about ancestry, DNA and ethnicity www.thetimes.com/article/e89d... 37578119
Reposted by Chris MilsomHetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026‘We cannot allow race to be reintroduced into our politics. We cannot allow Briton to be set against Briton.’ Bravo Rishi Sunak www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...thetimes.comRishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA testI worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers 50656135
Reposted by Chris MilsomAnand Menon @anandmenon.bsky.social · 19/09/2026God I hate this 'people who create wealth' nonsense. Let's see how much wealth we have in a society without teachers, nurses etc...... 491141256
Reposted by Chris MilsomJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 18/09/2026What on earth is happening? 23833121339
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Enough to change your mind on voxpops @timbale.bsky.social ? 110
Reposted by Chris MilsomBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/09/2026🚨Theresa May: "Crypto assets are used by people who want to avoid anybody knowing what they are doing." "And in terms of our democracy and political parties, donations to parties or candidates, we actually want the transparency of knowing who is doing that donation, who is making those donations." 30439118
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 14/09/2026The cowardice of Ed Sheeran just serves to illustrate the bravery of 23 yo Olivia Rodrigo 020
Reposted by Chris MilsomMark Carney @mark-carney.bsky.social · 24/03/2025On 9/11, the people of Gander stepped up. They showed the very best of Canada. 29972571647
Reposted by Chris MilsomHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 11/09/2026How it started / How it's going 31777325
Reposted by Chris MilsomCharles Fourier @charlesfourier.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Bill Bryson’s words seem appropriate to post right now 5145121509
Reposted by Chris MilsomHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 08/09/2026Sir Edward Leigh MP: “What is happening in the West Bank... is ethnic cleansing... I am proud to say, as the longest-serving member of the Conservative Friends of Israel, that I absolutely and fully support what [Ed Miliband] is doing today, because it’s about standing up for freedom and justice" 28867209
Reposted by Chris MilsomChaminda 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
Reposted by Chris MilsomStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 08/09/2026It continually blows my mind the sheer number of obviously crackers ideas and excuse-making for failure from the last government that Labour have gone “seems legit!”…while at the same time Labour refuses to acknowledge the real, measurable success in education. 1419530
Reposted by Chris MilsomNic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Good news for the Derbyshire Wildlife Trust and for nature in today's @theguardian.com country diary by @calmandfearless.bsky.social. #naturewriting #countrydiarytheguardian.comCountry diary: This moorland needed rainfall – it got something even better | Ed DouglasEyam Moor, Derbyshire: It’s a place that I treasure greatly, and now it has a change of ownership that is worth celebrating 15322
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 07/09/202648% of Tory voters think that masked men descending on a town and ambushing infrastructure was a legitimate form of protest. A lead of 17%. Only *11%* of Reform voters say “steady on now” Labour strategy: “let’s win ‘em over through appeasement.” Morally and politically bankrupt 031
Reposted by Chris MilsomJonn 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. 632781880
Reposted by Chris MilsomLBC @lbc.co.uk · 07/09/2026This is @mrjamesob.bsky.social's London. 411539461
Reposted by Chris MilsomHugh Brechin @hughrbrechin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026the good news is that, if Labour gets into power, it will be able to appoint a culture secretary who can challenge the BBC to address these issues more effectively, and will be able to make key interventions which can shape the agenda 39416
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Years from now when people talk of the rise of fascism in the 20s and 30s they will have to clarify which century they have in mind. Grim times 0103
Reposted by Chris MilsomRustin Richtarik 🖖 @dieseldog97.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Happy Birthday, Dolores. We miss you. #Cranberries 472973243
Reposted by Chris MilsomWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 06/09/2026Ngl, I am increasingly cranky about what seems to be a complete lack of rigour, curiosity, depth of thought across many domains of public life in Britain today. What is going on with far right disorder raises really fundamental questions for the state and society, but nobody seems interested. 1535364
Reposted by Chris MilsomDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 06/09/2026There was a very active critic of the history syllabus in the 90s. Very wise people scoffed at how much time kids were forced to spend learning about the Nazis and democratic decay in the 30s. Turns out we should have gone much harder. 33870176
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026“Spontaneous protest.” I would hazard a guess that their social media feeds over the last few days tell a different story 010
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026As I said goodnight to my kids I imagined a conversation five years from now: So the Labour Party then replaced the stiff with a charismatic speaker Dad? Yup The guy who did the Hillsborough stuff? Yup What did he say when the men in balaclavas came? Nothing 010
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026If it’s a test then the state has failed it in spectacular form 071
Chris Milsom @chrismilsom.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Even Farage and the Telegraph have unequivocally condemned the balaclavaed mob descending on Dover. Where the hell are Burnham and Mahmood?! 060
Reposted by Chris MilsomDavid Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Well it appears that the UK political and media class have decided that tutting loudly is the most appropriate response to a large gang of masked racists. Utterly pathetic. 12459158
Reposted by Chris MilsomSean Jones KC @seanjones.org · 05/09/2026I’m flat out begging politicians to stop trying to win votes with a little light xenophobia. All you do is feed the racists without ever satiating them. Stop legitimizing hate 931565
Reposted by Chris MilsomChris Curtis MP @chriscurtis94.bsky.social · 04/09/2026I have written to the Market Research Society and the British Polling Council asking them to launch a full investigation into the conduct of JL Partners, following the story covered on Channel 4 news. Full letter below. 20534133
Reposted by Chris MilsomSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 01/09/2026Keir Starmer (11 years, 2015-26) will have shortest MP career of any 20th century PM: 4 months as backbencher, 5 years on frontbench + 4 years as Leader of Opposition + 2 years PM www.camdennewjournal.co.uk%2Farticl… 4249
