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Chris Wrigley

@chriswrig.bsky.social
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Fan of athletics and rugby with an interest and involvement in the hospice movement. Pro EU, dog lover and avid library user.

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Tony Dexter @timbleman.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
FFS BBC Chris Mason trying to make a political mountain out of a mole hill in relation to some comments by Burham and the Manchester City issue. What a snivelling little runt is Mason. He’s not a journalist, he’s just a gossip columnist.
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday Don’t be too hard on yourself if you’re not quite sure where life is taking you It’s okay to have moments when you feel a little lost or uncertain Sometimes we’re not lost at all we’re simply finding our way towards something new
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
11 o’clock. And I appear to be on the WRONG SIDE OF THE WINDOW FOR ACCESSING ELEVENSES. 😾 Pfft. I think we need a team chat about this. Immediately.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
"Dear Diary, There were six by-elections in England and Scotland this week and Reform lost all of them. Two of them were seats we previously held. The problem with running councils is that people can see how useless we are."
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/10/2026
We need the EU, and they need us. We are stronger together. ♥️ www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/polit…
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Yeah right… Says man with net favourability rating of minus 45, a shitload of investigations into possible corruption, a team of utter inadequates and with every constituency bar 4 favouring rejoining because we all know how crap Brexit is now. Bore off. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Burnham’s reopening of Brexit debate is ‘biggest boost in my career’, says Farage
Reform UK leader tells supporters PM’s move has ‘opened up a huge flank to us’
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Andrew Sharpe 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿|🇪🇺 @andrew.sharpe.scot · 26/09/2026
The BBC is part of the problem...
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LordSteveyPofStoke @lordsteveyp.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

OSWALD MOSELY  NIGEL FARAGE
THE SAME STORY, SEPARATED BY 80 YEARS... WEALTHY FAMILY, PUBLIC SCHOOL
EX-TORY, PART OF THE ESTABLISHMENT
POPS UP DURING A RECESSION CAUSED BY BANKERS 
FORMS NATIONALIST AUTHORITARIAN POLITICAL PARTY 
CLAIMS TO SPEAK FOR THE MAN IN THE STREET
BLAMES MINORITIES AT THE BOTTOM FOR THE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY PEOPLE AT THE TOP
Anti-
REFORM
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Tom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble
Headline: "‘Outright racist’ Daniel Thomas will face full force of law over any crimes, says home secretary"
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Jim Ratcliffe, tax-dodging Brexiter billionaire living in Monaco, says the poorest and most vulnerable should have their rights & benefits removed to bolster our economy. Don’t bother telling us this rancid man’s opinions unless you say how much he’s avoided in tax and what Brexit is costing us all.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Could govt explain to the majority of liberal, progressive voters in this country why our genuinely legitimate concerns - about the rise in racism and flag-waving thuggery on our streets, are repeatedly brushed aside while they pathetically pander to the racist angst of a nasty, uninformed minority?
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From a party that plans to *retrospectively* remove basic human rights from those already granted asylum and leave to remain *and* demands we flounce out of the ECHR to control immigration, this is some next level arseholery from Jenrick, Tice and Reform.
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Ben Delo isn't just a "billionaire expat" with a soft spot for Farage. In 2022 he was found guilty of serious criminal charges in the United States. American prosecutors said he deliberately built a dodgy crypto platform designed to help people hide dirty money. He admitted as much in court.
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MrsVB @mrsivb.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
We're seriously expected to believe that a couple of billionaires have donated a huge amount of cash to a fascist party out of the goodness of their hearts because they want a better Britain? Bollocks. Utter fucking bollocks.
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Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 11/09/2026
This voter in Birmingham gets it 👏 Immigration enriches our country ♥️
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Having first tried being a ‘one nation’ Cameron-Tory, then a remainer, then a rabid brexiter, Jenrick has now decided that his route to power lies in being a nasty little far-right shit. A total loser scrabbling around for ‘likes’ in the cesspit of Reform. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/robert...
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Robert Jenrick Says Reform Supporter Who Attacked Woman At Party Conference 'Should Get A Medal'
He previously said the heckler should “get a life”.
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Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Fuck Brexit. I want my European passport and FoM back.
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Waving European Union Flag
ALT: Waving European Union Flag
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Simon Gosden @simongosden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Richard Corbett CBE @richardcorbett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Burnham should scrap Labour’s red lines on Brexit and get closer to EU, voters say www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
independent.co.uk
Burnham should scrap Labour’s red lines on Brexit and get closer to EU, voters say
New research shows just one in five voters think Brexit has been a success, heaping pressure on the new prime minister to improve Britain’s relationship with Europe
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Oliver Bullough @oliverbullough.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
The fact something as fundamental and superb as the RNLI is a charity is one of the most magical and strange things about Britain. You can support them here. rnli.org/support-us/g...
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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea
Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Needed saying.
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LadyFluffyOrca 🫍📎 🇬🇧🇵🇸🇺🇦 @ladyfluffyorca.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh this is good 😹😹 Please share
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
How about ‘but what are they protesting? The idea that the RNLI should not rescue people in trouble in the sea is abhorrent and inhuman and we should be utterly repelled by it.’
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Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The man who beat two female protesters with his cane at the Reform conference has been identified as Stephen Cooling - it’s actually there on his conference tag - former UKIP candidate for Erdington and now member of Reform’s Sutton Coldfield branch. Presumably West Mids Police have enough info now
Snarling man with cane in Reform shirt, showing conference badge
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
A vacuous, cowardly piece by the BBC here, which does little more than launder into the public domain the lies and excuses of Reform www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Nigel Farage tells BBC he 'wasn't listening' in foreign donor talks
The Reform leader also told the BBC's Laura Kuenssberg that his family are "begging" him to leave his job.
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AdyBee 🐝 @adybee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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rain-singer.bsky.social @rain-singer.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 04/09/2026
Prison?
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The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com · 01/09/2026
Arguably, without his wife Matilda’s financial backing, powerful family ties and queenly skills, William may never have achieved any of his lofty ambitions.
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Bayeux tapestry: Matilda of Flanders – the woman who was instrumental to William the Conqueror’s success
Arguably, without his wife Matilda’s financial backing, powerful family ties and queenly skills, William may never have achieved any of his lofty ambitions.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Mark Fairhurst, Chair, Prison Officer's Association, "We had 2,400 more staff in the 1990s than we do now, and now we're locking up twice as many prisoners" "The Conservative government closed 23 prisons, lost over 10,000 cell spaces, imagine if we had those now, we wouldn't be in this mess now"
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 31/08/2026
Burnham has lifted national spirits through small gestures that address people’s feelings of gloom. Keep that flame alight. That requires not caution, but boldness. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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Burnham electrified the Labour party by talking about electoral reform – now he needs to act on it | Polly Toynbee
The prime minister has lifted the spirits of the public and party members, and must use that goodwill to push through ch
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George The Station Cat @george-station-cat.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Night night sweet dreamies You’ve done enough for today. Whatever didn’t get finished can wait. Whatever didn’t go quite to plan can be left where it is. Tonight, be proud of the little things you managed, the kindness you showed, and simply the fact that you kept going
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 29/08/2026
Pecksniff returns to find politics behaving badly… * Burnham reaches No.10 and starts reverse-ferreting * Braverman eyes the Reform exit * Norfolk CC and the feeding for £1,000 * Huntingdonshire encounters boiling frogs and revolution And more......
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Pecksniff: ‘No confidence in any party’ as Burnham bottles water and sticks to red lines
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The Midlands could benefit from a massive £1,386mn increase in GDP if the UK joins the EU. In perspective it could build: 2 new Midlands community hospitals 4 new primary schools 4 new secondary schools 2,000 care home places 200 new GP surgeries …every year and still have millions in change.
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Boosting the Midlands
The Midlands: Big winners from closer EU alignment or big losers if the UK weakens ties with the EU
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 24/08/2026
I love these books and have read everything Caimh has written in recent years. If you like the sound of crime fiction with a comic twist and a heart of gold then give them a go!
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
I see Farage has honked out another one of his ‘racist ideas for idiots’… Don’t solve the problem by building more social housing, make people in the queue angry with each other instead. What a little racist shit-stirrer with his £5mill and 5 homes, whipping up hatred to make himself richer. (Times)
Put working Britons first in housing queue, says Reform
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British-born workers under 35 would be placed at the front of the queue for social housing, with priority given to married couples with children, in a new pledge from Reform UK
Nigel Farage's party has announced radical plans to overhaul the way such accommodation is allocated,
with
veterans also given preference.
Those on benefits would be regarded as a lower priority under the new policy, to be announced by Richard Tice, Reform UK's deputy leader.
The party has already pledged to bar foreigners from social housing and said they would be evicted after a "short grace period. Reform UK estimates that 540,000 social homes are occupied by foreign citizens and that of the 1.3 million people on waiting lists, 15 per cent - about 195,000 households — are foreign.
Tice said: "There are now 1.3 million people waiting for social housing in Britain. The vast majority of them do not have jobs. In terms of the social houses we have, less than half of households are in work and over half a million social homes are currently occupied by foreign nationals.
"Meanwhile, young British men and women, who are working hard, can't afford to move out of their family home… It is time for us to prioritise young British workers, and that is what our policy is about."
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Reform's plans as unserious and unworkable. "Access to social housing is already tightly controlled. Illegal migrants, asylum seekers and migrants on student or work visas are not eligible for social housing," the spokesman said.
"This policy would go after long-term
UK residents that have contributed to our country but are not British citizens, including NHS staff. It would leave more families at risk of homelessness and drive up use of temporary accommodation at the taxpayers' expense. It would also mean renegotiations with the EU, resulting in years of wrangling"
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Gerry 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🍀 @gerryr.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Richard Sambrook, ex BBC News Editor said “the BBC’s (Reform) coverage was “frankly bizarre” “Will BBC News do the same for Lib Dem and Greens policy two years out from an election,” Sambrook asked. Will it heck
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
So Richard Tice, should farmers just "enjoy" low crop yields? Should the thousands who've died from the heatwaves just "enjoy" their premature deaths? What about the families whose homes have burned down in the wildfires? Charlatans with their heads in the sand. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat
Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave
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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Well done Feargal Sharkey for calling out the privatised water companies on #r4today 🔥 "They leak over a TRILLION litres of water per year" I think people are happy to be part of the solution - once they're not being ripped off by privatisation PUBLIC OWNERSHIP NOW
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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Reminder that England and Wales are the only countries in the world with fully privatized water. It's dangerous and immoral. Burnham should put nationalizing water high on his agenda as soon as Parliament returns, but I'm not holding my breath.
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
With Farage falsely claiming Police told him not to go to by election results, or hold surgeries and now Them lying about complaints to liberies can I just say  Aliens took control of my car causing it to do 56 mph in a 50 restricted zone on the M25, so I can’t be fined as it was my fault obvs 🤷🏻‍♂️
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I see Jenrick/Reform are grabbing headlines and airtime before their latest nasty little idea has had any scrutiny or reality check. Wall to wall coverage will follow. Before the inevitable conclusion that it’s yet more cruel, unworkable and ludicrously costly bullshit. Let’s stop doing this.
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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 15/08/2026
Mr Pecksniff surveys reports of Reform activists intimidating Clacton voters * Farage’s parliamentary standards investigation resumes * Reform slides in the polls
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Pecksniff: Alleged strong-arm tactics at the polls as Farage wins Clacton
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
I understand the softly-softly-red-lines-in-our-manifesto approach but I also think it’s tediously prolonging the agony of this game of let’s-pretend-Brexit-wasn’t-a-monumental-fuck-up. The world is very different to 2016. Brexit Britain is going nowhere fast. Time to get real and say so.
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Someone in Labour needs to be clear. Freedom of movement was always a good thing. The objections to it were always both false and xenophobic.
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