Reposted by Chris YappJill Rutter @jillongovt.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Oi Canada! Cosying up to the EU and pushing UK to the back of the line? my new @instituteforgovernment.org.uk blog on the Carney-VDL love-in in Strasbourg www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/comment/carn...instituteforgovernment.org.ukCarney, Canada and the EU: Will the UK’s Brexit hopes fade further from view? | Institute for GovernmentFresh EU thinking on Canada may not give the UK more post-Brexit options. 73213
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026If Piddington wants to be a Principality then who is the Prince? 000
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Transcript of White House call to FIFA T: Gianni, I need you to find me 4 more goals. Result has been stolen I: Sure boss 020
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 13/06/2026So Elon's on track to be the first ex trillionaire! 010
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 09/06/2026The worst rejection of a political act in my lifetime by aome margin 011
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 18/05/2026Passed a car with a punctured tyre by the side of the road. Registration plate is LLM. Is this an AI warning? 000
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 13/05/2026I think that the answer to smart glasses taking unsolicited videos of people is to assign the IP to the individual not the person who takes the video. That way they can ask for it to be taken down or monetise it, not the perpetrator. 000
Reposted by Chris YappMayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/05/2026Now more than ever, we must stand by our Jewish friends, neighbours and colleagues. Jewish Londoners deserve to live without fear. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comJewish Londoners deserve to live without fear – we are taking action to ensure their safety | Sadiq KhanDuring dark times, we must stand by our Jewish neighbours as generations of Londoners have done before us, says London mayor Sadiq Khan 013822
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Now that we are ( rightly) deploring Peter Mandelson over his relationship with a paedophile, in the interest of fairness I now expect any reference to Thatcher to be as the " disgraced former PM" over her relationship with Jimmy Saville, including inviting him to Chequers. 000
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026My latest longfinance post on Bursting bubbles www.longfinance.net/news/pamphle...longfinance.netAfter The Bubble Bursts?If you don’t believe that we are in a bubble I have a native AI Cloud platform for trading Synthetic Collateralised Stablememecoins that you might be interested in. 000
Reposted by Chris YappSimon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Possibly the best tweet ever committed to the site. 019630
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 01/04/2026What could be better on 1/4 than an Allister Heath headline 000
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 03/02/2026My first Pamphleteers post of 2026. Where next on Brexit www.longfinance.net/news/pamphle...longfinance.netBrexit: Where Next And How Urgent? 000
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 15/01/2026open.substack.com/pub/hefferna...open.substack.comPURPOSE IS POINTLESSJohnson & Johnson book poses questions about institutions that Purpose cannot answer. 000
Reposted by Chris YappRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 07/09/2025Once again: even if vacating X is too much of a leap for the government to contemplate, cross post! There are apps (Fedica, Buffer, others) that allow you to send the same message to every site with no more effort. Call it being "platform-neutral". Help non-death-threat platforms to grow. 11541128
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 23/07/2025My new post for the Pamphleteers on Finance and Democracy www.longfinance.net/news/pamphle...longfinance.netFinance and Democracy 020
Reposted by Chris YappNye Cominetti @nyecominetti.bsky.social · 01/07/2025That awkward thing where you write an annual report called 'Low Pay Britain' but 'low pay' has been all but eliminated (on the standard hourly pay < 2/3 median measure). (Our 2025 Low Pay Britain report is out on Thursday, launch event here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/new-d... ) 44725
Reposted by Chris YappScott Mackie @smackie.org · 27/06/2025One of my favorite things in central Madrid are the places that say that Hemingway never darkened their doors…esmadridnomadriz.blogspot.comHemingway never ate hereErnest Hemingway fue un personaje que amaba Madrid, vivió en Madrid, fue corresponsal de guerra y cliente habitual de casi todos los restaur... 0554
Reposted by Chris YappJohn Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 24/06/2025www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comDaniel Hannan celebrates his chronicle of Brexit idiocy foretold | John CraceBack in 2016, Dan prophesied about what the post-EU sunlit uplands would be like on this very day – no spoiler alert needed 812349
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Congratulations to India on the test result. It's brilliant England result because they have brilliant opponents. A great game needs 2 worthy opponents. What comes next? 010
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 17/06/2025Examples #makeamoviecatholic Mean St. Reets or #mashupmovies Saturday Night Fever/The Hobbit Jive Tolkein. 2/2 010
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 17/06/2025One of the things I miss since the other place went toxic was some of the silly/funny threads alongside the serious stuff. Some people I follow did both and I felt I understood them better when I saw both sides of character. 1/2 010
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 12/06/2025One thing I miss from other place before it went crazy was the fun of people I followed doing non serious stuff among the real. Example : mixed up.movies. the hobbit and Saturday night fever = jive Tolkien. Learned a lot about some folks by their evident humour 010
Reposted by Chris YappPress Gazette @pressgazette.co.uk · 06/06/2025Telegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by source pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/n...pressgazette.co.ukTelegraph withdraws banker school fees story after being deceived by sourceFake Telegraph article about rich banker struggling to afford school fees was result of deception by a source. 2213761
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Eurovision I think we can cut reoffending rates if guilty folks are sentenced to contest on loop 000
Reposted by Chris YappNY Times Pitchbot @nytpitchbot.bsky.social · 21/04/2025While the gospels say that Judas led the Romans to Jesus, a new theory is gaining traction with some Biblical scholars. There is evidence, some say, that Judas merely shared Christ's location on an insecure group chat that accidentally included several Roman officials and journalists. 344197034116
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 07/04/2025My blog for Long Finance and the Third Sector www.longfinance.net/news/pamphle...longfinance.netFinance and Society 010
Reposted by Chris YappJon Cooper @joncooper-us.bsky.social · 04/04/2025BOOM!! Bluesky now has more than 34 MILLION users! Share the good news!! 💙 🦋 bsky-users.theo.io 376208854815
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 05/04/2025As we are being ruled by bad formulae now, I'll add mine USA = (SUEZ+ BREXIT) **TRUSS 000
Reposted by Chris YappDavid Aaronovitch @davidsonofaaron.bsky.social · 24/03/2025A short, free post open.substack.com/pub/davidaar...open.substack.comThe Cybertruck as metaphorWhat one car says about the state we're in 1157
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 14/03/2025@bestwesterngb.bsky.social why does app only accept 8 character password and web requires 10 which means you can’t log on to app please help 000
Chris Yapp @chrisyapp.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Any idea as to which scandal will become known as elongate? 000
Reposted by Chris YappMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/03/2025Please share. 🙏🏻 212116465593
Reposted by Chris Yappsouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14/02/2025AUSA Hagan Scotten, former clerk for John Roberts, really put some mustard on his resignation letter. 818269346376
Reposted by Chris YappHayley @writagal.bsky.social · 08/02/2025You should see my copy of Hiding in Plain Sight - page after page is dog-eared to mark lines relevant to what is happening in NZ. Sarah’s accurate warnings about the US have gone unheeded for years - the demonstrable similarities should be a call to action for us; there are stark lessons to learn. 35918
Reposted by Chris YappChris Giles @chrisgiles.ft.com · 07/02/2025If I told you that the Bank of England upgraded its growth forecasts yesterday, would you believe me? It did.... i HAvE nOt gOne CRazY - honest This is a hill I am prepared to die on - the BoE and others (all central banks, IMF, OECD etc etc) report their "forecasts" in a terrible way 🧵 12499236
