Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 12hIt’s in Latin! Why does everyone keep doing it in fake oldee English? 181
Reposted by Chris DrewHuw TD @huwtd.bsky.social · 08/10/2026the government: we are a pro-growth government! we want economic growth also the government: no, not that kind. please stop your economic activity immediately, it is unmanly 012
Reposted by Chris DrewScandifriend @scandifriend.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Again what exactly does Nandy do all day? 1020456
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026If they let each slot into tapestry room for 40 mins then cleared the room out, you'd probably not feel quite as short-changed, but that would necessitate fewer ticket sales, and as you say, fewer paying customers. Queuing so long probably makes some want even more time at the glass in return, too. 010
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The flow wasn’t particularly slow - Much quicker and you’d be glancing rather than looking at the tapestry - so I don’t think it can be entirely blamed on poor behaviour/lingering. From a nerdier POV, love to know if somebody just popped a decimal point in the wrong place or something. 000
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Saw it the other day. A little under 2 hours from time slot to gift shop, but I was prepared for a wait and, being able to see it from about 5ft for a large chunk of the queue helped. I am, though, intrigued by how they got the “queue science” so wildly wrong- it’s three times what they envisioned! 220
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 04/10/2026That the tituli of their faux tapestry are not even written in Latin is yet another sign of the collapse of the modern Conservative Party 000
Reposted by Chris DrewDarach Ó Séaghdha @darach.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Oh my God it is literally the most basic boy name in the Western world how can you miss that target twice? 56012
Reposted by Chris DrewArchie Hall @archiehall.bsky.social · 23/09/2026My latest for @economist.com: AI writing is taking over politics. 10% of what was is said in Parliament is now AI-drafted, per Pangram. Yet more in the House of Representatives, or in Australia and Canada. Link: www.economist.com/britain/202... And a 🧵 below, w/ some main offenders 811865
Reposted by Chris DrewJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026Are any Labour MPs going to have the nerve to say so publicly? If a Conservative Home Secretary had issued the statement Shabana Mahmood has put out today they'd be able to find their voices. So why not now? 837768
Reposted by Chris DrewJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 23/09/2026I think once black clad men are interfering with rescues at sea, we are past "legitimate concerns". Once they're attacking boats, and risking the lives of everyone on board, it's just thuggery. The Home Secretary's statement is on the side of criminals. There's no other way to read it. 501557415
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026I mean, at least you can tell it’s not written entirely by AI… 000
Reposted by Chris DrewMichael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 23/09/2026they should study him in a lab. I don’t think I could write this badly on purpose. still, glad this has higher billing than coverage of last night’s far right escalation 78627138
Reposted by Chris DrewSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 23/09/2026BBC "broadcast a livestream" Other outlets (Times, Metro) see slashing the dinghy as the headline 1011525
Reposted by Chris DrewTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I mean, any time now would be good. If it's not too much trouble 331460372
Reposted by Chris DrewWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 22/09/2026There are so many crimes in this thread you have to wonder what the police and Home Secretary think they are doing at this point. 421134320
Reposted by Chris DrewTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 22/09/2026The complete and total collapse of state function in the face of far right extremists. It is frankly ludicrous that Daniel Thomas continues to be at large given the series of crimes committed which he has literally filmed. 281173380
Reposted by Chris DrewSordya 〓〓 @sordyakernow.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Hager Awen sordya.net/2026/09/19/h... Niwlen Ster a elow an gemeneth dhe wrians hag an Orsedh, stywards sopposys a'gan yeth ha gonisogeth, orth aga thebeldyghtya der avonsya SK dinythus. #Kernewek #Cornish 065
Reposted by Chris Drew👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 19/09/2026‘Perhaps alone’ 1527710
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Even at England football games, it was the Union Jack until the mid-90s. 020
Reposted by Chris DrewIan Miles Schlong @tedcruznipples.com · 10/09/2026Some of those that work forces Are the same that fuck horses 227131663348
Reposted by Chris DrewHOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 14/09/2026🧵 Peter Keeley, a former MI5 agent who spent 15 years undercover in the IRA, now works for Stephen Lennon AKA Tommy Robinson. He’s supplying covertly-procured information while being supported by the British taxpayer. hopenothate.org.uk/lennons-secr...hopenothate.org.ukLennon's Secret AgentA former MI5 agent who operated as an IRA bomb maker is now working for Stephen Lennon. Despite still being supported by the British taxpayer, Peter Keeley appears to have broken the law by supplying ... 13421331
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 14/09/2026something, something, why d'you only call me when AI? 000
Reposted by Chris DrewJohn Oxley @joxley.jmoxley.co.uk · 10/09/2026What is this comment from the Labour MP? No, the issue here isn't that the attempted pogrom had the wrong targets! 44850304
Reposted by Chris DrewStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Labour: don’t worry. We have a plan to make sure the train these guys want to put you on is severely delayed. 627837
Reposted by Chris DrewTom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026I know I have now said this three times in the last hour, but what do you mean they still haven't arrested Daniel Thomas? This is his third incident, the first two were definitely illegal, the last is clearly a breach of the peace, he is identifiable and has literally recorded himself planning it! 19488112
Reposted by Chris DrewRobert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/09/2026On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc... 19957304
Reposted by Chris DrewChris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 08/09/2026Truly wild to have lived through moral panics about teenagers wearing hoodies and Muslim women wearing the head dress to now experience 'but is a large group of organised far right activists in balaclavas really that scary' 9259921593
Reposted by Chris DrewChaminda 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 DrewDmitry Grozoubinski @explaintrade.com · 07/09/2026Yelling "stop the boats!" as I charge in to rob this NatWest at gun point so that I can later call the Home Secretary as a character witness and the BBC will spend two weeks telling all my potential future jurors how legitimate my concerns were. 242672684
Reposted by Chris DrewWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 07/09/2026Robinson is a great example of somebody whose brain has turned to mush and is just phoning it in at this point... 1628
Reposted by Chris DrewJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 06/09/2026picking a side in a face off between street fash and the RNLI is not fucking Sophie's Choice, it's strawberry ice cream or a bucket of shit. and the Home Office go for the bucket every time. 7751198
Reposted by Chris DrewJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/09/2026It's almost like completely ignoring the problem of the far-right taking direct action yesterday hasn't made it go away! Who could possibly have guessed! 310010
Reposted by Chris DrewStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 06/09/20262) and 3) are intimately linked, in that the BBC (the organisation that really matters in the modern environment) treats 'claims by rival parties' as the operating frame for how it covers everything. The failure from Labour and the Conservatives to say 'this stuff is bad' is really, really bad. 341090340
Reposted by Chris DrewPolly Pallister-Wilkins @pollypw.bsky.social · 05/09/2026The fact that the police haven’t immediately and forcefully arrested all of these guys tells you everything about whose interests they serve and what politics they protect. This is the real two tier policing. 523069
Reposted by Chris DrewWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Andy Burnham is going to have to do a whole lot better than Keir Starmer in responding to masked fascists on the streets. 31841189
Reposted by Chris DrewMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 01/09/2026god I'm actually quite gobsmacked by Starmer's decision, it's just so......small, so revealing of his complete and utter lack of interest in Parliament and parliamentary politics, until the very end 1081094120
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026There probably are a few too many vape shops compared to demand, and phoenixing etc is an issue, but the barbers thing is, I think, the clearest example that at least some of this phenomenon is just racism. 000
Reposted by Chris DrewSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I wish media outlets would describe Nathan Cofnas as a racist rather than a "self-defined race realist" which doesn't mean anything to most people. His writing meets any definition of racism however narrowly and cautiously drawn. 672598570
Reposted by Chris DrewSimon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The only thing that might make this ok is that EVs have already won. They are cheaper over the life cycle and upfront costs are falling all the time. Like solar... it's just better tech. 101
Reposted by Chris DrewJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 14/08/2026No one wants this! Westminster has redicalosed itself against net zero targets. The public has not! These policies are popular, not least because the public only has to look out the window to see the need for climate action. 34464114
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026static.klipy.comYou're Joking, Not Another One!ALT: You're Joking, Not Another One! 000
Chris Drew @cj-drew.bsky.social · 14/08/2026Christ. Warning for wild fires feels a tad late given the whole of Greater Manchester was breathing smoke for several days a couple of weeks back. 100
Reposted by Chris DrewWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 09/08/2026X is a major national security vulnerability that UK government and politicians continue to prop up.theguardian.comMost X accounts posting about Belfast and Southampton unrest were based outside UKExclusive: Analysis shows 55% of accounts were overseas – and seven of 12 most-read posts came from US 231026411
Reposted by Chris DrewMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 08/08/2026oh wow, if I speak 1013216
Reposted by Chris DrewTom Freeman @tomfreeman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Early signs are not encouraging about whether Burnham is willing/able to improve on the most odious failure of the Starmer government: responding to racist violence by condemning the violence but being silent, or even placatory, about the motives behind it. 921166
Reposted by Chris DrewSarah Creighton @saraita101.bsky.social · 07/08/2026guys that's.... that's not the ira @newstatesman1913.bsky.social 561025214
Reposted by Chris DrewMark Jenkin @marghjenkin.bsky.social · 02/08/2026Most of my short films will drop onto BFI Player tomorrow… 1268
Reposted by Chris DrewDavid Beech @davidbeech.bsky.social · 01/08/2026Whatever the good intentions Andy has for the kids he cares about many of us think this is precisely what will happen. 1612134
