Reposted by Chris GThe Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 21/02/2026And for anyone wondering about the Otters - here they are in their full wise/constipated glory. 4222211
Reposted by Chris GTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 01/11/2025Hello! My CEO Roscoe and I are giving away TWO signed copies of my novel 1983 to two randomly selected people who repost this & pop a reply below. You also get a free postcard of this illustration of Roscoe by my mum. It’s been called “Stranger Things rewritten by Kurt Vonnegut & Sue Townsend”… 76127102
Reposted by Chris GJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/07/2025So it's confirmed. Teenager George Finch is now the permanent Reform leader of Warwickshire council. His predecessor stood down just weeks after winning power, supposedly over health issues. I wrote a bit about him recently for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2025/06/27/r... 2113771
Reposted by Chris GClaire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 30/05/2025I think we may have sociopaths (or worse) as our politicians. 62520
Reposted by Chris GMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 19/05/2025God the tabloids and Brexit dinosaurs were boring today… 🦖 Braying the same “betrayal” lines they’ve brayed since they got what they wanted… then found they had no benefits in it whatsoever. Still they came out today to play victim yet again. But the world has moved on. 491447235
Reposted by Chris GBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 19/05/2025The horror show of xenophobia that was #PressPreview tonight. 80 million Europeans are apparently coming, they are bringing their families, they will slip away and not return when their visas expire, because - as everyone in that studio seems to agree - Europeans just cannot be trusted. Poor. ~AA 167547100
Reposted by Chris GEmma Kennedy @emmakennedy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025If this EU reset results in 4 years of better growth and economic recovery before the next election, the hardline Brexiters are going to have their arses handed to them on a plate. 3936639
Reposted by Chris GMalcolm & Baby Dog @malcolmandbabydog.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Chums! Baby Dog here. Would you like to see what happens when I come home from seeing Natalie the Groomer? I’m happy to look Handsome, but I never smell RIGHT. It’s vital I return to smelling like myself. My boys, Percy and Ron, try to help me, which is good of them! 2621029
Reposted by Chris GFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Kemi Badenoch is upset that Labour have cut some of the Brexit red tape that hindered businesses that her party spent so long putting in place 1321158231
Reposted by Chris GJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 20/05/2025Turns out Brexit Derangement Syndrome is a thing after all. 1382471329
Reposted by Chris GSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 20/05/2025You look at the Tories, Reform and the rightwing press after the Brexit reset and you see just how mad they are. Genuinely frothingly insane. Desperate to insist that their Brexit moronathon is a win. Spitting with rage at their own failure. This sums them up… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comStarmer’s EU reset triggers outbreak of Brexit derangement syndrome | John CraceCritics were voicing their opinions long before even an outline of a deal was announced 921504455
Reposted by Chris GTom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 20/05/2025I'm (gulp) 50 today. To keep up my weird tradition of giving other folk presents on my birthday, I'm sending out a load of these for just the price of postage (£4 UK). If you'd like one pls email me your address to hello@tom-cox.com If you can give me a bit for the book, great. If not, no problem. 7525846
Reposted by Chris GFinancial Times @financialtimes.com · 16/05/2025Breaking news: The US has been stripped of its top-notch triple-a credit rating by Moody’s on concerns about rising levels of government debt www.ft.com/content/e456... 803124413816
Reposted by Chris GMalcolm & Baby Dog @malcolmandbabydog.bsky.social · 17/05/2025Friends! Cleo has at last decided she is interested in Ralphy. In fact, she may have become a little obsessed with him. We all know that Cleo is Brave and Feisty… but does she have the courage to confront Ralphy? And how does Ralphy feel about Cleo? #Caturday 1128728
Reposted by Chris GMr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 17/05/2025The case for joining the SM and CU is blindingly obvious. Only far right extremists could think otherwise. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/its-a-...huffingtonpost.co.uk'It's A No-Brainer': Question Time Panellist Applauded For Her Solution To 'Absolutely Nuts' BrexitSonia Sodha said the move would be a "quick win" for the UK and make the country richer. 27627
Reposted by Chris GBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/05/2025Pledging to "scrap a deal" before reading it or having any idea what it contains tells you everything you need to know about Nigel Farage. ~AA 1011059248
Reposted by Chris GBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 16/05/2025Young people are locked out of opportunities their older siblings took for granted. A UK–EU youth visa deal could begin to change that. Read why this matters | Prof. Johanna Waters @eastangliabylines.co.uk @johannawaters.bsky.social @uk.theconversation.comeastangliabylines.co.ukYoung, stuck and shut out: a new EU deal could change thatEven a capped, time-limited youth visa scheme would be of value to young people in the UK and EU 08028
Reposted by Chris GAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15/05/2025Duckworth: "He's accepting a bribe, which is unconstitutional and illegal. And he's gonna accept an aircraft that then is gonna cost taxpayers another billion dollars at a time when he wants to cut funding for Medicaid. It's simple unacceptable." 693237486417
Reposted by Chris GChristopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 16/05/2025What’s supposed to happen? If my daughter is out and masked men grab her, claiming they’re ICE, drag her away w/out letting her prove she’s a citizen… w/out calling me, her dad… what is she supposed to do? Does she not have the right to fight back, as we have taught her, to free herself. Run? 1. 944136794112
Reposted by Chris GFionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Immigrants “are ambitious, enthusiastic & hard-working. They want a better life, & a better life for their children, and they are willing to do backbreaking work in order to secure it. They show all the attributes which we praise in others but condemn if it's demonstrated by an immigrant.” 36844250
Reposted by Chris GNick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Starmer is barking up the wrong tree. Among Labour 2024 voters, 43% said they would consider voting Green and 40% LibDem. Just 9% would consider voting Reform. Labour should be setting the attack dogs on Farage, but it can't do that because it supports Brexit. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour must avoid ‘naive’ lurch to right after Reform success, Haigh warnsExclusive: former transport minister criticises party’s direction and calls on Starmer to focus on issues like taxation and welfare reform 412752
Reposted by Chris GKimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Reform is a Limited Company Farage owns 53% It was formed in 2019 to push for a “no-deal Brexit” It wants to reintroduce the Liz Truss budget It wants to privatise the NHS & invest in fossil fuels Close the BBC & break International law It’s a scam Please retweet widely 8621861500
Reposted by Chris GBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/05/2025Reform UK's deputy leader Richard Tice MP praises Dubai for "just imprisoning or deporting anyone who cannot look after themselves". Apparently, a complete authoritarian absence of due process is worth it, so his girlfriend can go to the loo without her handbag. 😬 ~AA 3418359
Reposted by Chris GZoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 16/05/2025I've wracked my brains & can only come up with one explanation that makes sense for the Labour direction. They think their only hope is that it comes to an election & we see that it is them or Reform. And that for all our big talk about hating them, we'll still vote for them to keep out Reform. 195580107
Reposted by Chris GNick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 16/05/2025Starmer will not revoke his red lines on Freedom of Movement and the Single Market because of facts and reasons. The only thing that will move him is Labour voters shifting in large numbers to the LibDems and Greens in local and by-elections. He must fear progressives more than Brexiters. 65829
Reposted by Chris GBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/05/2025🚨 NEW POLLING: A majority of Brits (52%) would be open to aligning with ALL EU rules on goods and products if it led to a better trading relationship with the EU. Only a quarter would oppose such a move. The public is clearly in favour of a common sense approach. #Brexit 19416139
Reposted by Chris GMartin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 14/05/2025Brilliant news. I'm quite emotional. Govt has agreed to investigate Council Tax rapid debt collection escalation that is catastrophic for millions. Miss one MONTH'S payment and within six weeks you can have baliffs forcing you to pay for the YEAR plus £100s admin charges.youtu.beMartin Lewis reacts to campaign win on changing "hideous Council Tax debt collection processes"YouTube video by MoneySavingExpert.com 20458129
Reposted by Chris GMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 14/05/2025"The poll found that 43% of respondents believe the UK should strengthen its trade relationships with the EU, while only 14% support improving relations with the US with the aim of convincing Trump to remove the tariffs."northwestbylines.co.ukUS aggression versus EU membership: The UK must choose stability over Trump’s chaosEU membership offers the stability the UK needs, whereas Trump’s tariffs bring chaos 1027797
Reposted by Chris GCallum Parrish @callumparrish.bsky.social · 14/05/2025Kemi Badenoch calls the UK-US agreement a "tiny tariff deal" As the Prime Minister right states, she needs to visit all those steelworkers and car workers whose jobs have been saved and tell them why it is such a bad agreement. Against everything, but not in favour of anything. #PMQs 27318
Reposted by Chris GIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Navarro doesn't understand the deal they signed. The text reads: "The United Kingdom and the United States affirm that imported food and agricultural goods must comply with the importing country’s sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) standards and other mutually agreed standards." 1291098325
Reposted by Chris GJonathan Portes @jdportes.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Full text of US-UK "deal" confirms: 1. *Not* a "free trade" deal. 2. For UK, largely successful damage limitation: limiting US tariffs on cars/steel for not very much. But damage still done. 3. For Trump, pretty much complete climbdown. (1/3) assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/681d32...assets.publishing.service.gov.uk 461409450
Reposted by Chris GMAKS 26 👀🇺🇦 @maks23.bsky.social · 09/05/2025‼️ This is a broken monument to veterans of the Great Patriotic War in Donbas. Russia destroyed it. In Moscow, a parade in honor of this…. 8398111
Reposted by Chris GBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 09/05/2025Britain has ‘reset’ relations with the EU, but with Farage ascendant again, our politics must be cured of the Brexit virusbuff.lyKeir Starmer can’t build a stronger European partnership by stealth. He has to declare it aloud | Rafael BehrBritain has ‘reset’ relations with the EU, but with Farage ascendant again, our politics must be cured of the Brexit virus, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 613935
Reposted by Chris GNick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 09/05/2025Please repost, if like me, you will never accept Brexit. It harms the British people. It was obtained through foreign interference and by far the worst abuses of democracy in modern British history, and it robs us of freedom and citizenship. #RejoinEU 29788471
Reposted by Chris GPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 09/05/2025The Governor of the Bank of England has said the UK now needs to "rebuild" its trade relationship with the EU. He told the BBC that as a public official he did not take a view on Brexit, but reversing post-Brexit hit to UK-EU trade would be "beneficial" www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBank of England boss: UK must 'do everything' to rebuild trade with EUAndrew Bailey says he does not take a view on Brexit, but reversing the post-Brexit hit to UK-EU trade would be 631351379
Reposted by Chris GBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 09/05/2025Government audit bombshell for Houchen’s Tees Valley Devolution may be halted as TVCA faces audit crisis; government warns of restricted funding, lost trust, and oversight risks @northeastbylines.co.uk northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...northeastbylines.co.ukGovernment audit bombshell for Houchen’s Tees ValleyDevolution may be halted as TVCA faces audit crisis; government warns of restricted funding, lost trust, and oversight risks 1510553
Reposted by Chris GOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 09/05/2025A reminder that when the Sycamore Gap tree was cut down people immediately started blaming immigrants and teenagers... It was neither. It was two white Englishmen in their 30s. 19352441440
Reposted by Chris GAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Downing Street sources playing down what to expect from the supposed "full and comprehensive" trade deal with the UK announced by Trump. Deal not yet agreed. This is just the general terms of an agreement which will need significant further negotiation before it can be ratified. 1912944
Reposted by Chris GMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Starmer may well have changed the narrative. A big deal with the EU will be announced in 11 days. The free trade deal with India is good for the UK. We wait now to see the content of the US one. If it’s good, the 3 deals combined could have big implications for growth and Labour’s spending plans. 1111413
Reposted by Chris GEdwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 08/05/2025"It will take a decade to rejoin the EU."* So start NOW! Every year you delay adds more than a year to the process, because we will have diverged further from the EU in the interim. [*NOTE: I don't agree with that premise. But it is what a LOT of people are claiming as an excuse not to even try.] 413133
Reposted by Chris GLarry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Every doorstep should have a cat on it. (Pic LightHackers) 1386730470