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Chris

@londonirish81.bsky.social

67 followers 230 following 39 posts

Old school Socialist, environmentalist. Atheist. Human solutions to human problems. We should all live in harmony. Except the Swiss—they can fuck off.

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Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 1h

What's six inches long, brown and goes 'pft'? Robert Maxwell's cigar.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 7h

Nearly 30% of your Energy bill is profit, and that's just for the big companies.

If Energy was nationalised bills could be nearly halved overnight, the infrastructure is only worth £109.5bn.

Time for a compulsory purchase order.

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Alice Lastname @aliceguthrie.bsky.social · 10h

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🕊️KatarinaKriz🕊️On the turning away~Pink Floyd @katarinakriz.bsky.social · 17h

The United States of Americas President is a Pedophile. A rapist. It’s up to us to get rid of him, don’t care how. Make it fűcking happen.

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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 9h

Expansion of live facial recognition is ‘worrying for our democracy,’ campaigners warn morningstaronline.co.uk/article/expa... #morningstaronline

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Scotland's No1 Comrade @scotlandscomrade.bsky.social · 19h

Eloquently put my brother @esherukweku.bsky.social

Truth hurts. That's the major problem. Brexiteers, Tories, Reformers are all the same and while the more sensible realise Brexit achieved nothing the diehards will ram their heads against the wall before face the truth.

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Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 23h

Ha! The only accent that makes 'good morning!' sound like a death threat.

Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 23h

I want to hear Chaucer's 'The miller's tale' recited in a Punjabi accent. I bet it would be hilarious.

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Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 23h

Throw in a Glaswegian just to make it interesting.

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Chelsea Blue @lordye.bsky.social · 1d

You disgust me

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Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 23h

Why are both the UK’s major political parties running out of talent? www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/10...

Why are both the UK’s major political parties running out of talent?

People know that the politicians they are now being presented with, most especially by Labour and the Tories, are, by and large, useless, without an iota of talent for the tasks they take on in the ab...

www.taxresearch.org.uk

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Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 1d

The enshittification of the UK began in 1979, when that malignant ring-worm was first elected.

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Mani Isna La 🇨🇺 🇵🇸 🕊️ 🪶 #IndigenousLivesMatter @maniisnala.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage’s Reform wants to bring back fracking in England. We need to lock the current ban in law. Join me and tell the Prime Minister: make the fracking ban permanent. action.friendsoftheearth.uk/petition/tel...
@friends_earth 👇

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Tharg of Antifa @tjrh.uk · 1d

Never forget. bsky.app/profile/tjrh...

Tharg of Antifa @tjrh.uk · 14d

Well, now you know where it's been pointing all those years.

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Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 1d

Thank goodness he doesn't have a beard...

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berealyou.bsky.social @berealyou.bsky.social · 1d

#farage #migrants #stophate

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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 2d

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Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 1d

More like bellend than legend.

Chris @londonirish81.bsky.social · 1d

I have this print in my kitchen. I've always loved French cafe culture, and this picture has the added bonus of featuring the world's largest Alsatian dog, although my wife insists that it's a horse.