ChrisBracken
@chrisbracken.bsky.social
The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
December 18, 2025 at 9:02 PM
It's hard to fathom but we are now *here* on this path to fascism.
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes
Which lines of poetry live rent-free in your head?
December 6, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Full fathom five thy father lies;
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes
Of his bones are coral made;
Those are pearls that were his eyes
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"There are a thousand and one legitimate reasons why people are on benefits - and many of those people are already working hard to afford to live, or use food banks because they can't afford to feed and heat themselves. As this post says, 'stop judging'!"
via Stevie Burrows
via Stevie Burrows
December 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
"There are a thousand and one legitimate reasons why people are on benefits - and many of those people are already working hard to afford to live, or use food banks because they can't afford to feed and heat themselves. As this post says, 'stop judging'!"
via Stevie Burrows
via Stevie Burrows
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Headlines translated: Britain's far-right media didn't like the budget. In an attempt to please them, the prime minister is going to punish the mentally ill.
Starmer eyes mental health welfare cuts after 'Benefits Street' Budget criticism
It comes after Reeves's Budget – which included £26bn in tax rises and a £16bn increase in welfare spending – went down as the most unpopular among voters since the days of Liz Truss
inews.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Headlines translated: Britain's far-right media didn't like the budget. In an attempt to please them, the prime minister is going to punish the mentally ill.
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Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
R.I.P. Tom Stoppard, playwright most famous for Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia he fled his home during the Nazi occupation and found refuge in Britain at the age of eight. He later discovered all four of his grandparents had died in the Holocaust.
Sir Tom Stoppard, playwright famed for his wit and depth, dies at 88
Winning an Oscar for the screenplay for Shakespeare In Love, he captivated the hearts of audiences for more than six decades.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Under Mahmood's current proposals, presumably would have been deported to Czechoslovakia in 1945, when it was "safe" again.
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The Tory benches actually cheered just now when the Chancellor pointed out that they want cuts to public services & welfare of £47 billion
November 26, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Tory benches actually cheered just now when the Chancellor pointed out that they want cuts to public services & welfare of £47 billion
McFadden has a strong lead in a Cabinet of creeps.
McFadden refuses to explain why he misled MPs over back-to-work benefits system – Disability News Service share.google/gwfVn5NWZxOh...
McFadden refuses to explain why he misled MPs over back-to-work benefits system – Disability News Service share.google/gwfVn5NWZxOh...
McFadden refuses to explain why he misled MPs over back-to-work benefits system
Work and pensions secretary Pat McFadden has failed to apologise after he misled MPs about his department’s system for pushing sick and disabled people into work. McFadden yesterday (Wednesday) exa…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:52 PM
McFadden has a strong lead in a Cabinet of creeps.
McFadden refuses to explain why he misled MPs over back-to-work benefits system – Disability News Service share.google/gwfVn5NWZxOh...
McFadden refuses to explain why he misled MPs over back-to-work benefits system – Disability News Service share.google/gwfVn5NWZxOh...
Labour cuts to out-of-work disability benefits likely to have ‘devastating’ mental health impact, research finds – Disability News Service share.google/O9LT1NhqCrfj...
Labour cuts to out-of-work disability benefits likely to have ‘devastating’ mental health impact, research finds
Next April’s cuts to out-of-work disability benefits are likely to have “devastating” consequences for disabled people’s mental health, and drive many into serious poverty, research into the impact…
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November 21, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Labour cuts to out-of-work disability benefits likely to have ‘devastating’ mental health impact, research finds – Disability News Service share.google/O9LT1NhqCrfj...
You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh.
BREAKING: Reform UK's former Welsh leader and close Nigel Farage associate, Nathan Gill, sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison for repeatedly taking bribes to spread pro-Russian propaganda
November 21, 2025 at 12:59 PM
You'd need a heart of stone not to laugh.
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Keir Starmer's spokesman insisted on Monday that "clearly these changes will not be retrospective" for those already granted asylum, as Reform have been demanding.
Now we learn they will be
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Now we learn they will be
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Keir Starmer's spokesman insisted on Monday that "clearly these changes will not be retrospective" for those already granted asylum, as Reform have been demanding.
Now we learn they will be
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
Now we learn they will be
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
November 16, 2025 at 10:07 AM
Labour policy is being celebrated by Tommy Robinson.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
That's it.
That's all you ever need to say to explain who Labour are.
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patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
November 14, 2025 at 1:42 PM
patton oswalt has been suspended from bluesky for saying that megyn kelly should be fed to a woodchipper for justifying the sexual abuse of minors
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This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
November 13, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is Richard Smith of the South Durham Hunt and he thinks it’s ok to hit a horse over the head. Make this ‘man’ famous.
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
Filmed by North East Hunt Monitors on 08/11/25
OFCOM to monitor VPNs I see. GB News still on track to take over from the BBC.
November 11, 2025 at 12:06 PM
OFCOM to monitor VPNs I see. GB News still on track to take over from the BBC.
Afterward I watched House of Dynamite which wasn't as cheerful. Well put together for the most part and tense but maybe i should have tried to remain cheerful.
November 11, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Afterward I watched House of Dynamite which wasn't as cheerful. Well put together for the most part and tense but maybe i should have tried to remain cheerful.
I watched Fantastic Four First Steps last night and was surprised how much I enjoyed it. And the art direction astonished me. It was beautiful.
November 11, 2025 at 11:55 AM
I watched Fantastic Four First Steps last night and was surprised how much I enjoyed it. And the art direction astonished me. It was beautiful.
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Imagine if he had said, "There was an hour long programme criticising Hitler but no similar show taking on Churchill."
November 9, 2025 at 9:38 PM
Imagine if he had said, "There was an hour long programme criticising Hitler but no similar show taking on Churchill."
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
To be followed by cock-fighting, bear-baiting and bare-knuckle punch-ups.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Pubs to stay open until early hours in push for UK growth
Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help the ailing hospitality sector but have attracted criticism from health experts
www.theguardian.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:30 AM
To be followed by cock-fighting, bear-baiting and bare-knuckle punch-ups.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Like the Tories, the Labour government is trying to drive down the number of people who qualify for disability benefits by insisting there has been an epidemic of “overdiagnosis”: a favourite theme of the BBC and the junktanks of Tufton Street. Never mind the science: what outcome do we want?
October 8, 2025 at 6:10 AM
Like the Tories, the Labour government is trying to drive down the number of people who qualify for disability benefits by insisting there has been an epidemic of “overdiagnosis”: a favourite theme of the BBC and the junktanks of Tufton Street. Never mind the science: what outcome do we want?