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KimBo @zapperfan7.bsky.social · 1d

On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.

I disagree.

RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 19h

BTW I'm basically left handed but tend to do things right handed if that's the way they're shown/explained to me the first time I encounter them.

Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 19h

This, absolutely this. So much cr*p written by Brexit apologists along the lines of ‘but the UK wasn’t in Schengen’ as if that means UK citz were always delayed at the Schengen border thus passport stamps aren’t much of an inconvenience.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 19h

I tend to cut bread left handed when it’s a whole loaf, but once it’s cut I then use whichever hand works best according to which way the cut end is facing when I put it on the bread board.

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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 11d

Next time Farage or one of his mates is on Question Time getting applause for stopping/reversing immigration, may I suggest the following riposte:

'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 11d

Just because it was invented way back doesn't mean it was in general use as a medicine. It was forgotten for decades and wasn't available to the public until the 1950s.

Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 11d

It wasn't marketed until the 1950s so the comment is essentially correct.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 22d

Try clicking through to the article and read the credited authors. You don’t have to bother reading the entire article if that’s too much trouble.

Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 23d

I’d hoped that Labour would have learned from watching Tory govts that blaming the law/judges for stopping the Home Office trying to skip bits of due process doesn’t go down well with sane people.

Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 23d

It’s all too much for Fred.

Fred, a tuxedo cat, on the bed with a paw over his eyes

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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 26d

Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock, Scott Lincicome argues. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.

America’s Perón

Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · 27d

It's not as if he's shown any intention of going through with his regular threats to take substantive action if Putin fails to respect his wishes. TACO when the other party is perceived as strong.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Sep 8

Emergency alerts seem to be off by default on my iPhone so nothing happened for me yesterday. A couple of years ago I got an alert for real in France (on an older phone), it scared the living daylights when the satnav app was overridden by a scary message about flooding in the Calais area.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Sep 4

The old garden swing on a tree IT gag about what the customer wanted, what the analyst designed, what the engineer implemented etc etc has been around for over half a century. The principle still applies in these wondrous days of AI...

Blue Sky Miner @blueskyminer.bsky.social · Sep 3

I saw a web developer saying, "So, all my client needs to be able to replace me with AI is to be able to clearly and concisely write down exactly what he needs? OK then I don't need to worry."

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Mary Elkington 💙💛🇺🇦 @maryindevon.bsky.social · Sep 1

Oh the humanity!

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 29

I think you misunderstand: Leave .eu had a plan but they weren't the group who had influence after the Referendum so nothing coherent happened. Whatever has happened since isn't a lineal descendent of that plan as Leave. eu were sidelined.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 29

Quoting Richard North again and again doesn’t really achieve much. Flexcit would have involved a vaguely coherent plan which the actual victors were incapable of producing and implementing, or at best unwilling to attempt. Last time I looked North still bitter that his big idea had been ignored.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 28

The E15 is my local motorway, passing about a mile from home. My TomTom satnav always announces the E number (if appropriate) as well as the UK road number which must irritate the hell out of people who think E numbers are an EU thing.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 24

The apparent inability (or actual unwillingness) to differentiate between ‘a’ and ‘the’ CU is an ongoing source of amazement after all this time: it’s v depressing that so many in positions of actual or potential power don’t or won’t admit to knowing the difference.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 24

There was a time not so long ago that all that flag shagging crap was laid to rest. Sadly not for ever, rw agitators don’t give up, whether it’s Brexit or generic xenophobia.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 24

A very well organised and happy event, where even the extra security staff were all smiley.

Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 24

I'd love to know what the attendance was.

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 24

More photos from Ashford Depot

#Railway200
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Merchant Navy Class Clan Line with Golden Arrow livery

Merchant Navy Class Clan Line with Golden Arrow livery, queue to get on the footplate

The view inside a Javelin's driver's cab

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Chris Hunter @chrisdhunter.bsky.social · Aug 24

A fantastic day at Ashford Maintenance Depot to celebrate 200 years of railways.

#Railway200
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Demonstration of re-railing a derailed train using vertical and horizontal jacks

The queue to see inside the driver's cab of a Javelin

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Niall Ó Conghaile @nialloconghaile.bsky.social · Aug 24

Very interesting statistics.

As you can see, the number of visitors affected by 90/180 is literally miniscule.

The number of people who want to spend 91 rather than 89 days is tiny, and the extra spend - the benefit to Spain - is microscopic.

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H/t @quieroserabuela.bsky.social

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