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Happily engaged, 46, veggie, Arsenal, Red Bull Racing supporter enjoy cooking, politics, current affairs and the British home front of the second world war - No DMs unless I know you 🌍United Kingdom

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Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 7h

#PremierLeague Result:
Fulham 0-1 Arsenal
#FULARS

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 8h

A VAR check of this long shows it wasn't a clear and obvious error by the referee #FULARS

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 8h

1-0 to the Arsenal (Trossard) #FULARS

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Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 10h

#PremierLeague Results:
Brighton & Hove Albion 2-1 Newcastle
Burnley 2-0 Leeds
Crystal Palace 3-3 Bournemouth
Manchester City 2-0 Everton
Nottingham Forest 0-3 Chelsea
Sunderland 2-0 Wolves

17:30 Fulham v Arsenal

#BHANEW #BURLEE #CRYBOU #FULARS #MCIEVE #NFOCHE #SUNWOL

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 11h

Not big Ange's biggest fan but the total disaster that is Forest's season is totally on the owner, he didn't fire Nuno for anything other than his ego it was nothing to do with football #NFFC #NottinghamForest

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Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 11h

#PremierLeague halftimes:
Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 Newcastle
Burnley 1-0 Leeds
Crystal Palace 0-2 Bournemouth
Manchester City 0-0 Everton
Sunderland 1-0 Wolves

#BHANEW #BURLEE #CRYBOU #MCIEVE #SUNWOL

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 19h

Hopefully Andrew will be losing his income from the civil list and his grace and favour property too #r4today

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 1d

Prince Andrew will give up all Royal titles including Duke of York and talks with His Majesty the King

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 1d

The police are very skilled at dealing thuggery at football matches #r4today

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 1d

Maccabi Tel Aviv should refuse to participate #r4today

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Ashton (Preston) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 37.3% (+15.8)
➡️ RFM: 25.9% (New)
🌹 LAB: 24.3% (-34.6)
🙋 Ind: 5.7% (New)
🌳 CON: 3.5% (-16.3)
🙋 Ind: 3.4% (New)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Staines (Spelthorne) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 37.9% (New)
➡️ RFM: 23.5% (New)
🙋 Ind: 12.3% (New)
🌳 CON: 10.9% (-4.7)
🌍 GRN: 7.7% (-27.8)
🌹 LAB: 7.4% (-17.1)
🧑‍🔧 TUSC: 0.4% (New)

No Ind (-27.4) as previous.

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Green.
Changes w/ 2023.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Guildford South East (Surrey) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 41.3% (+18.0)
🌳 CON: 22.8% (-8.1)
🏘️ RGV: 16.3% (-21.4)
➡️ RFM: 12.0% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.0% (New)
🌹 LAB: 2.6% (-5.6)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Localist.
Changes w/ 2021.

5 29 91

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Camberley West (Surrey) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 49.5% (+16.6)
➡️ RFM: 25.9% (New)
🌳 CON: 20.4% (-28.8)
🌹 LAB: 4.3% (-11.4)

No WPB (-2.3) as previous.

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2021.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

Broadheath (Trafford) Council By-Election Result:

🌳 CON: 36.8% (-4.4)
🌹 LAB: 22.3% (-19.0)
🔶 LDM: 19.2% (+14.9)
➡️ RFM: 16.5% (+11.2)
🌍 GRN: 4.7% (-1.9)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (-0.8)

Conservative GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.

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Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 1d

Ukraine should be given cruise missiles and should've been given them as soon as Russians invaded #r4today

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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 2d

🚨NEWS🚨

We are warning against the Government's bank spying bill, which will bring surveillance onto Disabled people already living in fear of the DWP.

Read more👇
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

Labour bank spying bill will bring ‘unprecedented surveillance,’ charities warn

Exclusive: Government warned new counter-fraud powers risk ‘recreating Horizon-scale scandal’

www.independent.co.uk

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BremainInSpain @bremaininspain.com · 2d

You’ll get what you vote for with reform!!!!

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 2d

Reform UK forced to reject slew of unlawful donations

Eleven of the returned contributions were made by people living overseas

www.ft.com/content/5392...

Reform UK forced to reject slew of unlawful donations

Eleven of the returned contributions were made by people living overseas

www.ft.com

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LuxJude352 @luxjude352.bsky.social · 2d

An important detail of the ceasefire agreement is being skimmed over by reporters. #r4today

Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Email just sent to today @ bbc . co . uk

Links:

www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

#r4today

Text of an email dated 16 October 2025

The agreement that Israel and Hamas signed in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on October 9, 2025 recognises, particularly at 5 e, that some of the hostage remains may not be retrieved within 72 hours.

https://www.timesofisrael.com/full-text-of-oct-9-israel-hamas-deal-on-trumps-plan-for-comprehensive-end-to-gaza-war/

This fact doesn't seem to inform your reporting of "anger in Israel" about delays in returning the bodies, though the BBC has reported on it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgyr8e0gl2o

I wonder if the Israeli government is being open about this part of the agreement.

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Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 2d

James Richardson, that'd be the channel 4 Italian football presenter #r4today

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 2d

Just 5 years later the British Government along with the Irish Government brought peace to Northern Ireland #r4today

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 2d

I remember The Israeli prime minister, the leader of the PLO agreeing to talk and agreeing peace #r4today

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 2d

The state of Israel was created by the British in 1948 #r4today

Christopher🔶🇪🇺🇮🇪🇬🇧 (🇺🇦🇨🇦🇬🇱) @christophert42.bsky.social · 2d

Christmas delivery slot booked