Chris
@cjkmuk.bsky.social
UK. SW. Green, vegan, progressive. Arts, theatre, reading, old TV, tennis. High culture, low culture. 🏳️🌈🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🇬🇧
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Here's @garethdennis.uk making a case which I've made for years (even when I lived in Inverness and travelled south regularly): dualling the A9 Perth to Inverness is the wrong solution (estimated cost- £3.8bn). Better to dual & electrify the Highland Main Line £4.5bn)
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
How to BETTER spend the A9 dualling project's £3.8bn
YouTube video by Gareth Dennis
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Here's @garethdennis.uk making a case which I've made for years (even when I lived in Inverness and travelled south regularly): dualling the A9 Perth to Inverness is the wrong solution (estimated cost- £3.8bn). Better to dual & electrify the Highland Main Line £4.5bn)
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
youtu.be/0cr1UFujfws?...
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🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
🚨BREXIT BUDGET🚨
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
Daisy Cooper MP: "There is a £90 billion hit to treasury income as a result of the Brexit deal."
"Brexit has been a disaster for our country. It has been a disaster for our economy."
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To be fair, the coverage that follows is more substantive. But it's so hard to break the grip of "how will this poll?" rather than "what will this do?"
November 26, 2025 at 7:20 PM
To be fair, the coverage that follows is more substantive. But it's so hard to break the grip of "how will this poll?" rather than "what will this do?"
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I wonder how many in Labour's inner circle realise they're part of the last ever Labour government?
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows. Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 AM
I wonder how many in Labour's inner circle realise they're part of the last ever Labour government?
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
Letting Reform in when a different direction was possible but deliberately ignored is a sin 1000x worse than student fees were for the LibDems. Voters will never forgive it.
bsky.app/profile/euro...
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The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
November 25, 2025 at 1:43 PM
The BBC censoring criticism of Trump from one of their Reith Lectures is seriously worrying.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
The Liberal Democrats have written to the BBC Director General Tim Davie urging him to stand firm against Trump’s bullying and broadcast the lecture in full.
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Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
November 25, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Sometimes wonder if what the UK needs is a thinktank that doesn't do any new research, it just repeats obviously true statements that people try to ignore because they're inconvenient.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
International students cross-subsidise home students. Your pension is paid for out of general taxation.
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I've been "hilariously" mocked for my perceived ethnicity/religion as a "joke" from school through employment and I can assure everyone it's not funny and it hurts every time. He knows that, or he wouldn't have done it.
November 24, 2025 at 6:19 PM
I've been "hilariously" mocked for my perceived ethnicity/religion as a "joke" from school through employment and I can assure everyone it's not funny and it hurts every time. He knows that, or he wouldn't have done it.
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There are more of us than there are of them.
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
November 21, 2025 at 5:22 PM
There are more of us than there are of them.
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
We protect us.
#antifa, #proudboys, #neverletthemhavethepark, #communityselfdefense, #musicandloveandnachos
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It is really weird how so many people that count themselves in the liberal bracket have just said 'fuck that I'm staying on X' regardless of the dark shit that is perpetrated on there by its owner.
November 23, 2025 at 12:25 PM
It is really weird how so many people that count themselves in the liberal bracket have just said 'fuck that I'm staying on X' regardless of the dark shit that is perpetrated on there by its owner.
November 23, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Whole thread is absolutely fascinating
It was 62 years ago #OnThisDay in 1963 that President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Here's a piece I wrote for the History of the BBC website a couple of years ago about how the BBC covered the news.
I'm quite pleased with this one...
www.bbc.com/historyofthe...
Breaking news - November 1963
BBC History recalls one of the first truly global news stories of the modern multi-media age
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Whole thread is absolutely fascinating
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Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
What's next for the Green Party? Zack Polanski interview
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
youtu.be
November 22, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Lower bills. Tax billionaires.
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
We're just getting started.
What's next? with @politicsjoe.bsky.social
youtu.be/NYzp3UcxIGg?...
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"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 11:29 AM
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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A scattering of the usual, tiresome journalistic tics aside - "Hard left", "eye-wateringly expensive", "Is Britain ready for a gay prime minister?" - a really good interview.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
"You can agree or disagree with him, but Polanski does not pretend to be something he is not.
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
He is unusually willing for a politician to give a straight answer to questions.
Does he want to rejoin the EU? “Yes."
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Zack Polanski: ‘People will have to find some other way to hurt me’ | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
A scattering of the usual, tiresome journalistic tics aside - "Hard left", "eye-wateringly expensive", "Is Britain ready for a gay prime minister?" - a really good interview.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
That he comes across so well in spite of the media's inability to get over themselves does him real credit.
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"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Trans people could be barred from services based on appearance
The new code of practice on access to single-sex services cannot gain legal force until it gets sign-off from ministers.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 3:36 PM
"Trans people could be asked about whether they should be accessing single-sex services based on their physical appearance."
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
No. not "trans people". ANYONE. This moral panic leads inexorably to the policing of women based on their appearance deemed to be "unfeminine".
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
President Mamdani visits Washington Old people's home
Find someone who looks at you the way Donald Trump looks at Zohran Mamdani.
November 21, 2025 at 10:25 PM
President Mamdani visits Washington Old people's home
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People voted in a Labour government by a landslide because they wanted something meaningful to change. Labour has, ever since securing that win, done everything in its power to signal it won't change anything very much.
November 21, 2025 at 10:04 PM
People voted in a Labour government by a landslide because they wanted something meaningful to change. Labour has, ever since securing that win, done everything in its power to signal it won't change anything very much.
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At mum’s. Farage just appeared on TV.
Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
❤️
Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
❤️
November 21, 2025 at 8:37 PM
At mum’s. Farage just appeared on TV.
Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
❤️
Mum: ‘get that cunt off my TV’
❤️
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Speaking in Brighton this PM, Zack Polanski has announced that Green Party of England & Wales membership is now over 170,000 - which means over 100,000 people have joined the party since his election in September
November 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Speaking in Brighton this PM, Zack Polanski has announced that Green Party of England & Wales membership is now over 170,000 - which means over 100,000 people have joined the party since his election in September
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Macclesfield (at Westminster) was a Tory seat 1918-2024 when Labour gained it. This is a 23% Labour to Green swing in this ward
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Macclesfield (at Westminster) was a Tory seat 1918-2024 when Labour gained it. This is a 23% Labour to Green swing in this ward
🤨👍
Macclesfield Central (Cheshire East) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
🌍 GRN: 41.8% (+19.7)
🌹 LAB: 28.6% (-25.7)
➡️ RFM: 15.8% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.1% (-4.5)
⚖️ EQU: 2.5% (New)
🔶 LDM: 2.2% (-7.7)
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
🤨👍
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Today we remember all those who have lost their lives for being who they are.
Today and every day we stand with trans people as we work to build a more inclusive, welcoming Scotland. 🏳️⚧️
Today and every day we stand with trans people as we work to build a more inclusive, welcoming Scotland. 🏳️⚧️
November 20, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Today we remember all those who have lost their lives for being who they are.
Today and every day we stand with trans people as we work to build a more inclusive, welcoming Scotland. 🏳️⚧️
Today and every day we stand with trans people as we work to build a more inclusive, welcoming Scotland. 🏳️⚧️
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“I voted for Labour but I will be voting for the Greens next time, I think Zack Polanski talks a lot of sense, I’m fed up with Labour, they are targeting the wrong people.”
inews.co.uk/news/britain...
inews.co.uk/news/britain...
Inside Britain's hardest-working town that doesn't trust Labour with its taxes
The average salary for a resident in Warrington is £48,000 - more than what the Government is rumoured to consider a 'working person'
inews.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“I voted for Labour but I will be voting for the Greens next time, I think Zack Polanski talks a lot of sense, I’m fed up with Labour, they are targeting the wrong people.”
inews.co.uk/news/britain...
inews.co.uk/news/britain...
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John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
John Major, "Our links to Europe and America may be loser now than once they were and that is a loss"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
"The loss of trade with Europe alone costs us £100 billion of lost trade every year"
"That's a tax yield of £40 billion"
"How useful would that have been in recent months to the Chancellor?"
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One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads
November 18, 2025 at 10:51 PM
One of the things that the “immigration debate” in the UK really reveals is how little people actually know about how other people live. So much of immigration policy fails to work, even on its own terms, because it’s trying to solve problems that mostly exist in peoples heads