Chris Leppard
@ferretandbird.bsky.social
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Chris Leppard
@ferretandbird.bsky.social
· Nov 11
As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
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The hero of Bondi Beach, Ahmed al Ahmed.
It was a Muslim that stopped the attack and saved lives, exactly like it was in Australia, and in the UK.
It was a Muslim that stopped the attack and saved lives, exactly like it was in Australia, and in the UK.
December 14, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The hero of Bondi Beach, Ahmed al Ahmed.
It was a Muslim that stopped the attack and saved lives, exactly like it was in Australia, and in the UK.
It was a Muslim that stopped the attack and saved lives, exactly like it was in Australia, and in the UK.
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In case you missed it: The US State Department classified state-funded abortion services, including NHS services, as human rights violations. Make no mistake, this will embolden the UK's anti-choice Christian Nationalist movement, hell-bent on reversing women's rights. humanists.uk/2025/11/27/n...
December 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
In case you missed it: The US State Department classified state-funded abortion services, including NHS services, as human rights violations. Make no mistake, this will embolden the UK's anti-choice Christian Nationalist movement, hell-bent on reversing women's rights. humanists.uk/2025/11/27/n...
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Imagine living in a house on fire and occasionally throwing a glass of water on the flames and claiming it's progress.
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about 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 8:25 AM
Imagine living in a house on fire and occasionally throwing a glass of water on the flames and claiming it's progress.
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
That's Labour's attitude to Brexit.
(No political party is loud enough on the issue given its immense salience. They should be screaming 24/7 about it.)
bsky.app/profile/euro...
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
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siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
November 20, 2025 at 6:29 PM
Your reminder that the EU offered to freeze Brexit talks in 2020 so we could focus on Covid but Johnson said no. He then fucked up both: partying while 23,000 needlessly died & did a Brexit so shit the economic impact (-8% GDP) is worse than predictions he described as “the work of gloomsters”
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Hard agree.
It’s ugly and unconscionable
It’s ugly and unconscionable
As many of you know, I do a lot of volunteer work with asylum seekers and refugees. One thing that’s going on is that Labour’s hostility towards migrants and the counterbattery from Tories and Reform is causing horrific fear and anxiety among vulnerable people who deserve our protection.
November 23, 2025 at 5:53 PM
Hard agree.
It’s ugly and unconscionable
It’s ugly and unconscionable
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Those UK journalists backing Trump - a man who endorses the murder of a journalist because he’s ‘controversial’ - against the BBC need to see if they can find their moral compass
You know about Trump and Zelesnkyy’s call, but have you heard about the call between Trump and the Saudi Crown Prince?
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
Watch my statement below. Mr. President, release the transcript.
November 19, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Those UK journalists backing Trump - a man who endorses the murder of a journalist because he’s ‘controversial’ - against the BBC need to see if they can find their moral compass
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Workers escaping from a scam compound in Bavet, Cambodia.
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
November 17, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Workers escaping from a scam compound in Bavet, Cambodia.
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
Worth remembering that there are many victims of the scammers...
#cybersecurity #scam #cybercrime
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They want to take away our BBC.
They want to take away our NHS.
They want to take away our human rights.
They want to take away everything we have that makes life worth living.
All for their own greedy enrichment.
The f***ing far right, led by Trump and Farage, Badenoch and the rest.
They want to take away our NHS.
They want to take away our human rights.
They want to take away everything we have that makes life worth living.
All for their own greedy enrichment.
The f***ing far right, led by Trump and Farage, Badenoch and the rest.
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
They want to take away our BBC.
They want to take away our NHS.
They want to take away our human rights.
They want to take away everything we have that makes life worth living.
All for their own greedy enrichment.
The f***ing far right, led by Trump and Farage, Badenoch and the rest.
They want to take away our NHS.
They want to take away our human rights.
They want to take away everything we have that makes life worth living.
All for their own greedy enrichment.
The f***ing far right, led by Trump and Farage, Badenoch and the rest.
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Yellow-legged Asian hornet update 14.11.25
2025
159 nests
541 sightings
1 new nest Etchingham, East Sussex
www.bbka.org.uk/asian-hornet...
www.nationalbeeunit.com/about-us/bee...
2025
159 nests
541 sightings
1 new nest Etchingham, East Sussex
www.bbka.org.uk/asian-hornet...
www.nationalbeeunit.com/about-us/bee...
November 15, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Yellow-legged Asian hornet update 14.11.25
2025
159 nests
541 sightings
1 new nest Etchingham, East Sussex
www.bbka.org.uk/asian-hornet...
www.nationalbeeunit.com/about-us/bee...
2025
159 nests
541 sightings
1 new nest Etchingham, East Sussex
www.bbka.org.uk/asian-hornet...
www.nationalbeeunit.com/about-us/bee...
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Brexit is not a past event, unless you are looking solely at that sordid 2016 Referendum or even the end of the transition period on 31/12/2020.
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
Brexit reduced the UK’s GDP by between 6% and 8%. That is MASSIVE. #ProjectFear #wetoldyouso
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
www.nber.org/papers/w3445...
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Brexit is not a past event, unless you are looking solely at that sordid 2016 Referendum or even the end of the transition period on 31/12/2020.
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
This, for the UK, IS the era of #BrexitReality aka #NationalFailure. Every Briton is living it. Its scars run deep. #RejoinEU
bsky.app/profile/otto...
As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
November 11, 2025 at 10:21 AM
As this is #armistice day, I thought I would post up this clipping. The 8 sons are my great uncles and I’m immensely proud of them (thought to be the 2nd highest number of brothers who fought in Allied forces in WW1). My grandfather and his brother (on my Dad’s side) also fought, so 10 relatives.
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For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
November 11, 2025 at 5:49 AM
For those wondering here is the post from Joyce Carol Oates that got under Musk's skin big time
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every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
November 9, 2025 at 2:55 AM
every generation loves Rumours. it’s fucking Rumours
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Love it when accessibility is embraced.
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Love it when accessibility is embraced.
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
I just want everyone to experience the same joys in life as me, even if they have to take a different path to get there. People deserve to be happy! 😃
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"Each new contract deepens the trap. Once Palantir becomes indispensable, once Anduril’s drones are NATO standard, once nuclear facilities power AI that runs everything else— the transformation is irreversible"
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
this is incredibly lucid and valuable research.
Please take a minute to scroll through this—and share it.
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
It's the story of our time.
The Authoritarian Stack: How Tech Billionaires Are Building a Post-Democratic American—And Why Europe Is Next.
www.authoritarian-stack.info
November 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
"Each new contract deepens the trap. Once Palantir becomes indispensable, once Anduril’s drones are NATO standard, once nuclear facilities power AI that runs everything else— the transformation is irreversible"
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
Palantir - big contract with the NHS
Streeting loves it
Incredibly worrying research
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the greatest youtube comment of all time
November 7, 2025 at 9:28 PM
the greatest youtube comment of all time
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Update yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH) W/E the week ending 7 Nov
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
November 7, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Update yellow-legged Asian hornets (YLH) W/E the week ending 7 Nov
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
534 sightings
One more nest has been discovered
Broad Oak, East Sussex
This nest has been destroyed and will be removed.
158 confirmed nests
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On its 75th anniversary, here's a reminder:
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
Nigel Farage is wrong about the European Convention on Human Rights | Good Law Project
The Reform leader is unveiling legislation to leave the ECHR. His arguments are wrong – and that move would be a disaster.
goodlawproject.org
November 4, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On its 75th anniversary, here's a reminder:
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
The ECHR defends your rights to speak out, to live freely, to be treated fairly.
When politicians attack it, they’re attacking us.
We need to fight back
https://goodlawproject.org/nigel-farage-is-wrong-about-the-european-convention-on-human-rights/
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Stay for #2. If you're not furious afterward, you're a horrible person.
November 3, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Stay for #2. If you're not furious afterward, you're a horrible person.
Pets being very cute this morning
November 2, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Pets being very cute this morning
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Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
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Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
August 31, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Britain is not a country of racist bigots.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.
Time for the decent majority to "take back control".
Repost if you agree.