Christopher Rains
@christopherrains.bsky.social
Passionate about life. Love watching and participating in sport, motor sport, photography, music, travel, life, living abroad, Brussels...
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Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin thinks women should be warned about having children ‘too late in life’.
Meanwhile he became a father at 39.
See how it works with Reform UK?
Meanwhile he became a father at 39.
See how it works with Reform UK?
February 13, 2026 at 11:04 AM
Reform UK’s Matt Goodwin thinks women should be warned about having children ‘too late in life’.
Meanwhile he became a father at 39.
See how it works with Reform UK?
Meanwhile he became a father at 39.
See how it works with Reform UK?
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Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made the case for a deeper trade relationship with the EU, describing it as "the biggest prize" 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reeves argues for reduced trace barriers with EU
Chancellor Rachel Reeves says closer partnership with the EU is beneficial for economy and security.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 9:49 AM
Chancellor Rachel Reeves has made the case for a deeper trade relationship with the EU, describing it as "the biggest prize" 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“If Britain is ever to give up clutching at Uncle Sam’s coattails, it must change its partner for upgrading its nuclear deterrent from America to France, and use that cooperation to present Vladimir Putin with a combined European nuclear deterrent that should keep him honest.”
Escaping the special relationship: How Britain can leave its dangerous dependency on Trump’s America – European Council on Foreign Relations
The British prime minister has long said the UK does not need to choose between the US and Europe. The time has come for him to admit he is wrong
ecfr.eu
February 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
“If Britain is ever to give up clutching at Uncle Sam’s coattails, it must change its partner for upgrading its nuclear deterrent from America to France, and use that cooperation to present Vladimir Putin with a combined European nuclear deterrent that should keep him honest.”
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NEW
Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters.
On how grand juries are preventing abuses of federal power.
(Including comparison with Charles I seeking to arrest MPs in 1642.)
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters.
On how grand juries are preventing abuses of federal power.
(Including comparison with Charles I seeking to arrest MPs in 1642.)
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters
Grand juries are preventing some of the grossest abuses of federal power
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 11:57 AM
NEW
Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters.
On how grand juries are preventing abuses of federal power.
(Including comparison with Charles I seeking to arrest MPs in 1642.)
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
Trump failed to indict six members of Congress. This is why it matters.
On how grand juries are preventing abuses of federal power.
(Including comparison with Charles I seeking to arrest MPs in 1642.)
By me, at @prospectmagazine.co.uk
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Yesterday’s Antwerp summit didn’t go as industry lobbyists planned.
They pushed EU leaders to double down on cutting regulations, but it backfired.
Now everyone can see: deregulation won’t fix Europe’s economy.
They pushed EU leaders to double down on cutting regulations, but it backfired.
Now everyone can see: deregulation won’t fix Europe’s economy.
‘Deregulation’ tops leaders’ retreat, but critics point to investment gap and corporate lobbying
EU leaders will discuss simplification and competitiveness and even a 'Buy European' strategy at their informal retreat on Thursday — but others see a simple focus on competitiveness as self-defeating...
euobserver.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:44 AM
Yesterday’s Antwerp summit didn’t go as industry lobbyists planned.
They pushed EU leaders to double down on cutting regulations, but it backfired.
Now everyone can see: deregulation won’t fix Europe’s economy.
They pushed EU leaders to double down on cutting regulations, but it backfired.
Now everyone can see: deregulation won’t fix Europe’s economy.
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Imagine being anti immigration and working in *football*.
Politics for idiots.
Politics for idiots.
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
'The UK has been colonised by immigrants', says INEOS boss and Man Utd co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe
Britain has been "colonised" by immigrants, who are draining resources from the state, Sir Jim Ratcliffe, one of the country's richest and most influential men, has told Sky News.
news.sky.com
February 12, 2026 at 7:45 AM
Imagine being anti immigration and working in *football*.
Politics for idiots.
Politics for idiots.
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Tom Homan: "My goal is a complete drawdown and end this surge [in Minneapolis] as soon as we can. But that is largely contingent upon the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ICE in the community."
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
February 4, 2026 at 10:15 PM
Tom Homan: "My goal is a complete drawdown and end this surge [in Minneapolis] as soon as we can. But that is largely contingent upon the end of the illegal and threatening activities against ICE in the community."
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
Translation: The beatings will continue until morale improves.
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The Trump administration's worldview has always been aligned with Putin's, as was clear to anyone who paid any attention to the statements and actions of its most important members. But this isn't an alignment of equals - the White House is following the Kremlin's lead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New US security strategy aligns with Russia's vision, Moscow says
The Kremlin welcomes the starkly worded document, which does not cast Russia as a threat to the US.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
The Trump administration's worldview has always been aligned with Putin's, as was clear to anyone who paid any attention to the statements and actions of its most important members. But this isn't an alignment of equals - the White House is following the Kremlin's lead. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Is JD Vance a Rudolf Hess or an Octavian?
October 25, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Is JD Vance a Rudolf Hess or an Octavian?
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Something unprecedented happened this week in Europe that should alarm every European citizen who values democracy.
October 24, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Something unprecedented happened this week in Europe that should alarm every European citizen who values democracy.
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If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933.
#JimmyKimmel
#JimmyKimmel
September 18, 2025 at 10:47 AM
If the government can celebrate scaring a critic off TV, the punchline writes itself — and it’s from 1933.
#JimmyKimmel
#JimmyKimmel
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After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel
Trump’s most brazen attack on free speech yet.
www.yahoo.com
September 18, 2025 at 2:10 PM
After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.
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Once upon a time, it seemed open and free links to reliable legal information would undermine such flights of political-media fantasy, but no.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
August 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Once upon a time, it seemed open and free links to reliable legal information would undermine such flights of political-media fantasy, but no.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
The links are there, un-clicked.
People don't care what the actual law is and what judges actually said.
They want to believe.
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Both the Lucy Connolly and the Epping hotel cases have now taken on a political-media existence of their own, unconnected with what actually happened in court.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
August 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Both the Lucy Connolly and the Epping hotel cases have now taken on a political-media existence of their own, unconnected with what actually happened in court.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
It doesn't matter there were published sentencing remarks in one and a judge-prepared summary in the other.
People want stories instead.
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I see that Nige is orangutanning
July 29, 2025 at 5:15 PM
I see that Nige is orangutanning
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"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
The Trump Administration Is About to Incinerate 500 Tons of Emergency Food
Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.
www.theatlantic.com
July 15, 2025 at 5:31 AM
"Five months into its unprecedented dismantling of foreign-aid programs, the Trump administration has given the order to incinerate food instead of sending it to people who need it"
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
@hana-kiros.bsky.social, on spending $130,000 to burn food worth $800,000
www.theatlantic.com/health/archi...
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Think about how insane this is. I know we normalize every abnormal thing Trump does, & he floods the zone & numbs us, but a leading media organizing rolling over & agreeing to pay $16m to the president because he didn’t like how they edited an interview?? What country is this?
BREAKING
Paramount has settled the lawsuit President Trump filed against it for the 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris.
Paramount will pay $16 million in total including fees and expenses.
The money, minus fees and expenses, will go to President Trump’s future presidential library.
Paramount has settled the lawsuit President Trump filed against it for the 60 Minutes interview of Kamala Harris.
Paramount will pay $16 million in total including fees and expenses.
The money, minus fees and expenses, will go to President Trump’s future presidential library.
July 2, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Think about how insane this is. I know we normalize every abnormal thing Trump does, & he floods the zone & numbs us, but a leading media organizing rolling over & agreeing to pay $16m to the president because he didn’t like how they edited an interview?? What country is this?
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A moment where the Mélenchon "La République, c'est MOI" act would be totally justified.
Sitting US Senator Alex Padilla forcibly wrestled to the ground and arrested by the FBI for attempting to ask a question of DHS secretary Kristin Noem.
June 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A moment where the Mélenchon "La République, c'est MOI" act would be totally justified.
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When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...
Sen. Alex Padilla was just removed from Kristi Noem's press conference in Los Angeles (video: Bill Melugin/Fox News)
June 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
When you read about the slide from democracy to "competitive authoritarianism" in other countries, it's composed of things like this. No big, sudden breaches, the kind that might spark widespread resistance. Just crossing these little lines, one at a time, each one a seemingly small thing ...
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May 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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After Brexit it will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Nigel Farage has been accused of ‘fantasy promises’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage accused of ‘fantasy promises’ with expensive policy pledges
Reform UK leader unveils plans to reverse benefit cuts and bring in tax breaks without explaining how they would be funded
www.theguardian.com
May 28, 2025 at 9:57 AM
After Brexit it will probably come as no surprise to anyone to hear that Nigel Farage has been accused of ‘fantasy promises’
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
WASHINGTON—Claiming the fantastical creatures were “way too cool” to leave their investigation to a handful of so-called experts, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. issued a sta...
theonion.com
May 2, 2025 at 7:00 PM
RFK Jr. Encourages Americans To Do Their Own Research About Dragons
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Populists are the political equivalent of hecklers shouting instructions from the touchline while the crowd bays them on.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.
May 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Populists are the political equivalent of hecklers shouting instructions from the touchline while the crowd bays them on.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.
Put them on the pitch, and all they do is create havoc.
They're not players. They're chaos merchants. They're not match fit. Or serious.
That's Trump writ large.
And Reform.