Chris Wrigley
@chriswrig.bsky.social
Fan of athletics and rugby with an interest and involvement in the hospice movement. Pro EU, dog lover and avid library user.
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Chris Mason misled the country
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Prof David Miles tells MPs the messaging given by the chancellor was
www.bbc.co.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Chris Mason misled the country
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
Reeves did not mislead on challenges facing UK ahead of Budget, says OBR official
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
Tell the UK Government they must do better for nature!
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I've just emailed my MP to tell them what nature means to me and that I want it to stay protected. Will you take action too?
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
action.rspb.org.uk/page/180990/...
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💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
Bafta-winning director among contemporaries urging contrition and apology from Reform UK leader, who denies the allegations
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:08 PM
💥 NEW: ‘Deeply shocking’: Nigel Farage faces fresh claims of racism and antisemitism at school
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
“He would sidle up to me and growl: ‘Hitler was right,’ or ‘Gas them,’ sometimes adding a long hiss to simulate the sound of the gas showers".
Read on for more...
www.theguardian.com/politics/ng-...
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🔴‘It’s Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media’ Says Leader of the UK’s Trade Union Movement
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...
'It's Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media' Says Leader of the UK's Trade Union Movement
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
bylinetimes.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:58 AM
🔴‘It’s Time for a Debate About Who Owns Our Media’ Says Leader of the UK’s Trade Union Movement
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...
TUC General Secretary Paul Nowak warns that tech and media billionaires are threatening our democracy, as they campaign to destroy the BBC
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/14/i...
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Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
November 10, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Maybe Keir should demand the heads of major US news networks any time they imply Britain is on the brink of civil war or that we live under sharia law. Or does it not work both ways?
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Baroness Mone isn’t the only Tory Peer named as a VIP Lane referrer.
Also on the list:
Lord Agnew
Lord Gove
Lord Leigh
Lord Feldman
Lord Chadlington
Lord Marks
Lord Deighton
Lord Bethell
Lord Lansley
Lord Prior
+10 other Tory MP’s 👀⤵️
Listen to my chat with @BylineTimesPod :
Also on the list:
Lord Agnew
Lord Gove
Lord Leigh
Lord Feldman
Lord Chadlington
Lord Marks
Lord Deighton
Lord Bethell
Lord Lansley
Lord Prior
+10 other Tory MP’s 👀⤵️
Listen to my chat with @BylineTimesPod :
Billions of pounds worth of unused #PPE literally went up in smoke.
@russellscott1.bsky.social has been investigating the UK's biggest waste of taxpayer's money - and wonders why no one has been held to account.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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@russellscott1.bsky.social has been investigating the UK's biggest waste of taxpayer's money - and wonders why no one has been held to account.
@goldbergradio.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Byline Podcast: PPE, The Pandemic and Cronyism with Russell Scott
Adrian Goldberg hears from Russell Scott, author of 'VIP Lane – Cronysim and the Pandemic', which is out now via Byline Books.Produced in Birmingham by Adrian Goldberg and Harvey White. Learn mor...
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October 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Baroness Mone isn’t the only Tory Peer named as a VIP Lane referrer.
Also on the list:
Lord Agnew
Lord Gove
Lord Leigh
Lord Feldman
Lord Chadlington
Lord Marks
Lord Deighton
Lord Bethell
Lord Lansley
Lord Prior
+10 other Tory MP’s 👀⤵️
Listen to my chat with @BylineTimesPod :
Also on the list:
Lord Agnew
Lord Gove
Lord Leigh
Lord Feldman
Lord Chadlington
Lord Marks
Lord Deighton
Lord Bethell
Lord Lansley
Lord Prior
+10 other Tory MP’s 👀⤵️
Listen to my chat with @BylineTimesPod :
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
October 8, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"
Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋♂️
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Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
October 7, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Conservative MP Mel Stride claims PIP benefit is thousands of pounds per month.
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
No it is an absolute maximum of £720 a month, and most people only get £250 or less.
Meanwhile he claims £1,250 a month in rent on his expenses
Lying, thieving b******
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With their usual amount of careful planning and checking the Conservatives launch their new merchandise...
October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
With their usual amount of careful planning and checking the Conservatives launch their new merchandise...
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Since the PM Keir Starmer claims illegal immigration is his main concern, why does he not explain it accounts for only 4% of the total?
Plus news of Steve Reed & his red hat, Burnham breaking ranks & Tories wanting to stop us doing things.
Today's diary has it all...
Plus news of Steve Reed & his red hat, Burnham breaking ranks & Tories wanting to stop us doing things.
Today's diary has it all...
Pecksniff: At last! ‘Rejoin the EU,’ says Burnham
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
October 4, 2025 at 7:16 AM
Since the PM Keir Starmer claims illegal immigration is his main concern, why does he not explain it accounts for only 4% of the total?
Plus news of Steve Reed & his red hat, Burnham breaking ranks & Tories wanting to stop us doing things.
Today's diary has it all...
Plus news of Steve Reed & his red hat, Burnham breaking ranks & Tories wanting to stop us doing things.
Today's diary has it all...
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FFS utterly abysmal reporting
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 3:47 PM
FFS utterly abysmal reporting
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Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
October 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.
What, Michelle? 🧵
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'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
“I would gently point out to Nigel Farage that before we left the EU we had a returns agreement with every country in the EU. He told the country it would make no difference if we left. He was wrong about that. These are Farage boats in many senses coming across the channel” 👏
PM Keir Starmer
PM Keir Starmer
October 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
'Farage Boats' is a useful term and should be normalised.
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Taking a moment to imagine the incandescent outrage in the Daily Malice and the rest of the Distraction Media, if other countries demanded British 'expatriates' learn the language to a high standard, volunteer in the community etc, or they'd be uprooted from their lives and shipped back to the UK.
September 30, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Taking a moment to imagine the incandescent outrage in the Daily Malice and the rest of the Distraction Media, if other countries demanded British 'expatriates' learn the language to a high standard, volunteer in the community etc, or they'd be uprooted from their lives and shipped back to the UK.
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The Irish Times view on Moldova’s election: a tilt towards the EU
The Irish Times view on Moldova’s election: a tilt towards the EU
The symbolic importance of this result outweighs the country’s size
www.irishtimes.com
September 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
The Irish Times view on Moldova’s election: a tilt towards the EU
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Just like Trump, Nigel Farage just makes stuff up in order to spread division and fear of minority groups.
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Just like Trump, Nigel Farage just makes stuff up in order to spread division and fear of minority groups.
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Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
My colleague @thejohnsimpson.bsky.social has done a terrific deep dive into the financial links between US tech billionaires and Tommy Robinson
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Well worth a read
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
US cash turned Tommy Robinson into the poster boy of UK f...
Outside the Old Bailey in 2018, a reinvented Tommy Robinson flashed his perfect new teeth to 2,000 diehard supporters at a “free Tommy” rally on a stage ...
observer.co.uk
September 14, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Musk is inciting violence on London's streets.Tommy Robinson is financed by US tech bros. These are all very direct attempts to destabilise the British state.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
Starmer needs to stand up to this. A government that doesn't defend its country's values against these blatant attacks is not doing its job.
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Farage says his partner bought the house with family money. The BBC can’t find that family money:
“Her parents, Bertrand and Chantal, live in a flat worth around 350,000 euros (£302,000) in a Strasbourg suburb. They, and their two daughters, co-own the flat.”
“Her parents, Bertrand and Chantal, live in a flat worth around 350,000 euros (£302,000) in a Strasbourg suburb. They, and their two daughters, co-own the flat.”
Questions about who funded Farage constituency home purchase www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage faces questions over who funded £885,000 Clacton constituency home
A BBC investigation raises questions about how the Reform UK leader's partner paid for a home in his constituency.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 11, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Farage says his partner bought the house with family money. The BBC can’t find that family money:
“Her parents, Bertrand and Chantal, live in a flat worth around 350,000 euros (£302,000) in a Strasbourg suburb. They, and their two daughters, co-own the flat.”
“Her parents, Bertrand and Chantal, live in a flat worth around 350,000 euros (£302,000) in a Strasbourg suburb. They, and their two daughters, co-own the flat.”
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Nigel Farage faces questions over the funding of his Clacton house 👇
September 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Nigel Farage faces questions over the funding of his Clacton house 👇
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"Starmer now faces grim questions about women vs men in public life, rich vs poor, council flat vs diplomat."
Angela Rayner was dropped over a 40k tax bill - will our US ambassador who maintained ties with a convicted paedophile face the same fate?
@maitlis.bsky.social
Angela Rayner was dropped over a 40k tax bill - will our US ambassador who maintained ties with a convicted paedophile face the same fate?
@maitlis.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 3:56 PM
"Starmer now faces grim questions about women vs men in public life, rich vs poor, council flat vs diplomat."
Angela Rayner was dropped over a 40k tax bill - will our US ambassador who maintained ties with a convicted paedophile face the same fate?
@maitlis.bsky.social
Angela Rayner was dropped over a 40k tax bill - will our US ambassador who maintained ties with a convicted paedophile face the same fate?
@maitlis.bsky.social
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BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End 'Wall to Wall' Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of "following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:14 PM
BBC Accused of Pro-Reform Bias as Lib Dems Launch Campaign to End ‘Wall to Wall’ Farage Coverage
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
They accuse the BBC of “following Farage around like a lost puppy” and have complained to Ofcom to demand fair coverage
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/09/b...
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It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.
September 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
It's no surprise that Nigel Farage hardly ever bothers to visit Clacton or turn up at Parliament. When he was an MEP, his attendance record was 748th out of 751. He's a workshy grifting gobshite.
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"Who do they think they are?!"
A furious @andyburnham.bsky.social on the news that a Reform UK government would scrap plans to build Northern Powerhouse Rail.
A furious @andyburnham.bsky.social on the news that a Reform UK government would scrap plans to build Northern Powerhouse Rail.
September 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Who do they think they are?!"
A furious @andyburnham.bsky.social on the news that a Reform UK government would scrap plans to build Northern Powerhouse Rail.
A furious @andyburnham.bsky.social on the news that a Reform UK government would scrap plans to build Northern Powerhouse Rail.
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Keep the pressure up on Farage. He's a snake.
Labour urges Nigel Farage to say whether he has financial interest in his Clacton home
Reform leader under pressure over £895,000 constituency property bought by partner
www.theguardian.com
September 9, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Keep the pressure up on Farage. He's a snake.