Francis Chubb
@francischubb.bsky.social
Lawyer and Liberal Democrat 🔶 (pic is earlier guise, Berlin 1989. Because I’m an optimist really)
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NEW: The most symbolic thing ever just happened in Guaíba, Brazil.
December 15, 2025 at 9:15 PM
NEW: The most symbolic thing ever just happened in Guaíba, Brazil.
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🚨🚨 Russia is trying to "bully, fearmonger & manipulate" the UK & its allies with attacks under the threshold of all-out war, says head of MI6.
"This is not a temporary state or a gradual evolution. Our world is being actively remade with profound implications for national & international security."
"This is not a temporary state or a gradual evolution. Our world is being actively remade with profound implications for national & international security."
December 15, 2025 at 6:59 PM
🚨🚨 Russia is trying to "bully, fearmonger & manipulate" the UK & its allies with attacks under the threshold of all-out war, says head of MI6.
"This is not a temporary state or a gradual evolution. Our world is being actively remade with profound implications for national & international security."
"This is not a temporary state or a gradual evolution. Our world is being actively remade with profound implications for national & international security."
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If Nigel Farage was really concerned with the hatred and violence against Jewish people, he would not send his supporters out to accuse Jewish people who remember him being antisemitic at school of being liars.
December 14, 2025 at 9:12 PM
If Nigel Farage was really concerned with the hatred and violence against Jewish people, he would not send his supporters out to accuse Jewish people who remember him being antisemitic at school of being liars.
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Russia continues with its tactics of attacking rescuers who help people after its strikes. It started this in Syria, and it keeps committing the same war crimes in Ukraine.
December 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Russia continues with its tactics of attacking rescuers who help people after its strikes. It started this in Syria, and it keeps committing the same war crimes in Ukraine.
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No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
December 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
No surprise: new analysis shows that heat pumps can deliver excellent performance even in older buildings with no meaningful correlation between building age & heat pump efficiency.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
This is in line with my own experience of having a heat pump in a 1880 Victorian home with only modest insulation.
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Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
December 14, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Russia destroyed 100% of Odesa’s energy infrastructure. All substations were destroyed by missiles and drones.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
The city has been completely left without electricity, hot water, and heating for over one million people, including all critical infrastructure.
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![There are, of course, other ways of addressing problems when seeking to deport actual and suspected criminals. Take, for example, Brazil, where applicants facing deportation have successfully argued that prison conditions there are inhuman and degrading. You will see buried at the bottom of this otherwise sensationalist news report the following comment by the Brazilian government:
“The Ministry of Justice and Public Security (MJSP) acknowledges the concerns expressed by British authorities regarding the conditions of the Brazilian prison system, especially in the context of extradition requests. […]
“In light of this, the Brazilian government has adopted a series of measures. It has been working directly with British authorities and the Brazilian Judiciary to provide diplomatic assurances regarding the treatment of extradited individuals and to present reports on the conditions of specific prison facilities.
“It has also pledged to reduce overcrowding; improve hygiene, healthcare, and security conditions, promote the social reintegration of prisoners and prevent human rights violations. The Ministry of Justice and Public Security reaffirms its commitment to the promotion of human rights and the ongoing improvement of the Brazilian prison system.”
That is a better way of dealing with the problems of potential inhuman and degrading treatment: you work with the respondent state to make the conditions not inhuman and degrading.
In a similar situation, the United Kingdom, when faced with not being able to deport Abu Qatada to Jordan to face trial where some of the evidence against him was extracted by torture, quietly agreed with Jordan a treaty where such evidence could not be used. And he was deported not in defiance of ECHR but in accordance with it. He was then acquitted of terrorism charges by the Jordanian courts.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nx2kxyxako6sobj4g4pdkl6s/bafkreiffoycfx3vdqm35xt5hvcnvdchaowimopsm6cxl7esldlmnuzazeq@jpeg)
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Remember how they said we needed Brexit to save our fishing fleet?
The number of fishing boats operating out of Hastings has decreased from 60 in 2016 to 16 today.
Brilliant!
The number of fishing boats operating out of Hastings has decreased from 60 in 2016 to 16 today.
Brilliant!
December 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Remember how they said we needed Brexit to save our fishing fleet?
The number of fishing boats operating out of Hastings has decreased from 60 in 2016 to 16 today.
Brilliant!
The number of fishing boats operating out of Hastings has decreased from 60 in 2016 to 16 today.
Brilliant!
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There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
JONATHAN FREEDLAND: Why Britain’s Jewish leaders are silent on Farage’s schoolyard antisemitism
While the Reform UK leader and his allies smear accusers as liars, the Board, JLC and HET remain mute, fearing the wrath of a rising politician
www.jewishnews.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 1:41 PM
There has been a strong reaction to the antisemitism allegations levelled at Nigel Farage - except from those you might have expected to condemn it most loudly. My piece for @jewishnews.bsky.social on a strange silence
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/jonathan-fre...
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🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: This is a Russian war of aggression against Ukraine — and against Europe. And if Ukraine falls, it will not stop.
Just as in 1938, the Sudetenland was not enough. Putin will not stop.
Just as in 1938, the Sudetenland was not enough. Putin will not stop.
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
🇩🇪🇺🇦 Merz: This is a Russian war of aggression against Ukraine — and against Europe. And if Ukraine falls, it will not stop.
Just as in 1938, the Sudetenland was not enough. Putin will not stop.
Just as in 1938, the Sudetenland was not enough. Putin will not stop.
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Not only does Musk demonstrate unfamiliarity with hysterectomies -- and 600,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the US alone -- but it really illustrates how he sees women: not as fully equal human beings, as tools for (his) reproduction
December 13, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Not only does Musk demonstrate unfamiliarity with hysterectomies -- and 600,000 of these procedures are performed each year in the US alone -- but it really illustrates how he sees women: not as fully equal human beings, as tools for (his) reproduction
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Petition: Apply to Rejoin the EU as soon as possible to increase growth in the UK
We believe Brexit's not working. The OBR judges that the UK economy is smaller and trade is weaker because of Brexit, and it will just get worse. 10 years after the Brexit vote, let's apply to rejoin ...
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December 13, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
At least 60,000 murdered in Sudanese city, which resembles ‘a slaughterhouse’
Satellite evidence shows extent of paramilitary massacre in El Fasher
www.irishtimes.com
December 13, 2025 at 3:50 AM
So, El Fasher looks like one of the worst single event atrocities to happen this century so far, but the evidence has come in such a trickle it seems to only now be getting verified
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This morning, Russia attacked Mykolaiv and the region, damaging private homes and critical infrastructure.
According to authorities, five people were injured. Also, the city's electric transport network was damaged.
📹: Radio Liberty
According to authorities, five people were injured. Also, the city's electric transport network was damaged.
📹: Radio Liberty
December 13, 2025 at 12:40 PM
This morning, Russia attacked Mykolaiv and the region, damaging private homes and critical infrastructure.
According to authorities, five people were injured. Also, the city's electric transport network was damaged.
📹: Radio Liberty
According to authorities, five people were injured. Also, the city's electric transport network was damaged.
📹: Radio Liberty
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So important.
Thankful to everyone who organizes these rallies and joins them!
Kherson suffers terribly from Russian attacks.
Thankful to everyone who organizes these rallies and joins them!
Kherson suffers terribly from Russian attacks.
11-16 December, 50 cities across 6 continents join a global rally
STOP HUMAN SAFARI / SAVE KHERSON.
The protestors urge politicians:
🔵 save Kherson before it’s destroyed by the Russians
🔵 update policies on FPV drone attacks
Iowa here 🙏❤️
humansafari.org
#savekherson #stophumansafari
STOP HUMAN SAFARI / SAVE KHERSON.
The protestors urge politicians:
🔵 save Kherson before it’s destroyed by the Russians
🔵 update policies on FPV drone attacks
Iowa here 🙏❤️
humansafari.org
#savekherson #stophumansafari
December 12, 2025 at 8:35 PM
So important.
Thankful to everyone who organizes these rallies and joins them!
Kherson suffers terribly from Russian attacks.
Thankful to everyone who organizes these rallies and joins them!
Kherson suffers terribly from Russian attacks.
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Zelenskyy at the literal front line and Kobakhidze right next to Putin.
Kobakhidze hasn't even visited the occupation line in Georgia, ever.
And regime mouthpieces call Zelenskyy a coward & a clown.
Don’t let the Georgian scenario happen to Ukraine - the Trojan horse takeover.
Kobakhidze hasn't even visited the occupation line in Georgia, ever.
And regime mouthpieces call Zelenskyy a coward & a clown.
Don’t let the Georgian scenario happen to Ukraine - the Trojan horse takeover.
December 12, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Zelenskyy at the literal front line and Kobakhidze right next to Putin.
Kobakhidze hasn't even visited the occupation line in Georgia, ever.
And regime mouthpieces call Zelenskyy a coward & a clown.
Don’t let the Georgian scenario happen to Ukraine - the Trojan horse takeover.
Kobakhidze hasn't even visited the occupation line in Georgia, ever.
And regime mouthpieces call Zelenskyy a coward & a clown.
Don’t let the Georgian scenario happen to Ukraine - the Trojan horse takeover.
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"To borrow a criticism, in his robust defence of Brexit freedoms, Starmer resembles Alec Guinness’s half-mad colonel in The Bridge on the River Kwai, protecting an edifice he has forgotten was built for the benefit of the other side."
"rejoining the single market... cannot be sprung on the voters at the election. You have to spend the coming years making the case, perhaps preparing the European Commission and member states. Lest we forget, they have the actual say on this."
Drop the 'perhaps'.
www.ft.com/content/2d00...
Drop the 'perhaps'.
www.ft.com/content/2d00...
A Brexit survival strategy that shows Starmer’s days are numbered
Labour will need a different leader if it pursues a policy of rejoining the EU customs union or single market
www.ft.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:22 PM
"To borrow a criticism, in his robust defence of Brexit freedoms, Starmer resembles Alec Guinness’s half-mad colonel in The Bridge on the River Kwai, protecting an edifice he has forgotten was built for the benefit of the other side."
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This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 12, 2025 at 6:32 AM
This is the desert of the real. The Wachowskis called it. But like Bernie says, no one wants this. Folks are organizing in amazing ways.
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Corporate welfare is out of control.
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
December 11, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Corporate welfare is out of control.
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
One example - Drax produces electricity by burning trees, most expensive electricity, UK's biggest single polluter.
In 2024, Drax had £1.06bn operating profit, paid £100m dividend, £300m in share buyback.
Received billions in subsidies for decades. Why?
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Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Their closing message to Indiana: change your maps to artificially benefit the President's political party or 'roads will not be paved' as punishment.
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
They are openly saying this.
Who would want to live in a country that works like that?
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"The UK can’t stay neutral in the battle for democracy." Brexit has already cost us economically, but the real danger is an uncertain ally in the US.
Read more on why the UK's future depends on Europe.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @paulbrowne55.bsky.social
Read more on why the UK's future depends on Europe.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @paulbrowne55.bsky.social
Standing with our European allies against autocracy and division
What do we feel about relations with Europe now? Visitors to Cambridge’s Mill Road Winter Fair were asked and were almost unanimous
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 11, 2025 at 9:20 PM
"The UK can’t stay neutral in the battle for democracy." Brexit has already cost us economically, but the real danger is an uncertain ally in the US.
Read more on why the UK's future depends on Europe.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @paulbrowne55.bsky.social
Read more on why the UK's future depends on Europe.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk @paulbrowne55.bsky.social
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Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
Foreign tourists could be required to disclose 5 years of social media histories under Trump administration plan
The Customs and Border Protection proposal would apply even to countries that don't require visas to enter.
www.nbcnews.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Requiring foreign visitors to hand over 5 years of social media isn’t “security,” it’s unchecked government control.
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
All-seeing surveillance systems don’t make us safer. They are in direct opposition to our civil liberties.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/tru...
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The petition: ‘Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy’ has now passed 70,000 signatures.
Let’s get it to over 100,O00 by the weekend!
Please sign and share widely.
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The petition: ‘Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy’ has now passed 70,000 signatures.
Let’s get it to over 100,O00 by the weekend!
Please sign and share widely.
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November 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
December 10, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Mark Zuckerberg is building a data center in Louisiana that will use 3x more electricity than all of New Orleans.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.
Oligarchs want YOU to pay for these data centers with higher water & electric bills.
Americans must fight back against billionaires who put profits over people.