Natalie Christian
@nattynord.bsky.social
Made in Brum mum. Travel, coffee, wine, books, podcasts and cheese in no particular order.
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Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
December 29, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Oh excellent news. Brexit sovereignty strikes again.
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
‘Global’ Little Britain gets to plead with foreign powers not to screw us over. And foreign powers say no.
We will be doing this shit for years. What an idiotically avoidable waste of our time and resources.
www.farminguk.com/news/chlorin...
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Chlorinated chicken? Well well well...
Left: my book Slaying Brexit Unicorns, published in October 2019.
Right: Telegraph headline, a few days ago.
Don't say we didn't know. It was always going to be thus.
(Link to my book below, just in case you're curious...)
www.amazon.co.uk/Slaying-Brex...
Left: my book Slaying Brexit Unicorns, published in October 2019.
Right: Telegraph headline, a few days ago.
Don't say we didn't know. It was always going to be thus.
(Link to my book below, just in case you're curious...)
www.amazon.co.uk/Slaying-Brex...
December 29, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Chlorinated chicken? Well well well...
Left: my book Slaying Brexit Unicorns, published in October 2019.
Right: Telegraph headline, a few days ago.
Don't say we didn't know. It was always going to be thus.
(Link to my book below, just in case you're curious...)
www.amazon.co.uk/Slaying-Brex...
Left: my book Slaying Brexit Unicorns, published in October 2019.
Right: Telegraph headline, a few days ago.
Don't say we didn't know. It was always going to be thus.
(Link to my book below, just in case you're curious...)
www.amazon.co.uk/Slaying-Brex...
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If you're going to drop into every post and reply "So what? Who's going to do something about it?", the answer is YOU. YOU are going to do something about it. YOU are the consequences. Stop waiting for someone else to save you.
December 28, 2025 at 7:34 PM
If you're going to drop into every post and reply "So what? Who's going to do something about it?", the answer is YOU. YOU are going to do something about it. YOU are the consequences. Stop waiting for someone else to save you.
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America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
December 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
America's richest 10% now hold 60% of the nation's wealth.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
The bottom half of America? It holds just 6%.
Wealth inequality is eating this country alive.
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This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
December 27, 2025 at 9:42 AM
This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.
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Need to get out the house for Boxing Day? Binge podcast accompaniment needed? Well in case you missed it in September, can I recommend my special documentary series, Coining It.
Guarantee: you’ll be gripped from the start…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Guarantee: you’ll be gripped from the start…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
1. Things Get Weird in Blackpool | Coining It
Podcast Episode · Coining It · S2 E1 · 33m
podcasts.apple.com
December 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Need to get out the house for Boxing Day? Binge podcast accompaniment needed? Well in case you missed it in September, can I recommend my special documentary series, Coining It.
Guarantee: you’ll be gripped from the start…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
Guarantee: you’ll be gripped from the start…
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/c...
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I think the problem with Sir James Dyson- guest editor of the Today Programme today- is that he genuinely thinks that "inventive spirit" is enough to run an economy on. We can't all be entrepreneurs. We can't all invent a revolutionary new product. Also, for a "futurist" he's massively nostalgic.-
December 26, 2025 at 8:16 AM
I think the problem with Sir James Dyson- guest editor of the Today Programme today- is that he genuinely thinks that "inventive spirit" is enough to run an economy on. We can't all be entrepreneurs. We can't all invent a revolutionary new product. Also, for a "futurist" he's massively nostalgic.-
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In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
December 23, 2025 at 9:18 PM
In 2023 I became obsessed with videos of dads in cargo shortswaiting in parking lots during Taylor Swift's Eras Tour. So when she came to town, I grabbed a camera and headed down to talk to them. I thought it'd be funny. It turned out to be something else entirely.
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Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
December 24, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway.
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything.
Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨
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MAGA Zoomers didn't get there by themselves: Meta, YouTube, X pushed them there.
As long as we let the tech companies have unregulated, nontransparent algorithms, as long as they don't give people—and PARENTS—tools to improve their feeds, we're going to breed monsters
As long as we let the tech companies have unregulated, nontransparent algorithms, as long as they don't give people—and PARENTS—tools to improve their feeds, we're going to breed monsters
From the right-wing Manhattan Institute's focus group of Gen Z conservatives -- just jaw-dropping stuff. We have a very sick society. www.city-journal.org/article/manh...
December 19, 2025 at 7:48 PM
MAGA Zoomers didn't get there by themselves: Meta, YouTube, X pushed them there.
As long as we let the tech companies have unregulated, nontransparent algorithms, as long as they don't give people—and PARENTS—tools to improve their feeds, we're going to breed monsters
As long as we let the tech companies have unregulated, nontransparent algorithms, as long as they don't give people—and PARENTS—tools to improve their feeds, we're going to breed monsters
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The algorithms aren't just breeding monsters on the right, or even pushing people to the right, though they are certainly doing that.
They reward rage and nihilism and disinformation of all kinds.
And nobody is helping kids understand that.
They reward rage and nihilism and disinformation of all kinds.
And nobody is helping kids understand that.
December 19, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The algorithms aren't just breeding monsters on the right, or even pushing people to the right, though they are certainly doing that.
They reward rage and nihilism and disinformation of all kinds.
And nobody is helping kids understand that.
They reward rage and nihilism and disinformation of all kinds.
And nobody is helping kids understand that.
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2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
Fascintern Media
We are facing a coordinated international fascist movement that works with explicit backing from Moscow, Washington, and tech monopolies, and is propagating itself through its own media apparatus. Yet...
berjon.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 PM
2025 is coming to end and some people who claim not to be fascists are still associating themselves with fascist outlets like X.
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
I claim, perhaps charitably, that it's because they don't understand how the internet works. Either way, this needs to change.
berjon.com/fascintern-m...
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Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
myeu.uk – see what the EU has done for you
The EU invests around £5 billion a year in the UK. Search by your address or postcode to see some of the investments near you.
www.myeu.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Christ, this is heartbreaking. Looking around my bit of Cornwall... the sheer scale of what was thrown away... millions for farmers, hundreds of thousands for schools, more hundreds for young people and culture and...
www.myeu.uk
www.myeu.uk
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As winter flooding looms, it's worth noting that a young street tree in an asphalt surface can prevent 60% of the rain that falls on it from reaching the ground, even when not in leaf.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
November 18, 2025 at 6:14 PM
As winter flooding looms, it's worth noting that a young street tree in an asphalt surface can prevent 60% of the rain that falls on it from reaching the ground, even when not in leaf.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
Increasing the low levels of urban tree cover should be a strategic national priority.
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In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
Information underpins democracy and the BBC is a key part of that.
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
We need to protect our institutions
open.substack.com/pub/christin...
Information underpins Democracy – why the BBC must be defended
Recent events at the BBC have wide-reaching implications for our democracy - and the sooner we realise it, the better
open.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
In response to some of the comments:
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
If you agree with *all* the reporting of a news organisation that is both independent *and* non-partisan, then it's very unlikely to be independent and non-partisan.
This is true regardless of your politics.
Agreeing with all its reporting is the wrong test
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The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
To fix the BBC, focus on competence and cash
Corporation fails to learn from criticism, while politicians have consciously reduced its scope for quality journalism
www.ft.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The impossible dream some people on the British right are chasing is that you can have a BBC News operation that retreats from detail and expertise, that takes dictation from the government, but this will only create incompetence and failure when it suits you:
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Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
Australia has so much solar that it's offering everyone free electricity
Australia's extensive solar power penetration makes so much energy that the government wants to offer free electricity at peak hours.
electrek.co
November 6, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Australia has so much electricity from solar power that it is going to start offering free electricity to everyone for at least three hours during the day as the wholesale price of power goes negative
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
electrek.co/2025/11/04/a...
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A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
October 31, 2025 at 10:22 AM
A woman is killed by a man every 3 days in the UK...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
78% are murdered by a partner/ex
Yet not once have I heard Reform talk about this
Not once have I heard them back measures to protect women’s safety
In fact, they voted against them...
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Many constituents will be concerned about friends & family in Jamaica.
The Foreign Office has set up a crisis centre to provide assistance.
To all British nationals in Jamaica please register your presence with @FCDOGovUK & follow local advice.
www.register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/jamaica-2025...
The Foreign Office has set up a crisis centre to provide assistance.
To all British nationals in Jamaica please register your presence with @FCDOGovUK & follow local advice.
www.register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/jamaica-2025...
October 28, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Many constituents will be concerned about friends & family in Jamaica.
The Foreign Office has set up a crisis centre to provide assistance.
To all British nationals in Jamaica please register your presence with @FCDOGovUK & follow local advice.
www.register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/jamaica-2025...
The Foreign Office has set up a crisis centre to provide assistance.
To all British nationals in Jamaica please register your presence with @FCDOGovUK & follow local advice.
www.register.service.csd.fcdo.gov.uk/jamaica-2025...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
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Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.
Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
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Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
SHARE!
October 1, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Javier Milei had to beg a bail-out and already needs another. Argentina's economy is in a tailspin. Gov't bonds and peso in freefall. People starving, throwing rocks at him.
Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
SHARE!
Farage last year: "He's amazing. It's Thatcherism on steroids. Cutting and slashing expenditure. That's leadership."
SHARE!
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Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
The Covid Contracts: Follow the Money review – a devastating picture of the biggest spending scandal ever
This rigorous look at the Tories’ ‘VIP lane’ for PPE suppliers during Covid raises questions about the motivations of those involved – ones that are almost too disgusting to contemplate
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 5:52 AM
Small boats: TV coverage - day after day after day after day....
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
PPE scandal: TV coverage - let's stick this powerful, enraging documentary on at quarter past ten on a Sunday night.
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"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress
September 10, 2025 at 7:38 AM
"My school saves thousands of pounds every year from those solar panels." The TUC directly takes on Reform, a party funded by the fossil fuel Industry. Posted on IG by tradesunioncongress