Chris Hunter
@chrisdhunter.bsky.social
EUphile, wine lover, slave to two cats
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I could’ve sworn the Telegraph led accusations of the BBC skewing its news output but that can’t be right
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I could’ve sworn the Telegraph led accusations of the BBC skewing its news output but that can’t be right
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I believe anyone could have done better than Johnson.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.
November 20, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I believe anyone could have done better than Johnson.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.
Here's a quiz I made to prove it.
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Let’s have a look at a crazy Twitter to newspaper pipeline story and debunk as we go! 🔎👍🏼
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
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16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
🧵1/26
November 18, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Let’s have a look at a crazy Twitter to newspaper pipeline story and debunk as we go! 🔎👍🏼
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
🧵1/26
16th Nov the “Britain is Broken” account shared the following post claiming “Tesco are no longer celebrating Christmas”
With a picture of their “Evergreen” Trees
2.2Million views to date🙄
🧵1/26
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This cartoon gets more and more relevant with every passing day
November 18, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This cartoon gets more and more relevant with every passing day
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Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Look, for fuck’s sake, humans have been migrating continuously for our entire existence.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Every single human in the world is the product of migration.
It’s what humans do. There is nothing *more* human.
That’s never going to change.
Just grow up, get the fuck over it and plan accordingly.
Really looking forward to hearing @seasideferry.bsky.social talking at the Folkestone Book Festival on Wednesday. A seaside town steeped in history, always keen to hear new interpretations.
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/the...
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/the...
The Buildings that Shaped Folkestone with Dr Kathryn Ferry - Creative Folkestone
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Really looking forward to hearing @seasideferry.bsky.social talking at the Folkestone Book Festival on Wednesday. A seaside town steeped in history, always keen to hear new interpretations.
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/the...
www.creativefolkestone.org.uk/whats-on/the...
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Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Ah the 1970s.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
Stagflation, three day weeks, collapsing infrastructure. Civil War in Northern Ireland. In yer face racism and bigotry everywhere. Bin strikes. Strikes in general. Blackouts. Industrial decline. Wage inequality. Dog crap everywhere. And households spent 25% of their income on food.
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"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
November 8, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"Seizing Brexit opportunities to deregulate" was mostly unspecified magic fairy pixie bullshit then, and it's not going to get any more realistic in the hands of a bunch of Reform clowns who don't know how anything works, don't care to learn and disdain anyone that might.
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There has been much speculation about the Grade II-listed building's future
Read more here: www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/n...
Read more here: www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/n...
November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
There has been much speculation about the Grade II-listed building's future
Read more here: www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/n...
Read more here: www.kentonline.co.uk/folkestone/n...
A week on from the end of BST and the cats are still WHY IS BREAKFAST AN HOUR LATE?
November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
A week on from the end of BST and the cats are still WHY IS BREAKFAST AN HOUR LATE?
A bison calf only a couple of days old at Blean Woods, part of the Wildwood experimental introduction of a herd of bison to a large area of woodland to see how they increase biodiversity and all that woke stuff.
October 18, 2025 at 11:53 PM
A bison calf only a couple of days old at Blean Woods, part of the Wildwood experimental introduction of a herd of bison to a large area of woodland to see how they increase biodiversity and all that woke stuff.
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On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
October 10, 2025 at 9:05 AM
On #BBCQT - Fiona Bruce said that the audience and public didn't want to press Reform UK on their dodgy links to Russia.
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
I disagree.
RT if you agree it's in the public interest for Reform to explain about their links to Russian money and bribery!
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Next time Farage or one of his mates is on Question Time getting applause for stopping/reversing immigration, may I suggest the following riposte:
'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1
'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1
September 30, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Next time Farage or one of his mates is on Question Time getting applause for stopping/reversing immigration, may I suggest the following riposte:
'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1
'Everyone who just applauded needs to think hard what they were applauding. Without significant immigration, this country will become a catastrophe.' /1
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Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock, Scott Lincicome argues. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.
America’s Perón
Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Decades of personalist rule turned Argentina into a global economic laughingstock, Scott Lincicome argues. Donald Trump seems to have misunderstood the lesson.
The old garden swing on a tree IT gag about what the customer wanted, what the analyst designed, what the engineer implemented etc etc has been around for over half a century. The principle still applies in these wondrous days of AI...
I saw a web developer saying, "So, all my client needs to be able to replace me with AI is to be able to clearly and concisely write down exactly what he needs? OK then I don't need to worry."
September 4, 2025 at 12:01 AM
The old garden swing on a tree IT gag about what the customer wanted, what the analyst designed, what the engineer implemented etc etc has been around for over half a century. The principle still applies in these wondrous days of AI...
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Oh the humanity!
September 1, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Oh the humanity!
A fantastic day at Ashford Maintenance Depot to celebrate 200 years of railways.
#Railway200
@serailway.bsky.social
#Railway200
@serailway.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 4:01 PM
A fantastic day at Ashford Maintenance Depot to celebrate 200 years of railways.
#Railway200
@serailway.bsky.social
#Railway200
@serailway.bsky.social
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Very interesting statistics.
As you can see, the number of visitors affected by 90/180 is literally miniscule.
The number of people who want to spend 91 rather than 89 days is tiny, and the extra spend - the benefit to Spain - is microscopic.
1
H/t @quieroserabuela.bsky.social
As you can see, the number of visitors affected by 90/180 is literally miniscule.
The number of people who want to spend 91 rather than 89 days is tiny, and the extra spend - the benefit to Spain - is microscopic.
1
H/t @quieroserabuela.bsky.social
August 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Very interesting statistics.
As you can see, the number of visitors affected by 90/180 is literally miniscule.
The number of people who want to spend 91 rather than 89 days is tiny, and the extra spend - the benefit to Spain - is microscopic.
1
H/t @quieroserabuela.bsky.social
As you can see, the number of visitors affected by 90/180 is literally miniscule.
The number of people who want to spend 91 rather than 89 days is tiny, and the extra spend - the benefit to Spain - is microscopic.
1
H/t @quieroserabuela.bsky.social
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People can feel sympathy for Lucy Connolly over the scale of sentence she got after pleading guilty.
But the appeal found her evidence demonstrably not credible on what she knew/did not know about the sentence before her guilty plea.
Her media interviews repeat those false claims
But the appeal found her evidence demonstrably not credible on what she knew/did not know about the sentence before her guilty plea.
Her media interviews repeat those false claims
August 23, 2025 at 9:15 AM
People can feel sympathy for Lucy Connolly over the scale of sentence she got after pleading guilty.
But the appeal found her evidence demonstrably not credible on what she knew/did not know about the sentence before her guilty plea.
Her media interviews repeat those false claims
But the appeal found her evidence demonstrably not credible on what she knew/did not know about the sentence before her guilty plea.
Her media interviews repeat those false claims
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Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation.
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Epping asylum hotel CLOSED BY MOB RULE? Where should they go?
YouTube video by Zoe Gardner
www.youtube.com
August 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Last night fighting an ex Liz Truss minister (for goodness sake) on Newsnight about what to do about asylum accommodation.
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
Pitch forks are dictating UK asylum policy now. 🤦♀️
My thanks as always to the brilliant @implausibleblog.bsky.social for the clip ❤️🙏 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8auh...
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MP3, the file extension that revolutionised the music industry, is 30!
The audio codec that led to the rise of the iPod & Napster was created by a team at @fraunhofer.bsky.social IIS and named mp3 in July 1995 after an internal email poll.
The first song saved to mp3: Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner.
The audio codec that led to the rise of the iPod & Napster was created by a team at @fraunhofer.bsky.social IIS and named mp3 in July 1995 after an internal email poll.
The first song saved to mp3: Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner.
July 29, 2025 at 11:05 AM
MP3, the file extension that revolutionised the music industry, is 30!
The audio codec that led to the rise of the iPod & Napster was created by a team at @fraunhofer.bsky.social IIS and named mp3 in July 1995 after an internal email poll.
The first song saved to mp3: Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner.
The audio codec that led to the rise of the iPod & Napster was created by a team at @fraunhofer.bsky.social IIS and named mp3 in July 1995 after an internal email poll.
The first song saved to mp3: Suzanne Vega's Tom's Diner.
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One of those headlines that could only have appeared in the Onion a few years ago, now is apparently a genuine quote.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Kemi Badenoch: Argentinian president Javier Milei would be ‘template’ for my government
Tory leader says she can fulfil same role as Milei, a far-right leader promising big cuts to public spending
www.theguardian.com
July 24, 2025 at 11:24 AM
One of those headlines that could only have appeared in the Onion a few years ago, now is apparently a genuine quote.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Following Braverman’s lead, I am going to rewrite my mortgage contract with my bank, stripping out my obligation to pay interest or repay the loan, and replacing them with obligations on the the bank to pay for repairs on my home.
July 20, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Following Braverman’s lead, I am going to rewrite my mortgage contract with my bank, stripping out my obligation to pay interest or repay the loan, and replacing them with obligations on the the bank to pay for repairs on my home.
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1970s employment rate: 72%
Today’s employment rate: 75%
Today’s employment rate: 75%
The 1970s are remembered for many reasons. ‘Work ethic’ is not one of them.
July 14, 2025 at 8:42 AM
1970s employment rate: 72%
Today’s employment rate: 75%
Today’s employment rate: 75%
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