BenInChamonix
@beninchamonix.bsky.social
🇬🇧 living in Chamonix 🇫🇷 | Trail & Ultra Runner | 2 kids | Rescue 🐶 & 🐱 | 🏔️ ⛷️ 🏃♂️ | DCFC 🐏 | Radiohead
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To all the 🌹 reply-guys telling me I MUST VOTE LABOUR:
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
Have my French language (TEF-IRN) assessment today in Annemasse for residency application.
Meant to start at 9am. My computer didn’t work so pushed to 11.30am. Then have the oral test. Dog at home needs walking, kids picking up from school & it’s snowing.
Stress levels uncomfortably elevated!
Meant to start at 9am. My computer didn’t work so pushed to 11.30am. Then have the oral test. Dog at home needs walking, kids picking up from school & it’s snowing.
Stress levels uncomfortably elevated!
November 25, 2025 at 9:50 AM
Have my French language (TEF-IRN) assessment today in Annemasse for residency application.
Meant to start at 9am. My computer didn’t work so pushed to 11.30am. Then have the oral test. Dog at home needs walking, kids picking up from school & it’s snowing.
Stress levels uncomfortably elevated!
Meant to start at 9am. My computer didn’t work so pushed to 11.30am. Then have the oral test. Dog at home needs walking, kids picking up from school & it’s snowing.
Stress levels uncomfortably elevated!
This is a terrific piece that gets to the nub of things. How, in Mahmood’s fantasy, taking rights away from immigrants will somehow appease the racists.
It’s an easier fix than addressing the inequality & economic failures which are actually fuelling division
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s an easier fix than addressing the inequality & economic failures which are actually fuelling division
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 24, 2025 at 8:01 AM
This is a terrific piece that gets to the nub of things. How, in Mahmood’s fantasy, taking rights away from immigrants will somehow appease the racists.
It’s an easier fix than addressing the inequality & economic failures which are actually fuelling division
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It’s an easier fix than addressing the inequality & economic failures which are actually fuelling division
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Quote with your first Bluesky post
(this was actually my 3rd but the first interesting one 👇🏼)
(this was actually my 3rd but the first interesting one 👇🏼)
Autumn has to be my favourite season out here. Quiet trails, nice temperatures, often stunning weather.
Classic trail running route today for my weekend run; Chamonix - Flegere - Grand Balcon Sud - Charlanon - Cham
All with my mate Freddie 🐶
Classic trail running route today for my weekend run; Chamonix - Flegere - Grand Balcon Sud - Charlanon - Cham
All with my mate Freddie 🐶
November 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Quote with your first Bluesky post
(this was actually my 3rd but the first interesting one 👇🏼)
(this was actually my 3rd but the first interesting one 👇🏼)
I promise I’ll stop the ridiculously pretty winter running photos soon
10km / 1 hour / 310m vertical
#runsky #trailrunning #chamonix
10km / 1 hour / 310m vertical
#runsky #trailrunning #chamonix
November 22, 2025 at 2:03 PM
I promise I’ll stop the ridiculously pretty winter running photos soon
10km / 1 hour / 310m vertical
#runsky #trailrunning #chamonix
10km / 1 hour / 310m vertical
#runsky #trailrunning #chamonix
Yep, that’s two sessions that are going to weigh heavy on us. Losing 9 wickets for <100 runs then capitulating with the ball in the face of some aggressive batting.
All the positives of day 1 wiped away with significant additional interest.
All the positives of day 1 wiped away with significant additional interest.
A really good thing about this is that it's the sort of defeat that the touring side carry around with them for the rest of the series like a bucket of cold sick in the corner of the dressing room.
Australia v England: Head blasts hosts to eight-wicket Ashes win in first Test inside two days – live
November 22, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Yep, that’s two sessions that are going to weigh heavy on us. Losing 9 wickets for <100 runs then capitulating with the ball in the face of some aggressive batting.
All the positives of day 1 wiped away with significant additional interest.
All the positives of day 1 wiped away with significant additional interest.
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A really good thing about this is that it's the sort of defeat that the touring side carry around with them for the rest of the series like a bucket of cold sick in the corner of the dressing room.
Australia v England: Head blasts hosts to eight-wicket Ashes win in first Test inside two days – live
Australia v England: Head blasts hosts to eight-wicket Ashes win in first Test inside two days – live
Over-by-over report: The hosts chase down 205 to win the series opener in Perth. Join our writers for reaction
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:59 AM
A really good thing about this is that it's the sort of defeat that the touring side carry around with them for the rest of the series like a bucket of cold sick in the corner of the dressing room.
Mahmood finding any possible excuse for the racists (asylum seekers, immigration) rather than simply calling them out.
And also fails to mention the very obvious link between racism on X being rife & not only going unpunished but being amplified by Musk.
And also fails to mention the very obvious link between racism on X being rife & not only going unpunished but being amplified by Musk.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood made more explicit her argument that when ethnic minorities face racism, "we have no choice but to ask: what is the cause of our division"
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
Her answer is the level of net migration, 2019-23 causes racism. (She on Monday said it was caused by the scale of asylum)
November 21, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Mahmood finding any possible excuse for the racists (asylum seekers, immigration) rather than simply calling them out.
And also fails to mention the very obvious link between racism on X being rife & not only going unpunished but being amplified by Musk.
And also fails to mention the very obvious link between racism on X being rife & not only going unpunished but being amplified by Musk.
A few more centimetres overnight ❄️
November 21, 2025 at 9:13 AM
A few more centimetres overnight ❄️
Short run today, just to check out snow conditions further up the mountain.
Run stats: I just passed 120km of vertical ascent for the ytd (2,535km distance in total). 16% up on last year’s vert so far, aiming for 130,000m+ for the full year
#runsky
#trailrunning
#chamonix
Run stats: I just passed 120km of vertical ascent for the ytd (2,535km distance in total). 16% up on last year’s vert so far, aiming for 130,000m+ for the full year
#runsky
#trailrunning
#chamonix
November 20, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Short run today, just to check out snow conditions further up the mountain.
Run stats: I just passed 120km of vertical ascent for the ytd (2,535km distance in total). 16% up on last year’s vert so far, aiming for 130,000m+ for the full year
#runsky
#trailrunning
#chamonix
Run stats: I just passed 120km of vertical ascent for the ytd (2,535km distance in total). 16% up on last year’s vert so far, aiming for 130,000m+ for the full year
#runsky
#trailrunning
#chamonix
If I didn’t want the likes of Tommy Robinson applauding my immigration plans, I would simply not divise a policy that appealed to the far-right
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Shabana Mahmood hits out at Tommy Robinson’s backing of Labour’s migration policy
Shabana Mahmood has said she finds it “deeply offensive” when MPs quote Tommy Robinson at her in the Commons, after the far-right activist backed the government’s sweeping asylum reforms. Asked about ...
www.independent.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:15 PM
If I didn’t want the likes of Tommy Robinson applauding my immigration plans, I would simply not divise a policy that appealed to the far-right
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
www.independent.co.uk/tv/news/shab...
Only a dusting but enough to make the morning dog walk pretty. More on the way later today ❄️😍
November 20, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Only a dusting but enough to make the morning dog walk pretty. More on the way later today ❄️😍
Couche de soleil (with crane 😂)
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Couche de soleil (with crane 😂)
New read - will report back
November 18, 2025 at 6:26 PM
New read - will report back
November 18, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I think this is an under-reported facet of Mahmood’s speech.
She is basically linking racism to immigration policy, and legitimising racist abuse as the inevitable consequence of ‘insecure’ borders.
How morally bankrupt to use racist abuse to justify hard-right immigration proposals.
She is basically linking racism to immigration policy, and legitimising racist abuse as the inevitable consequence of ‘insecure’ borders.
How morally bankrupt to use racist abuse to justify hard-right immigration proposals.
This from @stephenkb.bsky.social cuts to the heart of the matter. Does the government not understand how toxic this argument is? Do they think they can somehow weaponise it? The last governments at least had the merit not of making this kind of foul claim.
November 18, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I think this is an under-reported facet of Mahmood’s speech.
She is basically linking racism to immigration policy, and legitimising racist abuse as the inevitable consequence of ‘insecure’ borders.
How morally bankrupt to use racist abuse to justify hard-right immigration proposals.
She is basically linking racism to immigration policy, and legitimising racist abuse as the inevitable consequence of ‘insecure’ borders.
How morally bankrupt to use racist abuse to justify hard-right immigration proposals.
Reposted by BenInChamonix
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
November 17, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Six weeks since the PM said Britain faced a choice between decency or division and our bad, obviously, for not understanding that he was in fact Team Division
Reposted by BenInChamonix
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Asylum system in UK ‘out of control’ and dividing country, home secretary says
Shabana Mahmood to unveil new proposals modelled on Denmark’s controversial system
www.theguardian.com
November 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The Prime Minister said in September that we are at a fork in the road. These asylum proposals suggest we have taken the wrong turning.
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The idea that recognised refugees need to be deported is wrong.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
To all the 🌹 reply-guys telling me I MUST VOTE LABOUR:
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
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November 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
To all the 🌹 reply-guys telling me I MUST VOTE LABOUR:
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
1. FPTP - 🌹 have never won in my constituency
2. Never gonna vote for a party that goes full-fash against immigrants
3. Your ‘saviours’ are polling at 17% 😂
4. It’s not a 2 party state
5. Fuck you, random internet person
💥 - after being 12 points down early, England 🏴 take the lead against the All Blacks 🇳🇿
18-12 after 43 minutes
18-12 after 43 minutes
November 15, 2025 at 4:17 PM
💥 - after being 12 points down early, England 🏴 take the lead against the All Blacks 🇳🇿
18-12 after 43 minutes
18-12 after 43 minutes
@quietriotpod.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social my head hurts. Please help me to understand WHY Labour is chasing the same 20% of voters as Reform & the Tories.
It doesn’t seem to make electoral or economic sense, aside from the abject cruelty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It doesn’t seem to make electoral or economic sense, aside from the abject cruelty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:27 AM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social my head hurts. Please help me to understand WHY Labour is chasing the same 20% of voters as Reform & the Tories.
It doesn’t seem to make electoral or economic sense, aside from the abject cruelty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It doesn’t seem to make electoral or economic sense, aside from the abject cruelty.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Vote Labour, get Reform.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Vote Labour, get Reform.
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