chris_foreverf
@chris-foreverf.bsky.social
development sage and sounding board. Dislike of both dishonest politics and fanatically blind tribalism.Not politically affiliated. Maverick . Remainer.
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It’s the Labour “left” that is the problem for Starmer , not Reform..
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
It’s impossible for Starmer to fight the media feeding the public propaganda to create news. Perhaps those MPs should all be doing a better job in their constituencies to better promote Labour and stave off Reform.
"This is the increasing worry among many Labour MPs and ministers: they see Starmer as simply unable to resurrect the party and hold off what is viewed by them as the utterly terrifying prospect of a Reform government.
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
It’s the Labour “left” that is the problem for Starmer , not Reform..
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
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Nearly 60,000 migrants and criminals deported since Labour came to power, Home Office says trib.al/4nFR56i
‘Nearly 60,000 migrants and criminals deported’ since Labour came to power
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she would “scale up” the number of deportations even further
trib.al
February 5, 2026 at 10:46 PM
Nearly 60,000 migrants and criminals deported since Labour came to power, Home Office says trib.al/4nFR56i
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Of course this isn’t evidence of anything the UK voted for.
This is just evidence of what the UK government decided to do to us.
That’s the mistake you’re making there.
This is just evidence of what the UK government decided to do to us.
That’s the mistake you’re making there.
Here's a useful reminder that this is exactly what the UK voted for (over and over again).
February 2, 2026 at 1:08 AM
Of course this isn’t evidence of anything the UK voted for.
This is just evidence of what the UK government decided to do to us.
That’s the mistake you’re making there.
This is just evidence of what the UK government decided to do to us.
That’s the mistake you’re making there.
King Charles accused of hypocrisy after 12 foxes 'strung up like trophies' on his land - Daily Record
February 2, 2026 at 12:36 AM
King Charles accused of hypocrisy after 12 foxes 'strung up like trophies' on his land - Daily Record
Check out this article: www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/u...
How two federal agents escalated an encounter with Alex Pretti into a deadly shooting | CNN
The aggressive actions of two federal agents transformed the encounter into a deadly shooting, a CNN analysis of video has found.
www.cnn.com
January 30, 2026 at 1:14 AM
Check out this article: www.cnn.com/2026/01/29/u...
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What’s happening with ICE in America could happen in Britain, too
What’s happening with ICE in America could happen in Britain, too
What’s happening with ICE in America could happen in Britain, too
www.independent.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 2:00 PM
What’s happening with ICE in America could happen in Britain, too
It’s the Labour “left” that is the problem for Starmer , not Reform..
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
It’s impossible for Starmer to fight the media feeding the public propaganda to create news. Perhaps those MPs should all be doing a better job in their constituencies to better promote Labour and stave off Reform.
"This is the increasing worry among many Labour MPs and ministers: they see Starmer as simply unable to resurrect the party and hold off what is viewed by them as the utterly terrifying prospect of a Reform government.
January 25, 2026 at 11:15 PM
It’s the Labour “left” that is the problem for Starmer , not Reform..
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
Those on the left should simply get behind and support Starmer as their leader , and not spend their energy taking constant potshot’s
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It’s impossible for Starmer to fight the media feeding the public propaganda to create news. Perhaps those MPs should all be doing a better job in their constituencies to better promote Labour and stave off Reform.
"This is the increasing worry among many Labour MPs and ministers: they see Starmer as simply unable to resurrect the party and hold off what is viewed by them as the utterly terrifying prospect of a Reform government.
January 25, 2026 at 9:59 PM
It’s impossible for Starmer to fight the media feeding the public propaganda to create news. Perhaps those MPs should all be doing a better job in their constituencies to better promote Labour and stave off Reform.
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NEW: Andy Burnham blocked for standing in the Denton by-election.
8-1 against.
Lucy Powell only vote in favour.
8-1 against.
Lucy Powell only vote in favour.
January 25, 2026 at 12:04 PM
NEW: Andy Burnham blocked for standing in the Denton by-election.
8-1 against.
Lucy Powell only vote in favour.
8-1 against.
Lucy Powell only vote in favour.
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No one comes out of this well. Starmer for annoying enough people that 'Call for Andy' has serious momentum such that blocking it creates a backlash.
Burnham for showing astonishing lack of foresight in not realising if he wanted back into national politics he had to get back in parliament in 2024.
Burnham for showing astonishing lack of foresight in not realising if he wanted back into national politics he had to get back in parliament in 2024.
Burnham openly gunned for Keir Starmer’s job just a few months ago. He barely even tried to offer a plausible narrative for wanting to return to Westminster except to be better positioned to mount a challenge.
Some of the indignation here feels OTT, whatever you think of Starmer.
Some of the indignation here feels OTT, whatever you think of Starmer.
January 25, 2026 at 12:48 PM
No one comes out of this well. Starmer for annoying enough people that 'Call for Andy' has serious momentum such that blocking it creates a backlash.
Burnham for showing astonishing lack of foresight in not realising if he wanted back into national politics he had to get back in parliament in 2024.
Burnham for showing astonishing lack of foresight in not realising if he wanted back into national politics he had to get back in parliament in 2024.
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Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, tells the UK parliament, "All men are created equal.. Every person has dignity and value.. We built an entire nation on that premise"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
January 20, 2026 at 11:12 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, tells the UK parliament, "All men are created equal.. Every person has dignity and value.. We built an entire nation on that premise"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
Right: RawStory, "ICE forces showering citizen outside into freezing weather in his underwear"
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“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:56 PM
“The old order is not coming back. We should not mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.”
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
As a piece of prose and geopolitical analysis Carney’s Davos speech feels history-making. paulwells.substack.com/p/the-carney...
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Wow! 💥💥💥
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are geopolitically. Carney is a great world leader right now. Exactly the kind of voice we need to listen to!
#Davos2026
[SOUND ON 🔊]
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are geopolitically. Carney is a great world leader right now. Exactly the kind of voice we need to listen to!
#Davos2026
[SOUND ON 🔊]
January 20, 2026 at 7:58 PM
Wow! 💥💥💥
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are geopolitically. Carney is a great world leader right now. Exactly the kind of voice we need to listen to!
#Davos2026
[SOUND ON 🔊]
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are geopolitically. Carney is a great world leader right now. Exactly the kind of voice we need to listen to!
#Davos2026
[SOUND ON 🔊]
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🇪🇺 Macron: "I mean the crazy things is that we can be put in a situation to use the anti-coercion mechanism for the very first time vis-a-vis the US if they put additional tariffs."
"Can you imagine that? This is crazy, but this is a consequence of just unpredictability and useless aggressivity."
"Can you imagine that? This is crazy, but this is a consequence of just unpredictability and useless aggressivity."
January 20, 2026 at 2:10 PM
🇪🇺 Macron: "I mean the crazy things is that we can be put in a situation to use the anti-coercion mechanism for the very first time vis-a-vis the US if they put additional tariffs."
"Can you imagine that? This is crazy, but this is a consequence of just unpredictability and useless aggressivity."
"Can you imagine that? This is crazy, but this is a consequence of just unpredictability and useless aggressivity."
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Chagoos,Lagos,Chogios.
That’s Starmer bashers this morning trying to pronounce ‘Chagos’ when they heard a quote on something or other.
They wouldnt even to be able to point to it on a map,Americans said it was a historic deal last year but now the worst cause their manchild is crying
Wise up Brits.
That’s Starmer bashers this morning trying to pronounce ‘Chagos’ when they heard a quote on something or other.
They wouldnt even to be able to point to it on a map,Americans said it was a historic deal last year but now the worst cause their manchild is crying
Wise up Brits.
January 20, 2026 at 1:39 PM
Chagoos,Lagos,Chogios.
That’s Starmer bashers this morning trying to pronounce ‘Chagos’ when they heard a quote on something or other.
They wouldnt even to be able to point to it on a map,Americans said it was a historic deal last year but now the worst cause their manchild is crying
Wise up Brits.
That’s Starmer bashers this morning trying to pronounce ‘Chagos’ when they heard a quote on something or other.
They wouldnt even to be able to point to it on a map,Americans said it was a historic deal last year but now the worst cause their manchild is crying
Wise up Brits.
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HISTORIANS WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS PERIOD IN US HISTORY AND ASK WHY PEOPLE WHO HAD THE POWER TO STOP HIM CHOSE NOT TO.
• January 6, 2021
Attack on the United States Capitol
• January 7, 2026
Killing of Renee Nicole Good
Thread 1/3🧵
#USJanuary
#HandsOffGreenland
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
• January 6, 2021
Attack on the United States Capitol
• January 7, 2026
Killing of Renee Nicole Good
Thread 1/3🧵
#USJanuary
#HandsOffGreenland
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
January 20, 2026 at 10:40 AM
HISTORIANS WILL LOOK BACK AT THIS PERIOD IN US HISTORY AND ASK WHY PEOPLE WHO HAD THE POWER TO STOP HIM CHOSE NOT TO.
• January 6, 2021
Attack on the United States Capitol
• January 7, 2026
Killing of Renee Nicole Good
Thread 1/3🧵
#USJanuary
#HandsOffGreenland
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
• January 6, 2021
Attack on the United States Capitol
• January 7, 2026
Killing of Renee Nicole Good
Thread 1/3🧵
#USJanuary
#HandsOffGreenland
#TrumpEpsteinCoverUp
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🚨BREAKING FROM MACRON🚨
"Competition from the USA, through trade agreements that openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe"
"Combined with an endless accumulation of new tariffs that are fundamentally unacceptable. Even more so when they are used as leverage against territorial sovereignty."
"Competition from the USA, through trade agreements that openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe"
"Combined with an endless accumulation of new tariffs that are fundamentally unacceptable. Even more so when they are used as leverage against territorial sovereignty."
January 20, 2026 at 1:27 PM
🚨BREAKING FROM MACRON🚨
"Competition from the USA, through trade agreements that openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe"
"Combined with an endless accumulation of new tariffs that are fundamentally unacceptable. Even more so when they are used as leverage against territorial sovereignty."
"Competition from the USA, through trade agreements that openly aim to weaken and subordinate Europe"
"Combined with an endless accumulation of new tariffs that are fundamentally unacceptable. Even more so when they are used as leverage against territorial sovereignty."
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Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Just reflexively oppositional, YOU NEGOTIATED THIS DEAL! If you'd not held the election when you did, Rishi would have signed it. YOU WERE IN THE FOREIGN OFFICE AT THE TIME.
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I talked to Dean our paperboy about the government possibly banning under 16s from social media today.
‘Do you know what Toxic Masculinity is Dean?’ I ask him.
‘Yeh Course I do bruh!’ he replies.
‘It’s that new antiperspirant from Lynx. My Nan bought me some this Christmas.’
🥴
‘Do you know what Toxic Masculinity is Dean?’ I ask him.
‘Yeh Course I do bruh!’ he replies.
‘It’s that new antiperspirant from Lynx. My Nan bought me some this Christmas.’
🥴
January 20, 2026 at 8:10 AM
I talked to Dean our paperboy about the government possibly banning under 16s from social media today.
‘Do you know what Toxic Masculinity is Dean?’ I ask him.
‘Yeh Course I do bruh!’ he replies.
‘It’s that new antiperspirant from Lynx. My Nan bought me some this Christmas.’
🥴
‘Do you know what Toxic Masculinity is Dean?’ I ask him.
‘Yeh Course I do bruh!’ he replies.
‘It’s that new antiperspirant from Lynx. My Nan bought me some this Christmas.’
🥴