@mcchris85.bsky.social
Political & cultural history & memory, national identity. Lots on sport, food & travel. Some disability stuff. Polish/Polski speaker. Views my own.
Some really fascinating materials dating back to the early days of The Royal National Orthopedic Hospital.
The Stanmore site dates to the 1930s & is the UK's first example of a fully accessible site for didabled people.
The ad for the Crippled Boys Training College is especially interesting.
The Stanmore site dates to the 1930s & is the UK's first example of a fully accessible site for didabled people.
The ad for the Crippled Boys Training College is especially interesting.
November 30, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Some really fascinating materials dating back to the early days of The Royal National Orthopedic Hospital.
The Stanmore site dates to the 1930s & is the UK's first example of a fully accessible site for didabled people.
The ad for the Crippled Boys Training College is especially interesting.
The Stanmore site dates to the 1930s & is the UK's first example of a fully accessible site for didabled people.
The ad for the Crippled Boys Training College is especially interesting.
Choose your moron
This is a great exchange for demonstrating how a little knowledge can be misused & abused
This is a great exchange for demonstrating how a little knowledge can be misused & abused
November 30, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Choose your moron
This is a great exchange for demonstrating how a little knowledge can be misused & abused
This is a great exchange for demonstrating how a little knowledge can be misused & abused
This is an excellent corrective to the nonsense spouted by both the government & right wing social media
Cuts to Motability do not save any money, because people still recieve the same PiP
Users pay deposits with their own money & then lose a proportion of their monthly benefit to pay for the cars
Cuts to Motability do not save any money, because people still recieve the same PiP
Users pay deposits with their own money & then lose a proportion of their monthly benefit to pay for the cars
November 30, 2025 at 12:14 AM
This is an excellent corrective to the nonsense spouted by both the government & right wing social media
Cuts to Motability do not save any money, because people still recieve the same PiP
Users pay deposits with their own money & then lose a proportion of their monthly benefit to pay for the cars
Cuts to Motability do not save any money, because people still recieve the same PiP
Users pay deposits with their own money & then lose a proportion of their monthly benefit to pay for the cars
November 29, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I can't wait for them to agree on a policy manifesto
Option B! Option B!
Here are the options for how the leadership of Your Party will work, being voted on by members shortly (results tomorrow)
In short:
Option A = single leader (Corbyn v Sultana, most likely)
Option B = A 'collective' leadership, effectively of three non-MP members from the central committee
In short:
Option A = single leader (Corbyn v Sultana, most likely)
Option B = A 'collective' leadership, effectively of three non-MP members from the central committee
November 29, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I can't wait for them to agree on a policy manifesto
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Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Problem: you have two left wing parties in British politics.
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
Solution: start a new left wing party to unify the movement
Problem: you now have four left wing parties in British politics
No Judean People's Front?
"Your Party asks members to pick between four names: Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many"
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Jeremy Corbyn and Zara Sultana’s Your Party reveals shortlist for official name
Leftwing party asks members to pick between Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For The Many
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
No Judean People's Front?
I bet Liz Truss wishes Corbyn had won a general election
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana boycotts first day of Your Party conference over 'witch hunt' expulsions
Zarah Sultana has boycotted day one of the Your Party Conference over the expulsion of members of left-wing groups.
news.sky.com
November 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
I bet Liz Truss wishes Corbyn had won a general election
The maddest post of the week has just been won & it's not even a contest.
Genuinely impressive set of ideas on show here.
Genuinely impressive set of ideas on show here.
November 29, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The maddest post of the week has just been won & it's not even a contest.
Genuinely impressive set of ideas on show here.
Genuinely impressive set of ideas on show here.
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That would be the US's direct renouncement of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum & its indirect subversion of the 1968 NPT.
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
The US is READY to recognize Russia’s control over Crimea and other occupied territories as part of a potential agreement — The Telegraph
According to the publication, this is the reason Trump sent Witkoff to Russia — with instructions to deliver a “direct proposal” to Putin.
According to the publication, this is the reason Trump sent Witkoff to Russia — with instructions to deliver a “direct proposal” to Putin.
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
That would be the US's direct renouncement of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum & its indirect subversion of the 1968 NPT.
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
First, the US pressures Ukraine to get rid of its nuclear weapons. 30 years later, Washington punishes Ukraine for its naivety to trust in US security assurances.
Blame yourself!
I wonder what all the right wingers who keep saying they wantbto move to Poland thibk about this?
President Nawrocki has signed into law a government bill increasing the corporate income tax rate for banks in Poland.
The measure will provide billions in revenue at a time when Poland is seeking to tackle rapidly rising public debt.
The measure will provide billions in revenue at a time when Poland is seeking to tackle rapidly rising public debt.
Poland raises corporate income tax on banks after president approves government bill
notesfrompoland.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:25 PM
I wonder what all the right wingers who keep saying they wantbto move to Poland thibk about this?
Isn't this also a plotline from Servant of the People?
Breaking news: Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s top aide and closest confidant — who also served as lead negotiator in talks with U.S. officials to reach a peace plan to end Russia’s war — resigned Friday amid a widening corruption probe.
Zelensky’s top aide, lead negotiator resigns amid corruption probe
Andriy Yermak, the head of Ukraine’s presidential office, had emerged as one of the most contentious and powerful figures in the country.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Isn't this also a plotline from Servant of the People?
The one week it'd actually be quite interesting to have Reform on the Question Time panel & they're not there
November 27, 2025 at 5:07 PM
The one week it'd actually be quite interesting to have Reform on the Question Time panel & they're not there
Never thought it would be possible, but I just found an even worse historical take than the one in the video.
November 27, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Never thought it would be possible, but I just found an even worse historical take than the one in the video.
I think this was my biggest issue with the series. Using the past to illustrate & talk about the present is nothing new, but it felt as if doing so both lost the history & skewed it to make it fit modern talking points
November 27, 2025 at 1:08 PM
I think this was my biggest issue with the series. Using the past to illustrate & talk about the present is nothing new, but it felt as if doing so both lost the history & skewed it to make it fit modern talking points
Kraków's Christmas market features heavily in lists of Europe's best, but it's long been a draw mainly for foreign tourists, with prices too high for many locals.
It's also often used as a exemplar by the far right in never needing to take the same safety precautions as markets in Germany & the UK
It's also often used as a exemplar by the far right in never needing to take the same safety precautions as markets in Germany & the UK
Authorities in the southern Polish city of Krakow have installed concrete barriers around its annual Christmas markets, which are popular with locals and tourists, as a precaution against a potential terrorist attack.
Krakow Christmas markets protected by concrete barriers
Other European cities have taken similar steps after a terror attack in Germany last year.
tvpworld.com
November 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Kraków's Christmas market features heavily in lists of Europe's best, but it's long been a draw mainly for foreign tourists, with prices too high for many locals.
It's also often used as a exemplar by the far right in never needing to take the same safety precautions as markets in Germany & the UK
It's also often used as a exemplar by the far right in never needing to take the same safety precautions as markets in Germany & the UK
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Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
November 27, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Remember -
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
Net migration rises: The government has lost control of the borders
Net migration fails: The government has trashed the country so badly that no one wants to come here
I can't remember the last time I watched something which made my brain hurt so much.
November 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
I can't remember the last time I watched something which made my brain hurt so much.
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Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
UK net migration fell to 204,000 in year to June - live updates
Net migration, the difference between those entering and leaving the country, was 345,000 in 2024 according to revised figures.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Net migration fell sharply agaim to 204,000 in the year to June 2025, having been 344k in 2024 and 848k in 2023. But falling immigration has been the biggest secret - and it is time for the media and political debate to catch up with this change
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
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Keep your receipt guys, you’ve been had. That polar bear is, in fact, what’s known as a “cow”.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Keep your receipt guys, you’ve been had. That polar bear is, in fact, what’s known as a “cow”.
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Average guess for asylum is a third of immigration. We make people allocate 100% on a slider to work, study, asylum, family. Get bigger overestimates if just ask for a % (as people's answers would often sum to well over 100%)
bsky.app/profile/brit...
bsky.app/profile/brit...
The public also thinks asylum makes up a much larger share of UK immigration than it does. The average estimate is 33%, while the real figure is about 14%, with far more people arriving for work and study.
November 27, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Average guess for asylum is a third of immigration. We make people allocate 100% on a slider to work, study, asylum, family. Get bigger overestimates if just ask for a % (as people's answers would often sum to well over 100%)
bsky.app/profile/brit...
bsky.app/profile/brit...
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New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 7:54 AM
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
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Renoir painting of son sold for $1.68 million at auction reut.rs/4afmN5D
Renoir painting of son sold for $1.68 million at auction
A rarely seen painting by French impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir, depicting his son and his nursemaid, was sold for 1.45 million euros ($1.68 million) at an auction held by Drouot on Tuesday in Paris.
reut.rs
November 25, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Renoir painting of son sold for $1.68 million at auction reut.rs/4afmN5D
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OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity