Chris
@chr1stopherleo.bsky.social
Posting mostly about politics, running & occasionally Eurovision 🏃♂️ 🇬🇧 🏴 🇪🇺 🏳️🌈
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Reform's vetting failed. Now its leadership is failing too. 👎
Tice was asked to condemn Gibbins's racist comments today and couldn't do it.
📎 Our original investigation: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/01/m...
Tice was asked to condemn Gibbins's racist comments today and couldn't do it.
📎 Our original investigation: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/01/m...
May 10, 2026 at 3:08 PM
Reform's vetting failed. Now its leadership is failing too. 👎
Tice was asked to condemn Gibbins's racist comments today and couldn't do it.
📎 Our original investigation: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/01/m...
Tice was asked to condemn Gibbins's racist comments today and couldn't do it.
📎 Our original investigation: hopenothate.org.uk/2026/05/01/m...
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Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
January 29, 2026 at 10:55 PM
Konstantin Kisin straight up lying on #bbcqt
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
Douglas Alexander: “When Fraser Nelson put it to you that Rishi Sunak is absolutely english… you said “he’s a brown Hindu, how is he english?”
Kisin: “No, that’s not what I said...”
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The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
January 25, 2026 at 5:39 PM
The killing of Alex Pretti is a heartbreaking tragedy. It should also be a wake-up call to every American, regardless of party, that many of our core values as a nation are increasingly under assault.
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In Nazi Germany they used to throw peaceful protestors on the ground, pepper spray them and then shoot them 9 times.
Oh sorry, I meant the USA.
Oh sorry, I meant the USA.
January 25, 2026 at 8:25 PM
In Nazi Germany they used to throw peaceful protestors on the ground, pepper spray them and then shoot them 9 times.
Oh sorry, I meant the USA.
Oh sorry, I meant the USA.
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The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
January 25, 2026 at 6:11 PM
The Washington Post published a clear video of federal agents removing Alex Pretti's handgun moments before he was fatally shot. There's nothing in the video to suggest Pretti even reached for his weapon.
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
wapo.st/49Zqv1L
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The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
January 25, 2026 at 4:26 AM
The people who spent years defending and even lionizing Kyle Rittenhouse and Ashli Babbitt now want us to believe that an unarmed mother in her car and a disarmed nurse were domestic terrorists who deserved to be murdered by law enforcement.
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A reminder that Rosindell claimed more than £125,000 in second home expenses for a flat in London, while designating his childhood home 17 miles away - where his mother lived - as his main address.
https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-mp-andrew-rosindell-defects-to-reform-uk-13496013
https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-mp-andrew-rosindell-defects-to-reform-uk-13496013
Defection of Tory MP Andrew Rosindell to Reform leaves Kemi Badenoch in an uncomfortable position
The MP for Romford announced he had decided to resign from his position as a shadow foreign office minister, days after
news.sky.com
January 19, 2026 at 8:39 PM
A reminder that Rosindell claimed more than £125,000 in second home expenses for a flat in London, while designating his childhood home 17 miles away - where his mother lived - as his main address.
https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-mp-andrew-rosindell-defects-to-reform-uk-13496013
https://news.sky.com/story/conservative-mp-andrew-rosindell-defects-to-reform-uk-13496013
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"One of Us" was ABBA's final parting single - so we've adapted it into a 🎶 parody we're calling "Exodus" to reflect on the urinary trickle of Tory departures to Reform UK, most notably two driplets this week from the very bottom of the last government's barrel.
youtu.be/GRQrQr198to
youtu.be/GRQrQr198to
"Exodus" - Marsh Family parody of "One of Us" by ABBA - about failed Tories defecting to Reform UK
YouTube video by Marsh Family
youtu.be
January 17, 2026 at 10:38 PM
"One of Us" was ABBA's final parting single - so we've adapted it into a 🎶 parody we're calling "Exodus" to reflect on the urinary trickle of Tory departures to Reform UK, most notably two driplets this week from the very bottom of the last government's barrel.
youtu.be/GRQrQr198to
youtu.be/GRQrQr198to
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Every defector Farage unveils, swears up-and-down that they made no deal.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
January 15, 2026 at 8:32 PM
Every defector Farage unveils, swears up-and-down that they made no deal.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
Farage cocked up today and pulled back that curtain. A huge unforced error.
Incredibly, when - rightly - pressed about it, he pretended, to journalists' faces, that he had never said what he said TO THEM an hour earlier.
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A reminder that when Robert Jenrick was running for Conservative party leader he accepted £25,000 from a firm controlled by a sanctioned Oligarch.
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
Robert Jenrick Accepted £25,000 Donation from Firm Controlled by Sanctioned Oligarch
The Conservative leadership candidate received the money from a company controlled by billionaire Sir Len Blavatnik - who has been sanctioned by the Ukrainian government
bylinetimes.com
January 15, 2026 at 6:42 PM
A reminder that when Robert Jenrick was running for Conservative party leader he accepted £25,000 from a firm controlled by a sanctioned Oligarch.
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
He should fit in well
bylinetimes.com/2024/10/17/r...
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I’m delighted to welcome Robert Jenrick to Reform UK - we need more people like him with strongly held principles. The sort of principle that led him to overrule a planning decision to save a billionaire pornographer £45m in exchange for a £12,000 donation.
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I’m delighted to welcome Robert Jenrick to Reform UK - we need more people like him with strongly held principles. The sort of principle that led him to overrule a planning decision to save a billionaire pornographer £45m in exchange for a £12,000 donation.
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Nigel Farage has welcomed TWO known fraudsters into Reform UK in less than a week!
Robert Jenrick ADMITTED to unlawfully helping a Tory donor avoid paying £45M to a council.
Nadhim Zahawi had to pay £5M to HMRC for not paying his taxes!
IT'S A GANG!
Robert Jenrick ADMITTED to unlawfully helping a Tory donor avoid paying £45M to a council.
Nadhim Zahawi had to pay £5M to HMRC for not paying his taxes!
IT'S A GANG!
Farage welcomes Robert Jenrick to Reform UK - Conservatives 2.0
YouTube video by Femi - F Politics!
youtu.be
January 15, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Nigel Farage has welcomed TWO known fraudsters into Reform UK in less than a week!
Robert Jenrick ADMITTED to unlawfully helping a Tory donor avoid paying £45M to a council.
Nadhim Zahawi had to pay £5M to HMRC for not paying his taxes!
IT'S A GANG!
Robert Jenrick ADMITTED to unlawfully helping a Tory donor avoid paying £45M to a council.
Nadhim Zahawi had to pay £5M to HMRC for not paying his taxes!
IT'S A GANG!
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Jenrick "put more people in hotels than even this Labour government!"
Nigel says ... as he totally destroys the "fraud" Robert Jenrick MP....
Who er just defected to Reform
Nigel says ... as he totally destroys the "fraud" Robert Jenrick MP....
Who er just defected to Reform
January 15, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Jenrick "put more people in hotels than even this Labour government!"
Nigel says ... as he totally destroys the "fraud" Robert Jenrick MP....
Who er just defected to Reform
Nigel says ... as he totally destroys the "fraud" Robert Jenrick MP....
Who er just defected to Reform
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Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...
January 15, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Robert Jenrick: an apology. thecritic.co.uk/fran...
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“But the enjoyable thing about #Jenrick has always been that he was totally transparent. That enjoyment is only increased by his apparent conviction that his manoeuvrings are completely invisible to the rest of us..Like so many MPs, he thinks he’s Francis Urquhart, when in fact he’s Baldrick.” 👏🏻👏🏻
January 15, 2026 at 9:29 PM
“But the enjoyable thing about #Jenrick has always been that he was totally transparent. That enjoyment is only increased by his apparent conviction that his manoeuvrings are completely invisible to the rest of us..Like so many MPs, he thinks he’s Francis Urquhart, when in fact he’s Baldrick.” 👏🏻👏🏻
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Yesterday's Scottish Budget had a flagship policy: an increase in income tax thresholds. It's being widely reported as a cut in income tax for low earners.
That isn't really correct.
Four quick thoughts on a very peculiar tax cut.
That isn't really correct.
Four quick thoughts on a very peculiar tax cut.
January 14, 2026 at 9:45 AM
Yesterday's Scottish Budget had a flagship policy: an increase in income tax thresholds. It's being widely reported as a cut in income tax for low earners.
That isn't really correct.
Four quick thoughts on a very peculiar tax cut.
That isn't really correct.
Four quick thoughts on a very peculiar tax cut.
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BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
January 15, 2026 at 6:44 AM
BBC report at a headline level that Grok will now not make sexually exploitative images any more. An actual reporter comes on and explains that it will do no such thing, and will just make the images invisible in the UK. These are two very, very different things.
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Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen,
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
January 13, 2026 at 4:13 PM
Greenland’s Prime Minister Jens-Frederik Nielsen,
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
"Now we are faced with a geopolitical crisis, and if we have to choose between the USA and Denmark here and now, we will choose Denmark"
"We choose NATO"
"We choose the Kingdom of Denmark"
"We choose the EU"
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Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
January 13, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Greenland PM Jens-Frederik Nielsen:
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
"If we have to choose between the US & Denmark here and now, we choose Denmark. We choose NATO. We choose the Kingdom of Denmark. We choose the EU."
"Greenland does not want to be owned by the US. Greenland does not want to be governed by the US" he later added.
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In an amazing coup, Reform have a star defector, the self-described most popular politician in Britain! It's... hang on, have I got this right... Nadhim Zahawi?
thecritic.co.uk/zaha...
thecritic.co.uk/zaha...
January 12, 2026 at 5:47 PM
In an amazing coup, Reform have a star defector, the self-described most popular politician in Britain! It's... hang on, have I got this right... Nadhim Zahawi?
thecritic.co.uk/zaha...
thecritic.co.uk/zaha...
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“It seems unlikely not to have occurred to [Farage] that the reason he is so popular… is that so many people have had enough not just of people like Zahawi, but in this case, people who literally are Zahawi”
Here’s to hoping their piss-taking opportunism does for them both.
(Times sketch)
Here’s to hoping their piss-taking opportunism does for them both.
(Times sketch)
January 13, 2026 at 7:22 AM
“It seems unlikely not to have occurred to [Farage] that the reason he is so popular… is that so many people have had enough not just of people like Zahawi, but in this case, people who literally are Zahawi”
Here’s to hoping their piss-taking opportunism does for them both.
(Times sketch)
Here’s to hoping their piss-taking opportunism does for them both.
(Times sketch)
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Left: Nigel Farage's Reform UK announcing Nadhim Zahawi has joined them
Right: Conservatives posting tweets of Nadhim Zahawi say he would be die a Conservative, and that he would be frightened to live in a country run by Nigel Farage
UK politics is imploding
Right: Conservatives posting tweets of Nadhim Zahawi say he would be die a Conservative, and that he would be frightened to live in a country run by Nigel Farage
UK politics is imploding
January 12, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Left: Nigel Farage's Reform UK announcing Nadhim Zahawi has joined them
Right: Conservatives posting tweets of Nadhim Zahawi say he would be die a Conservative, and that he would be frightened to live in a country run by Nigel Farage
UK politics is imploding
Right: Conservatives posting tweets of Nadhim Zahawi say he would be die a Conservative, and that he would be frightened to live in a country run by Nigel Farage
UK politics is imploding
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Left: Karoline Leavitt says that Renee Nicole Good was a lunatic
Right: Renee Nicole Good after the first ICE car drove past, greeting the second ICE officer who stepped out of his car towards her, "That's fine dude, I'm not mad at you"
Right: Renee Nicole Good after the first ICE car drove past, greeting the second ICE officer who stepped out of his car towards her, "That's fine dude, I'm not mad at you"
January 12, 2026 at 9:13 PM
Left: Karoline Leavitt says that Renee Nicole Good was a lunatic
Right: Renee Nicole Good after the first ICE car drove past, greeting the second ICE officer who stepped out of his car towards her, "That's fine dude, I'm not mad at you"
Right: Renee Nicole Good after the first ICE car drove past, greeting the second ICE officer who stepped out of his car towards her, "That's fine dude, I'm not mad at you"
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Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.
January 12, 2026 at 11:25 AM
Nadim Zahawi arrived in the UK from Iraq as a child refugee. His family claimed asylum once they were here. Today he has joined Reform who will stop all in country asylum applications. Under his new party, his own family fleeing persecution would be immediately deported.