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Chris Read

@christophe-read.bsky.social

Labour leader, Rotherham MBC. Deputy Mayor of South Yorkshire. Swinton Rockingham ward councillor. Building a better borough, one day at a time. http://www.chrisread.uk

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Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · 2d ago

Crazy Rupert Lowe has a new angle. Ban folic acid in flour. Follows a mandate that all non-wholemeal wheat flour must be fortified with synthetic folic acid (vitamin B9) by the end of December 2026 to prevent upward of 200 neural tube birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly each year

The official petition to end the mandatory fortification of white flour with folic acid has just hit 100k. Great news. It helps me take the fight to the establishment in Parliament Let's end it. 7:21 pm. 08 0ct26. 271K Views
Otto English@ottoenglish.bsky.social · last wk.

A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."

It does raise this point of two-tiered justice.. Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the sentence handed to the 64-year-old who blew up a ULEZ camera was disproportionate'.
Chris Read@christophe-read.bsky.social · 2w ago

Lee Dixon’s commentary - an endless list of “lots to be proud of”s - as England lose to the team nominally ranked two places above them says a lot about our mentality. As if he’s encouraging the under 11s rather than supposedly serious contenders to be the best in the world.

Cog to Gear@cogtogear.bsky.social · 2w ago

Profound - and a beautiful piece of writing from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

The makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound | Jonathan Freedland

The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland

theguardian.com

Emma Monk@monkemma.bsky.social · 2w ago

🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33

Daily Express headline: "More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens" Above an image of Kemi Badenoch All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
Colin W. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺🇩🇪🌻@grapemanca.bsky.social · 2w ago

ChatGPT "advised Van Rootselaar to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation systems. “Don’t use real-world locations,” ChatGPT said, later adding: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.”"

Clara Jeffery@clarajeffery.bsky.social · 2w ago

We just dropped a bombshell investigation into ChatGPT's role in the Tumbler Ridge mass shooting. Incredible reporting from @markfollman.bsky.social that will have far-reaching effects...hopefully: www.motherjones.com/media/2026/0...

Chris Read@christophe-read.bsky.social · 2w ago

“English” is an “ethnicity” in the same way that being right handed is music and speaking with short vowel sounds is maths. Yorkshire is godliness, obviously.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 2w ago

"Other countries have no qualms in limiting who can be part of their citizenry and use ethnicity and culture as criteria" says Braverman, of Reform. She wants to do that for English (a non-citizenship identity). To do it for citizenship too is a Restore argument that could exclude her