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Chris Barratt

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created August 8, 2024

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Great story, but please can someone tell him it's upside down.

1/9/2025, 12:22:12 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Yeah, that's a police job all day long.

31/8/2025, 12:17:11 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Don't hold your breath.

30/8/2025, 4:37:02 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Oh bollocks it is.

29/8/2025, 5:40:53 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Already happened.

25/8/2025, 3:02:08 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah. Americans don't do irony.

25/8/2025, 1:30:34 PM | 4 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

On second thoughts, it might be cheaper for you to fly to Greece.

25/8/2025, 11:06:14 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

I'm from the UK but I'm in France atm. I could post some red onions but you would be liable for the import duties.

25/8/2025, 10:54:35 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

And now without tariffs.

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25/8/2025, 7:26:54 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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There is an argument she should be recalled to prison.

23/8/2025, 7:20:03 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Didn't she plead guilty?

23/8/2025, 7:17:03 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

I think we should just ban people from saying we should leave the ECHR and let them appeal.

22/8/2025, 6:26:04 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

OK. I was wrong.

21/8/2025, 2:58:39 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You will vote Labour. You know you will. Because you're not a knobhead.

21/8/2025, 2:51:56 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Ever thought you might be serially gullible?

17/8/2025, 3:43:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Go on, then.

17/8/2025, 8:17:07 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Troll.

16/8/2025, 9:31:41 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Speak for yourself.

16/8/2025, 9:29:42 PM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Inspiring words, none more so than the word 'ex'.

16/8/2025, 3:07:16 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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15/8/2025, 7:58:16 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you. I'm out.

15/8/2025, 7:45:31 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Look, I'm not going to play the game of ranking genocides. You're on your own on this one.

15/8/2025, 7:36:57 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

And that makes it worse?

15/8/2025, 7:29:23 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

The holocaust played out in real time. I see no difference.

15/8/2025, 7:22:09 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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We need to combat climate change deniers.

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15/8/2025, 9:36:31 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Creeping authoritarianism? CREEPING??

14/8/2025, 5:19:44 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Than music?

10/8/2025, 3:36:56 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

"Hey Mum, you'll never guess what I dreamt about."

9/8/2025, 12:42:47 PM | 5 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You just did it.

9/8/2025, 12:35:45 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Not really. That is usually used to refer to pensioners.

9/8/2025, 10:28:09 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

If you are that worried about language, you might want to rethink the phrase 'black economy' in this context.

9/8/2025, 10:23:38 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

He seems confused.

7/8/2025, 10:10:14 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You know what they say, if you're not part of the solution......

5/8/2025, 5:38:34 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

How about irony?

5/8/2025, 11:36:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

If you are failing to understand the right, liberals and 'fake lefties', that's a huge proportion of the population you have no empathy with.

5/8/2025, 7:30:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

This nowhere near covers it.

5/8/2025, 7:23:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Yeah, I'm not buying into the idea of elections being the opposite of political.

4/8/2025, 8:48:05 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Best of luck with that.

4/8/2025, 7:09:05 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Right, but at least there is a conscious and concerted effort to maintain separation of powers. The US seems to have given up on the idea.

4/8/2025, 7:07:46 PM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Are you happy with the UK system?

4/8/2025, 3:41:25 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

TBF, it became obvious and inevitable the day you all decided that politically appointed judges with life tenure was a good idea.

4/8/2025, 2:01:42 PM | 14 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You are.

3/8/2025, 4:19:19 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Read my comment again.

3/8/2025, 3:56:51 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

It's a living. 🙄

3/8/2025, 11:02:04 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

(Translated for the profane)

3/8/2025, 10:43:52 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

I don't like him, but I would stand proudly by his side against these fascists.

3/8/2025, 9:25:33 AM | 7 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

No 'suicide' watch.

1/8/2025, 6:58:48 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Seems a few are not with the programme.

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31/7/2025, 5:11:40 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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The first step would be to disagree with them on something.

29/7/2025, 5:49:49 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You convinced me. They have my vote.

28/7/2025, 9:46:13 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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They can't even decide on a name.

28/7/2025, 9:38:31 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

The time between being asked for ID in a bar and being offered a seat on the bus has been officially measured at a fortnight.

28/7/2025, 1:15:10 PM | 8 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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I'm pretty sure this obsession with #smallboats has crossed the line into cult status.

28/7/2025, 11:17:44 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

That's on the same level as holocaust denial.

28/7/2025, 11:11:55 AM | 30 2 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Proper man of the people, isn't he?

27/7/2025, 11:19:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

If it's only a thousand, can we deport them? No, stop me. I've fallen into that gammony ranty trap.

26/7/2025, 11:27:45 PM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

We could petition to negotiate freedom of movement. Just sayin'.

26/7/2025, 9:43:44 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Assessed or accessed?

26/7/2025, 9:20:11 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Why are women ignored? Does it begin with an M?

23/7/2025, 7:57:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Love it. 🤣

17/7/2025, 10:01:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Or a wholesome newspaper.

17/7/2025, 3:22:55 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

If you mean it wouldn't hold up for a minute in court, I would agree (whilst acknowledging that you are far more qualified to judge than I am).

16/7/2025, 4:49:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Theirs, David. Sorry if I wasn't clear, I was just gobsmacked.

16/7/2025, 4:44:37 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

That is a ridiculous interpretation of the law.

16/7/2025, 4:33:59 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Belief, Dayle. Learn to read.

16/7/2025, 11:35:49 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Just make something up. It will be equally valid.

16/7/2025, 11:32:58 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Her suicide risk just went through the roof.

15/7/2025, 7:33:33 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You are right, but I suspect there's a lot of copy and paste going on. In any case, it's hardly damning or even conclusive.

12/7/2025, 6:08:51 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

No, but it makes you look like a fool.

12/7/2025, 6:00:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Interests remain on the register for twelve months after they have expired. share.google/zmObqndjiheD...

11/7/2025, 4:33:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Unite is not the only union of which she was or is a member.

11/7/2025, 4:28:51 PM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You should be a bit more careful about calling people liars.

11/7/2025, 4:25:13 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Interests remain on the register for twelve months after they have expired.

11/7/2025, 4:23:36 PM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You need to pay more attention.

9/7/2025, 11:05:18 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Every time someone uses the phrase 'Tori Light' (sic) it drives the narrative that mainstream politicians are all the same and strengthens the tendency to vote for lunatics.

9/7/2025, 7:33:59 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Thank you. The first mainstream article I have read that comes close to understanding the appeal.

9/7/2025, 7:30:10 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

For clarity, PA were proscribed under an ammendment to the Terrorism Act 2000. Apologies for any confusion. My mistake.

6/7/2025, 10:06:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Careful.

6/7/2025, 10:03:19 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Best of luck with that.

6/7/2025, 10:02:13 AM | 6 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Very good point.

6/7/2025, 9:52:38 AM | 2 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Sorry, I missed your comment. I agree but it is a different argument. Those arrested yesterday were very brave, but they wanted to be arrested in order to demonstrate the unfairness of the proscription.

6/7/2025, 9:48:58 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Oh, I don't know. Stick around.

6/7/2025, 9:38:02 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

We are in the UK, Barry. Try to keep relevant.

6/7/2025, 9:19:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Shooting trespassers is definitely illegal.

6/7/2025, 9:17:25 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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Can we take it that you have conceded the point that it was peaceful, if a little expensive?

6/7/2025, 9:10:42 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Are you up to speed now?

6/7/2025, 8:35:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

The speed limit there would be 60mph and that's a maximum, not a recommendation. Good point, though.

6/7/2025, 8:32:59 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

In short, damaging planes on a base was always very illegal. What is different here is the perceived intention.

6/7/2025, 8:28:23 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Yes. It might appear to be a very specific and narrow legal point, but they were proscribed for advocating serious disruption, the first to fall foul of the 2023 Act. The specifics of the disruption, whilst pertinent to its seriousness, are not what crossed the line into terrorism.

6/7/2025, 8:27:40 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

No.

6/7/2025, 8:06:15 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

The group we are discussing. Palestine Action.

6/7/2025, 8:05:25 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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It would still be illegal. PA is proscribed.

6/7/2025, 8:01:55 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

It went to the Court of Appeal.

6/7/2025, 8:00:02 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

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6/7/2025, 7:57:11 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

The phrase is "serious disruption", Barry. You can be proscribed for entirely peaceful protest. Try to keep up. Public Order Act 2023 share.google/gaOdNhnpxiKO...

6/7/2025, 7:53:47 AM | 0 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

I would agree, but we had that argument in court and lost.

6/7/2025, 7:42:58 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You missed the point. They were supporting PA, so their actions were illegal whether they were peaceful or not.

6/7/2025, 7:40:47 AM | 3 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

You must really struggle with speed limits.

6/7/2025, 7:35:02 AM | 6 1 | View on Bluesky | view

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It's too late for that. Since PA is proscribed, even that is illegal.

6/7/2025, 7:33:32 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view

Profile picture Chris Barratt (@crispydog.bsky.social) reply parent

Aren't you arguing that PA doesn't deserve to be proscribed?

6/7/2025, 7:31:24 AM | 1 0 | View on Bluesky | view