Colin-Roy Hunter aka criquaer

The crisis in the news The news is lying to you — and Britain is falling apart behind the scenes Every night, the lights are bright, the headlines loud — but the real news is missing. While the media fixates on Trump, Farag...

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/11...

Decoration Atlantis - Luke Edward Hall Decorate the Christmas tree with glass baubles from Luke Edward Hall’s Christmas collection ‘Atlantis’, designed for Svenskt Tenn, with motifs of corals, starfish and the ancient Greek wave.

Last year I ordered some gorgeous #decorations for the #ChristmasTree from Svenskt Tenn. Just repeat-ordered, so double # coloured-glass shell #ornaments.

#SvensktTenn is #Swedish 🇸🇪; the designer is #British 🇬🇧; the manufacturer is #German 🇩🇪: very #European 🇪🇺! 💕

www.svenskttenn.com/gb/en/range/...

I have just completed and finalised my fourth annual hamper from Brindisa, specialists in #Spanish comestibles and beverages.

If one signs up to their email, there is a #Brindisa 15% discount from your first order.

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brindisa.com

I have just made a donation to the #EU #RejoinRegister. Here is the link, if you would like to support their efforts to #rejoin.

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www.rejoinregister.org/donate?utm_c...

Universal credit is back in the dock – this time at the United Nations United Nations special rapporteurs have called for the UK government to question its reforms to universal credit.

#UN high commissioner for #HumanRights, Volker Türk, told the #HumanRightsCouncil that #disabled people in the UK “will be disproportionately affected by planned cuts to health benefits.”

www.bigissue.com/opinion/univ...

Our BBC, Our Future

www.bbc.co.uk/ourbbcourfut...

872,701 responsed to the #BBC’s research. There is no majority for trust in the Corporation’s independence. In fact there is a deficit of some 48 points. I am so relieved that I am not the only one disheartened by the BBC’s current political stance. Perhaps there maybe be hope for a better BBC…

Intimacies: Eight Types of Intimacy

My latest blog-post on the need for #intimacy.

Warning: there is a section on sexual intimacy, but this can be skipped.

Link to Blogger:

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/08/inti...

A Queer, Asexual's Sexual Fantasising?

Here's my latest blog-post, which I have been working on for several months, on my personal experience of #SexualFantasies and how they relate to my #asexuality & #demisexuality.

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-qu...

Had a @HelloFreshUK voucher. Like 1:5 Brits, we suffer from food allergies/intolerances. Cannot check whether allergens might be contained within the ingredients supplied by #HelloFresh. One cannot specify dislikes/allergens, so one has to plough through every recipe to check. 😏

If you are in the UK, you can currently stream gratis via channel5.com:

www.channel5.com/show/much-ad...

Much Ado About Christmas (TV Movie 2021) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Family, Romance 1h 25m

Acabo de mirar una película navideña. Es la tercera mirada mía. Es basada sobre la obra dramática de Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing", "Mucho ruido y pocas nueces" ¡Es prácticamente la #PelículaDeNavidad perfecta! En mi opinión, por supuesto. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas

www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...

Much Ado About Christmas (TV Movie 2021) ⭐ 6.7 | Drama, Family, Romance 1h 25m

I have just watched a #ChristmasFilm. My third viewing. It is based on the play by Shakespeare, "Much Ado About Nothing". For myself, it is practically the perfect #ChristmasMovie. #MuchAdoAboutChristmas

www.imdb.com/title/tt1158...

A Queer, Asexual's Sexual Fantasising?

Here's my latest blog-post, which I have been working on for several months, on my personal experience of #SexualFantasies and how they relate to my #asexuality & #demisexuality.

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/10/a-qu...

www.itv.com/watch/the-ho...

The Holiday Sitter (TV Movie 2022) ⭐ 6.6 | Comedy, Romance 1h 24m | TV-G

It's September so #ChristmasFilms are available. I found a gay #ChristmasMovie starring & co-written by #JonathanBennett, #TheHolidaySitter. Zero angst but lots of laughs & heart-touching moments.

If in the UK you can stream for free via #ITVX - link in comments.

www.imdb.com/title/tt2229...

Very honoured to have been painted by an artist chum (who wishes to remain anonymous but has given permission to share the artwork). They have made me look rather sexy, for which many thanks. 🥹 From my LH-side I am painted naked in pink hues. I am holding a small bottle and am watering a plant. 🪴

Bros (2022) The first studio gay romcom stars Billy Eichner as a podcaster who pooh-poohs love

I needed something light & frothy to buck me up. I chose #Bros because it starred #LukeMacFarlane, a regular in the #ChristmasFilms I so adore. Personally, I found it quite thought-provoking as well as laugh-out-loud funny, thanks mostly to the lead #BillyEichner.

www.channel4.com/programmes/b...

Intimacies: Eight Types of Intimacy

My latest blog-post on the need for #intimacy.

Warning: there is a section on sexual intimacy, but this can be skipped.

Link to Blogger:

crippledqueeranglo-europeanranter.blogspot.com/2025/08/inti...

Singer MARINA Diagnosed with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: ‘It’s Been Hard to Remember What Healthy Feels Like’ Welsh singer Marina says that she believes “chronic stress” caused her Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Who knew that #MARINA, the Welsh singer & poët, is a #pwME i.e. suffers from ME/CFS.

#MyalgicEncephalomyelitis #ME #MEcfs
#ChronicFatigueSyndrome #CFS #CFSme
Link to #People magazine:
people.com/singer-marin...

Gaza Crisis Appeal Donate now to the Gaza Crisis Appeal and help provide vital aid to people affected by the devastating humanitarian crisis and threat of famine.

I have added link to #BritishRedCross:

donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/gaza-...

Follow the link and give to their Gaza Appeal if able & willing. Cheers!

British Red Cross is an affiliate of #RedCross / #RedCrescent agencies. Other charities are also running appeals.

Petition: Abandon DWP Pathways to Work Green Paper & create National Disability Strategy The DWP Green Paper Pathways to Work proposes what we think are devastating cuts to disability benefits. We think the Government must drop these proposals and instead begin a process of co-production ...

#UKGov still in breach of #UNCRPD (under which we are still on annual-report), has made no head-way in ameliorating its failures, but instead has decided to make matters very much worse.

Without #DisabilityRights
there is #DisabilityDiscrimination.

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...

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Relevant to #pwME, #LongCovid and #ChronicIllness. Thanks @criquaer.bsky.social and www.equity.org.uk/news/2025

I think this applies to #ME/CFS and #LongCovid advocacy too…

“#Opinion is the lowest form of human #knowledge. It requires no #accountability, no #understanding. The highest form of knowledge is #empathy, for it requires us to suspend our egos and live in another’s world. It requires profound purpose larger than the self.” #Plato in ‘Phaedrus’

Welfare reforms breach international law, says new expert legal opinion New expert legal opinion says the government’s welfare reforms “result in very serious breaches” of international human rights law and constitute “human rights violations for disabled people” and desc...

Unlawful #UKGov #PIP Law!

The legal opinion says: “there can be no doubt that the reforms are regressive in #HumanRights terms. Therefore, in accordance with the principle of non-retrogression, they are presumed to be prohibited under #UNCRPD, #ICESCR and #UNCRC.”

www.equity.org.uk/news/2025/we...

The #UnitedNations is not ignoring the treatment of #Disabled folk in UK. On 7.7.25 they sent a letter to #UKGov about ongoing serious failings to ensure #DisabilityRights and to protect people with #disabilities.

The linked doc highlights breaches of #UNCRPD.

tbinternet.ohchr.org/_layouts/15/...

Pension benefits for the wealthy are, on average, more than maximum PIP payments a year There are varying estimates of how much total benefit payments to people who have some form of disability, or who are paid benefits relating to their health, actually cost per annum. Figures I have se...

“Pension benefits for the wealthy are, on average, more than maximum #PIP payments a year” #RichardMurphy

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/06...

Starmer has been defeated and has not a shred of credibility left As The Guardian has reported in the last hour, Stephen Timms told the Commons after 5 pm with regard to the Bill delivering benefit reforms: I can announce that we are going to remove the clause five ...

“The callousness of the #Labour government has been exposed. Its own backbenchers have rightly hammered it.” #RichardMurphy

Without #DisabilityRights
there is #DisabilityDiscrimination
which permits #DisabilityHate
and ultimately #DisabilityDeath.

www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/07...

EU lawmakers take aim at Eurovision over 'rigged' televote A group of European lawmakers has urged Eurovision organisers to release full voting data on this year’s song contest, citing growing concerns over manipulation raised by broadcasters across several c...

#EUROVISION #Israel #Gaza #Genocide #Hypocrisy #VotingIrregularities

www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...