Chris Butler

Reform’s public-sector pensions plan could cost billions extra, union warns Prospect says proposals to make payouts less generous would damage public finances rather than save money

Oh, right. They want to wreck the public sector now. #reform doesn't sound terribly appealing. Never did.

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Lancashire’s Reform-run council plans to close care homes and day centres Questions about potential conflict of interest as council’s cabinet member for social care owns private care company

Vote #reform get a really great realisation that it's rubbish

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Rachel Reeves takes aim at Motability scheme to save £1bn in budget Chancellor is examining reforms that include scrapping tax breaks on cars for disabled people using the programme

Go Rachel! Nothing like repeating past mistakes.

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My perfect Radiohead setlist

I'm here to announce I'd like @radiohead.wastehq.social to play these songs if I get tickets tomorrow. Many thanks.

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Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell.

Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass.

That, right there, is the problem.

Jamie Raskin, "They only want to protect free speech that they agree with"

JR then demolishes Farage, ending with

"You might want to think twice before you let Nigel Farage Make Britain Great Again"

Yeah, he's a genius and always gets it right. But when he's wrong, that's down to anyone but him.

I loved my trip to the V&A Storehouse in Stratford. What an incredible idea for a museum. ticketsmoneypassport.co.uk/storehouse

Thank goodness that #PatrickWolf is back. Crying the neck feels like a return to his roots, with the effortless ability to create pop music that shines. Beautiful.

Ryan Gilbey film critic introduces us to queer/LGBTQI films and filmmakers in It Used To Be Witches. Inc Andrew Haigh, Bruce La Bruce, Cheryl Dunye and me discussing the world of my debut queer feature Stud Life. Published June 5th linktr.ee/itusedtobewi... #HappyPride2025 #Pride2025 #PrideMonth

The most proudest husband ever. At the book launch of It Used to be Witches by the delightful @ryangilbey.bsky.social Go and get a copy! Get ten!

Very excited for my husband's book tour! If you like books, and people talking about books. And films. And seeing them. This is totally for you.

It's that phase in the election cycle when #Farage proves beyond all doubt that he is not on your side. He's just on his side.

I never thought it'd feel this rubbish having a Labour government. I know they're scared of Reform, but if they start acting like Reform, what's the point?

Mexico diary part 3 is to the gorgeous city of Oaxaca. ticketsmoneypassport.co.uk/oaxaca which I fell in love with in no time at all. #mexico #travelwriting #oaxaca

I'll have a look for it now!

Under the Pink vinyl

What a record. I first heard of Tori Amos in 1994 when Cornflake Girl changed my life. Fast forward to 2025 and it all sounds a slice of perfection.

I wrote about my wonderful trip to Mexico here - ticketsmoneypassport.co.uk

Disclosure. I'm married to @ryangilbey.bsky.social and I'm enormously proud of his work on this book. It's been a genuine labour of love and he's taught me so much about queer cinema over the past couple of years. In a few months you'll get to read it!

Trump executive orders threaten healthcare of millions of Americans Orders repeal directives expanding healthcare access and options for lower-income and middle-class Americans

And yet, will people affected by this still think he's on their side? He's only on his side and the billionaires side.

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Sure. And he'll also do the same at all of his other companies. He can do everything! Or. He'll get bored.

The Youth Vote in 2024 The 2024 general election was a major opportunity for youth to exercise their democratic rights, use their political voices, and shape the future of the country. As part of our work to understand you...

If anyone cares about lies and fact anymore, Trump said he won the youth vote in 2024 by 36 points. But he didn't. circle.tufts.edu/2024-electio...

What's the point of making this stuff up? Proper weird.

Have you been to #Stockholm yet? If not, you should. It's a beauty.

‘I was waking up five times a night’: how film-maker Mikhail Krichman escaped from Russia The revered cinematographer was making an apocalyptic musical with Tilda Swinton deep in a salt mine when he realised he had to flee. Can he now save his son? It was March 2022 and Joshua Oppenheimer was waiting at Copenhagen airport for the young man…

‘I was waking up five times a night’: how film-maker Mikhail Krichman escaped from Russia

His "masculine energy" is wearing weird clothes and doing whatever other men tell him to do. It doesn't seem that he has a clue what he's on about

So cold in Walthamstow today

Meta is now definitionally a homophobic corporation.

LETS DO THIS: Close your Threads, Instagram and Facebook accounts … at high noon on 20 Jan 2025 right after you do it to X.
The #GreatTwitterWalkoff can also be the #GreatMetaWalkoff.

Let’s do it simultaneously and show our power.

If I were to sum up politics so far in 2025 I'd say "It's giving ignorance and stupidity". You've got the Tories pretending they care about things they ignored. You've got that Twitter bloke having a public meltdown. You've got the orange man wanting to buy the world (despite being skint). Morons

Hugely disappointed in how weak #zuckerberg turns out to be. His line that what is hate speech according to Meta is “just out of touch with mainstream discourse" is saying simply that the world can just become a nastier place and he's ok with it.