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Chris McKeon

@cjmckeon.bsky.social

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Political correspondent for PA, former local journalist, amateur sportsman, ex-historian, other things

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@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:01 PM

By all accounts, the Ukrainian train network is running pretty well, so maybe we should really be getting Zelensky to sort out the public transport.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 10:09 AM

That makes much more sense. Wonder what it’s for then.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 9:14 AM

Yeah, that’s what I can’t work out, what is it trying to achieve? What happens if you dial 222?

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 13, 2026, 8:09 AM

I mean, it’s a scam, right? It must be?

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 9:24 PM

I’ll tell him that next time I see him

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 12, 2026, 3:08 PM

That’s…not Pat McFadden

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 10, 2026, 12:20 PM

Distinctly Ugandan theme at parkrun today, which we learn is the country’s independence day.

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@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:40 PM

As high as 7th?

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 8:32 PM

I found the trailer pretty off-putting as well, in that it told me absolutely nothing about the film other than Tom Cruise is in it.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 4:48 PM

Strong rebuke from the rest of the G7 (plus Netherlands and Denmark) after Rubio demanded America's allies "rein in" the ICC.

www.gov.uk/government/n...

@sianelvin.bsky.socialOct 9, 2026, 1:43 PMReposted by @cjmckeon.bsky.social

Latest travel piece for @the-independent.com ✍

I had high hopes for gluten-free food when I visited Paris for a short break – but instead had a rollercoaster of experiences...

Always advocating for those of us with coeliac disease!

www.independent.co.uk/travel/europ...

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 12:09 PM

One for the defence nerds - Burnham in Berlin today said he had told Merz the UK was 'open' to Germany joining GCAP, the Anglo-Italian-Japanese coalition building a 6th generation fighter jet.

Canada joined as an 'observer nation' earlier this year.

uk.news.yahoo.com/uk-open-germ...

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 10:23 AM

The fall in temperature combined with Parliament’s weird heating leaves me once again asking why is our corridor nice and warm while our actual office is freezing?

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 7, 2026, 1:39 PM

First rule of approaching a journalist as a PR is know who you're pitching to - so no, thank you, I do not appreciate your release telling me London Marathon is the easiest marathon in the UK.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:43 PM

And then hurriedly tried to bring him back, in an entirely risible way, when they realised that was a mistake. Bafflingly bad writing.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:19 PM

God yes, the writers not only refusing to explain how he faked his own death (because they clearly hadn’t a clue), but also mocking the audience for trying to work it out was appalling.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:03 AM

Of course, it might need the Speaker to get over himself, but there we go

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 11:02 AM

I wonder if it would be better if we moved to the Australian system of having a six-hour lock-in for journalists (and select others) to read the budget before it’s delivered, rather than having people give instant reactions.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:13 AM

Shadow defence secretary James Cartlidge tells my colleague @wmeakindurrant.bsky.social that "Iron Dome" is like the word "Hoover".

In that it refers to missile defence systems generally, rather than because using the phrase incorrectly will get you a legal letter.

@cjmckeon.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 8:09 AM

A knife? Luxury! We 'ad to crush garlic with our bare 'ands!

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