Chris West

Father of three. Arable and dairy beef farmer. Yogurt and milk producer. Enjoy country sport.

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@1noeloconnor @JoeBangles11

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@selhurstpaw1 @AvonandsomerRob A Michelin starred restaurant would not even dream of serving 700 covers a day. Usually kept to small numbers of diners with a set menu so the quality can be maintained.

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@exRAF_Al This has been planned for years and has as much to do with labour as it does with the tories.

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@Eddiebo1964 @ReturnOfKappy Your missing Donald Trump

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Fantastic day visiting the Ralph Steadman exhibition at the Historic Dockyard in Chatham. @SaHreports

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@shadows_control Don’t forget that sometimes people turn to drug/alcohol as a coping mechanism as a result of abuse.

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@GARETHR02396229 @daveatherton It doesn’t help that the number of GP’s is falling so people can’t get an appointment and are going to A&E.

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@jambookshopuk

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@NoJusticeMTG @LKTranslator

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Disgraceful that The Times has chosen to illustrate this article with a picture of a cow. Helping to fuel the anti-farmer rhetoric.

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@k8_lister Ahhh the suffering!!

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@shadows_control That it only affects women

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@ipokebadgerz @Number10cat @danwootton Calvinism

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@OurRedress @goddek By tRump

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@woofknight Love the wolf in the middle

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@CharlotteEmmaUK You forgot train stations

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@ChrisDJackson Apart from his ears, they look fine

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@Juliest101 Sicily in Italy not Scilly just of the French coast

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@TheKentAcorn This is an oak tree that I grew from an acorn as a child.

[Shadows of Control @shadows_control]

“He is not bad to me all the time, just sometimes when he is stressed. The rest of the time he is lovely.”

“He is definitely not abusive. He does lose it sometimes, but he has never hit me.”

“I know he’s a bit controlling sometimes but he just really cares about me and wants to protect me.”

These are some of the things abuse victims will tell themselves and will believe. They are also words that have come out of my own mouth, multiple times.

Many women (and men) don’t realize they are being abused because what they are experiencing is different to what is shown in the media.

Control, rules, demands, rages, hot and cold moods, insults, criticism, blame-shifting, humiliation, isolation, silent treatment, guilt tripping, being amazing and kind one minute and nasty and mean the next – all of this is domestic abuse when it is regular, consistent, and a pattern of behavior that makes you feel undervalued, unloved, and disrespected.

#coercivecontrol #domesticabuseawareness #emotionalabuse