Chris Fleet

Avid Torquay United supporter. Full time hypnotherapist and hypnotherapy trainer. CEO of Devon Clinic CIO and Director at Horses4lifeCIC
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[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

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[ClarksonsFarm @ClarksonsFarm1]

His father once told him, “Son, farming is in your blood.” 🌾

He believed it with everything he had.

At 26 he took over the family farm — young, hopeful, and ready to work harder than anyone who came before him.

He kept that promise for fifteen years.
Now he’s 41 and looks a decade older.

His hands are split and calloused from the cold. His back seizes up every morning before the day even starts. He’s missed birthdays, school plays, family dinners and anniversaries that can never be replayed.

Every Sunday night his wife does the accounts at the kitchen table.
Last Sunday she sat there for a long time without speaking.

Then she looked up.

“We’re forty thousand pounds down this year.”

After fifteen years of early mornings and late nights, diesel has doubled, fertiliser is up 60%, electricity has tripled… and the price he receives for his wheat is almost exactly what it was in 2015.

He is not lazy.
He is not incompetent.
He is not failing.

The system is failing him.
And every Sunday night his wife still sits at that same table, staring at numbers that only ever seem to get worse.

How long before Britain loses an entire generation of farmers who simply can’t afford to carry on?

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@alpenwest It was so humbling to see the number of people putting themselves through physical and emotional pain to help people they've never even met.
#mentalHealthMatters

[Steve Race MP 💙💛 @steveracemp]

Have a meeting with the minister on this next week.

The ponies are not livestock - they’ve exited as an integral part of Dartmoor’s ecosystem for thousands of years, and are the only thing that eats the highly destructive Molinia grass that is reducing Dartmoor’s biodiversity.

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@steveracemp Thank you so much for raising this.
I was out walking and there were areas of the moor that were completely barren and sparse, just lots of gorse. Crossing from Hameldown towards Cordonford there was a small herd of 20+ ponies and an abundance of wildlife. Coincidence?

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@KTHopkins Yes, well said Katie.
You named it for what it is - evil.
Bad, bad stuff under the guise of political correctness.

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@Jennnyyyyyy 3 because, the top row 10*5 = 50 which is half of 100
2nd row is 3"6 = 18 which is half of 36
3rd row 9 *3 = 27 which is half of 54

[UK Back in the Day @UKBackintheDay2]

49 years ago, David Bowie released "Heroes"

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@_ArsenalMuse Liam Brady

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@Kevin_Maguire @grok is this true?

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@Tripple____M Its gone from 9 down to 5

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@BasilTheGreat @grok is this true?

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@callmeMizuko 19

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

Amazed its that 1:6 voters still approve of Starmer.

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

Grok, is this true?
Yes, the core factual claims in this statement are true, based on official UK Home Office data as reported consistently across multiple reliable sources (including BBC, The Guardian, The Independent, and others) on December 21–22, 2025.
Over 800 migrants (specifically 803) crossed on Saturday (December 20, 2025) in 13 boats: This set a new record for a single day in December since records began in 2018. Reports also note that 13 boats were involved and many were seen departing French shores.
Over 1,300 arrivals in the past week: Figures indicate around 1,374 arrivals in the week leading up to December 20–21 (including prior days after a lull, such as ~737 earlier in December), aligning closely with "over 1,300."
Year-to-date total of 41,455 migrants in 671 boats: This is the provisional figure as of December 20, 2025, making 2025 the second-highest annual total on record (behind 45,755–45,774 in 2022) and higher than 2024's full-year total of ~36,816.
The spike followed a 28-day period of no crossings due to poor weather (the longest gap in seven years), with calm conditions on December 20 enabling the surge.
The interpretive part—criticizing the government's "smashing the people-smuggler gangs" pledge as an empty election slogan—is opinionated and politically charged. While crossings remain high despite Labour's policies (e.g., deals with France, increased removals, and reforms), the government has highlighted actions like returning ~50,000 illegal migrants overall and new interception agreements. Progress on reducing crossings has been limited so far, but the claim of "no substance" is subjective. The numbers do show the issue persists at near-record levels.

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

Grok, is this true?
No, this claim is false—or at least a significant exaggeration and misrepresentation of Ofcom's actual policies.
Ofcom, the UK's communications regulator, is implementing the Online Safety Act, which requires social media platforms to assess and mitigate risks of illegal content (such as terrorism promotion, child sexual abuse material, fraud, or content that incites violence or stirs up racial hatred under existing UK laws). This includes proposals to prevent illegal content from spreading rapidly or "going viral" through measures like improving recommender systems, crisis protocols, proactive detection tools (e.g., hash-matching for known illegal material), and not recommending potentially illegal content until reviewed.
However:
These measures target illegal harms only, not "potentially hateful" material in a broad or subjective sense. "Hateful" content is only regulated if it crosses into criminal offences (e.g., stirring up hatred).
Ofcom does not decide on individual posts, censor based on "views they don't agree with," or directly "stop posts from going viral" preemptively for legal speech.
There is separate guidance on harmful (but legal) content, such as misogynistic abuse or "pile-ons," which recommends voluntary tools like rate limits on replies, prompts before posting, or de-monetisation—but these are not mandatory bans on virality and focus on abuse, not political opinions.
The claim appears to twist Ofcom's efforts to curb the viral spread of illegal material into a narrative of government censorship of disagreeable viewpoints. No evidence supports plans to broadly suppress "potentially hateful" posts or opinions the government dislikes. Ofcom emphasises balancing safety with freedom of expression, and its role is on platforms' systems/processes, not content judgment.

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@lukejcr Today, a local business, Trago Mils, announced redundancies and closures. They reduced opening hours after the NI increase, and weeks after the last budget closed, they closed their restaurant and outdoor areas. At least we have a government that looks after workers - eh?

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

If Starmer tries to defend the BBC against Trump's lawsuit, then he is basically saying that it's OK to lie to the public - oh, hold on.........

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@EdwardJDavey If Starmer tries to defend the BBC, against Trump, then he is basically saying that it's OK to lie - oh, hold on....

[Chris Fleet @C_Fleet]

@100glitterstars I think you'd be banned anyway judging by the comments so far