Andrew Howard
@amhoward.bsky.social
Same as over on the old bird site. But less wound up. Default mode is sarcasm. Probably.
Sports-wise: LFC, Ulster Rugby and Lanky.
Sports-wise: LFC, Ulster Rugby and Lanky.
Right, I’m going to use Bluesky to hold myself accountable and I am going to read more this year… so I’ve finished a book. The Predicament by William Boyd. It was fun, but inconsequential. I love Boyd, I think The New Confessions is one of my favourite books and I’ve read all his novels. He’s
January 18, 2026 at 12:15 AM
Right, I’m going to use Bluesky to hold myself accountable and I am going to read more this year… so I’ve finished a book. The Predicament by William Boyd. It was fun, but inconsequential. I love Boyd, I think The New Confessions is one of my favourite books and I’ve read all his novels. He’s
This is being reported as the Clinton's refusing to appear before Comer's committee. It is much stronger than that. It's a pretty ballsy challenge to Comer.
January 13, 2026 at 5:22 PM
This is being reported as the Clinton's refusing to appear before Comer's committee. It is much stronger than that. It's a pretty ballsy challenge to Comer.
From the Guardian, the truth from a man who has never respected a deal.
January 9, 2026 at 10:17 AM
From the Guardian, the truth from a man who has never respected a deal.
Reposted by Andrew Howard
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
January 8, 2026 at 12:31 PM
I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.
Well this looks like great fun. Unfortunately, reminds me that the next Olympics will be in the US :-(
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
Rowing’s answer to snowcross, BMX and beach volleyball is coming to LA
Beach Sprints are shaking up this most strait-laced of sports and may be heading to a coastal town near you
www.theguardian.com
December 22, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Well this looks like great fun. Unfortunately, reminds me that the next Olympics will be in the US :-(
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/d...
Every time.
"They've made the school nativity play WOKE 😡😡"
Colin from Portsmouth.
Colin from Portsmouth.
December 15, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Every time.
@paulbernal.bsky.social I would guess that this consolidation of personal data is one do your most fundamental issues with digital ID. It really is that here that can’t be put back in the bottle.
As immigration raids have swept the country and the US government rapidly merges data from across federal agencies, it’s not just immigrants who have been kidnapped and detained. American citizens have also been caught up.
The DHS Data Grab Is Putting US Citizens at Risk
As the US government rapidly merges data from across agencies in service of draconian immigration policies, citizens increasingly risk being caught up as well.
www.wired.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:30 PM
@paulbernal.bsky.social I would guess that this consolidation of personal data is one do your most fundamental issues with digital ID. It really is that here that can’t be put back in the bottle.
This is a good article. Gives me a small amount of hope.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Come with me to Jacob Rees-Mogg’s house. The Brexiters are rattled – and it shows | Polly Toynbee
Labour and the country have reached a historic inflection point. For all the talk of Brexit ‘benefits’, the anti-EU ideologues know the tide has turned, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 1:01 PM
This is a good article. Gives me a small amount of hope.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Giving this to Trump is god-tier seasonal re-gifting.
Person who actually deserves a trophy is the artist who made the FIFA peace prize trophy look like everyone in the entire world holding their head in their hands out of secondhand embarrassment
December 6, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Giving this to Trump is god-tier seasonal re-gifting.
This post is catnip for the same joke over and over again. Try harder!
Is cloudflare acting up again?? LinkedIn is DOWN. How will I get inspired by tales of professional success against the odds?
December 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
This post is catnip for the same joke over and over again. Try harder!
The intensely private mega donor happy to fuck up a place he doesn't live in. Wanker.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Christopher Harborne, the ‘intensely private’ mega-donor bankrolling Reform UK
He has made an immense fortune in crypto and – from his Thai retreat – is putting it at the service of Nigel Farage after a flirtation with the Tories
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 9:06 AM
The intensely private mega donor happy to fuck up a place he doesn't live in. Wanker.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is fascinating. We really should not be looking to Scandinavia or the US for answers / inspiration. Spain, France and Germany are *just* like us. Their tax take is higher - what a difference an extra £50b of public spending could make.
Which country is most similar to Britain?
Clue: none of the ones its politicians obsess over
www.economist.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:30 PM
This is fascinating. We really should not be looking to Scandinavia or the US for answers / inspiration. Spain, France and Germany are *just* like us. Their tax take is higher - what a difference an extra £50b of public spending could make.
Got him off his ban from the first two games at the WC though.
Ronaldo: now the most abject regime fluffer of all time
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi-funded spectacle | Barney Ronay
A pension-pot World Cup is looming for CR9 and with Donald Trump in the White House and Mohammed bin Salman at his back, it seems this is now a safe space
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Got him off his ban from the first two games at the WC though.
Will be Downing Street Chief of Staff for food.
(and there's going to be a vacancy pretty soon)
(and there's going to be a vacancy pretty soon)
Will be Prime Minister for food.
Will be BBC Director General for food
November 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Will be Downing Street Chief of Staff for food.
(and there's going to be a vacancy pretty soon)
(and there's going to be a vacancy pretty soon)
Elon reads. But doesn’t always get past the actual title.
November 10, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Elon reads. But doesn’t always get past the actual title.
Staggering.
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Staggering.
I went to @sohotheatre.bsky.social in the 'Stow last night for the first time and it is a magnificent space. I want one in my 'hood!
@phlaimeaux.bsky.social was wonderful as well 🙌 Pope Luigi
@phlaimeaux.bsky.social was wonderful as well 🙌 Pope Luigi
November 7, 2025 at 1:16 PM
I went to @sohotheatre.bsky.social in the 'Stow last night for the first time and it is a magnificent space. I want one in my 'hood!
@phlaimeaux.bsky.social was wonderful as well 🙌 Pope Luigi
@phlaimeaux.bsky.social was wonderful as well 🙌 Pope Luigi
Exododus, movement of Jah popeople.
You laugh, but this is how the exododus went extinct
November 3, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Exododus, movement of Jah popeople.
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October 31, 2025 at 4:59 PM
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Genuinely uplifting.
It feels v strange.
My young Ukrainian refugee is packing up her stuff in the suitcase that she arrived with 3 years and 4 months ago not knowing anyone, inc me & with only a little English
She’s also packing up stuff in my suitcases as her life has expanded in so many ways from that leap of faith
My young Ukrainian refugee is packing up her stuff in the suitcase that she arrived with 3 years and 4 months ago not knowing anyone, inc me & with only a little English
She’s also packing up stuff in my suitcases as her life has expanded in so many ways from that leap of faith
October 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Genuinely uplifting.
Pollard might like to test this out a little more. It may be what the rabid tabs and Reform want but it will never be enough for them.
But the government has been careful today not to repeat the Tories' promise that large sites would be cheaper than hotels
Defence minister Luke Pollard suggested this morning that the "public appetite to see every asylum hotel closed" was of "greater significance" than costs
Defence minister Luke Pollard suggested this morning that the "public appetite to see every asylum hotel closed" was of "greater significance" than costs
October 28, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Pollard might like to test this out a little more. It may be what the rabid tabs and Reform want but it will never be enough for them.