Andrew Bethell
@andrewb113.bsky.social
Twitter refugee who follows UK and US politics avidly. Once a teacher now a Retired TV executive, active school governor and chair in Haringey. Late onset writer. Latest In Love and War. Finding the father I neglected to know.
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Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
July 5, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Just received news that 27 people have been arrested in Parliament Square under the Terrorism Act 2000 for holding signs saying "I oppose genocide. I support Palestine Action".
This is real police state behaviour.
This is real police state behaviour.
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SANDERS HAS GOT IT!
TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MARINES IS NOT ABOUT PROTESTS, ICE OR IMMIGRATION!
TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MARINES IS NOT ABOUT PROTESTS, ICE OR IMMIGRATION!
June 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
SANDERS HAS GOT IT!
TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MARINES IS NOT ABOUT PROTESTS, ICE OR IMMIGRATION!
TRUMP'S DEPLOYMENT OF THE NATIONAL GUARD AND MARINES IS NOT ABOUT PROTESTS, ICE OR IMMIGRATION!
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If you watch only one video today, let it be this one.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
June 5, 2025 at 11:25 PM
If you watch only one video today, let it be this one.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
Watch NYU Stern School of Business Professor Scott Galloway’s outstanding commentary on what prosperity and wealth should mean in America.
His words could not be more on point and timely.
Please pass it on.
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Well played Merz: Trump von Saumagen!
In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants.
June 6, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Well played Merz: Trump von Saumagen!
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How funny
Zia Yusuf resigns as Reform UK chairman
Zia Yusuf says he no longer believes working to get a Reform government
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 5:26 PM
How funny
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Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work
The president said he had fired the museum leader — setting up a standoff between the White House and the Smithsonian.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 5, 2025 at 4:32 AM
Defying Trump, National Portrait Gallery Director Kim Sajet is still at work www.washingtonpost.com/entertainmen...
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Minister in disguise leaving!
May 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Minister in disguise leaving!
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Fascism in 2 steps
Step 1: Fascinate the fools
Step 2: Muzzle the intelligent
Step 1: Fascinate the fools
Step 2: Muzzle the intelligent
May 11, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Fascism in 2 steps
Step 1: Fascinate the fools
Step 2: Muzzle the intelligent
Step 1: Fascinate the fools
Step 2: Muzzle the intelligent
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Stop the distractions and realize who we have in office!
May 30, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Stop the distractions and realize who we have in office!
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Good piece looking at the more nuanced reasons why primary schools in London are closing. As ever, it's a bit more complicated than a one-note Guardian polemic would have you believe.
Is "gentrification" in #london emptying its primary schools? Maybe not: www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-is... As promised. @theguardian.com @annaclarke.bsky.social @russellcurtis.com
Dave Hill: Is 'gentrification' in London emptying its schools? Maybe not - OnLondon
For most of this century at least, a conspicuous strand of opinion has declared that everything precious about London is being destroyed by big money, especially from abroad. These narratives construc...
www.onlondon.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Good piece looking at the more nuanced reasons why primary schools in London are closing. As ever, it's a bit more complicated than a one-note Guardian polemic would have you believe.
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Scott Pelley—American author and reporter for CBS News for more than 31 years, did not hold back
May 27, 2025 at 6:27 AM
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Trump's taking a $400 million plane: a place in the sky from "Qatar the historic funder of terror at a very high level"
—Donald Trump
—Donald Trump
EXCLUSIVE: We dug up a video of Donald Trump trashing Qatar in 2017 calling them “funders of terrorism.” I’m sure he would hate if this clip changed their mind to give him a $400 million plane - so definitely don’t repost it.
May 13, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Trump's taking a $400 million plane: a place in the sky from "Qatar the historic funder of terror at a very high level"
—Donald Trump
—Donald Trump
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Brexit hasn't been betrayed.
The British people have not been betrayed.
The betrayal was Brexit.
Once that is the established narrative, we can all go forward together.
The British people have not been betrayed.
The betrayal was Brexit.
Once that is the established narrative, we can all go forward together.
May 19, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Brexit hasn't been betrayed.
The British people have not been betrayed.
The betrayal was Brexit.
Once that is the established narrative, we can all go forward together.
The British people have not been betrayed.
The betrayal was Brexit.
Once that is the established narrative, we can all go forward together.
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PINNED POST: I'm upset. We're all upset. And we're angry. We have every right to be this way. But remember this: All fear is self-created. They WANT us to be afraid. Don't give them the satisfaction. We have no reason to be afraid. There's many more of us than there are of them. Hold your head high.
March 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
PINNED POST: I'm upset. We're all upset. And we're angry. We have every right to be this way. But remember this: All fear is self-created. They WANT us to be afraid. Don't give them the satisfaction. We have no reason to be afraid. There's many more of us than there are of them. Hold your head high.
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Trump's big beautiful bill expands the estate tax exemption yet again.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.
May 19, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Trump's big beautiful bill expands the estate tax exemption yet again.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.
While millions will get kicked off healthcare and lose crucial food assistance, Republicans are enabling the super-rich to pass down their obscene wealth virtually tax free.
We must stop this bill.
This is the Boss speaking truth to power in Manchester at the start of yet another tour. He is an inspiration to us over 70’s. He quotes James Baldwin: in this world there isn’t enough humanity but there is enough”
Let’s pray.
Let’s pray.
May 15, 2025 at 12:18 PM
This is the Boss speaking truth to power in Manchester at the start of yet another tour. He is an inspiration to us over 70’s. He quotes James Baldwin: in this world there isn’t enough humanity but there is enough”
Let’s pray.
Let’s pray.
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This
The latest racist spasm in UK politics would not have been complete without middlebrow white male pundits rushing to tell us all to calm down about it. The rise of fascism has been enabled at every turn by these people's pathetic incompetence and inability to name what is staring them in the face
May 15, 2025 at 11:57 AM
This
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Every day’s headlines now are like “the federal government has cancelled a program which prevented orphans from being eaten by sharks. Also, a serial killer on Death Row was pardoned after he promised to give Trump a gold mine.”
May 11, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Every day’s headlines now are like “the federal government has cancelled a program which prevented orphans from being eaten by sharks. Also, a serial killer on Death Row was pardoned after he promised to give Trump a gold mine.”
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Well if there’s one thing recent events have shown it’s that pandering to racism has always ended well for parties of the left.
May 12, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Well if there’s one thing recent events have shown it’s that pandering to racism has always ended well for parties of the left.