Andrew Rendel
@andrewrendel.bsky.social
Live in Lewisham, work in climate/cleantech finance. Hardcore centrist dad.
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It just feels like a very difficult phase of life we don’t handle very well at all in the UK (*gestures at the social care system*) and housing should be a big part of changing that
November 28, 2025 at 8:21 PM
It just feels like a very difficult phase of life we don’t handle very well at all in the UK (*gestures at the social care system*) and housing should be a big part of changing that
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The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The UK, where the day after a decision to take half a million children out of poverty, the media & political world has been full of sneering at those same children & their families, labelling them as ‘Benefits Street’, while the same people are moaning about a tax on £2m mansions. Shameful stuff.
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The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
November 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
The war will end when Russia stops fighting. Therefore, pressure has to be put on Russia, so that they stop believing that they will win. Why is that so hard to understand?
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The map on the left shades constituencies by % of top council tax band properties (Band H in England, Band H and I in Wales)
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
November 25, 2025 at 8:58 PM
The map on the left shades constituencies by % of top council tax band properties (Band H in England, Band H and I in Wales)
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
The map on the right shades by median house prices.
Very different maps. That's the problem with council tax.
Errr, @london.gov.uk London looking to you to step up! Shall I book the Albert Hall?
An honor and dream come true to perform alongside Yo-Yo Ma, presented by Celebrity Series at Boston Symphony Hall. 💜
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
🎼Ave Maria (Bach/Gounod)
November 23, 2025 at 7:17 AM
Errr, @london.gov.uk London looking to you to step up! Shall I book the Albert Hall?
This fact is completely believable to any European who has driven in the states in the last decade. It's terrifying!
Insane but true fact: making US roads as safe as Canadian, Australian, or European roads would save more lives than eliminating murder from the US.
November 21, 2025 at 9:46 AM
This fact is completely believable to any European who has driven in the states in the last decade. It's terrifying!
I am about the most boringly law abiding person i know. I'm the type who leaves the correct change on top of a broken parking meter. Preventing the deportation of a 15 year old child, born and raised in my community, a friend of my kids say, would push me to direct action and take the consequences.
The Labour government does not want to rule out deporting somebody once here as a refugee 16-19 years with a British-born 15 year old child
November 19, 2025 at 7:10 AM
I am about the most boringly law abiding person i know. I'm the type who leaves the correct change on top of a broken parking meter. Preventing the deportation of a 15 year old child, born and raised in my community, a friend of my kids say, would push me to direct action and take the consequences.
This is a genius metaphor. 🫡
All of the societal effort that goes into making the wealthy happy is like if every year 50% of the money generated in Canada went towards teaching thousands of dogs to become cardiothoracic surgeons.
It's not going to happen, it hardly creates any jobs, and it's fucking up the dogs.
It's not going to happen, it hardly creates any jobs, and it's fucking up the dogs.
November 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
This is a genius metaphor. 🫡
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Oh wow. At this point I genuinely don't know who or what they think they're in government for.
Please tax me more.
I want nice things that work. I want security for people that aren't doing as well as me. I want investment in a positive future.
Please put up my income tax.
Please tax me more.
I want nice things that work. I want security for people that aren't doing as well as me. I want investment in a positive future.
Please put up my income tax.
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Oh wow. At this point I genuinely don't know who or what they think they're in government for.
Please tax me more.
I want nice things that work. I want security for people that aren't doing as well as me. I want investment in a positive future.
Please put up my income tax.
Please tax me more.
I want nice things that work. I want security for people that aren't doing as well as me. I want investment in a positive future.
Please put up my income tax.
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Fantastic news!!! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
‘Hero’ crew member injured in train mass stabbing regains consciousness
Samir Zitouni was wounded as he protected passengers during attack on an LNER train travelling from Doncaster to London
www.independent.co.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Fantastic news!!! www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
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The UK just passed 20 GW of solar power! ☀️
That means more clean electricity and fewer carbon emissions with over 1.4 GW added this year!
Next stop: the upcoming CfD rounds... a key step to keeping the momentum going 📈
That means more clean electricity and fewer carbon emissions with over 1.4 GW added this year!
Next stop: the upcoming CfD rounds... a key step to keeping the momentum going 📈
UK solar capacity hits 20 GW
Major milestone for UK solar deployment as 15 CfD-backed projects switch on during the first three quarters of 2025. Further utility-scale deployment is expected, but much will depend on the outcomes ...
www.pv-magazine.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
The UK just passed 20 GW of solar power! ☀️
That means more clean electricity and fewer carbon emissions with over 1.4 GW added this year!
Next stop: the upcoming CfD rounds... a key step to keeping the momentum going 📈
That means more clean electricity and fewer carbon emissions with over 1.4 GW added this year!
Next stop: the upcoming CfD rounds... a key step to keeping the momentum going 📈
Nothing more annoying than hearing people tell you the clocks going back means "an extra hour to lie in"!
Whoever came up with daylight savings time didn’t have small children did they 🙄
October 26, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Nothing more annoying than hearing people tell you the clocks going back means "an extra hour to lie in"!
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Proud of our diverse country.
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
October 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Proud of our diverse country.
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
And all the people working hard to overturn 14 years of Tory misrule, whatever their background.
❤️🇬🇧
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Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first
Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...
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October 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."
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My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
October 11, 2025 at 7:17 PM
My friend Sascha is a professional musician and he's lost a viola bow on the way to Heathrow. Please signal boost to help him get it back.
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Things you can’t be prepared for:
1) your 7 year old suddenly having an existential crisis at bedtime & wanting to be reassured that life isn’t pointless.
1) your 7 year old suddenly having an existential crisis at bedtime & wanting to be reassured that life isn’t pointless.
October 10, 2025 at 9:57 AM
Things you can’t be prepared for:
1) your 7 year old suddenly having an existential crisis at bedtime & wanting to be reassured that life isn’t pointless.
1) your 7 year old suddenly having an existential crisis at bedtime & wanting to be reassured that life isn’t pointless.
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The Rees Moggs will still do History degrees. The Johnsons will still do Classics.
Sadly, the Wilsons from South Bank in Middlesbrough won't get the intellectual stimulation of studying a subject of interest for a degree.
Sadly, the Wilsons from South Bank in Middlesbrough won't get the intellectual stimulation of studying a subject of interest for a degree.
October 8, 2025 at 5:59 AM
The Rees Moggs will still do History degrees. The Johnsons will still do Classics.
Sadly, the Wilsons from South Bank in Middlesbrough won't get the intellectual stimulation of studying a subject of interest for a degree.
Sadly, the Wilsons from South Bank in Middlesbrough won't get the intellectual stimulation of studying a subject of interest for a degree.
Sometimes I think the biggest challenge for progressives in the UK is not how to get Zack/Keir/Ed elected but how to get Andy Street and those like him elected again.
Andy Street, former Mayor of the West Midlands, sets Robert Jenrick @robertjenrickmp.bsky.social straight on integration in Handsworth and claims of it being a slum.
with Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social and Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on #Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
with Sonia Sodha @sonia-sodha.bsky.social and Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire.bsky.social on #Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Sometimes I think the biggest challenge for progressives in the UK is not how to get Zack/Keir/Ed elected but how to get Andy Street and those like him elected again.
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Anyone who thinks promoting a vicious racist conspiracist like Robinson is good for Jews has lost any grip on reality
October 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Anyone who thinks promoting a vicious racist conspiracist like Robinson is good for Jews has lost any grip on reality
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This👇👇! Despite being in most other ways the best borough in London, even I must admit that Lewisham is a bit notorious for dog shit. Time for government and @lewisham.gov.uk to take action!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Why I have had it with entitled dog owners | Arwa Mahdawi
You know the types – they let their hound jump all over you and don’t clear up after them. Bring on their poo-nishment, writes Arwa Mahdawi
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:52 AM
This👇👇! Despite being in most other ways the best borough in London, even I must admit that Lewisham is a bit notorious for dog shit. Time for government and @lewisham.gov.uk to take action!
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
September 30, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Some good news.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
London is meeting legal limits for toxic NO2 pollution for the first time – almost 200 years earlier than predicted – following the Mayor’s "world leading air pollution policies," City Hall announces.
The Ultra Low Emissions Zone - and similar policies - really do work.
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“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”
Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.
Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.
Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn
Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space
www.theguardian.com
October 1, 2025 at 6:47 AM
“Safety and space at risk as SUVs reach 30% of car market in English cities, researchers warn. Campaigners call for Paris-style parking charges amid fears big vehicles are taking up excessive public space.”
Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.
Cities need smart strategies to manage vehicle size. NOT bigger parking space requirements.
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Buckle is just correct about reactionary centrists in the UK, they are a genuine threat to our democracy and will have us down the same path as the USA. Seeing how much of the authoritarian drive in the US has been due to elite acquiescence has shaken me.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
What is a reactionary centrist, and does the UK have them?
A term favoured by US progressives can help us understand Britain’s drift to the right
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
October 1, 2025 at 4:47 AM
Buckle is just correct about reactionary centrists in the UK, they are a genuine threat to our democracy and will have us down the same path as the USA. Seeing how much of the authoritarian drive in the US has been due to elite acquiescence has shaken me.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/709...
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This only happens to you once
September 26, 2025 at 7:39 PM
This only happens to you once