Andrew Fisher
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, trade unionist and socialist
https://inews.co.uk/author/andrew-fisher
https://inews.co.uk/author/andrew-fisher
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NEW: Unemployment has risen to 1,789,000. That's up 117,000 in the last 3 months and up 282,000 in the last year.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
NEW: Unemployment has risen to 1,789,000. That's up 117,000 in the last 3 months and up 282,000 in the last year.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
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The second half of this podcast dropped last night.
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
Pleasure to speak to Mark Steel on his podcast 'What the F*** is Going On?'
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
EP 169 with Andrew Fisher (Part 1)
Spotify video
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November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The second half of this podcast dropped last night.
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
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My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website help…
insidecroydon.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
Really excellent and insightful piece about the reasons behind the recent split in and from the Labour group on Nottingham Council.
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
Is the Labour Party splitting?
Councillor Steve Battlemuch explains how the Government’s policy failings, combined with the national Party’s factional interference in local contests, is fracturing Labour in Nottinghamshire.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/07/i...
Councillor Steve Battlemuch explains how the Government’s policy failings, combined with the national Party’s factional interference in local contests, is fracturing Labour in Nottinghamshire.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/07/i...
Is the Labour Party splitting?
Councillor Steve Battlemuch explains how the Government’s policy failings, combined with the national Party’s factional interference in local contests,is fracturing Labour in Nottinghamshire. Notti…
labourhub.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Really excellent and insightful piece about the reasons behind the recent split in and from the Labour group on Nottingham Council.
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website help…
insidecroydon.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis @fisherandrew79.bsky.social @christianwolmar.bsky.social
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website help…
insidecroydon.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis @fisherandrew79.bsky.social @christianwolmar.bsky.social
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There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
"being English requires Anglo-Saxon lineage"
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"being English requires Anglo-Saxon lineage"
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
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"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
Reeves must raise income tax – then focus on helping workers
As things stand, the Chancellor faces a dilemma
inews.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
Reeves must raise income tax – then focus on helping workers
As things stand, the Chancellor faces a dilemma
inews.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
Pleasure to speak to Mark Steel on his podcast 'What the F*** is Going On?'
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
EP 169 with Andrew Fisher (Part 1)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pleasure to speak to Mark Steel on his podcast 'What the F*** is Going On?'
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
We'd all like to think we'd act like this in a moment of crisis, but Samir Zitouni did - and he's a hero
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We'd all like to think we'd act like this in a moment of crisis, but Samir Zitouni did - and he's a hero
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape.
zeteo.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
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Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
November 3, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Nigel Farage, whose party recently put a teenager with zero work experience of any kind, in charge of running an entire county, is currently giving a speech railing against "unqualified" politicians being put in charge of Government departments
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How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals insidecroydon.com/2025/10/27/h... #Croydon #TheFraud @labour-hub.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @left-foot-forward.bsky.social
How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals
The Fraud: Keir Starmer, Morgan McSweeney and the Crisis of British Democracy, by Paul Holden, has already been a deeply impactful book which has claimed the scalp of Downing Street’s director of s…
insidecroydon.com
October 27, 2025 at 5:27 PM
How MP Reed used antisemitism to discredit Labour rivals insidecroydon.com/2025/10/27/h... #Croydon #TheFraud @labour-hub.bsky.social @labourlist.bsky.social @left-foot-forward.bsky.social
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Coming up for our paying subscribers - our latest @fisherandrew79.bsky.social interview, with Paul Holden, the author of the investigative book The Fraud. To sign up for subscribers access, click here: www.patreon.com/insidecroydon. To get a 20% discount: www.patreon.com/posts/subscr...
#Croydon
#Croydon
October 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Coming up for our paying subscribers - our latest @fisherandrew79.bsky.social interview, with Paul Holden, the author of the investigative book The Fraud. To sign up for subscribers access, click here: www.patreon.com/insidecroydon. To get a 20% discount: www.patreon.com/posts/subscr...
#Croydon
#Croydon
Water bills in England rose by an average of 26% this year.
More rewards for failure for the privatised water industry.
Bring water into public ownership @weownit.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More rewards for failure for the privatised water industry.
Bring water into public ownership @weownit.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
England's water companies get worst ever score over pollution
Thames Water - the UK's largest water company - was given the lowest one-star rating.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 23, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Water bills in England rose by an average of 26% this year.
More rewards for failure for the privatised water industry.
Bring water into public ownership @weownit.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More rewards for failure for the privatised water industry.
Bring water into public ownership @weownit.org.uk
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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PCS is looking for a Press Officer to manage and develop our media profile.
We're looking for an experienced journalist or press officer with articulate and persuasive writing skills to be the first point of contact representing PCS in the media.
Closing date 3 November.
www.pcs.org.uk/work-pcs
We're looking for an experienced journalist or press officer with articulate and persuasive writing skills to be the first point of contact representing PCS in the media.
Closing date 3 November.
www.pcs.org.uk/work-pcs
October 22, 2025 at 6:02 PM
PCS is looking for a Press Officer to manage and develop our media profile.
We're looking for an experienced journalist or press officer with articulate and persuasive writing skills to be the first point of contact representing PCS in the media.
Closing date 3 November.
www.pcs.org.uk/work-pcs
We're looking for an experienced journalist or press officer with articulate and persuasive writing skills to be the first point of contact representing PCS in the media.
Closing date 3 November.
www.pcs.org.uk/work-pcs
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Imagine the reaction if the bodies of returned Israeli hostages were handcuffed, blindfolded & showed signs of torture. It would be on the front page, leading every news bulletin, & the govt would be condemning the murderous brutality of Hamas
But Palestinian bodies? Nothing
But Palestinian bodies? Nothing
October 23, 2025 at 5:50 AM
Imagine the reaction if the bodies of returned Israeli hostages were handcuffed, blindfolded & showed signs of torture. It would be on the front page, leading every news bulletin, & the govt would be condemning the murderous brutality of Hamas
But Palestinian bodies? Nothing
But Palestinian bodies? Nothing
Will be on Sky News #PoliticsHub from 7pm, discussing the big stories of the day.
Tune in if you can ...
Tune in if you can ...
October 21, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Will be on Sky News #PoliticsHub from 7pm, discussing the big stories of the day.
Tune in if you can ...
Tune in if you can ...
"In the 1980s and 1990s, UK governments ceded control of large parts of their power, privatising energy, water, transport, housing and more. We transferred power from the UK ballot box to boardrooms, not to Brussels."
My new column in @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
My new column in @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
What Rachel Reeves isn't telling you when she blames Brexit
Britain's economic woes have much deeper roots than politicians want to admit
inews.co.uk
October 21, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"In the 1980s and 1990s, UK governments ceded control of large parts of their power, privatising energy, water, transport, housing and more. We transferred power from the UK ballot box to boardrooms, not to Brussels."
My new column in @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
My new column in @theipaper.com
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
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'Britain's economic woes have much deeper roots than politicians want to admit'
My latest column for @theipaper.com on blaming Brexit, and what it really means to 'Take back control' ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
My latest column for @theipaper.com on blaming Brexit, and what it really means to 'Take back control' ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
What Rachel Reeves isn't telling you when she blames Brexit
Britain's economic woes have much deeper roots than politicians want to admit
inews.co.uk
October 20, 2025 at 6:17 PM
'Britain's economic woes have much deeper roots than politicians want to admit'
My latest column for @theipaper.com on blaming Brexit, and what it really means to 'Take back control' ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...
My latest column for @theipaper.com on blaming Brexit, and what it really means to 'Take back control' ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/what...