Andrew Riley
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Just knocked up a wee thing for Blackpool council
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just knocked up a wee thing for Blackpool council
Dystopian future is now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dystopian future is now.
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The obvious smartass reply to that headline is that it represents A New Hope in the fight for New York housing affordability.
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The obvious smartass reply to that headline is that it represents A New Hope in the fight for New York housing affordability.
Yet more evidence that allowing fake self employment is not good.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Delivery firm DPD accused of ‘revenge’ sacking drivers who criticised pay cuts
Exclusive: Labour peer calls for change in the law after company terminates contracts of strike ‘ringleaders’
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Yet more evidence that allowing fake self employment is not good.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Pensioner with dementia living in a care home is convicted in our broken court system over a £43 car bill
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
Fast-track court scandal: Pensioner with dementia convicted over £43 car bill
The pensioner’s conviction is the latest scandal to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure
www.standard.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Pensioner with dementia living in a care home is convicted in our broken court system over a £43 car bill
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
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Don’t think Tony knows anyone who is a basic rate taxpayer so his view may be skewed
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Don’t think Tony knows anyone who is a basic rate taxpayer so his view may be skewed
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“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”
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So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative
I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.
October 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative
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They are so fucking dumb it is unreal. They are the keeping the story in the news as much as Farage.
Keir Starmer's "progressive fightback" latest www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
They are so fucking dumb it is unreal. They are the keeping the story in the news as much as Farage.
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Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn)
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
English councils’ temporary accommodation bill rises to £2.8bn
Councils in England spent a record £2.8bn on temporary accommodation last year, with the annual bill rising by 25% as the homelessness crisis deepens.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn)
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
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Isn't this evidence against your thesis that encouragement and glorification of political violence is a "general scourge"? There's nothing remotely equivalent to this coming from prominent Democrats. Republican elected and media figures do this constantly.
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Isn't this evidence against your thesis that encouragement and glorification of political violence is a "general scourge"? There's nothing remotely equivalent to this coming from prominent Democrats. Republican elected and media figures do this constantly.
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New report: Taxing landlords more is good, actually.
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New report: Taxing landlords more is good, actually.
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Hoping to see all the major outlets cover this multi-million pound tax scandal as closely as they have Angela Rayner's £40k one.
Here's something a bit different. We've been reporting from Edinburgh to try to get to the bottom of a mystery in London. Princes Street is the Scottish capital's most famous shopping street — and it's gaining the *exact same* tatty gift shops as London. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...
The Edinburgh connection to London's tax-evading gift shops
Plus: A chat with the Transport for London boss running the tube strike negotiations — and how the "hardworking businessman" putting up flags in south London tried to scam an insurer.
www.londoncentric.media
September 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Hoping to see all the major outlets cover this multi-million pound tax scandal as closely as they have Angela Rayner's £40k one.
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The logic is that there’s a shortage of homes at affordable prices for owner occupiers.
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The logic is that there’s a shortage of homes at affordable prices for owner occupiers.
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?
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My favorite earth fact is that there's literally no reason at all for eclipses to happen, and the fact that the sun and moon happen to be the same size in the sky is a cosmic coincidence
September 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My favorite earth fact is that there's literally no reason at all for eclipses to happen, and the fact that the sun and moon happen to be the same size in the sky is a cosmic coincidence
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As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
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August 26, 2025 at 3:58 PM
As we've seen across history, the populist playbook used by Farage is ugly, powerful and incredibly destructive.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
We know where it will lead if we don't stop it.
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Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
August 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Possible causes of your problems. It’s a diagram that (sadly) still seems relevant in 2025, so reposting a year and a bit on.
Isn't journalism supposed to be about asking questions and following up? This whole piece just reads like anti-tax propaganda.
Why does a 20% tax require selling 50% of the business? What other options are there like a mortgage to repay the tax? What about Trusts?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why does a 20% tax require selling 50% of the business? What other options are there like a mortgage to repay the tax? What about Trusts?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Coast and Country Holiday Parks owner worried by tax changes - BBC News
One park owner says for his family, the tax changes could mean selling half of their business.
www.bbc.co.uk
August 18, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Isn't journalism supposed to be about asking questions and following up? This whole piece just reads like anti-tax propaganda.
Why does a 20% tax require selling 50% of the business? What other options are there like a mortgage to repay the tax? What about Trusts?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why does a 20% tax require selling 50% of the business? What other options are there like a mortgage to repay the tax? What about Trusts?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
August 15, 2025 at 5:06 PM
You've GOT to be kidding me!
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
The Conservatives - who oversaw every single thing on this list - are trying to claim that only the Conservatives would "stop the madness" - that they created...?
So incredulity aside, what about the list itself?
Let's go Debunking! 1/34
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I'm just tired of rich people playing at poverty.
I have had times in my life where I couldn't afford food, and was told I didn't qualify for assistance.
It's hard to sympathise with objectively well-off people, whinging that they can't afford to holiday in Tuscany because of the riding lessons.
I have had times in my life where I couldn't afford food, and was told I didn't qualify for assistance.
It's hard to sympathise with objectively well-off people, whinging that they can't afford to holiday in Tuscany because of the riding lessons.
August 11, 2025 at 7:56 AM
I'm just tired of rich people playing at poverty.
I have had times in my life where I couldn't afford food, and was told I didn't qualify for assistance.
It's hard to sympathise with objectively well-off people, whinging that they can't afford to holiday in Tuscany because of the riding lessons.
I have had times in my life where I couldn't afford food, and was told I didn't qualify for assistance.
It's hard to sympathise with objectively well-off people, whinging that they can't afford to holiday in Tuscany because of the riding lessons.
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Yes. This map showing how children’s right to roam free has been removed over four generations always makes me sad.
August 6, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Yes. This map showing how children’s right to roam free has been removed over four generations always makes me sad.
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UVW: "At Draughts Bar, staff are fighting against exploitative,
and insecure working conditions. Employed on zero-hour contracts, they report frequent last-minute shift cancellations that leave them without income or any work-life balance." They want on-site security and fixed-hour contracts.
and insecure working conditions. Employed on zero-hour contracts, they report frequent last-minute shift cancellations that leave them without income or any work-life balance." They want on-site security and fixed-hour contracts.
August 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
UVW: "At Draughts Bar, staff are fighting against exploitative,
and insecure working conditions. Employed on zero-hour contracts, they report frequent last-minute shift cancellations that leave them without income or any work-life balance." They want on-site security and fixed-hour contracts.
and insecure working conditions. Employed on zero-hour contracts, they report frequent last-minute shift cancellations that leave them without income or any work-life balance." They want on-site security and fixed-hour contracts.
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My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.
WASPInomics and the magic avocado tree
Why boomers struggle to make sense of the millennial world.
open.substack.com
July 29, 2025 at 7:29 AM
My latest, exploring with numbers how the millennial household budget is basically incomprehensible to retired boomers.