Andy Lugton
@alugton.bsky.social
Supposedly retired but keeping busy making posters and newsletters.
Email me: alugton@gmail.com
Email me: alugton@gmail.com
We bought a 2026 calendar from TG Jones, month to a page. It starts off okay but Weds 14th Jan is followed by Friday 15th and the 16th has no name.
December 12, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We bought a 2026 calendar from TG Jones, month to a page. It starts off okay but Weds 14th Jan is followed by Friday 15th and the 16th has no name.
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UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation
Analysis reveals ‘privatisation premium’ of £250 per household per year paid to owners of water, rail, bus, energy and mail services since 2010
www.theguardian.com
December 8, 2025 at 7:53 AM
UK public has paid £200bn to shareholders of key industries since privatisation.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
In public ownership that would have gone into infrastructure, lower bills.
Privatisation delivered low investment, high bills, no tax on dividends to foreign investors.
No end to nightmare without public ownership.
Sixth-form students are warned to familiarise themselves with analogue clocks prior to exam day. Some of them can't tell the time.
November 28, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Sixth-form students are warned to familiarise themselves with analogue clocks prior to exam day. Some of them can't tell the time.
Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comment
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comments
Senior figure allegedly referred to customers buying ‘highly processed food’ and denigrated Indian employees
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Soup firm Campbell’s dismisses executive over alleged ‘poor people’ comment
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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This is shocking but not surprising. While private jets are the worst offenders, all flights are massively undertaxed.
NEW | Our latest research exposes just how lightly private jet users are taxed — and how much the UK is losing because of it.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
It’s time the biggest polluters paid their share.
November 26, 2025 at 12:37 PM
This is shocking but not surprising. While private jets are the worst offenders, all flights are massively undertaxed.
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
Letters: Airlines benefit from a tax system that helps them keep fares low, writes Anna Hughes
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 4:50 PM
End the tax break that makes flying cheaper than trains | Letters
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
The pub that's banning solo drinkers hasn't thought it through. They only need to hang around outside until another one comes along and go in together.
Or am I missing something?
Or am I missing something?
November 25, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The pub that's banning solo drinkers hasn't thought it through. They only need to hang around outside until another one comes along and go in together.
Or am I missing something?
Or am I missing something?
Having just read Adrian Chiles' column in a recent Guardian and casting about for the words to do him justice, an expression of my dear departed grandmother comes to mind: "He's neither use nor ornament".
November 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Having just read Adrian Chiles' column in a recent Guardian and casting about for the words to do him justice, an expression of my dear departed grandmother comes to mind: "He's neither use nor ornament".
Can you imagine anything more ugly?
Birmingham City unveil 62,000-capacity stadium plans
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Birmingham City unveil 62,000-capacity stadium plans
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘A modern-day Colosseum’: Birmingham City unveil 62,000-capacity stadium plans
Birmingham City’s stadium is planned to feature 12 chimney-like towers and club chair Tom Wagner sees it as ‘a beacon for excellence’
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Can you imagine anything more ugly?
Birmingham City unveil 62,000-capacity stadium plans
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Birmingham City unveil 62,000-capacity stadium plans
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Installed a new landline phone for my elderly mother yesterday. I was pleased to see such large numbers on the keypad but struggled to read the microtype in the instruction manual myself.
November 19, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Installed a new landline phone for my elderly mother yesterday. I was pleased to see such large numbers on the keypad but struggled to read the microtype in the instruction manual myself.
Great news and long overdue
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown
Touts, and ordinary consumers, will no longer be able to charge anything more than price at which they bought ticket
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Great news and long overdue
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Reselling tickets for profit to be outlawed in UK government crackdown www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
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Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
November 15, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Okay, I can't let this one go. I live in Ireland, not the UK, but the use of this image by a supposedly socialist party is so stupid and offensive, I'm going to get stuck in.
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Let me explain to you why any experienced illustrator/designer could have stopped you making so many miserable mistakes. 1/
Had a new freezer delivered yesterday. It's not working. There's no manual, just a QR code and the website it links to 404s. Grrr.
November 16, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Had a new freezer delivered yesterday. It's not working. There's no manual, just a QR code and the website it links to 404s. Grrr.
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November 15, 2025 at 11:14 AM
Based in the UK? Looking for a new challenge? Why not join our team of online support group moderators led by @erinuk.bsky.social or our social media team led by Lisa.
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Just returned from Sainsbury's where, yet again, their discounted prices were not applied at the checkout.
Are they dishonest, incompetent, or both?
Are they dishonest, incompetent, or both?
October 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Just returned from Sainsbury's where, yet again, their discounted prices were not applied at the checkout.
Are they dishonest, incompetent, or both?
Are they dishonest, incompetent, or both?
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Laws bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
Return on wealth must not be taxed at lower rates.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
Return on wealth must not be taxed at lower rates.
Nothing will change until the political system is freed from the clutches of corporations and the super-rich
The law is being used to enforce existing power structures for the benefit of the few
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Laws bent for the rich.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
Return on wealth must not be taxed at lower rates.
Wages taxed at marginal rates of 20% – 45% plus national insurance contributions (NIC).
Capital gains taxed at 18% to 32%, no NIC .
Dividends taxed at 8.75% to 39.35%, no NIC.
Return on wealth must not be taxed at lower rates.
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Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
November 11, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Love being reminded to do this every year. It's a win/win all round
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If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
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In six days god created heaven and earth. On the seventh day, in the interests of BBC balance and impartiality, Laura Kuenssberg interviewed satan.
November 10, 2025 at 5:32 PM
In six days god created heaven and earth. On the seventh day, in the interests of BBC balance and impartiality, Laura Kuenssberg interviewed satan.
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Ever wondered how the royals manage to cost half a billion? Dive into Republic's Half Billion Royals report today:
www.republic.org.uk/half_billion...
www.republic.org.uk/half_billion...
Half Billion Royals
www.republic.org.uk
November 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Ever wondered how the royals manage to cost half a billion? Dive into Republic's Half Billion Royals report today:
www.republic.org.uk/half_billion...
www.republic.org.uk/half_billion...
Once upon a time you could always guarantee seeing this haggard and stooped old man aimlessly walking the neighbourhood streets, day and night.
October 31, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Once upon a time you could always guarantee seeing this haggard and stooped old man aimlessly walking the neighbourhood streets, day and night.
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Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
October 30, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Amazon is helping fund a $300 million build of a ballroom for the White House.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.
Independent bookstores are donating to food banks and organizations that help with food insecurity.
They are not the same.