Andrew
@andd21.bsky.social
Retired bureaucrat, of the street level kind. Perhaps thoughtful.... #Northumbrian #NorthEastScot
Rough Collies, family, braes if not bens. Reading and learning. Not getting in the hillwalking I should be doing, nor the gardening 🫣
Rough Collies, family, braes if not bens. Reading and learning. Not getting in the hillwalking I should be doing, nor the gardening 🫣
Just watching a Guardian news video with the sound off and the automated subtitles on. It's amusing that Keir Starmer translates as either Karma or Stalin.
January 20, 2026 at 3:44 AM
Just watching a Guardian news video with the sound off and the automated subtitles on. It's amusing that Keir Starmer translates as either Karma or Stalin.
"The rattle of a Thompson gun".
Now where did I hear that? Which type of song?
"We're off to Dublin in the green." A well known Irish rebel song.
I suppose the Toraidh party have gone back to their roots. At least Thatcher is irrelevant to them now.
Now where did I hear that? Which type of song?
"We're off to Dublin in the green." A well known Irish rebel song.
I suppose the Toraidh party have gone back to their roots. At least Thatcher is irrelevant to them now.
December 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
"The rattle of a Thompson gun".
Now where did I hear that? Which type of song?
"We're off to Dublin in the green." A well known Irish rebel song.
I suppose the Toraidh party have gone back to their roots. At least Thatcher is irrelevant to them now.
Now where did I hear that? Which type of song?
"We're off to Dublin in the green." A well known Irish rebel song.
I suppose the Toraidh party have gone back to their roots. At least Thatcher is irrelevant to them now.
No we don't. We're on the cusp of losing our democracy. The only priority is keeping Farage out of Downing Street. We can sort out Labour as well.
September 29, 2025 at 6:50 AM
No we don't. We're on the cusp of losing our democracy. The only priority is keeping Farage out of Downing Street. We can sort out Labour as well.
Not long ago I finished volume 1, Volker Ulrich. The latest Hitler biography. Key theme was the role of the conservative parties in putting him in. This is just the same. BBC, most MSM. I see you.
September 29, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Not long ago I finished volume 1, Volker Ulrich. The latest Hitler biography. Key theme was the role of the conservative parties in putting him in. This is just the same. BBC, most MSM. I see you.
Strong opinion. However...
September 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Strong opinion. However...
Basil Fawlty mistook him for the hotel inspector, poor man.
August 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Basil Fawlty mistook him for the hotel inspector, poor man.
Will you be doing a head-to-head with Tom Holland soon? 😉 #DominationorDominion?
July 26, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Will you be doing a head-to-head with Tom Holland soon? 😉 #DominationorDominion?
Aberdeenshire, the Borders and North Yorkshire!
June 25, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Aberdeenshire, the Borders and North Yorkshire!
"It was that teachable moment, encountering the pure disdain for Labour in one of Britain’s most deprived neighbourhoods..." Hartlepool doesn't contain such neighbourhoods, only some of Britain's most alienated. Still clueless.
June 23, 2025 at 8:34 AM
"It was that teachable moment, encountering the pure disdain for Labour in one of Britain’s most deprived neighbourhoods..." Hartlepool doesn't contain such neighbourhoods, only some of Britain's most alienated. Still clueless.
To be clear, there are no longer any "English Episcopal" churches. I see the SEC as having a distinctive character of its own, but with some of the usual Anglican variety. Being neither established nor endowed makes for different relationships to the CofE. Spoiler alert - I'm NOT an authority!
June 5, 2025 at 7:36 PM
To be clear, there are no longer any "English Episcopal" churches. I see the SEC as having a distinctive character of its own, but with some of the usual Anglican variety. Being neither established nor endowed makes for different relationships to the CofE. Spoiler alert - I'm NOT an authority!
"Merged" might be to put it too precisely. One "English Episcopal Church" near me only came into the fold in the 20th century. Some others cohabit (sic) rather uncomfortably...
June 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
"Merged" might be to put it too precisely. One "English Episcopal Church" near me only came into the fold in the 20th century. Some others cohabit (sic) rather uncomfortably...
In the frontline against the Scots, Boney, the Kaiser and the Narzis.
May 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
In the frontline against the Scots, Boney, the Kaiser and the Narzis.
That's complicated by the amalgamation of the Hartlepools in 1967, that of the Ancient Borough and the County Borough of (British) WEST Hartlepool.
May 18, 2025 at 3:29 PM
That's complicated by the amalgamation of the Hartlepools in 1967, that of the Ancient Borough and the County Borough of (British) WEST Hartlepool.
Thank you 😊 Looking forward to meeting you again 😊
May 9, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Thank you 😊 Looking forward to meeting you again 😊
In CofE, vicar means standing in for a vicar who's absent. Bishop of Rome is vicar for someone who's never absent.
May 6, 2025 at 8:09 PM
In CofE, vicar means standing in for a vicar who's absent. Bishop of Rome is vicar for someone who's never absent.
But Nadia will never kiss the hand.
April 27, 2025 at 6:58 PM
But Nadia will never kiss the hand.
See Ian Bradley in the Tablet.
April 9, 2025 at 8:00 AM
See Ian Bradley in the Tablet.