AndrewB57
@andrewb57.bsky.social
Semi-pro loafer
Panglossian, SocDem, education, rowing, music, Spurs
Panglossian, SocDem, education, rowing, music, Spurs
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AndrewB57
@andrewb57.bsky.social
· Nov 26
Just putting up my 3 principles for social discourse:
1. Disagreement is permitted
2. No-one is wrong about everything (nor right)
3. I may be mistaken
1. Disagreement is permitted
2. No-one is wrong about everything (nor right)
3. I may be mistaken
Well this is rather wholesome
'Playful' seal pup climbs aboard rower's boat - www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
'Playful' seal pup climbs aboard rower's boat - www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
Devon rower shares 'special' moment as 'playful' seal climbs on boat
A rower has an unexpected encounter when a curious seal pup clambers aboard.
www.bbc.com
August 8, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Well this is rather wholesome
'Playful' seal pup climbs aboard rower's boat - www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
'Playful' seal pup climbs aboard rower's boat - www.bbc.com/news/videos/...
For my Umpiring friends - paperwork for my Saturday entertainment includes the instruction
"DO NOT LET UMPIRES SHOW INITIATIVE"
Where to start?
"DO NOT LET UMPIRES SHOW INITIATIVE"
Where to start?
May 16, 2025 at 8:26 AM
For my Umpiring friends - paperwork for my Saturday entertainment includes the instruction
"DO NOT LET UMPIRES SHOW INITIATIVE"
Where to start?
"DO NOT LET UMPIRES SHOW INITIATIVE"
Where to start?
Genius
May 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Genius
I find myself agreeing with Daniel Hannan on globalisation. Oh no @jwsidders.bsky.social
conservativehome.com/2025/04/23/d...
conservativehome.com/2025/04/23/d...
Daniel Hannan: The Conservative case for globalisation in six simple points | Conservative Home
These arguments were never easy to make, because it is human nature to start with our hunches and then reason backwards. That is especially true in our online, vibes-driven age.
conservativehome.com
April 23, 2025 at 11:02 AM
I find myself agreeing with Daniel Hannan on globalisation. Oh no @jwsidders.bsky.social
conservativehome.com/2025/04/23/d...
conservativehome.com/2025/04/23/d...
Reposted by AndrewB57
Now would be a very good time for the UK government to abandon the fuel duty freeze
Oil is now cratering, down 6.6%today to its lowest price since August 2021.
Going to hit Putin’s oil revenues.
Going to hit Putin’s oil revenues.
April 4, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Now would be a very good time for the UK government to abandon the fuel duty freeze
King Brian's Official Birthday.
All shall celebrate
All shall celebrate
April 1, 2025 at 2:09 PM
King Brian's Official Birthday.
All shall celebrate
All shall celebrate
Apropos of yesterday's nonsense, it came to me that but for the French, Americans would speak English today
March 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Apropos of yesterday's nonsense, it came to me that but for the French, Americans would speak English today
Retirement woes:
Book a fireplace service for the afternoon and they turn up 1st thing in the morning BEFORE I AM DRESSED
Book a fireplace service for the afternoon and they turn up 1st thing in the morning BEFORE I AM DRESSED
a black and white photo of a man with the words " absolute tragic mess " below him
ALT: a black and white photo of a man with the words " absolute tragic mess " below him
media.tenor.com
March 12, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Retirement woes:
Book a fireplace service for the afternoon and they turn up 1st thing in the morning BEFORE I AM DRESSED
Book a fireplace service for the afternoon and they turn up 1st thing in the morning BEFORE I AM DRESSED
One day a best-seller will be written about this case.
Detective Superintendent Mike Brown appeared on BBC Crimewatch Live yesterday, to once again speak about the unsolved case of human remains that were found in a Sudbury river in August 2020.
You can watch the episode here >>
Shared via @suffolkpolice.bsky.social
You can watch the episode here >>
Shared via @suffolkpolice.bsky.social
Crimewatch Live - Series 21: 6. A Gruesome Discovery
Police need help with finding answers after a bag of human remains is recovered in the River Stour.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 12, 2025 at 8:00 AM
One day a best-seller will be written about this case.
The goats followed a camel called Albert who wanted them to see the snow.
The BBC rejected this plot as too unrealistic and went with the Clangers instead
The BBC rejected this plot as too unrealistic and went with the Clangers instead
February 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The goats followed a camel called Albert who wanted them to see the snow.
The BBC rejected this plot as too unrealistic and went with the Clangers instead
The BBC rejected this plot as too unrealistic and went with the Clangers instead
February 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Amazon has just chosen FOR ME a big button mobile phone "for elderly"
a little girl is screaming with her mouth open and the words `` how rude '' above her .
ALT: a little girl is screaming with her mouth open and the words `` how rude '' above her .
media.tenor.com
December 24, 2024 at 12:06 PM
Amazon has just chosen FOR ME a big button mobile phone "for elderly"
Trains by name
The Express: only goes to dumps but and gets there fast
The Local: doesn't serve beer, no roaring fire nor dartboard. 1/10 would not recommend
The Semi-Fast: slow, and also misses the useful stops
The Express: only goes to dumps but and gets there fast
The Local: doesn't serve beer, no roaring fire nor dartboard. 1/10 would not recommend
The Semi-Fast: slow, and also misses the useful stops
December 5, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Trains by name
The Express: only goes to dumps but and gets there fast
The Local: doesn't serve beer, no roaring fire nor dartboard. 1/10 would not recommend
The Semi-Fast: slow, and also misses the useful stops
The Express: only goes to dumps but and gets there fast
The Local: doesn't serve beer, no roaring fire nor dartboard. 1/10 would not recommend
The Semi-Fast: slow, and also misses the useful stops
This could be really bad news
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
South Korea's president declares emergency martial law - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
South Korea's president declares emergency martial law - BBC News
South Korea's president declares emergency martial law
In a surprise late night television address he says the move was necessary to protect the country from North Korea's communist forces.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 3, 2024 at 1:58 PM
This could be really bad news
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
South Korea's president declares emergency martial law - BBC News
BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cn...
South Korea's president declares emergency martial law - BBC News
November 28, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Unreservedly good news
Katherine Grainger makes history as BOA’s first female chair in 119 years
Katherine Grainger makes history as BOA’s first female chair in 119 years
* Former rower will succeed Hugh Robertson in new year
* Grainger is currently in second term as chair of UK Sport
One of Team GB’s greatest ever athletes, Dame Katherine Grainger, has become the first female chair of the British Olympic Association…
www.theguardian.com
November 28, 2024 at 4:38 PM
Unreservedly good news
Is there a creature called non-vintage Sauvignon Blanc?
Also, drinking aged SB is quite a niche pursuit.
Also, drinking aged SB is quite a niche pursuit.
If you don’t want to read Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein together by the fireplace whilst sharing a vintage bottle of Sauvignon Blanc in an abandoned château in the French countryside during a raging snowstorm, then please don’t tell me you’re “down for a good time”.
November 27, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Is there a creature called non-vintage Sauvignon Blanc?
Also, drinking aged SB is quite a niche pursuit.
Also, drinking aged SB is quite a niche pursuit.
Just putting up my 3 principles for social discourse:
1. Disagreement is permitted
2. No-one is wrong about everything (nor right)
3. I may be mistaken
1. Disagreement is permitted
2. No-one is wrong about everything (nor right)
3. I may be mistaken
November 26, 2024 at 1:16 PM
Just putting up my 3 principles for social discourse:
1. Disagreement is permitted
2. No-one is wrong about everything (nor right)
3. I may be mistaken
1. Disagreement is permitted
2. No-one is wrong about everything (nor right)
3. I may be mistaken
Next up, a proper big read.
November 25, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Next up, a proper big read.
I LOVE reading books. On holiday I read ALL the time.
But I am retired. Why should I feel guilty reading at home?
Anyway, now this
But I am retired. Why should I feel guilty reading at home?
Anyway, now this
November 20, 2024 at 2:34 PM
I LOVE reading books. On holiday I read ALL the time.
But I am retired. Why should I feel guilty reading at home?
Anyway, now this
But I am retired. Why should I feel guilty reading at home?
Anyway, now this
Sunday now looking drier but a touch breezy
November 19, 2024 at 12:47 PM
Sunday now looking drier but a touch breezy
Today we start with this classic. What is on your kindle? (Other formats are available)
November 18, 2024 at 9:06 AM
Today we start with this classic. What is on your kindle? (Other formats are available)
So many folk using data in polemics for rejoining the EU right away.
They ignore the response of EU members to any application.
It must be a long road that we take to get there.
They ignore the response of EU members to any application.
It must be a long road that we take to get there.
“Over the longer term the OBR say economic growth will be boosted by 1.4%. That’s really positive” says Chancellor
OBR also say Brexit will reduce the UK’s potential GDP by 4% in the long run by lowering the trade intensity of the economy? Isn’t that important?
youtu.be/0Wn4gusyHvk?...
OBR also say Brexit will reduce the UK’s potential GDP by 4% in the long run by lowering the trade intensity of the economy? Isn’t that important?
youtu.be/0Wn4gusyHvk?...
Ed Davey questions Keir Starmer on impact of Brexit on UK trade at #PMQs - hold onto your seats
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 15, 2024 at 9:53 AM
So many folk using data in polemics for rejoining the EU right away.
They ignore the response of EU members to any application.
It must be a long road that we take to get there.
They ignore the response of EU members to any application.
It must be a long road that we take to get there.