Andy Watson
@andyalan10.bsky.social
French resident, Irish passport holding Briton. Have a husband, spaniel, ride-on mower and old Volvo estate, scrub that, shiny new Citroen PHEV. Used to be centrist, now extreme left wing, and it's not me that changed...
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Is anybody going to explain to Farage that the saying is "One bad apple spoils the barrel"?
November 24, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Is anybody going to explain to Farage that the saying is "One bad apple spoils the barrel"?
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Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
October 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Minority representation on TV causes outrage
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
From the new Private Eye, in shops now.
Farage on pronouns - "I" when he claims it shows his commitment to Clacton. "We" when it turns out he lied. "They" when it saves him £44,000 in stamp duty.
September 7, 2025 at 8:32 AM
Farage on pronouns - "I" when he claims it shows his commitment to Clacton. "We" when it turns out he lied. "They" when it saves him £44,000 in stamp duty.
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We are calling this "Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
"Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)" - original song by The Marsh Family
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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August 29, 2025 at 1:25 PM
We are calling this "Raise the Colours (or, The Ballad of Little Bobby Jenrick)"
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=87bY...
It's a musical commentary on #raisethecolours, celebrating Robert Jenrick's latest social media antics, with a ukelele gradually going out of tune.
First experience of AI - click the button on investing.com and the AI article says that the one analyst target for Pantheon Resources of 70p is far below the current trading price of £24.61. The current price is 24.61p
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August 8, 2025 at 10:22 AM
First experience of AI - click the button on investing.com and the AI article says that the one analyst target for Pantheon Resources of 70p is far below the current trading price of £24.61. The current price is 24.61p
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That an unelected advisor does not want to "appease" elected MPs speaks volumes for the way party strategists think about Parliament.
MPs are there to represent the concerns of their constituents.
Govts that stop listening to MPs - like Thatcher on the poll tax or Blair on Iraq - usually regret it
MPs are there to represent the concerns of their constituents.
Govts that stop listening to MPs - like Thatcher on the poll tax or Blair on Iraq - usually regret it
May 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
That an unelected advisor does not want to "appease" elected MPs speaks volumes for the way party strategists think about Parliament.
MPs are there to represent the concerns of their constituents.
Govts that stop listening to MPs - like Thatcher on the poll tax or Blair on Iraq - usually regret it
MPs are there to represent the concerns of their constituents.
Govts that stop listening to MPs - like Thatcher on the poll tax or Blair on Iraq - usually regret it
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Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
May 21, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Last year my wife had breast cancer and a double mastectomy.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
This morning, for the first time ever, she was challenged in the changing rooms at the swimming pool. Her breasts were not what make her a woman - but, breasts or not, she is entitled to dignity and protection from vigilantes.
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🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that *intended* to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives.
But she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!
But she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!
April 1, 2025 at 3:46 PM
🙌🏼 I’m not sure who had the amazing idea to invite this constitutional lawyer to a senate hearing that *intended* to prove Biden colluded with Meta to censor conservatives.
But she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!
But she took the opportunity to speak truth to power ✊🏼 on the hypocrite 👑 KING OF FREE SPEECH, Donald Trump, himself. 👏🏼 Brava!
Musk and Trump, Laurel and Hardy. One smaller emotionally insecure one, one big fat angry one. Supposedly on the same team, always arguing, everything they touch turns to sh1t.
April 3, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Musk and Trump, Laurel and Hardy. One smaller emotionally insecure one, one big fat angry one. Supposedly on the same team, always arguing, everything they touch turns to sh1t.
Putting a positive spin on the current state of the world. Trump turning the US into a haven for white supremacists offers every other country in the world a competitive advantage by simply using the talents of all the people.
March 29, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Putting a positive spin on the current state of the world. Trump turning the US into a haven for white supremacists offers every other country in the world a competitive advantage by simply using the talents of all the people.
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I used to think "journalists" just regurgitated press releases, but it seems they can't even do that. Today Apple have put out a story headlined "Apple to spend more than $500 billion..." and both the Times and Guardian have stories headlined "Apple to invest..."
February 25, 2025 at 10:26 AM
I used to think "journalists" just regurgitated press releases, but it seems they can't even do that. Today Apple have put out a story headlined "Apple to spend more than $500 billion..." and both the Times and Guardian have stories headlined "Apple to invest..."
I remember how we laughed that as America was late to the last two world wars it would be early to the next one. Don't remember thinking they would be on the other side, but here we are.
February 20, 2025 at 10:17 AM
I remember how we laughed that as America was late to the last two world wars it would be early to the next one. Don't remember thinking they would be on the other side, but here we are.
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I wonder if JD Vance is planning to lecture his boss’s buddy Vladimir Putin on democracy and free speech. 🤔
February 14, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I wonder if JD Vance is planning to lecture his boss’s buddy Vladimir Putin on democracy and free speech. 🤔
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This is gonna be fun…
January 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
This is gonna be fun…
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Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this+follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟💙
December 21, 2024 at 8:39 PM
Hello! If you oppose NHS privatisation please could you repost this+follow me? I need to know who to follow next (it’ll be you!) 🌟💙
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I believe the Earth is actually a custard filled globe, hardened by fire and caramel along the upper crust. Yes, I have founded the Flan Earth Society. I even wrote some stories about it. It's decent flan fiction.
December 8, 2024 at 4:11 PM
I believe the Earth is actually a custard filled globe, hardened by fire and caramel along the upper crust. Yes, I have founded the Flan Earth Society. I even wrote some stories about it. It's decent flan fiction.
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If you care - and there's no reason why you should - there is now an excerpt from the forthcoming "Tories: The End of an Error".
Scroll down this page and click the "Excerpt" tab.
Caution: Contains Nadine Dorries.
unbound.com/books/tories...
Scroll down this page and click the "Excerpt" tab.
Caution: Contains Nadine Dorries.
unbound.com/books/tories...
Tories: The End of an Error by Russell Jones — Unbound
Unbound is a crowdfunding publisher that gives people the tools, support and freedom to bring their ideas to life.
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December 6, 2024 at 10:19 AM
If you care - and there's no reason why you should - there is now an excerpt from the forthcoming "Tories: The End of an Error".
Scroll down this page and click the "Excerpt" tab.
Caution: Contains Nadine Dorries.
unbound.com/books/tories...
Scroll down this page and click the "Excerpt" tab.
Caution: Contains Nadine Dorries.
unbound.com/books/tories...
Here's an idea for Kier Starmer - announce that the Inheritance tax rate on millionaire farmers will go from 20 to 22% (instead of the 40% everybody else pays) in order to pay for the full restoration of winter fuel payments...
November 20, 2024 at 11:52 AM
Here's an idea for Kier Starmer - announce that the Inheritance tax rate on millionaire farmers will go from 20 to 22% (instead of the 40% everybody else pays) in order to pay for the full restoration of winter fuel payments...
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If you fancy a laugh or bit of weekend distraction, here's a cover of the heartbreaking paternal story told in Flight of the Conchords' "Father and Son" - reperformed by a real life Father and Son: youtu.be/zfMpQZlN8bc. We found it very hard to get through without corpsing but got there in the end!
"Father and Son" by Flight of the Conchords - cover version by The Marsh Family (real father/son)
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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November 16, 2024 at 1:00 PM
If you fancy a laugh or bit of weekend distraction, here's a cover of the heartbreaking paternal story told in Flight of the Conchords' "Father and Son" - reperformed by a real life Father and Son: youtu.be/zfMpQZlN8bc. We found it very hard to get through without corpsing but got there in the end!
Just imagine if social media had evolved the way email did - with defined standards, and you could use any client to post and view, and so could everybody else.
November 14, 2024 at 7:55 PM
Just imagine if social media had evolved the way email did - with defined standards, and you could use any client to post and view, and so could everybody else.