James Austin
@jamesdaustin.bsky.social
This again. Outdoors. Politics. Sport. Not always in that order. Labour. Trade Unionist. Trying to do community things. Views entirely my own
Actually a really fascinating bit of work this - people hugely miss just how poor and divided Bristol is.
Worth noting the next time Owen Jones does a article on 'Green Bristol' and only goes to Stokes Croft, Clifton and Harbourside/Bedminster
bristol-uncovered.uk/bristol-priv...
Worth noting the next time Owen Jones does a article on 'Green Bristol' and only goes to Stokes Croft, Clifton and Harbourside/Bedminster
bristol-uncovered.uk/bristol-priv...
November 9, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Actually a really fascinating bit of work this - people hugely miss just how poor and divided Bristol is.
Worth noting the next time Owen Jones does a article on 'Green Bristol' and only goes to Stokes Croft, Clifton and Harbourside/Bedminster
bristol-uncovered.uk/bristol-priv...
Worth noting the next time Owen Jones does a article on 'Green Bristol' and only goes to Stokes Croft, Clifton and Harbourside/Bedminster
bristol-uncovered.uk/bristol-priv...
Okay - so maybe some bits are sloggy (not my video, wasnt as bad when we came though)
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Okay - so maybe some bits are sloggy (not my video, wasnt as bad when we came though)
Sodbury slog - todays adventure. Suprisingly.... unsloggy? Probably 40% on road.
Came 40/850 - 1.04 for 8.5 miles (they cut a bit due to escaped cows). Some very odd poppy stuff but a good day ouy
Came 40/850 - 1.04 for 8.5 miles (they cut a bit due to escaped cows). Some very odd poppy stuff but a good day ouy
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Sodbury slog - todays adventure. Suprisingly.... unsloggy? Probably 40% on road.
Came 40/850 - 1.04 for 8.5 miles (they cut a bit due to escaped cows). Some very odd poppy stuff but a good day ouy
Came 40/850 - 1.04 for 8.5 miles (they cut a bit due to escaped cows). Some very odd poppy stuff but a good day ouy
Tell me, do you think this is making the case for broad based progressive tax rises? Or pretending you can lower bills via taxing billionares?
November 6, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Tell me, do you think this is making the case for broad based progressive tax rises? Or pretending you can lower bills via taxing billionares?
(correcting this - It actually comes to top 23% of households. Still high, but not quite the same)
November 6, 2025 at 4:32 PM
(correcting this - It actually comes to top 23% of households. Still high, but not quite the same)
(realised I got the inital post here wrong - miscalcuated post tax. Correcting gives you this - a top 25% postion, but not top 12%)
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
(realised I got the inital post here wrong - miscalcuated post tax. Correcting gives you this - a top 25% postion, but not top 12%)
£2100 pcm?
Think we're both out here - realise I got the post tax income wrong. I've calculated it properly and it comes in here, using the CT we paid on a 2 bed in Bristol last year
Think we're both out here - realise I got the post tax income wrong. I've calculated it properly and it comes in here, using the CT we paid on a 2 bed in Bristol last year
November 6, 2025 at 4:31 PM
£2100 pcm?
Think we're both out here - realise I got the post tax income wrong. I've calculated it properly and it comes in here, using the CT we paid on a 2 bed in Bristol last year
Think we're both out here - realise I got the post tax income wrong. I've calculated it properly and it comes in here, using the CT we paid on a 2 bed in Bristol last year
Anyways, for a single person in a normal home it puts you in the top 12% of households for post-tax income
November 6, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Anyways, for a single person in a normal home it puts you in the top 12% of households for post-tax income
I mean, i'm not a fan of the guys but...
November 5, 2025 at 9:51 AM
I mean, i'm not a fan of the guys but...
This headline is, erm, a choice
November 5, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This headline is, erm, a choice
Because of this, frankly.
And the response that got us into this mess was yours; persuing the perfect as the enemy of the good and not building enough housing for decades.
And the response that got us into this mess was yours; persuing the perfect as the enemy of the good and not building enough housing for decades.
November 4, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Because of this, frankly.
And the response that got us into this mess was yours; persuing the perfect as the enemy of the good and not building enough housing for decades.
And the response that got us into this mess was yours; persuing the perfect as the enemy of the good and not building enough housing for decades.
Its a real village, of course, and definately not part of Bristol
November 4, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Its a real village, of course, and definately not part of Bristol
Lol. Hypnoboobs says what?
November 4, 2025 at 7:13 AM
Lol. Hypnoboobs says what?
No lying or making yourself out to be a cool kid.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local color appreciated.
WH Smiths Skipton, 2004ish, maybe £7.99?
I was almost certainly wearing vans, wide jeans past my feet and a quicksilver hoody
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local color appreciated.
WH Smiths Skipton, 2004ish, maybe £7.99?
I was almost certainly wearing vans, wide jeans past my feet and a quicksilver hoody
November 3, 2025 at 10:45 AM
No lying or making yourself out to be a cool kid.
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local color appreciated.
WH Smiths Skipton, 2004ish, maybe £7.99?
I was almost certainly wearing vans, wide jeans past my feet and a quicksilver hoody
Post the first record you bought.
If you can remember the shop or circumstances add that too. Local color appreciated.
WH Smiths Skipton, 2004ish, maybe £7.99?
I was almost certainly wearing vans, wide jeans past my feet and a quicksilver hoody