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Deborah McAndrew

@deborahmc.bsky.social

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Playwright and actor with a theatre company and a beautiful dog. Audio books and Scottish whisky are my drugs of choice. Staffordshire, England deborahmcandrew.com claybodytheatre.com

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · 4h

To be precise, I don’t think DT is James Gatz. He is an ugly Tom Buchanan. You’re welcome.

Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · 2d

Someone also needs to ask them where the flags are made!

Tom Cox @dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 3d

You spelled "strengthen community racism" wrong.

A report about Nottinghamshire county council spending £75,000 on Union Jacks - rarely been so ashamed of my birth county

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Brian Groom @groomb.bsky.social · 4d

The Haunt, 1969, painting by by L.S. Lowry (The Lowry). #NorthernArt

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · 6d

Absolutely this. Come on Keir! Imagine for one moment if the person saying these thing was not a RICH WHITE MAN but… oh, I dunno…

Sathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 6d

Keir Starmer's failure to stand up to this man is a cowardly and suicidal calamity

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Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 10d

- Saturday Open Day -
Photographer @philshallcross.bsky.social and Architectural artist @stevehenshall.bsky.social representing their respective exhibitions today at www.twodoorsstudio.co.uk ..

Ian R. Pearsall @ianrpearsall.bsky.social · 13d

- Time of the Season -
An Exhibition of Fine Art & Photography
22nd October - January 2026
Two Doors Studio. Alsager. Cheshire.
alsager.nub.news/whats-on/art...

A poster advertising an exhibition at Two Doors Studio.
It features a charcoal rendering of a bottle oven by Ian R. Pearsall with a splash of red Autumnal flowers superimposed across the top by photographer Phil Shallcross.

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · 16d

Excellent. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 23d

🔗 Read the full piece

www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Stewart Lee: The thugs have taken my flag. So I’ve taken theirs

What do you do with a lot of cheap banners hanging from motorway bridges once you’ve torn them down?

www.thenerve.news

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24d

Ever since I finished Question Time, Reform have massively been on the attack.

Including a rant from Richard Tice entirely designed to distract from Reform and Russia.

Everyone should know about Nathan Gill, the bribes from Russia and the link to Reform.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 28d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Oct 5

This is true👇🏻

Prof Nisreen Alwan @nisreenalwan.bsky.social · Oct 5

Sorry I keep talking about this but I’m genuinely alarmed by the growing narrative that poverty is a cause of racism. First it’s super insulting of people on low incomes. Second it normalises & excuses racist takes. And third it deters real action on racism by shifting the whole focus to economics.

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Oct 5

Because this intelligent, targeted use of valuable police resources will make our country SO much safer*

*Not

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Normal Island News @normalisland.co.uk · Oct 4

BREAKING: Heroic police officers save public from this terrifying terrorist who was holding a sign the government doesn’t like x

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Oct 3

Strong agree.
Also, you can fit more other stuff into your posts if you simply abbreviate the racist, lying conman to NF.

Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Oct 2

May we assume that Musk makes very big donations to The Royal Society…?

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Reece Dinsdale @reecedinsdale.bsky.social · Aug 26

Here we go, then!

‘Fresh from his heartfelt performance as Howard in Through It All Together – a moving tribute to football, family, and resilience – Reece will now step into the iconic role of Scrooge, bringing his trademark depth and northern grit to Dickens' timeless tale.’

#Leedsplayhouse

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · Sep 27

I wonder if this guy is related to "Boris Johnson" who introduced "voter id" as Prime Minister in 2023 ... off the back of some crazy US conspiracy theories ... and in the process, made digital ID pretty much inevitable.

Johnson says he will never use government ID

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Sep 27

And checking if kids can read in year 8 is a terrible admission of failure. 7 years in full time education and nobody has noticed…?

Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Sep 27

David - you are forgiven 😇

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Sep 27

You’re very kind. I had excellent writers! Proud of my Corrie days, and a long and varied and very happy career in the biz. ☺️

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Sep 26

A mass walkout of the UN General Assembly as Netanyahu prepares to speak.

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Sep 26

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Deborah McAndrew @deborahmc.bsky.social · Sep 19

What stupid question and an utterly boring choice! I’d rather have a large piece of mixed woodland and meadow. Presumably, as with the jet or yacht, I’d have plenty of staff - to manage it for me and for wildlife. (Dear YouGov - not everyone is a complete arsehole)

YouGov @yougov.co.uk · Sep 19

Would you rather have a private jet or a superyacht?

Private jet: 36%
Superyacht: 41%

yougov.co.uk/topics/polit...

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Writers' Guild of Great Britain @writersguildgb.bsky.social · Sep 18

Solidarity with our sister union in the States

Writers Guild of America West @wgawest.bsky.social · Sep 18

WGA Statement on ABC’s Decision to Pull Jimmy Kimmel Live!

The right to speak our minds and to disagree with each other - to disturb, even - is at the very heart of what it means to be a free people. It is not to be denied. Not by violence, not by the abuse of governmental power, nor by acts of corporate cowardice.
As a Guild, we stand united in opposition to anyone who uses their power and influence to silence the voices of writers, or anyone who speaks in dissent. If free speech applied only to ideas we like, we needn't have bothered to write it into the Constitution. What we have signed on to - painful as it may be at times - is the freeing agreement to disagree.
Shame on those in government who forget this founding truth. As for our employers, our words have made you rich.
Silencing us impoverishes the whole world.
The WA stands with Jimmy Kimmel and his writers.

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