András Forgács W
@andraswf.bsky.social
Hungarian-born British screenwriter.
Same hat size as Ralph Fiennes, same shoe size as Anthony Eden
As seen on the Bird App
A national security threat, according to Donald Trump
IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3416508
Same hat size as Ralph Fiennes, same shoe size as Anthony Eden
As seen on the Bird App
A national security threat, according to Donald Trump
IMDb https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3416508
Pinned
And this is the long and short of it
A lot more notional liberals (in the US political sense) than I’d prefer would be fine actually with government crimes as long as the focus were shifted to their liking
November 30, 2025 at 12:56 AM
And this is the long and short of it
I mean the right wing media isn't exactly the reason why you're struggling to give birth to a political party
Chair to YP members: "Please, please remember that we have a very important battle outside of this room, and it is called the very right wing media."
November 30, 2025 at 12:52 AM
I mean the right wing media isn't exactly the reason why you're struggling to give birth to a political party
How bout *not* removing anyone
November 30, 2025 at 12:48 AM
How bout *not* removing anyone
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Quentin Tarantino's 'Seven Against Thebes'
October 29, 2023 at 4:48 PM
Quentin Tarantino's 'Seven Against Thebes'
Homeowner
November 29, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Homeowner
Tom Stoppard was Czech, you know
November 29, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Tom Stoppard was Czech, you know
I have, and now I have a skincare routine
I need to find a girlfriend who is good with hair and makeup because I truly don't know how to put work into my appearance, I just look nice because of genetics
November 29, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I have, and now I have a skincare routine
Abolish the Home Secretary
Extremely grim consequence of Home Sec announcement of penalising claiming benefits claims in routes to settlement: a low-paid carer cancelling housing benefit, universal credit, and disability allowance for her autistic daughter’s personal care and mobility www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
UK immigration status fears prompt carer to cancel benefits she is entitled to
Woman cancels all benefits including disability living allowance for daughter after policy change announcement
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Abolish the Home Secretary
They don't care
The latest movie from the makers of Captain Marvel recently appeared on Prime Video - not that the company has done much to promote it.
filmstories.co.uk/features/str...
filmstories.co.uk/features/str...
Streaming services are absolutely terrible at promoting new releases
The latest movie from the makers of Captain Marvel recently appeared on Prime Video - not that the company has done much to promote it.
filmstories.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:22 PM
They don't care
Oof
"It would be like someone taking the phrase “Free Nelson Mandela”, from the Special AKA’s hit single of the same name, changing it to “Hang Nelson Mandela” and making it into merchandise...'
November 29, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Oof
Oh boy (I sigh as I look at the mountain of books on cinema)
I don't know how to teach students who hate reading/writing, when reading/writing are the foundations of what I'm supposed to teach. Yes, I engage with audio technologies, digital narratives, cinema, material culture...but it's all forms of reading. I just don't know what they want out of this.
November 29, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Oh boy (I sigh as I look at the mountain of books on cinema)
I don't mind, but the buyout rates are rubbish
Imagine posing for a photographer friend who sells your image to iStock and a year later, you see this is what The Washington Post has done with the image of you walking on a beautiful fall day
November 29, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I don't mind, but the buyout rates are rubbish
THERE'S GRAFFITI ON THE TUBE, OH MY GOD WE'RE DOOMED
Tucker Carlson is a rightwing conspiracy theorist and Putin apologist who was sacked by FOX.... yes FOX
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
BUT The Spectator is happy to pay him to talk down our capital city... despite it thriving and crime falling.
Whose side are you on Mr Gove?
November 29, 2025 at 9:33 AM
THERE'S GRAFFITI ON THE TUBE, OH MY GOD WE'RE DOOMED
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I've seen this a lot the last day or two, and for the record: "restrict access to government benefits for new ILR holders. we think this protect fairness and stability." Denying benefits to anyone with ILR is deeply unfair and this petition sucks, actually
Petition: Keep 5-Year ILR and Restrict Access to Benefits for New ILR Holders
The Government should keep the current 5-year route to Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) and restrict access to government benefits for new ILR holders.
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I've seen this a lot the last day or two, and for the record: "restrict access to government benefits for new ILR holders. we think this protect fairness and stability." Denying benefits to anyone with ILR is deeply unfair and this petition sucks, actually
Party McPartyface
Your Party members will be asked to choose between four name options this weekend: Your Party, Our Party, Popular Alliance and For the Many, with the result to be announced by Jeremy Corbyn at the end of the two-day conference on Sunday afternoon
November 29, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Party McPartyface
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(One of my favourite sub-plots of these is that you would assume in theory Sultana is the competent one trying to move forward while held back by dinosaur Corbyn but she somehow emerges from every single new story looking absolutely toxic and incompetent?)
November 17, 2025 at 11:57 AM
(One of my favourite sub-plots of these is that you would assume in theory Sultana is the competent one trying to move forward while held back by dinosaur Corbyn but she somehow emerges from every single new story looking absolutely toxic and incompetent?)
How is this make any sense?
Many asylum seekers are placed in areas without accessible public transport, and even if they may be unable to afford to upfront costs of paying for it to get to appointments. "Exceptional circumstances" risks seeing people unable to access necessary care. 67/
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government to ban asylum seekers from using taxis
The ban is set to come in February and any exemptions will have to be signed off by the Home Office.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 8:12 AM
How is this make any sense?
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Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Takes a few seconds and this is definitely needed so please do your bit.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Maybe lay off the kerosene people
Asylum seekers now make up nearly half of net migration to the UK and the number housed in hotels has increased despite Sir Keir Starmer’s pledge to end their use ⬇️
Asylum seekers account for almost half of net migration
New statistics showed a fall in net migration as British citizens and non-EU migrants left the UK, but the number of asylum seekers in hotels has grown
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Maybe lay off the kerosene people
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Telling an Eritrean that they are being “sent home” is basically a death threat. Some Eritreans deported back to Eritrea don’t even make it past the car park in the Asmara airport
November 23, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Telling an Eritrean that they are being “sent home” is basically a death threat. Some Eritreans deported back to Eritrea don’t even make it past the car park in the Asmara airport
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Looking back to when Haider was at the height of his power between 1990-2000, as a Far Right demagogue he still craved cultural and intellectual bourgeois respectability that acted as an incentive to engage with complex policy and politics debate with friends and enemies.
That is gone now
That is gone now
Not just a UK problem either. Even if you look at the populist Right or Left of European politics in the 1990s, the skill of figures like Jörg Haider or Gregor Gysi at engaging in debate would make them elite policy wonks compared to the intellectual standard of debate now
November 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Looking back to when Haider was at the height of his power between 1990-2000, as a Far Right demagogue he still craved cultural and intellectual bourgeois respectability that acted as an incentive to engage with complex policy and politics debate with friends and enemies.
That is gone now
That is gone now
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Look - it’s nice at least that our audience is racist towards our whole team equally. Anyway - my turn!
November 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Look - it’s nice at least that our audience is racist towards our whole team equally. Anyway - my turn!