Andrew Riley
@jontia.bsky.social
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Yes. I wrote it! national.thelead.uk/p/rachel-ree...
What it means to be wealthy in 2025
Most of us think we're poorer than we are – this disconnect creates worse social outcomes for us all
national.thelead.uk
December 2, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Yes. I wrote it! national.thelead.uk/p/rachel-ree...
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Almost no one is affected
If anyone is interested in their area, have a look at this map
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/27/m...
If anyone is interested in their area, have a look at this map
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/27/m...
The mansion tax map: where the money comes from
We map the impact of the new “mansion tax” using Land Registry data, showing where the revenue comes from in each postcode and constituency
taxpolicy.org.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Almost no one is affected
If anyone is interested in their area, have a look at this map
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/27/m...
If anyone is interested in their area, have a look at this map
taxpolicy.org.uk/2025/11/27/m...
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70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
November 27, 2025 at 4:38 PM
70% of the additional spending from removing the two-child limit will go to families who are in work. This is targeting support for low-income working households who are being priced out of a decent standard of living despite doing everything asked of them.
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One of the big issues of our time is seeing 'young people cant afford homes' and 'homeowners cant afford to be taxed more' as two separate problems, rather than the inevitable consequence of an economy built around inflated house prices to placate landlords
Some sympathy for this potentially made up woman but I wonder how the poster feels about the numerous people who would love to be able to call a house their own and form relationships with their neighbours but can't because of the housing market. Does their emotional plea count for anything?
Mumsnet is already on the case.
November 27, 2025 at 12:10 PM
One of the big issues of our time is seeing 'young people cant afford homes' and 'homeowners cant afford to be taxed more' as two separate problems, rather than the inevitable consequence of an economy built around inflated house prices to placate landlords
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sigh. Another moronic decision pushed for by industries that pretended to care about consumers, but like to pretend people don't understand the word veggie or plant in their quest to crush competition.
Sigh. Another moronic decision pushed for by industries that pretended to care about consumers, but like to pretend people don't understand the word veggie or plant in their quest to crush competition.
Ban on veggie ‘burgers’: plant-based products may lose meaty names in UK under EU law
Exclusive: Trade agreement means UK is subject to some food labelling rules, with vote on vegetarian food terms this week
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 11:47 AM
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Sigh. Another moronic decision pushed for by industries that pretended to care about consumers, but like to pretend people don't understand the word veggie or plant in their quest to crush competition.
Sigh. Another moronic decision pushed for by industries that pretended to care about consumers, but like to pretend people don't understand the word veggie or plant in their quest to crush competition.
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions.
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
November 16, 2025 at 6:45 AM
😮 A sobering statistic for Road Safety Week... In the UK, SUVs are three times more likely to kill a child under the age of 10 and heavier cars are more likely to be involved in fatal collisions.
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
Source: @cleancitiescampaign
#roadsafetyweek #roadsafetyweek25 #carspreading #suvs #schoolrun
You have got to be kidding me...
Does no one read anything anymore?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Does no one read anything anymore?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
‘Are they going to eat me alive?’: trail runners become prey in newest form of hunting
Nervous reporter is chased across English countryside by baying bloodhounds, in what could soon be only legal way to hunt with dogs
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 7:36 PM
You have got to be kidding me...
Does no one read anything anymore?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Does no one read anything anymore?
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Just knocked up a wee thing for Blackpool council
November 6, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just knocked up a wee thing for Blackpool council
Dystopian future is now.
November 6, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Dystopian future is now.
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The obvious smartass reply to that headline is that it represents A New Hope in the fight for New York housing affordability.
November 3, 2025 at 6:20 PM
The obvious smartass reply to that headline is that it represents A New Hope in the fight for New York housing affordability.
Yet more evidence that allowing fake self employment is not good.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Delivery firm DPD accused of ‘revenge’ sacking drivers who criticised pay cuts
Exclusive: Labour peer calls for change in the law after company terminates contracts of strike ‘ringleaders’
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 11:42 PM
Yet more evidence that allowing fake self employment is not good.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Pensioner with dementia living in a care home is convicted in our broken court system over a £43 car bill
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
Fast-track court scandal: Pensioner with dementia convicted over £43 car bill
The pensioner’s conviction is the latest scandal to emerge from the controversial Single Justice Procedure
www.standard.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Pensioner with dementia living in a care home is convicted in our broken court system over a £43 car bill
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/p...
I’ve been writing versions of this story for more than two years now. If politicians were interested in helping vulnerable people, they would act
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Don’t think Tony knows anyone who is a basic rate taxpayer so his view may be skewed
October 19, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Don’t think Tony knows anyone who is a basic rate taxpayer so his view may be skewed
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“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”
‘It’s a question of humanity’: how a small Spanish town made headlines over its immigration stance
Mayor explains why Villamalea unanimously backed call to regularise undocumented migrants – across party lines
www.theguardian.com
October 11, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“In Spain, where the Socialist prime minister has insisted that migration is an opportunity, a surge in arrivals has helped to make the country a bright spot among Europe’s plodding economies.”
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So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative
I could watch Zack Polanski utterly wreck Zia Yusuf ALL DAY LONG.
October 9, 2025 at 9:48 PM
So refreshing to see someone challenge the smug, nasty Reform narrative
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They are so fucking dumb it is unreal. They are the keeping the story in the news as much as Farage.
Keir Starmer's "progressive fightback" latest www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Starmer to end asylum ‘golden ticket’ of resettlement and family reunion rights
People granted asylum will have to earn right to invite family in plan charities call ‘straight from populist playbook’
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:53 AM
They are so fucking dumb it is unreal. They are the keeping the story in the news as much as Farage.
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Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn)
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
English councils’ temporary accommodation bill rises to £2.8bn
Councils in England spent a record £2.8bn on temporary accommodation last year, with the annual bill rising by 25% as the homelessness crisis deepens.
www.insidehousing.co.uk
September 29, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Can't think of many better illustrations of how badly we have botched housing policy than the fact that our bill for housing homeless families (£2.8bn pa) is now higher than the money we spend each year on new affordable housing (£2.3bn)
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
www.insidehousing.co.uk/news/english...
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Isn't this evidence against your thesis that encouragement and glorification of political violence is a "general scourge"? There's nothing remotely equivalent to this coming from prominent Democrats. Republican elected and media figures do this constantly.
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Isn't this evidence against your thesis that encouragement and glorification of political violence is a "general scourge"? There's nothing remotely equivalent to this coming from prominent Democrats. Republican elected and media figures do this constantly.
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New report: Taxing landlords more is good, actually.
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
September 11, 2025 at 7:18 AM
New report: Taxing landlords more is good, actually.
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Since 2016, tax reforms helped slash the growth of the private rented sector and boosted first-time buyers—without hurting existing tenants.
A big housing story hiding in plain sight? ⬇️
Hoping to see all the major outlets cover this multi-million pound tax scandal as closely as they have Angela Rayner's £40k one.
Here's something a bit different. We've been reporting from Edinburgh to try to get to the bottom of a mystery in London. Princes Street is the Scottish capital's most famous shopping street — and it's gaining the *exact same* tatty gift shops as London. www.londoncentric.media/p/edinburgh-...
The Edinburgh connection to London's tax-evading gift shops
Plus: A chat with the Transport for London boss running the tube strike negotiations — and how the "hardworking businessman" putting up flags in south London tried to scam an insurer.
www.londoncentric.media
September 6, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Hoping to see all the major outlets cover this multi-million pound tax scandal as closely as they have Angela Rayner's £40k one.
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The logic is that there’s a shortage of homes at affordable prices for owner occupiers.
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?
September 3, 2025 at 12:23 PM
The logic is that there’s a shortage of homes at affordable prices for owner occupiers.
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?
So the 2nd home surcharge aims to make ownership of multiple homes more expensive.
Whether it’s effective is arguable, but the intention/logic is clear isn’t it?