Patrick Andrews
@patrickandrews.bsky.social
Online teacher of English. Lover of literature and languages. Coventry City fan #PUSB. Tends to the left politically but not dogmatic.
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A group of Reform Party members have begun a "Reformers for Remigration" group. It is praised by the extreme Steve Laws, who got 0.4% in Dover
Laws was - madly - on the Reform approved candidate list, until June 2023 when Richard Tice threw him out for advocating deporting Rishi Sunak + myself
Laws was - madly - on the Reform approved candidate list, until June 2023 when Richard Tice threw him out for advocating deporting Rishi Sunak + myself
November 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A group of Reform Party members have begun a "Reformers for Remigration" group. It is praised by the extreme Steve Laws, who got 0.4% in Dover
Laws was - madly - on the Reform approved candidate list, until June 2023 when Richard Tice threw him out for advocating deporting Rishi Sunak + myself
Laws was - madly - on the Reform approved candidate list, until June 2023 when Richard Tice threw him out for advocating deporting Rishi Sunak + myself
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The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
December 22, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The UK will celebrate net emigration and depopulation come 2027.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
And by 2028 it will start to realise, with an ageing society and low growth, what a really silly thing it has done.
The right will go "pro-natalist", the centre-left will be completely stuck.
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If you choose to buy an SUV/4x4 to drive in the city, you have prioritised your own desires over the environment or the safety of others. That's fine - just ensure you fully understand what that says about you. Don't go around thinking you're a nice person.
December 21, 2025 at 11:55 AM
If you choose to buy an SUV/4x4 to drive in the city, you have prioritised your own desires over the environment or the safety of others. That's fine - just ensure you fully understand what that says about you. Don't go around thinking you're a nice person.
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The problem with Streeting (aside from all the other problems with Streeting) is that he appears to want to be PM purely for the fact of being PM as a win & of in itself. It’s hard to detect any kind of sincere ideology, or even ideas really, other than whatever he thinks will get him there.
I was talking to a Labour MP the other day who said it would be easier to get behind Wes if he could just mask his ambition a little bit...
Tell me you’re positioning for a leadership bid without telling me :….Taxes too high as opposed to poorly structured?
December 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
The problem with Streeting (aside from all the other problems with Streeting) is that he appears to want to be PM purely for the fact of being PM as a win & of in itself. It’s hard to detect any kind of sincere ideology, or even ideas really, other than whatever he thinks will get him there.
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A vote for Reform is a direct insult to
the families & descendants of soldiers
who died fighting the Nazis
because unlike Nigel Farage
they did not think
'Hitler was right'
meme via James J Dart
the families & descendants of soldiers
who died fighting the Nazis
because unlike Nigel Farage
they did not think
'Hitler was right'
meme via James J Dart
December 21, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A vote for Reform is a direct insult to
the families & descendants of soldiers
who died fighting the Nazis
because unlike Nigel Farage
they did not think
'Hitler was right'
meme via James J Dart
the families & descendants of soldiers
who died fighting the Nazis
because unlike Nigel Farage
they did not think
'Hitler was right'
meme via James J Dart
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How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
December 20, 2025 at 11:08 AM
How showbusiness 'journalism' really works
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Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
December 19, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Closing out my year with a journal editor shocker 🧵
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Checking new manuscripts today I reviewed a paper attributing 2 papers to me I did not write. A daft thing for an author to do of course. But intrigued I web searched up one of the titles and that's when it got real weird...
Don’t get how that wasn’t an Everton penalty with VAR.
December 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Don’t get how that wasn’t an Everton penalty with VAR.
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Completed in 1973, Clifton Cathedral’s hexagonal design allows its (up to) 1,000 strong congregation an uninterrupted view of the altar, without windows in eye line of any seats to act as a distraction from services. All natural light comes from discreet windows in the ceiling.
December 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Completed in 1973, Clifton Cathedral’s hexagonal design allows its (up to) 1,000 strong congregation an uninterrupted view of the altar, without windows in eye line of any seats to act as a distraction from services. All natural light comes from discreet windows in the ceiling.
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Yes, we should reject it entirely. In every role…
I’m sorry, but it is disgraceful to be an academic who uses this technology to conduct research. It should be prohibited in all of our scholarly institutions, including universities and journals.
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Yes, we should reject it entirely. In every role…
Funny to think we used to think Gyokeres was quite a flaky penalty taker
December 20, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Funny to think we used to think Gyokeres was quite a flaky penalty taker
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The fact Farage isn't sueing ITV, BBC , National Newspapers etc as the publishers - tells you everything .
December 20, 2025 at 4:56 PM
The fact Farage isn't sueing ITV, BBC , National Newspapers etc as the publishers - tells you everything .
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At least when Keith Joseph didn't believe in the railways he had the excuse that we had had 40 years of decline under British Rail. That Rishi Sunak basically didn't believe in them because he was doing 1980s cosplay is comfortably the worst thing he did as prime minister.
Canceling the northern leg of HS2 was an act of insane self-harm
Industry insiders are concerned that fewer, shorter non-tilting trains are on order for HS2 — and that journey times will return to those of the 1990s
December 20, 2025 at 12:28 PM
At least when Keith Joseph didn't believe in the railways he had the excuse that we had had 40 years of decline under British Rail. That Rishi Sunak basically didn't believe in them because he was doing 1980s cosplay is comfortably the worst thing he did as prime minister.
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Canceling the northern leg of HS2 was an act of insane self-harm
Industry insiders are concerned that fewer, shorter non-tilting trains are on order for HS2 — and that journey times will return to those of the 1990s
Why HS2 may lead to smaller, slower trains on west coast main line
Industry insiders are concerned that fewer, shorter non-tilting trains are on order for HS2 — and that journey times will return to those of the 1990s
www.thetimes.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:39 AM
Canceling the northern leg of HS2 was an act of insane self-harm
Ref had favoured them all match#pusb
December 20, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Ref had favoured them all match#pusb
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A big problem with Starmer’s Labour is it’s become entirely about electoral positioning. This is, paradoxically, a bad strategy for winning elections.
Comparing a climate change denying racist fascist like Farage to soft left Polanski is obviously silly. You don’t mean it.
People don’t vote fake.
Comparing a climate change denying racist fascist like Farage to soft left Polanski is obviously silly. You don’t mean it.
People don’t vote fake.
We face huge challenges. A burning planet, war in Europe, an affordability crisis that most people think they will live with *for the rest of their lives*.
And what do Farage and Polanski offer? Division. Migrants vs. non-migrants. Businesses vs. workers.
And what do Farage and Polanski offer? Division. Migrants vs. non-migrants. Businesses vs. workers.
December 20, 2025 at 1:12 PM
A big problem with Starmer’s Labour is it’s become entirely about electoral positioning. This is, paradoxically, a bad strategy for winning elections.
Comparing a climate change denying racist fascist like Farage to soft left Polanski is obviously silly. You don’t mean it.
People don’t vote fake.
Comparing a climate change denying racist fascist like Farage to soft left Polanski is obviously silly. You don’t mean it.
People don’t vote fake.
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We go live to the Labour comms strategy meeting
a red car is parked next to a trailer that says u-tow on it
ALT: a red car is parked next to a trailer that says u-tow on it
media.tenor.com
December 20, 2025 at 11:17 AM
We go live to the Labour comms strategy meeting
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A man whose dithering incompetence and corruption caused tens of thousands of deaths should just shut up. Forever.
December 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
A man whose dithering incompetence and corruption caused tens of thousands of deaths should just shut up. Forever.
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There is a consistent message from Reform if you're vulnerable, disabled, working class, not wealthy or white then they will target you. Many of the people voting for them are the very people they will prey upon.
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Reform council planning ‘huge’ cuts in adult social care
Kent County Council has estimated that 18,804 people could be impacted by the proposal
Is this really what Kent voted for?
Kent County Council has estimated that 18,804 people could be impacted by the proposal
Is this really what Kent voted for?
Reform council planning ‘huge’ cuts in adult social care
Kent County Council has estimated that 18,804 people could be impacted by the proposal
www.independent.co.uk
December 20, 2025 at 9:10 AM
There is a consistent message from Reform if you're vulnerable, disabled, working class, not wealthy or white then they will target you. Many of the people voting for them are the very people they will prey upon.
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Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
December 20, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Jo Cox was murdered before the vote by a far-right terrorist & this is the language this complete disgrace chooses to use
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From @lizwebster.bsky.social on Twitter
"BBC Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko: no surprises from Putin - except one
The US 🇺🇸 is no longer framed as Russia’s 🇷🇺 main enemy.
👉Europe is
🇬🇧 That shift should focus minds in London. Our security depends on standing with Europe, not drifting away from it"
"BBC Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko: no surprises from Putin - except one
The US 🇺🇸 is no longer framed as Russia’s 🇷🇺 main enemy.
👉Europe is
🇬🇧 That shift should focus minds in London. Our security depends on standing with Europe, not drifting away from it"
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 AM
From @lizwebster.bsky.social on Twitter
"BBC Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko: no surprises from Putin - except one
The US 🇺🇸 is no longer framed as Russia’s 🇷🇺 main enemy.
👉Europe is
🇬🇧 That shift should focus minds in London. Our security depends on standing with Europe, not drifting away from it"
"BBC Russia editor Vitaly Shevchenko: no surprises from Putin - except one
The US 🇺🇸 is no longer framed as Russia’s 🇷🇺 main enemy.
👉Europe is
🇬🇧 That shift should focus minds in London. Our security depends on standing with Europe, not drifting away from it"
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Decades of both parties looking after pensioners better because they vote, and Labour has decided to give the kids - their only reliable voting group - another kicking. Indebted, can’t afford decent housing or leisure and now this grim corporate suit wants to squeeze them even more.
December 20, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Decades of both parties looking after pensioners better because they vote, and Labour has decided to give the kids - their only reliable voting group - another kicking. Indebted, can’t afford decent housing or leisure and now this grim corporate suit wants to squeeze them even more.
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This stuff was just on an absolutely industrial scale. This is a girl who was aged 14 to 16 and she alone saw Epstein *100 times*. This, btw, was at the peak of Epstein's influence and his celebrity friendships:
December 19, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This stuff was just on an absolutely industrial scale. This is a girl who was aged 14 to 16 and she alone saw Epstein *100 times*. This, btw, was at the peak of Epstein's influence and his celebrity friendships: