Andrew Stortford
@stortfordandrew.bsky.social
UK Conservative | Africa born | Brixton raised | Career in Finance | Live in Stortford | Brexiteer | ex-Kemi-fan
Stood for election in Parsonage ward in 2023
Stood for election in Parsonage ward in 2023
Die Hard a Christmas film?
What is Britain's favourite Christmas film?
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
Miracle on 34th Street: 3%
Santa Claus: The Movie: 3%
The Polar Express: 3%
Home Alone: 19%
Die Hard: 11%
Elf: 9%
Love Actually: 7%
It's a Wonderful Life: 6%
A Christmas Carol: 5%
The Muppet Christmas Carol: 5%
The Holiday: 5%
The Grinch: 4%
Miracle on 34th Street: 3%
Santa Claus: The Movie: 3%
The Polar Express: 3%
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Die Hard a Christmas film?
Interesting opinion poll trends in recent months:
1. Reform UK starting to dip
2. Con starting to edge up
3. Lab & Con neck & neck
4. Grn rising strong
1. Reform UK starting to dip
2. Con starting to edge up
3. Lab & Con neck & neck
4. Grn rising strong
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 30% (-5)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+3)
GRN: 12% (+5)
LDM: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via BMG Research, 25-27 Nov.
Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.
RFM: 30% (-5)
LAB: 22% (+2)
CON: 20% (+3)
GRN: 12% (+5)
LDM: 12% (-1)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via BMG Research, 25-27 Nov.
Changes w/ 26-28 Aug.
November 28, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Interesting opinion poll trends in recent months:
1. Reform UK starting to dip
2. Con starting to edge up
3. Lab & Con neck & neck
4. Grn rising strong
1. Reform UK starting to dip
2. Con starting to edge up
3. Lab & Con neck & neck
4. Grn rising strong
The tax and spend party has taxed and spent >2% extra GDP.
Which would be fine except their entire election was based on assuring us all their economic policy would be largely unchanged.
They misled the country.
Which would be fine except their entire election was based on assuring us all their economic policy would be largely unchanged.
They misled the country.
Starmer and Reeves run probably the most economically left-wing government of past five decades and yet bleeding support to its left thanks to dumb strategy www.economist.com/britain/2025...
November 27, 2025 at 4:01 PM
The tax and spend party has taxed and spent >2% extra GDP.
Which would be fine except their entire election was based on assuring us all their economic policy would be largely unchanged.
They misled the country.
Which would be fine except their entire election was based on assuring us all their economic policy would be largely unchanged.
They misled the country.
Excellent news for the conservatives, this poll - first bit of good news for a while!
Ahead of its launch conference this weekend, 12% of Britons say they are likely to consider voting for Your Party, down from 18% in July
Not only is this less than for the established parties, but it has additional caveats... / 🧵
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Not only is this less than for the established parties, but it has additional caveats... / 🧵
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 27, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Excellent news for the conservatives, this poll - first bit of good news for a while!
See the government is bragging about "cutting the cost of politics by ... reducing cllr numbers by 5,000".
Really? Is that a good thing? When most of these cllrs are doing it unpaid in their spare time?
Really? Is that a good thing? When most of these cllrs are doing it unpaid in their spare time?
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
See the government is bragging about "cutting the cost of politics by ... reducing cllr numbers by 5,000".
Really? Is that a good thing? When most of these cllrs are doing it unpaid in their spare time?
Really? Is that a good thing? When most of these cllrs are doing it unpaid in their spare time?
Bristol Green councillors should be investigated for breaching the CoC. Cllrs should listen to people who they disagree with - thats part of the cllr job!
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
Green politician quits party to 'protect free speech' - BBC News
Paula O'Rourke said the party needs to do more to listen to opposing views.
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org
November 20, 2025 at 8:05 AM
Bristol Green councillors should be investigated for breaching the CoC. Cllrs should listen to people who they disagree with - thats part of the cllr job!
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
www-bbc-co-uk.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc....
oh great. Not content with abolishing local government (no, St Albans is not 'local' to Stortford) they now want to create monster merged police forces. Despite smaller forces consistently performing better than large ones.
Shabana Mahmood hints at shake-up of 'irrational' police structure
Shabana Mahmood hints at shake-up of 'irrational' police structure
The home secretary says there is a postcode lottery in the performance of forces in England and Wales.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:13 PM
oh great. Not content with abolishing local government (no, St Albans is not 'local' to Stortford) they now want to create monster merged police forces. Despite smaller forces consistently performing better than large ones.
This is a broader problem with much international law. Treaties made to deal with serious harm have been widened in scope too far and are interfering in legitimate balancing decisions that nation states are wanting to make.
Measured and sensible suggested reform to Art 3 suggested by the Home Office
"Degrading treatment" includes being slapped in the face by a police officer. Totally unacceptable behaviour but that should not be an absolute bar to deportation
"Degrading treatment" includes being slapped in the face by a police officer. Totally unacceptable behaviour but that should not be an absolute bar to deportation
November 17, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is a broader problem with much international law. Treaties made to deal with serious harm have been widened in scope too far and are interfering in legitimate balancing decisions that nation states are wanting to make.
Apparently there's no "war on motorists"
Yet the latest road design idea - narrowing roads to prevent cyclist injury - has not even considered the impact on other road users. That's wrong. A shared space should be designed for all users.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/brit...
Yet the latest road design idea - narrowing roads to prevent cyclist injury - has not even considered the impact on other road users. That's wrong. A shared space should be designed for all users.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/brit...
Britain's roads to be narrower to stop drivers overtaking cyclists
Drawn up by Active Travel England, the new guidance will apply to billions of pounds’ worth of future road-building projects
www.standard.co.uk
November 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Apparently there's no "war on motorists"
Yet the latest road design idea - narrowing roads to prevent cyclist injury - has not even considered the impact on other road users. That's wrong. A shared space should be designed for all users.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/brit...
Yet the latest road design idea - narrowing roads to prevent cyclist injury - has not even considered the impact on other road users. That's wrong. A shared space should be designed for all users.
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/brit...
Hiw about some urgent reform of our libel laws (long overdue) eg to cap liability?
Buckle up - because this now amounts to a direct and deliberate attack on our country and its cultural sovereignty. Which side our politicians take - Trump's or the BBC's - over the coming days and weeks will speak volumes about their patriotism.
Trump says he will sue BBC for at least $1bn over Panorama edit
The US president confirmed he intends to sue the broadcaster for at least $1bn over the Panorama edit of a 2021 speech.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Hiw about some urgent reform of our libel laws (long overdue) eg to cap liability?
This policy is absolutely the right approach and long overdue.
Giving refuge to someone fleeing a war is absolutely the right thing to do. But when the war ends, the refugee goes home.
Thats what other countries do. Its what Britain should do.
Giving refuge to someone fleeing a war is absolutely the right thing to do. But when the war ends, the refugee goes home.
Thats what other countries do. Its what Britain should do.
This is as bad as anything proposed by Reform.
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Leaving refugees in permanent limbo and unable to build a new life in the UK would be a complete abdication of our humanitarian responsibilities
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays
Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 5:18 PM
This policy is absolutely the right approach and long overdue.
Giving refuge to someone fleeing a war is absolutely the right thing to do. But when the war ends, the refugee goes home.
Thats what other countries do. Its what Britain should do.
Giving refuge to someone fleeing a war is absolutely the right thing to do. But when the war ends, the refugee goes home.
Thats what other countries do. Its what Britain should do.
Heres a policy for the conservatives that would be widely popular: No-one should ever pay >50% marginal tax.
I am quite grumpy.
If you want to be as grumpy as me, do please check out our tax calculator. buff.ly/CFoExUX
If you want to be as grumpy as me, do please check out our tax calculator. buff.ly/CFoExUX
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Heres a policy for the conservatives that would be widely popular: No-one should ever pay >50% marginal tax.
2.6C increase means "means the end of agriculture in the UK"
Disappointed - but not surprised - to see the Guardian fail to challenge this patently absurd climate catastophism.
No it wont. Not even close. If youre interested, heres a scientofic study that shows that
www.google.com/url?sa=i&sou...
Disappointed - but not surprised - to see the Guardian fail to challenge this patently absurd climate catastophism.
No it wont. Not even close. If youre interested, heres a scientofic study that shows that
www.google.com/url?sa=i&sou...
November 14, 2025 at 8:40 AM
2.6C increase means "means the end of agriculture in the UK"
Disappointed - but not surprised - to see the Guardian fail to challenge this patently absurd climate catastophism.
No it wont. Not even close. If youre interested, heres a scientofic study that shows that
www.google.com/url?sa=i&sou...
Disappointed - but not surprised - to see the Guardian fail to challenge this patently absurd climate catastophism.
No it wont. Not even close. If youre interested, heres a scientofic study that shows that
www.google.com/url?sa=i&sou...
69,000 people
Thats the number of people massacred in El Fasher in the last 10 days. A genocide the world has ignored.
youtu.be/mRt4qRCoGTk?...
Thats the number of people massacred in El Fasher in the last 10 days. A genocide the world has ignored.
youtu.be/mRt4qRCoGTk?...
The World Ignored Sudan's Genocide. Now It's Too Late.
YouTube video by Warfronts
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November 11, 2025 at 9:41 PM
69,000 people
Thats the number of people massacred in El Fasher in the last 10 days. A genocide the world has ignored.
youtu.be/mRt4qRCoGTk?...
Thats the number of people massacred in El Fasher in the last 10 days. A genocide the world has ignored.
youtu.be/mRt4qRCoGTk?...
Conservatives are now considered the best party on the economy.
Or least worst...
Or least worst...
After Liz Truss's mini-budget, just 15 per cent of people felt the Tories were the best party at handling the economy
Today, the equivalent figure for Labour is 12 per cent
www.thetimes.com/article/470f...
Today, the equivalent figure for Labour is 12 per cent
www.thetimes.com/article/470f...
November 10, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Conservatives are now considered the best party on the economy.
Or least worst...
Or least worst...
Glad to see the penny starting to drop for Labour MPs. If we're "ahead of the pack" on climate change, there will be a huge cost in deindustrialisation, job losses and low growth.
November 9, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Glad to see the penny starting to drop for Labour MPs. If we're "ahead of the pack" on climate change, there will be a huge cost in deindustrialisation, job losses and low growth.
Isn't this a good thing?
House prices to flatline until next election, "warns" estate agent
ground.news/article/hous...
House prices to flatline until next election, "warns" estate agent
ground.news/article/hous...
House prices to flatline until next election, warns estate agent
House prices are set to flatline across Britain until 2028 as high interest rates and tax rise fears dampen buyer demand, Savills has warned. Average prices adjusted for inflation will not return to g...
ground.news
November 6, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Isn't this a good thing?
House prices to flatline until next election, "warns" estate agent
ground.news/article/hous...
House prices to flatline until next election, "warns" estate agent
ground.news/article/hous...
One climate policy from the Greens I can definitely agree with! Climate adaption needs major urgent attention.
For too long, climate adaptation has been sidelined, misunderstood as a concept & deprioritised as a policy. That urgently needs to change. Catch up with our discussion on it with @climatemajority.bsky.social & the Glacier Trust 👇
From Awareness to Agency & Action | We Need to Talk About Adaptation | Climate Majority Project
YouTube video by Climate Majority Project
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November 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
One climate policy from the Greens I can definitely agree with! Climate adaption needs major urgent attention.
Governments of all colours have been putting in half arsed reforms for decades. Only solution seems to be to scrap them all.
Leasehold is the worst kind of parasitic exploitation.
Hardworking homeowners ripped off by offshore financiers and aristocratic landowners.
We need an economy that rewards those who work for a living—not the rich who exploit them.
Labour must end this scandal fast.
Hardworking homeowners ripped off by offshore financiers and aristocratic landowners.
We need an economy that rewards those who work for a living—not the rich who exploit them.
Labour must end this scandal fast.
November 3, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Governments of all colours have been putting in half arsed reforms for decades. Only solution seems to be to scrap them all.
I strongly resent the Labour governments insistence that Im not a working person and taxing me doesnt count.
This is what happens if politicians try to make words mean what they say they mean
November 2, 2025 at 10:04 AM
I strongly resent the Labour governments insistence that Im not a working person and taxing me doesnt count.
Vote Reform get... who knows!
One in twenty Reform councillors elected in May 2025 has left by the Autumn
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected
An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
- half expelled/suspended
- a quarter resigned from council
- some defected
An "unusual rate" of attrition in 6 months, says Tony Travers
www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Reform Is Losing Councillors Elected In May At An 'Unusual' Rate
Reform UK has lost more than 5 per cent of the councillors it had elected six months ago, an analysis by PoliticsHome has found.
www.politicshome.com
November 2, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Vote Reform get... who knows!
This is reprehensible.
October 31, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This is reprehensible.
2,500 have been massacred so far in al Fashir, Sudan. Arab RSF targeting non-Arabs. Main foreign backer is UAE.
Why is this not headlining the news?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fash...
Why is this not headlining the news?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fash...
Al-Fashir massacre - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 31, 2025 at 10:32 AM
2,500 have been massacred so far in al Fashir, Sudan. Arab RSF targeting non-Arabs. Main foreign backer is UAE.
Why is this not headlining the news?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fash...
Why is this not headlining the news?
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Fash...
"Human Rights Watch called for targeted sanctions to be imposed on the UAE leadership"
Wow. About time of course, but UAE has avoided accountability for a very long time.
Wow. About time of course, but UAE has avoided accountability for a very long time.
October 30, 2025 at 9:00 PM
"Human Rights Watch called for targeted sanctions to be imposed on the UAE leadership"
Wow. About time of course, but UAE has avoided accountability for a very long time.
Wow. About time of course, but UAE has avoided accountability for a very long time.
THIS!
The system for landlords is so madly complex its practically impossible for anyone to comply with every rule.
The system for landlords is so madly complex its practically impossible for anyone to comply with every rule.
Yeah, or "Labour councils have attached so many secret taxes that not even a Labour chancellor can keep track of them all!"
October 30, 2025 at 2:27 PM
THIS!
The system for landlords is so madly complex its practically impossible for anyone to comply with every rule.
The system for landlords is so madly complex its practically impossible for anyone to comply with every rule.