Andrew Mackenzie
@ahmackenzie.bsky.social
Scot mostly found in the West Midlands. Social democracy. Probably the only person to hold a season ticket for both Aberdeen and West Brom.
I don't agree with that in the workplace.
I don't agree with that in the workplace.
Just said "all stations go" rather than "all systems go" in a work call. Didn't feel like I could correct myself, really. Bit embarrassing, but I'll live it down. It's not like the time I said "two-thonged approach" rather than "two-pronged approach" to my fucking GP.
December 1, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Just said "all stations go" rather than "all systems go" in a work call. Didn't feel like I could correct myself, really. Bit embarrassing, but I'll live it down. It's not like the time I said "two-thonged approach" rather than "two-pronged approach" to my fucking GP.
Me looking at my laptop screen as I react ‘😆’ to your Teams message:
December 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Me looking at my laptop screen as I react ‘😆’ to your Teams message:
I might just be too cynical now, but I have increasingly grown to believe that Imagine is a fundamentally crap song.
Ok so the Your Party Conference has ended with - and I promise you I am not making this up -
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
- With a man on stage singing Imagine.
November 30, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I might just be too cynical now, but I have increasingly grown to believe that Imagine is a fundamentally crap song.
You know who would be the ideal unity candidate for leadership of the beleaguered Your Party? A calming influence in choppy waters. A cool head on the British left.
Dr Eóin Clarke.
Dr Eóin Clarke.
November 30, 2025 at 7:24 PM
You know who would be the ideal unity candidate for leadership of the beleaguered Your Party? A calming influence in choppy waters. A cool head on the British left.
Dr Eóin Clarke.
Dr Eóin Clarke.
To commemorate St Andrew's Day, you should all watch the greatest Scottish film of the twenty-first century to date, especially if you have not done so already.
It's still available on iPlayer:
It's still available on iPlayer:
Aftersun
Sophie is beginning to remember a formative holiday her divorced dad Calum took her on as a child. What her 11-year-old self experienced is now conjuring up things that perhaps went unseen.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
To commemorate St Andrew's Day, you should all watch the greatest Scottish film of the twenty-first century to date, especially if you have not done so already.
It's still available on iPlayer:
It's still available on iPlayer:
Train conductor is the spitting image of Kevin Muscat. Similar manner too. Absolutely nobody, not even the insolent teenagers, giving him any cheek on the ticket check. Masterful performance.
November 30, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Train conductor is the spitting image of Kevin Muscat. Similar manner too. Absolutely nobody, not even the insolent teenagers, giving him any cheek on the ticket check. Masterful performance.
Aberdeen’s current performances and results have made me more convinced of two things:
1. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to lose his job in the next few months, as recently looked a distinct possibility.
2. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to be Aberdeen manager come the start of next season.
1. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to lose his job in the next few months, as recently looked a distinct possibility.
2. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to be Aberdeen manager come the start of next season.
November 30, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Aberdeen’s current performances and results have made me more convinced of two things:
1. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to lose his job in the next few months, as recently looked a distinct possibility.
2. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to be Aberdeen manager come the start of next season.
1. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to lose his job in the next few months, as recently looked a distinct possibility.
2. Jimmy Thelin is very unlikely to be Aberdeen manager come the start of next season.
Reflecting on #WBA, think Mason deserves credit for restoring Molumby. Understand why some were opposed, but a unique presence among midfield options - ball-carrier, box-to-box, progresses possession with urgency. Imperious second half. Not his fault there is nobody else in squad with that skillset.
November 30, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Reflecting on #WBA, think Mason deserves credit for restoring Molumby. Understand why some were opposed, but a unique presence among midfield options - ball-carrier, box-to-box, progresses possession with urgency. Imperious second half. Not his fault there is nobody else in squad with that skillset.
Continuing this: #WBA won with 65% possession today. Maybe some signs, although usually when trailing in games, that they *can* create chances, score goals and get results when having most of the ball.
If it can be built upon, it could really help to make them a better team, especially at home.
If it can be built upon, it could really help to make them a better team, especially at home.
A ‘fun’ fact: Today, #WBA won a game where they had the majority of possession for the first time this season (62%). Their joint next highest for wins is 49% against Wrexham and PNE.
I suspect that is at least partly reflective of league dynamics, though, and not solely about Albion or Ryan Mason.
I suspect that is at least partly reflective of league dynamics, though, and not solely about Albion or Ryan Mason.
Leaving Ipswich (46%) as something of an outlier, 49% v PNE (2-1 win), 60% v Watford (2-1 defeat) and 62% v Sheff Wed (0-0). A theme has emerged with this #WBA team - let them have the ball in ‘safe’ positions and challenge them to find solutions; all evidence sadly suggests they won’t be able to.
November 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Continuing this: #WBA won with 65% possession today. Maybe some signs, although usually when trailing in games, that they *can* create chances, score goals and get results when having most of the ball.
If it can be built upon, it could really help to make them a better team, especially at home.
If it can be built upon, it could really help to make them a better team, especially at home.
Now that we all know the story has a happy ending, we can laugh at Swansea scoring after ten seconds or whatever it was. Just objectively very funny.
November 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Now that we all know the story has a happy ending, we can laugh at Swansea scoring after ten seconds or whatever it was. Just objectively very funny.
That was basically a reverse Mason. Terrible first half, brilliant second half. Half-time subs all made valuable contributions. Brave, front-foot approach. Heggebo relentless, Molumby imperious. Players are with the manager. Sheer outpouring of joy at the third goal. Hopefully a turning point. #WBA
November 29, 2025 at 5:31 PM
That was basically a reverse Mason. Terrible first half, brilliant second half. Half-time subs all made valuable contributions. Brave, front-foot approach. Heggebo relentless, Molumby imperious. Players are with the manager. Sheer outpouring of joy at the third goal. Hopefully a turning point. #WBA
Thing is, I don’t think the players have stopped playing for Mason here. The application is there. But there is an obvious lack of quality - and more than a few significant tactical issues too. #WBA
November 29, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Thing is, I don’t think the players have stopped playing for Mason here. The application is there. But there is an obvious lack of quality - and more than a few significant tactical issues too. #WBA
Watching that episode of Curb where Larry pretends to be Orthodox Jewish to get Richard bumped up the transplant list, fakes speaking Yiddish, and then eats edible underwear while stuck on a ski lift.
Simply the best half an hour of TV ever devised.
Simply the best half an hour of TV ever devised.
November 28, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Watching that episode of Curb where Larry pretends to be Orthodox Jewish to get Richard bumped up the transplant list, fakes speaking Yiddish, and then eats edible underwear while stuck on a ski lift.
Simply the best half an hour of TV ever devised.
Simply the best half an hour of TV ever devised.
Just deeply unpleasant and unseemly, really.
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict ⬇️
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict
‘It’s a disgrace’ — Rachel Reeves’s uncle gives budget verdict
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Just deeply unpleasant and unseemly, really.
I am not quite sure how "Your Party" has managed to conjure up three other options for a name that mean that sticking with “Your Party" would somehow be the best choice, but they have managed it - so fair play, I suppose.
November 28, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I am not quite sure how "Your Party" has managed to conjure up three other options for a name that mean that sticking with “Your Party" would somehow be the best choice, but they have managed it - so fair play, I suppose.
Please excuse this bit of Liberal Democrat posting, but by UK supermarket standards, the M&S in-store bakery really is consistently excellent and probably doesn’t get quite enough praise for that.
November 27, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Please excuse this bit of Liberal Democrat posting, but by UK supermarket standards, the M&S in-store bakery really is consistently excellent and probably doesn’t get quite enough praise for that.
Reposted by Andrew Mackenzie
Your boyfriend tells Susie Dent that she absolutely nailed her word of the day
November 27, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Your boyfriend tells Susie Dent that she absolutely nailed her word of the day
Reposted by Andrew Mackenzie
One of my most enduring gripes. Politicians are told not to patronise voters. The most patronising approach is to nod along when they believe stuff that's not true, or encourage them
this is one of the reasons not to do policy by poll or focus group
New net migration figures at 930am.
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
Net migration fell half a million to 344,000 in 2024 from 848k in 2023
56% of people think it went up last year
17% think stayed the same
14% think it went down
2025 figure to be lower again
16% expect that
38% think it will be up
31% about the same
November 27, 2025 at 12:24 PM
One of my most enduring gripes. Politicians are told not to patronise voters. The most patronising approach is to nod along when they believe stuff that's not true, or encourage them
If you are going to be a team that seeks to:
a) Manage games out;
b) When leading, create chances on transition;
It helps to be a team that actually looks comfortable:
a) Managing games out;
b) Creating good quality chances on transition.
#WBA
a) Manage games out;
b) When leading, create chances on transition;
It helps to be a team that actually looks comfortable:
a) Managing games out;
b) Creating good quality chances on transition.
#WBA
November 26, 2025 at 11:04 PM
If you are going to be a team that seeks to:
a) Manage games out;
b) When leading, create chances on transition;
It helps to be a team that actually looks comfortable:
a) Managing games out;
b) Creating good quality chances on transition.
#WBA
a) Manage games out;
b) When leading, create chances on transition;
It helps to be a team that actually looks comfortable:
a) Managing games out;
b) Creating good quality chances on transition.
#WBA
Really not sure about this new addition to the Madame Tussauds lineup.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Really not sure about this new addition to the Madame Tussauds lineup.