Eliot Andersen
@eliotandersen.bsky.social
Cumbrian Labourite (remotely) in Westminster. Politics. Railways. Writes stuff. Honorary Mexican.
PSA - Waterstones has triple points on from now until Monday if you spend over £100.
November 28, 2025 at 11:11 AM
PSA - Waterstones has triple points on from now until Monday if you spend over £100.
The Lakes Express running under the Nordmann fir.
November 27, 2025 at 9:54 PM
The Lakes Express running under the Nordmann fir.
Nearly 5 years ago, we had to up sticks and leave Richmond (the cheap(!) end) because the rent levels were just insane.
We moved 300 miles, from a 2 bed flat to a 4 bed house, almost halving the rent.
The old flat was nearly 2.5x the value of my parents’ house.
We may in fact have a housing crisis.
We moved 300 miles, from a 2 bed flat to a 4 bed house, almost halving the rent.
The old flat was nearly 2.5x the value of my parents’ house.
We may in fact have a housing crisis.
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
‘I don’t live in a mansion. It’s a 1930s house’: Richmond residents react to council tax rise
Rachel Reeves’s new council tax surcharge on homes worth £2m or more earns mixed reception in well-heeled London borough
www.theguardian.com
November 27, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Nearly 5 years ago, we had to up sticks and leave Richmond (the cheap(!) end) because the rent levels were just insane.
We moved 300 miles, from a 2 bed flat to a 4 bed house, almost halving the rent.
The old flat was nearly 2.5x the value of my parents’ house.
We may in fact have a housing crisis.
We moved 300 miles, from a 2 bed flat to a 4 bed house, almost halving the rent.
The old flat was nearly 2.5x the value of my parents’ house.
We may in fact have a housing crisis.
New Lizardman’s Constant just dropped.
New polling on aliens
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
% of U.S. adult citizens who believe the following definitely or probably exist:
Aliens 56%
Bigfoot 28%
The Yeti 23%
The Loch Ness Monster 22%
Chupacabra 16%
today.yougov.com/health/artic...
November 25, 2025 at 10:55 PM
New Lizardman’s Constant just dropped.
Black Friday *week*.
November 20, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Black Friday *week*.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
Caught a bit of Rise of Skywalker on TV earlier and... oh boy.
November 15, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Caught a bit of Rise of Skywalker on TV earlier and... oh boy.
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*loading a pistol and reopening netscape navigator* net's haunted
January 3, 2025 at 9:32 PM
*loading a pistol and reopening netscape navigator* net's haunted
I’m sure I’ve seen this fella down Botchergate on a Friday night.
Russia presented its human-like AI robot. It fell down as it walked onto the stage.
November 12, 2025 at 7:59 AM
I’m sure I’ve seen this fella down Botchergate on a Friday night.
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"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
November 10, 2025 at 9:40 AM
"The problem isn’t that we have a deliberately biased BBC, it’s that we have a BBC that has been consciously reduced in its scope and bullied into dumbing down and retreating." @stephenkb.bsky.social's newsletter today
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Amongst the many issues with UK TV media coverage, the addiction to frippery is probably the worst?
An approach to even serious topics that doesn't engage seriously, constant efforts to simplify and flatten until you're responding to tragedies with "would you metal detect passengers?"
An approach to even serious topics that doesn't engage seriously, constant efforts to simplify and flatten until you're responding to tragedies with "would you metal detect passengers?"
Heidi Alexander, the transport secretary, rules out metal detecting arches at stations, pointing out that with the number of stations and entrances to each it's basically impossible. She says that overall, UK trains are a pretty safe place to be.
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Amongst the many issues with UK TV media coverage, the addiction to frippery is probably the worst?
An approach to even serious topics that doesn't engage seriously, constant efforts to simplify and flatten until you're responding to tragedies with "would you metal detect passengers?"
An approach to even serious topics that doesn't engage seriously, constant efforts to simplify and flatten until you're responding to tragedies with "would you metal detect passengers?"
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Whatever else comes out once the attack on the ECML train last night, this alone is a credit to the train crew, driver, and signalling team.
Huntingdon was the first possible stop. In a highly stressful situation and improvising a plan the train lost just 3 minutes vs line speed to get there.
Huntingdon was the first possible stop. In a highly stressful situation and improvising a plan the train lost just 3 minutes vs line speed to get there.
November 2, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Whatever else comes out once the attack on the ECML train last night, this alone is a credit to the train crew, driver, and signalling team.
Huntingdon was the first possible stop. In a highly stressful situation and improvising a plan the train lost just 3 minutes vs line speed to get there.
Huntingdon was the first possible stop. In a highly stressful situation and improvising a plan the train lost just 3 minutes vs line speed to get there.
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I'm beginning to think you can't trust random videos on the internet
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I'm beginning to think you can't trust random videos on the internet
Feliz Dia de los Muertos.
November 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Feliz Dia de los Muertos.
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She’s right. She *deliberately* hacked into Harriet Harman’s website, whereas Rachel Reeves is accused of obtaining a license late by accident. I assume that’s what she means, given Badenoch is widely known for her thoughtfulness and her self-awareness.
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman's website when she was younger is "not the same" as Rachel Reeves failing to get a £900 rental licence for her home.
news.sky.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:45 PM
She’s right. She *deliberately* hacked into Harriet Harman’s website, whereas Rachel Reeves is accused of obtaining a license late by accident. I assume that’s what she means, given Badenoch is widely known for her thoughtfulness and her self-awareness.
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To go from "Who is Katie Lam?" to "Everybody hates Katie Lam, the Tory Idi Amin" in less than a week is exemplary "rising star" behaviour
October 24, 2025 at 4:35 PM
To go from "Who is Katie Lam?" to "Everybody hates Katie Lam, the Tory Idi Amin" in less than a week is exemplary "rising star" behaviour
“You are in the house of Elrond. And it is ten o’clock in the morning, on October the 24th if you want to know.”
October 24, 2025 at 9:00 AM
“You are in the house of Elrond. And it is ten o’clock in the morning, on October the 24th if you want to know.”
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NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
October 22, 2025 at 4:05 PM
NEW: Labour condemn Tory plan to strip people of indefinite leave to remain:
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
“It’s utterly grotesque that Tories want to deport people with the lawful right to be here to achieve ‘cultural coherence’.
“This policy would mean tearing families apart and ripping out our neighbours from communities."
Not saying my alma mater has fallen, but I’ve just seen people handing out Communist Party literature on campus.
We’ve come a long way from this Blairite being the token university left-winger.
We’ve come a long way from this Blairite being the token university left-winger.
October 21, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Not saying my alma mater has fallen, but I’ve just seen people handing out Communist Party literature on campus.
We’ve come a long way from this Blairite being the token university left-winger.
We’ve come a long way from this Blairite being the token university left-winger.
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again I return to the v senior political journalist who once very happily told me me that he'd never spoken to a clerk in all his years in the lobby
I still think of it often because boasting about your lack of curiosity is just......such a weird thing to do
I still think of it often because boasting about your lack of curiosity is just......such a weird thing to do
Good thread on how a big part of the problem of British politics is big media figures with no real interest in being across the details.
Peston tells Lam that she said something that he "genuinely didn't understand". "But who are these people who came legally who should leave?"
This does not look like faux naivety.
He should know the answer!
She misleads in her answer to him.
So he gives a misleading summary of her policy on air.
This does not look like faux naivety.
He should know the answer!
She misleads in her answer to him.
So he gives a misleading summary of her policy on air.
October 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
again I return to the v senior political journalist who once very happily told me me that he'd never spoken to a clerk in all his years in the lobby
I still think of it often because boasting about your lack of curiosity is just......such a weird thing to do
I still think of it often because boasting about your lack of curiosity is just......such a weird thing to do
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So... I created a YouTube profile purely to subscribe to my son's Minecraft videos. If you're a middle aged guy in Britain with no watch history, this is the sort of content it recommends for you. Feels like YouTube promoting extremist content is at least as big a problem as Twitter promoting it.
August 4, 2025 at 7:01 PM
So... I created a YouTube profile purely to subscribe to my son's Minecraft videos. If you're a middle aged guy in Britain with no watch history, this is the sort of content it recommends for you. Feels like YouTube promoting extremist content is at least as big a problem as Twitter promoting it.
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Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
October 19, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Apropos of nothing, I really do think UK journalists and politicians need some reminding that mass deportation of LEGAL immigrants, particularly those with permanent status, is far more extreme than even Trump's America and would basically place Britain completely on its own among democracies.
I am yet to see someone anointed as a political “rising star” who isn’t just a bullshit merchant who texts lobby journos back.
October 19, 2025 at 9:32 AM
I am yet to see someone anointed as a political “rising star” who isn’t just a bullshit merchant who texts lobby journos back.
It's bad enough that it's still two weeks off Halloween and everywhere is decked out with New World squashes and spooky regalia... a nearby takeaway chain has a large fully decorated Christmas tree in the window.
October 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
It's bad enough that it's still two weeks off Halloween and everywhere is decked out with New World squashes and spooky regalia... a nearby takeaway chain has a large fully decorated Christmas tree in the window.
No, me neither.
October 14, 2025 at 6:37 AM
No, me neither.