Andrew Fisher
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social
Writer, broadcaster, trade unionist and socialist
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You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:38 AM
You can't pay the rent for long by selling your furniture ...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
This is a disastrous strategy caused by a decade and a half of austerity and underfunding
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections insidecroydon.com/2025/11/14/r... #Croydon #InfrastructureBill @rspbengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @elliechowns.bsky.social
Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections
Labour government is ignoring scientific advice on the risks posed by proposals in their new Bill, while senior ministers have been cosying up to lobbyists fo developers, reports PAUL LUSHION, our …
insidecroydon.com
November 14, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Reed orders MPs to vote against environmental protections insidecroydon.com/2025/11/14/r... #Croydon #InfrastructureBill @rspbengland.bsky.social @nationaltrust.org.uk @elliechowns.bsky.social
The proposal seemed to be raising income tax rates but offsetting with NI cut (as per @resolutionfoundation.org proposal) to protect low and middle incomes.
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Starmer and Reeves ditch plan to increase income tax rates in the Budget
U-turn on measures to raise revenue to fill fiscal hole sparks sell-off in gilt market
www.ft.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:20 AM
The proposal seemed to be raising income tax rates but offsetting with NI cut (as per @resolutionfoundation.org proposal) to protect low and middle incomes.
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
Now plan seems to be to freeze income tax thresholds which hits lower and middle incomes ..?
Make it make sense.
www.ft.com/content/6cbb...
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Important point from the latest Private Eye - the chair of Ofcom was a Tory peer appointed by (now Reform member) Nadine Dorries.
He has joined the latest BBC bashing from the Right, appearing to endorse the Prescott dossier alleging left-wing bias.
Is he still a Conservative party member?
He has joined the latest BBC bashing from the Right, appearing to endorse the Prescott dossier alleging left-wing bias.
Is he still a Conservative party member?
November 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Important point from the latest Private Eye - the chair of Ofcom was a Tory peer appointed by (now Reform member) Nadine Dorries.
He has joined the latest BBC bashing from the Right, appearing to endorse the Prescott dossier alleging left-wing bias.
Is he still a Conservative party member?
He has joined the latest BBC bashing from the Right, appearing to endorse the Prescott dossier alleging left-wing bias.
Is he still a Conservative party member?
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Croydon's 6.6% unemployment rate is among worst in capital insidecroydon.com/2025/11/13/c... #Croydon #London #Unemployment #Budget @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
Croydon’s 6.6% unemployment rate is among worst in capital
Croydon has one of the worst unemployment rates in London, according to the latest figures. There are 1.8million unemployed across the country, which the Office for National Statistics said, outsid…
insidecroydon.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Croydon's 6.6% unemployment rate is among worst in capital insidecroydon.com/2025/11/13/c... #Croydon #London #Unemployment #Budget @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social
Must-read piece by Aditya Chakrabortty on detailed analysis of who Reform voters are by @focaldata.bsky.social & @hopenothate.org.uk
"What this analysis of Reform voters shows you is not Farage’s strength, but the political mainstream’s weakness" 🎯
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"What this analysis of Reform voters shows you is not Farage’s strength, but the political mainstream’s weakness" 🎯
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The real Reform voters have been revealed – it’s a slapdash coalition Farage will struggle to hold together | Aditya Chakrabortty
This is no single bloc marching under one ideology, or even a mass of ‘red-wall’ voters. What unites them is a desire for something different, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Must-read piece by Aditya Chakrabortty on detailed analysis of who Reform voters are by @focaldata.bsky.social & @hopenothate.org.uk
"What this analysis of Reform voters shows you is not Farage’s strength, but the political mainstream’s weakness" 🎯
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
"What this analysis of Reform voters shows you is not Farage’s strength, but the political mainstream’s weakness" 🎯
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Useful stats on mistaken prisoner releases in the new issue of @privateeyenews.bsky.social
November 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Useful stats on mistaken prisoner releases in the new issue of @privateeyenews.bsky.social
Really clear analysis of the current political situation by @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social in the current issue of @tribunemagazine.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/why-...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/why-...
The Left Needs to Get Its Act Together Urgently to Beat Reform
As Reform surges and we enter a ‘proto-fascist’ moment, it is vital that we reject both complacency and factionalism, and work out how to build a powerful leftist counter-movement — in parliament and ...
tribunemag.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 7:19 AM
Really clear analysis of the current political situation by @johnmcdonnellmp.bsky.social in the current issue of @tribunemagazine.bsky.social
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/why-...
tribunemag.co.uk/2025/11/why-...
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NEW: Unemployment has risen to 1,789,000. That's up 117,000 in the last 3 months and up 282,000 in the last year.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 AM
NEW: Unemployment has risen to 1,789,000. That's up 117,000 in the last 3 months and up 282,000 in the last year.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
On the wider measure of underemployment, there are now 5.15 million people underemployed - up by nearly 500,000 on a year ago.
There are now 7.1 people seeking work for every vacancy.
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The second half of this podcast dropped last night.
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
Pleasure to speak to Mark Steel on his podcast 'What the F*** is Going On?'
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
EP 169 with Andrew Fisher (Part 1)
Spotify video
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November 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
The second half of this podcast dropped last night.
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
The first 15 minutes or so is among the best explanations of what we need to be doing, and what we have failed to do, that you are likely ever to hear.
@fisherandrew79.bsky.social @adambienkov.bsky.social
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My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website help…
insidecroydon.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
Really excellent and insightful piece about the reasons behind the recent split in and from the Labour group on Nottingham Council.
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
Is the Labour Party splitting?
Councillor Steve Battlemuch explains how the Government’s policy failings, combined with the national Party’s factional interference in local contests, is fracturing Labour in Nottinghamshire.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/07/i...
Councillor Steve Battlemuch explains how the Government’s policy failings, combined with the national Party’s factional interference in local contests, is fracturing Labour in Nottinghamshire.
labourhub.org.uk/2025/11/07/i...
Is the Labour Party splitting?
Councillor Steve Battlemuch explains how the Government’s policy failings, combined with the national Party’s factional interference in local contests,is fracturing Labour in Nottinghamshire. Notti…
labourhub.org.uk
November 7, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Really excellent and insightful piece about the reasons behind the recent split in and from the Labour group on Nottingham Council.
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
There's going to be much more of this and in may become terminal for Labour if things don't change fast
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website help…
insidecroydon.com
November 7, 2025 at 9:00 AM
My latest column for @insidecroydon.bsky.social on some new recruits in the fight for fair funding for Croydon ...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n...
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Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis @fisherandrew79.bsky.social @christianwolmar.bsky.social
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly
Columnist ANDREW FISHER, and this website, have been lobbying government to #FundCroydonFairly since early 2023. So why did it take Mayor Jason Perry so long to catch on? In 2023, this website help…
insidecroydon.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Now even Mayor Perry agrees we need to Fund Croydon Fairly insidecroydon.com/2025/11/06/n... #Croydon #CroydonInCrisis @fisherandrew79.bsky.social @christianwolmar.bsky.social
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There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
"being English requires Anglo-Saxon lineage"
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
Nigel Farage's favoured Mayoral candidate for Doncaster said black people cannot be English.
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Reform councillor Alexander Jones claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon ‘lineage’.
The messages were deleted after questions were raised by Byline Times
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/05/n...
Nigel Farage's Chosen Reform Mayoral Candidate Suggested Black Britons Can’t Be English
The party's candidate for Mayor of Doncaster claimed being English requires Anglo-Saxon 'lineage' and attacked 'third world cultures' in now-deleted posts
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 2:56 PM
"being English requires Anglo-Saxon lineage"
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
Angles - a Germanic tribe
Saxons - i.e. from Saxony, in Germany
Sorry to those with Celtic, Nordic, or Norman lineage ... you're not English either!
There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
November 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
There's a case for raising income tax to fund public services, but there's a much stronger case to tackle the cost of living crisis by clamping down on profiteering.
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"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
Reeves must raise income tax – then focus on helping workers
As things stand, the Chancellor faces a dilemma
inews.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
Reeves must raise income tax – then focus on helping workers
As things stand, the Chancellor faces a dilemma
inews.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 7:29 AM
"We are not a “high-tax country” – quite the opposite. The problem is the cost of living. Our energy, transport and housing is expensive by international standards"
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
My column for @theipaper.com drawing on @resfoundation.bsky.social & @unitetheunion.bsky.social research
inews.co.uk/opinion/rach...
Pleasure to speak to Mark Steel on his podcast 'What the F*** is Going On?'
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
EP 169 with Andrew Fisher (Part 1)
Spotify video
open.spotify.com
November 4, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Pleasure to speak to Mark Steel on his podcast 'What the F*** is Going On?'
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
Listen to part 1 here:
open.spotify.com/episode/65Gz...
We'd all like to think we'd act like this in a moment of crisis, but Samir Zitouni did - and he's a hero
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Train hero who saved passengers during attack named
The rail worker credited with saving multiple lives is named as Samir Zitouni.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
We'd all like to think we'd act like this in a moment of crisis, but Samir Zitouni did - and he's a hero
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape.
zeteo.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:35 AM
“In Israel, Leaking Evidence of Rape Is a Bigger Scandal Than Raping a Palestinian”
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo:
According to Israel and its supporters, the scandal is not the vile sexual assault depicted in a leaked video last year – it’s that someone released the tape, writes Minnah Arshad for Zeteo: