Andrew Thatcher

For more information, do take a look at this report by Imogen Stone and me on how unpaid caring responsibilities, alongside disability, affect low-to-middle income Britain today: www.resolutionfoundation.org/publications...

This chart (h/t @alexclegg.bsky.social) shows the impact of the forthcoming policy change for a carer on the National Living Wage. In the future, their weekly income will no longer drop sharply as soon as they work more than 16 hrs/wk.

Stark inequalities in access to green space must urgently be addressed. We were promised legislation so where is it? New legal mechanisms could give local communities access to unused public land for food growing & parks - great report from @globalfuturefndtn.bsky.social @friends-earth.bsky.social

Harry Kane! Well deserved Ballon d'Or. He has been sensational for Bayern

“We asked for Barack, not bizarre.”

The FRENCH don’t play when it comes to a REVOLUTION

Walter was more than Chekov. He was a writer, a teacher, a thoughtful man, and a loyal friend. To the fans who loved him for so many years, thank you. He loved you too. Rest well, my dear friend. Keep navigating a steady course. – George

This went on for the rest of the full hour, at which point the BBC apologised for having to go to the weather and urged viewers to follow continuing live coverage on iPlayer. Forty-one minutes of unfiltered, unchallenged propaganda by a far right party with 8 MPs, now third in the polls. Discuss.

I don't think I ever watched an episode of Star Trek (science fiction isn't my thing), but I thought casting a Russian while the Cold War was still raging, to make the point that humans would get along better in the future, was a lovely touch.

Falling fertility is a common theme across many countries - in Britain, one in five couples have no children, and almost half of all families have only one. Next Tuesday, we'll be joined by Camilla Cavendish to discuss her new book 'Generation Maybe' which explores this trend. ➡️ buff.ly/pgTsOMi

Meanwhile, back in the real world. www.trussell.org.uk/news-and-res...

If a MAGA wants to discuss how great The Cheesecake Factory is, tell them CF has approximately 48,400 employees and most of them aren’t white.

Israel: anyone voting to re-elect Netanyahu will be doing so in the full knowledge of his consistent opposition to peace with Palestinians: hughsykes.substack.com/p/death-tope...

Thanks to London Fire Brigade, Bromley Council and the neighbours. Path is cleared just need to repair the path!!

Barcola assist for Isak!! Superb. #livbha

Florian Wirtz. Been on it from the first minute.Well deserved! #lfcbha

Tree down!! Won't be getting out of the front for a while!!

Nailed it.

MS Now livestream on YouTube - scare ad's "the woke police will force feed you tofu...."

OBAMA: The big trade war he's starting now is with that well-known evil empire: Canada. These are the people who gave us maple syrup and Martin Short.

Watching Obama speaking in Ohio. Amazing speech. Roasting Trump. And if Trump wanted to run again?! Who would be his opponent?!

This is AI!!

I swear to god if I hear another person talk about “the mainstream media” while mainlining disinfo slop online all day, I’m going to lose my mind

5/ Ms. Markle & Harry were 100% correct to keep their children away from an alleged monster, as they were to keep him away from their wedding. 6/ The media witch-hunt against Meghan has been unfathomably disgusting & is nothing more than sinister yet overt racism.

Even The Beatles Warned Us.....🎶

"a distinctively British approach to artificial intelligence"

Meghan says she was informed about 'disturbing allegations' against her father in 2018 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... They knew, they all knew. The Mail, the Royals and they let everyone vilify her for disowning her father.

'Expertise that sets us apart'. Top LOL.

As if The Hooker negotiated a ceasefire. Pull the other one. She can barely string a sentence together.

Media continues to speculate on what form the softening of the settlement policy will take. The blindspot in government thinking continues to be a carve out primarily for care workers, which could risk 200,000 people who aren't care workers being forced to leave www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

How was the leader of a party of bigots supposed to know there'd be so many around him who lacked integrity?

🔊Our Chief Executive Will Snell appeared on the @compassoffice.bsky.social podcast 'It's Bloody Complicated' last week to discuss his new book 'The Fair Necessities: Why We Need a Fairer Britain and How to Make It Happen'. 🔗 Listen to the full episode here: open.spotify.com/episode/7c68...

Webinar | Funding places and prevention - how can the UK learn from international practice? 📅 12th November | 13.00-14.00 Join us with @healthfoundation.bsky.social for our webinar on how prevention can be embedded into place-based funding models 🎫 Register here: www.health.org.uk/events/webin...

Didn't watch tonight. Did any good apple, or even a wonky apple, turn up in #reformuncovered

Inside Reform: Aspiring Reform MP calls for 'concentration camps' for migrants www.itv.com/news/2026-10...

Couldn't watch this tonight. Badenoch does need to stop using the phrase "hurty words" It's part of what has got us here. Reform are appalling but remember R5L phone in tomorrow will be active defence by @nickyaacampbell.bsky.social not all reform voters are like this, rotten apple blah blah

Clear eyes, full hearts, can’t lose.

NEW | A serious trial repackaged as entertainment for your commute… THE ARREST IS ENTERTAINMENT On the grim spectacle of the pop-up Russell Brand trial podcast industry. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/the-arrest...

Most people agree PIP could work better: spending on the benefit is rising fast, yet many claimants are let down by poor-quality decision-making. We surveyed over 2,500 PIP recipients. Here are five common myths about PIP reform, and the hard truths behind them. 🧵

This is mad. www.rte.ie/entertainmen...

This escalation of anti-migrant activism is something we have been warning of for the last few years. Now that MI5 has also sounded the alarm, the true scale of the threat is being realised.

Gone, but not forgotten.

love that as a sign "TOO YOUNG TO BE LISTENED TO/OLD ENOUGH TO BE TEAR-GASSED”

I reckon Gove has more skeletons rattling around his closet than Vlad the Impaler.

#BREAKING Doctors removed part of Pope Leo XIV's right lung during a 90-minute operation on Tuesday after finding a cancerous growth, the Vatican said.

Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered the head of the security service Shin Bet to prosecute the IDF for harming the security of Israel by bombing Gaza without any care for civilian casualties. Oh. Wrong. He wants to prosecute the makers of a film that revealed it. www.theguardian.com/film/2026/oc...