Head of Campaigns at Britain Remadehttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mkk2szbj6c27Think this fundamentally promised more than it delivered [contains quote post or other embedded content]28 Apr 2026 07:29 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkk2szbj6c27https://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mjteqlaoxc2lChess by Stefan Zweig is a wonderful novella about an Idiot Savant chess player who is challenged while traveling on a passenger liner. It's a novella about obsession, madness and, of course, chess. It's best summed up in these two quotes. Highly recommended! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Apr 2026 06:56 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjteqlaoxc2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3miduzcaius2wGood example of the sort of bind the BBC is regularly in. I sort of instinctively agree with this point, but then if the BBC don't do anything about it and legal action does happen, the Beeb ends up facing questions about what they knew and when. Structurally can't win31 Mar 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3miduzcaius2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mia6ltoask2cAgree a cut would do little in policy terms, but disagree it's a trivial political debate. Last Budget was balanced in part by adding 5p to fuel duty in 26/27, if that's not an option it's a headache for the next budget. The government is right not to budge (yet) but there is a debate to be held [contains quote post or other embedded content]29 Mar 2026 22:20 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mia6ltoask2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mi7thw5xf22xAbsolutely love the Narnia books, but I find it very funny that by the Voyage of the Dawntreader they're basically like: '"I'm jesus btw lol", Aslan said Jesusly'29 Mar 2026 19:01 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi7thw5xf22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mi4m3b546s2pFreaks my nut out that 300 years ago monarchs would die from something as daft as a broken collarbone28 Mar 2026 12:10 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi4m3b546s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mi2xsvgwu22gWent to go and do set up at the playgroup my daughter does on a Friday this morning as their normal volunteers were away, and it really does bother me how much of actual existing volunteering and civic society is held together by women in their 60s and 70s.27 Mar 2026 20:35 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi2xsvgwu22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mhvsyysmjk2cDisability pay gap reporting is another great example of this government pursuing policy in two contradictory directions, in that it directly rubs up against their stated policy aim of getting more disabled people into work.25 Mar 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvsyysmjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mhvsyysmjk2cDisability pay gap reporting is another great example of this government pursuing policy in two contradictory directions, in that it directly rubs up against their stated policy aim of getting more disabled people into work.25 Mar 2026 19:26 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhvsyysmjk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mheijni7t22xIf you are 21 in 2026, you were 5 when the coalition first came into power18 Mar 2026 22:03 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mheijni7t22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mhatqkk7fs2gA striking chart The average first-time buyer age in England has risen from 29 in 1994/95 to 34 today- and 35 in London. Meanwhile, the share of buyers under 25 has collapsed from 23% to just 6% over the same period.17 Mar 2026 11:13 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhatqkk7fs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mgz4xrdss22kAlways blows my mind that the Inca empire only really came into existence in the century before Spanish colonisation of South America14 Mar 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgz4xrdss22khttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mgsno47wdc2oParenting update: my three year old just had a tantrum because I don't have two hands11 Mar 2026 19:47 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsno47wdc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mgsk47seok2oRemarkable now to think that Steve Bray wasn't sure how to vote when the referendum was announced.11 Mar 2026 18:43 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgsk47seok2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mglenxrdt22eEvening08 Mar 2026 22:17 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mglenxrdt22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mgf6qsjark2sLike so much this government does, who the fuck is this for? [contains quote post or other embedded content]06 Mar 2026 11:15 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgf6qsjark2shttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mftkoegqek2iOne wonders how the by-election would have gone if Reform had picked eg a local pub landlord27 Feb 2026 11:01 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mftkoegqek2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mfqx522dfc2cThe tube is on a generational run of bad adverts at the moment. Don't miss out26 Feb 2026 10:06 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfqx522dfc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mfmvqbklrs2gWas off work this afternoon as I had a hospital appointment for my daughter. Afterwards I took her to my local and was in awe at the 2 separate blokes doing teams meetings at 4.30 with hoppy ipas next to them. Respect.24 Feb 2026 19:30 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfmvqbklrs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mf2dy5c4ls2pFun symmetry in how Restore are to Reform and the Tories as Your Party are to the Greens and Labour17 Feb 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf2dy5c4ls2phttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3met2qhnvak2tSupport 👏 Proper 👏Journalism14 Feb 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3met2qhnvak2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jdriver89.bsky.social/post/3mefz3b2szk22"Yes, I suppose the news should just be a dispassionate list of all the events that have occurred the world over during the day. That would be good. Except of course, it would take forever!"09 Feb 2026 08:16 +0000at://did:plc:bvsj6cjmltkewl3oauaunggg/app.bsky.feed.post/3mefz3b2szk22