Policy person working in debt advice. Reluctant trail runner. Occasional (and very bad) sim racer. Owner of at least one opinion (used). He/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mxz3kjqso22jNothing will top a recent comment I saw in relation to a local housing development: "We don't need more houses, we just need the ones already here to cost less" [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Oct 2026 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxz3kjqso22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mxhltsqibs2eThe most surprising thing about this theory is that there are still people who believe Keir Starmer was playing 5D chess all along, rather than simply being Bad at Politics [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2026 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxhltsqibs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mum2z335ss2vFamously, the Synod of Whitby in 664 was held because those daft pagans were getting the date of Easter wrong [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 08:50 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mum2z335ss2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mu4vl54jck2gWell, it's not *quite* what we asked for, but should be an improvement. Hopefully the ECB can start taking a more robust line now that participation will no longer be voluntary... https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/aug/27/burnham-to-tackle-rogue-bailiffs-cowboy-builders-debts?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other28 Aug 2026 08:03 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu4vl54jck2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3msxstbw3yc2cThis guy would be a pervert even without the glasses [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Aug 2026 14:05 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3msxstbw3yc2chttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mru6d5hjqs2cReform against job creation. smh [contains quote post or other embedded content]30 Jul 2026 09:55 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mru6d5hjqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mrhhbrk3is2hI believe Andy when he says he wants to lead a united Labour Party and put an end to factionalism. But, it is also fair to ask the people responsible for the worst of the recent factional wars to take a back seat for now. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jul 2026 08:31 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhhbrk3is2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mq2l2v5wss23"I will respond to these allegations of financial impropriety by needlessly launching a campaign that would be subject to even more stringent financial rules than currently apply to me" [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Jul 2026 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2l2v5wss23https://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mpyuyioprk2vI told my 10yo about the Jordan Henderson news and he started singing the "Stupid Deaths" theme from Horrible Histories. Apt06 Jul 2026 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpyuyioprk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mplwnotaq22aEngland fans wouldn't boo the hydration break if they made the players drink directly from a hose #EngDRC01 Jul 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mplwnotaq22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mp3s4jaz5c2dThose little packets of silica gel are actually delicious. [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Jun 2026 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mp3s4jaz5c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mohtcvc3e22qIf Streeting had the numbers he'd launch a challenge now, before the by-election. He doesn't. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/17/wes-streeting-labour-leadership-challenge-keir-starmer?CMP=share_btn_url17 Jun 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mohtcvc3e22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mof5fwxeyc2nCarns is right, of course, which is why it's so frustrating that defence funding (unlike any other area of government spending) is always talked about in terms of headline numbers https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2026/jun/16/unbelievable-waste-inefficiency-ministry-defence-al-carns?CMP=share_btn_url16 Jun 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mof5fwxeyc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mnymjz4pgs2fHaving just spent a weekend at Oulton Park, where no racing is permitted until 12.30pm in case it upsets the churchgoers of West Cheshire, I fully endorse the Mayor's point. [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 Jun 2026 06:39 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnymjz4pgs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mnh2lnjplk2hGood morning Manchester! It's Thursday, and you know what that means - Debt Reckoning is LIVE from #IMAConf26!04 Jun 2026 07:03 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnh2lnjplk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mmhuc4qv4c2qThe only situation in which it is acceptable to say "I hope this finds you well" is if you're handing someone a set of dowsing rods [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 May 2026 21:17 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmhuc4qv4c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mmckz3j4s22oIn case you missed it, the Government confirmed this week they are going to bin off 50 years of hard-won consumer protections in the hope of maybe adding 0.1% to GDP eventually https://www.gov.uk/government/news/consumer-credit-act-reformed-to-protect-consumers-and-support-modern-finance20 May 2026 18:48 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmckz3j4s22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlsvdvfwls2wHey @rthonwesstreeting.bsky.social. Your current slogan "Labour MP for Ilford North and Secretary of State for Health and Social Care" will no longer do. I suggest replacing it with "Look out. Here comes the McShitter".14 May 2026 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsvdvfwls2whttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlsrobvbuk2jGood. [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 12:05 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlsrobvbuk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlqxubduh22kEXHUME THE ED STONE [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 18:50 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqxubduh22khttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlq3b4bjfs2iSTREETING: But what about coup? STARMER: You've already had it. STREETING: We've had one, yes. But what about second coup? [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 10:18 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlq3b4bjfs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlpvddde2c2iIf we needed any more indication that Starmer is incapable of governing, his failure to sack Streeting this morning is perhaps his clearest failure of leadership yet.13 May 2026 08:32 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlpvddde2c2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlo5rb2zos2yI didn't think it was possible to feel any more contempt for Wes Streeting than I already did, but today's "leading from the rear" action has done it [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlo5rb2zos2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlnhbckp4k2uI think Starmer is right to stay put for now and await a formal leadership challenge. As with Corbyn 10 years ago, plotters should be prepared to stick their heads above the parapet - and potentially face the membership - rather than sniping from the shadows.12 May 2026 09:15 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnhbckp4k2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/redandy54.bsky.social/post/3mlklb75gtk2wUnder Starmer, Labour's approach is to not do any of these things, but to simply go on Reddit and Bluesky and tell people that actually they have made things better and they're stupid for not having noticed [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 05:49 +0000at://did:plc:kryqqb2d2hfcpzfggurn7bhy/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlklb75gtk2w