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Andrew.

@ajhtoffee.bsky.social
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Cricket, walking, science, politics, self doubt, chips n gravy.

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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 15/10/2026
Ha. I dunno man, it just seems like off the shelf reality TV with good production to me. Tried and failed to enjoy it.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
It's been pre-debunked! Similar appeared in the same placex a while back and had Ipso slap them down for wild misrepresentation. See @jdportes.bsky.social
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
Lol! Tune in every night for the Manchester Muskrats vs the Bezos Brums, sponsored by Gemini AI. It'll benefit the grassroots and save unsustainable traditonal clubs
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
"...we didn't start the fire.."
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
Just scrap the triple lock and free bus passes, that'll get the majority.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 12/10/2026
I know exactly what you mean! It was like she realised that particularly brilliant brand of snark was her USP and started laying it on too thickly. Too knowing, slightly punchy downy, smug even maybe?
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
And. This the real thing we need to worry about. Anyone in Europe who is against fascism needs to support the best alternative to fascism. Doesn't matter who that is. Support anyone best placed to beat Reform, AfD, Le Pen etc
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
Hey I know he's terrible! But I don't think we can compare him to Von Papen *yet*.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Ein bisschen von einer Übertreigung! I mean yeah, the firewall against the far-right is showing cracks. And Merz isn't helping. But it's not all lost yet.. is it...? Tell me it's not!
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Why's he got Churchill on there? Churchill defeated his team.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
The other side of the "debate" is simply denying reality though. You can't "both sides" objective reality vs complete fantasy.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
30bn non-pension "welfare" cuts will pay for everything apparently. Tax cuts, her Iron Dome. The lot. 30bn!!
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Bowl first?
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Well Polanski decided he wanted to attract the far left racist Corbyny entryists, and by christ he got 'em. He's just a crap politician.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I think Americans hate tasting *anything* apart from sugar.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I hope you're also going to cut my taxes and increase someone else's. And improve my public services while cutting other peoples too.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I'm not English either! No English ancestry despite being born there. Hang on, I'll just check my skin's melanin content... oh yeah, I am actually.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
That's an absolutely beautiful article. The joy of Test Cricket, wrapped in a lovely coating of fast bowling and celebration one of the greatest proponents of it. Thank you.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
But it wasn't supposed to be a policy list speech, that wasn't the purpose. It was a narrative, vision speech, to set the tone. And it did that in spades. As long as all the policy that follows fits that framework, even if incrementally, I think we're golden.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
So much this. See also immigration, Brexit, deregulation, even some culture war nonsense. "The brick wall didn't fall down when I headbutted it, so clearly I need to do it AGAIN. HARDER"
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Every time a Tory / Farageist says they'll keep it, they need to be pressed on how they'll pay for it. And not be allowed to get away with invoking the "cutting welfare" fairies. Not least because this *is* what cutting welfare looks like.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
And there's absolutely no reason their value should be pegged to earnings. Inflation or a % minimum, maybe. Double lock is more than sufficient.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
You've only "paid for it" in the sense that anyone who receives a state benefit or service has. It comes from the same pool of money as the NHS or Universal Credit. And they don't have a triple lock. Pensions aren't a special case.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Oh come on. That bit in the last film where Rey catches the spaceship with the force is fucking cool. Admit it.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Fucking Kuennsberg. Made her name trading on this kind of "insiders say" shite when shilling for Cameron in 2010. Still at it.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I grew up in North West in the 80s. I can assure you mate, it was fucking awful.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Also, where's Gogglebox!
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Just become a racist who starts fires in farms by burning books. You'll be golden.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If real, surely an extremely serious crime.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
That isn't "overtaxed" tho.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Yeah fair enough. Increase the tax *level* of high earners, but reduce cliff-edges. That works. I read your post as reducing the 45p rate, not the income threshold.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
No-one earning over 100k is overtaxed.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
What more do you want me to say? What is there to think about? "The left made me a massive far right racist". No mate. No, they really didn't.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Bollocks.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
My point is, poorly expressed maybe, that he shouldn't bloody *have* to. It's only because racist bullshit has got so deeply into the mainstream that you have people doing God's work of trying to refute it.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
God this is all so boring. I meams who cares, in everyday life, who "identifies" as what, apart from fucking nazis.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The Laffer Curve is even worse. "How can I possibly justify tax giveaways"? and Laffer just literally sketched summat on a restaurant napkin. We laughed when we got 2 minutes about it in *undergrad* economics. But the Right made it into a religion.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Thank you
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Why so angry? Go for a walk, feed the ducks, look at the stars, have a pint in the corner of a quiet pub with a good book. Calm!
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
No it's not real. There's no "curve". It's just two points at 0% amd 100% extremes. The rest is extrapolation and fairies.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Or to put it another way, one home is worth one home. No more, no less.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The thing about these modern nazis is they're all so....boring. The same grievances, over and over. The same whiney victimhood, over and over. Get a life.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Oh it's Bloody London on telly again. That's what I would think, probably.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mate! "Kiddies tea" me and the missus call that. We look forward to it. A proper treat!
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Thought this was about Monty Don! "Bit harsh"
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Exactly this so much! We are not, by any means, particulary highly taxed. And since 2010 tax on most of us has decreased, which is why public services are so much worse. And (one) reason national debt is so high.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
It's fear I reckon. If we tolerate this, what's coming further down the road?
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Couldn't disagree more. That is *exactly* the thought process that led to the first Nazi regime. Keep the Fascists out at all costs ffs!
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
They're protesting against foreigners and people without white skin. They're definitely protesters.
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Andrew. @ajhtoffee.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Vox pops eh? "We went to some market stalls and a Wetherspoons in Burnley at 2pm on a Tuesday to find out what the British public really thinks"
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