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Eliot Andersen

@eliotandersen.bsky.social
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Cumbrian Labourite (remotely) in Westminster. Railways. Writes stuff. Mexicano honorario.

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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
The sort of thing I might watch on a plane over somebody's shoulder without sound.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
I'd watch this. John Hughes-directed war musical starring Kevin Costner, Michael Palin, Tilda Swinton, and Terence Stamp.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
You beating my score was the only outcome acceptable to me.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Checks out with the railway definition of “southern”.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Who can forget Queen Elizabeth II’s Platty Jubes in 2022?
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
Tory reshuffle be like…
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Took me far too long to remember where I’d filed this.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
First got emergency alerts for fires in Southern California in 2017 (delayed as I had no roaming to had to wait until joined WiFi and they all came in together). Anyway, we shrugged and had dinner outside at Disneyland as ash rained down on our pizzas.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Narra at Scarif? I choose to believe he’s Gary Whitta’s cut cameo as Gray Leader.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
I follow the sage advice of a distinguished former Environment Secretary.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Is this the venue for Nigel’s speech?
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Mexico - nothing if not incredibly consistent.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Even just looking at ticket sales (which always strikes me as a far better way to measure it than box office, which is rarely adjusted for inflation), this is crazy.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
“See England by train”… a Network Rail Class 73/9-hauled test train. Presumably the ad is aimed at the Branch Line Society, given how many bits of rare track would be getting scooped by said train?
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Every hometown’s got the ominous megastructure, what’s yours? “Utinni!”
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Worked alongside Tom in shadow health days. He would be a smart appointment.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
The Mouth of Sauron emerges from the Black Gate, colourised, Third Age 3019.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Currently doing the same “will it pay for dinner tonight?” arithmetics with my own train.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
The bit that got me was "Why don't you pick the day the Soviet Union entered the war?"
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
But will the English lion be cycling, or will it be holding a dart board?
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Finally, I understand what they meant when they said Cameron was the “heir to Blair”.
David Cameron, Prime Minister of the UK, 2010-16.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
“Tell me something. Why has the army been replaced by the ISB all over Coruscant? I mean, I'm smiling, but I am very fucking furious.”
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Just realised who The Mandalorian & Grogu’s Lord Janu reminded me of, and now I really want The Death of Palpatine featuring a load of manoeuvring Grand Moffs in the wake of the Battle of Endor.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Results time! #Eurovision
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
Looks familiar... #Eurovision
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
The success and genius of Jackson’s trilogy owes more to Sibley and Bakewell than to Bakshi.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Top-tier Tolkien.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
The American mind cannot comprehend.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Ah yes, Richard E Grant, most famous for his role in *checks notes* Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Hello to "Melbreak [sic] & Skiddaw", which is probably a larger ward than all of London's parliamentary constituencies. (Mellbreak also has two Ls)
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
New Cumberland ward boundaries dropped today. Neither of these are the names of suburbs of Whitehaven. The former is one (1) street and a nearby station, the latter is the name of a farm. Almost like you shouldn't rely on area names listed on OS maps for naming wards.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Well it is a Bank Holiday…
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Even better view from the front than the back!
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
Bold choice for the new Top Gear line-up from the BBC.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 04/04/2026
Basically the same shape already.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 03/04/2026
Truly something for all the family at Whitehaven Civic Hall.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Not the funniest, but definitely the last great joke I saw on Twitter.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
I still just don’t really get it. “We have the chance to change things up. So we will make it *almost* (but not exactly) the same on purpose.”
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Could have been this guy, but decided to make virtual people with crap graphics that didn’t extend to lower limbs.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Patrick was a Marra.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Just top tier Tolkien monologuing.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
In rode the Lord of the Nazgûl.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
@nutedawn.bsky.social I see they’re giving the people what they want. The Mouth of Sauron as portrayed by Kate Winslet.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Get yourself down to Preston model railway show this weekend and you can even grab a copy before me.
Kingmoor, the first volume in a series of books about Carlisle’s engine sheds. Written by John Hammond. Subedited by yours truly.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Which resulted in one of the greatest Look North headlines of our time.
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
The full map with the western hemisphere included is even more alarming. Who know it might be off the Florida Keys?
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Eliot Andersen @eliotandersen.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Though when I look back at my career…
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