Reposted by EuanJordan @jordanpfot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026I accidentally spent £17,700 on 400 subscriptions to the LRB for Home Office staff and now the Life in the UK test is asking applicants to rank Derek Jarman films from most to least emotionally resonant? 230775
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Is the Pandora's Box book a subtle hint about Lib Dem views on social care funding? 121
Reposted by EuanDuncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 16/07/2026in retrospect, just quite a weird politician www.economist.com/britain/2026... 22466105
Reposted by EuanCitizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 02/07/2026Today we’re launching our #TurnTheTide campaign, calling on the government to take immediate action to tackle rising energy bills, rent, and debt. It’s no longer a one-off ‘crisis’, but an everyday reality for millions of people. Something has to change. ➡️ bit.ly/4eWFL1M 0810
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Is there a single crumb of social policy that this government won’t try and outsource to business? 070
Reposted by EuanRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 09/05/2026The “Blue Labour” strategy still being promoted by some on Labour right is premised on being able to win social conservatives while holding on to social liberals. Failure state for this strategy is failing to win social cons while alienating social liberals. Here is a map of that failure state: 47777296
Reposted by EuanCitizens Advice @citizensadvice.bsky.social · 26/11/2025"Scrapping the two-child limit and addressing high energy bills will prevent hundreds of thousands of children from growing up in poverty and help households across the country keep the lights on." Our CEO responds to today's Autumn Budget ⤵️ bit.ly/4pDEOzb 0117
Reposted by EuanDan McCrum @mccrum.bsky.social · 06/11/2025Monumental hubris, every detail is jaw dropping. ig.ft.com/saudi-neom-l...ig.ft.comEnd of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelledMohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance 2121347
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 30/10/2025The equal opportunities version is Fleetwood Mac where they all took it in turns to litigate their breakups with each other on the same record 010
Reposted by EuanTom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Proper good news today - the Renters' Rights Act gets Royal Assent. Citizens Advice see 200 people a day with problems in private rented housing. The act shifts the balance towards tenants, but it's just the start, as @tessthompsonca.bsky.social says here wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/the-renters-...wearecitizensadvice.org.ukThe Renters’ Rights Act is here — but the work is just beginningAfter years of waiting, the Renters’ Rights Act has finally received Royal Assent and passed into law. We’ve campaigned hard for this, and… 145
Reposted by EuanDuncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 15/09/2025www.newstatesman.com/politics/202... 1415676
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 03/08/2025Dropping one of these into your all-vinyl east London listening bar set for the ultimate softboi move 050
Reposted by EuanAlex Belsham-Harrris @alexbelsham-harris.bsky.social · 22/07/2025The challenge of energy affordability is very real, but rising block tariffs aren’t the answer. People on low incomes with poorly insulated homes or who need more energy for health reasons could see rising bills, while those with multiple homes or can install solar panels avoid paying a fair share 044
Reposted by Euan👻 Jack Djinn Wail 🧞 @jacktindale.bsky.social · 22/07/2025Commiserations in advance to the long-suffering girlfriends and partners of every nerdy centre-left man in London who will have to endure being taken around this. www.ianvisits.co.uk/articles/lon...ianvisits.co.ukLondon is getting a Museum of Brutalist ArchitectureA north London school hall is to be restored to its 1960s appearance and become home to the UK’s first Museum of Brutalist Architecture (MoBA) after it secured a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant. 2823843
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 18/07/2025The girls are fighting www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTrump sues Wall Street Journal and Rupert Murdoch for libelLawsuit filed in Miami federal court comes after president threatened to sue over Jeffrey Epstein letter report 020
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 11/07/2025Britain’s most militant trade union rides again www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comResident doctors’ 29% pay claim is non-negotiable, BMA chair saysExclusive: Tom Dolphin says rise needed to redress real-terms earnings loss since 2008 and strikes could last years 020
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 23/06/2025Ohhhh boy now *this* is a *rebellion* www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comLabour MPs launch major rebellion to stop welfare billAmendment intended to kill off legislation that would cut benefits could be backed by up to 100 Labour MPs including senior figures 040
Reposted by EuanCraig Berry @craigpberry.bsky.social · 19/06/2025The government’s proposals for restricting eligibility for disability and incapacity benefits will cause significant hardship for disabled people Join @citizensadvice.bsky.social on 26 June to hear from a panel of experts and explore our data ⤵️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/citizens-a... #CADataInsights 066
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 20/06/2025This week the Government published the Bill to enable cuts to disability benefits. If passed, the cuts will push hundreds of thousands of disabled people into poverty. The average person will lose £375 a month - likely more than all their essential bills combined.wearecitizensadvice.org.ukWhy we’re asking MPs to vote against the bill to cut disability benefitsToday, the government laid its Universal Credit and Personal Independence Payment Bill before parliament. It details plans to cut billions… 000
Reposted by EuanJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 16/06/2025ha ha ha ha ha ha hastandard.co.ukSoho Society faces financial ruin after failed legal battle with gin distilleryThe Soho Society says it faces financial ruin if ordered to pay nearly £44,000 in legal costs 11698
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 16/06/2025Went to visit the UK AIDS memorial quilt this weekend, can’t stop thinking about the grief and love contained in each of those patches. So many lives cut brutally short. 080
Reposted by EuanTom MacInnes @tommacinnes.bsky.social · 10/06/2025A blog by @lauralhutch.bsky.social & me, pulling together some of the strands from recent work by our colleagues @craigpberry.bsky.social @julia-rt.bsky.social and @maddyirose.bsky.social. Link here - it’s an 8 minute read apparently wearecitizensadvice.org.uk/short-sighte... (1/6)wearecitizensadvice.org.ukShort sighted policy making: Why does history keep repeating itself?This government, like many before them, is offering extreme prescriptions before being certain of the diagnosis. 176
Reposted by EuanDuncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 05/06/2025All pain, no gain: Labour’s odd strategy economist.com/britain/2025...economist.comAll pain, no gain: Labour’s odd strategyBritain’s governing party spends its political capital for little return 5629
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 29/05/2025Honestly, it feels like we’ve done little else for the last fifteen years. 614215
Reposted by EuanMaddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · 28/05/2025The Pathways to Work Green Paper sets out plans to cut billions from health and disability benefits. Instead of getting people into work, these cuts will push hundreds of thousands into poverty. Our new report looks at the impact of cuts to PIP, UC health & scrapping the WCA (🧵)citizensadvice.org.ukPathways to Poverty: How planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people we supportPathways to Poverty: How planned cuts to disability benefits will impact the people we support 24035
Reposted by EuanAri Drennen @aridrennen.bsky.social · 16/04/2025There's maybe no photo that better defines this ghastly era than these people celebrating the right to deny shelter to homeless trans women in the name of female empowerment. 311051286
Reposted by EuanDuncan Robinson @duncanrobinson.bsky.social · 10/04/2025New voter just dropped: Dead Man www.economist.com/britain/2025...economist.comBritain’s parties cater to a voter who is, often literally, deadTo understand British politics, one must understand Dead Man 42553180
Reposted by EuanLaura Hutchinson 🌸 @lauralhutch.bsky.social · 17/03/2025The government is inconsistent on living standards. They pledge to end mass reliance on foodbanks and reduce child poverty, and then make plans to cut benefits for many ill and disabled people. @citizensadvice.bsky.social will continue to oppose these cuts www.theguardian.com/society/2025...theguardian.comBenefit cuts will push more people into poverty, warns Citizens Advice bossExclusive: Clare Moriarty hits out at Labour’s plan as ‘short-term action’ with ‘long-term consequences’ in rare intervention 003
Reposted by EuanMaddy Rose @maddyirose.bsky.social · 10/03/2025📣 Citizens Advice joined Scope to urge the Chancellor to reconsider potential cuts to disability benefits. Cuts would have a catastrophic impact on disabled people, pushing even more disabled households into poverty. Read our open letter to the Chancellor ⬇️ www.scope.org.uk/campaigns/op...scope.org.ukThe cost of cuts to disability benefits: Our open letter to the Chancellor | Disability charity Scope UKRight now, the government is considering changes to disability benefits. But for millions of disabled people, these benefits are a lifeline. They are the difference between surviving and being pushed ... 22321
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 05/03/2025Nice little pice in Private Eye as well. The second most closely read publication in Westminster (after Popbitch, ofc). 000
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 28/02/2025Call me old fashioned, but for five hundred and fifty grand, wouldn't you want your bathroom to have... walls? and... a door? themodernhouse.com/sales-list/h...themodernhouse.comFor Sale: Hopton Road, London SE18 | The Modern HouseThis refined one-bedroom maisonette is positioned along one of the broad, light-filled streets that trace the historic contours of the Royal Arsenal in Woolwich. Once the heart of a vast munitions com... 220
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 26/02/2025Power without vanity | I thought this was a truly brilliant, at times moving, article about Merkel and her life www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukChristopher Clark · A Degree of Light-Heartedness: Merkel’s Two LivesAngela Merkel’s low-key, unflappable persona makes it easy to overlook how extraordinary her story is. A life composed... 000
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 20/02/2025You could be forgiven for thinking we at Citizens Advice only talk about those who've done badly from the cost of living crisis So here's a report of ours about some people who've done rather well from it: energy network companies, who have raked in £4bn in excess profits www.ft.com/content/68f8...ft.comUK energy network owners made billions in excess returns, says watchdogCitizen’s Advice says ‘policy failure’ by regulator means companies secured a windfall of almost £4bn 220
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 01/02/2025Deleting dating apps to meet a man the old fashioned way (at the Peter Hujar photography exhibition at Raven Row) 040
Reposted by EuanSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/01/2025On the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz I wanted to share this quote from Prime Levi: "Auschwitz is outside of us, but it is all around us, in the air. The plague has died away, but the infection still lingers and it would be foolish to deny it.... (1/3) 7545177
Reposted by EuanKieran Hurley @kieranhurley.bsky.social · 24/01/2025cool how Judith Butler said the gender critical movement is ideologically incapable of offering resistance to the coming fascism and got pilloried for using big words, and now official GC organisations are releasing statements of support for Trump's first acts as returning president 161471369
Reposted by EuanTom Clark @tom-clark.bsky.social · 22/01/2025Why do wrong-doing benefit claimants need special rather than general punishments? Why not same for tax dodgers? And when someone has been caught doing cash-in-hand shifts do you really want to make it impossible for them to find a proper job & get off benefits? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukBenefit cheats could lose driving licences in anti-fraud driveA proposed new law will also give ministers greater powers to request bank account information. 41866316
Reposted by EuanJuliet Phillips @julietphillips.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Nice piece articulating the crazy market power of gas plants demanding prices *40 times* the official estimated running cost. Ofgem must take action to limit excess profits; & in the long run, gas shld be moved outside the wholesale market into a back-up reserve. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comWhy have Britain’s energy costs soared and what does it mean for Labour?Claims that power plants are gaming the system to charge huge sums to switch on in the UK’s cold weather 36643
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 05/01/2025Can’t help but feel smart kitchen appliances peaked in the 1970s with the kettle/alarmclock combo. All backwards from there… 010
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 30/12/2024These people are paid (how much?) to conclude that what their platform needs is more garbage on it?! 010
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Christmas cooking highlights... 1. Cured salmon & horseradish cream 2. A rare outing for my parents fish kettle 3. Cheese plate with obligatory homemade quince membrillo 4. Roast pork for the main event 020
Reposted by EuanDuncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Really interesting long essay on Netflix & the streamers. www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/ess... 50963314
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 22/12/2024Leaving a favourite pub on a bougie Hackney street, spot a new sign saying no more than ten people in the beer garden after 9pm. Why did you buy houses next to a pub then!? 020
Euan @euanse.bsky.social · 22/12/2024The sign of a truly excellent stew - when the sauce has set to a jelly in the pan the next morning 000