Andrew Wilson
@andrewjwilson76.bsky.social
Suffolk, originally from the USA. Anglo 🇬🇧American 🇺🇸| Geography | Housing | Leadership | Organisational improvement | School Governor | MBA mentor and coach | Fellow @theRSAorg ...and drummer
Nusrat Ghani - Deputy Speaker is usually superb, and today exemplifies why. Who could ignore that sshhh?
November 26, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Nusrat Ghani - Deputy Speaker is usually superb, and today exemplifies why. Who could ignore that sshhh?
When's Gibb going? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
BBC board member quits after being ‘cut out’ of talks over liberal bias claims
Shumeet Banerji was away during crucial discussions that led to resignation of director general and BBC News chief
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:45 PM
When's Gibb going? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
...well, I picked a great time to click over to watch Scotland v Denmark
November 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
...well, I picked a great time to click over to watch Scotland v Denmark
💡https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/were-proud-to-be-pioneers-inside-spains-community-energy-revolution?CMP=share_btn_url
‘We’re proud to be pioneers’: inside Spain’s community energy revolution
From Taradell to Galicia, cooperatives are supplying cheap, clean electricity to homes and helping tackle fuel poverty
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
💡https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/nov/14/were-proud-to-be-pioneers-inside-spains-community-energy-revolution?CMP=share_btn_url
A good news story www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Bots and third parties to be banned from booking driving tests in DfT shake-up
In effort to tackle severe backlog and end resale market, only learner drivers will be able to make bookings
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:03 PM
A good news story www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Transactional services get the job done: fast, efficient, automated. ✅
Do they build trust or connection? Rarely. That’s the quiet flaw: tasks completed, yet do they build trust?
I’ve written HQN’s next bulletin on this- designing relational services, not simply transactions
Do they build trust or connection? Rarely. That’s the quiet flaw: tasks completed, yet do they build trust?
I’ve written HQN’s next bulletin on this- designing relational services, not simply transactions
November 3, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Transactional services get the job done: fast, efficient, automated. ✅
Do they build trust or connection? Rarely. That’s the quiet flaw: tasks completed, yet do they build trust?
I’ve written HQN’s next bulletin on this- designing relational services, not simply transactions
Do they build trust or connection? Rarely. That’s the quiet flaw: tasks completed, yet do they build trust?
I’ve written HQN’s next bulletin on this- designing relational services, not simply transactions
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Thought this was great and well worth a listen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Strong Message Here - Deep Disillusionment in This Country (with Stewart Lee) - BBC Sounds
Armando Iannucci and Stewart Lee find the sources of deep disillusionment in this country.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Thought this was great and well worth a listen www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Well worth a read...and a surprising insight at the end. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
A moment that changed me: I gave up small talk for a month – and the world came alive
I was fed up with discussing the weather, so I started to ask unexpected questions. The conversations that resulted were revelatory
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Well worth a read...and a surprising insight at the end. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
@SteveReedMP
...what happened to 'pushing an open door' to then read of a complete change of heart? What's changed?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
...what happened to 'pushing an open door' to then read of a complete change of heart? What's changed?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Government U-turns on support for bird-friendly swift bricks in new homes
Housing minister Steve Reed refuses to back mandating measure, despite giving support while in environment job
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 8:49 AM
@SteveReedMP
...what happened to 'pushing an open door' to then read of a complete change of heart? What's changed?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
...what happened to 'pushing an open door' to then read of a complete change of heart? What's changed?
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"An old playbook, and yet no less frightening for its familiarity. It is the weaponising of a fundamental part of US democracy that is the real emergency". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The Guardian view on Trump and the law: a restraint on the executive is morphing into its weapon | Editorial
Editorial: The indictment of critics including John Bolton rings alarm bells as the US president expands his power and seeks to use the justice system to exact revenge
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October 18, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"An old playbook, and yet no less frightening for its familiarity. It is the weaponising of a fundamental part of US democracy that is the real emergency". www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A communications 🤨. Have you seen a job appointment press release that doesn't mention either "Following a rigorous recruitment process" or "After a highly competitive process"...would they ever say 'uncompetitive' or lenient? Flipping the statements makes no sense; why state the obvious?
October 17, 2025 at 11:36 AM
A communications 🤨. Have you seen a job appointment press release that doesn't mention either "Following a rigorous recruitment process" or "After a highly competitive process"...would they ever say 'uncompetitive' or lenient? Flipping the statements makes no sense; why state the obvious?
A clearer conversation about human rights starts with facts, not fears. New Oxford Law report finds proposals to limit the UKs role in the ECHR often rest on misunderstandings. Time to base the debate/media coverage on how it really works not the myths.
🔗 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
🔗 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
New report calls for evidence-based debate on the
A new report from the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights examines how the European Convention on
www.law.ox.ac.uk
October 4, 2025 at 9:49 PM
A clearer conversation about human rights starts with facts, not fears. New Oxford Law report finds proposals to limit the UKs role in the ECHR often rest on misunderstandings. Time to base the debate/media coverage on how it really works not the myths.
🔗 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
🔗 www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...
'Two Days, One Night'...my favourite too www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Marion Cotillard at 50: the actor’s 20 best films – ranked!
We rate her most impressive performances, from Lady Macbeth to Edith Piaf to a Batman baddie
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October 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
'Two Days, One Night'...my favourite too www.theguardian.com/film/2025/oc...
Trump's Christian values put front and centre...says "He hates his opponents". Maybe in 'Love thy neighbour" he's thinking of people who don't live nearby. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Charlie Kirk memorial: Trump says he ‘hates’ his opponents at event attended by tens of thousands
President delivers mix of eulogy and campaign speech while JD Vance calls Kirk ‘martyr for the Christian faith’
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Trump's Christian values put front and centre...says "He hates his opponents". Maybe in 'Love thy neighbour" he's thinking of people who don't live nearby. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
...looking across to the 'make you smile' new stories, this one takes the plaudits 👏 Public name train leaf buster 'Ctrl Alt Deleaf' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Train named Ctrl Alt Deleaf to help blast billions of leaves from Great Britain’s tracks
Network Rail says train named after public vote will join fleet of ‘unsung hero’ leaf-busters this autumn
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September 20, 2025 at 9:57 AM
...looking across to the 'make you smile' new stories, this one takes the plaudits 👏 Public name train leaf buster 'Ctrl Alt Deleaf' www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Fascinating interview with Sir Max Hastings on Radio 4 PM about why he's decided to protest against Trump's visit tomorrow. His thoughts on the President, and why his type of malfeasance (my summary)and bullying are not the norm and should be called out. Worth a listen(last 10 mins of the programme)
September 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Fascinating interview with Sir Max Hastings on Radio 4 PM about why he's decided to protest against Trump's visit tomorrow. His thoughts on the President, and why his type of malfeasance (my summary)and bullying are not the norm and should be called out. Worth a listen(last 10 mins of the programme)
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Also, over next few weeks work is incredibly busy, so I simply can't do substacks for a while.
What spare time I have will be on keeping the TrumpTracker (www.trumpactiontracker.info) up to date. So, see you in a few weeks!
What spare time I have will be on keeping the TrumpTracker (www.trumpactiontracker.info) up to date. So, see you in a few weeks!
September 15, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Also, over next few weeks work is incredibly busy, so I simply can't do substacks for a while.
What spare time I have will be on keeping the TrumpTracker (www.trumpactiontracker.info) up to date. So, see you in a few weeks!
What spare time I have will be on keeping the TrumpTracker (www.trumpactiontracker.info) up to date. So, see you in a few weeks!
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Exactly
Elizabeth Warren on people who say Dems needs to tone down their rhetoric: "Oh, please. Why don't you start with the president of the United States? And every ugly meme he's posted and every ugly word."
September 11, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Exactly
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"I want you to know that I absolutely love you" 💔
September 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
"I want you to know that I absolutely love you" 💔
A winning start to the day! Felt much better after a series of 'crash outs' on Connections recently
September 11, 2025 at 3:12 PM
A winning start to the day! Felt much better after a series of 'crash outs' on Connections recently
Look up at about 7.30pm on Sunday www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Rare total lunar eclipse ‘blood moon’ to be visible from UK
The satellite will turn deep red as the Earth passes between the sun and the moon at about 7.30pm on Sunday
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September 6, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Look up at about 7.30pm on Sunday www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Across the US and UK, political writing sounds less like analysis and more like disaster reporting. Everyone’s “destroyed,” “in tatters,” “ruined,” or “barely surviving.” What happened to nuance and measured reporting? It's dull.
September 5, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Across the US and UK, political writing sounds less like analysis and more like disaster reporting. Everyone’s “destroyed,” “in tatters,” “ruined,” or “barely surviving.” What happened to nuance and measured reporting? It's dull.
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Skillfully cooked, divinely seasonal lunch at The Bell Inn, Kersey. Descriptions in ALT-Text.
September 2, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Skillfully cooked, divinely seasonal lunch at The Bell Inn, Kersey. Descriptions in ALT-Text.
Grace Dent's review of one of Bury St Edmunds' newest restaurants is 'glowing'. One of my friends was there at the same time as Grace, and I've been looking out for what she thought. My turn to try it I think.
August 23, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Grace Dent's review of one of Bury St Edmunds' newest restaurants is 'glowing'. One of my friends was there at the same time as Grace, and I've been looking out for what she thought. My turn to try it I think.