Andy Brown
@andybrown1951.bsky.social
North Yorkshire Councillor for Aire Valley. Green Party. Columnist for Yorkshire Post. Write for Yorkshire bylines. Former Head of Young People's Learning for Yorkshire and the Humber
Exactly how dumb do they think we are?
November 25, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Exactly how dumb do they think we are?
Contrary to the headlines every attempt to subsidise house buyers simply puts up the price and rewards existing owners. Cutting ISA allowance will have zero impact on interest rates. Time to borrow and build or repair council homes in our crumbling inner cities.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
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Reeves’s plan to cut cash Isa limit could raise mortgage rates, say finance bosses
Building societies fear consumers will be put off from saving if chancellor’s budget announces a 40% reduction
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Contrary to the headlines every attempt to subsidise house buyers simply puts up the price and rewards existing owners. Cutting ISA allowance will have zero impact on interest rates. Time to borrow and build or repair council homes in our crumbling inner cities.
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
www.theguardian.com/money/2025/n...
Another 22 dead in Gaza as a direct result of Netanyahu's aggressive collective punishment. This feels like a short pause not a path to peace
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Israeli strikes across Gaza kill 22 Palestinians, Hamas-run health ministry and civil defence say
Israel says it struck targets in Gaza after an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Another 22 dead in Gaza as a direct result of Netanyahu's aggressive collective punishment. This feels like a short pause not a path to peace
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The only mystery about heat waves is why so little is being done to try and prevent them getting worse for another 30 years.
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Mysterious 'warm blob' breaks records in the North Pacific Ocean
Temperatures have surged across a large area of the north Pacific - and scientists don't know exactly why.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The only mystery about heat waves is why so little is being done to try and prevent them getting worse for another 30 years.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
In any reasonable peace deal the people who live in an area should be able to choose for themselves which state they wish to belong to. A date for national self determination elections is needed not big powers deciding over their heads
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Ukraine-Russia war: Ukraine calls for Trump-Zelensky meeting in US this week
It comes as US and Russian officials are set to hold talks in Abu Dhabi.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In any reasonable peace deal the people who live in an area should be able to choose for themselves which state they wish to belong to. A date for national self determination elections is needed not big powers deciding over their heads
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
It is the average of all the polls that is showing an alarming likelihood for Reform to win a majority of seats despite the fact that around 70% of the country don't want them anywhere near power. Under first past the post Labour got a huge majority of seats with 34%
November 25, 2025 at 7:56 AM
It is the average of all the polls that is showing an alarming likelihood for Reform to win a majority of seats despite the fact that around 70% of the country don't want them anywhere near power. Under first past the post Labour got a huge majority of seats with 34%
For the cost of one nuclear power station the government could put a battery storage unit in every home cutting bills and switching use away from peak times so significantly that we wouldn't need any of those over priced vanity project nuclear plants.
November 25, 2025 at 7:54 AM
For the cost of one nuclear power station the government could put a battery storage unit in every home cutting bills and switching use away from peak times so significantly that we wouldn't need any of those over priced vanity project nuclear plants.
Thanks to these ice cores scientists know as a matter of fact that climate change isn't normal or a tiny little side issue. It is an existential crisis that gets worse each year whilst the fossil fuel companies and states get richer.
Two miles of ice core on the shelf at our national ice core facility in Lakewood, Colorado. The WAIS Divide core from West Antarctica is a 3400m long (deepest US core, 2nd deepest ice core ever) 68,000 year old record of high resolution climate.
November 25, 2025 at 7:50 AM
Thanks to these ice cores scientists know as a matter of fact that climate change isn't normal or a tiny little side issue. It is an existential crisis that gets worse each year whilst the fossil fuel companies and states get richer.
Where exactly did Aaron Banks get all the money that he donated to the Brexit campaign? Putin has always known that Britain and the EU are a strong force together. Britain is now so weak that Starmer is scared stiff of annoying Donald Trump
November 25, 2025 at 7:48 AM
Where exactly did Aaron Banks get all the money that he donated to the Brexit campaign? Putin has always known that Britain and the EU are a strong force together. Britain is now so weak that Starmer is scared stiff of annoying Donald Trump
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UK's far right Reform is currently polling around 30%, similar to Germany's far right AfD. But in Germany proportional representation means they are out of government.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
How can any responsible government look at a poll average that predicts a massive majority for an unpopular Reform government and not take serious moves to introduce proportional representation? Act now before it is too late.
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 24, 2025 at 11:24 PM
UK's far right Reform is currently polling around 30%, similar to Germany's far right AfD. But in Germany proportional representation means they are out of government.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
Reposted by Andy Brown
UK's far right Reform is currently polling around 30%, similar to Germany's far right AfD. But in Germany proportional representation means they are out of government.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
UK's far right Reform is currently polling around 30%, similar to Germany's far right AfD. But in Germany proportional representation means they are out of government.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
In the UK, should the election be held today, Reform would have a blow out majority in the Commons.
If Trump accepted opportunities for easy sex when he did business in Russia then Putin will have blackmail photos
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4a54a02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/gift/4a54a02...
Trump is behaving precisely as he would if he were a Russian asset
This ‘peace plan’ is not only a tragedy for Ukraine, but an immediate crisis for Britain
www.telegraph.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
If Trump accepted opportunities for easy sex when he did business in Russia then Putin will have blackmail photos
Donald Trump is an enemy of our friends and a friend to our enemies. Full stop. Proceed accordingly
Vladimir Putin is a war criminal.
Full stop.
Proceed accordingly.
Full stop.
Proceed accordingly.
November 24, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Donald Trump is an enemy of our friends and a friend to our enemies. Full stop. Proceed accordingly
COP 30 may have saved face for a few world leaders but won't save the climate.
Brilliant analysis from Le Monde
Brilliant analysis from Le Monde
La COP30 sauve la face mais pas le climat
La COP30 sauve la face mais pas le climat
Si les délégations de 194 pays sont bien parvenues à un accord au Brésil, il n’y aura pas eu le sursaut indispensable pour accélérer la mise en œuvre des engagements de l’accord de Paris, adoptés il y a tout juste dix ans.
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
COP 30 may have saved face for a few world leaders but won't save the climate.
Brilliant analysis from Le Monde
Brilliant analysis from Le Monde
Reposted by Andy Brown
The COP30 deal has fallen short.
Morally, economically, environmentally and scientifically. There are reports that a record number of fossil fuel lobbyists (1,600) attended this UN climate summit.
Banning vested interests from the COP process is long overdue.
Morally, economically, environmentally and scientifically. There are reports that a record number of fossil fuel lobbyists (1,600) attended this UN climate summit.
Banning vested interests from the COP process is long overdue.
November 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
The COP30 deal has fallen short.
Morally, economically, environmentally and scientifically. There are reports that a record number of fossil fuel lobbyists (1,600) attended this UN climate summit.
Banning vested interests from the COP process is long overdue.
Morally, economically, environmentally and scientifically. There are reports that a record number of fossil fuel lobbyists (1,600) attended this UN climate summit.
Banning vested interests from the COP process is long overdue.
Reposted by Andy Brown
They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
November 24, 2025 at 8:34 AM
They remain the only government in my lifetime without a theory of how economic growth happens and a determination that it definitely not be through universities, immigration, high skilled services, tax simplification, trade relations etc
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Call for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell fire inquiry.
Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex behaved with “systematic dishonesty”, “engaged in deliberate and sustained strategies to manipulate the testing processes, misrepresent test data and mislead the market”
72 died in 2017. No one prosecuted.
Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex behaved with “systematic dishonesty”, “engaged in deliberate and sustained strategies to manipulate the testing processes, misrepresent test data and mislead the market”
72 died in 2017. No one prosecuted.
Architect George Clarke calls for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell inquiry
TV personality wants homeowners and businesses to shun ‘dishonest’ firms Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex
www.theguardian.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Call for boycott of firms criticised by Grenfell fire inquiry.
Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex behaved with “systematic dishonesty”, “engaged in deliberate and sustained strategies to manipulate the testing processes, misrepresent test data and mislead the market”
72 died in 2017. No one prosecuted.
Arconic, Kingspan and Celotex behaved with “systematic dishonesty”, “engaged in deliberate and sustained strategies to manipulate the testing processes, misrepresent test data and mislead the market”
72 died in 2017. No one prosecuted.
Walk behind Skipton castle this morning well worth sharing
November 24, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Walk behind Skipton castle this morning well worth sharing
We need bold action to ensure oligarchs pay their share of wealth, speculators pay tax on transactions and to control fossil fuel companies. All Starmer and co seem capable of supplying is platitudes about austerity. My latest for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
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The best hope for our country is to focus on the opportunities of the future - Andy Brown
Hope is a powerful emotion. So any politician that can offer it tends to prosper. The problem is that it is a lot easier to offer promises of things improving than it is to deliver.
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November 24, 2025 at 7:40 AM
We need bold action to ensure oligarchs pay their share of wealth, speculators pay tax on transactions and to control fossil fuel companies. All Starmer and co seem capable of supplying is platitudes about austerity. My latest for @yorkshirepost.co.uk
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion...
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already outdatated 😅
November 23, 2025 at 1:49 PM
already outdatated 😅
As the climate emergency begins to bite a few world leaders meet with a lot of fossil fuel lobbyists and can't even agree that fossil fuels are a problem. Truly frightening. We need radical action not weak willed leaders scared to stand up to the rich and powerful.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:11 AM
As the climate emergency begins to bite a few world leaders meet with a lot of fossil fuel lobbyists and can't even agree that fossil fuels are a problem. Truly frightening. We need radical action not weak willed leaders scared to stand up to the rich and powerful.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How can any responsible government look at a poll average that predicts a massive majority for an unpopular Reform government and not take serious moves to introduce proportional representation? Act now before it is too late.
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 10:05 AM
How can any responsible government look at a poll average that predicts a massive majority for an unpopular Reform government and not take serious moves to introduce proportional representation? Act now before it is too late.
Reposted by Andy Brown
Reposted by Andy Brown
Farage was paid by russia at the same time, why would he suspect? www.spectator.co.uk/article/fact...
Fact check: did Farage get £548,000 from Russia?
Chris Bryant has been keen to make the most of the Ukraine crisis, demanding greater sanctions on Putin’s cronies at every turn. The Labour MP scored an early hit when he used parliamentary privilege ...
www.spectator.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Farage was paid by russia at the same time, why would he suspect? www.spectator.co.uk/article/fact...