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Andy Kingdon 🔶️

@andygeology.bsky.social

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Lib Dem Councillor, Bramcote Ward Broxtowe BC. Scientist, father, atheist, cyclist. Middle age fat bloke. I block racists, bigots and idiots. If I block you choose your category Views mine and do not relate to my employer.

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Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1h

The Elizabeth Line is a wonderful thing. But that wonderfulness is because you can now commute from Heathrow to the city in 45 mins not because of the painted on clouds and brick panelling.
Too much architecture adds costs and excess materials but not functionality.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 2h

The service you can use because its built is more useful than the one you can't use because it was never built because of costs over-runs and architectural follies. Bravo to cities across France for getting stuff built by cloning designs not architectural statements.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 2h

Ask transit users if they'd prefer award winning architecture or faster / cheaper transit and they'll answer the second. Why can France build transit at a fraction of the cost of UK/USA/Oz? Standardisation and not treating public transport as a massive subsidy for architects.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 2h

I don't recognise corporate capture, as opposed to individual dumb decisions. All governments talk to businesses. Labour's best chance of re-election is low inflation, growth and near full employment so benefit cash can be redirected at health etc. That means working with business.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 2h

Mandelson was a stupid avoidable error. Starmer was an idiot to go near anyone closely associated with Epstein and deserved that blowing up in his face

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 2h

Wasn't USA established on 1 pig 1 vote (or am I misremembering?)

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 4h

Circumstances are unique: a deeply unpopular incumbent with Dem grandees supporting a sex-pest. Mamdami won on merit by being neither corrupt nor a pervert, he has both interesting and undeliverable ideas. Other than his high-energy local campaigning it's hard to see that this maps to UK.

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Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 6h

Mamdani's win has zero practical implication to UK. People in UK will vote on satisfaction with national and local govt. Greens might challenge Labour in Central Ldn (as Lib Dems already do in SW Ldn) but not because of the NYC mayor, most UK citizen don't care. This is social media brain.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 18h

But according to the Corbynite troll tendency on here this is a reason to hate her. (I didn't vote for this govt) but kicking a cabinet minister because she had more important things to do than following US local elections shows them as the weirdos they are.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 18h

Making Corbyn look competent by comparison takes a special kind of genius

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 22h

Living the dream

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 23h

No I'm saying that as education secretary commenting on US internal elections of limited relevance to UK politics is probably not the best use of her time. There are plenty of problems on UK schools she should be solving. My friends who are teachers certainly think so.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Lib Dems are running councils across UK. Keep up.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Dear Corbynite left.
A LW candidate winning NYC mayor says little about UK politics. But one thing you could learn is that part of his appeal is he's a polite and decent guy who welcomes supporters. Insulting everyone who doesn't meet your purity tests repels others. It why you always lose.

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Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Would these results mean House seats would flip in Va in 2026?

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Can't disagree. A bizarre decision that was always going to end badly

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Grow up. The hard left are such pathetic people. No wonder you lose every election because you are so utterly useless at persuading people.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

There are 72 MPs across SW and SE England & around major cities, almost all in former Tory seats where Reform are now the challenger that show that comment to be utterly stupid.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Then vote them out. I'll be voting Lib Dem. But the next UK govt will have to interact with the USA govt on trade and security. They will not have to interact with the Mayor of NYC. That's just how the world works.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

With respect, its exactly relevant to you point.

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Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Fools like you are the reason the hard left always fail. Because if anyone disagree you just shout insults. Its one reason Corbyn failed so utterly because his most enthusiastic supporters were so obviously childish idiots.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

No they have been running the UK. The UK and USA have high-levels of trade and cooperate on security. (However much I'd like to) UK govt can't ignore the USA or blank its govt.

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Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

It's interesting certainly. But is it relevant to everyday politics in the UK? I'd rather the Education Secretary was focussed on her job rather than commenting on elections across the Atlantic.

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

(as an outsider) also not being 97 years old must surely help. If democrats are going to seriously challenge in 2026 you have a lot of generational change to do

Andy Kingdon 🔶️ @andygeology.bsky.social · 1d

Congrats to the Lib Dem and Green councillors who have made this happen and stopped it being immediately overturned. I'm betting this will become more popular through time as people relish the clean air, lack of traffic and faster buses.

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