Alex Andreou
@sturdyalex.bsky.social
I write, act, sing, broadcast and cook. Occasionally, even for money. One third of the @quietriotpod.bsky.social with @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
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🆕 Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower
🏛️ Even more storytelling. Even stranger connections. Even cleaner sound. Even worse puns.
Brush up, ahead of Season 2.
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🏛️ Even more storytelling. Even stranger connections. Even cleaner sound. Even worse puns.
Brush up, ahead of Season 2.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/5nB1...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/a...
Director's Cut: ECHO & NARCISSUS - The Influencer & The Follower
Podcast Episode · Alex Andreou's Podyssey · 16/11/2025 · 1h 7m
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It's a double whammy this morning!
It is lovely revisiting these Season 1 episodes to re-record and re-edit them. Much has been trimmed and much restored from the cutting room floor.
The end result, I think, is even better. What do you think?
It is lovely revisiting these Season 1 episodes to re-record and re-edit them. Much has been trimmed and much restored from the cutting room floor.
The end result, I think, is even better. What do you think?
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“How dare they smile, enjoy snatched moments, or for that matter, breathe.”
There is so much messed up about this front page Express story today.
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
There's no suggestion or evidence ANY alcohol or drugs was consumed. This is literally just people dancing.
And buried in the piece: "The footage is believed to have been filmed just before Labour took power in July last year."
November 25, 2025 at 10:28 AM
“How dare they smile, enjoy snatched moments, or for that matter, breathe.”
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🚨🚨New episode 🚨🚨
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
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With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
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Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 25/11/2025 · 55m
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November 25, 2025 at 7:20 AM
🚨🚨New episode 🚨🚨
With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
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With Ukraine possibly days from being forced to accept a surrender deal, I spoke to @globsec.bsky.social’s Iuliia Osmolovska as well as @sturdyalex.bsky.social about where this deal came from, the latest from Geneva and where go from here.
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Timely episode of Behind The Lines on the real implications of Trump's botched "peace deal" and what next for Ukraine. @snellarthur.bsky.social chats to Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolowska and explains it to me.
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Ukraine Crisis: Will Trump Force Moscow's Deal on Zelenskyy?
Podcast Episode · Behind The Lines with Arthur Snell · 25/11/2025 · 55m
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November 25, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Timely episode of Behind The Lines on the real implications of Trump's botched "peace deal" and what next for Ukraine. @snellarthur.bsky.social chats to Ukrainian diplomat Iuliia Osmolowska and explains it to me.
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Nice to see Betty a bit Sweaty.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Nice to see Betty a bit Sweaty.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
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Letter: "New polling by Best for Britain shows three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage. His silence on the subject speaks volumes." ~AA
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
Brexit 'an act of pure economic sabotage and vandalism'
FIVE years since Brexit and a British Chancellor has finally called out Brexit for what it is.
www.worcesternews.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Letter: "New polling by Best for Britain shows three in five Brits now see Brexit as a failure with seven in 10 of these voters blaming Nigel Farage. His silence on the subject speaks volumes." ~AA
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
www.worcesternews.co.uk/news/2564170...
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CBI chief Rain Newton-Smith tells gov't: "Change course on Employment Rights... The minimum wage, the last Labour govt's defining reform has endured because it was built in partnership with us." Hmm. Was it?
Some of us are old enough to remember it was introduced in the teeth of CBI opposition. ~AA
Some of us are old enough to remember it was introduced in the teeth of CBI opposition. ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:27 AM
CBI chief Rain Newton-Smith tells gov't: "Change course on Employment Rights... The minimum wage, the last Labour govt's defining reform has endured because it was built in partnership with us." Hmm. Was it?
Some of us are old enough to remember it was introduced in the teeth of CBI opposition. ~AA
Some of us are old enough to remember it was introduced in the teeth of CBI opposition. ~AA
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Busines and Trade Secretary, Peter Kyle: "When you win an election... you start off where the other lot left off, and the extent of challenges that Brexit left us, that some of the other periods of intense instability left us... you can't fix that in one month, in one budget, or in one year." ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Busines and Trade Secretary, Peter Kyle: "When you win an election... you start off where the other lot left off, and the extent of challenges that Brexit left us, that some of the other periods of intense instability left us... you can't fix that in one month, in one budget, or in one year." ~AA
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ICYMI: Reform’s UK only member of the Welsh parliament has been suspended for using a racial slur in a WhatsApp group.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-laura-jones-suspended-racial-slur-senedd-b2869040.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-laura-jones-suspended-racial-slur-senedd-b2869040.html
Reform UK’s only representative in Welsh parliament suspended over racial slur
Laura Anne Jones made the offensive remark about Chinese people in a WhatsApp group in 2023
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM
ICYMI: Reform’s UK only member of the Welsh parliament has been suspended for using a racial slur in a WhatsApp group.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-laura-jones-suspended-racial-slur-senedd-b2869040.html
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/reform-laura-jones-suspended-racial-slur-senedd-b2869040.html
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Badenoch's arrogantly delivered, noxiously apocalyptic assault on employment rights aside, it's quite something to claim that only you understand business, then ask business, instead of adjusting to a new law, to plan on the remotest chance that you will become PM and undo it all in four years.🤣 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Badenoch's arrogantly delivered, noxiously apocalyptic assault on employment rights aside, it's quite something to claim that only you understand business, then ask business, instead of adjusting to a new law, to plan on the remotest chance that you will become PM and undo it all in four years.🤣 ~AA
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"A cryptocurrency backed by one of Nigel Farage’s biggest donors has been used to help Russia fight its war against Ukraine, British investigators say."
It's not "ancient history" if you're knee-deep in it, Zia... ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's not "ancient history" if you're knee-deep in it, Zia... ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
November 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"A cryptocurrency backed by one of Nigel Farage’s biggest donors has been used to help Russia fight its war against Ukraine, British investigators say."
It's not "ancient history" if you're knee-deep in it, Zia... ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
It's not "ancient history" if you're knee-deep in it, Zia... ~AA
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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According to Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's former leader in Wales being convicted of taking money to undermine British national interest in favour of Russia is "ancient history". 😂🤣😂
He was sent down for ten years three days ago. Three. Days. Ago. ~AA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was sent down for ten years three days ago. Three. Days. Ago. ~AA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history'
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
According to Zia Yusuf, Reform UK's former leader in Wales being convicted of taking money to undermine British national interest in favour of Russia is "ancient history". 😂🤣😂
He was sent down for ten years three days ago. Three. Days. Ago. ~AA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was sent down for ten years three days ago. Three. Days. Ago. ~AA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I see stuff like this and instantly think of one of my favourite H.L. Mencken witticisms:
"Democracy is the theory that voters know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
(Great webinar @luketryl.bsky.social.)
"Democracy is the theory that voters know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
(Great webinar @luketryl.bsky.social.)
Striking bit of @moreincommonuk.bsky.social's pre-budget briefing (watch in full on their channels). Voters think means-testing winter fuel benefit was *WORSE* that partygate and as bad as profiteering on PPE. And gov't breaking its pledge on tax would be worse than all of the above. 👀👀👀 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I see stuff like this and instantly think of one of my favourite H.L. Mencken witticisms:
"Democracy is the theory that voters know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
(Great webinar @luketryl.bsky.social.)
"Democracy is the theory that voters know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard."
(Great webinar @luketryl.bsky.social.)
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Striking bit of @moreincommonuk.bsky.social's pre-budget briefing (watch in full on their channels). Voters think means-testing winter fuel benefit was *WORSE* that partygate and as bad as profiteering on PPE. And gov't breaking its pledge on tax would be worse than all of the above. 👀👀👀 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Striking bit of @moreincommonuk.bsky.social's pre-budget briefing (watch in full on their channels). Voters think means-testing winter fuel benefit was *WORSE* that partygate and as bad as profiteering on PPE. And gov't breaking its pledge on tax would be worse than all of the above. 👀👀👀 ~AA
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This is how the JD Vance (seemigly Kremlin-drafted) Ukraine "Peace Plan" went down with *Republican* lawmakers. No wonder Trump is distancing himself from it, at a rate of knots.
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This is how the JD Vance (seemigly Kremlin-drafted) Ukraine "Peace Plan" went down with *Republican* lawmakers. No wonder Trump is distancing himself from it, at a rate of knots.
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
NB McCaul was Trump's national security adviser during his first campaign. ~AA
It really is so absurd to claim "I get small business because I worked in a MacDonalds once and what business needs is another massive costly upheaval in four years, just as they have absorbed the last change." Even before you add the fact that she is unlikely to be Tory leader by next summer.
Badenoch's arrogantly delivered, noxiously apocalyptic assault on employment rights aside, it's quite something to claim that only you understand business, then ask business, instead of adjusting to a new law, to plan on the remotest chance that you will become PM and undo it all in four years.🤣 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 12:38 PM
It really is so absurd to claim "I get small business because I worked in a MacDonalds once and what business needs is another massive costly upheaval in four years, just as they have absorbed the last change." Even before you add the fact that she is unlikely to be Tory leader by next summer.
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Two key differences, I think, have so far saved the UK from full-on MAGA madness: our relationship to religion and our regulation of guns. We should be fully prepared for the far right to start prodding both. ~AA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why Tommy Robinson supporters are turning to Christianity
The Church of England is grappling with what to do about followers of the far-right figure embracing faith.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Two key differences, I think, have so far saved the UK from full-on MAGA madness: our relationship to religion and our regulation of guns. We should be fully prepared for the far right to start prodding both. ~AA
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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The latest bot-talking-point on X and FB, spread via Reform groups, seems to be "Doctors, Nurses, and engineers don't arrive by small boat".
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 9:57 AM
The latest bot-talking-point on X and FB, spread via Reform groups, seems to be "Doctors, Nurses, and engineers don't arrive by small boat".
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
Only problem with that is... some do exactly that. ~AA
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"One of the terrible ironies is that Reform’s leader, Nigel Farage, is now capitalising on the unpopularity of a government whose laudable aims have been frustrated by the economic damage caused by a Brexit behind which he was the prime mover." ~AA
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
‘Reset’ with the EU looks more like ‘upset’ as Brexit damage mounts | The Observer
observer.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"One of the terrible ironies is that Reform’s leader, Nigel Farage, is now capitalising on the unpopularity of a government whose laudable aims have been frustrated by the economic damage caused by a Brexit behind which he was the prime mover." ~AA
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
observer.co.uk/news/busines...
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"Brexit didn’t behave like a normal economic shock. There was no singular collapse or dramatic turning point. Instead, it created a rolling fog of uncertainty that has lasted almost a decade. It made it impossible for thousands of firms to plan." ~AA
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
New: Boris Johnson’s ‘Brexit Titanic success’ was half right
Nearly ten years on, the first full assessment of Brexit confirms what millions warned: Britain made itself poorer
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 9:24 AM
"Brexit didn’t behave like a normal economic shock. There was no singular collapse or dramatic turning point. Instead, it created a rolling fog of uncertainty that has lasted almost a decade. It made it impossible for thousands of firms to plan." ~AA
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/news/brexit/...
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Good morning, gorgeous BfB fellow travellers. This is @sturdyalex.bsky.social with this week's pre-budget news round-up.
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, (my often wrong) opinion, and the best video - always, with an internationalist flavour. ~AA
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, (my often wrong) opinion, and the best video - always, with an internationalist flavour. ~AA
a man and a woman are talking to each other and the man is saying `` i 'm a citizen of the world ''
ALT: a man and a woman are talking to each other and the man is saying `` i 'm a citizen of the world ''
media.tenor.com
November 24, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Good morning, gorgeous BfB fellow travellers. This is @sturdyalex.bsky.social with this week's pre-budget news round-up.
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, (my often wrong) opinion, and the best video - always, with an internationalist flavour. ~AA
Stay tuned for breaking stories, analysis, (my often wrong) opinion, and the best video - always, with an internationalist flavour. ~AA
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A wonderful night and a rare Remainiacs reunion. Love a surprise wedding (well I've never been to one before but I loved this one)
Got the band back together at mine and Paul’s surprise wedding reception. I love these people so much 🥰
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
November 23, 2025 at 2:23 PM
A wonderful night and a rare Remainiacs reunion. Love a surprise wedding (well I've never been to one before but I loved this one)
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Naomi shattered our minds by holding a party last night and then halfway through announcing that they'd eloped and we were in fact attending a wedding reception. Immense.
Got the band back together at mine and Paul’s surprise wedding reception. I love these people so much 🥰
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
November 23, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Naomi shattered our minds by holding a party last night and then halfway through announcing that they'd eloped and we were in fact attending a wedding reception. Immense.
Reposted by Alex Andreou
Got the band back together at mine and Paul’s surprise wedding reception. I love these people so much 🥰
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
November 23, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Got the band back together at mine and Paul’s surprise wedding reception. I love these people so much 🥰
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver
@sturdyalex.bsky.social @rostaylor.bsky.social @dorianlynskey.bsky.social @iandunt.bsky.social and Ingrid Oliver