Dr Phoenix CS Andrews
@thatdocphoenix.com
That writer guy you like. Bi, trans, polyamorous, slutty, neurodivergent, hot. Buy my book that explains why politics has gone weird. I live in Leeds, West Yorkshire, UK. https://linktr.ee/iheartpolitics
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Dr Phoenix CS Andrews
@thatdocphoenix.com
· Nov 13
Hello new followers! I am trans and autistic but wrote a book that is about neither of those things so neither of those communities tend to know about it. It’s called I Heart Politics and it’s a good read, I promise
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I know it is just the law and all that , but it still jars to see ‘Graham Linehan cleared of harassment’ when I think of just how much he has harassed (and spread lies about) friends of mine and never been shy of bothering me either .
November 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
I know it is just the law and all that , but it still jars to see ‘Graham Linehan cleared of harassment’ when I think of just how much he has harassed (and spread lies about) friends of mine and never been shy of bothering me either .
Pizzawatch: such craft
November 26, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Pizzawatch: such craft
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I don't think "benefit fraud" as a category should exist at all. The amounts of money any individual gets in benefits are so comparatively small that nobody is going to go to the bother of claiming them unless they actually need them, whether or not they qualify by the letter of the rules.
Hot take maybe but I actually don’t give a shit about benefit fraud.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
I give a shit about multimillionaires and billionaires existing and not paying tax on their actual wealth.
November 26, 2025 at 4:09 PM
I don't think "benefit fraud" as a category should exist at all. The amounts of money any individual gets in benefits are so comparatively small that nobody is going to go to the bother of claiming them unless they actually need them, whether or not they qualify by the letter of the rules.
My t-shirt categorically denying school racism accusations has a lot of people asking questions that are answered by my shirt
November 26, 2025 at 4:13 PM
My t-shirt categorically denying school racism accusations has a lot of people asking questions that are answered by my shirt
When I was monitoring FB etc groups around Brexit, the one thing pro and anti groups all had in common was racist & misogynistic memes and other posts about Diane Abbott. She was loathed by the centre and the right and whatever the reasons they gave if challenged, it was always misogynoir behind it
I think at this point if you're including Diane Abbott - a woman who has never held government office, has been a backbencher since 2020, and is scarcely a government ally - on your list of political wrongdoers, we all know exactly what your real concerns are
November 26, 2025 at 3:03 PM
When I was monitoring FB etc groups around Brexit, the one thing pro and anti groups all had in common was racist & misogynistic memes and other posts about Diane Abbott. She was loathed by the centre and the right and whatever the reasons they gave if challenged, it was always misogynoir behind it
I would simply invest in public transport above all else
November 26, 2025 at 1:57 PM
I would simply invest in public transport above all else
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You could make practically every bus route in England free for the cost of extending the fuel duty cut.
Reeves says petrol is still expensive.
So the 5p cut in fuel duty will be extended until 2026, she says.
Great. So polluters get to continue to poison us. Yet EV drivers get penalised with pay per mile.
🙃
Climate change. What’s that?
So the 5p cut in fuel duty will be extended until 2026, she says.
Great. So polluters get to continue to poison us. Yet EV drivers get penalised with pay per mile.
🙃
Climate change. What’s that?
November 26, 2025 at 1:47 PM
You could make practically every bus route in England free for the cost of extending the fuel duty cut.
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and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
“The Motability scheme was set up to protect the most vulnerable. Not to subsidise the lease on a Mercedes Benz,” Reeves says.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
Misleading and nasty in equal measure.
November 26, 2025 at 1:20 PM
and again - literally just the hobby horse of some random anonymous Twitter accounts, enraging how quickly they managed to turn their horrid posting into actual government policy and rhetoric
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Minor point. But this is the OBR saying that the briefing about income tax being dropped because of improved forecasts is bollocks.
November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Minor point. But this is the OBR saying that the briefing about income tax being dropped because of improved forecasts is bollocks.
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This is one HELL of a victory speech for someone doing the right thing when no other choice presents itself.
November 26, 2025 at 1:30 PM
This is one HELL of a victory speech for someone doing the right thing when no other choice presents itself.
Best caption in Whitby Museum
November 26, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Best caption in Whitby Museum
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It's IMO quite revealing that Rachel Reeves' section about school spending has more to say about 'Britain in the 90s' than 'England in the 2020s'.
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
It's IMO quite revealing that Rachel Reeves' section about school spending has more to say about 'Britain in the 90s' than 'England in the 2020s'.
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I think there's an assumption that people will not notice that more of their real income keeps getting taxed and they're taking home less of their payrise because there isn't a month to month drop, and I just don't think that works unless you're getting a chunkier payrise, which they aren't.
I think that far too much weight is being placed on 'can you rules-lawyer your way through an interview about how you've put people's taxes up' and 'what will people actually experience' - if you're raising my taxes (you are), just raise them by enough to get out of the v tight 27-9 spending rounds!
November 26, 2025 at 12:50 PM
I think there's an assumption that people will not notice that more of their real income keeps getting taxed and they're taking home less of their payrise because there isn't a month to month drop, and I just don't think that works unless you're getting a chunkier payrise, which they aren't.
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the budget should be a publicly published document with footnotes and everyone — government MPs, opposition MPs, academics and journalists — should have to read the whole thing before commenting on it!!!!
Am enjoying BBC pundits' heads exploding over something that is entirely normal in Europe. Pretty sure the German budget (in draft, so not even decided) is just a press release...
November 26, 2025 at 12:39 PM
the budget should be a publicly published document with footnotes and everyone — government MPs, opposition MPs, academics and journalists — should have to read the whole thing before commenting on it!!!!
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That Digital Services Tax that successive governments have crowed about? It'll bring in.... errr... 0.1% of all the country's tax receipts each year to 2030-31
November 26, 2025 at 12:26 PM
That Digital Services Tax that successive governments have crowed about? It'll bring in.... errr... 0.1% of all the country's tax receipts each year to 2030-31
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Say it with me now: un-funded-spen-ding-cuts
November 26, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Say it with me now: un-funded-spen-ding-cuts
I’m glad I’m in Whitby this morning, but still somehow have Budget fomo because I’m a nerd. But also cannoli
November 26, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I’m glad I’m in Whitby this morning, but still somehow have Budget fomo because I’m a nerd. But also cannoli
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Anyway, I am not getting the vibe from the tone of this coverage that the government has avoided the popularity hit from raising taxes
November 26, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Anyway, I am not getting the vibe from the tone of this coverage that the government has avoided the popularity hit from raising taxes
Just want to do some proper can’t get enough of each other snogging
November 26, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Just want to do some proper can’t get enough of each other snogging
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I wonder how much this cuts through – there's a fairly significant element among football fans angry that they're not allowed to sing eg the antisemitic chant about Spurs (that I last heard in the crowd after Blur's Wembley gig); "it's just banter" etc
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Don’t believe Nigel Farage’s denials. He targeted me for being Jewish – and it hurt | Peter Ettedgui
Now that my former classmate has finally spoken about the allegations of his behaviour at school, I feel compelled to address his points directly, says Peter Ettedgui, a film director and producer
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
I wonder how much this cuts through – there's a fairly significant element among football fans angry that they're not allowed to sing eg the antisemitic chant about Spurs (that I last heard in the crowd after Blur's Wembley gig); "it's just banter" etc
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
There's an advert on his website for a 'Depot Supervisor' that pays £12.75 an hour for shift work.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
If he wants to reduce welfare spending maybe he should pay staff enough that they don't need in-work benefits.
‘Madness’ to increase welfare spending in Budget, says AO World boss
November 26, 2025 at 9:03 AM
My mum ordered a new freezer from AO and when the delivery van came, it did not have a tail lift - apparently the company won't pay for them
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
The two guys were expected to lift freezers, washing machines etc off the back of the van themselves...which does not seem safe
This guy can GTFO
OMOV where the one member is Wesley and the vote is for himself
November 26, 2025 at 8:51 AM
OMOV where the one member is Wesley and the vote is for himself
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If there's one thing that Starmer and his allies are getting right, it's that getting rid of the prime minister and then foisting Streeting into Number Ten without even a leadership election, let alone a general election, would be seen by the general public as a grotesque insult.
"Coronation": the latest thinking on how to overcome the fact the Labour membership would never choose Wesley.
November 26, 2025 at 7:32 AM
If there's one thing that Starmer and his allies are getting right, it's that getting rid of the prime minister and then foisting Streeting into Number Ten without even a leadership election, let alone a general election, would be seen by the general public as a grotesque insult.
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I'm currently in the midst of training and at 32 am the youngest by like twenty years, please do sign up!!
if you are concerned that magistrates are being given more powers and you think that the demographics of magistrates might mean that these powers are unfairly deployed, a good thing to do is to look up the qualifications to become a magistrate and to think seriously about doing that yourself
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
I'm currently in the midst of training and at 32 am the youngest by like twenty years, please do sign up!!