Eliot Andersen
@eliotandersen.bsky.social
Cumbrian Labourite (remotely) in Westminster. Politics. Railways. Writes stuff. Honorary Mexican.
This is the sort of important life-preparing education I got at Whitehaven School.
December 22, 2025 at 9:43 AM
This is the sort of important life-preparing education I got at Whitehaven School.
The one true melody.
December 22, 2025 at 9:11 AM
The one true melody.
A particularly Merry Christmas indeed when I realised today that this is the first time in 20 years(!) that I won't spend any part of the Christmas break working, paid or voluntary.
December 21, 2025 at 10:12 PM
A particularly Merry Christmas indeed when I realised today that this is the first time in 20 years(!) that I won't spend any part of the Christmas break working, paid or voluntary.
Nothing but respect for the one true Glup Shitto.
December 21, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nothing but respect for the one true Glup Shitto.
It’s why the Legacy era of the EU was more interesting than the Old Republic era - there was no inevitable endpoint to tie into.
December 21, 2025 at 7:14 PM
It’s why the Legacy era of the EU was more interesting than the Old Republic era - there was no inevitable endpoint to tie into.
How wonderful! Chuffed for you all!
December 19, 2025 at 9:38 PM
How wonderful! Chuffed for you all!
A wise choice. Best way to avoid the inevitable A1 roadworks too.
December 19, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A wise choice. Best way to avoid the inevitable A1 roadworks too.
A question keeping me awake - did Chris Rea come off the A1 at Dishforth and go via the A19, or did he carry on past Scotch Corner and take the A66?
(Asking as someone who drove home for three Christmases via the A1 and Scotch Corner. And driving home tomorrow via the western end of the A66.)
(Asking as someone who drove home for three Christmases via the A1 and Scotch Corner. And driving home tomorrow via the western end of the A66.)
"Chris Rea is from Middlesbrough. This means that Driving Home For Christmas is essentially a song about being stuck in a traffic jam on the A1(M)."
Anyway, it's December, and you know what that means.
Anyway, it's December, and you know what that means.
December 19, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Another bit of the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway lost to history. Fortunately there’s a new book on the line ready to go to print.
And another one about the railway’s response to the 2009 floods, when the author finally gets round to finishing it…
And another one about the railway’s response to the 2009 floods, when the author finally gets round to finishing it…
December 17, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Another bit of the Cleator & Workington Junction Railway lost to history. Fortunately there’s a new book on the line ready to go to print.
And another one about the railway’s response to the 2009 floods, when the author finally gets round to finishing it…
And another one about the railway’s response to the 2009 floods, when the author finally gets round to finishing it…
Are the folks who built Workington's temporary bridge (2010-11) still available? (Even if they did significantly reduce the number of passengers on my temporary train)
The Transport Minister who signed it off? Some chap called Sadiq Khan...
www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/...
The Transport Minister who signed it off? Some chap called Sadiq Khan...
www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/...
Workington to get two-lane road bridge by spring
Crossing at flood-hit Cumbrian town will end misery of 14-mile detour for commuters
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Are the folks who built Workington's temporary bridge (2010-11) still available? (Even if they did significantly reduce the number of passengers on my temporary train)
The Transport Minister who signed it off? Some chap called Sadiq Khan...
www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/...
The Transport Minister who signed it off? Some chap called Sadiq Khan...
www.theguardian.com/uk/2009/dec/...
JK Rowling was locomotive superintendent of the North British Railway in the 1860s.
December 17, 2025 at 7:49 PM
JK Rowling was locomotive superintendent of the North British Railway in the 1860s.
It's Glastonbury. East at the top. That's Glastonbury Tor, top right.
December 17, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Glastonbury. East at the top. That's Glastonbury Tor, top right.
140 miles down, 140 miles to go, but I’m finally in the south of the North.
December 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
140 miles down, 140 miles to go, but I’m finally in the south of the North.
I have been at a different House of Parliament.
December 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I have been at a different House of Parliament.
Just missed you!
December 15, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Just missed you!
Heading south on time, and it's even a winner 390/0.
(Look, I can't scratch Coronations or Royal Scots, so I have to work with what I've given. I've almost cleared all the Pendolinos without trying.)
(Look, I can't scratch Coronations or Royal Scots, so I have to work with what I've given. I've almost cleared all the Pendolinos without trying.)
December 15, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Heading south on time, and it's even a winner 390/0.
(Look, I can't scratch Coronations or Royal Scots, so I have to work with what I've given. I've almost cleared all the Pendolinos without trying.)
(Look, I can't scratch Coronations or Royal Scots, so I have to work with what I've given. I've almost cleared all the Pendolinos without trying.)
Sounds like a lot of sprouts.
December 14, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Sounds like a lot of sprouts.
Honestly surprised Westminster/Fleet Street doesn’t seem to have cottoned on to these competitions/raffles that have popped up like wildfire post-Covid. Seems like some people making a huge amount of money with no oversight.
December 14, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Honestly surprised Westminster/Fleet Street doesn’t seem to have cottoned on to these competitions/raffles that have popped up like wildfire post-Covid. Seems like some people making a huge amount of money with no oversight.