Mike Andrews
@mikea57.bsky.social
Retired housing and social care chief executive.Ramble and rant about nonsense, politics and Sheffield Wednesday but not necessarily in that order. Always got something to say, mostly rubbish but always kind.
Sheffield and Thornham
Sheffield and Thornham
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At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
English councils plan to sell off social clubs and sports centres to balance books
Survey finds 60% of key cities councils are planning to sell assets to meet costs of adult and children’s social care
English councils are planning to sell social clubs, sports centres and shopping arcades as they bet on a fire sale of assets to balance the books, according to a survey of local authorities.
The key cities group of councils, which represents second-tier cities in England, said 60% of councils were planning to sell assets to meet the escalating costs of adult and children’s social care. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 8:03 PM
At some point, for the love of God, will someone ANYONE at long last take the council funding crisis seriously?!?
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
Because THIS is what will break down a society, not some poor soul escaping incredible dangers, arriving on our shores.
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It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
Just some British patriots in Benidorm, taking over a street in Spain to shout in their own language about unwanted foreigners. It’s a blessing that they are too thick to understand irony.
November 15, 2025 at 11:34 AM
It's real, and it's mind-blowing.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
A complete lack of awareness and a national embarrassment.
As a rare treat I upgrade to a First Class ticket back to Sheffield only to subjected to a drunken bore trying to impress a couple of American tourists. That’ll teach me, I should know my place by now. Back to Standard Class next time.
November 14, 2025 at 9:01 PM
As a rare treat I upgrade to a First Class ticket back to Sheffield only to subjected to a drunken bore trying to impress a couple of American tourists. That’ll teach me, I should know my place by now. Back to Standard Class next time.
Why do people leave X saying they hate it then take screenshots of posts from the dark side and post them here ? I’m beginning to have my doubts they have actually left it !
November 14, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Why do people leave X saying they hate it then take screenshots of posts from the dark side and post them here ? I’m beginning to have my doubts they have actually left it !
When we talk about nothing working in the UK anymore the media report it as public services don’t work. I disagree it is the private sector. Just spent 2 wasted days in London waiting for a promised and paid for furniture delivery that has failed to arrive with no word from the company.
November 14, 2025 at 7:24 PM
When we talk about nothing working in the UK anymore the media report it as public services don’t work. I disagree it is the private sector. Just spent 2 wasted days in London waiting for a promised and paid for furniture delivery that has failed to arrive with no word from the company.
That’s 3 times Bellingham has lost the ball and not fought to get it back quickly. Didn’t see that from Rogers in the first half.
November 13, 2025 at 9:30 PM
That’s 3 times Bellingham has lost the ball and not fought to get it back quickly. Didn’t see that from Rogers in the first half.
Connections
Puzzle #886
Back in the game after a bit of a break
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Puzzle #886
Back in the game after a bit of a break
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November 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Connections
Puzzle #886
Back in the game after a bit of a break
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🟦🟦🟦🟦
🟩🟩🟩🟩
🟨🟨🟨🟨
Puzzle #886
Back in the game after a bit of a break
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🟩🟩🟩🟩
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Crikey isn’t Mason an annoying little man. I really don’t care about the tittle tattle he unearths or searches out apparently to give me an impartial report. Please don’t tell me what I should and should not care about, Mr Mason.
November 13, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Crikey isn’t Mason an annoying little man. I really don’t care about the tittle tattle he unearths or searches out apparently to give me an impartial report. Please don’t tell me what I should and should not care about, Mr Mason.
If the reporters at the BBC,Times,Guardian and Bloomberg were to just tell who their ‘sources’ were then we’d all be better informed.
November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
If the reporters at the BBC,Times,Guardian and Bloomberg were to just tell who their ‘sources’ were then we’d all be better informed.
Police and Crime Commissioners to be scrapped in England and Wales. A good move, never understood their role and couldn’t name one.
November 13, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Police and Crime Commissioners to be scrapped in England and Wales. A good move, never understood their role and couldn’t name one.
Happy 80th Birthday to Neil Young. After The Goldrush was one of the first albums I bought and I still listen to it today. Not a bad track on it and up there with my favourite records of all time.
November 12, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Happy 80th Birthday to Neil Young. After The Goldrush was one of the first albums I bought and I still listen to it today. Not a bad track on it and up there with my favourite records of all time.
Star reporting we have settled transfer debts and FIFA fine. If that means a couple of Embargo / Restrictions get lifted it might make us more attractive to would be buyers when they come to sharpen their pencils #swfc
November 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Star reporting we have settled transfer debts and FIFA fine. If that means a couple of Embargo / Restrictions get lifted it might make us more attractive to would be buyers when they come to sharpen their pencils #swfc
Perhaps the BBC news reporters could tell us who was the last popular Prime Minister. Sunak,Truss,Johnson May,Cameron,Brown, Blair,Major,Thatcher Callaghan,Wilson,Heath ?? Which one ?
November 12, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Perhaps the BBC news reporters could tell us who was the last popular Prime Minister. Sunak,Truss,Johnson May,Cameron,Brown, Blair,Major,Thatcher Callaghan,Wilson,Heath ?? Which one ?
Here’s a suggestion for Ministers and their advisors. Stop talking to the Press and the Westminster Lobby and get on with the day job.
November 12, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Here’s a suggestion for Ministers and their advisors. Stop talking to the Press and the Westminster Lobby and get on with the day job.
Name me a Prime Minister or Leader that hasn’t been under pressure when a Budget proves unpopular or local elections go poorly. Media puffing it all up again as usual. But then I guess they’ve got to fill pages and airtime. All pretty pathetic really.
November 12, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Name me a Prime Minister or Leader that hasn’t been under pressure when a Budget proves unpopular or local elections go poorly. Media puffing it all up again as usual. But then I guess they’ve got to fill pages and airtime. All pretty pathetic really.
What is it about the political classes,politicians and MP’s that they would rather play power games creating work for the media than getting on and running and improving the country which what they tell us is their priority ?
November 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
What is it about the political classes,politicians and MP’s that they would rather play power games creating work for the media than getting on and running and improving the country which what they tell us is their priority ?
A bit of Richard Hawley is just the perfect background tune for Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing.
November 11, 2025 at 7:57 PM
A bit of Richard Hawley is just the perfect background tune for Mortimer and Whitehouse Gone Fishing.
What will introducing AI into the prisoner release scheme mean in reality ? I can just imagine a Governor going to Grok and asking if he can release Norman Stanley Fletcher tomorrow morning.
November 11, 2025 at 6:11 PM
What will introducing AI into the prisoner release scheme mean in reality ? I can just imagine a Governor going to Grok and asking if he can release Norman Stanley Fletcher tomorrow morning.
Driving in Sheffield and Chesterfield today you can’t help noticing how sad,torn,bedraggled and dirty the flags strung from lampposts have become. Another couple of weeks and they will be collecting on verges and kerbsides along with the McDonalds cups and other detritus tossed from car windows
November 11, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Driving in Sheffield and Chesterfield today you can’t help noticing how sad,torn,bedraggled and dirty the flags strung from lampposts have become. Another couple of weeks and they will be collecting on verges and kerbsides along with the McDonalds cups and other detritus tossed from car windows
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'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Conservative Shadow Culture Secretary Nigel Huddleston tells GB News that the BBC should "grovel" to Trump.
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
Amazing how many British 'patriots' are spending their time telling our national broadcaster to prostrate itself before a hostile foreign leader
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 PM
'They were those like Sir Oswald Mosley who were fascinated by the spectacle of brutal power. They would like to use it themselves. They grovelled to Nazi dictatorship in order that they could make people in their turn grovel to them'
Winston Churchill, 1936
Winston Churchill, 1936
Reposted by Mike Andrews
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
November 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
If we're talking about bias, why do BBC politics programmes, from Politics Live to the Laura Kuennsberg Show, still always begin with a look at the newspaper front pages, which are overwhelmingly biased in one direction. Helps frame the entire news agenda and debate in their favour
At least us Members of the National Trust get to elect the Trustees and so far have been successful in keeping out the undesirables with an agenda. Perhaps that should be the model for the BBC then the undesirables with an agenda could not be appointed by politicians with the same agenda.
November 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
At least us Members of the National Trust get to elect the Trustees and so far have been successful in keeping out the undesirables with an agenda. Perhaps that should be the model for the BBC then the undesirables with an agenda could not be appointed by politicians with the same agenda.