Andy Hinton
@achinton.bsky.social
Bisexual left-liberal theatre sound person based in London. Long-suffering member of the Lib Dems.
Approves of: trans people, new urbanism, Doctor Who and sci-fi in general, Bioware games, good public transport, stuff like that.
He/him
Approves of: trans people, new urbanism, Doctor Who and sci-fi in general, Bioware games, good public transport, stuff like that.
He/him
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The solution (allowing asylum seekers to work) is unworkable politically because we're simply too racist to allow that
I really don't think that what people want is more expensive takeaway and more listless men hanging around with nothing to do while their asylum claims are processed:
Are Deliveroo riders really self-employed? Labour wants to change the test
Business secretary Jonathan Reynolds proposes that rules place less emphasis on whether workers can appoint a substitute
www.ft.com
October 4, 2026 at 9:50 AM
The solution (allowing asylum seekers to work) is unworkable politically because we're simply too racist to allow that
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The fact an MP openly supporting terrorism is seen as a non story tells you how desperate they are for the far right to win
October 3, 2026 at 9:33 AM
The fact an MP openly supporting terrorism is seen as a non story tells you how desperate they are for the far right to win
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I listened to Ed Davey on the Today programme this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point.
The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.
The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.
October 1, 2026 at 10:11 AM
I listened to Ed Davey on the Today programme this morning, and frankly, I think he missed the point.
The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.
The idea that we're keeping the triple lock to help millennials is at best for the birds, and at worst downright insulting. I say that as a millennial.
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Excellently written argument about what democrat politicians miss when they avoid talking about 'culture war' issues. Could equally apply to the current UK Labour party.
"Economic issues not cultural wars' produces a party that both loses elections and abandons moral causes and vulnerable people. That’s not a theoretical argument—it’s the story of the Democratic Party of my entire adulthood." newrepublic.com/article/2159...
Why Democrats Should Stop Using the Phrase “Culture Wars”
Texas’s Gina Hinojosa and others slamming the party for focusing too much on so-called cultural issues are pushing a flawed electoral and policy strategy.
newrepublic.com
September 30, 2026 at 5:22 PM
Excellently written argument about what democrat politicians miss when they avoid talking about 'culture war' issues. Could equally apply to the current UK Labour party.
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It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
September 28, 2026 at 5:31 PM
It really gives the game away when the anti trans orgs are calling the election of the neo nazi party in Germany a "glimmer of hope."
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Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
September 29, 2026 at 4:37 AM
Send Stephen Miller to The Hague.
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*casting a beady eye over Edinburgh West *
Hmm. Notable that those who are (so far) handwringing about sadly having to vote to deselect CJ for vErY sAd rEaSoNs are all cis white men, and so is the heir apparent.
And people wonder why women don't want to stand...
Hmm. Notable that those who are (so far) handwringing about sadly having to vote to deselect CJ for vErY sAd rEaSoNs are all cis white men, and so is the heir apparent.
And people wonder why women don't want to stand...
Christine Jardine "will not be Lib Dem candidate" at next election
Christine Jardine MP (Photo: The Scotsman) Christine Jardine, the Liberal Democrat MP for Edinburgh West has confirmed she will not stand as...
scottish-liberal.blogspot.com
September 27, 2026 at 1:27 PM
*casting a beady eye over Edinburgh West *
Hmm. Notable that those who are (so far) handwringing about sadly having to vote to deselect CJ for vErY sAd rEaSoNs are all cis white men, and so is the heir apparent.
And people wonder why women don't want to stand...
Hmm. Notable that those who are (so far) handwringing about sadly having to vote to deselect CJ for vErY sAd rEaSoNs are all cis white men, and so is the heir apparent.
And people wonder why women don't want to stand...
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Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
September 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
Feminism doesn't require women to see trans+ people as the enemy.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
For many of us, feminism has always meant challenging inequality, standing alongside people whose rights are under threat, and refusing to accept that one group's equality must come at another's expense.
That's our feminism too.
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Has someone in the policy unit been at the sherry again?
If we've got a few billion to spend, I'm pretty sure there are more important priorities than tax cuts for the top 20% of earners.
Like, you know, the NHS, SEND, transport infrastructure, or even carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If we've got a few billion to spend, I'm pretty sure there are more important priorities than tax cuts for the top 20% of earners.
Like, you know, the NHS, SEND, transport infrastructure, or even carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Ed Davey promises £17bn income tax cut if Lib Dems are elected
Growth created by rejoining EU single market and customs union would fund change, Davey tells the party’s conference
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2026 at 2:48 PM
Has someone in the policy unit been at the sherry again?
If we've got a few billion to spend, I'm pretty sure there are more important priorities than tax cuts for the top 20% of earners.
Like, you know, the NHS, SEND, transport infrastructure, or even carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
If we've got a few billion to spend, I'm pretty sure there are more important priorities than tax cuts for the top 20% of earners.
Like, you know, the NHS, SEND, transport infrastructure, or even carers.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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I'm pretty sure there's more job losses in academia than in oil and nobody seems to give a shit
I think it's absolutely mad that today there's a *national news story* about 400 oil platform workers losing their jobs, and the government being blamed.
25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it!
Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
25% of the UK TV industry lost their jobs in the last 4 years and we never hear a peep about it!
Some jobs are 'real jobs' I guess.
September 22, 2026 at 11:29 AM
I'm pretty sure there's more job losses in academia than in oil and nobody seems to give a shit
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I spoke passionately at #ldconf on the need to sharply regulate AI, but I'm sad to say that not enough of the hall were convinced and the motion passed.
I think in 20 years, when Gen Alpha enter the workforce and cannot even think for themselves, everyone will have always been against this.
I think in 20 years, when Gen Alpha enter the workforce and cannot even think for themselves, everyone will have always been against this.
September 22, 2026 at 9:47 AM
I spoke passionately at #ldconf on the need to sharply regulate AI, but I'm sad to say that not enough of the hall were convinced and the motion passed.
I think in 20 years, when Gen Alpha enter the workforce and cannot even think for themselves, everyone will have always been against this.
I think in 20 years, when Gen Alpha enter the workforce and cannot even think for themselves, everyone will have always been against this.
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Ed Davey stands with trans rights by backing our motion at Lib Dem conference!
![Ed Davey stands with trans rights
Reporter: You want the conference motion [Restoring Trans Rights] to pass?
Ed Davey: I do - I'll be voting for it if I'm in the hall!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wyulwp6r3w7cxmdaiok2qqil/bafkreidxuplfv5p5fkaefl6u3a7p6tfk2goqn5vjx6l6ykicih52h26vhm)
September 21, 2026 at 3:42 PM
Ed Davey stands with trans rights by backing our motion at Lib Dem conference!
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Well fair play, Ed Davey has come out in support of the trans community over Labour's unworkable bathroom ban #ShareGoodNewsToo
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk
September 21, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Well fair play, Ed Davey has come out in support of the trans community over Labour's unworkable bathroom ban #ShareGoodNewsToo
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...
Day of the Tentacle is the first thing i remember getting really engrossed in, and thereafter all the Lucas Arts adventures. Civ 2 when I was a bit older. And Mario 64 was my entry into Nintendo, having seen it in Toys 'R' Us and wanting an N64 immediately.
What's your "origin" video game?
Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you.
I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer.
So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
Most gamers have a lot of favorite games, sure, but there's always one that basically 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘴 you.
I'm talking about the game that flipped that little switch in your brain and made into a life-long gamer.
So, which game is 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙨?
September 21, 2026 at 11:41 AM
Day of the Tentacle is the first thing i remember getting really engrossed in, and thereafter all the Lucas Arts adventures. Civ 2 when I was a bit older. And Mario 64 was my entry into Nintendo, having seen it in Toys 'R' Us and wanting an N64 immediately.
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If you're heading to Brighton this weekend for the
@libdems.org.uk Conference, please vote for our Emergency Motion in the ballot. We must stop the attack on trans lives. 🏳️⚧️🧡
#LDConf
@libdems.org.uk Conference, please vote for our Emergency Motion in the ballot. We must stop the attack on trans lives. 🏳️⚧️🧡
#LDConf
![EMERGENCY MOTION ANNOUNCEMENT
AUTUMN CONFERENCE, BRIGHTON 2026
Stop the attack on trans lives
🏳️⚧️ The EHRC's Code of Practice is making hell for trans and gender non-conforming people
🏳️⚧️ Equalities law needs to change to restore trans rights
🏳️⚧️ We're calling for a cross-party process to fix the law, an inclusive Code of Practice, and more scrutiny of the EHRC
SUPPORT OUR EMERGENCY MOTION ON THE BALLOT
VOTE [1] RESTORING TRANS RIGHTS
LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
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September 17, 2026 at 4:23 PM
If you're heading to Brighton this weekend for the
@libdems.org.uk Conference, please vote for our Emergency Motion in the ballot. We must stop the attack on trans lives. 🏳️⚧️🧡
#LDConf
@libdems.org.uk Conference, please vote for our Emergency Motion in the ballot. We must stop the attack on trans lives. 🏳️⚧️🧡
#LDConf
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The TUC, congress of all the UK's trade unions, have voted to condemn the EHRC guidance and backed self-ID.
Good luck finding reporting on it, you'll struggle to find it, even as the papers report on plenty of other things the TUC has voted on, and speeches.
leftfootforward.org/2026/09/tuc-...
Good luck finding reporting on it, you'll struggle to find it, even as the papers report on plenty of other things the TUC has voted on, and speeches.
leftfootforward.org/2026/09/tuc-...
TUC votes to condemn EHRC code of practice and back self-ID for trans people
Delegates backed a motion branding the EHRC guidance 'discriminatory and unworkable'
leftfootforward.org
September 15, 2026 at 4:25 PM
The TUC, congress of all the UK's trade unions, have voted to condemn the EHRC guidance and backed self-ID.
Good luck finding reporting on it, you'll struggle to find it, even as the papers report on plenty of other things the TUC has voted on, and speeches.
leftfootforward.org/2026/09/tuc-...
Good luck finding reporting on it, you'll struggle to find it, even as the papers report on plenty of other things the TUC has voted on, and speeches.
leftfootforward.org/2026/09/tuc-...
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September 13, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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So that's media-backed calls for MSF and Bash Back to be proscribed as terror organisations, while JKR threatens to sue Amnesty, and pensioners are still being arrested for pro-Palestine protests.
How's that compromise and discussion with the far right going, centrist libs?
How's that compromise and discussion with the far right going, centrist libs?
A campaign for *MSF* to be banned as a terrorist group (on the paper thin basis of claims about 2 past employees) is the product of the UK Govt being willing to divorce any meaningful conception of societal threat from its use of proscription powers. Govt needs to wake up to the madness of this:
September 12, 2026 at 4:49 PM
So that's media-backed calls for MSF and Bash Back to be proscribed as terror organisations, while JKR threatens to sue Amnesty, and pensioners are still being arrested for pro-Palestine protests.
How's that compromise and discussion with the far right going, centrist libs?
How's that compromise and discussion with the far right going, centrist libs?
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Viewers in Scotland may recall the articles ahead of 2015 to the effect of "now for the first time, Jimmy McLabourMP is having to knock doors and talk to voters" because for so long you didn't need to bother, which is a great reminder how FPTP is not in fact a guarantor of an active local champion
It's hard to read this as anything other than complaining bitterly about having to do one's job.
September 11, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Viewers in Scotland may recall the articles ahead of 2015 to the effect of "now for the first time, Jimmy McLabourMP is having to knock doors and talk to voters" because for so long you didn't need to bother, which is a great reminder how FPTP is not in fact a guarantor of an active local champion
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Two of Us featured a same sex kiss. The film was pulled, then broadcast late at night with the single kiss removed.
Yet when it was repeated, the original tape was secretly taken out of the BBC's film library and the kiss was edited back in.
It was broadcast.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Yet when it was repeated, the original tape was secretly taken out of the BBC's film library and the kiss was edited back in.
It was broadcast.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
‘That was all secret’: the ‘gay mole’ who fought the BBC to show the first queer kiss on kids’ TV
Everyone thinks Byker Grove broke the taboo in 1994, but another teen drama got there first. Here’s the astonishing story of Two of Us, which put a gay relationship on UK screens – and was the origina...
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Two of Us featured a same sex kiss. The film was pulled, then broadcast late at night with the single kiss removed.
Yet when it was repeated, the original tape was secretly taken out of the BBC's film library and the kiss was edited back in.
It was broadcast.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
Yet when it was repeated, the original tape was secretly taken out of the BBC's film library and the kiss was edited back in.
It was broadcast.
www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Fundamentally unfair’: Burnham must overhaul migration reforms, says TUC general secretary
Paul Nowak says changes to immigration rules risk overstretching social care and fuelling far-right sentiment
www.theguardian.com
September 10, 2026 at 7:07 AM
“The idea that you could be here for the next 10, 15 years and you’d still have no legal right to remain in the country … how the hell do you plan?..It cuts across any effort to integrate at all.”
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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David's tragedy here is a lesson for us all. If you're planning on going to a thing where you know there'll be no trouble getting in, BUY A TICKET. The number of stories I've heard of events cancelled due to lack of interest, and then a load of people pop up to say "Oh I meant to book that!"
Sorry Jonn, had it in my calendar and was just reaching to buy the ticket now but saw it was cancelled :(
September 10, 2026 at 9:04 AM
David's tragedy here is a lesson for us all. If you're planning on going to a thing where you know there'll be no trouble getting in, BUY A TICKET. The number of stories I've heard of events cancelled due to lack of interest, and then a load of people pop up to say "Oh I meant to book that!"
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I plead with people not to propagate their "it won't make a difference; his supporters love him" gloom. Actually, Farage is on the ropes and he didn't get there by himself. He's there because people continue to believe resistance does make a difference. It's also wrong on the facts. 1/3
From "I'm not a compliance officer" to "I know electoral law, I know donation law better than anybody" in 35 seconds.
September 6, 2026 at 5:26 PM
I plead with people not to propagate their "it won't make a difference; his supporters love him" gloom. Actually, Farage is on the ropes and he didn't get there by himself. He's there because people continue to believe resistance does make a difference. It's also wrong on the facts. 1/3
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Cambridge not exactly covering itself with glory this summer, what with the horrific death of Jason Arday, cheered to the rafters by James Orr, who has now been caught, in the words of @theguardian.com "plott[ing] to break law on foreign donations" to Reform UK.
Will Cambridge investigate Orr now?
Will Cambridge investigate Orr now?
Now James Orr has stepped down as Reform UK's Head of Policy after C4's report, questions remain for Cambridge – where he is Associate Professor. Byline Times revealed serious concerns about his activities there months ago.
We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
We all know there won't now be 200+ articles on him and his life don't we?
September 4, 2026 at 8:52 AM
Cambridge not exactly covering itself with glory this summer, what with the horrific death of Jason Arday, cheered to the rafters by James Orr, who has now been caught, in the words of @theguardian.com "plott[ing] to break law on foreign donations" to Reform UK.
Will Cambridge investigate Orr now?
Will Cambridge investigate Orr now?
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Autism and ADHD have many things in common, among them is this:
Both are defined not by how people who have them experience them, but by the features of them that annoy neurotypicals. So of course research is focused on eradication, because who wouldn't want to be rid of annoyingness?
Both are defined not by how people who have them experience them, but by the features of them that annoy neurotypicals. So of course research is focused on eradication, because who wouldn't want to be rid of annoyingness?
It's depressing to me that whenever this comes up, I see a load of griping about how this is diverting funds from REAL autism research, like… genetic studies aimed at preventing us from existing.
I'm begging anyone posting about this to listen to what autistic people need.
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I'm begging anyone posting about this to listen to what autistic people need.
bsky.app/profile/oolo...
It's depressing that a dedicated promoter of pseudoscience is taking a hatchet to research for no good reason, but that so little of that research was any use to anyone anyway.
Maybe when autism research is eventually revived, it can be focused on things that are actually helpful for Autistics?
Maybe when autism research is eventually revived, it can be focused on things that are actually helpful for Autistics?
August 30, 2026 at 8:39 AM
Autism and ADHD have many things in common, among them is this:
Both are defined not by how people who have them experience them, but by the features of them that annoy neurotypicals. So of course research is focused on eradication, because who wouldn't want to be rid of annoyingness?
Both are defined not by how people who have them experience them, but by the features of them that annoy neurotypicals. So of course research is focused on eradication, because who wouldn't want to be rid of annoyingness?