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Andrew Birley

Thought vs Action: Why it’s OK for a forty five year old to find a sixteen year old attractive

We all have thoughts that make us feel uncomfortable. If anyone claims that they don’t, they are lying and need to be watched with…

3 min readJan 17, 2023

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Thought vs Action: Why it’s OK for a forty five year old to find a sixteen year old attractive

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Andrew Birley

The Anti-human Agenda Angle is the Latest Cynical Strategy from Deniers of the Climate Catastrophe…

Someone sent me a link to Neil Oliver on GB News a few weeks ago, I was more than a little surprised to see the archaeologist, historian…

5 min readJul 30, 2022

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The Anti-human Agenda Angle is the Latest Cynical Strategy from Deniers of the Climate Catastrophe…

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Andrew Birley

We Dwell In The Shadow Of A Massive Misnomer: “The Ruling Class.”

Very often in this life, things can become so normalised that it never occurs to us to question them. We don’t actively accept these…

4 min readApr 30, 2022

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We Dwell In The Shadow Of A Massive Misnomer: “The Ruling Class.”

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Andrew Birley

Why I’m (still) voting for Jeremy Corbyn

Written in 2017

5 min readApr 22, 2022

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Why I’m (still) voting for Jeremy Corbyn

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Andrew Birley

The Miracle Of Calais

The humans had toiled and trekked to the shores of Calais, forced to flee a brutal conflict the origins of which lay in Western foreign…

3 min readDec 4, 2021

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The Miracle of Dunkirk, where many humans were saved during the Second World War

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Andrew Birley

The Miracle Of Calais

The humans had toiled and trekked to the shores of Calais. They had been forced to flee a brutal conflict, the origins of which lay in…

3 min readNov 26, 2021

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The Miracle of Dunkirk, where many humans were saved during the Second World War

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Andrew Birley

Dear Brain: You Are My Best Friend, And My Worst Enemy.

Our brains are inside our heads, they are part of us, so it can be very difficult to separate what they are making us think and feel from…

5 min readJul 24, 2021

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Dear Brain: You Are My Best Friend, And My Worst Enemy.

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Andrew Birley

I watched I, Daniel Blake recently, a continually relevant film that exemplifies the necessity of…

Loach rightly pulls no punches in highlighting massive issues: systemic failures, austerity, food shortages and unemployment. Truly awful…

4 min readJul 2, 2021

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I watched I, Daniel Blake recently, a continually relevant film that exemplifies the necessity of…

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Andrew Birley

It’s already too late for this iteration of humanity, but that is not a reason to give up

Many more people are beginning to accept that it’s already far too late to reverse climate change. Indeed, what does ‘reverse’ actually…

4 min readMay 22, 2021

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It’s already too late for this iteration of humanity, but that is not a reason to give up

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Andrew Birley

I watched a screening of I, Daniel Blake at The Moth Club in Hackney last night, and there were…

Yes, there were massive issues: systemic failures, austerity, food shortages and unemployment. Awful things that are killing good people.

4 min readNov 13, 2020

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I watched a screening of I, Daniel Blake at The Moth Club in Hackney last night, and there were…

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Andrew Birley

Andrew Birley

Penning musings about whatever pops into my brain. Including stuff about the brain. Very grateful to anyone who drops by, and comments warmly received.

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