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Pen name of author and journalist Andrew Scott.

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Books include Fake History, Fake Heroes and NOTORIOUS ! Links here:

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Andrew John Scott is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at London Business School, known for his work on longevity and macroeconomics. Previously he was a lecturer at Oxford University, a visiting professor at Harvard University and a researcher at the London School of Economics. .. more

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23d
Forget the King's Christmas Day speech - here's my shameless "Winterval" plug instead.

Live from Lewisham.

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3h
I always leave them in the same place thus resolving lost days, weeks, months. years

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3h
I get the strong impression that Trump didn't even know that Greenland had a government until that moment

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3h
It's ever been thus

Reposted by Sue Timmis

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 3h
People try to ascribe motives, strategy and logic to Trump but it's not acknowledged nearly enough that he's simply a spectacularly stupid man who happens to be extremely rich and entitled with it and therefore has gained a lot of power.

He's a very clear example of the Dunning Kruger effect.
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'

TRUMP: Who said that?

Q: The premier of Greenland

TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
*Musk plagiarises scientology*

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
Superior work

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 13h
Ha ha thank God I'm not alone

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h
Oh I know

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h
Or maybe I just need to read

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h
I haven't muted you at all Marty and constructive criticism is always welcome because none of us is perfect or right about everything!

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h
Started watching the Night Manager 2... began getting really irritated that none of the characters from Season 1 seemed to recognise each other... eventually appreciated at the 42 minute mark that this was because I was watching episode one of season one and clearly this is my own failure as a human

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h
Wise

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 14h
It's a ghastly thing. I'm sorry you went through that too Andy

Reposted by Kevin O’Rourke, Andrew Scott, Mark Rice

atrupar.com
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 15h
Q: The premier of Greenland said today, 'We prefer to stay with Denmark.'

TRUMP: Who said that?

Q: The premier of Greenland

TRUMP: Well, that's their problem. I disagree with him. I don't know who he is. Don't know anything about him. But that's gonna be a big problem for him.

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15h
When my late mother got Alzheimer's, we had to label everything too.
factpostnews.bsky.social FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 20h
The White House has added a new sign above the Rose Garden reading “The Rose Garden.”

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16h
Populism - the last refuge of a failure.
sturdyalex.bsky.social Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22h
"[Farage's] presence felt like constant noise. The persona he had adopted was destructive and intolerant of anything non-British. He wasn’t very good at anything – no great orator, charismatic, or engaging. Being vitriolic was the only way he’d get noticed."

So, he was then *exactly* who he is now.
It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg
www.theguardian.com

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17h
You lost me at "basically Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK" in your Fake Heroes review Mr Russell.
Utter garbage. This is a series of opinions written in the form of a book, The JFK assassination analysis is laughable, and so utterly flawed it defies serious consideration. (basically, Lee Harvey Oswald shot JFK, the Zapruder video is ignored, anyone who mentions a grass knoll is a conspiracy theorist!) This is one to avoid,

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h
Julia HB has some er... fairly distinguished company there
barryhow2c.bsky.social Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 21h
Nigel Farage is trying to frame the Grok Porn issue and Musks lies about grooming gangs on X as an issue of free speech.
Could it be that he wants to defend his own position as being one of the top spreaders of misinformation and lies on X ⁉️

Reposted by Andrew Scott, David R. Miller, Gerald Friedman , and 1 more

factpostnews.bsky.social
FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 20h
The White House has added a new sign above the Rose Garden reading “The Rose Garden.”

Reposted by Andrew Scott

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 21h
Nigel Farage is trying to frame the Grok Porn issue and Musks lies about grooming gangs on X as an issue of free speech.
Could it be that he wants to defend his own position as being one of the top spreaders of misinformation and lies on X ⁉️

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Mary Corcoran, Andrew Chadwick

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21h
Acting against X and Musk looks like the biggest open goal for Keir Starmer it's possible to imagine

Reposted by Andrew Scott, Lee Jones

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 22h
"[Farage's] presence felt like constant noise. The persona he had adopted was destructive and intolerant of anything non-British. He wasn’t very good at anything – no great orator, charismatic, or engaging. Being vitriolic was the only way he’d get noticed."

So, he was then *exactly* who he is now.
It’s not ‘fantasy’: I know Nigel Farage abused people for their nationality – because I was one of them | Rickard Berg
I remember him as a racist bully, and his allegation that other ex-Dulwich boys and I are liars tells me he hasn’t changed, says former Dulwich college pupil Rickard Berg
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Andrew Scott

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Kriszta Satori @fulelo.bsky.social · 23h
Graphic content

#BBCNews live page: www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cj...
#Iran protester 'to be executed tomorrow', rights group says, as official says 2,000 people killed in crackdown
Iran protester 'to be executed tomorrow', rights group says, as official says 2,000 killed in crackdown - live updates
Eyewitnesses tell the BBC Iranian security forces
www.bbc.co.uk

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23h
Actually that's very true. Very powerful people can choose to live in echo chambers and no longer hear dissent or criticism. Can be an absolute curse on the work.

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 23h
But... but free speech
georgeeaton.bsky.social George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 1d
Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...

Reposted by Ben H. Ansell, Steve Peers, Andrew Scott , and 8 more

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 1d
Has there ever been any poll showing the public this united? yougov.co.uk/technology/a...

Reposted by Andrew Scott

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Snigdha @snig.bsky.social · 1d
As recently as October 2025 Nigel Farage was warning people to never trust a Tory, but he's also happy to accept defections of key figures from the Conservative party.
Never trust a Tory - Farage Facebook post 29 October 2025 TORY MP REFORM DEFECTIONS Lee Anderson Dame Andrea Jenkyns Aidan Burley Marco Longhi Alan Amos Ross Thomson Anne Marie Morris David Jones Sir Jake Berry Adam Holloway Nadine Dorries Danny Kruger Maria Caulfield Sarah Atherton Jonathan Gullis Lia Nici Chris Green Ben Bradley Nadhim Zahawi Lucy Allan

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d
I do appreciate that I'm responding to something he wrote a month ago - but like so much of his other material since ca 2005 - I hadn't noticed his efforts.

ottoenglish.bsky.social
Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d
If you love London so much, why not stop cashing in on clicks from anonymous right-wing trolls to flog spirits.
mrrickygervais.bsky.social Ricky Gervais @mrrickygervais.bsky.social · Nov 25
Trust me. I would have loved my house to have been cheaper but the bloke selling it wouldn’t budge. I’ve never been good at haggling. Also, I love London. That’s why I live here.

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 1d
I was looking at who the latest Ukip leader was the other day and realised that I'd missed out on the previous 10 or so altogether