Andrew Richards
@andrewwr235.bsky.social
Energy, mathematics, forecasting, analysis. Wine, cooking, reading, music. Generally curious. Hopeful that my country, the UK, will one day come to its senses again
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How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
November 26, 2025 at 11:32 AM
How the Daily Mail has responded to a Budget that will slightly raise wages for young people, vs how they responded to a Budget that almost crashed the entire economy
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I'm forgetting what you look like.
November 26, 2025 at 8:35 AM
I'm forgetting what you look like.
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This is the Bond we could have had.
November 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
This is the Bond we could have had.
I'm not at all convinced that a public inquiry is the right vehicle to get at the truth of this.
You wouldn't normally use a public inquiry to investigate corruption. Or treason for that matter.
These things should be investigated by the police. Or the security services.
You wouldn't normally use a public inquiry to investigate corruption. Or treason for that matter.
These things should be investigated by the police. Or the security services.
Please sign this petition for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics.
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
I don't care if you're left or right, Reform or Corbynite - we can't allow a hostile foreign nation to run riot in our political ecosystem.
Sign and share.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 AM
I'm not at all convinced that a public inquiry is the right vehicle to get at the truth of this.
You wouldn't normally use a public inquiry to investigate corruption. Or treason for that matter.
These things should be investigated by the police. Or the security services.
You wouldn't normally use a public inquiry to investigate corruption. Or treason for that matter.
These things should be investigated by the police. Or the security services.
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As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
Ukip founder Alan Sked: 'The party has become a Frankenstein's monster'
He may have founded Ukip, but Alan Sked's moderate, Brussels-boycotting party has gone rogue. Stuart Jeffries meets the academic who's desperate to stop the bandwagon he first set rolling
www.theguardian.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
As for Farage’s use of racist slurs being confined to his childhood - well, that's not what Alan Sked, the founder of UKIP, claimed in this 2014 interview.
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
He says here that Farage was using the "n" word as late as 1997.
Farage would have been about 33 at time.
www.theguardian.com/politics/201...
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What about Trump's tax returns? Remember those?
November 26, 2025 at 12:59 AM
What about Trump's tax returns? Remember those?
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It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
November 26, 2025 at 12:34 AM
It says a lot about our country that the FBI had no interest in interviewing Brett Kavanaugh but wants to talk to Mark Kelly.
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Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Three things about the Witkoff tapes:
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
1) It appears Western intelligence services have decided to let Witkoff (and Trump) know they have recordings of their traitorous conversations w/Russia.
2) This Ukraine "deal" was all Witkoff's idea.
3) Congressional leaders should demand he be fired.
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Trump tried to extort Brazil to drop the case against Bolsonaro by slapping a 50% tariff on the country
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
Breaking:
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazil's former President Jair Bolsonaro begins serving 27-year prison sentence.
November 25, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Trump tried to extort Brazil to drop the case against Bolsonaro by slapping a 50% tariff on the country
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
He also personally sanctioned Alexandre de Moraes-the judge overseeing this case-and his wife
Of course it didn’t work. Prices in the US increased instead
Now Trump has been humiliated
Again
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The only circumstances in which it’s acceptable to wear pajamas on a flight.
November 25, 2025 at 5:23 PM
The only circumstances in which it’s acceptable to wear pajamas on a flight.
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Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
November 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Brexit has cost each and every one of us £3,700 a year.
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
But instead of solving the problem, Labour are using Brexit as an excuse to raise your taxes.
My message ahead of the Budget: Stop blaming Brexit and start fixing it!
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Trump bragged about making this deal a month ago, which means they expected China to buy approximately 6 million tons of soybeans at this point
Instead, China has bought only 332,000
That's about 5.5% of what they should've purchased
Trump's tarrifs have absolutely decimated US farmers
Again
Instead, China has bought only 332,000
That's about 5.5% of what they should've purchased
Trump's tarrifs have absolutely decimated US farmers
Again
November 25, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Trump bragged about making this deal a month ago, which means they expected China to buy approximately 6 million tons of soybeans at this point
Instead, China has bought only 332,000
That's about 5.5% of what they should've purchased
Trump's tarrifs have absolutely decimated US farmers
Again
Instead, China has bought only 332,000
That's about 5.5% of what they should've purchased
Trump's tarrifs have absolutely decimated US farmers
Again
Hi James Kelly at BBC News.
I don't know how you're recruiting your sample of interviewees, but as you express negative views about GenderGP in the email, I doubt you are being unbiased.
One way to judge is to look at TrustPilot.
Out of 838 reviews, GenderGP scores 4.3.
That's pretty good.
I don't know how you're recruiting your sample of interviewees, but as you express negative views about GenderGP in the email, I doubt you are being unbiased.
One way to judge is to look at TrustPilot.
Out of 838 reviews, GenderGP scores 4.3.
That's pretty good.
November 25, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Hi James Kelly at BBC News.
I don't know how you're recruiting your sample of interviewees, but as you express negative views about GenderGP in the email, I doubt you are being unbiased.
One way to judge is to look at TrustPilot.
Out of 838 reviews, GenderGP scores 4.3.
That's pretty good.
I don't know how you're recruiting your sample of interviewees, but as you express negative views about GenderGP in the email, I doubt you are being unbiased.
One way to judge is to look at TrustPilot.
Out of 838 reviews, GenderGP scores 4.3.
That's pretty good.
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Charges for violence against women rising - charges involving sexual abuse, controlling or coercive behaviour, stalking, intentional strangulation.. But get this
It’s not migrants, it’s homegrown British sexual predators/control freaks
But as they’re often White the Right Wing don’t care about it❗️
It’s not migrants, it’s homegrown British sexual predators/control freaks
But as they’re often White the Right Wing don’t care about it❗️
CPS reports surge in violence against women charges
But prosecutors say more must be done for victims of abuse and sexual assault in the South East.
www.bbc.com
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Charges for violence against women rising - charges involving sexual abuse, controlling or coercive behaviour, stalking, intentional strangulation.. But get this
It’s not migrants, it’s homegrown British sexual predators/control freaks
But as they’re often White the Right Wing don’t care about it❗️
It’s not migrants, it’s homegrown British sexual predators/control freaks
But as they’re often White the Right Wing don’t care about it❗️
The excuse of racists and bullies over the ages.
It was just a joke.
Just banter.
It didn't hurt anyone.
He thought it was funny too.
Everyone does it.
Just being lads.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It was just a joke.
Just banter.
It didn't hurt anyone.
He thought it was funny too.
Everyone does it.
Just being lads.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Nigel Farage describes schoolboy racism claims as ‘banter in a playground’
The Reform UK leader was accused of making racist and antisemitic comments to classmates while at Dulwich College but said he never did so ‘with intent’
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:34 PM
The excuse of racists and bullies over the ages.
It was just a joke.
Just banter.
It didn't hurt anyone.
He thought it was funny too.
Everyone does it.
Just being lads.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
It was just a joke.
Just banter.
It didn't hurt anyone.
He thought it was funny too.
Everyone does it.
Just being lads.
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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I’m glad they got the bastard who did this👇🏼
We have more than our share of fly tippers here in rural Kent, dumping tyres, mattresses, all sorts of waste sacks in the beautiful countryside.. so glad to see one who did it on an industrial scale caught 👍🏼
We have more than our share of fly tippers here in rural Kent, dumping tyres, mattresses, all sorts of waste sacks in the beautiful countryside.. so glad to see one who did it on an industrial scale caught 👍🏼
Man arrested over Oxfordshire waste mountain
A 39-year-old man is arrested after the huge pile of rubbish was found in Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 5:25 PM
I’m glad they got the bastard who did this👇🏼
We have more than our share of fly tippers here in rural Kent, dumping tyres, mattresses, all sorts of waste sacks in the beautiful countryside.. so glad to see one who did it on an industrial scale caught 👍🏼
We have more than our share of fly tippers here in rural Kent, dumping tyres, mattresses, all sorts of waste sacks in the beautiful countryside.. so glad to see one who did it on an industrial scale caught 👍🏼
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This is very good. We need to tax wealth and raise taxes on middle earners.
My pre-budget take for the LSE Politics blog is up:
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Labour are unable to articulate any vision or sense of purpose.
Much of the left has convinced itself that government spending can be maintained without broad-based tax increases.
Not a great budget backdrop.
blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...
Wealth tax and looser fiscal rules won’t save the Budget | British Politics and Policy at LSE
The narrative on the left that a wealth tax and looser fiscal rules would solve the Chancellor's 2025 Budget headaches has got out of hand.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
November 25, 2025 at 6:04 PM
This is very good. We need to tax wealth and raise taxes on middle earners.
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Farage really on the ropes there.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
It was years ago.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not in a hurtful way.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not with intent.
Did you ever racially abuse fellow pupils?
Not genuine abuse.
😮🫣😬😱 ~AA
November 24, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Farage really on the ropes there.
The Great British Public will always vote for other people to pay for the services they use.
Until you point out the consequences of the proposed solution.
Get foreign students to pay more?
Consequence: they'll go elsewhere and British Universities will financially collapse.
Until you point out the consequences of the proposed solution.
Get foreign students to pay more?
Consequence: they'll go elsewhere and British Universities will financially collapse.
With Rachel Reeves reportedly set to apply a new tax on tuition fees paid by overseas students, most Britons support such a move at the previously mooted level of 6%
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
Support: 57%
Oppose: 18%
yougov.co.uk/topics/socie...
November 24, 2025 at 6:36 PM
The Great British Public will always vote for other people to pay for the services they use.
Until you point out the consequences of the proposed solution.
Get foreign students to pay more?
Consequence: they'll go elsewhere and British Universities will financially collapse.
Until you point out the consequences of the proposed solution.
Get foreign students to pay more?
Consequence: they'll go elsewhere and British Universities will financially collapse.
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I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I implore someone, anyone, in the media…
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
Do your job
And the next time you have Farage on, please ask him directly:
…what were the motivations behind this?
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Yes, there are spending multipliers etc - and yes, Kuenssberg spouted vacuous talking points.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
@zackpolanski.bsky.social on the importance of spending multipliers & borrowing to invest
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
Zack is, without doubt, a great communicator. And on him talking about democracy & the bond markets I'm reminded of Eddie Dempsey at the Durham Miners Gala when he asked "who elected the bond market?"
November 24, 2025 at 8:14 AM
Yes, there are spending multipliers etc - and yes, Kuenssberg spouted vacuous talking points.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.
BUT.
There is a bond market (or more generally a macro) constraint to borrowing, as there was in the 2010s - we just weren't near it then. Dodging the issue/pretending it doesn't exist isn't a policy.