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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We can all get things wrong, but if I had been this consistently and catastrophically wrong about such important issues I don't think I could carry on publishing my opinions every week.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
January 24, 2026 at 12:16 PM
We can all get things wrong, but if I had been this consistently and catastrophically wrong about such important issues I don't think I could carry on publishing my opinions every week.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
I'd want to go away and think about how I'd so badly misunderstood the things I write about.
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Great to see some renewed interest in Nigel Farage’s sumptuous lunches
How about this one when he launched a European Revolution with Steve Bannon, who was being backed by Jeffery Epstein all the time bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
How about this one when he launched a European Revolution with Steve Bannon, who was being backed by Jeffery Epstein all the time bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
January 24, 2026 at 11:14 AM
Great to see some renewed interest in Nigel Farage’s sumptuous lunches
How about this one when he launched a European Revolution with Steve Bannon, who was being backed by Jeffery Epstein all the time bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
How about this one when he launched a European Revolution with Steve Bannon, who was being backed by Jeffery Epstein all the time bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d...
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WINTER (Palindrome)
We noted a froth —
gilded, iced too....
Mists or fleets
dip mildness.
Won, snows send
limpid, steel frosts.
I moot decided light —
or fade to new.
We noted a froth —
gilded, iced too....
Mists or fleets
dip mildness.
Won, snows send
limpid, steel frosts.
I moot decided light —
or fade to new.
January 23, 2026 at 9:52 AM
WINTER (Palindrome)
We noted a froth —
gilded, iced too....
Mists or fleets
dip mildness.
Won, snows send
limpid, steel frosts.
I moot decided light —
or fade to new.
We noted a froth —
gilded, iced too....
Mists or fleets
dip mildness.
Won, snows send
limpid, steel frosts.
I moot decided light —
or fade to new.
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Three errors here. First, in confusing some kind of SEND classification (20%) with EHCPs (5.5%).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
"1 in 5 pupils are getting a SEND diagnosis..the vast majority then trip into the benefit system because they get child disability allowance allowance.'
This is completely false from Milburn. He's supposed to be reviewing this issue and he's just making things up. Inexcusable.
This is completely false from Milburn. He's supposed to be reviewing this issue and he's just making things up. Inexcusable.
January 24, 2026 at 8:51 AM
Three errors here. First, in confusing some kind of SEND classification (20%) with EHCPs (5.5%).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
Secondly in assuming it gives automatic right to DLA. Though there is a strong ECHP/DLA overlap.
Third in assuming that those moving to DLA to PIP never work (it's not an out of work benefit).
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Man of the people latest. All of Farage’s history shows that far from “taking on the globalists” he’s a grifter who milks unsavoury parts of the global elite for all he can get
Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. ft.trib.al/V138xDu
January 24, 2026 at 9:30 AM
Man of the people latest. All of Farage’s history shows that far from “taking on the globalists” he’s a grifter who milks unsavoury parts of the global elite for all he can get
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The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned. Soon after the agent opened the civil rights investigation, she was ordered to reclassify it as a probe into an assault on the officer.
FBI agent who initially investigated fatal ICE shooting in Minneapolis has resigned
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned from the bureau, two sources familiar with...
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January 24, 2026 at 3:54 AM
The FBI agent who initially began working with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to investigate the fatal ICE shooting of Renee Good has resigned. Soon after the agent opened the civil rights investigation, she was ordered to reclassify it as a probe into an assault on the officer.
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Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. ft.trib.al/V138xDu
January 23, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Nigel Farage attended Davos on a pass sponsored by the family office of Iranian billionaire Sasan Ghandehari, which told the World Economic Forum that the Reform UK leader had advised the company since 2018. ft.trib.al/V138xDu
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Reform UK’s new ‘shadow chancellor’ Robert Jenrick attended a protest organised by Homeland and posed for photos with on of Eddy Butler, one of the founders of neo-Nazi Combat 18.
You’ve got to question his motives and judgement.
You’ve got to question his motives and judgement.
Robert Jenrick pictured with former Nazi terror chief at Epping anti-refugee protest
Robert Jenrick pictured with Eddy Butler, former member of Nazi terror group Combat 18 EXCLUSIVE Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick has attended a
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January 24, 2026 at 5:44 AM
Reform UK’s new ‘shadow chancellor’ Robert Jenrick attended a protest organised by Homeland and posed for photos with on of Eddy Butler, one of the founders of neo-Nazi Combat 18.
You’ve got to question his motives and judgement.
You’ve got to question his motives and judgement.
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January 23, 2026 at 4:18 PM
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The government might as well be posting on Truth Social. There’s no reason to stay on X.
January 23, 2026 at 5:06 PM
The government might as well be posting on Truth Social. There’s no reason to stay on X.
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instead of lashing out at "coups" and "plots" by Burnham, Streeting etc, have Team Starmer considered just... being less shit at governing?
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 PM
instead of lashing out at "coups" and "plots" by Burnham, Streeting etc, have Team Starmer considered just... being less shit at governing?
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Grok, what’s the definition of a police state?
nine years old
January 23, 2026 at 5:58 PM
Grok, what’s the definition of a police state?
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It's a great moment whenever I do a dataviz talk, show this slide, point to the tiny woman on the right, and say 'That's me.'
January 23, 2026 at 6:03 PM
It's a great moment whenever I do a dataviz talk, show this slide, point to the tiny woman on the right, and say 'That's me.'
How sweet.
It's the plot of Jabberwocky!
It's the plot of Jabberwocky!
MN protestors #protip put 2 Idaho Russets in the oven at 420 degrees for 45 min, take them out and foil wrap, 1 in each pocket before you go out. Theyll stay warm for 3-4 hours even in this weather and you can eat em when you like. They used to send us kids out like this back in the 70s trust me.
January 23, 2026 at 4:32 PM
How sweet.
It's the plot of Jabberwocky!
It's the plot of Jabberwocky!
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Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
January 23, 2026 at 2:21 PM
Learn more about why ICE’s new policy that lets agents enter your home without a judicial warrant is dead wrong. joycevance.substack.com/p/breaking-t...
Abandoning Private Ryan
Dept of War: 3 out of 4 of the Ryan brothers have been killed. Should we recall the remaining Ryan brother, and spare his parents?
Trump: Why? I don't get it? What's in it for me? Maybe they donate $1m to my re-election fund?
Trump: If not, they're losers.
The End
Dept of War: 3 out of 4 of the Ryan brothers have been killed. Should we recall the remaining Ryan brother, and spare his parents?
Trump: Why? I don't get it? What's in it for me? Maybe they donate $1m to my re-election fund?
Trump: If not, they're losers.
The End
January 23, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Abandoning Private Ryan
Dept of War: 3 out of 4 of the Ryan brothers have been killed. Should we recall the remaining Ryan brother, and spare his parents?
Trump: Why? I don't get it? What's in it for me? Maybe they donate $1m to my re-election fund?
Trump: If not, they're losers.
The End
Dept of War: 3 out of 4 of the Ryan brothers have been killed. Should we recall the remaining Ryan brother, and spare his parents?
Trump: Why? I don't get it? What's in it for me? Maybe they donate $1m to my re-election fund?
Trump: If not, they're losers.
The End
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There's only one person suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome", and that's Donald Trump. The US needs to act and declare him medically unfit for office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Trump's claims about Nato troops in Afghanistan are disappointing, minister says
The US president said allied troops had
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January 23, 2026 at 9:14 AM
There's only one person suffering from "Trump Derangement Syndrome", and that's Donald Trump. The US needs to act and declare him medically unfit for office.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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They darkened her skin. They made her heavier. They made her look older. They made it look like she was crying when she was courageous.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
White House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protest
Guardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration
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January 23, 2026 at 12:31 AM
They darkened her skin. They made her heavier. They made her look older. They made it look like she was crying when she was courageous.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
I just wrote days ago that Trump hates no demographic in America more than Black women. How much more evidence does one need?
This is as openly racist as it gets.
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AI isn’t to blame for rising US electricity bills — but it soon will be ft.trib.al/2CJTInb | opinion
AI isn’t to blame for rising US electricity bills — but it soon will be
Forecast capacity needs are rising, perhaps by a tenth over the next three years
ft.trib.al
January 23, 2026 at 5:34 AM
AI isn’t to blame for rising US electricity bills — but it soon will be ft.trib.al/2CJTInb | opinion
I am intrigued to discover that when James Watt was selling his new steam engine he sold it on a subscription/licence basis.
Based on the savings a user would get over the older Newcomen Engine.
SaaS. Steam as a Service
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_st...
Based on the savings a user would get over the older Newcomen Engine.
SaaS. Steam as a Service
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_st...
Watt steam engine - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 23, 2026 at 7:26 AM
I am intrigued to discover that when James Watt was selling his new steam engine he sold it on a subscription/licence basis.
Based on the savings a user would get over the older Newcomen Engine.
SaaS. Steam as a Service
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_st...
Based on the savings a user would get over the older Newcomen Engine.
SaaS. Steam as a Service
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watt_st...
Trump: You can't remove statues of actual slavers, they're part of the history of the South.
Trump: Get rid of these slavery exhibits, they show white slavers in a bad light.
Trump: Get rid of these slavery exhibits, they show white slavers in a bad light.
The exhibits about slavery at the President’s House in Philadelphia’s Independence National Historical Park have been removed amid pressure from the Trump admin www.inquirer.com/politics/nat...
January 23, 2026 at 7:19 AM
Trump: You can't remove statues of actual slavers, they're part of the history of the South.
Trump: Get rid of these slavery exhibits, they show white slavers in a bad light.
Trump: Get rid of these slavery exhibits, they show white slavers in a bad light.
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So Angela Rayner has to resign her position after ‘outrage’ from the right wing media. Farage has 17 breaches of parliamentary rules….and nothing. 😡
January 23, 2026 at 6:23 AM
So Angela Rayner has to resign her position after ‘outrage’ from the right wing media. Farage has 17 breaches of parliamentary rules….and nothing. 😡
That's the thing about the Titanic.
It could have been turned around easily if the Captain hadn't been obstinate.
And then it wouldn't have sunk.
It could have been turned around easily if the Captain hadn't been obstinate.
And then it wouldn't have sunk.
Vance on the economy:
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
"You don't turn the Titanic around overnight"
January 22, 2026 at 7:55 PM
That's the thing about the Titanic.
It could have been turned around easily if the Captain hadn't been obstinate.
And then it wouldn't have sunk.
It could have been turned around easily if the Captain hadn't been obstinate.
And then it wouldn't have sunk.