Andrew Osbaldestin
@ahosbaldestin.bsky.social
Mathematics Professor. Husband. Father. Mancunian exile in the South. Politics: the left has to be flawless whilst the right can be lawless.
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Labour are freezing rail fares for the first time in 30 years.
That's the difference a Labour government makes.
That's the difference a Labour government makes.
November 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Labour are freezing rail fares for the first time in 30 years.
That's the difference a Labour government makes.
That's the difference a Labour government makes.
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The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
The Confidence Trick That Put Boris Johnson Into Power Is Now Being Used on Nigel Farage
The same people who convinced the British public to back a catastrophic Boris Johnson premiership are now pulling the same trick again with Nigel Farage
www.adambienkov.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The right wing elite are ruthless in protecting their own and getting what they want.
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
They wanted Johnson. (And what a disaster that was for us).
Now they want Farage. (Would be an off the scale catastrophe for the country).
Time we woke up to the betrayal.
www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-confid...
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
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As an electorate, we need to appoint competent people. Johnson, Sunak, Dominic Raab 🙄… Muppets. They wouldn’t be in any company, worth their weight.
Reader, this guy’s correct. We had a shitshow in charge, thanks to a populist driven 2019 election. Mustn’t happen again #bbcqt
Reader, this guy’s correct. We had a shitshow in charge, thanks to a populist driven 2019 election. Mustn’t happen again #bbcqt
November 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
As an electorate, we need to appoint competent people. Johnson, Sunak, Dominic Raab 🙄… Muppets. They wouldn’t be in any company, worth their weight.
Reader, this guy’s correct. We had a shitshow in charge, thanks to a populist driven 2019 election. Mustn’t happen again #bbcqt
Reader, this guy’s correct. We had a shitshow in charge, thanks to a populist driven 2019 election. Mustn’t happen again #bbcqt
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My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
November 19, 2025 at 5:07 PM
My mother saved for years to go to Corfu she didn't get charitable status for it.
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"From today anyone who becomes a company director or person with significant control (PSC) will need to verify their identity with Companies House.
"This change will provide more assurance about who is setting up, running, owning and controlling companies in the UK."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"This change will provide more assurance about who is setting up, running, owning and controlling companies in the UK."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
Notice served on bogus directors as Companies House changes come into force
Identity verification for directors and PSCs brings a fairer and safer business environment closer.
www.gov.uk
November 19, 2025 at 12:07 PM
"From today anyone who becomes a company director or person with significant control (PSC) will need to verify their identity with Companies House.
"This change will provide more assurance about who is setting up, running, owning and controlling companies in the UK."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
"This change will provide more assurance about who is setting up, running, owning and controlling companies in the UK."
www.gov.uk/government/n...
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Via No 10 today (obviously overshadowed by the asylum announcement): "Schools across England will save millions on energy bills as Great British Energy installs solar panels on over 250 sites, cutting costs and reinvesting into education while powering classrooms with clean, homegrown energy."
November 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Via No 10 today (obviously overshadowed by the asylum announcement): "Schools across England will save millions on energy bills as Great British Energy installs solar panels on over 250 sites, cutting costs and reinvesting into education while powering classrooms with clean, homegrown energy."
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New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
November 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
New York millionaires: threatening to flee the city since 2009
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One day this social media exchange will be presented as evidence in a court room, and I cannot wait.
November 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
One day this social media exchange will be presented as evidence in a court room, and I cannot wait.
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Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
November 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Cut benefits, cut minimum wage, raise retirement age, means test pensions, get rid of the NHS.
Why are you voting for Farage?
Why are you voting for Farage?
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Nothing else to add to it. #ukpolitics
November 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Nothing else to add to it. #ukpolitics
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Unable to count that high, Boris Johnson uses his hands to try and illustrate the volume of lies, he told each day as prime minister
October 21, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Unable to count that high, Boris Johnson uses his hands to try and illustrate the volume of lies, he told each day as prime minister
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Today would be a good one to remind people of this:
Reform’s Kent councillors are ‘all wankers’ who ‘hate each other’, Reform staffer says
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/18/r...
Reform’s Kent councillors are ‘all wankers’ who ‘hate each other’, Reform staffer says
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/18/r...
Reform’s Kent councillors are ‘all wankers’ who ‘hate each other’, Reform staffer says – HOPE not hate
HOPE not hate can reveal that Reform’s councillors in Kent are “all wankers” who “hate” and “fight with each other” – according to the party’s...
hopenothate.org.uk
October 21, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Today would be a good one to remind people of this:
Reform’s Kent councillors are ‘all wankers’ who ‘hate each other’, Reform staffer says
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/18/r...
Reform’s Kent councillors are ‘all wankers’ who ‘hate each other’, Reform staffer says
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/09/18/r...
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Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
October 20, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Amazing story in The Times. Reform UK failed to pay VAT to HMRC on its sales (tickets, merchandise). About £400k in all.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
Not tax avoidance. Not tax evasion. They just didn't realise when you sell stuff you have to charge VAT.
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Margaret Thatcher said "Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money."
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
October 16, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Margaret Thatcher said "Socialism is great until you run out of other people's money."
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
Then sold everything of yours because she was running out of money.
The hypocrisy is mind blowing.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:24 AM
Regular reminder:
October 16, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Regular reminder:
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Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
October 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Crazy that we hear about Train Drivers who get £60,000 a year for driving a train.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
But we never hear about the boss of Tesco who gets £30,000 a day and doesn't even pay tax in the UK.
Or the £250m a day that the likes of Amazon, Vodafone, BP and Shell don't pay in tax.
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