Paul Osbourne
@paulosbourne.bsky.social
Journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, voiceover, obsessive drinker of tea and coffee.
Deputy Speaker laying into the government over Budget leaks, which given the events of the past hour seems appropriate... #Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Deputy Speaker laying into the government over Budget leaks, which given the events of the past hour seems appropriate... #Budget2025
Obviously, quite a lot of the Budget had been leaked by the Treasury, not least the Minimum Wage rise that led the news last night. But the leak is still amateurish and humiliating, and completely takes control of the narrative away from the Government.
November 26, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Obviously, quite a lot of the Budget had been leaked by the Treasury, not least the Minimum Wage rise that led the news last night. But the leak is still amateurish and humiliating, and completely takes control of the narrative away from the Government.
Has anyone checked whether members of the Cabinet have placed bets on the number of idiotic pre-Budget blunders, and were one short? #Budget2025
November 26, 2025 at 12:20 PM
Has anyone checked whether members of the Cabinet have placed bets on the number of idiotic pre-Budget blunders, and were one short? #Budget2025
We are less than two weeks out from the Budget and its central proposal, one the Chancellor has spent time signalling and explaining, is being scrapped. If you wanted to create an impression of absolute chaos, this is exactly what you would do... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Rachel Reeves to abandon plans to raise income tax rates in budget
Labour had laid the ground to break a manifesto pledge on taxes for working people but has now made a U-turn
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:02 AM
We are less than two weeks out from the Budget and its central proposal, one the Chancellor has spent time signalling and explaining, is being scrapped. If you wanted to create an impression of absolute chaos, this is exactly what you would do... www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
The BBC has apologised to Trump for the editing blunder in Panorama, but turned down his audacious demand for a payout. It’s a familiar grift for Trump, shaking down broadcasters for cash…
November 14, 2025 at 4:48 AM
The BBC has apologised to Trump for the editing blunder in Panorama, but turned down his audacious demand for a payout. It’s a familiar grift for Trump, shaking down broadcasters for cash…
Trump’s got his apology, hopefully he won’t succeed in extorting vast amounts of money (directly from the pockets of the UK public). This is becoming a monthly grift — shaking down a broadcaster, though it’s new to target those outside the UK… www.paulosbourne.net/latest/the-r...
Who’s to blame for the BBC’s latest crisis? In part, you. — Paul Osbourne
The row over the editing of Donald Trump's insurrectionist January 6th 2021 speech has forced out two top BBC leaders. It's also put rocket boosters on those determined to nobble the corporation.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Trump’s got his apology, hopefully he won’t succeed in extorting vast amounts of money (directly from the pockets of the UK public). This is becoming a monthly grift — shaking down a broadcaster, though it’s new to target those outside the UK… www.paulosbourne.net/latest/the-r...
Extraordinary to see just how many people are comfortable with the idea that the Telegraph, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are more trustworthy than the BBC…
November 9, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Extraordinary to see just how many people are comfortable with the idea that the Telegraph, Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are more trustworthy than the BBC…
Whenever the topic of now-former Prince Andrew comes up, an early question is "how has he not been kicked out already?" Now that he has, the question has changed to "why did it take so long?" www.paulosbourne.net/latest/andre...
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October 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Whenever the topic of now-former Prince Andrew comes up, an early question is "how has he not been kicked out already?" Now that he has, the question has changed to "why did it take so long?" www.paulosbourne.net/latest/andre...
I haven’t watched #bbcqt for quite a while, and it really is as shouty, pointless, enraging and generally awful as I had feared. All heat, no light. Ragebait as a TV show, its effectiveness presumably judged purely on how many angry tweets it generates.
October 31, 2025 at 12:12 AM
I haven’t watched #bbcqt for quite a while, and it really is as shouty, pointless, enraging and generally awful as I had feared. All heat, no light. Ragebait as a TV show, its effectiveness presumably judged purely on how many angry tweets it generates.
The UK and Australia look set to take very different approaches to protecting writers, artists and musicians from AI tech giants who want to scrape their content without payment…
October 27, 2025 at 11:03 AM
The UK and Australia look set to take very different approaches to protecting writers, artists and musicians from AI tech giants who want to scrape their content without payment…
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The fuss over who appears in TV adverts misses the point...
October 26, 2025 at 10:53 AM
The fuss over who appears in TV adverts misses the point...
It’s an odd game, covering the news in one country for audiences in another. From the other side of the world, one question I keep getting asked about the Prince Andrew affair is why he hadn’t been ostracised many, many years ago…
October 22, 2025 at 11:38 PM
It’s an odd game, covering the news in one country for audiences in another. From the other side of the world, one question I keep getting asked about the Prince Andrew affair is why he hadn’t been ostracised many, many years ago…
“The two main criticisms of Johnson are that he is a) dishonest and b) lazy. It was arguably uncharacteristically diligent of him to have provided such clear evidence of both within the first 30 seconds.”
www.thetimes.com/article/fdb6...
www.thetimes.com/article/fdb6...
Boris Johnson stays true to form — and not to facts
As the former prime minister returned to the Covid inquiry, no one could have predicted he would have proved his critics right within a matter of minutes
www.thetimes.com
October 22, 2025 at 7:41 AM
“The two main criticisms of Johnson are that he is a) dishonest and b) lazy. It was arguably uncharacteristically diligent of him to have provided such clear evidence of both within the first 30 seconds.”
www.thetimes.com/article/fdb6...
www.thetimes.com/article/fdb6...
Much to discuss in this week’s international news round-up on ABC Radio later.. Prince Andrew’s unending awfulness, Donald Trump piloting a shit-dumping plane (albeit in his AI-driven fantasy world), and a genuine scandal in the world of British chocolate biscuits..
October 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Much to discuss in this week’s international news round-up on ABC Radio later.. Prince Andrew’s unending awfulness, Donald Trump piloting a shit-dumping plane (albeit in his AI-driven fantasy world), and a genuine scandal in the world of British chocolate biscuits..
Australian PM Anthony Albanese has flown into Washington DC for an awkward date with Donald Trump.
But how to handle the notoriously thin-skinned President? Lay down the law? Roll over? Or aim for “polite but firm”…
But how to handle the notoriously thin-skinned President? Lay down the law? Roll over? Or aim for “polite but firm”…
October 20, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Australian PM Anthony Albanese has flown into Washington DC for an awkward date with Donald Trump.
But how to handle the notoriously thin-skinned President? Lay down the law? Roll over? Or aim for “polite but firm”…
But how to handle the notoriously thin-skinned President? Lay down the law? Roll over? Or aim for “polite but firm”…
It’s just Donald Trump’s luck - you end countless wars (including ones that never actually started), get featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and the lunatic left-wing media make out you’re a jowly old man who’s losing his hair. Of course, you respond with Presidential dignity…
October 19, 2025 at 7:06 AM
It’s just Donald Trump’s luck - you end countless wars (including ones that never actually started), get featured on the cover of Time Magazine, and the lunatic left-wing media make out you’re a jowly old man who’s losing his hair. Of course, you respond with Presidential dignity…
Was chatting on the radio this week about a study that says social media trigger warnings just make you more likely to look, and it reminded me of when Channel 4 put a red triangle on screen during arthouse movies and millions tuned in for filth…
October 16, 2025 at 11:32 PM
Was chatting on the radio this week about a study that says social media trigger warnings just make you more likely to look, and it reminded me of when Channel 4 put a red triangle on screen during arthouse movies and millions tuned in for filth…
Well, I’ve tried using Final Cut Pro on the iPad, and I’m going to need a new iPad in a minute when I throw this one through a fucking window…
October 15, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Well, I’ve tried using Final Cut Pro on the iPad, and I’m going to need a new iPad in a minute when I throw this one through a fucking window…
For the first time in a long time, Donald Trump is being widely praised for something befitting the office of President — brokering a peace deal in the Middle East. The praise is unlikely to last...
October 13, 2025 at 5:58 AM
For the first time in a long time, Donald Trump is being widely praised for something befitting the office of President — brokering a peace deal in the Middle East. The praise is unlikely to last...
Tricky, perhaps to argue you should be allowed to govern a country whose name you can't spell...
October 9, 2025 at 8:04 AM
Tricky, perhaps to argue you should be allowed to govern a country whose name you can't spell...
Extraordinary, but sadly not all that surprising, to see the justice spokesman of a supposedly major political party launch a Trumpian attack on the judiciary…
October 7, 2025 at 5:59 AM
Extraordinary, but sadly not all that surprising, to see the justice spokesman of a supposedly major political party launch a Trumpian attack on the judiciary…
Orwellian hellscape latest…
Live facial recognition to be used by all England and Wales police forces bit.ly/46tLYzb no information here about false positives or convictions just selected statistics about arrests of alleged criminals and nothing of course about future mission creep beyond police
Live facial recognition cameras set for use by police nationwide
Ministers are consulting on guidance for forces that want to use the technology after successful pilot schemes in London and Cardiff
bit.ly
September 30, 2025 at 6:45 AM
Orwellian hellscape latest…
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Trump says Putin has “let me down”.
(To the surprise of nobody other than the US President).
(To the surprise of nobody other than the US President).
September 18, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Trump says Putin has “let me down”.
(To the surprise of nobody other than the US President).
(To the surprise of nobody other than the US President).
More knee-bending cowardice. You genuinely think, if you keep sucking up to Trump, he’ll somehow spare you from his scattergun of insanity? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
ABC excluded from Trump’s UK press conference as British officials deny any link to recent clash with Australian journalist
Australia’s national broadcaster told by Downing Street that accreditation cancelled for ‘logistical reasons’ as other international outlets also denied entry
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:39 PM
More knee-bending cowardice. You genuinely think, if you keep sucking up to Trump, he’ll somehow spare you from his scattergun of insanity? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...
Is it now illegal in the UK to be rude about Donald Trump?
Four people were arrested for the crime of projecting potentially embarrassing images of Trump onto a wall at Windsor Castle.
I had no idea the police had moved into reputation management.
tr.ee/BuqI3M for more..
Four people were arrested for the crime of projecting potentially embarrassing images of Trump onto a wall at Windsor Castle.
I had no idea the police had moved into reputation management.
tr.ee/BuqI3M for more..
September 18, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Is it now illegal in the UK to be rude about Donald Trump?
Four people were arrested for the crime of projecting potentially embarrassing images of Trump onto a wall at Windsor Castle.
I had no idea the police had moved into reputation management.
tr.ee/BuqI3M for more..
Four people were arrested for the crime of projecting potentially embarrassing images of Trump onto a wall at Windsor Castle.
I had no idea the police had moved into reputation management.
tr.ee/BuqI3M for more..