Paul Osbourne
@paulosbourne.bsky.social
Journalist, broadcaster, podcaster, voiceover, obsessive drinker of tea and coffee.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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..
Because nothing says "special relationship" like keeping your guest of honour locked up in a castle.
Poor bloody King. Hasn't he suffered enough without having to have Donald Trump as a house guest...
Poor bloody King. Hasn't he suffered enough without having to have Donald Trump as a house guest...
September 17, 2025 at 1:18 PM
Because nothing says "special relationship" like keeping your guest of honour locked up in a castle.
Poor bloody King. Hasn't he suffered enough without having to have Donald Trump as a house guest...
Poor bloody King. Hasn't he suffered enough without having to have Donald Trump as a house guest...
It’s 10 years since people in the UK were first able to submit petitions to Parliament. There’ve been 35,000 — ranging from demands for a new national anthem and McDonalds breakfasts at lunchtime to seemingly endless calls for an immediate general election...
August 26, 2025 at 5:31 AM
It’s 10 years since people in the UK were first able to submit petitions to Parliament. There’ve been 35,000 — ranging from demands for a new national anthem and McDonalds breakfasts at lunchtime to seemingly endless calls for an immediate general election...
According to Donald Trump, the very idea of Ukraine joining NATO is “insulting.” Insulting to who? Trump’s very good friend, international pariah Vladimir Putin. Amazing how Putin always comes out on top every time they meet…
August 21, 2025 at 4:30 AM
According to Donald Trump, the very idea of Ukraine joining NATO is “insulting.” Insulting to who? Trump’s very good friend, international pariah Vladimir Putin. Amazing how Putin always comes out on top every time they meet…
Why are senior Tory MPs, who should know better, lying about a “two-tier justice system” — comparing the Ricky Jones jury verdict with Lucy Connolly’s guilty plea? It seems little more than an increasing desperation for attention as the party cements third place in the polls…
August 16, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Why are senior Tory MPs, who should know better, lying about a “two-tier justice system” — comparing the Ricky Jones jury verdict with Lucy Connolly’s guilty plea? It seems little more than an increasing desperation for attention as the party cements third place in the polls…
People in the Cotswolds are used to celebrities. Quite used to odious celebrities too. But most don't come with a 20-something security convoy. So locals used that free speech JD Vance is so keen on to tell him to bugger off...
August 14, 2025 at 12:41 AM
People in the Cotswolds are used to celebrities. Quite used to odious celebrities too. But most don't come with a 20-something security convoy. So locals used that free speech JD Vance is so keen on to tell him to bugger off...
Whether it's ID checks for Spotify or arresting people for writing the wrong thing on a placard, Labour's starting develop a bit of an authoritarian streak...
August 11, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Whether it's ID checks for Spotify or arresting people for writing the wrong thing on a placard, Labour's starting develop a bit of an authoritarian streak...
Keir Starmer to JD Vance, February 2025: "We’ve had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom and it will last for a very, very long time."
August 2025....
August 2025....
August 10, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Keir Starmer to JD Vance, February 2025: "We’ve had free speech for a very, very long time in the United Kingdom and it will last for a very, very long time."
August 2025....
August 2025....
Been cheering everybody up again by going on the radio to talk about the United States' crumbling alliances with the rest of the world... www.paulosbourne.net/latest/do-am...
June 24, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Been cheering everybody up again by going on the radio to talk about the United States' crumbling alliances with the rest of the world... www.paulosbourne.net/latest/do-am...
Donald Trump: President, watch dealer, bible salesman...
June 19, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Donald Trump: President, watch dealer, bible salesman...
If only there'd been some way of knowing in advance that it would be a terrible mistake to put these two half-witted narcissists together...
June 6, 2025 at 5:07 AM
If only there'd been some way of knowing in advance that it would be a terrible mistake to put these two half-witted narcissists together...
Let's all pause a moment in memory of the now-dead bromance between tiny-handed orange man-baby Donald Trump and real-life Bond villain Elon Musk... 🍿🍿🍿🍿
June 6, 2025 at 2:15 AM
Let's all pause a moment in memory of the now-dead bromance between tiny-handed orange man-baby Donald Trump and real-life Bond villain Elon Musk... 🍿🍿🍿🍿
Nothing was ever so British…
May 25, 2025 at 6:01 AM
Nothing was ever so British…
Dystopia update... clearly no-one will shed a tear for convicted sex offenders, and nor should they. But if you wanted to pinpoint a group to test out a policy as potentially horrifying as chemical castration mandated by the state, no-one's going in to bat for convicted sex offenders....
May 22, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Dystopia update... clearly no-one will shed a tear for convicted sex offenders, and nor should they. But if you wanted to pinpoint a group to test out a policy as potentially horrifying as chemical castration mandated by the state, no-one's going in to bat for convicted sex offenders....
No. No you shouldn't.
May 22, 2025 at 7:51 AM
No. No you shouldn't.