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Pen name of author and journalist Andrew Scott.

Represented by Pew Literary

Books include Fake History, Fake Heroes and NOTORIOUS ! Links here:

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Andrew John Scott is a British economist, currently Professor of Economics at London Business School, known for his work on longevity and macroeconomics. Previously he was a lecturer at Oxford University, a visiting professor at Harvard University and a researcher at the London School of Economics. .. more

Economics 53%
Political science 20%
Pinned
Some mind-blowingly kind reviews for my latest book NOTORIOUS.

I don't know who you all are, but genuine, heartfelt thanks from the bottom of my heart.

Such a super chap

Three more school contemporaries who claim to have witnessed Nigel Farage’s alleged teenage racism have rejected the Reform UK leader’s suggestion that it was “banter”, describing it as targeted, persistent and nasty.

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com

If you've ever been bullied, you will know that you never forget the bully or what they did and said. These memories tend to be vivid.

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Telling that no classmates or even any friends from his younger days have come out to defend him

Former classmate insists Farage repeatedly told him "Hitler was right" and "gas them" when they were teenagers at Dulwich College - and that the Reform leader's denials are dishonest.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage's racism denials are dishonest, says ex-classmate
Peter Ettedgui tells the BBC Nigel Farage targeted antisemitic abuse at him when they were teenagers.
www.bbc.co.uk

Oh more than one system can work. Just because this system works it's not necessarily casting shade on other countries and their systems. Who thinks that?

Sure other opinions are available and won't be sharing any details but it felt like justice was delivered very fairly each time.

I've done more than my fair share of jury service - 4 cases in total - and am in favour of it as a direct result of that experience. It works. Feels like an important democratic check (not least) on the power of judges - who, through no fault of their own - must inevitably get jaded by experience.

Oh definitely

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Powell supporting Alan Sked at Newbury by-election in 1993 in the Anti-Federalist League days before they became UKIP. Farage had joined the AFL in 1992.
Juries are not perfect.

Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.

But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.

They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.

A neighbour of mine insists that he once met Farage at a Dulwich College reunion and that the then UKIP leader turned up in his actual school blazer... not the old boy blazer... his ACTUAL school blazer... which is just pure Tim Nice But Dim territory.

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Journalist - did you racially abuse your fellow classmates at school?

Farage - it’s almost 50 years ago so I don’t remember. But I also know that I didn’t do it. And it I did do it I didn’t mean it in a bad way. Something something banter.
I’m a past winner of the Orwell Prize & won partly because I exposed Vote Leave’s unlawful activities.

Michael Gove was its co-convener & refused to answer a single q. He’s now a judge of the prize & our world is truly one that Orwell would recognise

bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/m...
Michael Gove Made Orwell Prize Judge Despite Record of Attacking Journalists and Dodging Scrutiny
Critics say "Orwell would have enjoyed the irony" of the former Conservative minister's appointment
bylinetimes.com

Thank god

Soooooo long.

Apparently, there's a budget tomorrow. Why has nobody mentioned this?

Would really have appreciated a bit of a build-up to that because it would have been really fascinating to read all about it in advance, I'm sure.

#NationalSarcasmDay

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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...
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
Imagine coming up with a proposal so stupid, so unworkable, so thoughtless, that it makes Robert Jenrick look sane by comparison.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Jury trials could be scrapped except in most serious cases
Only cases of alleged murder, rape or manslaughter will be decided by a jury under new proposals to cut court backlogs.
www.bbc.co.uk

Farage cited Enoch Powell as his political hero in an interview in Total Politics magazine in 2008.

In 2014 he cited Vladimir Putin as the world leader he most admired.

You want this guy as your next prime minister???

That Enoch Powell fandom is really telling. I'm surprised that's not the story actually because it's firmly on the record.

At some point Farage stopped talking about Powell - presumably because it became politically inconvenient to do so. No evidence of some Damascean conversion to reality.
If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.

As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.

And that's noteworthy too.

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Hehe x

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A man has been arrested over the fly-tipped mountain of waste in a field in Oxfordshire...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Arrest made over waste mountain in Oxfordshire
A 39-year-old man is arrested after the huge pile of rubbish was found in Oxfordshire.
www.bbc.com

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I challenge you to listen to Tim
Montgomerie’s defence of Nigel Farage on Radio 4 with a straight face

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What

Not one person mentioned Arkell v Pressdram.

Seriously what's happening to this country 🤔

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here's your headline:

They (OfS) still expect 45% of ALL universities to report a deficit this academic year. They are not accounting for "significant variation" across the system (i.e. different types and sizes of institution).
BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling.

🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states.

This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺
www.reuters.com
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

Yes