Andrew Lilico

Economist PhD, formerly taught philosophy at university, dabbles in politics writing, likes maths models, keen on terraforming Mars.

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

@ArchRose90 They presumably can't be the actual plotters.

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

@DominicFrisby Not really. Not if they aren't actually terror suspects.

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

+The whole thing was insane. We were in clear view of the security at the hotel I'd just been giving a speech at. And they were very lucky not to be shot by the police - not 200 yards away in another direction.

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

+In the video one of them says to the leader as they all look in confusion at me walking away "You ain't intimidating enough, bro" & I was popular in the comments section with one person saying "That old guy gave zero f---s".+

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

+Most people in the video stopped, then the balaclava guys gave them £10. I made the video cut because I ignored them & told them I was going to my office and just carried on walking through them until I was past.+

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

People do crazy YouTube pranks. I was once caught up in one in Leicester Square where a gang of guys in balaclavas came menacing me for money in broad daylight with armed police officers less than 200 yards away, bouncing around in my face saying "Have you got any money, mate?"+

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

+The whole thing was insane. We were in clear view of the security at the hotel I'd just been giving a speech at. And they were very lucky not to be shot by the police - not 200 yards away in another direction.

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

This seems remarkable. Are the authorities hoping they'll be contacted by others in their networks so they can be arrested as well? Or was the whole thing actually some kind of prank much less serious that it appeared, so bailing them is appropriate for that reason?

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 BREAKING: The five men arrested near RAF Fairford are being released on bail but remain under investigation

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

+In the video one of them says to the leader as they all look in confusion at me walking away "You ain't intimidating enough, bro" & I was popular in the comments section with one person saying "That old guy gave zero f---s".+

[Mike Bird @Birdyword]

Every day there is some tidbit of UK news that an editor would remove from a novel about a country undergoing a rapid decline because it was too silly to be realistic

[teen vampire, aged 40 @witchesflight]

Sauron tracking the Ring

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

So is he saying the police reckon these guys were paid to do something-or-other, thinking it was some kind of petty criminality, & though they may be unwitting participants in a state-sponsored plot they're just small fish that are being thrown back into the sea for now?

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 WATCH: Counter Terror Police statement on the five men in the RAF Fairford case being released on bail

- They still remain under investigation
- This may be activity committed by proxies for a foreign state
- Suspects often commit these acts for financial gain

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

There's something very much at odds between the story that a gang of men collaborated in an Iranian-sponsored attempt to blow up a military base & them all being released on bail the next day. It manifestly doesn't add up.

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

There's something very much at odds between the story that a gang of men collaborated in an Iranian-sponsored attempt to blow up a military base & them all being released on bail the next day. It manifestly doesn't add up.

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

@epkaufm Seems in tension with various things often stated very firmly in sexuality discussions, no?

[Andrew Lilico @andrew_lilico]

I presume this is naturally interpreted as meaning that for at least half of potentially bisexual girls, the sexuality they identify as is something they choose. What other interpretation could there be?

[Eric Kaufmann @epkaufm]

American teens are becoming straight again, with - especially - female bisexuality in sharp retreat in the youngest cohorts.

via @jean_twenge:

https://t.co/FQnZZePmNp

[Eric Kaufmann @epkaufm]

American teens are becoming straight again, with - especially - female bisexuality in sharp retreat in the youngest cohorts.

via @jean_twenge:

https://t.co/FQnZZePmNp

[Craig Baird - Canadian History Ehx @CraigBaird]

In 1885, Montreal was ravaged by smallpox.
To stem the spread of the disease, public health officials enforced vaccinations. Those that mistrusted the vaccine rioted in the streets.
This is the story of the Montreal Smallpox Riots.

📸 McGill University

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