Oskar 🔰

Born in Camden, raised in Carlisle, living in Darlington. I'm interested in Game Theory and its application to politics, economics. Keen fell walker too.

[Isabella M Weber @IsabellaMWeber]

That’s why being tough on migration won’t stop the AfD.

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

@HazickShady This is a scam you're promoting

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

@T_Rapp11 Scam

[Jamie WhiteBelly @climbnpenguin]

@timleunig I learned soft skills at 15 getting shouted at about a returned toaster. No curriculum teaches that. Make it cheap and easy for small firms to hire 16-19 year olds and they'll do the rest.

[Simon Cooke @SimonMagus]

The only conclusion you could make about these sort of people is that they exist on some sort of mind-altering drug.

[Cromwell's Redoubt @CromRedoubt]

In Britain, senior politicians are happy to have waited 15 months for surgery on debilitating knee injuries.

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

@EcceArdens No

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Sure, all these things are welcome. But I ask again: where is the big-picture macroeconomic stuff? There’s nothing here about growth, employment, productivity, investment, interest rates, competitiveness etc. No sense at all of an overarching economic programme. Someone needs to remind Mr Burnham that he is now the First Lord of the Treasury and no longer merely a city mayor.

[G.T @gingerrtom]

When are the 'thank you' emails being sent out then fella? @JeremyClarkson

[Reem Ibrahim @ReemAmirIbrahim]

Pay should be decided by supply and demand. No government can decide what someone “should” be paid.

[Institute for Hispano Studies @hispano_studies]

🇪🇸 A curious coincidence from this World Cup: every team Spain has faced was, at some point in history, part of the same political entity as Spain.

🇨🇻 Cape Verde — Iberian Union
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia — Umayyad Caliphate
🇺🇾 Uruguay — Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata
🇦🇹 Austria — Habsburg Monarchy
🇵🇹 Portugal — Iberian Union
🇧🇪 Belgium — Habsburg Monarchy
🇫🇷 France — Napoleonic Empire
🇦🇷 Argentina — Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

@isnit0 To an extent. However in many London boroughs council tax rates are far below the national average. In theory the council could make up for this by charging a high community infrastructure Levy on new residential development but that doesnt tend to happen.

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

Can't believe the cameraman picked out Magnus Carlsen and neither Lee Dixon or the other guy was able to crack wise. How about 'he knew a thing or two about end games' or 'Now that's someone you'd want for this half which has been like a chess match'

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

commitment of one man from the surrounding area to defend and planning the construction of new Burhs, Alfred was able to ensure that his Kingdom could be securely defended by a network of fortresses. The days of the Norsemen marauding wherever they liked were out to an end.

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

Two lessons the English National Football can learn from Alfred the Great to beat the Norsemen:
1️⃣ Never give up. In 878 the Norsemen had defeated all the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in battle. However, Alfred managed to survive by escaping into the woods and fens or somerset and

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

then established a fortress at Athelney in the middle of a bog from which he could protect himself from further attacks and gradually rebuild Wessex.
2️⃣ Remain organised. By establishing his system of Burhs and requiring that every 4 yards of a Burhs wall had the

[Rory Sutherland @rorysutherland]

Whether it was Dennis Skinner or Norman Tebbit, Tony Benn or Anne Widdecombe, some part of the rise of populism can be attributed to the disappearance from parliament of people who were highly abrasive but unfailingly sincere.

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

Spain is a fake country never consented to initially by the people of Aragon or now by the people of modern Catalonia.
Belgium is a propa country born out of revolutionary spirit against the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. Therefore I am supporting Belgium in the footy🇧🇪🇧🇪

[Oskar 🔰 @Rasko3000]

@PatMannUSA Hot take! Why did you like Germany more than usually higher rated southern European countries?