Nicholas Osborne

Leader of history and politics. Aussie in the UK. career changer from corporate PR to teaching. #immigrant #teacher

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

Think i need a T-shirt saying “they’re eating the dogs”

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

Those who have marginalised migrants, of which I am one, owe the country an apology. Those who have blamed migrants for the issues this country face, need to recognise what they have done. They created this climate. They have facilitated this

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

There are no other words to explain what is happening across the country other than these are attempted lynchings. The far right thugs are attempting to hunt down foreigners, best case to terrorise, worst case is unspeakable.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

Those who are perpetrating these race-crimes need to be imprisoned. Those who allowed it to happen, and creates an environment for it to fester also need to be held to account.

[Brendan May @bmay]

No idea how yesterday happened. None at all.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@propermenshevik @MsQuinnHistory @bphillipsonMP @educationgovuk @edvainker I think wait and see what happens next. It feels like there’s reasons.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@MsQuinnHistory @bphillipsonMP @educationgovuk @edvainker The unions also apparently gave this the ok.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@MsQuinnHistory @bphillipsonMP @educationgovuk @edvainker I get the sense this means they are negotiating with treasury as to how to fund it. Which hopefully means the rise will be new funding

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@MsQuinnHistory 👋

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

All of the letters I have seen from new ministers to their department have emphasised the role and importance of civil and public servants. That is such an extraordinary sea-change.

[Tom Belger @tom_belger]

Ed Miliband has just written this to staff, setting out his six priorities - interesting insight into what's key on the agenda:

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@MsQuinnHistory I feel calmer today.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@SPBeale I honestly believe there is correlation between the decline of humanities and the rise of fascist believes and undemocratic thinking.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@AHarvie5 @IanDunt Hmm, I didn’t know that. I’ll flag it with our safeguarding team

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@IanDunt Who even knows these words? I teach the Nazi rise at gcse level including Hitler youth and indoctrination of the young. You have to go very far out of your way to find this stuff, and learn it. This takes a lot of work. This is astonishing and sickening.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

Well. The US debate has left me with a significant level of existential angst.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@HughJRichards I’d invite him to actually read a modern history book.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

I tell my politics students there is a general rule, if someone is giving easy answers to complex questions, they’re lying to you.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

Agreed. I love this film. Would have loved more

[liberalicious @liberalicious]

@GentleDoofus The only Russell Crowe “what-if” worth thinking about is what if he’d made a bunch of Master and Commander sequels with Paul Bettany. A whole nautical adventure/war/spy Aubrey-Maturin series! The thought haunts me.

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@NoContextBrits E

[Nicholas Osborne @MrOsborneHist]

@MsQuinnHistory @christinesamps Would you like some more? This is just a part of my mudlarking collection