Andrew Richards

@welliver_titus Hi Titus. Love your work! Is there any chance that you'll record any more of the #Bosch novels? If there's no more #Bosch and no more #BoschLegacy, that's about all that's left to hope for!!

@CharlieJustADOG @ianmiles The last time people started doing Nazi salutes, the US fought with us against them. The last time Russians invaded a neighbouring country, the US condemned them. The last time a war-time leader visited the oval office without a suit, a bust was made of him which Trump still has

@ianmiles Why in the hell are activists in the UK mad at Musk? WTF do they care? Insanity.

Who is paying for these anti-Elon Musk ads in the UK? This one was put up in Tottenham.

I think that name was last valid in about 1984! It's now the Dept of Health and Social care, I believe. I know it's now probably going to change again after today's announcement, but we may as well get it right!!

@AndrewSparrow Hi Andrew - In your 09:48 update today, you said "Wes Streeting, the health secretary, will give an update on NHS England, where about half the HQ workforce is being cut to avoid duplication with the work done by the Department of Health and Social Security"

@labour_history @steverichards14 @greenmiranda @iainmartin1 @montie Really enjoyed it..... except that there was a problem with the last 5 - 10 mins of the last episode, which had a weird overlay of multiple copies of the audio, which made it pretty much unlistenable... An edit issue?

Then listen to the brilliant three part deep dive via Not another one 👇🏼 Feat @steverichards14 , @greenmiranda , @iainmartin1 & @montie open.spotify.com/episode/2g3BOp…

#OTD 1975. Margaret Thatcher becomes Tory leader - and Labour's re-election odds are cut to 2/5 "I think the quality of the debate will be raised because the Tory Party will be driven to the right and there will be a real choice offered to the electorate" - Tony Benn Thread 👇🏼

@TheNewsAgents Although I've agreed with your analysis that Labour shd get their skates on over rules on political funding, does the falling out between Musk and Farage show that they were right to chill and play the long game? Was the spat always inevitable, and is it terminal?

@breeallegretti @NWJK - If you want a proper debate, why block me before I've even said anything to you? If not, then fine - make a statement and put your fingers in your ears rather than have a conversation.

@breeallegretti I support this govt, and it's an important change to have seriousness and competence in government, shorn of gimmicks. But gawd he's a dull orator. Where's the energy? Where's the passion, the conviction?

Keir Starmer: Kemi Badenoch thinks if you do a couple of shift in McDonalds, you can become working class. By that logic, if I keep coming back here [to Pinewood Studios], I could be the next James Bond.

@cricketshow You asked people to send you voice notes - did I miss where you told us how? I've followed you since 2015, and haven't missed an episode, having listened to all 4 now. For the next pod - watching IND v NZ, AUS v IND and ENG v NZ, is winning at home now impossible?

@sprachspiele @MavenPolitic It strikes me that this is an intelligent person's idea of a stupid comment.

Corrected: People who pretend to have a high IQ: - Speak deliberately verbosely - Hide meaning through Jargon - Mangle thoughts & ideas People with actually high IQ: - Speak to their audience - Use precise language - Convey thoughts as clearly as they can conceive of them

@DCSboudicca @susie_dent Good to see you as generous and classy in victory as you were in defeat.

Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

@nichepursuits @jaredbauman Story in today's Observer newspaper here in the UK which might be of interest to you for next week's This Week In Niche Pursuits: tinyurl.com/9zymmnt7

@paddy_de @RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @Schwarzenegger If 0.1% of Republicans are persuaded by him, though, that's probably enough in an election this close.

@RoryStewartUK @campbellclaret @Schwarzenegger Any Californian opinion, especially those of a "foreigner", will be ignored by 99.9% of republicans

So great to see this. When @campbellclaret and I talked to him @Schwarzenegger was holding off - hoping it seemed that Trump would not make it thru the courts to the finish line. But he does this gently+ powerfully. Let’s hope some American swing voters are still listening.

@lewis_goodall My instinct is that the whole thing is a giant mistake. They had planned to protect WOKING people - those in the town near where Keir grew up. But then there was a typo in the manifesto....

The term “working person/people” is nebulous and was always going to become a problem, given fiscal constraints. But there’s been a fair bit of feigned ignorance adopted by much of the coverage this last week or so. Everyone knows the difference between income derived from wealth/assets and income derived from labour, which is basically what the term is driving at. And given how much labour has become taxed versus wealth, it’s a good thing we’re talking about it.

@sourav_b88 @AatifNawaz @NeelamAofficial I thought cricket was supposed to be a civilised sport? What happened? A team had a bad day - they'll have a good one soon, and no doubt bad and good ones after that. Is there really the need f9r such vitriol?

@AatifNawaz @NeelamAofficial Go fuck yourself!

Cricket really is a great equaliser. Some days you're laughing at another team. The next day, everyone's laughing at yours.

@MarinaHyde A (genuine) question for your Q&A. How does podcast monetisation work in a world (deep voice, obvs) where I can pay £95 for the whole of Amazon Prime (inc free delivery etc), Netflix for £60, or a single podcast for £80? Did the idea of patreon etc fail?

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@AndrewSparrow 👍 Just to be clear, I wasn't implying that you were being unfair at all. But I think it's an interesting discussion - she's not elected, takes no public money, and in today's world is thankfully not just an adjunct of her man! No comment either way from me, but worth a thought.

@andrewmrichards I haven't said they always are wrong. But I think ppl would worry if they felt someone was trying to curry favour with the PM by buying stuff for their spouse, and no one knew about it. (Not that I think that is really what happened here.)

@AndrewSparrow I have a question regarding the issue of #frockgate. Why is it inappropriate for the spouse of the PM to accept gifts from a 3rd party? Yes, of course it's possible that they might not be offered but for his job, but are the PM and her not separate entities?

@cricketshow Have you finally declared your innings closed?

@BBCSport #bbctennis - Is the Wimbledon commentary box right next to the radio commentary? There's a constant bubble of chatter in the background, which is a bit distracting... 😒