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David Soskin

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David Soskin

@davidsoskin

Technology entrepreneur and investor. Ex Special Adviser to the Prime Minister, No 10 Policy Unit. Author of 'Net Profit'.

London and West Sussex

Joined December 2008

David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Sep 13, 2025
Replying to @Miss_Snuffy
Mr Abaraonye is not the President of @OxfordUnion. He is the President-elect. There is a tsunami of opinion amongst the membership, former officers and the general public that he should not be permitted to take up his office. Apart from his evident lack of dress sense, which you
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Sep 14, 2025
Replying to @AllumBokhari
Well done. I will walk up hill and down dale to ensure this individual never takes up his post. @OxfordUnion
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Oct 20, 2025
Replying to @oxfordstandardx
If this is correct, and the behaviour of these reps was sanctioned by Mr Abaraonye, then both he and his pals should be expelled from @OxfordUnion
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Jan 10, 2022
Tory MP warns of revolt if Boris Johnson doesn’t axe Covid curbs
Tory MP warns of revolt if Boris Johnson doesn’t axe Covid curbs
From ft.com
David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Sep 13, 2025
Replying to @Adrian_Hilton
It does no favours to @UniofOxford to shelter this individual. He brings the entire university into disrepute. The opprobrium heaped upon him has been global and thoroughly deserved. Mr Abaraonye's views are not merely "abhorrent". They are dangerous.
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Sep 11, 2025
Replying to @OxfordUnion
Better for the current President and his committee to urge Mr Abaraonye to resign immediately both from his elected office and from @OxfordUnion The Union has had an appalling twelve months and a new hand is required on the tiller.
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Jul 19, 2022
“I think Kemi Badenoch is really top class. I think she’s fresh, she’s different, she’s not associated with the old regime" @BackingBadenoch @KemiBadenoch
thetimes.com
I may rejoin Tories if Badenoch wins, says billionaire ex-donor John Armitage
A Tory donor who left the party in protest at Boris Johnson’s premiership has suggested he could rejoin if Kemi Badenoch is elected leader.John Armitage, a busi
David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Nov 3, 2025
Replying to @Telegraph
If this does not put an end to the widely hated @BBC licence fee, I cannot imagine what would.
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Sep 14, 2025
Replying to @Miss_Snuffy
When the country’s best head teacher speaks, people should listen.
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Oct 18, 2025
Reports of serious irregularities @OxfordUnion polls today to decide on Mr Abaraonye's suitability as President of the Society. Two peers, the former head of an Oxford college, 2 ex-Presidents and an ex-Librarian, all Life Members, were apparently turned away - amongst scores of
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Oct 21, 2025
Goodbye Mr Abaraonye. Well done to the Concerned Alumni of @OxfordUnion, @AllumBokhari and @Adrian_Hilton for ensuring that this farrago was brought to the attention of all life members. And to the ERO. If there was a gold medal for count endurance, he would win it.
Adrian Hilton
@Adrian_Hilton
Oct 21, 2025
Oxford Union latest: George Abaraonye has gone. Hallelujah. I can now finish writing my @SpecCoffeeHouse piece.
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Oct 20, 2025
Replying to @Adrian_Hilton
I take it that Mr Harraj's offence was to permit all life members of @OxfordUnion to vote. It seems that the Abaraonye faction's grasp of democratic principles is somewhat fragile.
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Sep 1, 2025
Replying to @AllisonPearson @JuliaHB1 and @ReformSarah
The Left can vandalise a statue in Bristol and destroy a painting in Cambridge with impunity. But drape a Union flag in front of a public building and the police swing into action. What sort of society have we become?
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David Soskin
@davidsoskin
Oct 20, 2025
Replying to @Adrian_Hilton and @OxfordUnion
Worth noting that threatening a Returning Officer at a British election count is a criminal offence under the Representation of the People Act 1983. Perhaps Mr Abaraonye has not been taught that in the politics portion of his PPE studies. The sanction at @OxfordUnion should be
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