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Dr Adam Evans

@a-b-evans.bsky.social
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Devolution anorak, parliamentary history nerd & recovering academic. Any views expressed are not those of my employer (yada yada etc passim) Academic work: www.researchgate.net/profile/Adam-E…

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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 41m
“Sounds like the locals won’t forget him in a Harare…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 43m
“Apparently Wales has finally become an effluent society…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 13h
“Apparently it could result in potential investors getting Claude feet…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Apparently investors are having to rely on increasingly crude estimates…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Reporter: “The President says SHIT (Super Human Intelligence Technology) rather than AI. Are you into SHIT?” Craven Silicon Valley Billionaire: “I really like SHIT”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Apparently he’s accused his critics of pedalling fake news…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
“Apparently the sponsor’s squeezed the brake clause in their contract…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Apparently it’s a miracle that not a sole was killed…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Quick, say that her window mysteriously disappeared…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“Apparently it’s the first time that a warm-up band at Glastonbury has ever won the prize…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
I mean I always assumed Jools Holland was a stage name, but…
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“By ‘take out’, he was… erm… actually encouraging Iran to ask them both out for dinner…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
“He was actually encouraging Iran to… erm… invite them both out for dinner?
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
We cut live to Super Intelligence Force HQ:
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
“Apparently the culprits had taken offence after being told they needed to little red book a table in advance…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
"Apparently nobody expected the Spanish electioneering..."
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“Apparently the outbreak means their trains are nit in service…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Apparently they’re just preparing for the year in industry part of their degree programmes…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“Apparently it’s a pretty gruel-ling competition…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“His defence team were quite philosophical afterwards, apparently you win some ULEZ some…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Apparently she misheard the lyrics as ‘we can fake it if we try’…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A poignant reminder than in journalism there’s always someone working 9 to 5 to find a local angle
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
“Apparently it could take them years to Sheikh off the reputational damage…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
What could possibly go wrong?…
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Just when I thought I was out, the National Archives pulls me back in… #devolution
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
For those interested in the Prime Minister’s recent announcements regarding electoral reform, this is an interesting read from @alanrenwick.bsky.social @conunitucl.bsky.social on the factors that might inform the design of a commission on electoral reform
blogs.ucl.ac.uk
How should a national commission on electoral reform be designed? | UCL Constitution Unit Blog
UCL Homepage
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“1) Apparently they’ve got questionable intelligence…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Apparently it’s designed for Yale-d age pensioners…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
“Apparently it’s been an unusually frugal year for them…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
“Apparently the news could… fuel further speculation about the incident…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Christ alive, not Tom Cruise again
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Huge news for Donald Trump’s family, if true
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
For those following the Drumcree standoff and with an interest in N Irish devolution, this is a handy outliner of what might happen if the Executive were to collapse *or* if a new one cannot be formed immediately after the forthcoming Assembly elections… #devolution #stormont
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“Apparently it could be the worst crisis to hit the Executive since the last one…” #devolution #stormont
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
First day working at the Northern Ireland Parades Commission, now just to check the inbox, sit back and relax and enjoy a nice cup of coffee…
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“Apparently if tonight’s performance against Denmark is anything to go by, the outlook for them is looking particularly bleak…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The UK print media today:
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Apparently Man City’s rivals are calling for a Sheikh-up of the system…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Apparently FBI insiders have said the security breach takes the piss…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
For devolution anoraks with a keen sense of nostalgia for the simpler, happier times of English votes for English laws, this is an interesting retrospective from Dr EVEL himself @danielgover.bsky.social on how the system operated as system of legislative consent for English* MPs #devolution
tandfonline.com
The operation and abolition of ‘English Votes for English Laws’ in the UK parliament: differentiated voting rights and English ‘legislative consent’
In 2021 the UK House of Commons rescinded its short-lived ‘English Votes for English Laws’ (EVEL) procedures, which had delivered differentiated voting rights to MPs to compensate for asymmetric te...
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Apparently it’s going to be known as the ‘Lost His Marbles Arch’…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Apparently the row became so intense that one employee was threatened with a frappé on the knuckles…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“There were some surprising records broken at this year’s show. Apparently one was a real turnip for the books…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Apparently he’s accused the plans opponents in Congress of being his arch nemesis…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Apparently if the club gets any further in debt they’ll have to rename the stadium ‘Owed Trafford’…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Apparently it’ll take her a while to fully recover from the shell shock…”
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Remember kids, it’s not a genuine Northern Ireland budget stand off unless someone in Whitehall threatens to impose water rates… #stormont #devolution
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Institute for Public Policy Research @ippr.org · 23/09/2026
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buff.ly
https://www.ippr.org/articles/devolution-that-delivers
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Dr Adam Evans @a-b-evans.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
“Apparently they’ve decided to press paws on the idea…”
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