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Adam Ramsay

@adamramsay.bsky.social
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Left wing journalist. Dad of Léa, Saoirse and Raven. Book ‘Abolish Westminster’ due out with Faber in November. Pre-order at: linktr.ee/abolishwestminster. Also at: www.abolishwestminster.substack.com

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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If you’re going to #gpconf, pick up the launch copy of Green Isles, the exciting new magazine of Green politics & ecosocialism.… and subscribe here to make sure there are more editions: greenisles.uk/donate/
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Australian @greens.org.au leadership candidates copy/pasting @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s eco-populism.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Can Andy Burnham deliver real change to our political system?: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Can Burnham change our political system?
The new prime minister has often noted that “Westminster makes a fraud of honest people”. There’s a risk that he’s its next victim.
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 23/09/2026
What does socialist politics mean for the Green Party today? Join Natalie Bennett, Adam Ramsay and Russell Warfield for the latest Green Talks, exploring Zack Polanski’s leadership and the Green Party’s relationship with socialist politics. Event: Thursday 24 September, 6.30pm
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
With more shocking Scottish drug stats out, it’s worth thinking about some of the causes underlying this crisis: novaramedia.com/2025/03/04/w... - me for @novaramedia.com last year
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Why Are There So Many Drug Deaths in Scotland?
Scotland has the highest rate of drug deaths in Europe - and three times more than the next country on the list. The reasons why aren’t just what you might expect, writes Adam Ramsay.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I’m not saying that every ICE officer is a paedophile. I am saying that if you are an American who gets off on abusing children, it would be an obvious career move.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Forth Ports, which has made this decision, is ultimately a publicly owned company - owned by the people of Canada, via their Public Sector Pension Investment Board.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Apart from anything else*, if venue says your friend isn’t welcome on their stage, surely basic friend code says you should walk away too. Sheeran could easily have said “I’m not taking a position on Gaza, but if Macklemore isn’t welcome. I’m not playing.” *actual genocide
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
All five Green MPs are on the list of people banned from Israel for opposing its genocide in Gaza
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
👇lots of great data here. I don’t think anyone who knows the area will be surprised by the map.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Two big council by-elections in Edinburgh today - both triggered by SNP cllrs standing down after being elected MSPs in May. Greens are hopeful of taking both. The winner will only sit for eight months, before all out Scottish local elections in May… (1/?)
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Merpeople on Portobello prom, highlighting marine pollution.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Out Now: My Dad Brought Beavers Back - my rhyming children’s picture book about the reintroduction of beavers to Scotland. Get yours via Www.scotlandstreetpress.com
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
With the kind help of @josielong.bsky.social, I’ll be launching Abolish Westminster at @portybooks.bsky.social on 4 November - book your tickets: www.theportobellobookshop.com/events/adam-...
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I’m excited to be talking about my forthcoming book Abolish Westminster - and why we should Abolish Westminster - at the @neonuk.bsky.social summer gathering next month. Book your tickets now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/neon-summe...
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NEON Summer Gathering 2026
Our Summer Gathering returns Sept 5th at the Brady Centre! A day of connection, analysis, learning & strategy for progressives!
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
The public are right to withdraw trust: @anthonybarnett.bsky.social is very good on the need for a written constitution, and why we should care: bylinetimes.com/2026/08/19/i...
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Is Andy Burnham About to Create a British Constitution?
The Prime Minister has just opened the door to a radical change to how we are governed, writes Anthony Barnett. Will he now walk through it?
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
As the country burns, it’s worth remembering that there is an oil industry lobbyist currently working inside the UK’s energy and climate department, via a secondment: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Revealed: oil industry lobbyist working inside UK’s climate department
Polanski slams arrangement; experts warn of 'corporate infiltration antithetical to democracy'
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
The @heraldscotland.bsky.social is letting McKenna justify joining a lynching on the grounds that, if you don’t shot the N word while you do it, it doesn’t count.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
I’m not sure more regulation of media content is wise. Laws are enforced either by police, or expensive suits, both of which benefit the powerful. What’s needed is regulation of media ownership.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
When have you ever seen a Shell or BP executive hounded by the press the way Jason Arday was? When has the name of the CEO of BAE Systems been smeared across the front page of the Daily Mail?
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 15/08/2026
The Times has just published these two reader letters in response to a column by @hugorifkind.bsky.social headlined: "Where are all those climate deniers now?" I just googled them. The first is a "retired consultant in rheumatology" The second is "UK former chief geologist, BP North Sea"
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Seven parties kept their deposits in the Norfolk PCC by-election. Six got more than 10%. The age of multipolar politics is clearly upon us.
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Barry Lyndon LaRouche @colfer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
2) "Socially conservative left wingers" inevitably end up supporting hard right economic positions too. I'm old enough to remember Brendan O'Neill, Julie Burchill, and Gary Bushill all making a big show of being "socialists". And I'm watching Lisa McKenzie go right down the same path.
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Barry Lyndon LaRouche @colfer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The best reason, but a couple more: 1) Look at how Alba in Scotland, Aontú in Ireland, Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht in Germany, and the current iteration of the SDP, are doing if you want to see how popular "economically left, social conservative" positions really are.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Socialism which isn’t for everyone isn’t socialism www.ft.com/content/1b0a...
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Why must a socialist also be woke?
If the left could separate economics from culture, capitalism would have more to fear
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
We let our kids watch more crap than we should. But we’ve always drawn the line at Paw Patrol.
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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In a country where rape has the lowest conviction rates of any crime, and reoffending continues, this is an urgent and important conversation we need to have in Scotland. Any suggestion that my statements minimise or excuse rape or sexual assault are deeply false and misleading.
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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
When talking about a spectrum I was making the point that laws often take a narrow definition of what rape and sexual violence is, which often allows it to continue without consequence. The truth remains a perfect response, and a full viewing of my interview clarifies this.
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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
If we are to truly tackle rape and sexual violence we need to tackle wider issues in society, including the ways boys and men are socialised, the communities or lack thereof they’re in, and how they’re raised.
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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The vast majority of sexual violence is from men who the victims know personally. Victims should be believed regardless of who the perpetrator was, and rapists should be punished in the strongest terms.
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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I worked with the Center for Human Rights Studies for years on gender-based violence & victim-centric models of justice, and I was asked about it in the interview. The point I made about demonisation was that not all rapists fit a stereotype, and that all kinds of men can and do commit it.
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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
This clip is clearly misrepresented & taken out of context from a much longer interview. As a survivor of sexual violence, who has spoken openly about my recovery, I am clear that we need to focus on reducing the likelihood of perpetrators of rape reoffending.
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Q Manivannan MSP @qmanivannan.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The truth remains a perfect response. I’m aware of an excerpt of an old interview of mine with The Subjective Space and Dr Sindhu Rajasekaran circulating online, and commentary about its selective application. To prevent further misinformation, here’s a statement.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
“We should be running Edinburgh council” - @gillianmackaygreen.bsky.social speaking ahead of the Portobello/Craigmillar by-election next month.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
I had a lot of fun launching my children’s book “my dad brought beavers back” at a sell-out story time at @portybooks.bsky.social this morning. Get your copy from their website!
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Burnham’s basic problem is that he has promised to deliver system change, and to unite the Labour Party. But Labour is part of the system, and most of it doesn’t want fundamental change.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Jonathan Porritt has been arrested. As he says "trying to save lives is not terrorism, exposing this Governments complicity in genocide is not terrorism."
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Controversial opinion, but I think the way @zackpolanski.bsky.social is very accessible online and engages with loads of people is good. Greens should resource him to so there is a little more filter, but spending time engaging with people in every possible way is kind of his job.
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Alistair Davidson @moh-kohn.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026
The european beaver was extinct here til @adamramsay.bsky.social's dad reintroduced them! It's happened in my lifetime bsky.app/profile/adam...
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I very much enjoyed going on Radio2 this afternoon to say that Farage and his lackies are pathetic little cry bullies.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I just did LBC on T-shirt-gate with newborn strapped to me in the sling. The two year old ran in half way through because her iPad wasn’t working. But I think I managed to make the basic point that we’re only talking about this because Nigel Farage is a massive crybully. You stand up to bullies.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
I’ll be launching my new children’s book ‘My dad brought beavers back’ at @portybooks.bsky.social on Sunday morning - come along! Or, pre-order a copy!
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
This is an extraordinarily short sighted decision: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Jodrell Bank's Lovell telescope faces axe in science cuts, BBC understands
Astronomers warn it would tear the heart out of UK science, and leave a generation untrained.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
There’s a 20% discount on pre-orders of Abolish Westminster at @waterstones.bsky.social for the next couple of days.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
Count Binface has lots of perfectly sensible policies, but I’m horrified by his ignorance of frozen dairy product history. 99 ice creams are so called because they were invented at a shop at 99 Portobello High Street, in 1922. They won’t have cost 99p then - that was the equivalent of £50.04 today.
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Willie Mackenzie @williemackenzie.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
We can enjoy a great view watching the fires from the newly-repositioned Overton Window
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Britain’s biggest mountain range is on fire. The Rhine, Rhône and Danube are parched in terrifying droughts, and Britain’s new prime minister is promising to drill baby, drill.
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
You can now pre-order copies of my forthcoming children’s book ‘my dad brought beavers back’. Get yours from @portybooks.bsky.social: www.theportobellobookshop.com/978191788106...
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My Dad Brought Beavers Back, Adam Ramsay (Paperback preorder)
MY DAD BROUGHT BEAVERS BACK gives a rhyming account of the true story about how Adam’s parents, Paul and Louise Ramsay, reintroduc...
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Ruthi Brandt @ruthibrandt.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
This is *quite* the read! "The #FossilFuel industry all over the world relies heavily on English and Welsh law. If we want to think about our role in preventing #ClimateBreakdown, we need to consider how we can stop our courts from servicing the organisations driving us over a cliff edge."
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Adam Ramsay @adamramsay.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Save the philosophy department at Dundee university: c.org/bn4gxkkzM6
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Sign the Petition
Save the Philosophy Programme at Dundee University
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