Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Finn @thegoblinpoet.bsky.social · 30/09/2026hold up - will confidently interject on any subject, often with significant errors - can't actually read, instead relies on an elaborate method of parsing context through structure & likely words - looks financially impressive, actually built on huge amounts of unsustainable debt 28022
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 24/09/2026cities that are much nicer for a wander than their reputation would have you believe, number 726 in a continuing series: having a lovely afternoon in Newport 5614
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Liam Thorp @liamthorp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This is simply far-right terrorism. And right now it’s being done with impunity. 1230278
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 16/09/2026New YouGov Welsh Voting Intention: PLC: 27% (-3) RFM: 19% (-7) LAB: 18% (+10) CON: 16% (+4) GRN: 8% (-5) LDM: 5% (-1) 1313215
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Content warning: Multiple men violently assault a female protester at Reform's conference at the Birmingham NEC, to the visible delight of Nigel Farage. 93934452234
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Ellie Mae O'Hagan @elliemaeohagan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Um you might want to watch channel 4 news right now. A lot of people's careers are over, it seems 85412
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 46694603997
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Lewis Baston @lewisbaston.bsky.social · 03/09/2026The Capita civil service pension fiasco should be a much bigger scandal than it seems to be. There are people leaving work next week who won’t be paid their pensions as entitled and will have to claim Universal Credit. 46531
Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 03/09/2026This story on C4 News about Reform finances seems like kind of a big deal? 030
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Huw Marshall 🏴 @huwmarshall.substack.com · 12/08/2026Can our language be our economic USP? substack.com/@huwmarshall...substack.comHuw Marshall (@huwmarshall)This is something I’ve been thinking long and hard about. The Welsh language is our economic USP. 053
Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 22/07/2026youtu.be/-K4cEocL5kI?...youtu.beJohn Shuttleworth - Two MargarinesYouTube video by Origins Reborn 000
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Nottinghamshire CCC @trentbridge.co.uk · 17/07/2026Cricket's greatest-ever all-rounder, and an iconic figure in Nottinghamshire history. We are extremely saddened to hear of the passing of Sir Garfield Sobers. f.mtr.cool/hkzezavgyc 13304110
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Tom Phillips @tom-phillips.com · 06/07/2026Every lifelong football fan I've ever met is like "I think players are supposed to serve their suspension" and every adult convert is like "the Archon of Constantinople's epistle on the Pentacostine rites of the eucharist clearly states handballs are mandatory." 302427507
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Lest we forget... Claire Fox defended the IRA murdering two young boys in Warrington ("The right of the Irish people to take whatever measures necessary in their struggle for freedom") and has never apologised. #politicslive 2022372
Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 19/06/2026They all live together in a big mansion called 'Horseshoe House'. 000
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 12/06/2026This is such a complex + rushed set of reforms that I think many people are simply unaware of just how many problems that implementing it could have for the government over the next 2-3 years - particularly on its lack of attention to the lessons of the Windrush scandal ukandeu.ac.uk/unsettled-st...ukandeu.ac.ukUnsettled status: the policy and politics of indefinite leave to remain - UK in a changing EuropeSunder Katwala looks at the government's proposed reforms to the settlement rules in the UK as part of its immigration overhaul and asks whether they could meet the fairness challenge. 28537
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Over 50% of the welfare budget is spent on the state pension. As the biggest item, it should be the first place to look for savings. The sooner a bit of honesty enters the debate, the better. 3010822
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.lastpositivist.bsky.social @lastpositivist.bsky.social · 05/06/2026This is *such* a consistent feature of living in the UK - the actual day to day experience of people in this country is so much nicer than what the press or our leadership cadre would have you think - it is remarkable in a somewhat destabilising fashion just how stark the difference is. 22618144
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Martin Calladine @uglygame.bsky.social · 15/05/2026Newcastle United's owner holds 200 Ethiopian men on death row, many convicted of low-level drug possession without even basic due procees. After a disappointing league campaign, the team currently sits in 13th. (Via @privateeyenews.bsky.social) 24694425
Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 10/05/2026🗳️ ConstituencyClick 604/650 — Prime Minister 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟥🟩 play.jmoxley.co.ukplay.jmoxley.co.ukConstituencyClickCan you find ten UK parliamentary constituencies on a map? Click inside for full marks. 000
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.paulusthewoodgnome @paulusthewoodgnome.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Lest we forget... Claire Fox defended the IRA murdering two young boys in Warrington ("The right of the Irish people to take whatever measures necessary in their struggle for freedom") and has never apologised. Below is a tweet from one of the fathers. #politicslive 22262105
Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 19/03/2026Well, that #NFFC lineup sends a clear message, I suppose. 231
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 02/03/2026It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Julie Pritchard, columnist for LeftLion and the founder of the original Nottingham Forest fanzine 'The Almighty Brian', who passed away after a short illness on 17 February 2026. 💔 leftlion.co.uk/features/202...leftlion.co.ukJulie Pritchard 1966-2026It is with deep sadness that we mark the passing of Julie Pritchard, columnist for LeftLion and the founder of the original Nottingham Forest fanzine Brian, who passed away after a short illness ... 0124
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 22/02/2026Football club goes to doctor, says 'my team is misfiring, playing relegation form. What do I do?' Doctor says: 'solution is simple. Go to North London, play a clown club. Easy fillip' Football club starts crying: 'Doctor, I am a North London clown club' 614314
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Glen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The Welsh universities are by far the most exposed to collapse. And yet the country's election campaign sees not one serious thought on what to do. (1/2) www.timeshighereducation.com/news/wales-n...timeshighereducation.comWales needs ‘systemic reform’ as universities lose £100 millionCalls for regulator to act on subject review findings and better align education provision with nation’s needs, as six of its eight universities face deficits 14725
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Kate Osborne MP @kateosbornemp.bsky.social · 17/02/2026The Government is looking for your input into a consultation aiming to improve support for adopted children and children in kinship care The consultation is open until 5th May, have your say www.gov.uk/government/c... 135
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Luke Tryl @luketryl.bsky.social · 15/02/2026🧵In today’s Times @joshglancy.bsky.social has a brilliant write up of our focus groups he sat in on. Definitely read it in full! But I want to focus on two voters: Kylie & Eve I think have outsized importance in explaining today’s politics www.thetimes.com/article/b75e... 5815660
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Gareth Roberts @garicgymro.bsky.social · 01/02/2026"Caouissin ... would like to think the language will follow a similar path to Welsh, which has enjoyed a revival over the past half-century and is spoken by 538,000 people" People keep getting this wrong about Welsh! There has not been a "revival". Let me explain. 1/ 35634
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 31/01/2026the oldest adage in journalism is “follow the money” new in the FT: 27532147
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 31/01/2026Why would Jeffrey Epstein, a non-British non-banker, have cared so much about British regulation of bankers' bonuses? #IYKYK 36629
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 27/01/2026Actually this was a win-win situation because British emigration to the USA raised the average intelligence of both countries. 813310
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.gelbach @gelbach.bsky.social · 24/01/2026Imagine thinking it is safe to come to the United States as a foreigner to watch the World Cup 861594295
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Kevin M. Kruse @kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 24/01/2026If you're living somewhere outside the USA, one thing you can do is pressure your leaders to boycott World Cup and Olympic events here. 7453938411243
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Jack Blackburn @hackblackburn.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I love Stephen. The face of a doomed WW1 officer and the wardrobe of John Travolta. #thetraitors 261612284
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Louise Haigh @louisehaighmp.bsky.social · 08/01/2026I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality. 23253061905
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · 03/01/2026The incentives for states to acquire nuclear weapons are a lot stronger in a “might makes right” world. 68212
Adrian Hallam. @adrianhallam.bsky.social · 25/12/2025We were somewhere around Barstow on the edge of the desert when the drugs began to take hold. I remember saying to my attorney, Tiny Tim, who did NOT die, 'I feel a bit light-headed, maybe you should drive...' 1153
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.NationCymru @nation.cymru · 09/12/2025The new visitor centre at Newport’s iconic Transporter Bridge may not open until the end of 2026, after parts of the structure were found “in a worse condition than expected at the start of the project”nation.cymruTransporter Bridge reopening delayed until late 2026Nicholas Thomas The new visitor centre at Newport’s iconic Transporter Bridge may not open until the end of 2026, after parts of the structure were found “in a worse condition than expected at the sta... 001
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 07/12/2025"He wanted the deportations of people born in Britain to be “as voluntary as possible”. So not "voluntary" then. Labour and Reform are essentially aligned on anti-immigration. The only difference being that Labour claims its xenophobic cruelty is "progressive". archive.today/6jlRL 98534
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social · 06/12/2025I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru. 722398605
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Millionaire Tory frontbencher Robert Jenrick billed the taxpayer £24,587.67 in rent expenses in 2024/25 for his constituency home in Newark, Notts His monthly claim is 77% higher than the average privately rented four-bed home in the Newark and Sherwood local authority areabigissue.comRevealed: MPs rack up huge rent expenses while pushing through cuts to benefitsMPs are allowed to rent a second home, but while they are simultaneously cutting benefits for the vulnerable, the cost feels hard to swallow. 24531
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/11/2025Pete’s Eats, north Wales’ famous climbers’ cafe, reopens its doorstheguardian.comPete’s Eats, north Wales’ famous climbers’ cafe, reopens its doorsThis Eryri refuge for hillwalkers and climbers has been reborn, breathing new life into the once-struggling mountain village of Llanberis 8415
Reposted by Adrian Hallam.LeftLion Magazine Nottingham @leftlion.bsky.social · 28/11/2025Basking in the glory of recent wins against Malmo and Liverpool, it's the latest from our own Julie Pritchard covering the last month at Nottingham Forest... #nottinghamforest #nottinghamforestfc leftlion.co.uk/features/202...leftlion.co.ukLeft Brian: November 2025 - Three Bald MusketeersOur Forest columnist Julie Pritchard, the creator of the classic nineties 'Brian' fanzine, seems delighted by the new dawn at Forest under Dyche, Woan and Stone... 052