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Dave Adams

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A Nor’n Irishman lost in London. Ex evangelical. Meet me at 56th and Wabasha

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John Self @john-self.bsky.social · 5h
Incredible softening and qualification ("suggest", "perception", "many", "might", "hoped") here by Chris Mason of poll results which consistently and clearly show - to quote the actual question - that a majority think it was wrong to leave the EU.
In doing so he hopes he can tap into public sentiment. Opinion polls suggest a perception among a majority that leaving the European Union has not turned out how many might have hoped.YouGov Brexit tracker, question "Do you think it was right or wrong to leave the EU?" with results since mid-2021 showing an increasing majority who think it was wrong, with numbers consistently around 57% "wrong", 30% "right" for the last three years
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Is faith now defined as the love of money, sex and power?
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...
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Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Do you ever get the strange feeling you are being watched?
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
52-48 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Iceland votes against restarting EU membership talks
Broadcaster RUV reports that 52.8% of voters rejected the government's proposal to resume accession talks.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
‘Kennedy told reporters that there were "many, many good ways to treat measles and doctors need to know that and to know those methods.’ One problem; there is no treatment for measles. Signed, a doctor who’s been forced to deal with measles because of this stupid fraud.
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RFK Jr. asks CDC for new measles treatment guidance amid his unfounded claims
Kennedy claimed that drugs like budesonide and clarithromycin "have been shown very effective" for measles, but doctors say they don't fight the infection itself.
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Metal-Aged Mom @metalagedmom.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Watching episode of ER from 2001. Dr. Chen & Dr. Carter are trying to diagnose an unconscious preschooler. Carter: “Could be measles.” Chen: “Measles? Have you ever seen measles?” Carter: “No, have you?” Chen: “Of course not, nobody’s seen measles.” So far backwards in such a short time.
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I like Romesh, but he’s been asking for this.
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Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I see that Toby Young had written about an elite university messing up by elevating someone who may not have been actually qualified to be there. Interesting stuff
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The Guardian once asked me 'what one change would you make to achieve Black equality in Britain?' and it feels appropriate to share my answer again
Athena Kugblenu: Allow Black people to be mediocre too!
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I would like to replace #blackexcellence with #blackmediocrity. True equality is when our talent:recognition ratio is allowed to be as broad as white people’s. Lewis Hamilton had to win two Formula One titles before he bagged BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 2014; Greg Rusedski only had to get battered by Pat Rafter to win his. Kwasi Kwarteng steered the economy towards an iceberg and got sacked. Jeremy Hunt drove the NHS over a cliff, now he’s chancellor. Don’t get me started on how many football clubs get ruined by freshly retired white footballers while very qualified Black managers are overlooked. When the arc of the moral universe bends towards Black people failing upwards as their peers do, we will be in the promised land.
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Karly Kingsley @karlykingsley.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
RFKJr claims Lyme disease was created by scientists,which is the closest he’s come to admitting that science exists. Meanwhile, Ötzi the Iceman, who died more than 5.3K years ago, had Lyme disease. Apparently prehistoric humans are part of the conspiracy. Get me off this timeline
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Charles West @pseudo-isidore.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
www.ft.com/content/ae7f...
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Cambridge professor remains in post despite plagiarism
History academic published an article containing large parts of essays copied from one of his students
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 17/07/2026
I suspect the major difference with this form of American interference in British democracy, and whatever they’ve been up to since World War II, is that this time the public have been told about it.
Direct foreign interference in British politics
- we have rules against foreign governments funding parliamentary groups, but this is fine?? Seriously??
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The meaning of Gove.
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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Here's the link for anyone who wants to read the full interim report, the screenshots above are from the conclusion: www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Independent review into mental health conditions, ADHD and autism: interim report
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Rosie (she/her) @airfriedrosie.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Remember Streeting's review into whether young people are being overdiagnosed with ADHD, autism, and mental health issues? Well, the interim report is out, and there's a reason the media are silent on it (spoiler: it proves what a lot of us have been saying all along)
In others, notably ADHD and autism, rising diagnoses and referrals appear to exceed changes in underlying epidemiological prevalence and are likely to reflect a combination of:

improved recognition
changing help-seeking behaviour
institutional incentives
pressures within existing service pathways
Across both ADHD and autism, best currently available population-based estimates remain relatively stable, while administrative diagnoses, self-identification and recorded service demand have increased substantially. In autism, the evidence also points to particularly rapid growth in identified need within educational systems, including increasing identification among girls and among young people without learning disability.These patterns suggest that rising demand is not simply the result of increasing prevalence, but of several processes operating simultaneously, including:

real increases in distress in some groups
improved recognition of previously unmet need
changing expectations about support
systems that frequently rely on formal diagnosis as the primary route to assistance
Across the system, support is too often accessed through pathways that are slow, fragmented and heavily dependent on diagnostic categorisation. While diagnosis remains essential for some forms of clinical decision-making, the evidence suggests that current arrangements do not always provide the most effective or efficient way of identifying and responding to need. In particular, where access to support depends heavily on formal diagnosis, demand for diagnostic assessment can increase more rapidly than systems are able to respond, generating long waiting times, duplication of assessment and pressure on specialist services.

The next phase of the review will therefore focus on clarifying the relationship between distress, diagnosis and need, and on examining how systems might respond more effectively to these patterns. A central objective will be to identify opportunities for developing more coherent, evidence-informed care pathways that enable support to be provided earlier and more proportionately, while ensuring that specialist services are available in a timely and appropriate manner for those whose needs are most complex.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
After Zia Yusuf accuses critics of endangering Reform politicians with violent language, he is read a list of quotes where he called Reform's opponents "lunatics who deserve extinction", "sick arsonists" and "traitors" who will face a "reckoning". He says these are in "a totally different category"
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/07/2026
Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of fraudster who backed Farage
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Police investigate £500,000 Reform donations from mother of fraudster who backed Farage
George Cottrell’s mother Fiona at the centre of criminal inquiry over potential evasion of restrictions on donations Police are investigating donations worth £500,000 made to Reform UK by the mother of a convicted fraudster and ally of Nigel Farage. The investigation concerns two donations of £250,000 made by Fiona Cottrell, whose son George has often accompanied Farage to Reform events and media appearances. The May 2024 donations are under investigation over whether they were intended to conceal a donation by an impermissible donor. Continue reading...
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Paul Kirkley @paulkirkley.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Having failed to interest any papers in this story, I resorted to writing a letter to The Times, like in olden times. So when all that's left to watch is NASCAR racing sponsored by Cheetos, I can at least say I tried. #ITV #Sky #Comcast
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
More problems for Farage. He really has a problem with transparency. transparency.eu/transparency...
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Transparency International EU calls for investigation into Nigel Farage Brexit campaign use of EU funds - Transparency International EU
Brussels, 25 June 2026 New revelations, first reported by the Financial Times, suggest far-right Brexit architect Nigel Farage used European Parliament funds to finance Brexit campaign expenses relate...
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Who can forget Farage’s statesman like support for Corbyn, when Corbyn was suffering regular door step harassment by the media?
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flyingrodent @flyingrodent.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Yeah, it occurs to me that unlike other politicians, I don’t know what the front of Farage’s house looks like.
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Project Toynbee: Present cautious and centrist Labour leaders as radicals.
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Newshound411 @newshound411.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
It’s corruption on steroids in plain sight. He doesn’t even try to hide that he’s looting US and cashing in on insider trading. He’s the most corrupt president in American history.
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Zach Malm @muzach.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
FYI, "In the world but not of it" doesn't really fit with American Pride, but whatever, logical inconsistency is a feature of evangelicalism, not a bug.
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Alex Arrelia @alexarrelia.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Just had to explain who Peter Thiel is to my mother, a woman who has CNN on in her house every waking moment. Starting to think it’s a problem that men like this can just fly under the radar because their friends own the press.
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Darby @dashingdarbs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
I am this cat
Photo of a tabby cat and a cream coloured small dog, both digging holes in a forest.
The text explains that the dog is a trained truffle hound, finding truffles. The cat is not trained, just likes to dig holes with the dog, does not find or care about truffles.
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Andrew-John @andrew-john.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Americans need to come to terms with massive migration shifts as the equator gets hotter driving millions of people northward. #BookSky Turning the clock back to 1950 will not work. 🧵1/2 👇 next
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Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Here we are again - a party that loudly shouted about “protecting” our children from the LGBTQ+ community and yet not quite so interested in protecting children from their own violence - grotesque but at least for once, caught before dead www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Jeffrey Donaldson found guilty of child sexual offences including rape
Former DUP leader convicted of 18 offences against two victims after high-profile trial that gripped Northern Ireland
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Figures since 1997 Dr Who regenerations 7 UK Prime Ministers 8
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Colm @mcstrolly.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
1 in 6 British Prime Ministers are alive now.
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sianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Donaldson used the anti gender movement to position himself as a man concerned with women’s and children’s safety - while abusing with impunity.
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 22/06/2026
Can confirm that no trouble is expected this evening in Belfast after Jeffrey Donaldson was found guilty of raping and sexually assaulting two children.
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
In stark contrast to their reporting on NHS failures, UK tabloids never make much noise about major problems related to the police.
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Wise words from Bob.
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Dave Adams @daveoa.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
Radio 4 answering the big moral questions.
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REwadent Evil @ewacat.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
OH MY GOD HE LITERALLY GRABBED HER HAIR IT WASN'T JUST "ASKING FOR A KISS" GO FUCK YOURSELVES, BBC NEWS www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Man who asked woman for kiss on train sentenced in legal first
David Stroud was convicted in a first-of-its-kind sex-based harassment charge in May.
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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 04/06/2026
Trump falling asleep and slouching in his chair A similar scene in weekend at bernies
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Arvindjadwa @arvindjadwa.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Nearly 2 billion people live in the red area. It is becoming completely uninhabitable. What do the climate deniers, who also hate immigration, think is going to happen?
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Tony Blair tells Radio 4 that the £257 million his institute has received from a billionaire AI investor has absolutely nothing to with his lobbying for the AI industry
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the babahuck @tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
You will not find a more "convenient faith" among world religions than MAGA Christianity, a set of ever-reactive, constantly shifting commandments organized around one and only one all-important principle: guys should be able to get away with whatever they want.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/05/2026
FOX NEWS: Americans are still feeling economic pain. The president is not getting good approval ratings right now. How do you and he fix that before November? MIKE LAWLER: Look, there are some really positive indicators. The stock market continues to hit record highs.
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Brian Finucane @bcfinucane.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Totally normal stuff. Completely standard for cabinet secretaries to give millions to those charged with overseeing them. Especially in relation to Epstein. Yup. Nothing to see here. www.nytimes.com/2026/05/22/u...
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Lutnick Donated $5 Million to House Republicans Before Epstein Testimony
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Louisa @louisathelast.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
One of the best things you can do as an adult is realize that you didn’t actually have to stop drawing, coloring, painting, playing with clay, doing whatever else you loved as a kid. Even if you’re bad at it. Maybe especially if you’re bad at it
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Labour lost almost four times as many voters to the Greens as they did to Reform UK in the local elections, according to new YouGov polling
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FactPost @factpostnews.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Trump complains he can't brag about the Iran War because of the "little man with the $4 gasoline": "I don't want to say we're making a fortune ... because if I say it, they're going to say, 'He forgets about the little man with the $4 gasoline.'"
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
crucial context: Peter Mandelson was sacked from the first New Labour government for having a £373,000 *loan* (not a gift) from a Labour colleague (Geoffrey Robinson) to buy a house
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𝙾𝙻𝙸𝚅𝙸𝙰 🤍 🇲🇽 𝟺𝚃𝙷 𝚃𝚁𝙰𝙽𝚂𝙵𝙾𝚁𝙼𝙴𝚁 @olivia4t.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
🇺🇸 #Trümp YESTERDAY: " Xi Jinping is a horrible leader. He’s sending weapons to #Iran. I’m placing permanent sanctions on #China." 🇺🇸 #Trümp TODAY: "You are a great leader. I tell everybody that. Some people don’t like me saying it, but I say it because it’s true. I only tell the truth."
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
BREAKING: Reform UK leader Nigel Farage bought a £1.4 million property in cash shortly after receiving a £5m personal gift from billionaire donor Christopher Harborne, according to property records seen by Sky News.
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