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Paul Adamson

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270...
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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
This. Is. Not. Journalism. - It's letting Farage shine. I genuinely do not understand why the BBC does not seem to be able to competently challenge Reform and Farage.
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Reform up against 'complainants' society', Nigel Farage tells BBC
The Reform UK leader said a "whole ecosystem" didn't want "new kids on the block succeeding".
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I think the general consensus of people around the world is that Americans can get fooled by a con man once, but to return him to power a 2nd time after having seen his corruption, incompetence, ignorance, & buffoonery, the problem isn’t just Trump it’s the American people.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
I simply do not understand the mentality of people who prefer oil and gas and "drill baby drill" to the cost of the Earth and our pockets... to those of us who want clean, cheap, renewable energy. How brainwashed by big oil and its (often) paid advocates do you have to be? How gullible.
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Dr Seth Thévoz @seththevoz.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
This is a dreadful development in our politics, which is bound to see dodgy & illegal lobbying now go unnoticed. And I say this as someone who, 20 years ago, was included in the register of MPs’ staff interests, when I worked for an MP. I never begrudged my inclusion on the register.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚨 Major Investigation: George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster and long-time Farage ally, has influenced Reform UK’s finances through an apparent act of identity fraud. Thread on the key findings below 👇 bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 03/07/2026
Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years
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Listen to Britain’s dawn chorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of birdsong in 50 years
Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
Cameron's EU renegotiation: no plan. Brexit itself: no plan. May when triggering Article 50: no plan. Johnson on the Irish border and Brexit deal: no plan. Johnson's extended prorogation: no plan. Starmer's Govt: no plan. There's a pattern here.
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The Onion @theonion.com · 15/06/2026
Back Of Gatorade Bottle Features Recipe For Gatorade Casserole
Back Of Gatorade Bottle Features Recipe For Gatorade Casserole
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Andrew Fear 🎃 @andrewfleer.com · 16/06/2026
Damn it, Ollie
Cheese, celery, peas, tuna, cream of mushroom, egg noodles, onion, parsley, butter, Gatorade
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
They certainly had his number.
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Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
You read the latest news about NATO, Iran, and Ukraine, and then you look to London with the current inner-Labour hissy fit, combined with a peevish PM devoid of direction or strategic thinking, and it all just seems maddeningly inward-looking and, dare I say it, provincial.
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Horse, meet stable door.
job-boards.eu.greenhouse.io
Vetting Officer
Westminster, England, United Kingdom
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Left: Andy Burnham, "I want to rejoin, I hope in my lifetime I see this country rejoin" Right: Andy Burnham, "I'm not proposing that the UK considers rejoining the EU"
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Alexander Clarkson @aphclarkson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
Starmer and Burnham's stance towards the EU is in that classic place on the British politics Venn Diagram that is tactically sensible while at the same time looking strategically and tonally weak
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Tim Bale @timbale.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Interesting but....Never. Going. To. Happen.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
'Bloody foreigners trying to stop OUR cancer.'
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Dan Davies @dsquareddigest.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
As far as I can tell the Arts Council does not have an X account, although Number 10 Downing Street does.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22/04/2026
“Reform plagued by vetting issues” Candidates found to have “grotesque” views. Come on. It’s not the vetting, is it. It’s the party. Whatever they do, they’ll always attract the racists, homophobes, misogynists and haters. Because that’s Farage. That’s Reform. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Farage urged to act against candidates with racist, misogynistic and homophobic views
Exclusive: Despite the pledge to employ the best vetting system in British politics, some Reform UK candidates have been condemned for their ‘grotesque views’ posted online
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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
I remember seeing Unaccountable Albatross headlining the Hammersmith Odeon in ‘83. Good times.
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David Henig @davidheniguk.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
I'm going to take the rare step of contradicting Ivan Rogers on UK-EU relations. Because relations with the UK per se might not be in the top issues Brussels faces, but they feature in an awful lot of those. Coupled with renewed London thinking means some genuine possibilities.
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 13/04/2026
Illiberalism is not Inevitable www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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Illiberalism Is Not Inevitable
If Viktor Orbán can lose, then his Russian and American admirers can lose too.
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Peter Ricketts @lordrickettsp.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Democracy is alive and well in Hungary! A great result which helps European cohesion vis a vis Russia and the US - and a fitting response to their meddling. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
bbc.co.uk
Hungary election: Viktor Orbán concedes with opposition on course for landslide election win - follow live
Hungary's prime minister has been ousted after 16 years in power, with Péter Magyar set to be the country's new leader.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 12/04/2026
Obviously a blockade is unacceptable so the solution is, er, a blockade. 🤷‍♂️ I pity future historians trying to make sense of this, the dumbest empire in world history. truthsocial.com/@realDonaldT...
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
'The wisdom of the British people'
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
No fireworks. No parties. No flags. No celebrations. No comments from the Brexit leaders. No "wasn't that a great idea." Six years after we left the EU - everyone knows it was a disaster. But....
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a dirt road with a blue sky in the background and a gif from gifbin.com
ALT: a dirt road with a blue sky in the background and a gif from gifbin.com
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Deeper, deeper and deeper she goes, where she stops, nobody knows. #Truss
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
The problem when trying to rehabilitate Trump’s attachment to old European alliances is that his politics and character are aligned with the dark forces that had to be defeated for those alliances to exist. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyranny, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 21/01/2026
Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
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Donald Trump is not forgetting America’s old alliances – his goal is to destroy them | Rafael Behr
European leaders who know their continent’s history must now see that the US president is siding with the forces of tyranny, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 19/01/2026
Fairly sure it’s unintentional, but the end date on this mug being sold by the Smithsonian does make it sound a little like they’re saying America dies in 2026…
A dark blue mug with an American flag reads “AMERICA 1776 – 2026”
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
It will not surprise you to learn that Toby Youngs 'Free Speech Union' has obtained a High Court injunction banning the publication of a list of its donors open.substack.com/pub/democrac...
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Who funds the Free Speech Union?
Toby Young’s outfit went to court to hide its donors. Today we reveal that funders include US anti-abortion groups, Brexit politicians and Tufton Street insiders.
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Kevin Schofield @kevinschofied.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Amazingly, Zahawi only got round to deleting the below after the press conference announcing his defection to Reform.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Reading through the FT at the moment is a strange experience: revolution, war, disaster, brutal autocratic oppression, mad dictator shit....and then "markets continue to thrive"; "record profits".
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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Charlotte Nichols MP (Labour, Warrington North) says AI-generated sexual harassment must be the final straw for the UK government using X A growing number of Labour MPs thought this needed a proper review last year: next week may see this cut through Misogyny is an official priority of this gvt
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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Has anyone done a really big survey asking not how you would vote in rerun Brexit referendum but how you *did* vote and, as far as is possible, if it even is possible, mapped it onto actual result. I bet more people now think they voted remain in 2016 than voted remain.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
🔥 The mood in Brexit-world is changing...
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
My attendance record in the European Parliament was the 4th worst out of 751 MEPs, yet I managed to turn up to vote AGAINST plans to tackle Russian misinformation. Thankfully this is of no interest to the media.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
It's January 31st, 2020, and Nathan Gill is celebrating our imminent departure from the EU.... and that terrible idea of a European Army. Hmm, now I wonder who else would have been delighted about that.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Sometimes, a front page can sum up quite a lot that’s wrong with the world. Including the paper itself which has been so complicit in getting us to a place where children born to refugees could be deported, Trump celebrates despotic wealth and Boris Johnson’s sister moans about not being rich. Ugh.
Times front page. Photo of Trump in front of a load of gold stuff clasping hands with Saudi’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman.

Headlines; 

Rachel Johnson
“I don't feel rich”


Children born in UK could be deported after asylum reforms

Trump: Prince knew nothing about murder

MI5 alert over Chinese spies
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Tony Yates @t0nyyates.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
Quite interesting that Fraser Nelson - who has done his fair share of stoking and facilitating far right agitprop as Spectator editor - is out there combatting the far right hell fiction about London.
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Mark English @markemuk.bsky.social · 15/11/2025
Who murdered British science? Farage and Johnson, in the laboratory with the toxic test tube marked Brexit. www.science.org/content/arti...
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U.K. science sector is ‘bleeding to death,’ lawmakers say in report
House of Lords committee urges government to stem exodus of science and technology companies
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Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
As I’ve seen this confused a few times, please note that Robin Gibb was a much-beloved member of the Bee Gees, whilst Robbie Gibb is the BBC board member who also, totally coincidentally, was editorial adviser in the set-up of GB News. I know, Bee Gees, GBeebies, a bit confusing…
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Vital piece of investigative reporting from Sky. They've uncovered the X algorithm which feeds users extremist right wing material from the moment they join the site. It is a far-right radicalisation engine, by design. news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
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Stephen Collins @stephencollins.bsky.social · 26/10/2025
Cartoon by Stephen Collins for the Guardian. 

[Scene is BBC BREAKFAST with two presenters and a guest on the sofa].

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PRESENTER:
Now - some disturbing new research has shown

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PRESENTER:
that as many as 10 non-Reform political parties may currently operating ‘under the radar’ across the UK.

[Show on screen logos for Greens, Lib Dems, Conservatives 

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PRESENTER:
In the studio to discuss this, Nigel Farage

[We see the guest on the sofa is indeed Nigel Farage]

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PRESENTER:
Nigel, what’s your view? 

FARAGE:
Well I think this very worrying.

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FARAGE:
And just another reason why we should ban all immigration.

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PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

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PRESENTER:
Funnily enough, this is what your new show’s about, isn’t it?

FARAGE:
Oop - plug time!

PRESENTER:
Ha ha

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FARAGE:
Yes it’s a 12-part BBC documentary called ‘In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One’.

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[Show on the TV screen Farage presenting a documentary series titled In Search Of The Political Parties That Aren’t My One. He is wearing his farmer's getup and looking dreamily at the UK from hillsides, visiting pubs and chatting with the locals, etc]

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It’s a really emotional journey 

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FARAGE:
with lots of dreamy footage of me looking relatable... 

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FARAGE:
as I answer the question:

*Am I the only option for Britain?*

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[Cut back to studio]

PRESENTER:
I won’t push back on that

FARAGE:
Absolutely!

[ends]
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The French History Podcast @fhp.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
The ultimate plot twist
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
"The very people who pledged that Brexit would result in surging levels of non-white immigration, now froth with rage that their promise came true." open.substack.com/pub/writesbr...
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Has Farage forgotten his own immigration promises?
We have the receipts, Nigel...
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
Rep. Jamie Raskin tears into Nigel Farage as a "far-right pro-Putin politician" and a "Donald Trump sycophant and wannabe".
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Financial Times @financialtimes.com · 14/08/2025
How dogs replaced children in Italy on.ft.com/45OCbTY | opinion
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How dogs replaced children in Italy
As birth rates plummet, the country is fawning over — and spending on — pets
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