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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

You could have stopped at “would be good if we had a PM”

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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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

To be honest, it popped up just as I was lighting a citronella candle in the garden. The lit match clearly triggered some satellite surveillance system…at least for a second I wondered….

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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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Totally. Though Kent went rogue.

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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

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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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

One of this times you wish there was more than a like response available. Tearing hair out? Grinding teeth?

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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Feels like it’s not en vogue to say. But I agree entirely. The kick up the arse they need is that more indecision and platitudes to the far right is a losing strategy. This isn’t going to come from anything other than an existential shock.

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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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I wonder if the concept rejoin would feel different if it was cast as join the EU. This highly sophisticated trading bloc that was a counterbalance to the major power struggles elsewhere. Move forward and not back.

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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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

I worked for Andy B when he was a Home Office Minister in the Blair years. Nice guy. And an Evertonian 😬 like me. But on this one - he has fucked it.

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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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

The seductive nature of the Red Wall mirage.

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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

That’s quite a spectrum. Ban private jets that use aviation fuel and ban EVs from doing 70mph on the motorway?

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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Perfect pursuit for the long weekend.

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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...

independent.co.uk

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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

I managed to snag the 12” vinyl red in 1987. Collectors edition.

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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

I think there is a risk of self imposed information suppression - Ministers and their SpAds want solutions not problems. So who knows whether it was flagged properly at the time. The inconceivable part for me is that at no point in the last X months did nobody remind anyone of this.

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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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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...

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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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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

Sadly his base won’t get much lower, I suspect.

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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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ALT: a dirt road with a blue sky in the background and a gif from gifbin.com

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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

You are right of course 🙂 nevertheless I get frustrated.

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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

You might be right. But how we got to the situation that arrived at was despairing, and it hasn’t got any better. So unless we “qualify” the vote when we know that social media might swing it, what’s the answer?

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Paul Adamson @pauladamson.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

Except we give them the vote as well. Critical thinking = vote. Inability to do so = no vote. We should educate and qualify young people as they gain the vote and like the driving test check them again as they age. If they prove not fit to “drive” they lose their licence.

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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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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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