Adam Belcher
@adam.tophatsoftware.co.uk
Yorkshireman, 27, Software Engineer, Emperor of @empireofadammia.org.uk, Chair of Wakefield & District @libdems.org.uk local party. MMXXIV - MMXXVI
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So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How Badenoch’s meeting with Mike Johnson led to Trump’s Chagos deal rant
A brief encounter set off a chain of events that culminated in a public rebuff to the US president from Keir Starmer
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 9:58 AM
So it was Badenoch *personally* who stabbed Britain in the back during the Greenland crisis! Simply unbelievable. Ought to be a resignation matter.
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
January 21, 2026 at 2:08 PM
Mark Carney's speech is now only the second most acute analysis of where the world is at right now:
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This is a fantastic speech.
Mark Carney's speech really is terrific: full text is here and very much worth your time.
The Carney doctrine
Open comment thread on the PM's Davos speech
paulwells.substack.com
January 20, 2026 at 7:26 PM
This is a fantastic speech.
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Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
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Anyway the Tories are down to 117 MPs now... another day closer to Ed Davey becoming leader of the opposition.
January 18, 2026 at 8:28 PM
Anyway the Tories are down to 117 MPs now... another day closer to Ed Davey becoming leader of the opposition.
FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE
January 16, 2026 at 11:21 PM
FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE FUCK LIBRE OFFICE
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RFK Jr. Demands Records of Everyone Who Has Played a Sonic Game hard-drive.net/rfk-jr-deman...
January 16, 2026 at 7:21 PM
RFK Jr. Demands Records of Everyone Who Has Played a Sonic Game hard-drive.net/rfk-jr-deman...
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NEW: Big, big news in Westminster for the Conservative Party. Kemi Badenoch has not only sacked but removed the whip from Robert Jenrick, saying he was planning to defect.
January 15, 2026 at 11:13 AM
NEW: Big, big news in Westminster for the Conservative Party. Kemi Badenoch has not only sacked but removed the whip from Robert Jenrick, saying he was planning to defect.
TIL @empireofadammia.org.uk was founded on the exact same day as the Hypixel Minecraft server
January 14, 2026 at 7:06 PM
TIL @empireofadammia.org.uk was founded on the exact same day as the Hypixel Minecraft server
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"Migration Advisory Committee analysis suggests tougher rules are shutting out young people who would make a clear fiscal contribution over their lifetime — while potentially deterring top earners who have many options to go elsewhere."
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
Is UK immigration set for ‘net zero’?
Migration surge after Brexit and Covid lockdowns has eased while clampdown has slashed arrivals
www.ft.com
January 13, 2026 at 10:20 AM
"Migration Advisory Committee analysis suggests tougher rules are shutting out young people who would make a clear fiscal contribution over their lifetime — while potentially deterring top earners who have many options to go elsewhere."
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
FT on the migration doom loop..
www.ft.com/content/a17f...
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Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
January 13, 2026 at 7:47 AM
Minister of State Alex Norris tells the BBC he won't personally come off X because it's important for communicating with voters.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
None of his tweets for the last month has more than 1000 views.
YouTube really wants me to watch videos about how terrible the Stranger Things finale supposedly was. It was fine. Like 7/10.
January 9, 2026 at 9:48 PM
YouTube really wants me to watch videos about how terrible the Stranger Things finale supposedly was. It was fine. Like 7/10.
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National Crime Agency must investigate X say Lib Dems
National Crime Agency must investigate X say Lib Dems
Lib Dems call on National Crime Agency to launch an urgent investigation into X in response to the proliferation of sexual abuse material.
buff.ly
January 9, 2026 at 3:07 PM
National Crime Agency must investigate X say Lib Dems
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Remarkable scenes of nationwide protest across Iran. Strongest dissent against the regime since 2009. Videos show Iranians chanting "Death to the dictator” [Khomeni] and “Long live the Shah.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huge anti-government protests in Tehran and other Iranian cities, videos show - BBC News
Rallies on major roads in the capital and in Iran's second city were peaceful and not dispersed by security forces.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 9, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Remarkable scenes of nationwide protest across Iran. Strongest dissent against the regime since 2009. Videos show Iranians chanting "Death to the dictator” [Khomeni] and “Long live the Shah.”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
January 8, 2026 at 2:33 PM
this is your mission. roll up to this daycare in full tactical gear to harass some kids and teachers. when you get spooked by your own shadow like a panicked horse and start shooting your gun, our pedophile president will call the person you shot a terrorist. good luck soldier
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Young people can’t catch a break with this Labour Government. ❌
Student loans frozen. Income tax threshold frozen. And now – railcard discounts BLOCKED in the Great British Rail Sale.
Bad deal after bad deal. Young people deserve better.
Student loans frozen. Income tax threshold frozen. And now – railcard discounts BLOCKED in the Great British Rail Sale.
Bad deal after bad deal. Young people deserve better.
January 8, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Young people can’t catch a break with this Labour Government. ❌
Student loans frozen. Income tax threshold frozen. And now – railcard discounts BLOCKED in the Great British Rail Sale.
Bad deal after bad deal. Young people deserve better.
Student loans frozen. Income tax threshold frozen. And now – railcard discounts BLOCKED in the Great British Rail Sale.
Bad deal after bad deal. Young people deserve better.
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The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.
I 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.
January 8, 2026 at 1:51 PM
The government should not only be stopping using the platform they should also be issuing urgent safeguarding advice to all institutions not to post pictures there.
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Horrifying to see an American woman shot dead by an ICE agent on a Minneapolis street, and Donald Trump’s ghoulish response is truly chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
January 8, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Horrifying to see an American woman shot dead by an ICE agent on a Minneapolis street, and Donald Trump’s ghoulish response is truly chilling.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
Britain mustn’t follow America down this dark path.
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I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
January 8, 2026 at 8:38 AM
I understand the pressures on the BBC, but Radio 4's coverage of the Minneapolis shooting is an example of "bad balance".
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
It's all "the Trump regime says she was a terrorist, but Democrats say it was murder".
The BBC has the footage. It doesn't have to treat truth and falsehood as equally valid.
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Grok is producing ~6,700 sexually suggestive or nudified images per hour
• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world
• Women who speak out become targets by users
(via business)
• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world
• Women who speak out become targets by users
(via business)
January 7, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Grok is producing ~6,700 sexually suggestive or nudified images per hour
• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world
• Women who speak out become targets by users
(via business)
• Twitter (X) is now the top deepfaking site in the world
• Women who speak out become targets by users
(via business)
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I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
January 7, 2026 at 10:04 AM
I'm so delighted that I complied with the Online Safety Act, blocking an accessibility feature on my site from UK users to 'protect the children' while Elon Musk's site can just generate CSAM with total impunity.
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I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
January 6, 2026 at 7:10 AM
I'm afraid there *is* an obvious answer: it can't.
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It would have a series of videos of junior ministers being forced to hold increasingly absurd lines in media rounds for people with a humiliation kink.
If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:24 PM
It would have a series of videos of junior ministers being forced to hold increasingly absurd lines in media rounds for people with a humiliation kink.
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If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.
Cabinet Office Minister Baroness Anderson tells the Lords the Government will keep on using X.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
"I still believe that X is an appropriate platform to use because I believe in freedom of speech..."
"It is incredibly important that there is a counter narrative on those platforms," she says.
January 5, 2026 at 4:07 PM
If you follow this argument through to its logical conclusion there should be a UK Government channel on pornhub.