Adam Drummond
@adamdrummond.bsky.social
Head of Quant Research at Public First. Professional collector of other people's opinions
For the love of god
FFS every time you think you're safe and watching another event they cut back to the curling
February 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
For the love of god
Agree with every word of this righteously angry thread
okay you know what we're doing this
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
why rise of skywalker is the worst crime ever committed against cinema and the very concept of a coherent fictional universe: a thread
it is not interested in plot, it is not interested in worldbuilding, it is not interested in anything except throwing random disconnected snapshots of nostalgia at you
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
rise of skywalker kicks over the sandbox and leaves you uninterested in star wars in a way the prequels never did
February 18, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Agree with every word of this righteously angry thread
FFS every time you think you're safe and watching another event they cut back to the curling
February 17, 2026 at 9:53 AM
FFS every time you think you're safe and watching another event they cut back to the curling
Curling is the taekwondo of the winter Olympics
February 14, 2026 at 6:27 PM
Curling is the taekwondo of the winter Olympics
I have not seen the rest of the interview but if the next words aren't "come on that's a bit pathetic isn't it?" then it's a failure by Nick Ferrari
Nadhim Zahawi thinks London is now unsafe, because the other day a tired-looking man walked past him during the morning rush hour.
February 13, 2026 at 8:49 PM
I have not seen the rest of the interview but if the next words aren't "come on that's a bit pathetic isn't it?" then it's a failure by Nick Ferrari
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For the craic - The trendines for each pollster from 2024 to now
February 12, 2026 at 9:16 PM
For the craic - The trendines for each pollster from 2024 to now
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🧵 / To be more serious, one of the advantages of Westminster types taking more than a surface-level interest in elections would be to stop falling for this 'great man theory of elections'.
British politics has lost a giant, a visionary.
Who else could have conceived a strategy of "Labour's route to power goes through middle England marginals and involves appearing economically credible"?
Who even believed it possible for a govt to alienate two thirds of its voters within 18 months?
Who else could have conceived a strategy of "Labour's route to power goes through middle England marginals and involves appearing economically credible"?
Who even believed it possible for a govt to alienate two thirds of its voters within 18 months?
February 8, 2026 at 9:54 PM
🧵 / To be more serious, one of the advantages of Westminster types taking more than a surface-level interest in elections would be to stop falling for this 'great man theory of elections'.
Watching the Winter Olympics the same way that I do every four years: sound turned down, BBC Ski Sunday theme on repeat
February 8, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Watching the Winter Olympics the same way that I do every four years: sound turned down, BBC Ski Sunday theme on repeat
Realistically the best case for Starmer (and I'm not saying this is likely) is "Theresa May after Hill and Timothy resigned": complete change in strategy that allows for better governance setting up better conditions for his successor in the next GE
February 8, 2026 at 3:21 PM
Realistically the best case for Starmer (and I'm not saying this is likely) is "Theresa May after Hill and Timothy resigned": complete change in strategy that allows for better governance setting up better conditions for his successor in the next GE
The absolute lack of remorse from the perpetrator is genuinely chilling
Hate-filled fake videos about London are everywhere. We've obtained a recording of a TikToker confessing to secretly filming Londoners in their homes for clicks.
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
He says it's not political. He just wants to make money from far-right anger.
Read what he says: www.londoncentric.media/p/london-tik...
February 8, 2026 at 8:54 AM
The absolute lack of remorse from the perpetrator is genuinely chilling
You know when you're reading something and you can tell the author is having a great time...
‘ #GordonBrown has said he deeply regrets bringing #PeterMandelson into his government, and that revelations about #JeffreyEpstein’s influence on UK politics had caused him revulsion.’ 1/
Gordon Brown ‘deeply regrets’ bringing Peter Mandelson into his government
Former prime minister says revelations about Epstein’s influence on UK politics caused him revulsion
www.theguardian.com
February 6, 2026 at 9:06 PM
You know when you're reading something and you can tell the author is having a great time...
Apropos of nothing, feels like it's a good time to dig out Gavin Barwell's book about being Theresa May's chief of staff
February 6, 2026 at 5:03 PM
Apropos of nothing, feels like it's a good time to dig out Gavin Barwell's book about being Theresa May's chief of staff
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📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Quantitative Political Behaviour and Political Economy:Whiteknights Reading UK
The closing date for applications is 23.59 on 22nd February 2026
jobs.reading.ac.uk
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
📢 JOB ALERT! Postdoc opportunity in Political Behaviour & Political Economy (UKRI‑funded) - Please do share with anyone who might be a great fit. If you’re interested or would like to know more, please feel free to get in touch!! jobs.reading.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
Oh hell yes
February 4, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Oh hell yes
Nice illustration of the lizardman's constant here. In Denmark, a country the man basically threatened with invasion, 4% still have a positive view of him
How many people have a positive view of Donald Trump in Western Europe? (9-27 Jan 2026)
🇪🇸 19% (no change from Dec)
🇫🇷 18% (-1)
🇬🇧 16% (-2)
🇮🇹 15% (-4)
🇩🇪 11% (-4)
🇩🇰 4% (-3)
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
🇪🇸 19% (no change from Dec)
🇫🇷 18% (-1)
🇬🇧 16% (-2)
🇮🇹 15% (-4)
🇩🇪 11% (-4)
🇩🇰 4% (-3)
yougov.co.uk/internationa...
February 4, 2026 at 10:49 AM
Nice illustration of the lizardman's constant here. In Denmark, a country the man basically threatened with invasion, 4% still have a positive view of him
Watching SkyscraperLIVE (now that I know how it ends) and the contrast between watching without sound (focused on the climb, almost meditative) and with sound (endless inane commentary, who TF is Seth) is night and day
February 1, 2026 at 6:26 PM
Watching SkyscraperLIVE (now that I know how it ends) and the contrast between watching without sound (focused on the climb, almost meditative) and with sound (endless inane commentary, who TF is Seth) is night and day
Hamnet is a beautiful film only partly sullied by the use of On the Nature of Daylight at the end. It's the musical equivalent of the Wilhelm scream
February 1, 2026 at 3:31 PM
Hamnet is a beautiful film only partly sullied by the use of On the Nature of Daylight at the end. It's the musical equivalent of the Wilhelm scream
I have a strong commercial interest in this not happening (clients like knowing you're a member of something official sounding) but I think it would be good if the British Polling Council was called something else
Whether the bpc should have a wider remit is a conversation that comes around... but policing methodology is a much bigger, more difficult and more controversial task (that would involve lawyers and costs!). The bpc is a tiny organisation that just does one small, good thing, very well (imo)
January 29, 2026 at 12:56 PM
I have a strong commercial interest in this not happening (clients like knowing you're a member of something official sounding) but I think it would be good if the British Polling Council was called something else
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Sample size of 143, one month from the election, with no Labour or Green candidates selected
January 28, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Sample size of 143, one month from the election, with no Labour or Green candidates selected
(polling community takes note of new innovation in boosting response rates)
We have achieved a new frontier in MAGA fundraising: pay up or be deported
January 28, 2026 at 3:10 PM
(polling community takes note of new innovation in boosting response rates)
If you take out like 30% of the scenes with the Jimmys then The Bone Temple is a really good 4 star film
January 25, 2026 at 8:31 PM
If you take out like 30% of the scenes with the Jimmys then The Bone Temple is a really good 4 star film
With no comment on "Burnham good/bad", I think it's bad for the metro mayors in the abstract if there isn't a relatively viable pathway from there to national politics. Ultimately if you want "big" figures to go for them then they need to be a possible step on the road to No10
January 25, 2026 at 12:39 PM
With no comment on "Burnham good/bad", I think it's bad for the metro mayors in the abstract if there isn't a relatively viable pathway from there to national politics. Ultimately if you want "big" figures to go for them then they need to be a possible step on the road to No10
Really interesting thread/conversation, I went into Sinners pretty much blind (apart from the poster looking cool and lots of people saying it was worth watching). My note from the time was "Starts with Mississippi 1932 and you think 'well I know precisely where this is going', and then it doesn't!"
Watched Sinners again, and it’s way more enjoyable when you know that it knows where it’s going.
January 25, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Really interesting thread/conversation, I went into Sinners pretty much blind (apart from the poster looking cool and lots of people saying it was worth watching). My note from the time was "Starts with Mississippi 1932 and you think 'well I know precisely where this is going', and then it doesn't!"