Adam Ramsay
@adamramsay.bsky.social
Left wing journalist. Dad of Léa and Saoirse. Book ‘Abolish Westminster’ due out with Faber 2026ish. Also at: https://substack.com/@abolishwestminster
10 years ago, I commissioned a plaque which honestly described Henry Dundas’ crimes against humanity, and stuck it to the base of his statue in the centre of Edinburgh in the hope of starting debate about Scotland’s role in empire. I’m delighted this is continuing: www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
Edinburgh colonialism project awarded almost £240,000 in Lottery funding
Sir Geoff Palmer, Scotland’s first black professor, led the independent Edinburgh Slavery and Colonialism Legacy Review (ESCLR)
www.scotsman.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:23 PM
10 years ago, I commissioned a plaque which honestly described Henry Dundas’ crimes against humanity, and stuck it to the base of his statue in the centre of Edinburgh in the hope of starting debate about Scotland’s role in empire. I’m delighted this is continuing: www.scotsman.com/heritage-and...
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2025 was a year of constitutional crisis for the British state. 2026 will be even moreso abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/2025-was-a... <- by me
2025 was a year of constitutional crisis. 2026 will be moreso
The British state system is in crisis, and that will only entrench next year.
abolishwestminster.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
2025 was a year of constitutional crisis for the British state. 2026 will be even moreso abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/2025-was-a... <- by me
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It’s fascinating that no one in the mainstream commentariat seems to have noticed the potential that by June of 2026, three devolved parliaments and their First Ministers, will have as a key manifesto pledge, the ending of the U.K.
December 19, 2025 at 4:29 PM
It’s fascinating that no one in the mainstream commentariat seems to have noticed the potential that by June of 2026, three devolved parliaments and their First Ministers, will have as a key manifesto pledge, the ending of the U.K.
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Happy Xmas (Britain is over)
2025 was a year of constitutional crisis for the British state. 2026 will be even moreso abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/2025-was-a... <- by me
2025 was a year of constitutional crisis. 2026 will be moreso
The British state system is in crisis, and that will only entrench next year.
abolishwestminster.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Happy Xmas (Britain is over)
2025 was a year of constitutional crisis for the British state. 2026 will be even moreso abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/2025-was-a... <- by me
2025 was a year of constitutional crisis. 2026 will be moreso
The British state system is in crisis, and that will only entrench next year.
abolishwestminster.substack.com
December 19, 2025 at 3:51 PM
2025 was a year of constitutional crisis for the British state. 2026 will be even moreso abolishwestminster.substack.com/p/2025-was-a... <- by me
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The democratic paucity of the Westminster system means MPs have almost no say over trade policy, leaving it to be shaped almost entirely by big business - including the world’s oil giants. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The democratic paucity of the Westminster system means MPs have almost no say over trade policy, leaving it to be shaped almost entirely by big business - including the world’s oil giants. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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URL for those wanting to dig more into it blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
Consolidation, Not Conversion: Understanding Wales’s Ongoing Realignment
Showcasing current research, comments and analysis on the law, politics, history, culture, government and political economy of Wales from the Wales Governance Centre.
blogs.cardiff.ac.uk
December 17, 2025 at 10:42 PM
URL for those wanting to dig more into it blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wal...
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A fundamental lack of democracy in the formation of trade policy in Britain lets oil companies sue governments across the world if they take action on climate change, according to a new report.
Crucial work from investigative journalist @adamramsay.bsky.social
Crucial work from investigative journalist @adamramsay.bsky.social
Trade secrecy fuels climate crisis
Westminster system leaves British trade policy 'hopelessly captured' by climate polluters.
theecologist.org
December 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A fundamental lack of democracy in the formation of trade policy in Britain lets oil companies sue governments across the world if they take action on climate change, according to a new report.
Crucial work from investigative journalist @adamramsay.bsky.social
Crucial work from investigative journalist @adamramsay.bsky.social
An extraordinary YouGov poll in Wales. The future won’t be like the past.
December 17, 2025 at 9:11 AM
An extraordinary YouGov poll in Wales. The future won’t be like the past.
Corporate capture of British trade policy is undermining climate action all over the world. Thanks to @thecanaryuk.bsky.social for interviewing me about my investigation into the Department for Business and Trade: youtu.be/HLRqOvWv4yQ?...
How are private investors allowed to sue the UK government over the Cumbria coal mine?
YouTube video by Canary
youtu.be
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Corporate capture of British trade policy is undermining climate action all over the world. Thanks to @thecanaryuk.bsky.social for interviewing me about my investigation into the Department for Business and Trade: youtu.be/HLRqOvWv4yQ?...
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Interesting to map how the suicide lobby works.
1. The use of international trade treaties, with Britain as a key node, means governments can be sued for shutting down fossil fuel production substack.com/inbox/post/1... a useful research article from @adamramsay.bsky.social
1. The use of international trade treaties, with Britain as a key node, means governments can be sued for shutting down fossil fuel production substack.com/inbox/post/1... a useful research article from @adamramsay.bsky.social
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Interesting to map how the suicide lobby works.
1. The use of international trade treaties, with Britain as a key node, means governments can be sued for shutting down fossil fuel production substack.com/inbox/post/1... a useful research article from @adamramsay.bsky.social
1. The use of international trade treaties, with Britain as a key node, means governments can be sued for shutting down fossil fuel production substack.com/inbox/post/1... a useful research article from @adamramsay.bsky.social
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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You know full well that if a presenter of a BBC program claimed that they'd been forced out for their anti-trans opinions then Keir Starmer and several other ministers would have takes printed on front pages about it the next day.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
December 14, 2025 at 3:11 AM
You know full well that if a presenter of a BBC program claimed that they'd been forced out for their anti-trans opinions then Keir Starmer and several other ministers would have takes printed on front pages about it the next day.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
But @robinince.bsky.social will not get that treatment.
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This was so interesting that I burnt my dinner while reading it, but it's so important that I don't even mind.
Many thanks for a fascinating read!
Many thanks for a fascinating read!
December 13, 2025 at 8:57 PM
This was so interesting that I burnt my dinner while reading it, but it's so important that I don't even mind.
Many thanks for a fascinating read!
Many thanks for a fascinating read!
The democratic paucity of the Westminster system means MPs have almost no say over trade policy, leaving it to be shaped almost entirely by big business - including the world’s oil giants. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The democratic paucity of the Westminster system means MPs have almost no say over trade policy, leaving it to be shaped almost entirely by big business - including the world’s oil giants. open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Around the world, fossil fuel companies are using British trade treaties to protect their climate-killing assets. And MPs have very little power to scrutinise the department pushing these deals.
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Around the world, fossil fuel companies are using British trade treaties to protect their climate-killing assets. And MPs have very little power to scrutinise the department pushing these deals.
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
15 years ago, @robinince.bsky.social spent his Sunday braving a rail replacement bus so he could fulfil his commitment to me to speak to a room full of @peopleandplanet.bsky.social. He made us laugh and cry and inspired us, then went home again. He’s always been a goodun, screw the Beeb for this.
Robin Ince resigns from The Infinite Monkey Cage - British Comedy Guide
Robin Ince has stepped back from co-hosting Radio 4 format The Infinite Monkey Cage, explaining "my opinions outside the BBC have been considered problematic for sometime".
www.comedy.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 11:23 AM
15 years ago, @robinince.bsky.social spent his Sunday braving a rail replacement bus so he could fulfil his commitment to me to speak to a room full of @peopleandplanet.bsky.social. He made us laugh and cry and inspired us, then went home again. He’s always been a goodun, screw the Beeb for this.
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“Often enough, that many countries water down their climate action because they can’t afford to be sued, leading the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz to call ISDSs “legal terrorism”….” #climatecrimes #ffagenda
Around the world, fossil fuel companies are using British trade treaties to protect their climate-killing assets. And MPs have very little power to scrutinise the department pushing these deals.
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:11 AM
“Often enough, that many countries water down their climate action because they can’t afford to be sued, leading the Nobel prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz to call ISDSs “legal terrorism”….” #climatecrimes #ffagenda
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Very important article from Adam. Please read and share!
Around the world, fossil fuel companies are using British trade treaties to protect their climate-killing assets. And MPs have very little power to scrutinise the department pushing these deals.
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
open.substack.com
December 13, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Very important article from Adam. Please read and share!
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Yes to all this - great piece looking at UK trade policy.
It's a vital area of our politics which has little MP oversight. That makes it uniquely vulnerable to corporate capture by some of the most irresponsible and polluting countries out there.
It's a vital area of our politics which has little MP oversight. That makes it uniquely vulnerable to corporate capture by some of the most irresponsible and polluting countries out there.
Around the world, fossil fuel companies are using British trade treaties to protect their climate-killing assets. And MPs have very little power to scrutinise the department pushing these deals.
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Yes to all this - great piece looking at UK trade policy.
It's a vital area of our politics which has little MP oversight. That makes it uniquely vulnerable to corporate capture by some of the most irresponsible and polluting countries out there.
It's a vital area of our politics which has little MP oversight. That makes it uniquely vulnerable to corporate capture by some of the most irresponsible and polluting countries out there.
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‘Britain’s trade department is more accountable to the big businesses driving the climate crisis than it is to the MPs we elect’
Brilliant piece by @adamramsay.bsky.social on the colonial nature of our trade policy and the scandal of ISDS!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Brilliant piece by @adamramsay.bsky.social on the colonial nature of our trade policy and the scandal of ISDS!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
‘Britain’s trade department is more accountable to the big businesses driving the climate crisis than it is to the MPs we elect’
Brilliant piece by @adamramsay.bsky.social on the colonial nature of our trade policy and the scandal of ISDS!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Brilliant piece by @adamramsay.bsky.social on the colonial nature of our trade policy and the scandal of ISDS!
substack.com/home/post/p-...
Around the world, fossil fuel companies are using British trade treaties to protect their climate-killing assets. And MPs have very little power to scrutinise the department pushing these deals.
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
How British undemocracy lets big oil shape our trade policy - and drive climate crisis
Long read: British trade deals are being used to protect fossil fuel company assets around the world, and MPs barely get a say
open.substack.com
December 12, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Around the world, fossil fuel companies are using British trade treaties to protect their climate-killing assets. And MPs have very little power to scrutinise the department pushing these deals.
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
A deep diving into corporate capture of British trade policy. By me:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
I've signed a deal with Scotland Street Press to publish my children's book "my dad brought beavers back" in the summer!
If you're interested in bidding to illustrate it, please contact them here: www.scotlandstreetpress.com/journal/call...
If you're interested in bidding to illustrate it, please contact them here: www.scotlandstreetpress.com/journal/call...
Scotland Street Press | Call-Out For Illustrators
Call out for illustrators who can do line drawings of animals to illustrate our forthcoming children's book, MY DAD BROUGHT BEAVERS BACK, by Adam Ramsay...
www.scotlandstreetpress.com
December 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
I've signed a deal with Scotland Street Press to publish my children's book "my dad brought beavers back" in the summer!
If you're interested in bidding to illustrate it, please contact them here: www.scotlandstreetpress.com/journal/call...
If you're interested in bidding to illustrate it, please contact them here: www.scotlandstreetpress.com/journal/call...
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A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.
December 3, 2025 at 11:23 AM
A Labour government passed the Equality Act. A Labour government was in power when the Supreme Court interpreted it to not mean what ministers at the time were clear it was intended to mean. The Labour government response should have been to legislate to fix it. Not doing so was a cowardly betrayal.
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“The UK hasn’t benefited from this at all, but we’re having to pay all this extra money. More money spent on drugs means less money spent on ambulances, doctors, nurses.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
To Avoid Tariffs, U.K. Agrees to Trump’s Demand to Pay More for Drugs
www.nytimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
“The UK hasn’t benefited from this at all, but we’re having to pay all this extra money. More money spent on drugs means less money spent on ambulances, doctors, nurses.”
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/01/b...