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
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Exactly this. BBC reporting on US politics is generally much better than its reporting on UK politics.
November 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Exactly this. BBC reporting on US politics is generally much better than its reporting on UK politics.
There is a lot to say about the BBC crisis, but as to Trump’s motivations, it’s worth noting that it is now the most trusted news brand in the US, after the Weather Channel.
November 11, 2025 at 1:08 PM
There is a lot to say about the BBC crisis, but as to Trump’s motivations, it’s worth noting that it is now the most trusted news brand in the US, after the Weather Channel.
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🚨 "If it doesn’t rain, we will have to start restricting water supplies in #Tehran next month. If the drought continues, we will run out of water and be forced to evacuate the city"
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
www.newsweek.com
November 8, 2025 at 5:24 AM
🚨 "If it doesn’t rain, we will have to start restricting water supplies in #Tehran next month. If the drought continues, we will run out of water and be forced to evacuate the city"
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
The president described the situation as "alarming"
#Iran 🇮🇷
#ClimateEmergency
Portobello residents protest outside the local MP @chrismurraymp.bsky.social’s surgery, saying he promised a public meeting on Gaza but has failed to hold it.
November 7, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Portobello residents protest outside the local MP @chrismurraymp.bsky.social’s surgery, saying he promised a public meeting on Gaza but has failed to hold it.
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'1.3 million people in Scotland voted for the SNP Government in 2021. If Labour thought it could reach out to sway any of them in May’s Holyrood election, then it wouldn’t be using a line these voters see as preposterous.
@adamramsay.bsky.social, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@adamramsay.bsky.social, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
'The SNP Isn't a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of'
Labour's attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues Adam Ramsay
bylinetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
'1.3 million people in Scotland voted for the SNP Government in 2021. If Labour thought it could reach out to sway any of them in May’s Holyrood election, then it wouldn’t be using a line these voters see as preposterous.
@adamramsay.bsky.social, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
@adamramsay.bsky.social, via @bylinetimes.bsky.social
I would guess this is a straight transfer of unionist votes (both Labour and Tory) to Reform, while the SNP vote managed to hold up enough to win.
Buckhaven, Methil and Wemyss Villages (Fife) by-election, 1st prefs:
SNP: 1594 (42.6%, -4.9)
RUK: 1080 (28.9%, new)
Lab: 778 (20.8%, -19.5)
LD: 99 (2.6%, +0.4)
Alba: 83 (2.2%, +0.9)
Con: 64 (1.7%, -4.8)
Sovereignty: 45 (1.2%, new)
(Greens 2.2% in 2022)
SNP elected stage TBC (3rd time lucky!)
SNP: 1594 (42.6%, -4.9)
RUK: 1080 (28.9%, new)
Lab: 778 (20.8%, -19.5)
LD: 99 (2.6%, +0.4)
Alba: 83 (2.2%, +0.9)
Con: 64 (1.7%, -4.8)
Sovereignty: 45 (1.2%, new)
(Greens 2.2% in 2022)
SNP elected stage TBC (3rd time lucky!)
November 7, 2025 at 9:41 AM
I would guess this is a straight transfer of unionist votes (both Labour and Tory) to Reform, while the SNP vote managed to hold up enough to win.
Lovely interview with the always interesting, ever-energetic @anthonybarnett.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Anthony Barnett: “The Sixties were a catastrophic failure”
The writer and campaigner on nationalism, the rise of the new right and how a fractured left can organise in response
www.newstatesman.com
November 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Lovely interview with the always interesting, ever-energetic @anthonybarnett.bsky.social: www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
One reason Labour has given that the SNP is a “threat to national security” is that Swinney recently stopped subsidising arms companies arming Israel. In other words, Labour has decided to double down on its place as the pro-genocide party: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
'The SNP Isn't a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of'
Labour's attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues Adam Ramsay
bylinetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:39 PM
One reason Labour has given that the SNP is a “threat to national security” is that Swinney recently stopped subsidising arms companies arming Israel. In other words, Labour has decided to double down on its place as the pro-genocide party: bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
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🔴‘The SNP Isn’t a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of’
Labour’s attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues @adamramsay.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Labour’s attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues @adamramsay.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
'The SNP Isn't a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of'
Labour's attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues Adam Ramsay
bylinetimes.com
November 6, 2025 at 4:24 PM
🔴‘The SNP Isn’t a Threat to the Security of Any Nation I Want to Be Part Of’
Labour’s attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues @adamramsay.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
Labour’s attempts to brand the Scottish National Party a threat to the UK’s national security is a drastic escalation of Labour’s anti-independence rhetoric, argues @adamramsay.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/06/t...
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Yet another ISDS case challenging countries levying excess profits taxes on the fossil fuel sector. How long will countries continue to allow corporate courts to override their sovereign rights?
www.iareporter.com/articles/rev...
www.iareporter.com/articles/rev...
Revealed: The Netherlands is involved in treaty arbitration over solidarity contribution | Investment Arbitration Reporter
www.iareporter.com
November 5, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Yet another ISDS case challenging countries levying excess profits taxes on the fossil fuel sector. How long will countries continue to allow corporate courts to override their sovereign rights?
www.iareporter.com/articles/rev...
www.iareporter.com/articles/rev...
Labour has 27 seats in Wales, all vulnerable to Plaid now, 37 seats in Scotland, all vulnerable to the SNP, perhaps 50 seats vulnerable to the Greens in England and a bunch more the Lib Dems could take. That’s their whole majority.
November 5, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Labour has 27 seats in Wales, all vulnerable to Plaid now, 37 seats in Scotland, all vulnerable to the SNP, perhaps 50 seats vulnerable to the Greens in England and a bunch more the Lib Dems could take. That’s their whole majority.
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This is deeply disappointing from Starmer.
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is deeply disappointing from Starmer.
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Starmer’s tariff pact with Trump back in May was lauded by MPs and the media. But now we get into the detail.
Trump, like a mafia boss, is demanding we pay his Big Pharma mates prices which will put intolerable strain on the NHS and cost lives.
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
Trump, like a mafia boss, is demanding we pay his Big Pharma mates prices which will put intolerable strain on the NHS and cost lives.
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
US pharma to abandon UK unless NHS pays more, says Trump’s ambassador
Britain has offered to increase the threshold at which the NHS pays firms for medicines. Pharma firms want the government to go further.
www.politico.eu
November 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Starmer’s tariff pact with Trump back in May was lauded by MPs and the media. But now we get into the detail.
Trump, like a mafia boss, is demanding we pay his Big Pharma mates prices which will put intolerable strain on the NHS and cost lives.
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
Trump, like a mafia boss, is demanding we pay his Big Pharma mates prices which will put intolerable strain on the NHS and cost lives.
www.politico.eu/article/us-p...
David Lammy describing the SNP as “a national security threat” in the Commons is a very dangerous moment for our democracy. The SNP is a peaceful party which got 1.3 million votes at the last Holyrood election.
November 5, 2025 at 3:47 PM
David Lammy describing the SNP as “a national security threat” in the Commons is a very dangerous moment for our democracy. The SNP is a peaceful party which got 1.3 million votes at the last Holyrood election.
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Have City lobbyists been helping write Rachel Reeves’ budget? open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
November 4, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Have City lobbyists been helping write Rachel Reeves’ budget? open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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I also interviewed @zackpolanski.bsky.social about the problems of the British state, and revealed his support for Scottish and Welsh independence: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
Exclusive: Zack Polanski backs Scottish and Welsh independence
The eco-populist Green leader has called for sweeping change to Britain's political system, and spoken about potentially leading an explicitly ‘English’ party for the first time.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:08 PM
I also interviewed @zackpolanski.bsky.social about the problems of the British state, and revealed his support for Scottish and Welsh independence: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Before that, I revealed that 2/3 of people on the boards of directors of Whitehall departments are corporate executives, including senior figures from the arms industry, oil industry and big banks:
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REVEALED: The big polluter and arms industry bosses overseeing government departments
Two in three Whitehall department non-executive directors have corporate backgrounds - and only one is a trade unionist - analysis released ahead of Labour conference reveals.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Before that, I revealed that 2/3 of people on the boards of directors of Whitehall departments are corporate executives, including senior figures from the arms industry, oil industry and big banks:
open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Before that, I revealed that Whitehall department bosses sit on the board of a charity which helps Big Oil, weapon manufacturers arming Israel, and big banks to shape government policy: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
Whitehall bosses are trustees of charity accused of aiding “corporate capture”
Members of The Whitehall & Industry Group include arms companies selling to Israel, oil firms driving climate change, big banks and major privatisers
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Before that, I revealed that Whitehall department bosses sit on the board of a charity which helps Big Oil, weapon manufacturers arming Israel, and big banks to shape government policy: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
REVEALED: Labour let City lobbyists work in Treasury
The Treasury didn't answer questions about whether lobbyists for the banking industry seconded into it are helping write this month's budget.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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I mean, of course. But also: wtf?
Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
REVEALED: Labour let City lobbyists work in Treasury
The Treasury didn't answer questions about whether lobbyists for the banking industry seconded into it are helping write this month's budget.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 5:19 PM
I mean, of course. But also: wtf?
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Last week, I revealed that arms companies who have sold weapons to Israel have been allowed to appoint temporary civil servants in the Department of Business and Trade - the department which grants export licences: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
REVEALED: Companies which have armed Israel placed staff in the department licensing arms exports
Arms industry staff have been seconded into the Department of Business and Trade and Ministry of Defence.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Last week, I revealed that arms companies who have sold weapons to Israel have been allowed to appoint temporary civil servants in the Department of Business and Trade - the department which grants export licences: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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Who is writing the budget?
Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
REVEALED: Labour let City lobbyists work in Treasury
The Treasury didn't answer questions about whether lobbyists for the banking industry seconded into it are helping write this month's budget.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Who is writing the budget?
Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
REVEALED: Labour let City lobbyists work in Treasury
The Treasury didn't answer questions about whether lobbyists for the banking industry seconded into it are helping write this month's budget.
open.substack.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Today, I revealed that City lobbyists have been seconded into the Treasury under the Labour Party, and that the Treasury wouldn’t tell me whether they are ‘helping’ write Rachel Reeves’ budget: open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
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The Treasury-Bank of England-City nexus is central to understanding the class politics of this country. Of course Reeves was always going to let this happen.
Have City lobbyists been helping write Rachel Reeves’ budget? open.substack.com/pub/abolishw...
November 4, 2025 at 10:28 AM
The Treasury-Bank of England-City nexus is central to understanding the class politics of this country. Of course Reeves was always going to let this happen.