Adam Hawker
@adhawkeye.bsky.social
Birmingham based stand up and occasionally man standing up.
Nothing says fighting back against Farage quite like giving him everything he wants. Clever strategy by a couple of totally normal and good MPs. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Lammy and Cooper lead Labour fightback against Farage with new migration strategy
Exclusive: Foreign secretary David Lammy has revealed to The Independent his new push with international partners to tackle illegal migration as Yvette Cooper prepares to unveil her white paper on leg...
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May 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Nothing says fighting back against Farage quite like giving him everything he wants. Clever strategy by a couple of totally normal and good MPs. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Great time to have just announced a big trade deal with India.
May 7, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Great time to have just announced a big trade deal with India.
Honouring her memory by bravely capitulating to everything her killer wanted.
Almost no MP actually gives a shit about Jo Cox because they've spent a decade invoking her name to shield themselves from criticism while they spout the rhetoric of her killer.
April 30, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Honouring her memory by bravely capitulating to everything her killer wanted.
If the Vatican really wanted to boil some piss and get a good pope at the same time. You know who they'd pick next.
April 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
If the Vatican really wanted to boil some piss and get a good pope at the same time. You know who they'd pick next.
The Greens aren't the answer to what's next for the British left.
Hi, I'm the Green Party completely fucking it. You may remember me from such classics as our co-leader calling everyone leaving Kier Starmer's Labour Party an antisemite or our other co-leader blocking the possibility of a Customs Union with the EU and ensuring a Johnson-led hard Brexit
April 24, 2025 at 12:15 PM
The Greens aren't the answer to what's next for the British left.
And all in the service of what? Immiserating the old, the poor, the disabled. Ghouls every last one of them.
👉 NEW — Morgan McSweeney's ‘plot without precedent in Labour history’
By Richard Sanders
A new book chronicles how Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used ‘any means necessary’ to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer.
www.declassifieduk.org/morgan-mcswe...
By Richard Sanders
A new book chronicles how Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used ‘any means necessary’ to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer.
www.declassifieduk.org/morgan-mcswe...
Morgan McSweeney's ‘plot without precedent in Labour history’
A new book chronicles how Labour strategist Morgan McSweeney used ‘any means necessary’ to destroy Corbyn as leader and install Starmer.
www.declassifieduk.org
April 24, 2025 at 12:14 PM
And all in the service of what? Immiserating the old, the poor, the disabled. Ghouls every last one of them.
People who have to work in service industries should be given free counselling is one of my policy positions.
Having a job that involves having to speak to aggressive clients
17. What experience is actually way more psychologically damaging than people think?
April 23, 2025 at 2:46 PM
People who have to work in service industries should be given free counselling is one of my policy positions.
I see pushing labour left once they're in power is going well.
April 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I see pushing labour left once they're in power is going well.
They never intended on doing any of these things. And I'm sorry but anyone who believed they did is a rube.
Starmer's Labour have a HUGE majority, yet we are seeing no:
- electoral reform
- media reform
- action to make the BBC properly independent & apolitical
- reversal of NHS outsourcing
- renationalisation of key infrastructure & public services
- clampdown on lobbying
- prosecution of corrupt MPs
- electoral reform
- media reform
- action to make the BBC properly independent & apolitical
- reversal of NHS outsourcing
- renationalisation of key infrastructure & public services
- clampdown on lobbying
- prosecution of corrupt MPs
April 19, 2025 at 11:31 PM
They never intended on doing any of these things. And I'm sorry but anyone who believed they did is a rube.
Is so heartwarming to see after this week. They want you to think you're alone. Especially our trans brothers and sisters. But you're not.
Thousands show solidarity at #TransRightsAreHumanRights Demo in Parliament Square.
April 19, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Is so heartwarming to see after this week. They want you to think you're alone. Especially our trans brothers and sisters. But you're not.
Always amazes me how much of this I see even in stand up. An inherently cringe pastime.
No but I genuinely feel bad for people who are convinced that showing any joy through fun hobbies (especially in public) is cringe
They’re so afraid of embarrassment they’d deny themselves any happiness then try to bully others into doing the same
They’re so afraid of embarrassment they’d deny themselves any happiness then try to bully others into doing the same
April 19, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Always amazes me how much of this I see even in stand up. An inherently cringe pastime.
They're 100% going to call it nationalisation but only nationalise the risk aren't they? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
House of Commons recalled to discuss British Steel nationalisation
Easter recess halted in order to pass bill taking assets into public control, with full nationalisation a possibility
www.theguardian.com
April 11, 2025 at 2:44 PM
They're 100% going to call it nationalisation but only nationalise the risk aren't they? www.theguardian.com/business/202...
It's a small thing compared to the consequences of the reforms. But remember when we were told one of the reasons he was the best person for the job was how good a rhetorical speaker he was? Guy just has no real argument for any of it beyond "a wizard will make them not poor".
Our analysis showed up to 400,000 people would be pushed into poverty by the Government's proposed disability benefits cuts.
This was put to PM Keir Starmer by @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social at today's Liaison Committee.
He said the cuts would 'change behaviour'.
Watch below 🔽 1/2
This was put to PM Keir Starmer by @debbieabrahamsmp.bsky.social at today's Liaison Committee.
He said the cuts would 'change behaviour'.
Watch below 🔽 1/2
April 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
It's a small thing compared to the consequences of the reforms. But remember when we were told one of the reasons he was the best person for the job was how good a rhetorical speaker he was? Guy just has no real argument for any of it beyond "a wizard will make them not poor".
Outstanding candidates update.
Labour MP Dan Norris arrested over rape and child abuse allegations
Labour MP Dan Norris arrested over rape and child abuse allegations
Party suspends North East Somerset MP after he is taken into custody following police raid on his constituency home
Labour have suspended Dan Norris, the MP for North East Somerset and Hanham, after he was arrested on suspicion of rape and child sex offences.
Norris, a former Labour minister who defeated Jacob Rees-Mogg as MP at last year’s general election, was taken into custody after police raided his constituency home on Friday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
April 5, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Outstanding candidates update.
Presumably he'll be going with the "Only god can judge me" defense. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Russell Brand charged with rape and sexual assault
The charges against the 50-year-old come after a joint investigation by Channel 4 Dispatches and The Sunday Times in 2023
www.independent.co.uk
April 4, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Presumably he'll be going with the "Only god can judge me" defense. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...
Seems like a good time to be trying to run our whole civil service on this shit.
ChatGPT down: OpenAI service not working for some users as boss warns of disruption
ChatGPT goes down after warning from its creator
‘Something went wrong,’ reads error shown to users
www.independent.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Seems like a good time to be trying to run our whole civil service on this shit.
It's almost as if, and hear me out on this, he's a bad businessman who doesn't know what the fuck he's doing.
Elon's involvement in the Wisconsin Supreme Court race cost his candidate around 5% of the vote--even though he spent $25 million dollars on his behalf.
Elon's endorsee ran 5 points behind the other statewide Republican candidate. That's an unbelievably negative return on investment.
Elon's endorsee ran 5 points behind the other statewide Republican candidate. That's an unbelievably negative return on investment.
April 2, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's almost as if, and hear me out on this, he's a bad businessman who doesn't know what the fuck he's doing.
Remember when there were a few hours where people were floating Russia having done it? We don't need help setting fire to our infrastructure through negligence.
🔴 BREAKING | Heathrow bosses were warned of substation power failure risk days before electrical fire shut airport
Heathrow bosses were warned of power failure risk days before airport shut down
A quarter of a million passengers were affected by the closure – but Heathrow boss says its command and control system ‘worked exactly right’
www.independent.co.uk
April 2, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Remember when there were a few hours where people were floating Russia having done it? We don't need help setting fire to our infrastructure through negligence.
Dehumanisation is a big part of modern life, whether it's the disabled, trans people, refugees, Palestinians. When you make people unhumans you allow all manner of inhumane actions against then.
from “of course i couldn’t survive on benefits, i have a mortgage to pay,” to “what if i took my child’s pocket money away” there’s a concerted ideological push from Labour to imply those unable to work due to disability are not fully-formed members of society and it’s disgusting
March 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Dehumanisation is a big part of modern life, whether it's the disabled, trans people, refugees, Palestinians. When you make people unhumans you allow all manner of inhumane actions against then.
Drop a fight scene you love
Barely a fight. But the revenge scene in Blue Ruin. Man. The tension. The build up. Dwight in the cubicle grappling with what he's about to do. Then the brutality of it.
Barely a fight. But the revenge scene in Blue Ruin. Man. The tension. The build up. Dwight in the cubicle grappling with what he's about to do. Then the brutality of it.
March 26, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Drop a fight scene you love
Barely a fight. But the revenge scene in Blue Ruin. Man. The tension. The build up. Dwight in the cubicle grappling with what he's about to do. Then the brutality of it.
Barely a fight. But the revenge scene in Blue Ruin. Man. The tension. The build up. Dwight in the cubicle grappling with what he's about to do. Then the brutality of it.
It's good that she clearly doesn't want the whip back.
THE INDEPENDENT: Ex-Labour MP confronts Reeves on £150k salary and perks while 50,000 children fall into poverty amidst welfare cuts, questioning the party's commitment to real change.
- by Lucy Leeson
- by Lucy Leeson
MP challenges Reeves over £150k salary after cuts plunges 50,000 kids into poverty
Former Labour MP Zarah Sultana challenged Rachel Reeves, who “has accepted £7,500 worth of free clothing and recently took freebie tickets to see Sabrina Carpenter”, on whether Wednesday’s spring statement represents the “change” promised at last year’s general election. Zarah Sultana, now the independent MP for Coventry South, told the Commons today (26 March): “Since Labour came into power, 25,000 more children have been pushed into poverty due to the two-child benefit cap and now, according to the government’s own impact assessment, over 250,000 people will be pushed into poverty as a result of these cuts, including 50,000 children.” Ms Reeves responded by saying young people are to be given “targeted support”.
www.independent.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 7:29 PM
It's good that she clearly doesn't want the whip back.
I think they've massively miscalculated the size and reliability of the "curtain twitcher" vote. The kind of people who see a neighbour who's disabled and assume they're getting thousands a month in benefits.
This is Labour’s poll tax. Its tuition fees. It is - as Iraq was for Blair - the moral stain that will mark Starmer’s government and the party for years to come. Severely disabled people are going to be starved, isolated and degraded. No Labour MP who backs this will be forgiven.
March 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
I think they've massively miscalculated the size and reliability of the "curtain twitcher" vote. The kind of people who see a neighbour who's disabled and assume they're getting thousands a month in benefits.
Wes Streeting pops up from behind the screen and says "have you considered that you don't have mental health problems and just need to work more?"
Man goes to the doctor, says he's depressed. Says life seems harsh and cruel. Says he feels all alone in a threatening world where what lies ahead is vague and uncertain. Doctor says, 'yeah we don't really do anything about that anymore
March 26, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Wes Streeting pops up from behind the screen and says "have you considered that you don't have mental health problems and just need to work more?"
This has to have been a targeted attack. Which would be in line with the way the IDF targets journalists and aid workers.
No Other Land depicts the horrifying violence Palestinians in the West Bank endure under apartheid.
Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.
People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
Yesterday, its co-director Hamdan Ballal was beaten in his home by settlers before being detained by Israeli forces.
People applauded Hamdan. Now they are silent. Free Hamdan.
March 26, 2025 at 12:29 AM
This has to have been a targeted attack. Which would be in line with the way the IDF targets journalists and aid workers.
I just feel like if you're going to call something March Madness it needs more of a dark carnival vibe.
March 25, 2025 at 1:06 PM
I just feel like if you're going to call something March Madness it needs more of a dark carnival vibe.