Chris Adams
@cpadders.bsky.social
‘I stand accused, just like you, for being born without a silver spoon’.
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Today MPs voted in favour of the 10 minute rule bill on a new UK-EU Customs Union. A new arrangement would help reduce economic burdens and create a more reliable system for exporters. With the economic pressure increasing, Parliament needs to act.
December 9, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Today MPs voted in favour of the 10 minute rule bill on a new UK-EU Customs Union. A new arrangement would help reduce economic burdens and create a more reliable system for exporters. With the economic pressure increasing, Parliament needs to act.
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Turns out the "Your" referenced in "Your Party" was specifically "The Ulster Unionist Community"
Zarah Sultana voted with the Tories in every vote on the Employment Rights Bill last night.
That includes voting to keep the Lords' wrecking amendments on strike ballot thresholds and to keep the 2016 Trade Union Act's restrictions on unions' political funds.
That includes voting to keep the Lords' wrecking amendments on strike ballot thresholds and to keep the 2016 Trade Union Act's restrictions on unions' political funds.
December 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Turns out the "Your" referenced in "Your Party" was specifically "The Ulster Unionist Community"
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🚨 Stefania Kapronczay: Trump’s consolidation of power in the US echoes Orbán’s authoritarian power grabs.
But "it’s happening much faster, and it’s surprising that so many private companies and institutions just complied with the will of President Trump.”
https://bit.ly/48NpJnS
But "it’s happening much faster, and it’s surprising that so many private companies and institutions just complied with the will of President Trump.”
https://bit.ly/48NpJnS
We asked critics from authoritarian regimes what they wish they’d known sooner. Here’s what they said
Critics from Hungary, El Salvador and Turkey offer advice to the US about what they’ve learned about authoritarians
www.theguardian.com
December 9, 2025 at 5:16 PM
🚨 Stefania Kapronczay: Trump’s consolidation of power in the US echoes Orbán’s authoritarian power grabs.
But "it’s happening much faster, and it’s surprising that so many private companies and institutions just complied with the will of President Trump.”
https://bit.ly/48NpJnS
But "it’s happening much faster, and it’s surprising that so many private companies and institutions just complied with the will of President Trump.”
https://bit.ly/48NpJnS
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The iconic double-arrow is back. GBR’s new livery offers a glimpse of a simpler, more joined-up railway.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
New national rail livery revealed as GBR prepares to launch
The unveiling of GBR’s new national rail livery marks a symbolic step toward a simpler, publicly run railway system
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:04 PM
The iconic double-arrow is back. GBR’s new livery offers a glimpse of a simpler, more joined-up railway.
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
@eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Our whole debate on immigration starts and ends in the wrong places and we are all the poorer for it.
Government has now - belatedly -published the impact assessment for the changes to skilled worker and care worker visas announced in May.
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
Impact is estimated between -£2 billion and £-10 billion (central - £10 billion).
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/6937e6...
assets.publishing.service.gov.uk
December 9, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Our whole debate on immigration starts and ends in the wrong places and we are all the poorer for it.
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Issuing advice reminiscent of the pandemic, Daniel Elkeles said a ‘very nasty strain of flu’ is spreading and warned a strike by doctors could harm patients ⬇️
You must wear a mask in public if you have a cold, NHS chief says
Issuing advice reminiscent of the pandemic, Daniel Elkeles said a ‘very nasty strain of flu’ is spreading and warned a strike by doctors could harm patients
www.thetimes.com
December 9, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Issuing advice reminiscent of the pandemic, Daniel Elkeles said a ‘very nasty strain of flu’ is spreading and warned a strike by doctors could harm patients ⬇️
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🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
December 9, 2025 at 3:21 PM
🚨BREAKING🚨
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
MPs have voted to PASS our bill to establish a UK-EU customs union.
The Prime Minister must now listen to his own MPs, drop his self-imposed red lines and finally go for proper growth through an ambitious trade deal with the EU.
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We don't talk enough about how outrage and pile ons is as much a result of the design of social media as it is about the political grumblings of the left and right
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
We don't talk enough about how outrage and pile ons is as much a result of the design of social media as it is about the political grumblings of the left and right
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Hi! If you’re looking for a gift for a history-lover this Christmas, I’ll personally sign & dedicate any of my funny history books to your loved one if you buy them through @foxlanebooks.bsky.social
I have three books for kids, and three for teens & adults
Thank you 🎄📚🎁
I have three books for kids, and three for teens & adults
Thank you 🎄📚🎁
December 9, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Hi! If you’re looking for a gift for a history-lover this Christmas, I’ll personally sign & dedicate any of my funny history books to your loved one if you buy them through @foxlanebooks.bsky.social
I have three books for kids, and three for teens & adults
Thank you 🎄📚🎁
I have three books for kids, and three for teens & adults
Thank you 🎄📚🎁
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'Stand By Your Man?'
Does Andrew Nestor have to change his tune over Ryan Mason?
@goldbergradio.bsky.social previews tonight's #wba game at #SaintsFC
open.substack.com/pub/theliqui...
Does Andrew Nestor have to change his tune over Ryan Mason?
@goldbergradio.bsky.social previews tonight's #wba game at #SaintsFC
open.substack.com/pub/theliqui...
'Stand By Your Man'
Andrew Nestor's karaoke favourite
open.substack.com
December 9, 2025 at 9:15 AM
'Stand By Your Man?'
Does Andrew Nestor have to change his tune over Ryan Mason?
@goldbergradio.bsky.social previews tonight's #wba game at #SaintsFC
open.substack.com/pub/theliqui...
Does Andrew Nestor have to change his tune over Ryan Mason?
@goldbergradio.bsky.social previews tonight's #wba game at #SaintsFC
open.substack.com/pub/theliqui...
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Responding to the chancellor’s #Budget2025 speech, Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has increased “every single month” under Labour.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
Unemployment has risen under Labour - but it hasn’t gone up ‘every single month’ – Full Fact
We’ve looked into the numbers after claims from a number of Conservative MPs, including the party’s leader Kemi Badenoch.
fullfact.org
November 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Responding to the chancellor’s #Budget2025 speech, Kemi Badenoch claimed unemployment has increased “every single month” under Labour.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
As we’ve explained before, that’s not quite right.
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🫵 We need you.
The fight for a wealth tax is heating up. 🔥
📨 Join our mailing list today to hear from Faiza Shaheen, Jake Atkinson & the rest of our team on how you can help us turn pressure into policy.
taxjustice.uk/join-the-tax...
The fight for a wealth tax is heating up. 🔥
📨 Join our mailing list today to hear from Faiza Shaheen, Jake Atkinson & the rest of our team on how you can help us turn pressure into policy.
taxjustice.uk/join-the-tax...
Join the Tax Justice Movement - Tax Justice UK
Sign up today to receive all the latest news, analysis and opportunities to get involved in the fight for tax justice, from Faiza & the team.
taxjustice.uk
July 25, 2025 at 7:10 AM
🫵 We need you.
The fight for a wealth tax is heating up. 🔥
📨 Join our mailing list today to hear from Faiza Shaheen, Jake Atkinson & the rest of our team on how you can help us turn pressure into policy.
taxjustice.uk/join-the-tax...
The fight for a wealth tax is heating up. 🔥
📨 Join our mailing list today to hear from Faiza Shaheen, Jake Atkinson & the rest of our team on how you can help us turn pressure into policy.
taxjustice.uk/join-the-tax...
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Profoundly infuriating. Every single barrel of oil pumped moves us deeper into dangerous climate change. The science is absolutely clear about this: the carbon budget to limit to 1.5°C is practically gone. Tipping points loom. We need rapid fossil fuel PHASE OUT.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
More North Sea exploration to be allowed in new Labour plan
The chancellor will unveil the North Sea Strategy in her Budget speech, the BBC understands.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Profoundly infuriating. Every single barrel of oil pumped moves us deeper into dangerous climate change. The science is absolutely clear about this: the carbon budget to limit to 1.5°C is practically gone. Tipping points loom. We need rapid fossil fuel PHASE OUT.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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European Movement UK polled Britons on how to fund the NHS and public services, and 77% backed joining the Single Market and Customs Union as the best way to bring in the money those services need.
November 26, 2025 at 11:00 AM
European Movement UK polled Britons on how to fund the NHS and public services, and 77% backed joining the Single Market and Customs Union as the best way to bring in the money those services need.
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Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising
Meta likely made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024.
pressgazette.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Scam ads on Meta in UK likely worth more than all online news advertising. Meta probably made more than £600m from fraudulent UK advertising in 2024 pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/sc...
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Donald Trump defended Steve Witkoff late last night after a report revealed the US president’s Russia envoy had secretly advised the Kremlin on how to sell a Ukraine deal.
Trump backs Witkoff after leak reveals he advised top Putin aide on Ukraine deal
“That’s a standard thing,” shrugs U.S. president.
www.politico.eu
November 26, 2025 at 9:31 AM
Donald Trump defended Steve Witkoff late last night after a report revealed the US president’s Russia envoy had secretly advised the Kremlin on how to sell a Ukraine deal.
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I've never directly called Farage a prick but I can assure you I think he's a prick
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Nigel Farage says he's 'never directly racially abused anybody'
The Reform UK leader was responding to reports he made racist remarks to his peers in school in the 1970s.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I've never directly called Farage a prick but I can assure you I think he's a prick
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Almost every single societal problem @georgemonbiot.bsky.social refers to in convo with @zackpolanski.bsky.social links back to billionaire hijacking of our Fourth Estate..
We need the #MediaSovereigntyAct to reclaim our media for the 99%.
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
We need the #MediaSovereigntyAct to reclaim our media for the 99%.
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
How To Platform Socialist Ideas Through Billionaire Owned Channels | George Monbiot | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
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November 26, 2025 at 6:24 AM
Almost every single societal problem @georgemonbiot.bsky.social refers to in convo with @zackpolanski.bsky.social links back to billionaire hijacking of our Fourth Estate..
We need the #MediaSovereigntyAct to reclaim our media for the 99%.
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
We need the #MediaSovereigntyAct to reclaim our media for the 99%.
youtu.be/3xx6lNFx8tI?...
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Here is my eco-populist column in @bylinetimes.bsky.social on how to cut electricity bills for low-income households...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
'The 'Eco-Populist' Cost-Cutting Budget Rachel Reeves Should Really Deliver'
Only a radical approach to our broken privatised energy system can make British bill-payers genuinely better off, argues Donnachadh McCarthy
bylinetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Here is my eco-populist column in @bylinetimes.bsky.social on how to cut electricity bills for low-income households...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
@zackpolanski.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/25/b...
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🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 26, 2025 at 8:55 AM
🔥 Highly recommended that you all sign and share.
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Link to the petition—> petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
Nicolas Guillou, French ICC judge sanctioned by the US: 'You are effectively blacklisted by much of the world's banking system'
Six judges and three prosecutors at the International Criminal Court have been sanctioned by the Trump administration. In an interview with Le Monde, Guillou discusses the impact of these measures on ...
www.lemonde.fr
November 24, 2025 at 8:13 PM
This story should be covered waaaaayy more than it is.
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
The US has sanctioned six judges if the international criminal court ICC, because Trump didn’t like them issuing arrest warrants for Benjamin Netanyahu and former Minister of Defense Yoav Gallant.
www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
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I see right-wing journalists are attacking me again over a wealth tax.
Here's a simple fact they never mention:
British billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2010
▪️2010: £250 Billion
▪️2025: £620 Billion
Yet workers' wages have been flat.
Tax extreme wealth, not workers!
Here's a simple fact they never mention:
British billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2010
▪️2010: £250 Billion
▪️2025: £620 Billion
Yet workers' wages have been flat.
Tax extreme wealth, not workers!
November 20, 2025 at 11:13 AM
I see right-wing journalists are attacking me again over a wealth tax.
Here's a simple fact they never mention:
British billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2010
▪️2010: £250 Billion
▪️2025: £620 Billion
Yet workers' wages have been flat.
Tax extreme wealth, not workers!
Here's a simple fact they never mention:
British billionaire wealth has more than DOUBLED since 2010
▪️2010: £250 Billion
▪️2025: £620 Billion
Yet workers' wages have been flat.
Tax extreme wealth, not workers!
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Can you let me know when Johnson’s trial for gross misconduct in public office/gross negligence manslaughter will be?
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.
November 20, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Can you let me know when Johnson’s trial for gross misconduct in public office/gross negligence manslaughter will be?
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.
Just asking for a country beyond sick of having to suffer the consequences of these charlatans and their don’t-give-a-fuck-cos-we-don’t-need-to abuses of power.