Adrian Cottey
@short-drain.bsky.social
Sport watcher, player, especially cricket and walking sports. Dog lover, especially border and bearded collies. Farming, gardening, food and Science addict and planet hugger.
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🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
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75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of Reform UK’s donations have come from just three rich men
Calls grow for donation caps as Democracy for Sale research reveals that three-quarters of Reform’s funding comes from a trio of wealthy donors
democracyforsale.substack.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:55 AM
🔴 Nigel Farage’s Reform is more reliant on super-rich backers than any major party in modern British political history
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
75% of *all* Reform donations *ever* have come from just three rich men
Is this what democracy looks like?
New on Democracy for Sale
democracyforsale.substack.com/p/75-of-refo...
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If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
‘Too small to matter’ is the laziest-possible excuse in climate debate
At a time of crisis, co-operation is the only way to resolve the climate collective-action problem
www.irishtimes.com
December 2, 2025 at 8:29 AM
If Ireland's emissions are "too small to matter" then I might as well evade my taxes and eat doughnuts for lunch.
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Read my latest column about the laziest excuse in the climate debate:
www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Indeed! And don’t get me started on Laura K’berg 🫣
All of us: Why, in our judgement, Chris Mason is misleading on most political points, all the time.
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Because he’s incapable of political commentary that isn’t marinated in his own rightwing bias. Allegations for Labour. Free passes for Tories/Reform. Every Single Time.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Chris Mason: Why, in my judgement, Reeves was misleading on one specific point
The Chancellor chose not to share some information on tax receipts in an unusual press conference, given before the Budget.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Indeed! And don’t get me started on Laura K’berg 🫣
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Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
December 1, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Energy transitions can happen faster than we think:
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2000 almost 90% of Denmark's electricity was from fossil fuels.
In 2024 less than 10% of Danish electricity was from fossil fuels.
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"Experts predict that extreme weather in Spain has already resulted in €12.2 billion worth of losses in 2025, and that will increase to €34.8 billion by 2029"
⚠️ This estimate covers ONLY drought, flooding and heat, ONLY over June-August 2025...
(1/2)
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
⚠️ This estimate covers ONLY drought, flooding and heat, ONLY over June-August 2025...
(1/2)
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
Climate change threatens Spain’s ‘resilient’ economy, warns report
Despite steady GDP growth, a new report warns Spain is among the European countries most 'exposed' to climate change.
www.euronews.com
November 28, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Experts predict that extreme weather in Spain has already resulted in €12.2 billion worth of losses in 2025, and that will increase to €34.8 billion by 2029"
⚠️ This estimate covers ONLY drought, flooding and heat, ONLY over June-August 2025...
(1/2)
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
⚠️ This estimate covers ONLY drought, flooding and heat, ONLY over June-August 2025...
(1/2)
www.euronews.com/green/2025/1...
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Why not the UK
"Spain just made history by proving what many thought impossible — the entire country ran on 100% renewable energy for an entire weekday. Solar, wind & hydropower together carried the nation’s energy needs, with not a single fossil fuel source in use for that day."
via Mechanical Mind
"Spain just made history by proving what many thought impossible — the entire country ran on 100% renewable energy for an entire weekday. Solar, wind & hydropower together carried the nation’s energy needs, with not a single fossil fuel source in use for that day."
via Mechanical Mind
November 28, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Why not the UK
"Spain just made history by proving what many thought impossible — the entire country ran on 100% renewable energy for an entire weekday. Solar, wind & hydropower together carried the nation’s energy needs, with not a single fossil fuel source in use for that day."
via Mechanical Mind
"Spain just made history by proving what many thought impossible — the entire country ran on 100% renewable energy for an entire weekday. Solar, wind & hydropower together carried the nation’s energy needs, with not a single fossil fuel source in use for that day."
via Mechanical Mind
Meanwhile as reported from
Australia, vaccines and science are getting on with saving lives…
Australia, vaccines and science are getting on with saving lives…
November 27, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Meanwhile as reported from
Australia, vaccines and science are getting on with saving lives…
Australia, vaccines and science are getting on with saving lives…
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I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
November 26, 2025 at 11:15 PM
I don't see how Tesla's Model 3 can survive if Benz can offer an alternative EV this cheap, with this kind of performance, on top of the 15% tariff that it's charged in the US.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
Imagine what this model does to Tesla in Europe, where Benz pays no tariffs.
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Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
The Economic Impact of Brexit
Other
siepr.stanford.edu
November 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Still reeling from the Stanford report on Brexit. Reduced GDP by up to 8% and investment by as much as 18%. The UK Treasury would have £40 billion more each year if Britain had remained in the EU. Devastating self-immolation.
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Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
National Emergency Briefing
An unfiltered assessment of the latest threats to UK food supply, health and national security from eight leading experts to an invitation-only audience - also covering positive solutions. Westminster...
www.nebriefing.org
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Open letter from over 1,000 UK scientists urging all MPs to attend the National Emergency Briefing. A huge list full of highly respected names.
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
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If this is a deal, then it's a deal to do nothing meaningful whatsoever
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30 live: Deal agreed at Cop after long negotiations
After a series of all-night meetings and fears the summit could collapse, an agreement has been gavelled through at Cop30
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If this is a deal, then it's a deal to do nothing meaningful whatsoever
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
As predicted at the beginning of the COP 2 weeks ago, this was a complete and utter waste of everybody's time
Another year lost - and another nail in our coffin
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Boris Johnson: The Covid Tragedy and England's Clown King
Get news direct from reporters you trust.
www.noosphere.app
November 22, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Johnson spent years charming, bluffing, and backstabbing his way to the top.
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
Positioning himself as a latter-day Churchill when the moment came and leadership was desperately needed, he showed us who he was...
And thousands died.
@noosphere.app
www.noosphere.app/boris-johnso...
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Despicable
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
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Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
Despicable
The bully-in-chief is targeting women in the White House press corps
open.substack.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Despicable
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
open.substack.com/pub/steady/p...
Great read from Dan Rather:
"...The very existence of a free press is a threat to this president’s modus operandi, which is to govern by lying. Why would he want people around him who ask for facts and truthful answers?..."
#BlueCrew #MisogynistInChief
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Isn't it time Nigel Farage
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Isn't it time Nigel Farage
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
and every other Brexit promoter
apologised for the poverty & unemployment
caused by the decimation of the British economy
and the lies they told
"‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy" www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
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I’m not either, but I really wish reporters and journalists would stand together and walk out on this horrendous man, president or not he doesn’t deserve our time or our ears.
I mean, look, I'm not a reporter, so who am I to talk?
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
But on a day where the president both just called a woman reporter "Piggy" and is celebrating someone who had people bone saw apart one of my colleagues, I might just be a little ready to defend my colleagues and profession.
But that's just me
November 19, 2025 at 10:54 AM
I’m not either, but I really wish reporters and journalists would stand together and walk out on this horrendous man, president or not he doesn’t deserve our time or our ears.
and by definition, the vast majority of us around the world are immigrants
Africa is our species' home.
It is the continent where Homo sapiens first originated, and from whence we spread across the rest of the planet. For that very reason, it's also where most megafauna survived – elephants, lions, hippos, etc... *
We are ALL Africans, every last one of us.
It is the continent where Homo sapiens first originated, and from whence we spread across the rest of the planet. For that very reason, it's also where most megafauna survived – elephants, lions, hippos, etc... *
We are ALL Africans, every last one of us.
Easy answer: Because it is African. African tragedies and problems have a history of being ignored by the rest of the planet, ALL OF IT.
November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
and by definition, the vast majority of us around the world are immigrants
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Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Trump #America #Worldwide
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds
Fallout from increased emissions linked to president’s ‘America First’ policies expected to most affect those in poor, hot countries
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Trump’s anti-climate agenda could result in 1.3m more deaths globally, analysis finds www.theguardian.com/environment/... #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels #Trump #America #Worldwide
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Study of all-electric properties in Birmingham, with heat pumps and solar, shows they use less energy at peak times than expected, reducing stress on the grid
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Heat-pump homes put less strain on grid than expected, study shows
Analysis of new-builds in Birmingham suggests all-electric homes not only use less energy but vary in peak usage
www.theguardian.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Study of all-electric properties in Birmingham, with heat pumps and solar, shows they use less energy at peak times than expected, reducing stress on the grid
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“We’re finding all those reasons not to go ahead with a heat pump are slowly but surely falling away”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Totally this 💯
Everyone should be outraged.
This monster is the President of the United States.
This monster is the President of the United States.
November 19, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Totally this 💯
It’s high time reporters joined ranks and refused to give him any time or air space. He needs to understand how out of order he is. The rest of the world couldn’t get a lower view of the USA if you have both a horrendous president and a weak media who trots out his BS.
November 19, 2025 at 8:33 AM
It’s high time reporters joined ranks and refused to give him any time or air space. He needs to understand how out of order he is. The rest of the world couldn’t get a lower view of the USA if you have both a horrendous president and a weak media who trots out his BS.
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If you ever get a chance
ask your local Reform candidate
about whatever happened to
the benefits of Brexit
promised by Nigel Farage
meme via Angel Stroyan
ask your local Reform candidate
about whatever happened to
the benefits of Brexit
promised by Nigel Farage
meme via Angel Stroyan
November 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
If you ever get a chance
ask your local Reform candidate
about whatever happened to
the benefits of Brexit
promised by Nigel Farage
meme via Angel Stroyan
ask your local Reform candidate
about whatever happened to
the benefits of Brexit
promised by Nigel Farage
meme via Angel Stroyan
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"Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned"
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
US military planning for divided Gaza with ‘green zone’ secured by international and Israeli troops
Exclusive: Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 9:40 PM
"Almost all Palestinians have been displaced to ‘red zone’ where no reconstruction is planned"
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Half of Gaza to be stolen, the Palestinians to be left to survive in the remaining ruins of their country
Monstrous, criminal and indefensible
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Two-thirds of California's power comes from clean energy.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.
For 9 in 10 days so far this year, we were 100% powered for some part of the day by clean energy.
The Golden State has become the world's fourth-largest economy because of our climate leadership, not in spite of it.