Dave Adams
@daveoa.bsky.social
A Nor’n Irishman lost in London.
Ex evangelical.
Meet me at 56th and Wabasha
Ex evangelical.
Meet me at 56th and Wabasha
It’s also not the way that any BBC political correspondents behaved during the all the chaos of the last Tory Government.
Can you imagine such a statement being released by the BBC when Boris was at the helm?
Can you imagine such a statement being released by the BBC when Boris was at the helm?
No that's not *your* on *our behalf*. Your job is to report the story, presenting all sides fairly and then *we* call it. What Mason is saying here is fundamentally not what the bbc is for!
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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December 1, 2025 at 2:42 PM
It’s also not the way that any BBC political correspondents behaved during the all the chaos of the last Tory Government.
Can you imagine such a statement being released by the BBC when Boris was at the helm?
Can you imagine such a statement being released by the BBC when Boris was at the helm?
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I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Mark Kelly: "This president, when he says things like 'third world countries,' what is he really saying? I think what he's saying is he doesn't want brown people in our country. And that's disturbing. It's un-American."
November 30, 2025 at 4:29 PM
I'm really glad to see someone like Kelly finally saying this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
Sally Rooney books may be withdrawn from UK sale over Palestine Action ban, court told
Rooney has said she intended to use royalties from her work "to go on supporting Palestine Action."
www.bbc.com
November 29, 2025 at 10:38 AM
This is madness.
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
All books by Normal People and Conversations with Friends author Sally Rooney set to be withdrawn from sale.
The 34-year-old Irish author says: “The disappearance of my work from bookshops would mark a truly extreme incursion by the state into the realm of artistic expression.”
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Here's a bombshell in the budget:
Billions of unbudgeted commitments that the government is going to need to fund:
£6bn SEND
NHS pharma costs up due to US trade deal
£1.1bn if asylum plan doesn't work
£0.6 ID cards
£32 bn defence increase (not all needed in next few years)
Billions of unbudgeted commitments that the government is going to need to fund:
£6bn SEND
NHS pharma costs up due to US trade deal
£1.1bn if asylum plan doesn't work
£0.6 ID cards
£32 bn defence increase (not all needed in next few years)
November 26, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Here's a bombshell in the budget:
Billions of unbudgeted commitments that the government is going to need to fund:
£6bn SEND
NHS pharma costs up due to US trade deal
£1.1bn if asylum plan doesn't work
£0.6 ID cards
£32 bn defence increase (not all needed in next few years)
Billions of unbudgeted commitments that the government is going to need to fund:
£6bn SEND
NHS pharma costs up due to US trade deal
£1.1bn if asylum plan doesn't work
£0.6 ID cards
£32 bn defence increase (not all needed in next few years)
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Beth Rigby spotted that the OBR accidentally published their Budget papers too soon. It's down now, but I've archived a copy: buff.ly/SfFAiCu
buff.ly
November 26, 2025 at 12:18 PM
Beth Rigby spotted that the OBR accidentally published their Budget papers too soon. It's down now, but I've archived a copy: buff.ly/SfFAiCu
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Don't want to jinx it, but my first day at the OBR seems to be going really well.
November 26, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Don't want to jinx it, but my first day at the OBR seems to be going really well.
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Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
Daily Mail owner strikes £500m deal to buy Telegraph titles
Acquisition likely to trigger in-depth investigation by regulator after agreement between DMGT and Redbird IMI
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Well, this is pretty terrifying. The Daily Mail is buying the Telegraph.
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
One massive consolidated right-wing media empire controlled by off-shore interests at a critical moment in global politics.
What could go wrong?
www.theguardian.com/media/2025/n...
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This is one very personal story of how Kennedy’s rhetoric and aims as HHS are damaging health and research. The person telling the story happens to be his cousin who is experiencing in real time the harms he is doing. #ImpeachRFKJr
Tatiana Schlossberg, granddaughter of JFK, announces terminal cancer diagnosis
Journalist, daughter of Caroline Kennedy and Edwin Schlossberg, reveals she has acute myeloid leukemia
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM
This is one very personal story of how Kennedy’s rhetoric and aims as HHS are damaging health and research. The person telling the story happens to be his cousin who is experiencing in real time the harms he is doing. #ImpeachRFKJr
Red trousers, must be a Tory
Was a true pleasure to go to Nottingham to interview Ken Clarke, truly the archetypal big political beast.
In an extended conversation, we talk about Reeves nightmare Budget, his long political journey and his fears for where politics might go next.
Listen 👇
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In an extended conversation, we talk about Reeves nightmare Budget, his long political journey and his fears for where politics might go next.
Listen 👇
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
November 22, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Red trousers, must be a Tory
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Pence rebukes Trump for his comments on Khashoggi's murder:
"I would not have made that statement... I think it's very important that we never cast aside our deep commitment to freedom, to freedom of the press. Had I been given the opportunity... that meeting would have gone a little different."
"I would not have made that statement... I think it's very important that we never cast aside our deep commitment to freedom, to freedom of the press. Had I been given the opportunity... that meeting would have gone a little different."
November 19, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Pence rebukes Trump for his comments on Khashoggi's murder:
"I would not have made that statement... I think it's very important that we never cast aside our deep commitment to freedom, to freedom of the press. Had I been given the opportunity... that meeting would have gone a little different."
"I would not have made that statement... I think it's very important that we never cast aside our deep commitment to freedom, to freedom of the press. Had I been given the opportunity... that meeting would have gone a little different."
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November 18, 2025 at 4:45 PM
November 18, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Looking forward to the “Reform’s war on motorists” headlines.
November 17, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Looking forward to the “Reform’s war on motorists” headlines.
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Today’s Observer
Today’s Observer
November 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@karenada59.bsky.social
Today’s Observer
Today’s Observer
Massive Black Friday reduction John Lewis
November 14, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Massive Black Friday reduction John Lewis
Storm Claudia wreaking havoc today.
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Storm Claudia wreaking havoc today.
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 PM
November 12, 2025 at 9:47 AM
Wes: If only I find the person spreading these rumours, I’ll look them hard in the mirror and tell them to stop.
Health Secretary Wes Streeting denies PM leadership challenge
November 12, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Wes: If only I find the person spreading these rumours, I’ll look them hard in the mirror and tell them to stop.
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Is he self aware that him and his party have helped caused this? Or is he just a total psycho and saying what he thinks we want to hear?
Either way, don’t vote Labour
Either way, don’t vote Labour
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Is he self aware that him and his party have helped caused this? Or is he just a total psycho and saying what he thinks we want to hear?
Either way, don’t vote Labour
Either way, don’t vote Labour
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And people say he never talks up his achievements.
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:57 AM
And people say he never talks up his achievements.
Mr “Island of Strangers” speaks
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
Racism returning to UK politics – and people are very scared, says Starmer
PM attacks ‘toxic division of Reform’ and gives strongest signal yet that two-child benefit cap will be lifted
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UK politics live – latest updates
Decades-old racism is returning to British politics, and “it makes people feel very scared” Keir Starmer has said, warning that divisive hard-right politics was “tearing our country apart”.
Speaking to GP and TV personality Amir Khan, the prime minister accused Nigel Farage’s Reform UK of overseeing a return of the racist and divisive politics “that frankly I thought we had dealt with decades ago”. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Mr “Island of Strangers” speaks