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Adam Barnett

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Journalist News Reporter at DeSmog, Columnist at Big Issue & Byline Times Substack: The Definite Article https://linktr.ee/adambarnettwriter

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · Nov 15

Hi 👋 with so many joining, I thought I’d introduce myself.

I’m an investigative reporter at DeSmog & a politics columnist at the Big Issue. I write features for Byline Times & items for Private Eye

I’m always looking for freelance commissions! Feel free to get in touch.

I’m based in New York 🗽

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 1d

FACTCHECK: What the Climate Change Act actually means for the UK – and what is a load of old nonsense

Really enjoyed putting this together with colleagues, inc learning new things about the fascinating backstory to the Act

Feat. OG authors of the Act & more

www.carbonbrief.org/factcheck-wh...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 1d

Even as they embrace her policy agenda

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 11d

Hmm, weird. Patriot Nigel would never make pro-Russia statements.

Oh wait, yes he has, and I compiled them in this article.

www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

🔴 NEW - Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda

Nigel Farage’s party was told by Offshore Energies UK to rethink its plan to thwart clean energy.

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Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda

LIVERPOOL – The UK’s largest oil and gas trade body has criticised Reform UK’s plans to “turn off the tap” on renewable energy. Nigel Farage’s party has tried to present itself as the oil and gas indu...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

🔴 NEW - Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference

Lobbyists are pushing for the UK’s AI boom to be fuelled by gas.

📝 @writesbright.bsky.social

Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference

LIVERPOOL – Gas companies and Conservative lobby groups have been leaning on the Labour Party to allow tech companies to use gas to power their energy-guzzling artificial intelligence (AI). A number o...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 11d

Hmm, weird. Patriot Nigel would never make pro-Russia statements.

Oh wait, yes he has, and I compiled them in this article.

www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 11d

Just struck me that this character is how Trump sees himself

Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 11d

Where, out of interest?

Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 11d

Winks are subtle. I’d say “swivel-eyed”

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 13d

Story also covered by @thenewworldmag.bsky.social 👇

Reform’s anti-net-zero defector used to praise net zero

Danny Kruger once lauded the UK's policies to slow the rate of climate change

www.thenewworld.co.uk

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 13d

🔴 ‘Madness’: Reform Defector Danny Kruger’s Climate U-Turn

The ex-Conservative previously called climate change “one of the greatest challenges we face” and backed net zero.

‘Madness’: Reform Defector Danny Kruger’s Climate U-Turn

“We need large-scale reindustrialisation and an end to the madness of net zero,” said East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger, Reform UK’s latest defector from the Conservative Party, in The Telegraph on 21 Se...

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Rei Takver @rtakver.bsky.social · 13d

Pay no attention to the 580 diesel generators that can produce enough energy for 3 million homes behind the curtain...

Oh, and did I mention this data centre is part-owned by a Trump-loving billionaire who sat by Starmer at the royal banquet?

My 📝 for
@desmog.com

www.desmog.com/2025/09/25/c...

Colossal Diesel Capacity of Trump-Donor’s UK Data Centre

Blackstone, a U.S. private equity firm run by a Trump-donating billionaire, is building a gargantuan £10 billion AI-ready data centre in the UK with a fleet of backup diesel generators so big that it ...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 18d

Who could have predicted this

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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 20d

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Trump’s ambassador to the UK has hundreds of millions invested in the Big Tech companies that will benefit from this week's trade deal.

📝 @desmog.com story 👇

Trump Ambassador’s Fortune Intertwined With Big Tech Trade Push

President Donald Trump’s UK ambassador holds investments in the companies set to develop flagship tech projects across the country. U.S. financial records show that Warren Stephens’ family-owned inves...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 23d

Tory MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform.

Given his views, he’ll fit right in.

I reviewed his book ‘Covenant’ for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2024/02/22/f...

'Fighting the Enlightenment?': What Do Danny Kruger's New Conservatives Really Want?

Among all the new forms of Conservatism springing up in the run up to the next election, Kruger's New Conservatives appear to be the most religious in their "holy war against the Left"

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James Bloodworth @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social · 23d

Relevant piece given the news >> 'Fighting the Enlightenment?': What Do Danny Kruger's New Conservatives Really Want? – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/02/22/f... @adambarnett.bsky.social

'Fighting the Enlightenment?': What Do Danny Kruger's New Conservatives Really Want?

Among all the new forms of Conservatism springing up in the run up to the next election, Kruger's New Conservatives appear to be the most religious in their "holy war against the Left"

bylinetimes.com

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 23d

Tory MP Danny Kruger defects to Reform.

Given his views, he’ll fit right in.

I reviewed his book ‘Covenant’ for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2024/02/22/f...

'Fighting the Enlightenment?': What Do Danny Kruger's New Conservatives Really Want?

Among all the new forms of Conservatism springing up in the run up to the next election, Kruger's New Conservatives appear to be the most religious in their "holy war against the Left"

bylinetimes.com

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 24d

National front disco surely

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Clare Carlile @clarecarlile.bsky.social · 27d

Calls on top prosecutors to investigate Frans Timmermans were widely covered in July, in escalation of NGO funding debate

What wasn't covered: that the group behind them has close ties to the EPP and "coordinated" with a far-right MEP, who denies climate science

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 27d

🔴 NEW 🔴

Revealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group ‘Collaborated’ With Far-Right Party on Criminal Complaints

📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @phoebecooke.bsky.social

www.desmog.com/2025/09/11/e...

Revealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group ‘Collaborated’ With Far-Right Party on Criminal Complaints

A taxpayers group with close ties to the European People’s Party (EPP) coordinated with Austria’s far-right in the latest escalation of the NGO funding debate, DeSmog can reveal. The Taxpayers Associa...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 29d

Great day for the “bring back Boris” campaign.

Credit @jessicaelgot.bsky.social @direthoughts.com @pippacrerar.bsky.social @rowenamason.bsky.social @harryfoxdavies.bsky.social

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · Sep 5

Two-tier politics

Why does Farage get to play on easy mode?

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · Sep 5

“Farage claimed last year to have “bought a house” in his constituency but the property is actually owned in the name of his partner, meaning he legally avoided higher-rate stamp duty on the purchase of an additional home – given he already owns other properties”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings

Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum

www.theguardian.com

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DeSmog @desmog.com · Sep 5

🔴 Reform’s New Board Members: What Have They Said About Climate Change?

Farage’s new directors reflect his anti-science views.

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Reform’s New Board Members: What Have They Said About Climate Change?

After skipping Parliament’s return from recess this week, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has flown back from Washington DC to kick off his party’s annual conference today in Birmingham. DeSmog has been...

www.desmog.com

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · Sep 4

Reform says it wants to drill in the North Sea so the UK is not dependent on foreign oil.

Is that why its climate panel is sponsored by the Heartland Institute, a U.S. think tank funded by ExxonMobil? 🤔

www.desmog.com/heartland-in...

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · Sep 4

Sen Raskin called Nigel Farage “pro-Putin” in Washington this week. Farage has denied this.

Luckily I compiled all of his Kremlin apologia for @bigissue.com

www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...

We must not allow Nigel Farage to run away from his record on Ukraine

Nigel Farage has been consistent in his support of Putin while spinning dangerous lies about immigrants and minorities.

www.bigissue.com

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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · Jul 15

❓Who does Nigel Farage work for?

Since 2024 election:

£93,904 — MP salary (8.7%)

£981,173 — outside income (91%)

GB News (£394k) Direct Bullion (£280k) Cameo (£134k) Telegraph (£48k) Nomad Capitalist (£40k) News Corp Australia (£25k) Arizona LibertyNetwork (£25k)

www.desmog.com/2025/07/15/w...

Pie chart of Nigel Farage’s income based on register of interests

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