Dr Adrian McMenamin
@adrianmcmenamin.bsky.social
I write Forth compilers for fun. Living with cancer. E pur si muove. Social democrat.
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Reform showing more of their open, different approach to politics.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reform’s ‘Trumpian’ legal threats hint at more aggressive approach to media
Ultimatums sent to publications appear to intensify as Nigel Farage’s party rises in polls
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Reform showing more of their open, different approach to politics.. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
I’m quite surprised at the strength of my reaction to Farage. As the kids say, I’ve been triggered. Because he is the racist abusers I met in English schools who, 45 years ago, excused their abuse in exactly the same way.
November 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
I’m quite surprised at the strength of my reaction to Farage. As the kids say, I’ve been triggered. Because he is the racist abusers I met in English schools who, 45 years ago, excused their abuse in exactly the same way.
Anybody who has ever been subjected to racist abuse will recognise Farage’s weasel words for what they are. He could have apologised but instead he pretends it didn’t matter. 1/3
November 24, 2025 at 8:53 PM
Anybody who has ever been subjected to racist abuse will recognise Farage’s weasel words for what they are. He could have apologised but instead he pretends it didn’t matter. 1/3
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Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Reform UK's Zia Yusuf calls Nathan Gill 'ancient history'
The party's head of policy says he has never met Nathan Gill, who served as the leader of Reform UK in Wales in 2021.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Except that’s not true.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
Gill was the head of Reform UK in Wales only a few years ago - in 2021.
Gill was constantly seen by Farage’s side since his first election - as a UKIP MEP - in 2014.
Reform must come clean with their Russian connections.
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To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
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university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
university fees #TomorrowsPapersToday
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 PM
To be clear, this is a tariff on our own exports.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
Yes, it will raise money - tariffs do. The question is whether it will also cut exports from one of our core economic strengths- HE.
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I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
November 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I’ve been in a room with Putin. He calls Ukrainians “Russians with accents.” His real fear isn’t NATO expansion, it’s democracy expansion. It shatters his entire argument for dictatorship at home. Because if Ukrainians embrace freedom, Russians may demand the same.
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This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
November 22, 2025 at 5:53 PM
This, from the Guardian, is Ryanair at its very worst.
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
It's not good enough for them to insist that they're a low-cost airline and everyone knows the rules, in circumstances like this...
I wonder if legislation is needed?
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The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
28 Points Later
A definitive guide to the Russian zombie diplomacy of Trump’s peace plan for Ukraine — aka what happens when you let the Russians eat your brains
www.greatpower.us
November 22, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The “deal” deprives Ukraine of everything it has won by withstanding Russian aggression and defending the borders of Europe.
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
It rewards Russian lawlessness—and makes America complicit in the lawlessness.
It’s the end of post WWII American power.
www.greatpower.us/p/28-points-...
Trump’s ‘deal’ on Ukraine is this generation’s Munich Agreement. In 38 Czechoslovakia wanted to fight but was pressed to surrender. Have Europe’s leaders learned anything since then? We’re about to find out.
November 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Trump’s ‘deal’ on Ukraine is this generation’s Munich Agreement. In 38 Czechoslovakia wanted to fight but was pressed to surrender. Have Europe’s leaders learned anything since then? We’re about to find out.
Another flashing red light?
Mortgage lenders say house buying at risk from surveyor ‘down valuing’
London and the south-east said to be worst affected, with valuations often coming in at 10% below the agreed sale price
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Another flashing red light?
Weller preaching the gospel of class war on TOTP. Tore down the House of Commons with your brand new shoes…
November 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Weller preaching the gospel of class war on TOTP. Tore down the House of Commons with your brand new shoes…
How does Marco Rubio, this year’s Lord Halifax, sleep at night?
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 PM
How does Marco Rubio, this year’s Lord Halifax, sleep at night?
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Nicola Sturgeon repeatedly claimed that had "virtually eliminated" COVID and blamed English tourists for reintroducing it Scotland. That wasn't remotely true.
Nicola Sturgeon has insisted "at no point did I behave politically" during her time leading Scotland through the coronavirus pandemic.
Nicola Sturgeon denies she 'behaved politically' during covid response
The former first minister said it was "very difficult" working with Boris Johnson during the peak covid years in 2020 and 2021.
www.dailyrecord.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Nicola Sturgeon repeatedly claimed that had "virtually eliminated" COVID and blamed English tourists for reintroducing it Scotland. That wasn't remotely true.
If you’d bought a ticket for day 4 you’d be feeling pretty cheesed off
November 21, 2025 at 9:39 AM
If you’d bought a ticket for day 4 you’d be feeling pretty cheesed off
Greens gained a seat last night but also this… weeks of not fantastic local by-election results now make me question just how real the supposed Green polling surge really is. Little comfort for Labour in any of this though.
Hale (Trafford) Council By-Election Result:
🌳 CON: 46.5% (+9.7)
🌍 GRN: 38.1% (-9.6)
➡️ RFM: 8.1% (New)
🌹 LAB: 4.2% (-7.6)
🔶 LDM: 3.1% (-0.6)
Conservative GAIN from Green.
Changes w/ 2024.
🌳 CON: 46.5% (+9.7)
🌍 GRN: 38.1% (-9.6)
➡️ RFM: 8.1% (New)
🌹 LAB: 4.2% (-7.6)
🔶 LDM: 3.1% (-0.6)
Conservative GAIN from Green.
Changes w/ 2024.
November 21, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Greens gained a seat last night but also this… weeks of not fantastic local by-election results now make me question just how real the supposed Green polling surge really is. Little comfort for Labour in any of this though.
Cummings is a scumbag but Gove - a senior minister - trying to blame him - a politically appointed special adviser with no formal powers to direct staff - for what went wrong is contemptible. The culture and appointments in No 10 are the responsibility of politicians alone.
November 21, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Cummings is a scumbag but Gove - a senior minister - trying to blame him - a politically appointed special adviser with no formal powers to direct staff - for what went wrong is contemptible. The culture and appointments in No 10 are the responsibility of politicians alone.
Someone needs to tell Justin Webb that Johnson’s political career ended three years ago.
November 21, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Someone needs to tell Justin Webb that Johnson’s political career ended three years ago.
Covid stuff is pretty grim - all the obvious weaknesses of all the individuals became rather more than matters of banter.
November 20, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Covid stuff is pretty grim - all the obvious weaknesses of all the individuals became rather more than matters of banter.
I don’t believe Labour MPs will vote for this.
Starve your kids - they’re just a perverse incentive anyway - to get your British citizenship. Shame, shame, shame.
November 20, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I don’t believe Labour MPs will vote for this.
Come to Britain as a refugee, wait nine years and get cancer and can’t work- then you can **** off. That is the message of a Labour government? Shameful.
November 20, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Come to Britain as a refugee, wait nine years and get cancer and can’t work- then you can **** off. That is the message of a Labour government? Shameful.
People who said the Covid Inquiry would just be a party political rehash have been proved wrong. The Inquiry’s strong defence of mandatory lock downs is going to shape government policy for the next half century at least - because more dangerous pandemics are coming.
November 20, 2025 at 4:03 PM
People who said the Covid Inquiry would just be a party political rehash have been proved wrong. The Inquiry’s strong defence of mandatory lock downs is going to shape government policy for the next half century at least - because more dangerous pandemics are coming.
Most journalists writing about putative Labour leadership challenges seem entirely unfamiliar with Labour’s rulebook. There is a scope for a challenge just once a year at conference time unless the leader quits.
November 20, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Most journalists writing about putative Labour leadership challenges seem entirely unfamiliar with Labour’s rulebook. There is a scope for a challenge just once a year at conference time unless the leader quits.
When you haven’t used the BBC News app in 36 hours
November 20, 2025 at 12:27 PM
When you haven’t used the BBC News app in 36 hours