Adam Barnett

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Reform Accused of ‘Cash for Access’ Over £250,000 Champagne Breakfast With Nigel Farage Reform UK is offering access to Nigel Farage at its party conference for sums ranging from £25,000 to a quarter of a million pounds. The right-wing populist party is advertising for companies to atten...

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Reform Accused of ‘Cash for Access’ Over £250,000 Champagne Breakfast With Nigel Farage

The party is allowing corporate executives to buy time with Farage at its annual conference.

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The answer is “smothered in honey”

Reform Splurged £1.3m on Right-Wing Newspaper Adverts During Election Nigel Farage’s Reform UK paid almost £1.3 million to conservative publications during the 2024 general election campaign. The right-wing populist party, which frequently claims to be a victim of media...

🔴 NEW - Reform paid almost £1.3 million to right-wing newspapers during the 2024 general election campaign - roughly 25% of its total budget.

📝 @desmog.com scoop with @adambarnett.bsky.social 👇

How Ireland’s ‘Mediocre’ Milk Powder Made it Big in West Africa In a packed function room in Lagos, Nigeria, the jaunty sounds of Stevie Wonder’s ‘Sir Duke’ start to play. Then, as a giant sparkler and confetti cannon erupt, a curtain slowly parts to reveal a spin...

Just published in collaboration with The Journal and Premium Times our investigation linking Irish dairy giants to “mediocre” milk powder in West Africa

With✍️ @phoebecooke.bsky.social‬, @shaunacorr.bsky.social and Beloved John @premiumtimesng.bsky.social

Staff Shortages Have Forced Major Cuts to Environment Agency Water Quality Monitoring, Internal Documents Reveal This investigation was published in partnership with Unearthed and the BBC The Environment Agency (EA) has dropped 10,000 water quality tests from its work to ensure the health of England’s rivers and...

🔴 10k water quality tests have been cut by the UK's environmental regulator since May, designed to monitor the impacts of sewage, farm runoff and other pollution on rivers & lakes

✍️with the brill @ellieodonnell.bsky.social for @desmog.com & @unearthednews.bsky.social
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What were the errors?

Extreme Weather Events are the New Frontline of Online Climate Denial – Report Climate science deniers are flooding social media with false claims during extreme weather events, drowning out reliable information and putting lives at risk. A new report by the Center for Counterin...

🔴 NEW - Extreme Weather Events are the New Frontline of Online Climate Denial – Report

Social media posts by conspiracy theorist Alex Jones received 408 million views – more than emergency services and mainstream media combined.

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Good on @kevinschofied.bsky.social for including the crime stats context

Fun fact: Chris Wright is former CEO of oil company Liberty Energy and ex-director of oil & gas lobby group Western Energy Alliance.

Not mentioned by @economist.com

Heatwave is a weird time to publish climate denial from a fossil fuel lobbyist

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Great to see so many people find this valuable!💥

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How far Reform gets into restricted information over time, Musk-DOGE style, depends on the opposition of local people in local governments and communities, like councillors.

Get loud now before Reform gets farther.

What they're doing now is practice for a national stage.

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With Friends Like These: Nigel Farage’s Year of Speaking at Radical Right-Wing Groups Nigel Farage has spent his first year in Parliament giving speeches to radical right-wing groups close to President Donald Trump, making multiple trips to the U.S. to push his anti-climate agenda. As ...

🔴NEW: Nigel Farage’s Year of Speaking at Radical Right-Wing Groups

The Reform UK leader has addressed several anti-climate outfits with ties to Donald Trump – while making nearly £1 million on top of his MP’s salary

Me with @rtakver.bsky.social

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

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

❓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...

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Fun fact: Chris Wright is former CEO of oil company Liberty Energy and ex-director of oil & gas lobby group Western Energy Alliance.

Not mentioned by @economist.com

Heatwave is a weird time to publish climate denial from a fossil fuel lobbyist

www.desmog.com/2025/02/17/u... @desmog.com

Hello @sundersays.bsky.social I don’t know what you’re screenshotting here, but it’s a misrepresentation of Martin Amis, who is describing a view not his own.

Here are the lines immediately preceding this excerpt, transcribed from the doc, which is on YouTube (see image):

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Story by me & @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com

Graphic by @writesbright.bsky.social

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

❓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...

Amis wasn’t endorsing that view

With Friends Like These: Nigel Farage’s Year of Speaking at Radical Right-Wing Groups Nigel Farage has spent his first year in Parliament giving speeches to radical right-wing groups close to President Donald Trump, making multiple trips to the U.S. to push his anti-climate agenda. As ...

🔴NEW: Nigel Farage’s Year of Speaking at Radical Right-Wing Groups

The Reform UK leader has addressed several anti-climate outfits with ties to Donald Trump – while making nearly £1 million on top of his MP’s salary

Me with @rtakver.bsky.social

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

Nigel Farage makes startling omission in almost all of his Commons speeches Parliamentary records show Farage has spoken 46 times in the Commons in the past year – less than once a week

Story has also been published by The Mirror 👇

Nigel Farage Has Mentioned Clacton Only Four Times in Commons Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has mentioned his constituency fewer than half a dozen times in the House of Commons, DeSmog can reveal. Farage has been criticised for making multiple trips to the Unite...

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Nigel Farage has only mentioned Clacton FOUR times in the House of Commons over the past year.

Local residents have accused the Reform leader of “doing nothing” aside from “looking for photo opportunities” 👇

UK can reach net zero by 2050, climate report finds Climate Change Committee says current targets could be met provided country takes ‘steps forward’ to achieve them

Whereas www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Climate Progress and Pushback: 365 Days Under Labour The July 2024 general election saw a major shift in the UK’s approach to tackling climate change. The incoming Labour government made ambitious pledges to cut emissions and switch to green energy, wit...

Climate reasons to be fearful:

1. Labour wastes £££ on (oil&gas fave) carbon capture

2. Tories drop net zero

3. Rise of Reform UK (climate deniers)

4. Media outlets bought by fossil fuel investors (Spectator & Telegraph)

5. Trumpland influence on UK

Read more 👇

www.desmog.com/2025/07/04/c...

Climate Progress and Pushback: 365 Days Under Labour The July 2024 general election saw a major shift in the UK’s approach to tackling climate change. The incoming Labour government made ambitious pledges to cut emissions and switch to green energy,…

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Climate Progress and Pushback: 365 Days Under Labour

Green policy is under threat from corporate lobbying, right-wing parties and media and U.S interference, writes @adambarnett.bsky.social 👇

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Climate Progress and Pushback: 365 Days Under Labour The July 2024 general election saw a major shift in the UK’s approach to tackling climate change. The incoming Labour government made ambitious pledges to cut emissions and switch to green energy, wit...

🔴 NEW: Climate Progress and Pushback: 365 Days Under Labour

Green policy is under threat from corporate lobbying, right-wing parties and media and U.S interference.

Me for @desmog.com

www.desmog.com/2025/07/04/c...

No Kings! Trump's Military Parade Couldn't Drown Out America's Tradition of Protest The anti-Trump protesters have done a far better job than the President of honouring what Americans have fought and died for, reports Adam Barnett

🔴No Kings! Trump’s Military Parade Couldn’t Drown Out America’s Tradition of Protest

The anti-Trump protesters have done a far better job than the President of honouring what Americans have fought and died for, reports @adambarnett.bsky.social

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No Kings! Trump's Military Parade Couldn't Drown Out America's Tradition of Protest The anti-Trump protesters have done a far better job than the President of honouring what Americans have fought and died for, reports Adam Barnett

“The variety and dissonance I saw in Washington was the living refutation of the image of Soviet-style uniformity the president was hoping to project.”

My report from Donald Trump’s military parade for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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No Kings! Trump's Military Parade Couldn't Drown Out America's Tradition of Protest The anti-Trump protesters have done a far better job than the President of honouring what Americans have fought and died for, reports Adam Barnett

“The variety and dissonance I saw in Washington was the living refutation of the image of Soviet-style uniformity the president was hoping to project.”

My report from Donald Trump’s military parade for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

bylinetimes.com/2025/06/24/n...