"Why is super-patriot Nigel Farage going out of his way to defend Russian imperialism?" Me for @bigissue.com (May 2025) www.bigissue.com/opinion/nige...

‘The challenge is to build a democratic politics that connects the struggle against predatory corporations & authoritarian demagogues with the need for climate action. “Clean power, people power” would be a good slogan.’ newhumanist.org.uk/articles/six...

Breaking: Reform UK mega-donor Christopher Harborne’s jet fuel firm is contracted to refuel US military planes from refineries that use Russian oil New investigation from Unearthed and @datadesk.eco unearthed.greenpeace.org/2026/07/01/c...

Very good time to come support the vital and tireless work of DeSmog!

What’s the best Andy Burnham profile you’ve read?

Climate change is causing record heatwaves, as voters will have noticed. There’s no need to choose between saying we want clean power for jobs/to modernise/cut bills/energy independence etc. AND to cut emissions and stop warming the planet. A thing can be good for multiple reasons.

ICYMI: "If Burnham wants to help post-industrial areas, he’s going to have to decide what he wants them to make. "The net zero sector is growing perhaps three times faster than the rest of the economy." Me in @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/andy-burnh...

ICYMI: "If Burnham wants to help post-industrial areas, he’s going to have to decide what he wants them to make. "The net zero sector is growing perhaps three times faster than the rest of the economy." Me in @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/andy-burnh...

‘The challenge is to build a democratic politics that connects the struggle against predatory corporations & authoritarian demagogues with the need for climate action. “Clean power, people power” would be a good slogan.’ newhumanist.org.uk/articles/six...

And there it is… www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...

Fun to see Stewart Lee mention @desmog.com stories on Reform’s and ARC’s fossil fuel & Trump donors. His @thenerve.news column also cites: @unearthednews.bsky.social @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...

Andy Burnham has uncovered a new problem that every would-be Prime Minister dreads: a policy area with hardly any safe ground left to stand on, writes Adam Barnett national.thelead.uk/p/andy-burnh...

NEW: Andy Burnham votes for net zero – but will climate action survive? The would-be Prime Minister has drillers to the Left of him, and drillers to the Right. Me in @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/andy-burnh... Cites: @desmog.com @unearthednews.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org

I’m not saying the debate in the U.K. has moved to the right, but Ed Miliband is basically seen as Pol Pot for aiming for a climate target first agreed to by…I think Theresa May’s government? Definitely Johnson’s. And this chat is going on during the middle of a record-breaking heatwave

NEW: Andy Burnham votes for net zero – but will climate action survive? The would-be Prime Minister has drillers to the Left of him, and drillers to the Right. Me in @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/andy-burnh... Cites: @desmog.com @unearthednews.bsky.social @carbonbrief.org

NEW: Trump’s Energy Secretary Says ‘Cold Is Larger Killer’ During Record European Heatwave Chris Wright, a former oil and gas executive, urged the UK to embrace fossil fuels at Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/06/23/t...

🔴 NEW 🔴 Farage, Badenoch and a bunch of MAGA leaders have been preaching to the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship this week. Among the major themes has been the apparent need to drill more fossil fuels. It turns out the conference is funded by oil companies, as well as Trump and Reform donors.

Nigel Farage says "Since I was elected as an MP I have taken zero in personal expenses". But he has received £2 million in gifts and outside income. @desmog.com kept the receipts: www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/m...

There’s a big gathering of right-wingers in London this week with Nigel Farage & Kemi Badenoch They call it “Alliance for Responsible Citizenship” As @desmog.com & @unearthed revealed, it’s funded by oil & gas investors & Trump donors Friends fear he’s made a map www.desmog.com/2026/06/18/m...

A pretty indisputable ranking by @dorianlynskey.bsky.social. Fair to only have one essay collection (Penguin here), but I'd flag 'Orwell in Tribune' (edited by @paul-anderson.bsky.social), which is a one-volume political education. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...

Starmer did some very good things and some very bad things. This is more than can be said for his five Conservative predecessors.

Playing stuff out loud on your phone in public is such a red flag, you might as well wear a shirt that says “hi, I’m a sociopath”.

Don’t threaten me with a good time

Story published in partnership with the Guardian 👇🏻

🔴 NEW 🔴 Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Kemi Badenoch are headlining a conference next week, speaking to a crowd of anti-abortion activists, far-right politicians and oil executives 👇🏻

NYC climate folks and journalists, Rei from DeSmog here - I'd love to meet you! I've just arrived from the UK to start my ovarian cancer treatment - there's lots to hope for. I'm new in NY, and would love to meet people and enjoy this city. Or get recs! Happy to get comments on this :). Cheers!

“when Farage’s promised deportations start, national pride will finally be restored, and the world will once again show Britain the respect it feels it deserves.”

🔴 NEW - NatWest Accused of Using ‘Loopholes’ to Invest £17 Million in UK Coal Supplier Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal. 📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social

Buried lede: look at the cross party numbers for “more power for workers”

Robert Hughes on David Hockney (in 1972): “Hockney makes a delicate caricature of high seriousness … his paintings occupy a very fine edge between poignancy and burlesque, submitting neither to the expressionist flavor of one nor to the cartooning of the other.” time.com/archive/6639...

Last night, doctors told me I very likely have late stage ovarian cancer. I am 39. In the waiting room at the hospital, as I awaited that moment, I wrote this poem. Whoever you are, wherever you read this - live your life. In all its glory. In all its pain. Live it. It is everything.

🔴 NEW - Cherie Blair’s Charity Received £3.6 million from ExxonMobil The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

Farage previously indicated he’d be “steering well clear” of Liz Truss’ CPAC GB. Now, he’s headlining the thing. His MAGA paymasters clearly had a word.

🔴 NEW - Two Thirds of Reform’s Wales Shadow Cabinet Are Ex-Tories Welsh Reform labelled a “retirement home for failed Conservatives”. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

NEW: A Climate-Shaped Hole in Our Politics The UK political and media class is ignoring the one "change" we know is happening. I wrote about it for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/climate-ch... @desmog.com

🔴 New - TikTok says climate denial isn't tolerated on TikTok, but... January: Trump-friendly tech giant Oracle takes over US TikTok algorithms to recommend videos May: TikTok sponsors right-wing Canadian conference full of climate deniers My 📝 for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/05/22/t...

NEW: A Climate-Shaped Hole in Our Politics The UK political and media class is ignoring the one "change" we know is happening. I wrote about it for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/climate-ch... @desmog.com

We have to discuss where our energy comes from, not just how much it costs New from @adambarnett.bsky.social as he reflects on the growing vacuum around climate in our politics.

You should all read @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social's excellent reporting from Cuba, where people are caught between Castroite dictatorship, Trumpist imperialism, and grinding poverty. www.forthedeskdrawer.com/p/in-cuba-so...

🔴 NEW - Reform ‘Advisor’ Launches Climate Denial Group in Poland Lois Perry, who helps to run Reform Friends of Israel, is one of the figures behind a new Heartland Institute branch in central Europe. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

Reform came into local govt last May promising to save money by cutting "net zero". Surprise! They didn't find any savings, but they did scrap local carbon targets -- & spread climate denial propaganda. I can't wait to see what they do with 14 more councils! www.desmog.com/2026/05/13/h... 1/

Reform came into local govt last May promising to save money by cutting "net zero". Surprise! They didn't find any savings, but they did scrap local carbon targets -- & spread climate denial propaganda. I can't wait to see what they do with 14 more councils! www.desmog.com/2026/05/13/h... 1/

🔴 How Will Reform Rule Affect Local Climate Policy? Farage’s party has shown over the last year that it will attempt to block and reverse clean energy initiatives in its new councils. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

Wrote a piece about how the obsession with female power slides naturally into conspiracy thinking about Jews, “globalists” and hidden control www.forthedeskdrawer.com/p/the-manosp...

“when Farage’s promised deportations start, national pride will finally be restored, and the world will once again show Britain the respect it feels it deserves.”

I wrote this last May and stand by every word www.bigissue.com/opinion/how-... @bigissue.com

As featured on the front page of The Guardian today 👇🏻 💪🏻

🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage has accepted £2 million since becoming an MP @desmog.com’s analysis, published by The Guardian, shows that the Reform leader has raked in millions on top of the £5 million handed to him by Harborne

🔴 NEW - Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r... @desmog.com