Farage wants more stop & search. The evidence – and experience – say the answer isn’t more, it’s better. Reform the practice, not just the numbers. Stop and Search: Looking Beyond the Politics open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

The only question worth asking after the Alaska love in is whether #Trump is more, or less, in the pocket of #Putin than he was in the trousers of #JeffreyEpstein And is #sex the key or is it all about #money and #power

Trump’s “guarantee” to Ukraine looks less like peace and more like surrender. From oligarch bailouts to Epstein shadows, the trail leads back to Moscow. Can Zelensky trust a man Putin already owns? open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

🦔🦊 Hedgehogs, Foxes, and the New Puritans — on the death of nuance, purity tests, and why Orwell still matters. open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Respectable Violence - my new essay. From Salem’s witches to lynching postcards, from Prohibition crusades to asylum hotel arsons. History shows how sentiment can turn respectable voices into instruments of brutality. open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Quick correction and repost of my Wednesday/Chansiri piece... little change but they were important at this crucial time. The Tribune Sheffield Wednesday open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Politicians on left and right sell hope with simple stories: fairness, transformation, liberation. But the numbers don’t add up. From Truss’s crash to France’s collapse... Reeves’s boring fiscal rules may be the only thing saving Britain The Labour Party a8drewson.substack.com/p/boring-fisca…

Hard problems: growth, housing, borders. Soft targets: judges, migrants, the ECHR. This piece explains why that swap is self-defeating, and why real fixes need safeguards and a referee, not rallies. open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

A field guide to the authoritarian playbook, from truth-bending to process-as-punishment. Then the fix for Britain: keep debate open, correct lies at full volume, and shine sunlight on covert influence, including think tanks with opaque funding. open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

🚨 Boris Johnson’s secret deals, shady lobbying & cash grabs exposed. Millions in private gigs and still taking £115K of OUR money while under investigation. Suspend his ex-PM allowance now. 38d.gs/la7n

Can a boycott save Sheffield Wednesday? Sheffield Wednesday The Tribune The Star, Sheffield open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Starmer and Burnham look different on camera but work under the same fiscal ceiling. The fight that matters is visible delivery on work, housing and a lawful, working asylum system Keir Starmer The Labour Party Labour Press open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Why is there a conspiracy, not of silence, but of an unwillingness of the Sheffield media to talk sense on Chansiri and the boycott? The Star, Sheffield BBC Sheffield The Tribune a8drewson.substack.com/p/can-a-boycot… a8drewson.substack.com/p/sheffield-we… Sheffield Wednesday Barry Bannan

A bribery case shows Kremlin lines paid into Brussels. The same themes echoed on GB News and were made familiar by Farage. Add bot noise and a Lexit overlap, and you see how the debate tilts in ways that weaken support for Ukraine. Defense of Ukraine open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Can you please sort out the shit you have caused with the stupid pin that I never set... I don't have FB bollocks on any other device so this is impossible Facebook Meta

What happened to Neil Oliver is not just about one presenter, it is about how wellness and politics fused after lockdown and why evidence lost ground to purity and control. What Happened to Neil Oliver? A Short Study in Isolation and Explanation open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Does Trump Deserve the Nobel Peace Prize? open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…

Hope and Ambition: Future-proofing the UK This sets out a practical UK plan: storage, grid, magnets, anodes, recycling and mine-water heat + a ring-fenced resilience fund to pay for it.,, how we steady bills and reduce dependence over time Ed Miliband open.substack.com/pub/a8drewson/…