Adrian Smith

Northern bastard. Former advertising executive, loves music, cycling, skiing, sailing, beer, wine....life. not in any particular order. Drives around UK a lot

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@TiceRichard Oh! So not the BBC’s fault this time. Funny how they shift their blame. I mean: when you start not speaking to Nick Ferrari anymore, you really have lost the plot

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@SarahForRuncorn @reformparty_uk Stop your establishment twaddle. Ordinary voters like me know he doesn’t have the answers to solving the problem. The fact that he’s squealing after a few weeks of media interest since £5m shows he’s not up to being PM. Very aggressive & defensive. Not a good look

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@LeeHurstComic …and what is your view on Trump then? Pathetic. You used to be funny once. Now you’ve gone some insane rabbit hole

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@GoodwinMJ What a load of twaddle. It’s called a free press. BBC is a prime example: left think it’s Tory & Right wing., Right/Reform think it’s full of pinkos & communists! Must be doing something right

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@danwootton Asking legitimate questions. He changes his answer every time. Defensive if not downright aggressive. From Starmer downwards, our current government have come under much more scrutiny & aggressive negative comment. The suit & spectacle debacle was well over the top

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@TRobinsonNewEra She likes to use toxic language. Well she went to a pub where the majority didn’t wanted her there. Free speech. It shows her lashing out physically at someone and then smashes her hand at the person filming. Not much different from the behaviour of your bullying at migrants.

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@SandyofSuffolk @HughMuir19 @ShirtsDavid And if we hadn’t Brexit’d with no trade deal with EU we would have had today £48 billion more tax revenue into the coffers to help pay for a better NHS. Nigel is a great salesman but he’s all blarney. Has no solutions; just highlights problems. He’s not going to be PM

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@danny__kruger Total hogwash. Rayner, Starmer Johnson have all been hounded…and Farage has been first in line to point fingers. You’re just worried he’s going to walk away and Reform fold

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@GBNEWS @CamillaTominey So for 4 minutes instead of being able to discuss the vagrancy bill for which he was invited on to discuss (an important bill for Reform types) she repeatedly witters on about his support for Burnham. Its politics! I thought he answered perfectly well. Create division/negativity

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@AndreaEganGS How the hell were you voted into the top job in your union? I bet your membership would rather have armed forces properly equipped and ready to defend our country than allow a hostile country walk all over us undefended. Wouldn’t matter if we had the best funded public services!

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@mikegalsworthy @Nigel_Farage Could a politics teacher mark this essay as if it was handed in for a GCSE? Complete bollocks, inaccurate…and fails to mention that as a former Tory he fiscally agreed with austerity. Cheered on Johnson Brexit deal These have contributed to the state of the UK economy.

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@IainDale @beverleyturner @LBC I suppose in this modern social media world you make more money spreading silly populist right wing crap. It’s a business model that sadly is creating division

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@Nigel_Farage Maybe because you don’t like answering legitimate questions. I’ve laid a nice bet down that you will not stand at the next general election. The more questions are asked about you the Emperors clothes syndrome kicks in

[Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli]

Norway and the UK drilled the same North Sea.

🇳🇴Norway got $2 trillion.
🇬🇧The UK got tax cuts.

Same basin,Same era.... Completely different outcomes.

Norway captured $30 per barrel in government revenue. The UK captured $11.

That gap, compounded over 50 years of production, is the entire difference.

Norway's model was simple: tax heavily (78% marginal rate), take direct equity stakes in fields via the SDFI, own part of Equinor, and put everything surplus into a fund invested abroad.

The Government Pension Fund Global now holds over $2 trillion in assets.
That's $390,000 per Norwegian citizen about 1.5% of all listed equities on earth.

The fiscal rule: only spend the 3% annual real return. Never touch the principal.

The UK started producing earlier, at lower prices, with a lower tax rate (40%) and no saving mechanism.

North Sea revenues flowed straight into the general budget.

Economists estimate the UK missed out on roughly £400 billion compared to a Norwegian style regime.

The windfall largely financed tax cuts in the 1980s rather than a fund.

Where things stand in 2026?

Norway's petroleum sector will generate $63 bn in net cash flow this year alone feeding a fund already large enough to cover 10-15% of the national budget from returns alone.

The UK is a net energy importer.
Since 2021 it has paid countries like Norway more than £100 billion for gas.

One country treated oil as a finite resource to convert into permanent financial wealth.

The other treated it as income.

image source:eia

[Adrian Smith @Ado_Smiffy]

@DaleVince We only knew more about what Mandelson was up to because of the Epstein Files collated by the FBI that had the power to extract the information. Otherwise we’d have only known what was publicly available before. There are parallels. Farage didn’t want this public

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@JoeyMannarino NOTHING!! You are hateful person. The bible says Love thy neighbour. Posts like these are good reason you have been banned

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@policylaila No it’s not. More honest than Farage. In fact he’s back slided (no doubt because opinion polls are showing people want free at the point of access) to the French system, but then you, Reform & your leader have very muddled positions, exposed when asked for more policy detail.