Ms Lesley Smith
@mslesleysmith.bsky.social
Ex Amazon and Revolut. Brent Councillor. London, Norfolk, politics, walking, running slowly…🇺🇦
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Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
November 24, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Brilliant thecritic.co.uk/auntie-in-th...
This is brilliant!
November 25, 2025 at 11:32 AM
This is brilliant!
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I realise this is simplistic, but it seems to me that rather than starting from the position that Russia will win in the end and that, if UKR doesn’t accept that, the US will help accelerate the process, the US could say to Putin “we’re not going to let you win”. The dynamic depends on US will.
November 23, 2025 at 10:41 AM
I realise this is simplistic, but it seems to me that rather than starting from the position that Russia will win in the end and that, if UKR doesn’t accept that, the US will help accelerate the process, the US could say to Putin “we’re not going to let you win”. The dynamic depends on US will.
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1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
November 23, 2025 at 3:30 PM
1) Start the worst European war since 1945 and commit every imaginable war crime
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
2) Decide how you want to be rewarded for your aggression
3) Leak the list of your desiderata to the US press
4) Wait for the US president to enforce your wish list on your victim.
Russian policy 2025
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Did everyone see Dom on the news?
November 21, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Did everyone see Dom on the news?
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lmao, but aside from that: 👌
Quite the correction by the Telegraph. The publication in question is @freemovement.bsky.social
November 21, 2025 at 7:06 PM
lmao, but aside from that: 👌
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In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
November 21, 2025 at 7:41 PM
In an era filled with tech dipshits who never developed emotionally past the age of 13 & use their wealth to become odious monsters ...
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
... listen to Steve Wozniak.
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Hear me out… is there a way Ukraine can make Mamdani their ambassador to the United States?
November 21, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Hear me out… is there a way Ukraine can make Mamdani their ambassador to the United States?
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TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
November 21, 2025 at 9:25 PM
TRUMP [after spending 5 minutes with Zohran]: surplus value, it’s a very wonderful thing, very wonderful, and they’re stealing it. Can you believe that?
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
We’re going to be looking very strongly at the bourgeoisie, what they’re up to
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Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
Windpower sets new record for baseload - Energy Live News
Wind supplied 43% of all power last week setting a new record of 22.7 GW
www.energylivenews.com
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Britain has set a new wind generation record.
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
"At 7:30pm on 11 November wind turbines...provided enough clean electricity to power more than 22 million homes"
"Wind was delivering 43.6% of all power on the system which means three quarters of Britain’s homes were effectively running on wind alone"
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Proud moment from the live polling at live @therestpolitics.bsky.social show in Glasgow. Fabulous crowd. Thanks to all who come and for your terrific Qs. So much hope and positivity amid the gloom. Scotland truly is the best country on earth
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Proud moment from the live polling at live @therestpolitics.bsky.social show in Glasgow. Fabulous crowd. Thanks to all who come and for your terrific Qs. So much hope and positivity amid the gloom. Scotland truly is the best country on earth
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Shabana Mahmood to Laura Kuenssberg docs.google.com/document/d/1...
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Shabana Mahmood to Laura Kuenssberg docs.google.com/document/d/1...
This makes me so happy @henrymance.ft.com
November 15, 2025 at 5:19 PM
This makes me so happy @henrymance.ft.com
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The Traitors Circle by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is really terrific. Buy now.
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The Traitors Circle by @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social is really terrific. Buy now.
@figlover.bsky.social Petula Clark also started in Powell & Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going (as the slightly weird daughter) in 1945!
November 13, 2025 at 2:13 PM
@figlover.bsky.social Petula Clark also started in Powell & Pressburger’s I Know Where I’m Going (as the slightly weird daughter) in 1945!
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If you haven't read @markurban.bsky.social's insider takes on the BBC 'crisis' (scare quotes since there is one every five years or so- see the experience of almost every previous DG), they are very worth it and an interesting contrast with @lewisgoodall.com
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
The BBC is Deep in Crisis
Some inside scoop on what's happened and why
markurban.substack.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you haven't read @markurban.bsky.social's insider takes on the BBC 'crisis' (scare quotes since there is one every five years or so- see the experience of almost every previous DG), they are very worth it and an interesting contrast with @lewisgoodall.com
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
markurban.substack.com/p/the-bbc-is...
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Hadn't realsied that ex FT, BreakingViews and Reuters journalist Hugo Dixon is the guy behind the plan to channel Russia’s $300 billion frozen sovereign assets to Ukraine via a reparations loan. Dixon devised he plan in March 2024 with Lee Buchheit and Daleep Singh.
🔊 Western countries hold $300 billion of Russia’s central bank assets. EU leaders have endorsed lending them to Kyiv. On The Big View podcast, Reuters Commentator-at-Large Hugo Dixon, an early advocate of the idea, tells Peter Thal Larsen how it works reut.rs/4nM4J7n
How to use frozen Russian assets to help Ukraine: podcast
Western countries hold $300 bln in cash and bonds owned by Moscow’s central bank. EU leaders have endorsed lending them to Kyiv. On this episode of The Big View podcast Reuters Commentator-at-Large Hugo Dixon, an early advocate of the idea, tells Peter Thal Larsen how it works.
reut.rs
November 11, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Hadn't realsied that ex FT, BreakingViews and Reuters journalist Hugo Dixon is the guy behind the plan to channel Russia’s $300 billion frozen sovereign assets to Ukraine via a reparations loan. Dixon devised he plan in March 2024 with Lee Buchheit and Daleep Singh.
Why not? Your word list is gallingly deficient New York Times.
November 11, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Why not? Your word list is gallingly deficient New York Times.
Don’t believe this nonsense either. What is the Times playing at.
Fancy a big night in? Britons go nuts for pub snacks at home
Demand for pork scratchings, real ales and Scotch eggs soar as middle-class consumers seek to recreate a ‘proper old boozer’ without going out
Demand for pork scratchings, real ales and Scotch eggs soar as middle-class consumers seek to recreate a ‘proper old boozer’ without going out
Fancy a big night in? Britons go nuts for pub snacks at home
www.thetimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Don’t believe this nonsense either. What is the Times playing at.
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Bill Nighy for DG BBC. observer.co.uk/culture/inte...
November 9, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Bill Nighy for DG BBC. observer.co.uk/culture/inte...