MSmitham
@msmitham.bsky.social
Family man, IT nerd, photographer, drone pilot. Left leaning. Glossop UK.
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This year I’m doing No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-November - where for the month of November I only listen to 2-Unlimited.
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
This year I’m doing No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-No-November - where for the month of November I only listen to 2-Unlimited.
I cannot understand why the BBC is taking ANY lessons from a fantasist newspaper and an inveterate liar. Constantly being held to a high standard is good. Rolling over for every critic is just weak.
November 10, 2025 at 12:57 PM
I cannot understand why the BBC is taking ANY lessons from a fantasist newspaper and an inveterate liar. Constantly being held to a high standard is good. Rolling over for every critic is just weak.
I took some video of my home town around dusk tonight.
#DJIMini4Pro #DronePhotography #glossop #derbyshire
#DJIMini4Pro #DronePhotography #glossop #derbyshire
November 8, 2025 at 9:52 PM
I took some video of my home town around dusk tonight.
#DJIMini4Pro #DronePhotography #glossop #derbyshire
#DJIMini4Pro #DronePhotography #glossop #derbyshire
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The choking porn ban is not enough
🖊️ Arielle Domb
🖊️ Arielle Domb
The choking porn ban is not enough
The government announced that it will prohibit "vile and dangerous" strangulation pornography
www.newstatesman.com
November 8, 2025 at 1:52 PM
The choking porn ban is not enough
🖊️ Arielle Domb
🖊️ Arielle Domb
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Self-Portrait with Straw Hat | Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
November 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Self-Portrait with Straw Hat | Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
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Mood over Crummock
November 8, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Mood over Crummock
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only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
November 7, 2025 at 5:28 PM
only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
“earnings over £125,140”
I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?
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The U.S. won’t be sending a high-level delegation to the annual global climate change conference.
Instead, the Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
Instead, the Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
U.S. skips COP30 climate conference, lobbies to sink new global deals
The Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 7, 2025 at 5:30 PM
The U.S. won’t be sending a high-level delegation to the annual global climate change conference.
Instead, the Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
Instead, the Trump administration is using lobbying and economic threats to thwart emissions-cutting and environmental initiatives around the world.
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The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault. https://cnn.it/47KdxUe
November 6, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The man who threw a Subway sandwich at a federal officer in the early days of the Trump administration’s law enforcement surge in Washington, DC, earlier this summer has been found not guilty of assault. https://cnn.it/47KdxUe
It's always lovely to see the BBC holding politicians to account (if they're Labour).
Simple message here: fix the justice system (but don't raise tax)
BBC News - The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Simple message here: fix the justice system (but don't raise tax)
BBC News - The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Chris Mason: The justice system is failing and the buck stops with Lammy
Problems in the prisons and the courts are not new but they are growing and the government doesn't have a grip on them.
www.bbc.com
November 6, 2025 at 8:12 AM
It's always lovely to see the BBC holding politicians to account (if they're Labour).
Simple message here: fix the justice system (but don't raise tax)
BBC News - The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Simple message here: fix the justice system (but don't raise tax)
BBC News - The justice system is failing - the buck stops with Lammy
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
UK ‘sliding into avoidable crisis’, major review into workplace sickness warns
The number of people aged between 16 and 34 who are out of work due to long-term sickness increased by 76% between 2019 and 2024
www.independent.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Such a mystery, what MASS DISABLING EVENT could have happened after 2019 to cause this?
The reason that companies aren't like countries is that you can't just fire people when they can't work anymore.
BBC News - Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns
The number of people who are out of work for health reasons has grown by 800,000 since 2019.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The reason that companies aren't like countries is that you can't just fire people when they can't work anymore.
BBC News - Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
BBC News - Britain sliding 'into economic crisis' over £85bn sickness bill, ex-John Lewis boss warns - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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“Covid jabs gave under-18s heart problems – but were less risky than catching virus”
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
Covid jabs gave under-18s heart problems – but were less risky than catching virus
The health impact of a Covid infection was higher than the risks from the vaccine for teens and children - but it won't settle arguments over current vaccine policy
inews.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:47 AM
“Covid jabs gave under-18s heart problems – but were less risky than catching virus”
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
inews.co.uk/news/health/...
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It doesn't matter how much you pay to go ad free, it's just a matter of time before they'll ask you for more money or demand you subscribe to a higher tier or else ads again. The only ways to deal with these cunts is either deleting your account or using an adblocker.
November 4, 2025 at 10:55 PM
It doesn't matter how much you pay to go ad free, it's just a matter of time before they'll ask you for more money or demand you subscribe to a higher tier or else ads again. The only ways to deal with these cunts is either deleting your account or using an adblocker.
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LUXURY SITES
god above these people are all-in on racism
god above these people are all-in on racism
It's utterly disgusting for Labour to describe the appalling situation in asylum hotels as "luxury".
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
November 4, 2025 at 10:36 AM
LUXURY SITES
god above these people are all-in on racism
god above these people are all-in on racism
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The online baying mob shouting "Vote Reform" after Saturday's train stabbing attack may wish to note that not a single Reform MP has turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on the incident.
November 3, 2025 at 5:39 PM
The online baying mob shouting "Vote Reform" after Saturday's train stabbing attack may wish to note that not a single Reform MP has turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on the incident.
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This postcard I wrote to a young reader, Sasha Stephenson, was returned to me, as she no longer lives at the address she gave me. Please help me to get it to her if you can!
November 3, 2025 at 3:28 PM
This postcard I wrote to a young reader, Sasha Stephenson, was returned to me, as she no longer lives at the address she gave me. Please help me to get it to her if you can!
I thought God would do a bit more smiting in these end times, but no, awful people just keep shouting whatever they like.
November 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
I thought God would do a bit more smiting in these end times, but no, awful people just keep shouting whatever they like.
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Crummock Water, Lake District, 1929.
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Crummock Water, Lake District, 1929.
Happy Halesowen! Did I spell it right?
October 31, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Happy Halesowen! Did I spell it right?
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Just threw a ghost boomerang. That’s gonna come back to haunt me.
October 31, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Just threw a ghost boomerang. That’s gonna come back to haunt me.
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This is what happens when you don't talk to the people that voted for you
Morgan MacSweeney's political strategy is to court Reform UK voters and expect fear of Farage will keep the mugs in line
Labour are doing good stuff, but their comms is all about how mean they can be to immigrants & spongers
Morgan MacSweeney's political strategy is to court Reform UK voters and expect fear of Farage will keep the mugs in line
Labour are doing good stuff, but their comms is all about how mean they can be to immigrants & spongers
Westminster Voting Intention:
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
RFM: 32% (=)
GRN: 17% (+2)
CON: 16% (-1)
LAB: 16% (=)
LDM: 12% (=)
SNP: 2% (=)
Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 29 Oct.
Changes w/ 22 Oct.
October 30, 2025 at 10:46 PM
This is what happens when you don't talk to the people that voted for you
Morgan MacSweeney's political strategy is to court Reform UK voters and expect fear of Farage will keep the mugs in line
Labour are doing good stuff, but their comms is all about how mean they can be to immigrants & spongers
Morgan MacSweeney's political strategy is to court Reform UK voters and expect fear of Farage will keep the mugs in line
Labour are doing good stuff, but their comms is all about how mean they can be to immigrants & spongers
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Labour's ugly rhetoric has consequences: a sentence I frankly wish I'd never felt the need to type. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Racist incidents against UK nurses surge by 55%
Royal College of Nursing calls on government to stop using anti-migrant rhetoric, which it says emboldens racist behaviour
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Labour's ugly rhetoric has consequences: a sentence I frankly wish I'd never felt the need to type. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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🔴Inside Brook House: The Human Cost of the UK’s Abuse-Filled Privatised Immigration Detention System
Private contractors are taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a system riddled with abuse, suicide and criminality, reports Ruth Hopkins
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/30/i...
Private contractors are taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a system riddled with abuse, suicide and criminality, reports Ruth Hopkins
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/30/i...
Inside Brook House: The Human Cost of the UK's Abuse-Filled Privatised Immigration Detention System
Private contractors are taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a system riddled with abuse, suicide and criminality, reports Ruth Hopkins
bylinetimes.com
October 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
🔴Inside Brook House: The Human Cost of the UK’s Abuse-Filled Privatised Immigration Detention System
Private contractors are taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a system riddled with abuse, suicide and criminality, reports Ruth Hopkins
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/30/i...
Private contractors are taking hundreds of millions of pounds from a system riddled with abuse, suicide and criminality, reports Ruth Hopkins
bylinetimes.com/2025/10/30/i...