Malcolm Armsteen
@smudgesmith.bsky.social
Old but still angry.
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Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.
January 20, 2026 at 12:23 PM
Why is Donald Trump changing his mind every five minutes and saying completely mad stuff an embarrassment for Keir Starmer? It feels like it should chiefly be seen as an embarrassment for the United States.
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So Starmer is still our PM. He didn’t resign before Christmas. Hasn’t resigned since Christmas. Reeves is still our Chancellor too. Streeting and Burnham are still in post.
Maybe the gossip mongers can refrain from making shit up for a while now? Some serious work to be done
Maybe the gossip mongers can refrain from making shit up for a while now? Some serious work to be done
January 20, 2026 at 7:02 AM
So Starmer is still our PM. He didn’t resign before Christmas. Hasn’t resigned since Christmas. Reeves is still our Chancellor too. Streeting and Burnham are still in post.
Maybe the gossip mongers can refrain from making shit up for a while now? Some serious work to be done
Maybe the gossip mongers can refrain from making shit up for a while now? Some serious work to be done
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Meanwhile on Xitter: 'the UK is headed for a fiscal crisis'; 'we can't afford public expenditure'; 'welfare spending's ballooning'; 'migration is way out of control'. All total nonsense of course, but seeping into the policymaking community's brain by a kind of poisonous osmosis.
January 14, 2026 at 4:21 PM
Meanwhile on Xitter: 'the UK is headed for a fiscal crisis'; 'we can't afford public expenditure'; 'welfare spending's ballooning'; 'migration is way out of control'. All total nonsense of course, but seeping into the policymaking community's brain by a kind of poisonous osmosis.
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There are far too many gullible people in the UK.
Strange isn't it... the people who actually live in London overwhelmingly think it's safe.... almost like everyone else is falling for a lie
I wonder what Londoners know that the rest of the country don’t?
January 11, 2026 at 11:16 AM
There are far too many gullible people in the UK.
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Jeremy Clarkson complaining about no village Doctor, no village shops, no village schools, no village bobby.
This is the same Jeremy Clarkson who loves Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron who made all these things happen with their cuts.
He is such a prick.
This is the same Jeremy Clarkson who loves Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron who made all these things happen with their cuts.
He is such a prick.
December 31, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Jeremy Clarkson complaining about no village Doctor, no village shops, no village schools, no village bobby.
This is the same Jeremy Clarkson who loves Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron who made all these things happen with their cuts.
He is such a prick.
This is the same Jeremy Clarkson who loves Margaret Thatcher and David Cameron who made all these things happen with their cuts.
He is such a prick.
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Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
January 7, 2026 at 11:40 AM
Nigel Farage confirms that Reform UK will vote *against* the bill to lift the two child cap, keeping hundreds of thousands of children in poverty.
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Just read on Twitter that the latest pollster recording high polling votes for Reform was registered at exactly the same address as Reform. They quickly tried to change their address….. caught. This is why I don’t believe the Polls. They’re rigged to make you believe Reform are popular. They’re not
January 6, 2026 at 2:47 PM
Just read on Twitter that the latest pollster recording high polling votes for Reform was registered at exactly the same address as Reform. They quickly tried to change their address….. caught. This is why I don’t believe the Polls. They’re rigged to make you believe Reform are popular. They’re not
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Ask Zelensky and the Ukrainian people if Europe should be burning its bridges with Trump at this exact moment.
Their answer tells you how Starmer should respond to the Venezuela crisis.
Their answer tells you how Starmer should respond to the Venezuela crisis.
January 5, 2026 at 11:51 AM
Ask Zelensky and the Ukrainian people if Europe should be burning its bridges with Trump at this exact moment.
Their answer tells you how Starmer should respond to the Venezuela crisis.
Their answer tells you how Starmer should respond to the Venezuela crisis.
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Just imagining our current media being around in June 1944, they'd be asking gotcha questions every 5 minutes. We're not in the same situation of course but dealing with Trump needs diplomacy and world leaders working together, this happens behind closed doors for a reason.
January 5, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Just imagining our current media being around in June 1944, they'd be asking gotcha questions every 5 minutes. We're not in the same situation of course but dealing with Trump needs diplomacy and world leaders working together, this happens behind closed doors for a reason.
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What do 2009 and 2025 have in common?
2025 was the best year for the FTSE 100 since 2009.
2025 was also the first FULL year under a Labour government since 2009.
Coincidence? Maybe. But it's not as if it's the only data point showing improving trends now we have a Labour government again.
2025 was the best year for the FTSE 100 since 2009.
2025 was also the first FULL year under a Labour government since 2009.
Coincidence? Maybe. But it's not as if it's the only data point showing improving trends now we have a Labour government again.
London stock exchange beats Wall Street with best FTSE 100 year since 2009
FTSE index closes up 21.5% on New Year’s Eve at end of strong year for global equity markets
www.theguardian.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:50 AM
What do 2009 and 2025 have in common?
2025 was the best year for the FTSE 100 since 2009.
2025 was also the first FULL year under a Labour government since 2009.
Coincidence? Maybe. But it's not as if it's the only data point showing improving trends now we have a Labour government again.
2025 was the best year for the FTSE 100 since 2009.
2025 was also the first FULL year under a Labour government since 2009.
Coincidence? Maybe. But it's not as if it's the only data point showing improving trends now we have a Labour government again.
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56 Labour 2024 Manifesto Pledges delivered, on track or in progress.
In 18 months Labour are delivering for ordinary people.
Link in below tweet. Judge Labour on what they’re doing. Not what the daily comics tell you.
In 18 months Labour are delivering for ordinary people.
Link in below tweet. Judge Labour on what they’re doing. Not what the daily comics tell you.
December 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
56 Labour 2024 Manifesto Pledges delivered, on track or in progress.
In 18 months Labour are delivering for ordinary people.
Link in below tweet. Judge Labour on what they’re doing. Not what the daily comics tell you.
In 18 months Labour are delivering for ordinary people.
Link in below tweet. Judge Labour on what they’re doing. Not what the daily comics tell you.
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So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
December 4, 2025 at 9:30 AM
So the Daily Mail owner's wife has just given £50,000 to Nigel Farage's Reform UK
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Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
December 3, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Pleased to discover that slightly misnaming the national chess championship you won as a school child is a much more serious offence than repeatedly racially abusing your fellow pupils and telling them they should go to the gas chamber
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What tax does Chris Mason pay by the way? What does Pippa Grear pay and so on. Perhaps self interest is reflected in this and perhaps they should be a bit more “honest”
December 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
What tax does Chris Mason pay by the way? What does Pippa Grear pay and so on. Perhaps self interest is reflected in this and perhaps they should be a bit more “honest”
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I find it rather odd that there are still people who think there’s no Wealth Tax. Here’s the evidence.
Use Google or AI. Don’t rely on the media. The media cannot be relied on probably ever again now.
Billions just this year. Google HMRC Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance Directorate
Use Google or AI. Don’t rely on the media. The media cannot be relied on probably ever again now.
Billions just this year. Google HMRC Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance Directorate
December 1, 2025 at 4:08 PM
I find it rather odd that there are still people who think there’s no Wealth Tax. Here’s the evidence.
Use Google or AI. Don’t rely on the media. The media cannot be relied on probably ever again now.
Billions just this year. Google HMRC Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance Directorate
Use Google or AI. Don’t rely on the media. The media cannot be relied on probably ever again now.
Billions just this year. Google HMRC Wealthy and Mid-Sized Business Compliance Directorate
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The FT today:
Rachel Reeves has succeeded in leading skittish UK bond markets to a safe place. Love or hate the politics of the Budget she delivered this week, it is churlish not to give her credit for that.
Better with Labour. 👍. By far.
Rachel Reeves has succeeded in leading skittish UK bond markets to a safe place. Love or hate the politics of the Budget she delivered this week, it is churlish not to give her credit for that.
Better with Labour. 👍. By far.
November 29, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The FT today:
Rachel Reeves has succeeded in leading skittish UK bond markets to a safe place. Love or hate the politics of the Budget she delivered this week, it is churlish not to give her credit for that.
Better with Labour. 👍. By far.
Rachel Reeves has succeeded in leading skittish UK bond markets to a safe place. Love or hate the politics of the Budget she delivered this week, it is churlish not to give her credit for that.
Better with Labour. 👍. By far.
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Is it any surprise that the Welsh leader of Reform (former UKIP MEP) having taken money from the Russians, that now they are investigating the Scottish UKIP leader (from that period) for the same offence.
Brexit was what Putin wanted in order to weaken the UK.
Brexit was what Putin wanted in order to weaken the UK.
November 28, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Is it any surprise that the Welsh leader of Reform (former UKIP MEP) having taken money from the Russians, that now they are investigating the Scottish UKIP leader (from that period) for the same offence.
Brexit was what Putin wanted in order to weaken the UK.
Brexit was what Putin wanted in order to weaken the UK.
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Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
Badenoch:
Even by her standards, this was a despicable display. Her abuse of Reeves as a woman was absolutely uncalled for and she clearly derived great pleasure from it. She was like a sneering classroom bully.
November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Badenoch:
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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Every Reform voter out there needs to wake up, today Farage feels so confident he can stand in front of us and condemn the ordinary British citizen to high taxes and no protections while he uses us to feed his wealthy pals. Anyone who votes for him/Reform are morons.
November 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Every Reform voter out there needs to wake up, today Farage feels so confident he can stand in front of us and condemn the ordinary British citizen to high taxes and no protections while he uses us to feed his wealthy pals. Anyone who votes for him/Reform are morons.
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Even lower
Such a vile and hatred infested parasite
He would be more suited to 1930s Germany
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/07/02/h...
Such a vile and hatred infested parasite
He would be more suited to 1930s Germany
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/07/02/h...
How Lowe Will He Go? Rupert Lowe is Britain’s most extreme MP – HOPE not hate
With Reform UK currently topping the polls, it’s hard to turn on the radio or open a newspaper without hearing or reading an interview with...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Even lower
Such a vile and hatred infested parasite
He would be more suited to 1930s Germany
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/07/02/h...
Such a vile and hatred infested parasite
He would be more suited to 1930s Germany
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/07/02/h...
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November 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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It gets worse. Has anyone ever met a meerkat that speaks in a Russian accent in real life?
October 25, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It gets worse. Has anyone ever met a meerkat that speaks in a Russian accent in real life?