Tim Smith
@timsmithricky.bsky.social
Choir Director, Piano Teacher, Accompanist, anti-Tory, pro-kindness
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For services to the UK.
(Top work from Tesco marketing team.)
(Top work from Tesco marketing team.)
‘Blue plaque’ in Walthamstow Tesco honours lettuce that outlasted Liz Truss
Star of Daily Star’s web stunt given fake heritage mark after proving itself less perishable than Truss’s premiership
www.theguardian.com
October 4, 2024 at 6:35 PM
For services to the UK.
(Top work from Tesco marketing team.)
(Top work from Tesco marketing team.)
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I have good news and bad news about my friend Schrödinger's cat…
August 26, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I have good news and bad news about my friend Schrödinger's cat…
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The painting of Margaret Thatcher has been moved to the kitchen which is a problem as my milk keeps disappearing...
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
The lady’s not for returning – but where has No 10’s Thatcher portrait gone?
Painting that hung in the former PM’s study since 2009 no longer there – but aides are tightlipped as to its whereabouts
www.theguardian.com
August 30, 2024 at 2:37 PM
The painting of Margaret Thatcher has been moved to the kitchen which is a problem as my milk keeps disappearing...
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
www.theguardian.com/politics/art...
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One more time, BBC News: the word is "PEOPLE".
October 5, 2024 at 2:30 PM
One more time, BBC News: the word is "PEOPLE".
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February 10, 2024 at 10:23 AM
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Danny Kruger: “Brexit will be the great standing achievement of our time in office”
Yes. Where ‘achievement’ is an epic shitshow of dishonesty, ignorance, corruption and prejudice, enabling the most dismal politicians ever to hold power and routinely abuse it, at unprecedented cost to the country.
Yes. Where ‘achievement’ is an epic shitshow of dishonesty, ignorance, corruption and prejudice, enabling the most dismal politicians ever to hold power and routinely abuse it, at unprecedented cost to the country.
January 8, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Danny Kruger: “Brexit will be the great standing achievement of our time in office”
Yes. Where ‘achievement’ is an epic shitshow of dishonesty, ignorance, corruption and prejudice, enabling the most dismal politicians ever to hold power and routinely abuse it, at unprecedented cost to the country.
Yes. Where ‘achievement’ is an epic shitshow of dishonesty, ignorance, corruption and prejudice, enabling the most dismal politicians ever to hold power and routinely abuse it, at unprecedented cost to the country.
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quarto decimo die Decembris, Minimus libum invenit. On the 14th of December, Minimus finds a honey cake. 🏺Latin Advent Calendar 🐭
December 14, 2023 at 4:25 PM
quarto decimo die Decembris, Minimus libum invenit. On the 14th of December, Minimus finds a honey cake. 🏺Latin Advent Calendar 🐭
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Painfully close to home in so many ways
December 14, 2023 at 10:12 PM
Painfully close to home in so many ways
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Kate Andrews *again*?! Are you actually kidding?
Right - time to bust out this article again on #BBCQT bias to rightwing think tanks. 👇👇
Right - time to bust out this article again on #BBCQT bias to rightwing think tanks. 👇👇
An open letter to the BBC
Dr Russell Jackson, senior lecturer in communication and public relations at Sheffield Hallam University, writes to the BBC about Question Time
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
December 13, 2023 at 9:28 PM
Kate Andrews *again*?! Are you actually kidding?
Right - time to bust out this article again on #BBCQT bias to rightwing think tanks. 👇👇
Right - time to bust out this article again on #BBCQT bias to rightwing think tanks. 👇👇
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‘The new ‘Rwanda deal’ was a shock to Rwandans. We know this is no place for asylum seekers
‘I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its human rights record is appalling’
By Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its human rights record is appalling’
By Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The new ‘Rwanda deal’ was a shock to Rwandans. We know this is no place for asylum seekers | Vic...
I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country, says Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza, Rwandan opposition leader
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2023 at 3:30 AM
‘The new ‘Rwanda deal’ was a shock to Rwandans. We know this is no place for asylum seekers
‘I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its human rights record is appalling’
By Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
‘I was sentenced to 15 years’ jail for speaking out about the government in my country. Its human rights record is appalling’
By Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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We’re spending £118,264 a year on a Minister of Common Sense, but the government has failed to explain what that will pay for.
Esther McVey, the Minister of Common Sense – whatever that is
We’re spending £118,264 a year on a Minister of Common Sense, but the government has failed to explain what that will pay for
centralbylines.co.uk
November 27, 2023 at 9:52 PM
We’re spending £118,264 a year on a Minister of Common Sense, but the government has failed to explain what that will pay for.
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Ditching the ECHR would be like deciding halfway through a tightrope walk that the safety net is really just cramping your style.
Let’s talk about the European Convention on Human Rights
Ditching the ECHR would be like deciding halfway through a tightrope walk that the safety net is really just cramping your style
sussexbylines.co.uk
December 2, 2023 at 12:41 AM
Ditching the ECHR would be like deciding halfway through a tightrope walk that the safety net is really just cramping your style.
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EXCLUSIVE: We’re spending £118,264 a year on a Minister of Common Sense…
…but what will Esther McVey *do* in that role? When Bylines asked the Cabinet Office for its definition of common sense, no reply was forthcoming. How very common-sensical!
…but what will Esther McVey *do* in that role? When Bylines asked the Cabinet Office for its definition of common sense, no reply was forthcoming. How very common-sensical!
Esther McVey, the Minister of Common Sense – whatever that is
We’re spending £118,264 a year on a Minister of Common Sense, but the government has failed to explain what that will pay for
centralbylines.co.uk
November 29, 2023 at 8:14 PM
EXCLUSIVE: We’re spending £118,264 a year on a Minister of Common Sense…
…but what will Esther McVey *do* in that role? When Bylines asked the Cabinet Office for its definition of common sense, no reply was forthcoming. How very common-sensical!
…but what will Esther McVey *do* in that role? When Bylines asked the Cabinet Office for its definition of common sense, no reply was forthcoming. How very common-sensical!
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Reality of Tory promises
They were
- told the child care sector was struggling
- told there were not enough resources
Childcare shortage is laid bare with lack of spaces for under-fives
They were
- told the child care sector was struggling
- told there were not enough resources
Childcare shortage is laid bare with lack of spaces for under-fives
Childcare shortage is laid bare with lack of spaces for under-fives
Labour education spokesman Bridget Phillipson accused the Tories of 'pouring petrol on to the fire' by promising more free childcare but not providing enough spaces.
mol.im
December 2, 2023 at 7:42 AM
Reality of Tory promises
They were
- told the child care sector was struggling
- told there were not enough resources
Childcare shortage is laid bare with lack of spaces for under-fives
They were
- told the child care sector was struggling
- told there were not enough resources
Childcare shortage is laid bare with lack of spaces for under-fives
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Today we learned Laura Trott is the unthinking person’s Helen Whately | John Crace
The bottom of the Tory gene puddle reached
The bottom of the Tory gene puddle reached
Today we learned Laura Trott is the unthinking person’s Helen Whately | John Crace
After becoming chief secretary to the Treasury, this was Trott’s moment to crash and burn on the media round
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2023 at 9:20 PM
Today we learned Laura Trott is the unthinking person’s Helen Whately | John Crace
The bottom of the Tory gene puddle reached
The bottom of the Tory gene puddle reached
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I’ve got about 1/40th as many followers on this site as I had on the bird site, but I feel I’ve almost got enough to have conversations and make connections like I did before the other place went 😵. Need to keep posting here and visit there less. Thanks for being here everyone! #academicsky
November 20, 2023 at 8:09 PM
I’ve got about 1/40th as many followers on this site as I had on the bird site, but I feel I’ve almost got enough to have conversations and make connections like I did before the other place went 😵. Need to keep posting here and visit there less. Thanks for being here everyone! #academicsky
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Why would a powerful, majority Labour government find itself having to choose between party ambition and social justice?
Via Bylines Scotland
Via Bylines Scotland
Labour’s PR dilemma
Why would a powerful, majority Labour government find itself having to choose between party ambition and social justice?
bylines.scot
November 14, 2023 at 8:41 PM
Why would a powerful, majority Labour government find itself having to choose between party ambition and social justice?
Via Bylines Scotland
Via Bylines Scotland
New Health Secretary married to British Sugar MD, new Environment Secretary married to Anglian Water exec. You couldn't make it up.
November 14, 2023 at 8:48 PM
New Health Secretary married to British Sugar MD, new Environment Secretary married to Anglian Water exec. You couldn't make it up.
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And here we have it, Braverman whips up her Dogs of War, her very own Proud Boys or Sturmabteilung (SA). Then uses the inevitable response to her rhetoric to further her agenda.
November 12, 2023 at 6:55 PM
And here we have it, Braverman whips up her Dogs of War, her very own Proud Boys or Sturmabteilung (SA). Then uses the inevitable response to her rhetoric to further her agenda.
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I will not stand by whilst this Government plunges millions more into poverty, robs us of our human rights & undermines our very democracy. That’s why today I’m launching CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. LET’S FIGHT BACK TOGETHER!
https://youtu.be/sFDxFhzqqeg?si=yqlhg-dw7SmT8n-T
https://youtu.be/sFDxFhzqqeg?si=yqlhg-dw7SmT8n-T
Millions in the UK face poverty & hunger & now our human rights are at risk- IT’S TIME TO FIGHT BA...
Millions in the UK face poverty & hunger & now democracy & our human rights are at riskWE MUST FIGHT BACKThat’s why today I’m launching CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL J...
youtu.be
November 12, 2023 at 1:08 PM
I will not stand by whilst this Government plunges millions more into poverty, robs us of our human rights & undermines our very democracy. That’s why today I’m launching CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE. LET’S FIGHT BACK TOGETHER!
https://youtu.be/sFDxFhzqqeg?si=yqlhg-dw7SmT8n-T
https://youtu.be/sFDxFhzqqeg?si=yqlhg-dw7SmT8n-T
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I see Tommy Robinson was involved. Marched his gang of thugs up to Chinatown after the police stopped them from reaching the Cenotaph, and then ran away in a taxi. A taxi in Pride livery
November 11, 2023 at 3:48 PM
I see Tommy Robinson was involved. Marched his gang of thugs up to Chinatown after the police stopped them from reaching the Cenotaph, and then ran away in a taxi. A taxi in Pride livery
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