Dave Smith
@mista-davesmith.bsky.social
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Pictures that appear to show men in balaclavas slashing ‘migrant dinghies’ have been widely shared online.
Although there have been reports of people destroying small boats, these dramatic images aren’t real and were likely made with AI.
Although there have been reports of people destroying small boats, these dramatic images aren’t real and were likely made with AI.
Fake pictures of ‘British vigilantes’ slashing small boats shared online – Full Fact
Images of men in balaclavas slashing ‘migrant dinghies’ aren’t real and were likely made with AI.
fullfact.org
January 23, 2026 at 2:02 PM
Pictures that appear to show men in balaclavas slashing ‘migrant dinghies’ have been widely shared online.
Although there have been reports of people destroying small boats, these dramatic images aren’t real and were likely made with AI.
Although there have been reports of people destroying small boats, these dramatic images aren’t real and were likely made with AI.
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Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.
January 21, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Robert Jenrick helpfully lists all the things he didn't do during his 10 years in government.
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I'm delighted to welcome Robert Jenrick to Reform! One thing our party urgently needs is more frauds.
January 15, 2026 at 8:44 PM
I'm delighted to welcome Robert Jenrick to Reform! One thing our party urgently needs is more frauds.
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I’m delighted to welcome Robert Jenrick to Reform UK - we need more people like him with strongly held principles. The sort of principle that led him to overrule a planning decision to save a billionaire pornographer £45m in exchange for a £12,000 donation.
January 15, 2026 at 8:56 PM
I’m delighted to welcome Robert Jenrick to Reform UK - we need more people like him with strongly held principles. The sort of principle that led him to overrule a planning decision to save a billionaire pornographer £45m in exchange for a £12,000 donation.
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It's not voters fault.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
January 10, 2026 at 11:07 PM
It's not voters fault.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
It's the fault of a media which deliberately spreads misinformation.
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10th Anniversary of Brexit 🇪🇺🇬🇧 -
Cameron admitting Johnson only backed Brexit as a career punt. Johnson didn’t believe a word of it. He gambled the country for his own ego, assumed Remain would win, then rode the chaos like a lying opportunist. #ukpolitics
Cameron admitting Johnson only backed Brexit as a career punt. Johnson didn’t believe a word of it. He gambled the country for his own ego, assumed Remain would win, then rode the chaos like a lying opportunist. #ukpolitics
January 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM
10th Anniversary of Brexit 🇪🇺🇬🇧 -
Cameron admitting Johnson only backed Brexit as a career punt. Johnson didn’t believe a word of it. He gambled the country for his own ego, assumed Remain would win, then rode the chaos like a lying opportunist. #ukpolitics
Cameron admitting Johnson only backed Brexit as a career punt. Johnson didn’t believe a word of it. He gambled the country for his own ego, assumed Remain would win, then rode the chaos like a lying opportunist. #ukpolitics
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Are you ready for Reform UK Controlled Councils’, 2026 Council Tax hikes?
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 2.99%*
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 2.99%*
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
January 1, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Are you ready for Reform UK Controlled Councils’, 2026 Council Tax hikes?
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 2.99%*
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
Durham: 4.9%
Worcestershire: 5-10%
Warwickshire: ~5%
Leicestershire: 2.99%*
Kent: 5%
Lincolnshire: 2.9-4.9%
Staffordshire: ~5%
West Northamptonshire: 5%
Derbyshire: 4.99%
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Videos with thousands of shares on social media claim that people’s savings over £5,000 could be redirected into a national debt repayment fund from January 2026.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
No, savings above £5,000 aren’t being taken to pay off the national debt – Full Fact
Claims circulating online that savings over £5,000 could be redirected into a national debt repayment fund from January 2026 are not true.
fullfact.org
December 30, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Videos with thousands of shares on social media claim that people’s savings over £5,000 could be redirected into a national debt repayment fund from January 2026.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
But the Treasury confirmed this isn’t true.
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Life really does come at you fast when you're Liz Truss
December 29, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Life really does come at you fast when you're Liz Truss
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Labour MP Natalie Fleet exposes the failings of a Reform-led county council.
Reform UK is targeting the most vulnerable with funding cuts so services can be privatised and handed to their affiliated Tory crooks - including nursing homes, day care centres, SEND provision, and schools. #ukpolitics
Reform UK is targeting the most vulnerable with funding cuts so services can be privatised and handed to their affiliated Tory crooks - including nursing homes, day care centres, SEND provision, and schools. #ukpolitics
December 27, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Labour MP Natalie Fleet exposes the failings of a Reform-led county council.
Reform UK is targeting the most vulnerable with funding cuts so services can be privatised and handed to their affiliated Tory crooks - including nursing homes, day care centres, SEND provision, and schools. #ukpolitics
Reform UK is targeting the most vulnerable with funding cuts so services can be privatised and handed to their affiliated Tory crooks - including nursing homes, day care centres, SEND provision, and schools. #ukpolitics
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Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 23, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Matthew Bowles works for the IEA.
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
Funded by the fossil fuel industry, gambling and tobacco.
Times up.
Merry Christmas!
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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Three weeks without a Reform representative on Laura Kuenssberg! Anyone would think we were avoiding questions about election fraud, MEPs taking Russian bribes, me being a racist bully at school, Reform officials calling LBGT people nonces or my dodgy house purchase.
December 14, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Three weeks without a Reform representative on Laura Kuenssberg! Anyone would think we were avoiding questions about election fraud, MEPs taking Russian bribes, me being a racist bully at school, Reform officials calling LBGT people nonces or my dodgy house purchase.
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The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Robin Ince reveals to last night’s audience at a recording of Infinite Monkey Cage that the BBC has forced him to resign over his support of trans people
December 13, 2025 at 4:36 PM
The fact is no presenter has ever had to leave the BBC for expressing conservative views, or even explicitly endorsing a right-wing party.
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
Was never a problem for Jeremy Clarkson. Was never a problem for Andrew Neil. Was never a problem for Alan Sugar
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Here I am with Reform councillor Andrew Harrison, who was one of a group of people fined over £1m for employing illegal workers. Like all good patriots, he hates immigrants, apart from the ones he can exploit for profit.
December 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Here I am with Reform councillor Andrew Harrison, who was one of a group of people fined over £1m for employing illegal workers. Like all good patriots, he hates immigrants, apart from the ones he can exploit for profit.
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So it appears that the donor of £9m to Reform UK also owns 10% of a crypto-currency company Russia has been using to avoid sanctions!?!
December 6, 2025 at 7:06 PM
So it appears that the donor of £9m to Reform UK also owns 10% of a crypto-currency company Russia has been using to avoid sanctions!?!
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“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
December 5, 2025 at 8:26 AM
“In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker who arrived on a boat. Today we have 46,000 a year and do you know why? It was because of the botched Brexit deal pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage. Nigel Farage should be here apologising”
Daisy Cooper
Daisy Cooper
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I’m very pleased that Jonathan Gullis has joined Reform – we need more conviction politicians with strongly held principles. In other news, here he is explaining why there is absolutely no chance he would ever defect to Reform.
December 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I’m very pleased that Jonathan Gullis has joined Reform – we need more conviction politicians with strongly held principles. In other news, here he is explaining why there is absolutely no chance he would ever defect to Reform.
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"But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years...
...unless councillors agree more cuts or council tax increases or use of reserves or a combination of the three."
...unless councillors agree more cuts or council tax increases or use of reserves or a combination of the three."
Reform cabinet backs £10mn cuts to start filling Durham’s growing black hole
Reform is now learning that running a big council is not as easy as it probably thought
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 11:00 AM
"But the measures will still leave the county council with a deficit of £72mn over the coming four years...
...unless councillors agree more cuts or council tax increases or use of reserves or a combination of the three."
...unless councillors agree more cuts or council tax increases or use of reserves or a combination of the three."
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Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year...
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
Council tax shock for thousands of Durham’s poorest – thanks to Reform UK
Durham will scrap full council-tax rebates, forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to start paying for the first time
northeastbylines.co.uk
November 30, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Around 26,000 of the neediest people in County Durham will have to start paying council tax next year...
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
About 2,400 others who already pay some council tax will lose part of their rebate.
Women and the disabled will be disproportionately affected.
Not quite what Reform UK had promised.
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Local Reform UK has accelerated their refuk - Durham’s Reform-run council is punishing its own voters by scrapping full council-tax relief and forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to pay for the first time.
Source: North East Bylines
Source: North East Bylines
November 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Local Reform UK has accelerated their refuk - Durham’s Reform-run council is punishing its own voters by scrapping full council-tax relief and forcing 26,000 low-income working-age residents to pay for the first time.
Source: North East Bylines
Source: North East Bylines
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Important not to overlook the fact that this bilge is amplified & disseminated by many prominent - and very real - racists who benefit financially, professionally & politically from the process.
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Important not to overlook the fact that this bilge is amplified & disseminated by many prominent - and very real - racists who benefit financially, professionally & politically from the process.
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Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
Files show then PM was walking dog, riding motorbike and hosting guests as pandemic planning stalled in ‘lost month’
Boris Johnson took four days off from official government business during a key period in the UK’s Covid preparation when the NHS was bracing to be “overwhelmed” by the virus.
Official disclosure for the period in February 2020 – described by the Covid inquiry as a “lost month” in the country’s crisis response – reveal Johnson enjoyed an extended break during the half-term holidays at Chevening, a governmental estate in Kent, where he spent time walking his dog and taking motorcycle rides. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Boris Johnson took four days off as NHS warned Covid could ‘overwhelm’ system
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Sunak always get left out of the Covid fallout. Eat Out to Help Out. Concocted Furlow & Covid loans but allowed people to defraud it easily and then chose not to get the money back. Prisons. Unfunded NI decrease and July election. His wife’s non dom status. Another loathsome Tory
November 22, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Sunak always get left out of the Covid fallout. Eat Out to Help Out. Concocted Furlow & Covid loans but allowed people to defraud it easily and then chose not to get the money back. Prisons. Unfunded NI decrease and July election. His wife’s non dom status. Another loathsome Tory
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All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.
November 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
All those journalists - led by Kuenssberg and Peston - who cheer-led Boris Johnson into Number 10 should be hanging their heads in shame today, and retiring tomorrow.