Mark Smith
@smithy0364.bsky.social
Chislehurst councillor (it matters!) in London Borough of Bromley. Knows that the year consists of 2 seasons - rugby and cricket, with blues, jazz and cask beer all year round!
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This message hits hard.
December 27, 2025 at 8:38 PM
This message hits hard.
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Remembering JOE STRUMMER - who left us 23yrs ago today, aged just 50.
December 22, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Remembering JOE STRUMMER - who left us 23yrs ago today, aged just 50.
Can you imagine how embarrassing England’s performance would have been if the coaches and players hadn’t been focussed on the Ashes for the last two years….
December 18, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Can you imagine how embarrassing England’s performance would have been if the coaches and players hadn’t been focussed on the Ashes for the last two years….
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Best budget day for UK gilts since 2006 >>
Deutsche Bank analysts have spotted an interesting fact:
At first glance, the gilt market likes what it heard from the Chancellor today.
'..today marks the largest fall in 10y gilt yields on the day of a UK budget or major fiscal statement since 2006.'
Deutsche Bank analysts have spotted an interesting fact:
At first glance, the gilt market likes what it heard from the Chancellor today.
'..today marks the largest fall in 10y gilt yields on the day of a UK budget or major fiscal statement since 2006.'
November 26, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Best budget day for UK gilts since 2006 >>
Deutsche Bank analysts have spotted an interesting fact:
At first glance, the gilt market likes what it heard from the Chancellor today.
'..today marks the largest fall in 10y gilt yields on the day of a UK budget or major fiscal statement since 2006.'
Deutsche Bank analysts have spotted an interesting fact:
At first glance, the gilt market likes what it heard from the Chancellor today.
'..today marks the largest fall in 10y gilt yields on the day of a UK budget or major fiscal statement since 2006.'
As far as gilt markets go, this was the best-received Budget since 2006.
Go figure….
Go figure….
November 26, 2025 at 6:40 PM
As far as gilt markets go, this was the best-received Budget since 2006.
Go figure….
Go figure….
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such a disingenuous campaign. Thousands of women did know about the changes announced in 1993 and were sensible enough to plan for it - so will they get compensation?
What about the women who are well-off and see any compensation as a nice bonus? Will they?
Such a disingenuous campaign. Thousands of women did know about the changes announced in 1993 and were sensible enough to plan for it - so will they get compensation?
What about the women who are well-off and see any compensation as a nice bonus? Will they?
Government to rethink rejection of Waspi compensation
Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden says that the rethink does not mean that payouts will necessarily follow.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 11, 2025 at 5:48 PM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Such a disingenuous campaign. Thousands of women did know about the changes announced in 1993 and were sensible enough to plan for it - so will they get compensation?
What about the women who are well-off and see any compensation as a nice bonus? Will they?
Such a disingenuous campaign. Thousands of women did know about the changes announced in 1993 and were sensible enough to plan for it - so will they get compensation?
What about the women who are well-off and see any compensation as a nice bonus? Will they?
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My buddy picked up a spare kid - a friend of his own son. Said kid lives with his dad, a single parent on disability after a near fatal car crash. Last night Kid was at my buddy's for dinner and asked, "Can you pack me some spaghetti to go? My dad's been starving himself to make sure I eat."
November 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
My buddy picked up a spare kid - a friend of his own son. Said kid lives with his dad, a single parent on disability after a near fatal car crash. Last night Kid was at my buddy's for dinner and asked, "Can you pack me some spaghetti to go? My dad's been starving himself to make sure I eat."
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"We got it wrong, dad..."
November 1, 2025 at 11:57 AM
"We got it wrong, dad..."
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They were careless people, Don and Elon—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
November 1, 2025 at 4:58 AM
They were careless people, Don and Elon—they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.
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The Asians expelled by Amin, who arrived in the UK in 1972, have made a massive contribution to the UK.
Meet Katie Lam, Tory MP for the Weald of Kent since July 2024, who wants to emulate Idi Amin by expelling millions of legal immigrants from the UK @iandunt.bsky.social outlines the ex Goldman Sachs banker's depravity, and how it can be countered.
The Tories are morally depraved – this is what true British patriots must do
An immigration plan would see millions of people gathered up and thrown into detention centres ahead of deportation
inews.co.uk
October 25, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The Asians expelled by Amin, who arrived in the UK in 1972, have made a massive contribution to the UK.
Happy to be corrected on this, but the new Tory immigration policy seems to be that someone could have come here perfectly legally, worked hard, and paid their taxes, but if they don’t earn enough money they’ll now be deported.
Is that right?
Is that right?
October 21, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Happy to be corrected on this, but the new Tory immigration policy seems to be that someone could have come here perfectly legally, worked hard, and paid their taxes, but if they don’t earn enough money they’ll now be deported.
Is that right?
Is that right?
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That's a city bigger than Oxford- just homeless kids.
We made a special documentary episode of News Agents on this last year. Being in temporary accommodation is devastating for kids' life chances. It is also bankrupting councils.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
We made a special documentary episode of News Agents on this last year. Being in temporary accommodation is devastating for kids' life chances. It is also bankrupting councils.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
INVESTIGATION: Britain’s hidden homeless children
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 28/04/2024 · 34m
podcasts.apple.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:36 PM
That's a city bigger than Oxford- just homeless kids.
We made a special documentary episode of News Agents on this last year. Being in temporary accommodation is devastating for kids' life chances. It is also bankrupting councils.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
We made a special documentary episode of News Agents on this last year. Being in temporary accommodation is devastating for kids' life chances. It is also bankrupting councils.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/t...
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If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer
I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services.
Get in touch!
www.mathew-owen.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 3:56 PM
If you could please do us a favour and RT (or whatever it is on here) my writing CV I would be extremely grateful. I am a very capable writer of words, mainly “humorous”’ and if you have some PROPER paid work for me, please DM me. Thank you for your time www.mathew-owen.co.uk
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Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.
From Donald Trump's Roundtable on Antifa just now —
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
"Antifa has been around in various iterations for almost 100 years in some instances, going back to the Weimar Republic in Germany."
— special guest Jack Posobiec
October 9, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Big presence on the beaches of Normandy in 1944 too.
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Demanding a Nobel Prize should automatically mean exclusion from ever receiving one.
If the Nobel committee award one to Trump, its credibility will be zero.
If the Nobel committee award one to Trump, its credibility will be zero.
October 9, 2025 at 5:41 AM
Demanding a Nobel Prize should automatically mean exclusion from ever receiving one.
If the Nobel committee award one to Trump, its credibility will be zero.
If the Nobel committee award one to Trump, its credibility will be zero.
Funnily enough, the complaints from the right in the US about “activist judges” ended when six activist judges on the Supreme Court abolished Roe v Wade.
"What I want is the removal of activist judges we have in our country right now."
Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute”.
Is this, as the Lib Dems say, a ‘Trumpian purge?’
Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute”.
Is this, as the Lib Dems say, a ‘Trumpian purge?’
Robert Jenrick denies 'Trumpian purge' after conference attack on ‘activist judges’ | The News Agents
Shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick tells Emily Maitlis 'activist judges’ are bringing the UK’s legal system into “disrepute” and vows to make appointments a political decision under a future…
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October 7, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Funnily enough, the complaints from the right in the US about “activist judges” ended when six activist judges on the Supreme Court abolished Roe v Wade.
Pretty safe to say this is the first time that Trump and Neil Warnock have appeared in the same paragraph….
September 29, 2025 at 6:39 PM
Pretty safe to say this is the first time that Trump and Neil Warnock have appeared in the same paragraph….
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Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery
Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 27, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Nathan Gill is no fringe politician.
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
He was the leader of the Reform Party and before that UKIP in Wales.
A Brexit Party MEP.
A friend and ally of Nigel Farage, who in 2016 called him:
"terrific," and "as honest as the day is long."
This is a MASSIVE story
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public.
Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.
Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.
September 26, 2025 at 8:58 AM
Today’s digital ID announcement yet another example of how X being the main platform for political discourse will inevitably throw the MSM’s coverage off course, because online right opinion is fevered/way off the beat with the public.
Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.
Guess who need digital/reliable ID most? Those in poverty.
This is one of the most reprehensible things a UK politician has said for quite some time.
"We were told thalidomide was a safe drug and it wasn't..."
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
Nigel Farage says he has 'no idea' if Donald Trump is right about paracetamol being linked to autism.
September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This is one of the most reprehensible things a UK politician has said for quite some time.
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September 20, 2025 at 4:59 AM
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Are conservatives really OK with Kirk's vile racism (including antisemitism), misogyny and homophobia being frequently described as "conservative views"?
Charlie Kirk gave a voice to young people alienated by campus intolerance — his killing is an American tragedy grim and raw | ✍️ Gerard Baker
Charlie Kirk made conservatism cool again
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September 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Are conservatives really OK with Kirk's vile racism (including antisemitism), misogyny and homophobia being frequently described as "conservative views"?
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Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.
September 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Judging by the shamefully opportunistic & politicizing rhetoric of some rightwingers on Twitter, & their cynical use of Charlie Kirk’s horrific murder for political point scoring, it’s almost as if Minnesota Rep. Melissa Hortman wasn’t murdered by a Trump-voting MAGA maniac just 12 weeks ago.