Peter Smith
@socialistsmithy.bsky.social
Socialist, Trade Unionist, Playwright , Europhile and lifelong Aston Villa fan. That'll do for now.
In Manchester on Thursday three people were killed at the synogogue. Two of them were killed by the police, who also injured another man. This is described as a terrorist outrage, though no evidence has as yet been made public. The Chief Rabbi says all pro- Palestine marches must now be banned. Mmm.
October 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
In Manchester on Thursday three people were killed at the synogogue. Two of them were killed by the police, who also injured another man. This is described as a terrorist outrage, though no evidence has as yet been made public. The Chief Rabbi says all pro- Palestine marches must now be banned. Mmm.
Whilst I deplore the violent attack outside a Manchester synagogue and hope all the victims recover the PM's response raises several questions. If this had happened outside a mosque would the PM fly back from abroad and hold a Cobra meeting? Has Israel paused its killing because it's Yom Kippur?
October 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Whilst I deplore the violent attack outside a Manchester synagogue and hope all the victims recover the PM's response raises several questions. If this had happened outside a mosque would the PM fly back from abroad and hold a Cobra meeting? Has Israel paused its killing because it's Yom Kippur?
Labour's response to the Corbyn/Sultana new party saying that the country has twice rejected Corbyn is disingeuous. Corbyn's Labour got the biggest vote for Labour since 1997 and in 2019 still got many more votes than Starmer in 2024.
July 24, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Labour's response to the Corbyn/Sultana new party saying that the country has twice rejected Corbyn is disingeuous. Corbyn's Labour got the biggest vote for Labour since 1997 and in 2019 still got many more votes than Starmer in 2024.
How on earth does a paint job on two RAF planes cost £7 million? Someone's having a laugh!
July 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
How on earth does a paint job on two RAF planes cost £7 million? Someone's having a laugh!
Outrageous treatment of Diane Abbott. She is saying what is so obviously true. At a community event on racism a Jewish colleague said that he only got abuse if he wore his kippah and identified himself as Jewish. If you are black you are permanently identified.
July 17, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Outrageous treatment of Diane Abbott. She is saying what is so obviously true. At a community event on racism a Jewish colleague said that he only got abuse if he wore his kippah and identified himself as Jewish. If you are black you are permanently identified.
It is very clear that Israel is a rogue state, a threat to the Middle East. It attacks who it wants when it wants. The Syrian capital today and who knows what tonight or tomorrow, secure in the knowledge that UK and other western states will go on supporting while uttering words of condemnation.
July 16, 2025 at 3:35 PM
It is very clear that Israel is a rogue state, a threat to the Middle East. It attacks who it wants when it wants. The Syrian capital today and who knows what tonight or tomorrow, secure in the knowledge that UK and other western states will go on supporting while uttering words of condemnation.
Criticism of BBC over the non- screening of the Gaza documentary voiced by the son of a Hamas government minister seems bizarre. Whether Nandy likes it or not Hamas IS the government of Gaza even if the West says it is a terrorist organisation. Israel is a terrorist government in my view
July 5, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Criticism of BBC over the non- screening of the Gaza documentary voiced by the son of a Hamas government minister seems bizarre. Whether Nandy likes it or not Hamas IS the government of Gaza even if the West says it is a terrorist organisation. Israel is a terrorist government in my view
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It's not often i manage to capture more than one Kingfisher in the same photo, so here's my #StunDay capture for this lovely warm Sunday morning with 2 of them on the same reed at Rodley Nature Reserve.
#birds #wildlife #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #naturephotography #birdphotography
#birds #wildlife #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #naturephotography #birdphotography
June 22, 2025 at 7:14 AM
It's not often i manage to capture more than one Kingfisher in the same photo, so here's my #StunDay capture for this lovely warm Sunday morning with 2 of them on the same reed at Rodley Nature Reserve.
#birds #wildlife #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #naturephotography #birdphotography
#birds #wildlife #EastCoastKin #ukbirding @rspb.bsky.social #naturephotography #birdphotography
I fail to see how spraying paint on RAF planes on the ground constitutes terrorism.
June 23, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I fail to see how spraying paint on RAF planes on the ground constitutes terrorism.
So for the West it's not OK for Russia to attack Ukraine but it's fine for Israel to attack Iran, after engaging in genocide in Gaza. Usual double standards and perfidious Albion
June 13, 2025 at 6:34 PM
So for the West it's not OK for Russia to attack Ukraine but it's fine for Israel to attack Iran, after engaging in genocide in Gaza. Usual double standards and perfidious Albion
Eluned Morgan is right.Labour will only counter Reform by tacking. to the left, not tacking right. As for the landslide it is built on sand and hundreds of very small majorities can be washed away.
May 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Eluned Morgan is right.Labour will only counter Reform by tacking. to the left, not tacking right. As for the landslide it is built on sand and hundreds of very small majorities can be washed away.
Labour is badly mistaken if it thinks that copying Reform is the route to electoral success. They should be presenting a principled alternative.
April 28, 2025 at 9:16 AM
Labour is badly mistaken if it thinks that copying Reform is the route to electoral success. They should be presenting a principled alternative.
Yet again the Board of Deputies talks about the Jewish community. There is no homogenous Jewish community, just as there is no homogenous Christian community.
April 17, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Yet again the Board of Deputies talks about the Jewish community. There is no homogenous Jewish community, just as there is no homogenous Christian community.
In 2024Angus Hanton asked ,'how robustly could British policy makers respond to a second Trump presidency that turned its back on the rule of law, worked much harder to erect trade barriers, shrank NATO and promoted ever closer relations with..Vladimir Putin at the expense of Ukraine?'
April 8, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In 2024Angus Hanton asked ,'how robustly could British policy makers respond to a second Trump presidency that turned its back on the rule of law, worked much harder to erect trade barriers, shrank NATO and promoted ever closer relations with..Vladimir Putin at the expense of Ukraine?'
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Labour's slogan for local elections is 'Change'. To what? Even more poverty, inequality and despair.
April 3, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Labour's slogan for local elections is 'Change'. To what? Even more poverty, inequality and despair.
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Almost all Labour members want the government to introduce a new wealth tax. We agree.
A wealth tax is both urgent and necessary.
A wealth tax is both urgent and necessary.
NEW: How did Labour members react to the Spring Statement?
Our latest poll with @labourlist.bsky.social shows:
- Sharp drops in cabinet favourability
- Disapproval of welfare reforms
- Pessimism ahead of May’s elections
@vlazarov.bsky.social breaks down the findings 🧵
Read more: wp.me/p1cU9i-7f0
Our latest poll with @labourlist.bsky.social shows:
- Sharp drops in cabinet favourability
- Disapproval of welfare reforms
- Pessimism ahead of May’s elections
@vlazarov.bsky.social breaks down the findings 🧵
Read more: wp.me/p1cU9i-7f0
Labour Members React to Spring Statement with Pessimism on Policies and Electoral Prospects | Survation
Survation’s second Labour members’ poll in partnership with LabourList conducted immediately following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ Spring Statement shows sharp declines in leadership favourability, stro...
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April 3, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Almost all Labour members want the government to introduce a new wealth tax. We agree.
A wealth tax is both urgent and necessary.
A wealth tax is both urgent and necessary.
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"Balancing the books on the most vulnerable in society was not in the Party's manifesto, nor is it what voters voted for."
Our response to the Chancellor's #SpringStatement 🔽
Our response to the Chancellor's #SpringStatement 🔽
March 26, 2025 at 1:36 PM
"Balancing the books on the most vulnerable in society was not in the Party's manifesto, nor is it what voters voted for."
Our response to the Chancellor's #SpringStatement 🔽
Our response to the Chancellor's #SpringStatement 🔽
bsky.app/profile/peop... I support this statement from Momdntum on the Spring Statement and general approach of this Labour Government
"Balancing the books on the most vulnerable in society was not in the Party's manifesto, nor is it what voters voted for."
Our response to the Chancellor's #SpringStatement 🔽
Our response to the Chancellor's #SpringStatement 🔽
March 27, 2025 at 5:16 PM
bsky.app/profile/peop... I support this statement from Momdntum on the Spring Statement and general approach of this Labour Government
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The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
March 17, 2025 at 11:50 AM
The video of Trump’s deportees arriving in El Salvador is horrific.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
This is 21st century Nazism.
Identities concealed, trafficked to a foreign labour camp. No due process, no evidence of crime. Dehumanised.
Where is the global outrage?
The crime is historic; the normalisation catastrophic.
Tranquillity on one part of the Med coast of Africa, but carnage and despair not far away
March 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Tranquillity on one part of the Med coast of Africa, but carnage and despair not far away
Starmer calls the Russian abduction of Ukrainian children 'moral outrage', but killing & maiming of Palestinian children? Not a word!
March 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Starmer calls the Russian abduction of Ukrainian children 'moral outrage', but killing & maiming of Palestinian children? Not a word!
Don't give licences for oil and gas in the North Sea
March 12, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Don't give licences for oil and gas in the North Sea
All praise to Annaliese Dodds resigning from the government in protest at its cuts to Foreign Aid. Promises by Starmer are worthless.
February 28, 2025 at 5:59 PM
All praise to Annaliese Dodds resigning from the government in protest at its cuts to Foreign Aid. Promises by Starmer are worthless.
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#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
Advertisement at a London bus stop. Ya gotta love the British…
February 24, 2025 at 2:58 PM
#BlueskyResistance #Voices4Victory #ProudBlur
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