Naomi Smith
@pimlicat.bsky.social
CEO @bestforbritain.org
Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social
NED @RoSPA
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NED @RoSPA
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Naomi Smith
@pimlicat.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Starmer is well aware of what needs to be done. Here is what he said when voting for Johnson's UK-EU deal.
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
Deep alignment between the EU and U.K. could close this hole and deliver GDP growth for both sides. This is worth listening to. Tell him he was right then and to do the right thing now 🎧👇
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Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
November 28, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Trump claims “any document” signed by Joe Biden is “hereby terminated.”
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
He calls out executive orders later but obviously “any document” would be much broader and include legislation.
(He can’t legally do that but, as always, we get to watch how far he can push this without repercussions)
I wrote this in frustration today. And despair.
The EU was founded to ensure enduring peace on our continent. With Putin creeping ever closer they must put protectionism aside to uphold their key raison d’etre.
The EU was founded to ensure enduring peace on our continent. With Putin creeping ever closer they must put protectionism aside to uphold their key raison d’etre.
"What message does it send when the EU can’t even agree to a mutually beneficial partnership with the UK?", writes @pimlicat.bsky.social following talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapsing.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/europe-must-get-its-act-together
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/europe-must-get-its-act-together
November 28, 2025 at 8:09 PM
I wrote this in frustration today. And despair.
The EU was founded to ensure enduring peace on our continent. With Putin creeping ever closer they must put protectionism aside to uphold their key raison d’etre.
The EU was founded to ensure enduring peace on our continent. With Putin creeping ever closer they must put protectionism aside to uphold their key raison d’etre.
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odd though - I'm surprised he wants to draw attention to it starting in 2018
have you noticed how Nigel Farage skips straight from Nathan Gill being in UKIP to Nathan Gill being in Reform UK?
not a word about Nathan Gill joining the Brexit Party and being a Brexit Party MEP and GE2019 candidate
have you noticed how Nigel Farage skips straight from Nathan Gill being in UKIP to Nathan Gill being in Reform UK?
not a word about Nathan Gill joining the Brexit Party and being a Brexit Party MEP and GE2019 candidate
November 28, 2025 at 7:50 PM
odd though - I'm surprised he wants to draw attention to it starting in 2018
have you noticed how Nigel Farage skips straight from Nathan Gill being in UKIP to Nathan Gill being in Reform UK?
not a word about Nathan Gill joining the Brexit Party and being a Brexit Party MEP and GE2019 candidate
have you noticed how Nigel Farage skips straight from Nathan Gill being in UKIP to Nathan Gill being in Reform UK?
not a word about Nathan Gill joining the Brexit Party and being a Brexit Party MEP and GE2019 candidate
Reposted by Naomi Smith
"What message does it send when the EU can’t even agree to a mutually beneficial partnership with the UK?", writes @pimlicat.bsky.social following talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapsing.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/europe-must-get-its-act-together
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/europe-must-get-its-act-together
November 28, 2025 at 7:39 PM
"What message does it send when the EU can’t even agree to a mutually beneficial partnership with the UK?", writes @pimlicat.bsky.social following talks for UK to join EU defence fund collapsing.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/europe-must-get-its-act-together
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/europe-must-get-its-act-together
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"... instead of rising to the historic moment, Europe risks relapsing into the habits of complacency that made Putin believe he could get away with invasion in the first place"
Europe's political leaders urgently need to hear this.
Well said @pimlicat.bsky.social.
Europe's political leaders urgently need to hear this.
Well said @pimlicat.bsky.social.
Europe Must Get Its Act Together - Ukraine Can’t Wait
By Naomi Smith
open.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"... instead of rising to the historic moment, Europe risks relapsing into the habits of complacency that made Putin believe he could get away with invasion in the first place"
Europe's political leaders urgently need to hear this.
Well said @pimlicat.bsky.social.
Europe's political leaders urgently need to hear this.
Well said @pimlicat.bsky.social.
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Must read from
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
UK access to SAFE vital to deter tyrant on our doorstep
The UK's access to Europe's SAFE defence fund is vital to deter "the tyrant on our doorstep", campaigners have stressed, following reports that negotiations over Britain joining the €150 billion fund ...
www.bestforbritain.org
November 28, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Must read from
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
@pimlicat.bsky.social
Pro Europeans on both side of the channel need to redouble our efforts to compromise, co-operate and forge stronger partnerships.
Even more important at a moment when Ukraine's sovereign future hangs in the balance.
www.bestforbritain.org/uk_access_to...
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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Negotiations over Britain joining the €150 billion fund have failed.
Yet the UK's access to Europe's SAFE defence fund remains vital to deter "the tyrant on our doorstep," says @pimlicat.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/4p3vSTz
Yet the UK's access to Europe's SAFE defence fund remains vital to deter "the tyrant on our doorstep," says @pimlicat.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/4p3vSTz
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Negotiations over Britain joining the €150 billion fund have failed.
Yet the UK's access to Europe's SAFE defence fund remains vital to deter "the tyrant on our doorstep," says @pimlicat.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/4p3vSTz
Yet the UK's access to Europe's SAFE defence fund remains vital to deter "the tyrant on our doorstep," says @pimlicat.bsky.social.
Read here: https://bit.ly/4p3vSTz
Will has warmth and depth, so…
Turns out the head of comms for Reform called me a c**t.
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
It's not often I agree with them but fair play they were bang on money with this one.
Full story: nation.cymru/news/reform-...
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Will has warmth and depth, so…
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Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
November 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Today's 70% fall in net migration to 205,000 was not one of the six stories in BBC ten o'clock news.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
Ta massive assymetry in whether rises in immigration and falls in immigration are considered newsworthy by broadcasters
Down by 140k isn't thought to be.
Up by 140k undoubtedly would be.
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As I might have mentioned before….. the best political listening you can have on a Sunday morning over coffee and breakfast going.
November 27, 2025 at 6:31 PM
As I might have mentioned before….. the best political listening you can have on a Sunday morning over coffee and breakfast going.
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@quietriotpod.bsky.social is Britain’s most eloquent, thoughtful and beautiful political podcast. It cannot be better. Well, one thing I’d change is the name. Call it The Rest Is…..Quiet Riot and you’d all be the millionaires you deserve to be. Thanks @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 9:06 PM
@quietriotpod.bsky.social is Britain’s most eloquent, thoughtful and beautiful political podcast. It cannot be better. Well, one thing I’d change is the name. Call it The Rest Is…..Quiet Riot and you’d all be the millionaires you deserve to be. Thanks @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social
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As a podcast addict I’ve listened to the budget analysis on ‘Politics at Sam & Anne’s’, ‘The Rest is Politics’, ‘The Newsagents’ and ‘Newscast’, but by far the best and most even handed was ‘Quiet Riot’ well done @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 4:24 PM
As a podcast addict I’ve listened to the budget analysis on ‘Politics at Sam & Anne’s’, ‘The Rest is Politics’, ‘The Newsagents’ and ‘Newscast’, but by far the best and most even handed was ‘Quiet Riot’ well done @pimlicat.bsky.social and @sturdyalex.bsky.social
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I was going to say, is it weird to love your product? But QR is not our product. It's our baby. So, of course we love it. And we love you for continuing to make it real.
@pimlicat.bsky.social
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
@alexrees.bsky.social
@pimlicat.bsky.social
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
@alexrees.bsky.social
Not only did we discuss the budget with a primary focus *on the actual budget*, rather than trivial leaks, silly gossip, or ministers' career prospects, but it ended up being a truly superb discussion about budgets generally, short-termism, and the stupidity of not using the best lever - income tax.
🆕 SPOILER ALERT - Unpicking the Budget 📈
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
November 27, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I was going to say, is it weird to love your product? But QR is not our product. It's our baby. So, of course we love it. And we love you for continuing to make it real.
@pimlicat.bsky.social
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
@alexrees.bsky.social
@pimlicat.bsky.social
@mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
@alexrees.bsky.social
No wifi on my Avanti train between the UK’s two biggest cities and extremely patchy phone signal for 80% of the journey.
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
No wifi on my Avanti train between the UK’s two biggest cities and extremely patchy phone signal for 80% of the journey.
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
We talk about boosting productivity, yet…
The pallet cleanser you need after the bucket of popcorn you stuffed in your gob yesterday
🎧👇
🎧👇
🆕 SPOILER ALERT - Unpicking the Budget 📈
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Unpicking the most-leaked Budget in history, with Vicky Pryce
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26/11/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 8:19 AM
The pallet cleanser you need after the bucket of popcorn you stuffed in your gob yesterday
🎧👇
🎧👇
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Sorry, everyone. I think we've gone and done a thoughtful, balanced episode on #Budget2026, that is more about the economics and the politics, rather than the gossippy nonsense that gets hacks excited. #NotSorry
🆕 SPOILER ALERT - Unpicking the Budget 📈
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Unpicking the most-leaked Budget in history, with Vicky Pryce
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26/11/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Sorry, everyone. I think we've gone and done a thoughtful, balanced episode on #Budget2026, that is more about the economics and the politics, rather than the gossippy nonsense that gets hacks excited. #NotSorry
Reposted by Naomi Smith
🆕 SPOILER ALERT - Unpicking the Budget 📈
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Unpicking the most-leaked Budget in history, with Vicky Pryce
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26/11/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 27, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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A good day for Ed Miliband: mansion tax introduced, green levies moved off bills to taxation, ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences confirmed.
November 26, 2025 at 9:59 PM
A good day for Ed Miliband: mansion tax introduced, green levies moved off bills to taxation, ban on new North Sea oil and gas licences confirmed.
As ever, Vicky is superb. Enjoy! 🎧👇
🆕 SPOILER ALERT - Unpicking the Budget 📈
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
The good stuff
The less good stuff
The economic rationale
The political consequences
Balance, humour, @pimlicat.bsky.social , @sturdyalex.bsky.social & top economist Vicky Pryce.
🍊 open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Unpicking the most-leaked Budget in history, with Vicky Pryce
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26/11/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:35 PM
As ever, Vicky is superb. Enjoy! 🎧👇
Join us on @quietriotpod.bsky.social with a Vicky Pryce for a Budget deep dive. We discuss the macro, the micro and of course…the politics.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Unpicking the most-leaked Budget in history, with Vicky Pryce
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 26/11/2025 · 1h 18m
podcasts.apple.com
November 26, 2025 at 10:34 PM
Join us on @quietriotpod.bsky.social with a Vicky Pryce for a Budget deep dive. We discuss the macro, the micro and of course…the politics.
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Already up on Spotify, if that's your preferred carrier or you're flexible.
open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
November 26, 2025 at 10:27 PM
Already up on Spotify, if that's your preferred carrier or you're flexible.
open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
open.spotify.com/episode/05mP...
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Heads up @quietriotpod.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social (congratulations!) and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social...
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
In newly leaked audio, Peter Thiel admits he urged JD Vance to ignore Pope Leo XIV on moral questions — including the ethical development of AI.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
He goes even further, branding Leo “the woke American pope” and suggesting he’s a tool of the Antichrist.
NEW: JD Vance’s Top Donor Suggests Pope Leo XIV is Antichrist
In a leaked lecture, Peter Thiel says he’s urged Vance to ignore the pope on moral questions — and simply pray for him.
www.thelettersfromleo.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Heads up @quietriotpod.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social (congratulations!) and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social...
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
The Pope is not only a tool of the antichrist, but he is also...drumroll... Wait for it, wait for it...
WOKE!
#WokeyDokey
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The founder of an investment company who bought an £8.5 million London flat after supplying 50 million faulty PPE masks during the pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
Financier’s £8.5m flat frozen amid tax investigation over PPE deal
Tim Horlick bought the Pimlico property shortly after his company was awarded the now-contentious £255m contract by the government
www.thetimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The founder of an investment company who bought an £8.5 million London flat after supplying 50 million faulty PPE masks during the pandemic has had a criminal restraint order imposed on the property.
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...
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Great comparative research from @joshgoddard98.bsky.social . Highly intuitive from a UK pov, too:
November 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Great comparative research from @joshgoddard98.bsky.social . Highly intuitive from a UK pov, too: