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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15h

"There is no doubt that the impact of Brexit has been severe and long-lasting", Rachel Reeves tells Sky News, as she suggests that taxes will now have to go up as a result to "make sure the numbers add up".

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

I get these for nbcnews.com. I sometimes wonder what they would charge.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

"Spicy Jesus" shows the welts on his back from repeated clashes with law enforcement.

Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

Great story, great pictures, you should read it.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

Similar with the Lib Dems. The only party to have been straight-forwardly pro-Europe and anti-Brexit, their position is now to have "closer ties" with the E.U and cutting red tape, with rejoining very much a long-term goal.

Helene von Bismarck @helenebismarck.bsky.social · 1d

The Labour Position is weird. "we absolutely won‘t do something about that thing we think is really bad for the Country, and for which we blame the Tories."
Sounds like being invited late to a party you always wanted to attend, except now you are declining out of pique.

Dr Stylite @columnist.bsky.social · 1d

If it’s self damaging for the Conservatives to continue to profess their support for a Brexit no one likes, it’s incoherent - and self damaging - for Labour to both dislike Brexit but at the same time to (largely) support it in its current form.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 1d

re: "peace" in the Middle East, we are going to find out just how hard that is to achieve in the weeks and months ahead www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 3d

I don't think it's unreasonable nor partisan to point out that this was specifically flagged by pro-Europe campaigners and dismissed as scaremongering by Vote Leave et al. "We hold all the cards" comes to mind.

Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 3d

UK travellers should expect "four-hour queues" as new EU border system comes into force. Brexit really is the gift that keeps giving

www.itv.com/news/2025-10...

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 5d

thanks, followed

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 5d

From the other place, the general secretary of the UK's biggest trade union on #swfc owner's repeated failure to pay staff.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 5d

Such is the way the daily news narrative works, I've seen today's decision — which was likely decided months ago — described as a "snub" to Trump.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 5d

re: the talk of POTUS being eligible for the Nobel Peace Prize, it's worth noting that the committee stopped taking nominations and gathering evidence in January, as per this BBC interview with its chair.
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nobel Peace Prize: Inside room where it gets decided – but will Trump get his wish

For the first time in its 125-year history, the committee allows an exclusive behind-the-scenes glimpse.

www.bbc.com

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 6d

Can I just recycle old tweets here when someone becomes topical again? Worth a go.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 6d

Every day for me. You could be making up Gen Z / Alpha culture and I wouldn't know the difference.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 6d

critics be warnin'

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 14d

Explaining to a U.S. colleague the time the Labour Party candidate, Ed Miliband, had his election pledges chiseled onto a 10-foot stone plinth. This still feels like something that should be made up, but did actually happen.

Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 16d

I can't begin to describe how accurate this is.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 16d

Mass shootings in America keep on coming and there appears to be no real action to stop them or to even understand why people want to kill others and sometimes themselves.

Reporting on the latest one today, at a church in Michigan.

www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

Michigan church shooting live updates: 4 dead and 8 injured in Sunday attack

An attack on a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan has killed at least 4 people and injured 8, police said.

www.nbcnews.com

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 19d

Whatever else this means, Kneecap is going to have a lot of good montage footage for their next film, as their legend just grows and grows news.sky.com/story/terror...

Terror charges against Kneecap rapper cannot continue, court says

Liam Og O hAnnaidh, who performs under the name Mo Chara, is accused of displaying a flag in support of Hezbollah on stage at a Kneecap gig in London in November last year.

news.sky.com

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 19d

I follow this where I live in Hertfordshire - even very small developments have campaigns against them. Facebook comments tend to people saying a mixture of a) "we don't need houses" 🤔 b) "it's just greed" c) "traffic is already
bad"

Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 19d

Local news coverage like this from the Sheffield Star show how difficult it will be to reverse the housing shortage. The odds are really stacked against anyone arguing the green belt should be used for news homes.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 20d

This is a sympathetic interpretation - I might paint one of those on a roundabout to see what happens

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 20d

Make it make sense

Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 20d

The undefeated final boss of this is a union jack with ENGLAND written on it

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 20d

We are seeing a lot of England flags around and I have a question.

Why do some of them have ENGLAND written on them.

Isn't the whole point of flags that you can recognise the nation without needing to write it down.

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Patrick Smith @psmithjournalist.bsky.social · 22d

"It's too much liquid"

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22d

Trump: "It's too much liquid. Too many different things are going into that baby at too big a number. The size of this thing when you look at it. It's like 80 different vaccines and beyond vaccines."

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