Roland Smith
@rolandmcs.bsky.social
Tracking the moral decay of the Right and patrolling the culture war's boundaries. Once a Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute but now firmly centrist. Telegraph watcher.
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Roland Smith
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· Nov 10
Long thread on how Brexitism started and evolved over 75 years, drawing from Benjamin Grob-Fitzgibbon's 'Continental Drift'.
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
Global Britain, Free Trade, Cakeism, Federalism, anti-federalism, EEA, Winston Churchill, Empire, 52-48 referendums, Enoch Powell, 1975, Thatcher.... It's all here. /1
"The thing which has truly upset me this year is not the actions of people like Musk or Trump. We already knew that there are terrible people in the world. It’s how much compliance there is from people who should damn well know better."
Thank God for Bluesky: A little love letter to the people who would not compromise with Nazis iandunt.substack.com/p/thank-god-...
Thank God for Bluesky
Yes, it's eager. Yes, it's censorious. But it has the very considerable advantage of not being fascist.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
"The thing which has truly upset me this year is not the actions of people like Musk or Trump. We already knew that there are terrible people in the world. It’s how much compliance there is from people who should damn well know better."
Tom Read Wilson's face when Ruby Wax got evicted must win 'Crestfallen Look Of The Year'.
December 5, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Tom Read Wilson's face when Ruby Wax got evicted must win 'Crestfallen Look Of The Year'.
I love it that ITV news has found an actual holocaust survivor to turn the screw on Farage.
December 5, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I love it that ITV news has found an actual holocaust survivor to turn the screw on Farage.
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Clown shit.
People in 100 years are going to learn about this moment in history in disbelief.
People in 100 years are going to learn about this moment in history in disbelief.
December 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Clown shit.
People in 100 years are going to learn about this moment in history in disbelief.
People in 100 years are going to learn about this moment in history in disbelief.
Keep 'em coming...
Former Dulwich college pupil alleges Farage told him ‘that’s the way back to Africa’
Former Dulwich college pupil alleges Farage told him ‘that’s the way back to Africa’
Exclusive: Yinka Bankole compelled to speak out after Reform leader’s attempts to dismiss hurt of alleged targets
A former Dulwich college pupil who claims a teenage Nigel Farage told him “that’s the way back to Africa” has said he felt compelled to speak out after the Reform leader’s attempt at “denying or dismissing” the hurt of his alleged targets.
Yinka Bankole, who claims he had just started at the school when a 17-year-old Farage singled him out for abuse, said he had decided to tell his story in full after watching the Reform leader’s press conference on Thursday. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Keep 'em coming...
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It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Christ on a cracker — these seemingly hostile drones only missed Zelensky’s plane because he was unexpectedly early www.thejournal.ie/drones-dubli...
Four unidentified military-style drones breached no-fly zone to target Zelenskyy's arrival in Dublin
Gardaí are investigating whether the drones took off from land in Dublin or from an undetected ship.
www.thejournal.ie
December 5, 2025 at 9:22 AM
It sure looks like Russian intelligence attempted to use military drones to assassinate the President of Ukraine inside an EU country.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
Looking forward to more thoughts from Belgium on why freezing Russian assets is an escalatory move that might compromise the peace process.
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December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
The BBC listened to complaints about Farage always being on Question Time...
"I should just point out that this will be the 4th appearance since September for unelected gobshite Zia Yusuf"
December 5, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The BBC listened to complaints about Farage always being on Question Time...
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I suspect the real reason Nigel Farage is getting so rattled by the racism allegations is that:
1) He knows he said all these things so can't properly deny them
2) He knows that he carried on saying them well into adulthood
1) He knows he said all these things so can't properly deny them
2) He knows that he carried on saying them well into adulthood
December 4, 2025 at 5:23 PM
I suspect the real reason Nigel Farage is getting so rattled by the racism allegations is that:
1) He knows he said all these things so can't properly deny them
2) He knows that he carried on saying them well into adulthood
1) He knows he said all these things so can't properly deny them
2) He knows that he carried on saying them well into adulthood
Totally normal.
Farage repeatedly shouts ‘Bernard Manning’ at journalists amid racism allegations
Farage repeatedly shouts ‘Bernard Manning’ at journalists amid racism allegations
Farage repeatedly shouts ‘Bernard Manning’ at journalists amid racism allegations
www.independent.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Totally normal.
So he's found one of his old pals.
"Harmless banter, Martin. Harmless banter" - 'Offensive ... but never with malice' - Farage quotes letter from Dulwich contemporary in his defence over racism claims
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
Farage criticises BBC over racism allegations and claims one fellow pupil said he was ‘offensive’ but not racist – UK politics live
Reform leader claims he has had letters of support over racism allegations, but that those letters also described some of his comments as offensive
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
So he's found one of his old pals.
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Reform allegedly launches an investigation into its accidentally White Supremacist council leader.
One thing we are seeing is that groups, journalists and politicians calling out the fascists stop this becoming normalised.
One thing we are seeing is that groups, journalists and politicians calling out the fascists stop this becoming normalised.
Reform UK investigates social media activity of council leader
Staffordshire County Council leader Ian Cooper is alleged to have made racist comments online.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Reform allegedly launches an investigation into its accidentally White Supremacist council leader.
One thing we are seeing is that groups, journalists and politicians calling out the fascists stop this becoming normalised.
One thing we are seeing is that groups, journalists and politicians calling out the fascists stop this becoming normalised.
Didn't realise the Sycamore Gap tree fellers were each sentenced to over 4 years for cutting down a tree.
Lucy Connolly got only 31 months after calling for people to be burned alive in their beds.
I'm sure there's a campaign in there somewhere if anyone could be arsed to find it...
Morning.
Lucy Connolly got only 31 months after calling for people to be burned alive in their beds.
I'm sure there's a campaign in there somewhere if anyone could be arsed to find it...
Morning.
December 4, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Didn't realise the Sycamore Gap tree fellers were each sentenced to over 4 years for cutting down a tree.
Lucy Connolly got only 31 months after calling for people to be burned alive in their beds.
I'm sure there's a campaign in there somewhere if anyone could be arsed to find it...
Morning.
Lucy Connolly got only 31 months after calling for people to be burned alive in their beds.
I'm sure there's a campaign in there somewhere if anyone could be arsed to find it...
Morning.
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2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
December 3, 2025 at 11:03 PM
2 in 3 of Nigel Farage’s current and former partners do not speak English as their first language.
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Had lunch with a French diplomat in Paris this week who said the overtures from the embassy here could best be summed up as "so how can we be back in without, you know, actually being back in"
December 3, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Had lunch with a French diplomat in Paris this week who said the overtures from the embassy here could best be summed up as "so how can we be back in without, you know, actually being back in"
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GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
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Whether by accident or design, the EU is making Britain decide whether it is truly, deeply, viscerally an 'all-in' European state, and not some half-arsed "let's-try-and-get-what-we-can-out-of-it" state.
It's going to be a long old road.
It's going to be a long old road.
You know what? I really don't think it is. Great domestic political posturing, but Labour have no plans to go beyond the 'reset' agenda, certainly none the EU are likely to accept. This will be talk to little if any action.
Starmer declaring “we have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU” is a significant moment.
Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.
Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Whether by accident or design, the EU is making Britain decide whether it is truly, deeply, viscerally an 'all-in' European state, and not some half-arsed "let's-try-and-get-what-we-can-out-of-it" state.
It's going to be a long old road.
It's going to be a long old road.
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I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
December 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
I do sometimes wonder if I'm losing my mind. thecritic.co.uk/full...
Whether by accident or design, the EU is making Britain decide whether it is truly, deeply, viscerally an 'all-in' European state, and not some half-arsed "let's-try-and-get-what-we-can-out-of-it" state.
It's going to be a long old road.
It's going to be a long old road.
You know what? I really don't think it is. Great domestic political posturing, but Labour have no plans to go beyond the 'reset' agenda, certainly none the EU are likely to accept. This will be talk to little if any action.
Starmer declaring “we have to keep moving towards a closer relationship with the EU” is a significant moment.
Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.
Reflects transformation in public opinion + need for economic growth.
December 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Whether by accident or design, the EU is making Britain decide whether it is truly, deeply, viscerally an 'all-in' European state, and not some half-arsed "let's-try-and-get-what-we-can-out-of-it" state.
It's going to be a long old road.
It's going to be a long old road.
The reverberations from the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling continue. #trans
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Women’s Institute will no longer accept trans women as members from April
Exclusive: CEO says decision taken with ‘utmost regret and sadness’ after supreme court ruling on definition of a woman
The Women’s Institute will no longer accept transgender women as members from April following the UK supreme court ruling on the legal definition of a woman, the Guardian can reveal.
Melissa Green, the chief executive of the National Federation of Women’s Institutes, said the organisation had taken the decision with the “utmost regret and sadness”, adding it had “no choice” but to exclude trans women from its membership. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 3, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The reverberations from the April 2025 Supreme Court ruling continue. #trans