Smartie
@smartsmartie.bsky.social
Born in Yorkshire in the last century before we had a National Health Service. My father was a coal miner who was part of the trade union movement. I was brought up to respect and listen to the opinions of others.
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Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
November 22, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Farage can now be easily boxed in to a corner where his only ‘defence’ becomes: “Yes I spouted Kremlin propaganda & Putin worship but, unlike Nathan Gill, I didn’t need bribes to do it.”
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
It is, once again, a question of whether interviewers have the temerity to shut down his whining obfuscations.
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If you missed @therestpolitics.bsky.social emergency episode on Covid inquiry yesterday here it is. @rory-stewart.bsky.social called it right at the time and Johnson,
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
alastaircampbell.org/2025/11/471-...
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
alastaircampbell.org/2025/11/471-...
471. Rory Stewart: Why the Government Tried to Silence Me on Lockdowns - Alastair Campbell
Why did Boris Johnson and the British government not only fail to listen, but actively try to suppress early warnings about the pandemic? How did groupthink and optimism bias cripple the UK’s response...
alastaircampbell.org
November 22, 2025 at 6:46 AM
If you missed @therestpolitics.bsky.social emergency episode on Covid inquiry yesterday here it is. @rory-stewart.bsky.social called it right at the time and Johnson,
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
alastaircampbell.org/2025/11/471-...
Cummings and Co should not be allowed near a serious job ever again
alastaircampbell.org/2025/11/471-...
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A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
🔴 Breaking I Davie faced mounting criticism that a Panorama documentary misled viewers by editing a speech by Donald Trump
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
➡️ Read more: trib.al/I0iw7aP
November 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
A big win for people more outraged by a silly edit at the BBC than by a man impeached by Congress for literally inciting an insurrection being back in the White House. Pathetic.
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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The select committee report on the asylum hotel shambles highlights a point I made repeatedly - the absurd gimicks pursued by the last govt like Rwanda took resources away from running the actual system properly.
October 27, 2025 at 8:49 AM
The select committee report on the asylum hotel shambles highlights a point I made repeatedly - the absurd gimicks pursued by the last govt like Rwanda took resources away from running the actual system properly.
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Such a relief that Russia lost in Caerphilly.
October 24, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Such a relief that Russia lost in Caerphilly.
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Opinion | "The Conservatives, seemingly without even really realising it, have put forward one of the most extreme anti-immigration policies issued by any political party in British history", writes Ian Dunt trib.al/Eph9xPO
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Opinion | "The Conservatives, seemingly without even really realising it, have put forward one of the most extreme anti-immigration policies issued by any political party in British history", writes Ian Dunt trib.al/Eph9xPO
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The data shows Brexit was a massive mistake and badly hurt the economy. We're all paying for it. It was Nigel Farage who sold the lies that it would make life better. How can anyone still listen to him about anything?
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
The data shows Brexit was a massive mistake and badly hurt the economy. We're all paying for it. It was Nigel Farage who sold the lies that it would make life better. How can anyone still listen to him about anything?
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To the Statue of Liberty & the American people Trump say's "I'm screwing you & your children & there's nothing you can do about it!". The swamp drained is now filled with raw sewage. "The law protects the rich but does not bind them. The law binds the poor but does not protect them". #NoKings!
October 18, 2025 at 4:25 PM
To the Statue of Liberty & the American people Trump say's "I'm screwing you & your children & there's nothing you can do about it!". The swamp drained is now filled with raw sewage. "The law protects the rich but does not bind them. The law binds the poor but does not protect them". #NoKings!
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Dominic Grieve is right. Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would be a reckless act of self-harm, breaking security ties, breaching international law, and weakening Britain’s standing while doing nothing to solve the problems this government pretends to fix.
October 6, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Dominic Grieve is right. Leaving the European Convention on Human Rights would be a reckless act of self-harm, breaking security ties, breaching international law, and weakening Britain’s standing while doing nothing to solve the problems this government pretends to fix.
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Michael Heseltine lays in to the current Conservative Party for cosying up to “rightwing equivalents to the fascists of the 1930s”, Farage and Reform :
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
The Conservatives must never have any part in Farage’s po...
To describe asylum seekers as thieves or rapists encourages the worst sort of prejudice. We don’t need Trump’s mouthpiece anywhere near No 10
observer.co.uk
October 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Michael Heseltine lays in to the current Conservative Party for cosying up to “rightwing equivalents to the fascists of the 1930s”, Farage and Reform :
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
September 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
Nigel Farage doesn’t think the Prime Minister should have free speech in this country. But he’ll tell foreigners that yours is somehow under threat from the Prime Minister. He’s a whiny little liar. Always has been. Always will be.
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Netanyahu:
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
September 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Netanyahu:
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
"Would a country committing genocide plead with the civilian population that it is supposedly targeting to get out of harms way? Did the Nazis ask the Jews to leave? Of course not"
Actually, encouraging Jews to emigrate is exactly what the Nazis did 1933-39.
Ignorant of Jewish history.
Has Andy Burnham painted himself into a corner?
September 25, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Has Andy Burnham painted himself into a corner?
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Trump at the UN:
"I look at London where you have a terrible mayor... Now they want to go to Sharia law."
This is entirely false. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is politically moderate and has never ever called for Sharia law.
This is Islamophobic propaganda and a bigoted attack on Khan.
"I look at London where you have a terrible mayor... Now they want to go to Sharia law."
This is entirely false. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is politically moderate and has never ever called for Sharia law.
This is Islamophobic propaganda and a bigoted attack on Khan.
September 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Trump at the UN:
"I look at London where you have a terrible mayor... Now they want to go to Sharia law."
This is entirely false. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is politically moderate and has never ever called for Sharia law.
This is Islamophobic propaganda and a bigoted attack on Khan.
"I look at London where you have a terrible mayor... Now they want to go to Sharia law."
This is entirely false. London Mayor Sadiq Khan is politically moderate and has never ever called for Sharia law.
This is Islamophobic propaganda and a bigoted attack on Khan.
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Yes thousands turned out - which is far more than I’d like - but that is dwarfed by the millions that understand real patriotism means loving your country as it actually is, not hating its diversity or trying to exploit its challenges. That’s what our flags actually represent
Police have called for calm after officers were attacked as around 110,000 people joined Tommy Robinson‘s “Unite the Kingdom” rally in central London trib.al/I5OI7Ln
September 13, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Yes thousands turned out - which is far more than I’d like - but that is dwarfed by the millions that understand real patriotism means loving your country as it actually is, not hating its diversity or trying to exploit its challenges. That’s what our flags actually represent
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Andy Burnham tears into Reform UK for suggesting that they would scrap Northern Powerhouse Rail, focusing on a London-centric approach
September 10, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Andy Burnham tears into Reform UK for suggesting that they would scrap Northern Powerhouse Rail, focusing on a London-centric approach
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He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
Democrat @raskin.house.gov excoriates Nigel Farage for banning journalists from Reform UK events:
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
"I'm asking you a direct question. Why do you ban journalists who oppose your views from coming to your events? Why did you tell local government not to do interviews with your local newspaper?"
September 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
He’s always so shit in the face of decent questioning. Absolutely amazing how rarely it happens.
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Nigel Farage is claiming to Congress that the UK gov deliberately withheld details of the Southport attacker from the public.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.
September 3, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Nigel Farage is claiming to Congress that the UK gov deliberately withheld details of the Southport attacker from the public.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.
This is dangerous and it’s false. The attacker was under 18, and so a court had to give express permission to release his name in exceptional circumstances, which it did.
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This'll be very telling when he comes to speak. If Farage uses his appearance in front of that committee to encourage a foreign state to bully his own country, he'll have crossed a very specific line.
Politico: "The Sun has seen evidence to [a US] committee submitted by Nigel Farage in which he suggests the White House should use “diplomacy and trade” in the free speech battle, which sounds like calling for Britain to be bullied into a law change."
Is Farage calling for sanctions AGAINST the UK?
Is Farage calling for sanctions AGAINST the UK?
September 3, 2025 at 6:51 AM
This'll be very telling when he comes to speak. If Farage uses his appearance in front of that committee to encourage a foreign state to bully his own country, he'll have crossed a very specific line.
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I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
September 1, 2025 at 7:40 AM
I turn on my TV and a TV presenter is asking a Govt minister why they are talking about rolling out free childcare when the big issue is asylum hotels. This is objectively insane.
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August 31, 2025 at 8:12 AM