Ted Smith 🇪🇺
@tedsmith.bsky.social
@TedUrchin on Twitter if you want to reconnect?
Writer, painter, artist, restorer of old and ancient things, atheist, father, grandfather. #RejoinEU.
Author of BLOTTO
#GetBlotto
https://amzn.eu/d/geIF58a
Writer, painter, artist, restorer of old and ancient things, atheist, father, grandfather. #RejoinEU.
Author of BLOTTO
#GetBlotto
https://amzn.eu/d/geIF58a
December 11, 2025 at 3:01 AM
Whilst I'm going quietly mad flat out in bed, I snapped my quadriceps tendon you see and looking at 2 months of physio ahead of me, would you be so kind as to look at my novel Blotto for me and put a smile on my face?
And yes, I am shamelessly seeking your sympathy. Ha!
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/17unuzf
And yes, I am shamelessly seeking your sympathy. Ha!
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/17unuzf
amzn.eu
December 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Whilst I'm going quietly mad flat out in bed, I snapped my quadriceps tendon you see and looking at 2 months of physio ahead of me, would you be so kind as to look at my novel Blotto for me and put a smile on my face?
And yes, I am shamelessly seeking your sympathy. Ha!
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/17unuzf
And yes, I am shamelessly seeking your sympathy. Ha!
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/17unuzf
Musk is on the warpath.
Can I just say that now is NOT the time to leave X.
Now is the time to stay and fight.
I would also ask that those that had previously left and/or kept their account dormant to return to the fray.
We need all hands on deck.
This is critical.
Can I just say that now is NOT the time to leave X.
Now is the time to stay and fight.
I would also ask that those that had previously left and/or kept their account dormant to return to the fray.
We need all hands on deck.
This is critical.
December 7, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Musk is on the warpath.
Can I just say that now is NOT the time to leave X.
Now is the time to stay and fight.
I would also ask that those that had previously left and/or kept their account dormant to return to the fray.
We need all hands on deck.
This is critical.
Can I just say that now is NOT the time to leave X.
Now is the time to stay and fight.
I would also ask that those that had previously left and/or kept their account dormant to return to the fray.
We need all hands on deck.
This is critical.
Reposted by Ted Smith 🇪🇺
Could I cheekily request that you #GetBlottoForXmas?
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Could I cheekily request that you #GetBlottoForXmas?
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
I snapped my bloody quadriceps tendon 3 weeks ago (ouch!) but the wonderful NHS repaired it within the week.
Still, at least 2 months of physiotherapy to go. Not great as a self-employed tradesman.
You could always take a look at my book - Blotto on the dreaded Amazon - and cheer me up.
#GetBlotto
Still, at least 2 months of physiotherapy to go. Not great as a self-employed tradesman.
You could always take a look at my book - Blotto on the dreaded Amazon - and cheer me up.
#GetBlotto
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
I snapped my bloody quadriceps tendon 3 weeks ago (ouch!) but the wonderful NHS repaired it within the week.
Still, at least 2 months of physiotherapy to go. Not great as a self-employed tradesman.
You could always take a look at my book - Blotto on the dreaded Amazon - and cheer me up.
#GetBlotto
Still, at least 2 months of physiotherapy to go. Not great as a self-employed tradesman.
You could always take a look at my book - Blotto on the dreaded Amazon - and cheer me up.
#GetBlotto
Could I cheekily request that you #GetBlottoForXmas?
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
December 4, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Could I cheekily request that you #GetBlottoForXmas?
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
It might make a good and affordable present for someone you know and put a huge and grateful smile on my face too.
It's on Amazon, as you can see.
Please check out the reviews.
Meanwhile, I push on with the sequel, Brahms and Liszt.
Hey-ho!
Fucking X/Twitter!
I’ve been sent to the ‘naughty step’ for commenting that a US politician with a very red face ‘looked like a heart attack waiting to happen’. It’s just a term of phrase, is it not?
Meanwhile, they permit foul mouthed abuse of me and do nothing, even after lodging a complaint.
I’ve been sent to the ‘naughty step’ for commenting that a US politician with a very red face ‘looked like a heart attack waiting to happen’. It’s just a term of phrase, is it not?
Meanwhile, they permit foul mouthed abuse of me and do nothing, even after lodging a complaint.
November 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Fucking X/Twitter!
I’ve been sent to the ‘naughty step’ for commenting that a US politician with a very red face ‘looked like a heart attack waiting to happen’. It’s just a term of phrase, is it not?
Meanwhile, they permit foul mouthed abuse of me and do nothing, even after lodging a complaint.
I’ve been sent to the ‘naughty step’ for commenting that a US politician with a very red face ‘looked like a heart attack waiting to happen’. It’s just a term of phrase, is it not?
Meanwhile, they permit foul mouthed abuse of me and do nothing, even after lodging a complaint.
Coming on. Another in the ‘Pugilist’ series of papier-mâché life size masks and inspired by the quick sketch I did here. Made the eyes too. I’m very strange I think.
Paint next.
Great fun, but would you hang it on your wall when finished?
Ha!
Paint next.
Great fun, but would you hang it on your wall when finished?
Ha!
November 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Coming on. Another in the ‘Pugilist’ series of papier-mâché life size masks and inspired by the quick sketch I did here. Made the eyes too. I’m very strange I think.
Paint next.
Great fun, but would you hang it on your wall when finished?
Ha!
Paint next.
Great fun, but would you hang it on your wall when finished?
Ha!
Reposted by Ted Smith 🇪🇺
Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
‘The threat couldn’t be more urgent and imminent. Yet here we are, still putting our head in the sand.’
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
@carolecadwalla.bsky.social says it’s ‘peculiar’ that the case of Farage ally Nathan Gill admitting to making pro-Russia speeches for cash isn’t being followed more closely.
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity
I’ve had enough. I tried. But Elon Musk and his mendacious site - X has tried my patience far too far.
They are now suppressing comment. This is certainly true.
He is a snake in the grass and does NOT support free speech at all.
I did try at least.
Hello again.
They are now suppressing comment. This is certainly true.
He is a snake in the grass and does NOT support free speech at all.
I did try at least.
Hello again.
October 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
I’ve had enough. I tried. But Elon Musk and his mendacious site - X has tried my patience far too far.
They are now suppressing comment. This is certainly true.
He is a snake in the grass and does NOT support free speech at all.
I did try at least.
Hello again.
They are now suppressing comment. This is certainly true.
He is a snake in the grass and does NOT support free speech at all.
I did try at least.
Hello again.
September 25, 2025 at 8:25 PM
To all you OAP’s out there.
There is a scam message doing the rounds to do with the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Do NOT respond, but delete and report.
Bastard people, they are.
Please share.
There is a scam message doing the rounds to do with the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Do NOT respond, but delete and report.
Bastard people, they are.
Please share.
September 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
To all you OAP’s out there.
There is a scam message doing the rounds to do with the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Do NOT respond, but delete and report.
Bastard people, they are.
Please share.
There is a scam message doing the rounds to do with the Winter Fuel Allowance.
Do NOT respond, but delete and report.
Bastard people, they are.
Please share.
A neat little cryptic crossword clue for all you cruciverbalists out there.
Common feature of publicity explicitly solicited within the law. (5)
Common feature of publicity explicitly solicited within the law. (5)
August 24, 2025 at 12:40 PM
A neat little cryptic crossword clue for all you cruciverbalists out there.
Common feature of publicity explicitly solicited within the law. (5)
Common feature of publicity explicitly solicited within the law. (5)
Reposted by Ted Smith 🇪🇺
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PM netanyahu and the idf, Stop killing innocent civilians...
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #C4News #toriesgone413
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PM netanyahu and the idf, Stop killing innocent civilians...
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #C4News #toriesgone413
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August 21, 2025 at 11:02 PM
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PM netanyahu and the idf, Stop killing innocent civilians...
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #C4News #toriesgone413
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PM netanyahu and the idf, Stop killing innocent civilians...
#r4today #bbcbreakfast #GMB #C4News #toriesgone413
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Ha! What a grubby little onanist.
August 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Ha! What a grubby little onanist.
Still pushin’.
Care to help me along?
Care to help me along?
August 22, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Still pushin’.
Care to help me along?
Care to help me along?
If you want to write a book, by all means go ahead, good luck to you, but please do it for yourself
I spent huge amounts of time on Blotto, thousands of hours in fact and over years
Still, like a fool I am, I’m now well into Brahms and Liszt’.
Please tell me, am I a stupid fucking idiot?
I spent huge amounts of time on Blotto, thousands of hours in fact and over years
Still, like a fool I am, I’m now well into Brahms and Liszt’.
Please tell me, am I a stupid fucking idiot?
August 19, 2025 at 7:18 PM
If you want to write a book, by all means go ahead, good luck to you, but please do it for yourself
I spent huge amounts of time on Blotto, thousands of hours in fact and over years
Still, like a fool I am, I’m now well into Brahms and Liszt’.
Please tell me, am I a stupid fucking idiot?
I spent huge amounts of time on Blotto, thousands of hours in fact and over years
Still, like a fool I am, I’m now well into Brahms and Liszt’.
Please tell me, am I a stupid fucking idiot?
Democracy can only truly survive with a well informed and intelligent electorate.
Unfortunately, it is its Achilles Heel.
Scary times.
Unfortunately, it is its Achilles Heel.
Scary times.
August 16, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Democracy can only truly survive with a well informed and intelligent electorate.
Unfortunately, it is its Achilles Heel.
Scary times.
Unfortunately, it is its Achilles Heel.
Scary times.
Gets even better! Blotto is in the top 9k!
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
August 10, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Gets even better! Blotto is in the top 9k!
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
Gets even better! Blotto is in the top 9k!
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
August 10, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Gets even better! Blotto is in the top 9k!
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
Thank you.
Bloody marvellous!
Please buy it if you haven’t already.
Send it even higher.
Over the moon.
Blotto's on a bit of a surge. 14,571 is excellent but love to get higher.
Care to help?
Only a tenner.
As a single father to a 13 year old girl, it would mean a lot to both of us.
amzn.eu/d/fkL9yFc
Care to help?
Only a tenner.
As a single father to a 13 year old girl, it would mean a lot to both of us.
amzn.eu/d/fkL9yFc
August 10, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Blotto's on a bit of a surge. 14,571 is excellent but love to get higher.
Care to help?
Only a tenner.
As a single father to a 13 year old girl, it would mean a lot to both of us.
amzn.eu/d/fkL9yFc
Care to help?
Only a tenner.
As a single father to a 13 year old girl, it would mean a lot to both of us.
amzn.eu/d/fkL9yFc
Sorry to be a pain in the arse again, but Blotto needs a kick up the arse, it’s languishing rather.
Put your size 10’s out and give it a boot, would ya?
Only a tenner and a very good read so I’m told.
Be everso grateful.
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/7RSGdXN
Put your size 10’s out and give it a boot, would ya?
Only a tenner and a very good read so I’m told.
Be everso grateful.
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/7RSGdXN
August 6, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Sorry to be a pain in the arse again, but Blotto needs a kick up the arse, it’s languishing rather.
Put your size 10’s out and give it a boot, would ya?
Only a tenner and a very good read so I’m told.
Be everso grateful.
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/7RSGdXN
Put your size 10’s out and give it a boot, would ya?
Only a tenner and a very good read so I’m told.
Be everso grateful.
#GetBlotto
amzn.eu/d/7RSGdXN
One of a series of strip cartoons I did as a very young man.
August 1, 2025 at 6:39 AM
One of a series of strip cartoons I did as a very young man.
In my everlasting deference, respect and overwhelming love to my ol’ mum and dad, how would you pronounce this?
Nug-et or Noo-gah?
Just interested.
Nug-et or Noo-gah?
Just interested.
August 1, 2025 at 12:02 AM
In my everlasting deference, respect and overwhelming love to my ol’ mum and dad, how would you pronounce this?
Nug-et or Noo-gah?
Just interested.
Nug-et or Noo-gah?
Just interested.