Robin Smith 🇺🇦
@bobin.uk
UK Labour voter and Private Eye crossword & Fantasy Premier League enjoyer.
Aiming for even fewer Tories in next election 😈.
Less outrage, more facts ⚖️.
#ElectoralReform
#Rejoin 🇪🇺
#RDGUK
#HamsturDay
Aiming for even fewer Tories in next election 😈.
Less outrage, more facts ⚖️.
#ElectoralReform
#Rejoin 🇪🇺
#RDGUK
#HamsturDay
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Robin Smith 🇺🇦
@bobin.uk
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Petition: Remove the triple lock commitment on pensions and tie increase to inflation only
We feel the triple lock on pensions is unaffordable and unjust. We think tying the increase in pensions to inflation only could ensure the living standards of those reliant on the pension are protecte...
petition.parliament.uk
It was all about timing of the lockdowns. Not fast enough, not hard enough. They all dragged on longer than necessary because of Boris' failure to act.
So not as simple as too strict/not strict enough.
I think we all know this, but still too much discourse is like this.
#UKPolitics #CovidInquiry
So not as simple as too strict/not strict enough.
I think we all know this, but still too much discourse is like this.
#UKPolitics #CovidInquiry
With the Covid-19 inquiry's main report released yesterday, how do Britons feel about the government's response in retrospect…
65% say the government handled the pandemic badly
63% feel the government moved too slowly
41% believe the response was not strict enough, though 19% feel it was too strict
65% say the government handled the pandemic badly
63% feel the government moved too slowly
41% believe the response was not strict enough, though 19% feel it was too strict
November 21, 2025 at 6:56 PM
It was all about timing of the lockdowns. Not fast enough, not hard enough. They all dragged on longer than necessary because of Boris' failure to act.
So not as simple as too strict/not strict enough.
I think we all know this, but still too much discourse is like this.
#UKPolitics #CovidInquiry
So not as simple as too strict/not strict enough.
I think we all know this, but still too much discourse is like this.
#UKPolitics #CovidInquiry
I don't blame Cummings one bit for having a go at a BBC reporter invading his private life, but God that's a bit of a come-down from the height of his powers as effective, unknown manager of the country & architect of Brexit to infamous pandemic rule-flouter and chief nobhead. 😬
#UKPolitics #Tories
#UKPolitics #Tories
November 21, 2025 at 6:42 PM
I don't blame Cummings one bit for having a go at a BBC reporter invading his private life, but God that's a bit of a come-down from the height of his powers as effective, unknown manager of the country & architect of Brexit to infamous pandemic rule-flouter and chief nobhead. 😬
#UKPolitics #Tories
#UKPolitics #Tories
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What would Nigel Farage be saying about Keir Starmer right now if a former leader within his party was going down for ten years for being in effect a traitor to his country?
November 21, 2025 at 2:06 PM
What would Nigel Farage be saying about Keir Starmer right now if a former leader within his party was going down for ten years for being in effect a traitor to his country?
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I returned to the U.K. from SE Asia in Feb 2020 and found the lack of response to the pandemic unbelievably lacking in the U.K. to the point of being criminally negligent compared to the seriousness of measures all ready being taken in SE Asia.
U.K.to
November 20, 2025 at 9:30 PM
I returned to the U.K. from SE Asia in Feb 2020 and found the lack of response to the pandemic unbelievably lacking in the U.K. to the point of being criminally negligent compared to the seriousness of measures all ready being taken in SE Asia.
Why is Chris Packham needing to justify wanting to free penguins held for years in an enclosure with no natural daylight? What?
#UK #BBCNewsNight #NewsNight
#UK #BBCNewsNight #NewsNight
November 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Why is Chris Packham needing to justify wanting to free penguins held for years in an enclosure with no natural daylight? What?
#UK #BBCNewsNight #NewsNight
#UK #BBCNewsNight #NewsNight
Why are all these people on Question Time talking about the "need" to leave the ECHR for the government to be able to make the changes Shabana Mahmood is talking about?
Denmark is a member of the ECHR ffs.
Get a grip.
#UKPolitics #BBCQT
Denmark is a member of the ECHR ffs.
Get a grip.
#UKPolitics #BBCQT
November 20, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Why are all these people on Question Time talking about the "need" to leave the ECHR for the government to be able to make the changes Shabana Mahmood is talking about?
Denmark is a member of the ECHR ffs.
Get a grip.
#UKPolitics #BBCQT
Denmark is a member of the ECHR ffs.
Get a grip.
#UKPolitics #BBCQT
I don't get it lol.
Do people seriously give no credit for anything ever!?
Economy is starting to grow, public services improving, trains coming under public ownership, immigration dropping quickly, investment in renewables…
#UKPolitics #Labour #Starmer
Do people seriously give no credit for anything ever!?
Economy is starting to grow, public services improving, trains coming under public ownership, immigration dropping quickly, investment in renewables…
#UKPolitics #Labour #Starmer
Keir Starmer's net favourability rating falls to its lowest level to date (-54, 16-17 November), within the margin of error of Jeremy Corbyn (-55) and Boris Johnson's (-53) lowest ratings
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Favourable: 19% (-2 from 13-14 Oct)
Unfavourable: 73% (+1)
Net: -54 (-3)
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 20, 2025 at 7:42 PM
I don't get it lol.
Do people seriously give no credit for anything ever!?
Economy is starting to grow, public services improving, trains coming under public ownership, immigration dropping quickly, investment in renewables…
#UKPolitics #Labour #Starmer
Do people seriously give no credit for anything ever!?
Economy is starting to grow, public services improving, trains coming under public ownership, immigration dropping quickly, investment in renewables…
#UKPolitics #Labour #Starmer
Reposted by Robin Smith 🇺🇦
Reform voters in Blyth, Northumberland showed characteristically sh*t judgment by voting in a councillor whose property firms owe customers £140,000
Barry Elliott is, in his words, "very rarely wrong" but as a Reform member his definition of right & wrong is a heavily bastardised version of ours❗️
Barry Elliott is, in his words, "very rarely wrong" but as a Reform member his definition of right & wrong is a heavily bastardised version of ours❗️
Blyth Reform councillor Barry Elliott's property firms owe customers £140,000 - BBC News
Property companies owned or run by Barry Elliott owe tens of thousands of pounds to customers.
www.bbc.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Reform voters in Blyth, Northumberland showed characteristically sh*t judgment by voting in a councillor whose property firms owe customers £140,000
Barry Elliott is, in his words, "very rarely wrong" but as a Reform member his definition of right & wrong is a heavily bastardised version of ours❗️
Barry Elliott is, in his words, "very rarely wrong" but as a Reform member his definition of right & wrong is a heavily bastardised version of ours❗️
Oh ffs.
Will they (the public) ever learn??
Nauseating result.
I take solace in the fact that 20% is almost their lowest ever score, at least.
But still, Labour are better. End of.
#UKPolitics #Tories
Will they (the public) ever learn??
Nauseating result.
I take solace in the fact that 20% is almost their lowest ever score, at least.
But still, Labour are better. End of.
#UKPolitics #Tories
Which party do Britons think would be best at managing the economy?
Conservatives: 20%
Labour: 12%
Reform UK: 12%
Greens: 7%
Lib Dems: 6%
None: 14%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Conservatives: 20%
Labour: 12%
Reform UK: 12%
Greens: 7%
Lib Dems: 6%
None: 14%
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Oh ffs.
Will they (the public) ever learn??
Nauseating result.
I take solace in the fact that 20% is almost their lowest ever score, at least.
But still, Labour are better. End of.
#UKPolitics #Tories
Will they (the public) ever learn??
Nauseating result.
I take solace in the fact that 20% is almost their lowest ever score, at least.
But still, Labour are better. End of.
#UKPolitics #Tories
A YouGov email informs me that my views are shaping the news 😬😬😬.
Only 16% of men check regularly. Not really surprised, it's hard to maintain discipline with this sort of thing.
False results are good, but human brains are lazy.
#UK #MensHealth #YouGov
Only 16% of men check regularly. Not really surprised, it's hard to maintain discipline with this sort of thing.
False results are good, but human brains are lazy.
#UK #MensHealth #YouGov
November 19, 2025 at 6:50 PM
A YouGov email informs me that my views are shaping the news 😬😬😬.
Only 16% of men check regularly. Not really surprised, it's hard to maintain discipline with this sort of thing.
False results are good, but human brains are lazy.
#UK #MensHealth #YouGov
Only 16% of men check regularly. Not really surprised, it's hard to maintain discipline with this sort of thing.
False results are good, but human brains are lazy.
#UK #MensHealth #YouGov
Reposted by Robin Smith 🇺🇦
Think we'd all enjoy Clive standing down and triggering a by-election that Andy Burnham then loses to the Greens.
Left-wing Labour MP offers Burnham his seat to replace Starmer on.ft.com/4801Vg4
Left-wing Labour MP offers Burnham his seat to replace Starmer
Move by Clive Lewis reflects increasing discontent with prime minister’s leadership
on.ft.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Think we'd all enjoy Clive standing down and triggering a by-election that Andy Burnham then loses to the Greens.
Kemi Badenoch going for the grandstanding "first government in history" line in an attack on the budget gossip, only to then weirdly refer to this gossip as happening "after the budget".
That had the government bench stumped for a minute lol.
She's so cringe 😭😭😭.
#UKPolitics #Badenoch #PMQs
That had the government bench stumped for a minute lol.
She's so cringe 😭😭😭.
#UKPolitics #Badenoch #PMQs
November 19, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Kemi Badenoch going for the grandstanding "first government in history" line in an attack on the budget gossip, only to then weirdly refer to this gossip as happening "after the budget".
That had the government bench stumped for a minute lol.
She's so cringe 😭😭😭.
#UKPolitics #Badenoch #PMQs
That had the government bench stumped for a minute lol.
She's so cringe 😭😭😭.
#UKPolitics #Badenoch #PMQs
Reposted by Robin Smith 🇺🇦
Ok.. I'm a lefty. I've been a lefty councillor. And was booted out of the labour party for being a lefty...
But and this will upset people...
I believe the labour/Denmark policy is strict but not unfair. I know I'll get hammered for saying it...
But and this will upset people...
I believe the labour/Denmark policy is strict but not unfair. I know I'll get hammered for saying it...
November 18, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Ok.. I'm a lefty. I've been a lefty councillor. And was booted out of the labour party for being a lefty...
But and this will upset people...
I believe the labour/Denmark policy is strict but not unfair. I know I'll get hammered for saying it...
But and this will upset people...
I believe the labour/Denmark policy is strict but not unfair. I know I'll get hammered for saying it...
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Reposted by Robin Smith 🇺🇦
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
November 17, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Yesterday, a Republican tried to give me holy water and Trump perfume because I’m “demonic.”
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Extremely normal stuff coming from an extremely normal party.
Reposted by Robin Smith 🇺🇦
Correct. And that’s exactly how they should work together. A reform government is tantamount to our version of the Nazi Party
November 18, 2025 at 10:14 PM
Correct. And that’s exactly how they should work together. A reform government is tantamount to our version of the Nazi Party
Major déjà vu from watching every previous ally of Boris Johnson inevitably coming to blows with him.
It's all just so predictable and pathetic.
It doesn't even need explaining. It's just what happens when you get into bed with a maniacal narcissist.
#USPolitics #Trump
It's all just so predictable and pathetic.
It doesn't even need explaining. It's just what happens when you get into bed with a maniacal narcissist.
#USPolitics #Trump
Marjorie Taylor Greene: "I was called a traitor by a man that I fought for 6 years for. I gave him my loyalty for free. I've never owed him anything. Let me tell you what a traitor is -- a traitor is an American that serves foreign countries."
November 18, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Major déjà vu from watching every previous ally of Boris Johnson inevitably coming to blows with him.
It's all just so predictable and pathetic.
It doesn't even need explaining. It's just what happens when you get into bed with a maniacal narcissist.
#USPolitics #Trump
It's all just so predictable and pathetic.
It doesn't even need explaining. It's just what happens when you get into bed with a maniacal narcissist.
#USPolitics #Trump
Just a reminder of how cute my hampter was 🥲, I think about her every day!
She was the best hamster and everything was on her terms 😍.
#Hamsters #Hamster
She was the best hamster and everything was on her terms 😍.
#Hamsters #Hamster
Sassy Croissant just about survived a burrow cleaning 😂🐹
#HamsturDay #Hamsters #RescueHams #AdoptDontShop
#HamsturDay #Hamsters #RescueHams #AdoptDontShop
November 18, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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#UKPolitics
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November 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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Kemi Badenoch genuinely just argued that "many of the problems we have now are because we did not unwind a lot of Labour's mistakes in 2010"
LAST BUT ONE LABOUR GOVERNMENT 🚨
Wow. Just wow.
#UKPolitics #Tories #Badenoch
LAST BUT ONE LABOUR GOVERNMENT 🚨
Wow. Just wow.
#UKPolitics #Tories #Badenoch
November 18, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Kemi Badenoch genuinely just argued that "many of the problems we have now are because we did not unwind a lot of Labour's mistakes in 2010"
LAST BUT ONE LABOUR GOVERNMENT 🚨
Wow. Just wow.
#UKPolitics #Tories #Badenoch
LAST BUT ONE LABOUR GOVERNMENT 🚨
Wow. Just wow.
#UKPolitics #Tories #Badenoch
Chilly out on the mobility scooter!
Cozy under many layers and a cover on the way home.
#Photography #RDG #RDGUK
Cozy under many layers and a cover on the way home.
#Photography #RDG #RDGUK
November 17, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Chilly out on the mobility scooter!
Cozy under many layers and a cover on the way home.
#Photography #RDG #RDGUK
Cozy under many layers and a cover on the way home.
#Photography #RDG #RDGUK
Rail worker who saved passengers from stabbings leaves hospital
Samir Zitouni's family say they are
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Reposted by Robin Smith 🇺🇦
We've become so fixated on bluster, bombast, performative politics, fine empty words, daily social media posts, big dramatic announcements with knobs and whistles and glittery bits that we forget those who work hard in the background who're solid, dependable, trustworthy, clever and diligent. Shame.
November 15, 2025 at 8:36 PM
We've become so fixated on bluster, bombast, performative politics, fine empty words, daily social media posts, big dramatic announcements with knobs and whistles and glittery bits that we forget those who work hard in the background who're solid, dependable, trustworthy, clever and diligent. Shame.
Seems like China's app is successfully working to divide us…🤦♂️.
"The British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed my experience was similar to a spate of other incidents that seemed to have been fuelled by the TikTok craze."
#UKPolitics #Disability #TikTok
"The British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed my experience was similar to a spate of other incidents that seemed to have been fuelled by the TikTok craze."
#UKPolitics #Disability #TikTok
TikTok sticking out tongue trend: Victim in Finsbury Park speaks out
For a second time, I've faced disability harassment. Here's what I learned by reporting it.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Seems like China's app is successfully working to divide us…🤦♂️.
"The British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed my experience was similar to a spate of other incidents that seemed to have been fuelled by the TikTok craze."
#UKPolitics #Disability #TikTok
"The British Transport Police (BTP) confirmed my experience was similar to a spate of other incidents that seemed to have been fuelled by the TikTok craze."
#UKPolitics #Disability #TikTok