Jeremy Smith
@jeremysmith.bsky.social
Co-director PRIME Economics, author of "The Great Brexit Wrench" (PEF, 2019). Past: Gen Secretary of European & international local govt associations, CEO Camden Council, barrister, law centre founder, factotum at ABC tea-shop on Earl's Court Road 1966.
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What?
Two panels commemorating the contribution of Black American soldiers towards the liberation of the Netherlands in World War Two have been quietly removed from a cemetery in Limburg. It follows a complaint by right-wing think tank The Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission.
November 8, 2025 at 10:32 PM
What?
What % of Reform voters support bringing back quartering, as in 'hanged drawn & quartered' ?
Support for bringing back the death penalty, by 2024 vote
Reform: 82%
Con: 67%
Labour: 35%
Lib Dem: 30%
Green: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Reform: 82%
Con: 67%
Labour: 35%
Lib Dem: 30%
Green: 26%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
November 7, 2025 at 1:13 PM
What % of Reform voters support bringing back quartering, as in 'hanged drawn & quartered' ?
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Two donors to Nigel Farage’s partner Laure Ferrari convicted of fraud, money-laundering and forgery. Belgian court rules that Daniel Pawlowiec and Marian Szolucha illegally funnelled over £100,000—largely in public funds—to the think tank she ran.
Two donors to think tank of Nigel Farage’s partner convicted of fraud
Laure Ferrari served as executive director of the organisation, which went into liquidation after a European Commission anti-fraud investigation
www.thetimes.com
November 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Two donors to Nigel Farage’s partner Laure Ferrari convicted of fraud, money-laundering and forgery. Belgian court rules that Daniel Pawlowiec and Marian Szolucha illegally funnelled over £100,000—largely in public funds—to the think tank she ran.
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Extraordinary story from @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social: A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived.
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Extraordinary story from @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social: A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived.
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
One woman: “It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car...He has just wiped me out.”
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
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Reform voters favouring Sharia Law type punishment is the most fucking ironic thing this week.
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Reform voters favouring Sharia Law type punishment is the most fucking ironic thing this week.
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incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
November 6, 2025 at 6:10 PM
incredible photo that's definitely worth at least 1,000 words from Andrew Harnik of Getty
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Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders.
Musk used his wealth to incite violence, hatred in the US & UK.
How long before UK execs demand more for mediocre performance.
The ultra rich buy political system, bribe politicians, create pollution and inequity.
Tax them.
Musk used his wealth to incite violence, hatred in the US & UK.
How long before UK execs demand more for mediocre performance.
The ultra rich buy political system, bribe politicians, create pollution and inequity.
Tax them.
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders
The richest man in the world will get hundreds of millions of new shares if he hits his targets.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 7, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Elon Musk's $1tn pay deal approved by Tesla shareholders.
Musk used his wealth to incite violence, hatred in the US & UK.
How long before UK execs demand more for mediocre performance.
The ultra rich buy political system, bribe politicians, create pollution and inequity.
Tax them.
Musk used his wealth to incite violence, hatred in the US & UK.
How long before UK execs demand more for mediocre performance.
The ultra rich buy political system, bribe politicians, create pollution and inequity.
Tax them.
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Chuck Schumer has long put his own personal agenda above the interests of his party, and it is time Democrats organize to remove him. From Ryan Cooper:
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Chuck Schumer Is Not Fit to Lead the Democratic Party - The American Prospect
The Senate leader doesn’t just betray his own party, he’s also terrible at leading it. In Trump’s second term, facing a full-on authoritarian attack on America’s democracy and constitutional structure, Schumer is simply incapable of mounting a determined resistance.
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November 6, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Chuck Schumer has long put his own personal agenda above the interests of his party, and it is time Democrats organize to remove him. From Ryan Cooper:
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Tice: Change public-sector pensions from defined benefit to defined contribution systems for new entrants or slide into bankruptcy with huge unfunded pension liabilities.
OBR: We estimate that annual payments from the schemes will fall from 1.9% of GDP in 2023-24 to 1.4% of GDP in 2073-74.
#BBCPM
OBR: We estimate that annual payments from the schemes will fall from 1.9% of GDP in 2023-24 to 1.4% of GDP in 2073-74.
#BBCPM
Reform’s public-sector pensions plan could cost billions extra, union warns
Prospect says proposals to make payouts less generous would damage public finances rather than save money
www.theguardian.com
November 6, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Tice: Change public-sector pensions from defined benefit to defined contribution systems for new entrants or slide into bankruptcy with huge unfunded pension liabilities.
OBR: We estimate that annual payments from the schemes will fall from 1.9% of GDP in 2023-24 to 1.4% of GDP in 2073-74.
#BBCPM
OBR: We estimate that annual payments from the schemes will fall from 1.9% of GDP in 2023-24 to 1.4% of GDP in 2073-74.
#BBCPM
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Looks like Republicans really got trounced on Tuesday www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
The Wildest Democratic Wins You May Not Have Heard About
Elections for school boards and public service commissions aren’t as sexy as a governor’s race, but they matter — and Democrats swept them everywhere.
www.huffpost.com
November 6, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Looks like Republicans really got trounced on Tuesday www.huffpost.com/entry/democr...
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Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
November 6, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Elon Musk is deliberately using his platform to poison our politics and divide our country.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
It's time for the government to wake up to the threat he poses to our democracy.
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A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
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Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
Elon Musk is boosting the British right - and this shows how
news.sky.com
November 6, 2025 at 9:16 AM
A magnificent piece of work. Comprehesive, revelatory & shocking. Journalism this good is always rare & precious but never moreso than at times like this. Latter day Lord Haw Haws being plumped, preened & delivered to your doorstep in plain sight by a Nazi-saluting goon
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
news.sky.com/story/the-x-...
The yukkiest yuk ever. Infantilismo corruptissimo.
November 6, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The yukkiest yuk ever. Infantilismo corruptissimo.
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This is how I sound when my D&D players ask about an area I didn't write any lore about ...
Trump: "For generations Miami has been a haven for those fleeing communist tyranny in South Africa. I mean, if you take a look at what's going on in parts of South Africa. Look at South Africa, what's going on. Look at South America, what's going on. You know, we have a G20 meeting in South Africa."
November 5, 2025 at 10:30 PM
This is how I sound when my D&D players ask about an area I didn't write any lore about ...
Hold your horses. Let's see what happens next, since the Trumpian project is to disable democracy in numerous nasty and crooked ways...
the entire twitter and group chat poisoned elite of American society who decided Trump winning an election by 1.5% heralded a thousand year reich may have miscalculated a bit
November 5, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Hold your horses. Let's see what happens next, since the Trumpian project is to disable democracy in numerous nasty and crooked ways...
This says so much about the present government . Pathetically weak, scared of being positive, scared of passion and hope, scared of annoying the senior US politicians whether Trumpian or rightwing Dems. Scared of upsetting billionaires.
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This says so much about the present government . Pathetically weak, scared of being positive, scared of passion and hope, scared of annoying the senior US politicians whether Trumpian or rightwing Dems. Scared of upsetting billionaires.
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This person took this when they called the race
November 5, 2025 at 6:07 AM
This person took this when they called the race
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🚨🚨 The UK has become too dependent on #Musk and his Space X company for the success of its space programme, and must urgently seek greater independence from it in order to stop the “politicisation” of these services , a new Parliamentary report has warned. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
The UK Must Urgently Distance Itself From Elon Musk and Space X, Warns Parliamentary Report
The UK's infrastructure has become far too reliant on the far-right billionaire, who could 'politicise' our reliance upon his companies, the report warns
bylinetimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:29 AM
🚨🚨 The UK has become too dependent on #Musk and his Space X company for the success of its space programme, and must urgently seek greater independence from it in order to stop the “politicisation” of these services , a new Parliamentary report has warned. bylinetimes.com/2025/11/04/t...
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BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".
November 5, 2025 at 8:39 AM
BBC Radio 4 this morning joined Trump in describing Zohran Mamdani as a "radical leftist".
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Funny how 'left leaning'and 'left-wing'
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
November 5, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Funny how 'left leaning'and 'left-wing'
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
individuals are often added as monikers to those interviewed by the @BBC - but there are no 'right leaning'or 'right-wing' labels attributed to, eg Richard Tice of Reform.
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The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Richard Tice on Today prog spouting scare-mongery economic nonsense about national bankruptcy and other tripe, "interviewed" by the pathetic (not to say sym-pathetic) Justin Webb
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Richard Tice on Today prog spouting scare-mongery economic nonsense about national bankruptcy and other tripe, "interviewed" by the pathetic (not to say sym-pathetic) Justin Webb
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I hear there’s an argument going on in the UK right now about whether or not Donald Trump incited the crowds to violence around January 6th. Apparently the BBC in a documentary showed edits of his speech that misrepresented what he said.
November 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I hear there’s an argument going on in the UK right now about whether or not Donald Trump incited the crowds to violence around January 6th. Apparently the BBC in a documentary showed edits of his speech that misrepresented what he said.
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A dangerous move. From the WSJ.
October 29, 2025 at 10:37 PM
A dangerous move. From the WSJ.
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Wall Street Journal's editorial board publish absolute takedown of Trump's tariffs and his argument in the imminent Supreme Court case.
The WSJ says it would be both wrong in law and a disaster for the US if the Supremes find for Trump.
Shots fired, as they used to say in Lexington and Concord.
The WSJ says it would be both wrong in law and a disaster for the US if the Supremes find for Trump.
Shots fired, as they used to say in Lexington and Concord.
November 4, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Wall Street Journal's editorial board publish absolute takedown of Trump's tariffs and his argument in the imminent Supreme Court case.
The WSJ says it would be both wrong in law and a disaster for the US if the Supremes find for Trump.
Shots fired, as they used to say in Lexington and Concord.
The WSJ says it would be both wrong in law and a disaster for the US if the Supremes find for Trump.
Shots fired, as they used to say in Lexington and Concord.