Martin Smith
@martinpompeyfan.bsky.social
Former digital marketer and commuter. Live in Hertfordshire. Labour Party member 🌹. Supporter of Hampshire's #1 football team. 37/92
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Ben Phillips post- ( from X)
“This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.”
“This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.”
December 18, 2025 at 10:10 PM
Ben Phillips post- ( from X)
“This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.”
“This is beautiful. The smiles! Bondi beach hero Ahmed Al-Ahmed with the doctors looking after him at the hospital in Sydney.
And…
The doctors are *also* Syrian!
Tamer Al-Kahil from Homs.
Anas Natfaji from Aleppo.
*Three* heroes.”
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Apparently not, according to Mail readers.
You can change that by voting & sharing.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
You can change that by voting & sharing.
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POLL: Is Britain right to rejoin the Erasmus EU education scheme?
Work on the UK joining Erasmus was announced as part of the Prime Minister's post-Brexit reset deal with Brussels in May. The UK left the scheme under Boris Johnson.
www.dailymail.co.uk
December 18, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Apparently not, according to Mail readers.
You can change that by voting & sharing.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
You can change that by voting & sharing.
www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...
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Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
December 18, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Matthew Goodwin objects to prosecuting this: ‘I think it’s time for the British to gang together, hit the streets and start the slaughter. Violence and murder is the only way now. Start off burning every migrant hotel then head off to MPs’ houses and Parliament, we need to take over by FORCE.’
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It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
December 18, 2025 at 7:21 AM
It’s exactly this kind of dismal, prejudiced bollox from the Daily Mail that’s got us into the ruinous Brexit mess we’re in. What a moronic response to us rejoining Erasmus and all the benefits that brings. If they’re really worried about cost, they should push to cancel Brexit altogether.
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We played Solihull last week at home and around 50 school kids came to the game, I was wondering why when I bumped into their teacher, Kerry - who explained.
December 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
We played Solihull last week at home and around 50 school kids came to the game, I was wondering why when I bumped into their teacher, Kerry - who explained.
Newsom has quite some social media team - incredible output of gags about Trump’s speech 👏👏👏
The president’s most reliable troll had a brilliant night.
Newsom Activates Troll Patrol After Trump’s Speedy Speech
The president’s most reliable troll had a brilliant night.
trib.al
December 18, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Newsom has quite some social media team - incredible output of gags about Trump’s speech 👏👏👏
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not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 PM
not the kind of behavior I expect from the winner of the fifa peace prize
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Spotted in a Mumbai restaurant: “London corner shop style samosas” and “Birmingham Balti”.
December 14, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Spotted in a Mumbai restaurant: “London corner shop style samosas” and “Birmingham Balti”.
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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You don't get telly like this any more.
December 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
You don't get telly like this any more.
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random farmer to Trump on what his child said to him: "He said, 'Daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas, I want President Trump.' I think you brought Christmas to farmers with this bridge payment."
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
random farmer to Trump on what his child said to him: "He said, 'Daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas, I want President Trump.' I think you brought Christmas to farmers with this bridge payment."
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December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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✨Inside the medieval roof timbers at Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, one of the rafters has been dated (c. 921) and was a sapling during the reign of King Æthelstan, before England was an entity.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
✨Inside the medieval roof timbers at Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, one of the rafters has been dated (c. 921) and was a sapling during the reign of King Æthelstan, before England was an entity.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
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As Trump and Infantino work the red carpet, bragging about setting records for ticket prices.
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
As Trump and Infantino work the red carpet, bragging about setting records for ticket prices.
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
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“Help us make Keir Starmer better!”
On the basis that “the press officer ghostwriting Starmer’s newsletter” is liking to be reading your replies… just lean into full wonk, use it as a way to brief people who no longer read newspaper op eds, drop the GPT-y filler, and remove this default prompt from the new subscriber email.
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Help us make Keir Starmer better!”
A really good summary of what really happened in the general election and what it means for now/next time
Lot's on the substack this week:
My post on the key lessons from the 2024 election - including why Labour don't understand how they won; and how media/polling are changing.
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
My post on the key lessons from the 2024 election - including why Labour don't understand how they won; and how media/polling are changing.
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
Six lessons from the 2024 election
And what they mean for the next one
samf.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A really good summary of what really happened in the general election and what it means for now/next time
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This is so disgusting.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is so disgusting.
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This community note can be framed.
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This community note can be framed.
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
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I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
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"It's a very respected peace prize."
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"It's a very respected peace prize."
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It turns out that you can, in fact, polish a turd.
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It turns out that you can, in fact, polish a turd.
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Seen a fantastic Black Friday deal on a robot vacuum cleaner which would be perfect for my flat. Can't bring myself to buy it as it would break Henry's heart
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Seen a fantastic Black Friday deal on a robot vacuum cleaner which would be perfect for my flat. Can't bring myself to buy it as it would break Henry's heart
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This both blows my mind and becomes less surprising every day
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This both blows my mind and becomes less surprising every day
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A drunk raccoon left a trail of broken spirit bottles strewn across the floor of a liquor store in Ashland, Virginia.
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A drunk raccoon left a trail of broken spirit bottles strewn across the floor of a liquor store in Ashland, Virginia.
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi