Patrick Smith
@psmithjournalist.bsky.social
Breaking news editor for nbcnews.com in London. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
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Become an indentured labourer?
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
Dubai on a budget: How to visit the winter sun destination for less
www.independent.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 10:53 AM
Become an indentured labourer?
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This is one of best Halloween costumes ever
November 21, 2025 at 2:25 AM
This is one of best Halloween costumes ever
I enjoy catching up with the news in the morning
November 21, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I enjoy catching up with the news in the morning
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
A must-read, harrowing investigation from @nbcnews.com and @bloomberglaw.com
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A must-read, harrowing investigation from @nbcnews.com and @bloomberglaw.com
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies are dying in jail
Dozens of pregnant women locked up in county jails described excruciating pain, saying their cries for help were ignored as they miscarried or gave birth into cell toilets or on filthy jail floors.
www.nbcnews.com
November 20, 2025 at 1:51 PM
'Why won't you help me?' Pregnant women and their babies endure inhumane conditions in jails
A must-read, harrowing investigation from @nbcnews.com and @bloomberglaw.com
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
A must-read, harrowing investigation from @nbcnews.com and @bloomberglaw.com
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
On the Nth day of xmas, my true love gave to me... A doooog morphing into a demonic chiiiiicken
It’s the exclusive everyone wanted, the story that will win next year’s Pulitzer…
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
I can reveal London’s giant AI generated Christmas artwork, the subject of much online mockery, is being torn down - and I honestly *genuinely* think you’ll never guess why. www.londoncentric.media/p/ai-artwork...
London's giant AI artwork to be torn down
The bizarre story of why a much-talked-about creation is being torn down. Plus: Docklands Light Railway extension, giant laser stalks the night sky, and more tales of Android phone theft rejection.
www.londoncentric.media
November 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
On the Nth day of xmas, my true love gave to me... A doooog morphing into a demonic chiiiiicken
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One should always be suspicious when the state resists disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
November 19, 2025 at 11:15 AM
One should always be suspicious when the state resists disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
And one should be more suspicious when the state suddenly purports to agree to the disclosure of documents.
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This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
November 18, 2025 at 9:44 AM
This mural has gone up in Kingston, ostensibly for Christmas but AI has ensured it's actually to celebrate the return of our dark lord Cthulhu
Any political analysis about the rise of Reform and end of two-party politics in Britain has to consider this economic stagnation
Britain is in a hole. Real wages have barely risen in 17 years, and the public realm is fraying. Our politics is increasingly fractious as a result. The underlying reason? The biggest productivity slowdown in the G7.
November 17, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Any political analysis about the rise of Reform and end of two-party politics in Britain has to consider this economic stagnation
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That they return within a few years indicates another aspect of this dynamic: that the other 60% (ie majority of) migrants want to and do integrate, and stay 5+ years
November 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
That they return within a few years indicates another aspect of this dynamic: that the other 60% (ie majority of) migrants want to and do integrate, and stay 5+ years
Important addendum to this is the huge number of inward migrants who send money back to their families, often in developing economies, which feels relevant too in the conservative narrative of "scroungers"
About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.
📕 New insight paper by CPC-CG member @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Important addendum to this is the huge number of inward migrants who send money back to their families, often in developing economies, which feels relevant too in the conservative narrative of "scroungers"
November 14, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.
📕 New insight paper by CPC-CG member @jackiewahba.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
Discusses the impacts of return #migration on #entrepreneurship, #investment, human capital accumulation, and transfer of knowledge and norms.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @populationeu.bsky.social
November 14, 2025 at 9:05 AM
About 40% of migrants eventually return to their parent countries, according to this, which is one of the many, many facts that is never aired in the never-ending debate over immigration in Britain.
How "secretive" is the meeting when one of the people in it puts a picture in Instagram?
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
How "secretive" is the meeting when one of the people in it puts a picture in Instagram?
OH JESUS CHRIST
November 13, 2025 at 10:07 AM
OH JESUS CHRIST
So many columnists and reporters have Substacks now but there seems to be both an audience and market for it.
Just saw one with 23,000 paying subscribers, paying minimum £7 a month. That's... a lot of money!
Just saw one with 23,000 paying subscribers, paying minimum £7 a month. That's... a lot of money!
November 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
So many columnists and reporters have Substacks now but there seems to be both an audience and market for it.
Just saw one with 23,000 paying subscribers, paying minimum £7 a month. That's... a lot of money!
Just saw one with 23,000 paying subscribers, paying minimum £7 a month. That's... a lot of money!
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I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself
This time, the conspiracy theorists were right.
www.theatlantic.com
September 10, 2025 at 3:07 AM
I wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
BOOK THREAD
Going to briefly review books here, for no other reason that this is as good a use of pixels and expensively-cooled server space as anything else.
Going to briefly review books here, for no other reason that this is as good a use of pixels and expensively-cooled server space as anything else.
November 13, 2025 at 9:02 AM
BOOK THREAD
Going to briefly review books here, for no other reason that this is as good a use of pixels and expensively-cooled server space as anything else.
Going to briefly review books here, for no other reason that this is as good a use of pixels and expensively-cooled server space as anything else.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
It's cases like this that ask the big questions on gun control in the U.S. Someone turns up to do a job, mistakenly at the wrong place, and is shot dead.
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It's cases like this that ask the big questions on gun control in the U.S. Someone turns up to do a job, mistakenly at the wrong place, and is shot dead.
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This gets more and more incredible as it goes on
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled on.ft.com/47FBigb
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This gets more and more incredible as it goes on
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.