Andrew Smith
@smiggs.bsky.social
Sometimes Photography, Technology, and Culture but mostly Liberalism. he/him
Sheffield, England
Sheffield, England
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Congrats to the Lib Dems for their successful local elections campaign.
January 28, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Congrats to the Lib Dems for their successful local elections campaign.
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Jewish descendent of holocaust victims and survivors here.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
Tim Walz condemned for comparing Minnesota children to Anne Frank
The Minnesota governor is getting widespread criticism for comparing children dealing with immigration enforcement to Holocaust victim Anne Frank.
bit.ly
January 28, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Jewish descendent of holocaust victims and survivors here.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
What he said was fine.
Neighbours hiding minority children from uniformed government thugs in service to a nativist agenda is bad enough.
I'm sure Anne would have preferred people spoke up BEFORE the Nazis got to the death camps stage.
For someone already reluctantly operating in this area AI Skills Hub is extremely underwhelming, the courses listed are already available for free should you care to look.
I really hope a special advisor vibe coded the portal on their lunch break, rather than waste real developer time on this.
I really hope a special advisor vibe coded the portal on their lunch break, rather than waste real developer time on this.
January 28, 2026 at 11:29 AM
For someone already reluctantly operating in this area AI Skills Hub is extremely underwhelming, the courses listed are already available for free should you care to look.
I really hope a special advisor vibe coded the portal on their lunch break, rather than waste real developer time on this.
I really hope a special advisor vibe coded the portal on their lunch break, rather than waste real developer time on this.
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Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
January 27, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Auschwitz was at the end of a process. We must remember that it did not start from gas chambers.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
This hatred gradually developed: from ideas, words, stereotypes & prejudice through legal exclusion, dehumanization & escalating violence... to systematic and industrial murder.
Auschwitz took time.
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The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
January 19, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The UK was better off in the EU and Europe was better off with the UK in it.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
All of this Trump driven chaos underlines that and you can practically hear Putin rubbing his hands in Moscow.
WE have deliberately weakened ourselves, our security and our region for absolutely no good purpose at all.
Must be difficult for Badenoch to resist one of those trademark Tory parties on this news.
🚨 BREAKING 🚨
Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK.
Another failed Tory joins Farage.
Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK.
Another failed Tory joins Farage.
Vote for Reform UK, get the worst of the Tories.
January 26, 2026 at 12:45 PM
Must be difficult for Badenoch to resist one of those trademark Tory parties on this news.
Excited to finally see my point of view on a policy benefit from something being put into the long grass.
'She [Liz Kendall] is understood to share Starmer’s scepticism, as do Peter Kyle and Bridget Phillipson. All believe that the UK should at least wait to see how events unfold in Australia before rushing to follow suit'
The House goes inside government's thinking on an under-16 social media ban 👇
The House goes inside government's thinking on an under-16 social media ban 👇
Inside The Battle Over Banning Under-16s From Social Media
Under pressure, Starmer has opened the door to an Australia-style ban on under-16s using social media. But the Prime Minister’s own thinking on the...
www.politicshome.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:50 PM
Excited to finally see my point of view on a policy benefit from something being put into the long grass.
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That NEC decision on Burnham was predictable, but also: cowardly, insecure, factional, long-term counter-strategic and symptomatic of administrative malaise.
January 25, 2026 at 3:50 PM
That NEC decision on Burnham was predictable, but also: cowardly, insecure, factional, long-term counter-strategic and symptomatic of administrative malaise.
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"Six masked agents pummelling a resident."
"Video appears to show a federal officer had taken a gun away from a Minneapolis man prior to a Border Patrol agent fatally shooting him today."
- CNN
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
"Video appears to show a federal officer had taken a gun away from a Minneapolis man prior to a Border Patrol agent fatally shooting him today."
- CNN
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
Live updates: Man shot and killed by federal agents in Minneapolis | CNN
The Minneapolis man shot and killed by a Border Patrol agent today has been identified as Alex Pretti. Trump administration and Minnesota officials offer starkly different accounts of the shooting. Fo...
www.cnn.com
January 25, 2026 at 12:18 AM
"Six masked agents pummelling a resident."
"Video appears to show a federal officer had taken a gun away from a Minneapolis man prior to a Border Patrol agent fatally shooting him today."
- CNN
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
"Video appears to show a federal officer had taken a gun away from a Minneapolis man prior to a Border Patrol agent fatally shooting him today."
- CNN
www.cnn.com/us/live-news...
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This mendacious drivel should be a resigning issue, for both the author and anyone who thought it was right to publish it
January 25, 2026 at 12:24 AM
This mendacious drivel should be a resigning issue, for both the author and anyone who thought it was right to publish it
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Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
January 24, 2026 at 10:33 PM
Worth remembering when looking at the horrific scenes in the US right now that both Reform and the Tories have pledged to bring in ICE-style organisations to the UK if they win power
After Mark Carney's speech yesterday, another truth bomb for the Middle Powers of Europe.
Feels like we need a galvanising speech every day until they seize the moment instead of the past.
Feels like we need a galvanising speech every day until they seize the moment instead of the past.
Zelensky on Europe: “Europe still feels like more like a geography, history, a tradition, not real political force.
“Not a great power.”
“Not a great power.”
January 22, 2026 at 3:50 PM
After Mark Carney's speech yesterday, another truth bomb for the Middle Powers of Europe.
Feels like we need a galvanising speech every day until they seize the moment instead of the past.
Feels like we need a galvanising speech every day until they seize the moment instead of the past.
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Lab to DK is a group twice as large as Lab to Ref (and losses to DK are often easiest to win back)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
🧵/ How would Britain vote at the start of 2026: Our new study of 17,000 Britons breaks down current voting intention by factors such as age, socio-economic classification, past vote, and more...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 21, 2026 at 3:12 PM
Lab to DK is a group twice as large as Lab to Ref (and losses to DK are often easiest to win back)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
Lab to Grn/LD is a group three times as large as Lab to Ref (and on multiple metrics this group looks more open to returning to Labour)
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24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
January 21, 2026 at 10:05 PM
24% of people who voted Labour at the last general election now plan to
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
vote Green or Lib Dem.
0% of those who voted Reform at the last election now plan to vote Labour.
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The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
January 21, 2026 at 9:38 AM
The New World asked me to speak to some British trans women about what life has been like for them over the past few years - here's what they had to say, in their own words: www.thenewworld.co.uk/marie-le-con...
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Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example.
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
January 21, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Mark Carney has delivered one of the most important speeches of our era. There is a better future waiting for Britain if we dare to follow his example.
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
inews.co.uk/opinion/trum...
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Don’t know about you but I’d like to ban social media for boomers.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Don’t know about you but I’d like to ban social media for boomers.
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This thread? This thread is beautiful. It shows that a person who is just an ordinary, imperfect person can choose to do right, even though they are imperfect and have not always chosen right before, and it can have a massive impact.
If you see injustice? Choose to do right.
If you see injustice? Choose to do right.
The US granted visas to Jews but only allowed 30,000 in from Germany a year. You had to wait for your number to come up.
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
Meet Robert Smallbones. An unassuming British diplomat who 'hacked' this system so effectively (saving 48 THOUSAND Jews) the UK government kept his scheme secret for decades /1 🧵
January 21, 2026 at 1:22 PM
This thread? This thread is beautiful. It shows that a person who is just an ordinary, imperfect person can choose to do right, even though they are imperfect and have not always chosen right before, and it can have a massive impact.
If you see injustice? Choose to do right.
If you see injustice? Choose to do right.
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Main impression after 2 days in London: any politician, official or commentator who now prioritizes party politics, petty scores or their personal career advancement over dealing with this crisis should find a new job.
Time to be serious.
As a lot of serious people have said for a very long time.
Time to be serious.
As a lot of serious people have said for a very long time.
January 20, 2026 at 2:28 PM
Main impression after 2 days in London: any politician, official or commentator who now prioritizes party politics, petty scores or their personal career advancement over dealing with this crisis should find a new job.
Time to be serious.
As a lot of serious people have said for a very long time.
Time to be serious.
As a lot of serious people have said for a very long time.
With even Zach Polanski writing about how we need new defence capability, we're going to have to talk about how increasing these capabilities will cost money.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Trump's threat to Greenland must be a wake up call for Britain
For too long our politicians have toadied to a dangerous president
www.newstatesman.com
January 19, 2026 at 10:55 AM
With even Zach Polanski writing about how we need new defence capability, we're going to have to talk about how increasing these capabilities will cost money.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
January 18, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Lib Dem source: “Just 45 more Tory defections until Ed becomes Leader of the Opposition.”
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every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them
January 17, 2026 at 3:12 PM
every provocateur who wangs on all the time about Britain being “broken” should be sent to an actual failed state or autocracy for a month as a learning experience, there’s no shortage of them