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Andrew_F_Smith

@andrew-f-smith.bsky.social
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Soft southerner happily exiled in Manchester. #NHS diagnosed autistic. Might be artistic too. Proportional representation campaigner. Nature lover. #FBPE #FBPPR #ActuallyAutistic. Arsenal, Quins and Sale FC. Budding artist.

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Max Berger @maxberger.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
The solution to gerrymandering is proportional representation. Pass it on!
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The New Republic @newrepublic.com · 02/05/2026
If U.S. electoral politics is going to survive the high court’s attack on equal rights, the game will have to change. trib.al/t6OKXAg A future Democratic Congress and president must abolish the House’s system of single-member districts and elect members by proportional representation instead.
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LittleGravitas, →EU immigrant, UK→ emigrant, anti-Brexit @catanonim.me · 25/04/2026
A majority of Labour members voted for Proportional Representation. That didn't seem quite so compelling for Starmer. But, there again, his job wasn't on the line. Pffft. electoral-reform.org.uk/labour-part…
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Lee Hurley @hleehurley.com · 26/04/2026
I have a lot of sensory issues. I did not have parents who cared. As a result, I got shouted at and more. They didn't cure me of my sensory issues, they just ensured I kept them and was more fucked up about them.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
97% of Britons work jobs which force them to pay all the tax they should. 3% of Britons who get 50% of the money can choose to dodge almost all the tax if they want. That 3% of tax dodging wankers is who Reform work for.
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Elections Watchdog Doesn’t Know Where Reform UK’s Crypto Donations Are Coming From
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The Elections Watchdog Doesn’t Know Where Reform UK's Crypto Donations Are Coming From
The UK's electoral watchdog tells Byline Times it wants tough new legal powers to prevent overseas donors from secretly bankrolling British political parties
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Andrew_F_Smith @andrew-f-smith.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Let’s get PR done. But no party list system. Power to people, not parties with single transferable vote.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Americans would be much better off if Cuba took over the USA. It has better free Healthcare, people live longer, they are happier, fewer babies die, more people own their own home's and crime is lower. And this is all while being blockaded for 60 years. Free the USA.
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Andrew_F_Smith @andrew-f-smith.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Yesterday’s #ActuallyAutistic art: A sheep bridge on a moor.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Twice on Monday, Trump said he'd spoken to predecessors, who told him they regretted not attacking Iran in the reckless manner he has. Then "journalists" turned up and fact checked it by asking the four living former presidents if it was true. Guess what... it's not abcnews.com/US/wireStory...
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Trump says a former president had an Iran confession. Aides to his predecessors deny recent contact
President Donald Trump says a former president has told him that he now wishes he had attacked Iran when he occupied the Oval Office
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
The Greens plan to put social media giants like X and Facebook on the same legal footing as all other publishers in order to regulate them using defamation laws. This is an important step forward. Everyone should back the move - even opponents of the Greens My @heraldscotland.bsky.social column
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'Nobody with a brain goes to X seeking facts. X is for spreading disinformation'
The Greens want to make social media platforms subject to laws of defamation and libel just like publishers, newspapers and broadcasters. About…
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Put Gorton and Denton first. Also put British People first. Joint first. Except for the British people in Gorton and Denton who I don't consider to be British. They're second, as in "class". But if anybody asks, I didn't say that; I just dog-whistled it.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
A vote for Labour in Gorton and Denton Is a vote for Reform Do better, Vote Green bylinetimes.com/2026/02/24/e...
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Exclusive Poll: Anti-Reform Tactical Voters Poised to Defeat Nigel Farage's Party in Gorton and Denton By-election
Greens and Labour are in an effective dead heat against Reform UK, with tactical voters leaning towards Zack Polanski’s party
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Natacha @natacha.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Labour is literally lying to voters in Gorton and Denton RN
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Voters in Gorton and Denton can take a FREE personality test today. Simply go into a polling booth and if you find yourself voting for Matt Goodwin, you'll know you're a twat.
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WEFAIL @wefail.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The best of luck to Gorton and Denton today, vote Green.
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Mothin Ali @mothinali.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
It's a Green Party in Gorton and Denton Vote Hannah Spencer Vote Green 💚
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Sarah O’Connell @sarahoconnellshow.com · 26/02/2026
Here’s what actual tactical voting websites are saying: tactical.vote/gorton-and-d... stopreformuk.vote/parl/gorton-...
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Tactical voting in Gorton and Denton
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Owen Jones @owenjones.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
This is a massive scandal. Labour has invented a made-up tactical vote organisation to trick Gorton and Denton into voting for them. How can this even be legal?
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The Green Party of England & Wales @greenparty.org.uk · 26/02/2026
Hannah Spencer: councillor, plumber, greyhound lover and the only candidate who can beat Reform in Gorton & Denton today 💚
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Chris Orton @chriso1.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
Having unpleasant flash-forward visions of Farage’s shit-eating grin on Friday. Do the right thing, Gorton.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 19/02/2026
Every time Labour created a modern parliament – Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, London – they chose proportional representation writes MP, Jenny Riddell Carpenter. Why is Westminster the exception? If PR is good enough for devolved Britain, it’s good enough for the UK. @eastangliabylines.co.uk
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Electoral reform is the key to Social Democratic renewal
With four parties tied in the polls, our first past the post electoral system is failing. How should progressives respond?
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Dr Daniel Goyal @dangoyal.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
The danger is to think of Reform as just another version of the Tory Party They are so much worse They have taken the worst Tories - the most power-hungry, racist, misogynistic MPs - and empowered them to seek authoritarian rule They will decimate our rights and democracy They will rule over us!
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
🚨VERY IMPORTANT! ON 16 MARCH PARLIAMENT WILL DEBATE A PETITION FOR BY-ELECTIONS TO BE TRIGGERED AUTOMATICALLY WHEN MP’S DEFECT CONTACT YOUR MP NOW and ask them to attend the debate and support this petition - let’s sort this out once and for all
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
An important reminder
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Daily Herald #FBPE #NAFO 🇬🇧🇺🇦🇬🇱 @dailyherald.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Keir Starmer, Prime Minister: "We are not the Britain of the Brexit years anymore. We must look outwards, and work with our European neighbours to keep our country safe. There is no British security without Europe, and no European security without Britain."
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Rik Worth 👻 @rikworth.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Poverty is not real. You should not be allowed to work from home. Minimum wage is a bad idea. Women need to stay at home and have kids. Migrant workers are the problem. I don’t know guys. It seems like Reform might not represent the working class at all?
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Colbobs.bsky.social "Col" he/him/his @colbobs.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
You want to opt out of Palantir abusing your health data, right? Sign the petition and share, please!
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Petition: Introduce an NHS data opt-out & require a consultation for system expansions
Introduce a clear national opt-out for NHS data processed in the Federated Data Platform (FDP) and National Data Integration Tenant (NDIT) and require a full public consultation before any further exp...
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
15 years ago today I arrived on Downing Street in a cage. I've seen off Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak and I'm still going strong. Only two Prime Ministers have ever done longer stints here: William Pitt the Younger and Sir Robert Walpole. Bill and Bob - I'm coming for you... (Photos AP)
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Unbelievably this wasn’t even raised on SkyNews just now during the interview with Reform's head of policy Zia Yusuf. If UK news shows won’t call this boll**** out let’s do it ourselves
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Charlie Westney @charliewestney.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
So lovely to meet you Andrew and hear about your priorities for your MP Lots of normally-support-Labour voters just as fearful of a Reform win as you. So pleased to be able to listen to them and show them that a Green vote will be positive for their area and keep out Farage and the far right.
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Chris Terry-Enescu @cjterry.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Hannah Spencer (Green): I really get why the Greens picked Hannah. She is incredibly charismatic and comes across as very authentic. Her background as a plumber not only gives a sense of authenticity but she also cleverly deploys it to back up points about the issues she cares about.
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Charlie Westney @charliewestney.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Do you think the same org that handles military data, and handed over personal data to ICE in the US, should have your health data? Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/st...
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Stop Palantir taking over our public services!
Our public services aren’t for a secretive profit-hungry US tech firm. Sign the petition to tell the Government to scrap all contracts with secretive US tech firm Palantir.
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Charlie Westney @charliewestney.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
This is my home. I have friends who work in the paper mill that’s suspected of being the cause of forever chemicals in our local river… that I sometimes swim in. And we risk falling behind EU nations in setting limits on these chemicals in our water and soil. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Race to find source of carcinogenic Pfas in Cumbria and Lancashire waters
Exclusive: High levels of banned ‘forever chemical’ have been detected in rivers and groundwater at 25 sites
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
You just couldn’t make it up www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Two Reform MPs accidentally vote to scrap two-child benefit limit
Ex-Tory MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick walked through the wrong voting lobby with Labour MPs to scrap the two-child benefit limit in the Commons on Tuesday evening
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Yrotitna @yrotitna.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
@teamlabouruk.bsky.social need to wake up to the fact that #Palantir is a threat to democracy (they don’t even try to hide it!) seriously disappointed to see that @tomwatsonofficial.bsky.social is linked to Palantir, I used to think he had principles. Not any more! bylinetimes.com/2025/04/25/p...
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'Peter Mandelson's Fixing of Keir Starmer’s Visit to Spytech Firm Palantir Raises Serious Questions'
Palantir was represented by a lobbying firm founded by Mandelson, Iain Overton and Max Colbert report
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 03/02/2026
Belch of beery breath incarnate Nige Fartrage tells the Telegraph he would slash beer duty by 10%, cutting the price of a pint in pubs by 5p – funded by reintroducing the two-child benefit cap. He knows Deform UK supporters would swap child poverty for a cheaper piss-up in a heartbeat.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Labour took votes for granted. They've blown it. Green Party want to lower bills, protect our NHS and rebuild our public services. Vote Green - and stop Reform. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Starmer has little to offer voters of either right or left in Gorton and Denton. That’s why he’s facing a perfect storm | Owen Jones
The Greens are buoyant as Labour struggles. After shredding any semblance of a progressive agenda, fear of Reform is all the PM’s party has left, says Guardian columnist Owen Jones
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
I ardently hope that now after what’s happened with Mandelson that the left vote coalesces behind Greens. 80% of Labour members want PR but Starmer has steadfastly refused to listen. If Reform get this seat he will bear considerable responsibility. Matt Goodwin is too awful to contemplate.
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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 02/02/2026
For the maths nerds like me, this February will never happen again in our lifetime. It only happens once every 823 years 4 Sundays 4 Mondays 4 Tuesdays 4 Wednesdays 4 Thursdays 4 Fridays 4 Saturdays A perfect month. (Edited 21:53 via @skeetsapp.com)
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Larry the Cat @number10cat.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Peter Mandelson embroiled in scandal on Groundhog Day. Apt.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
BREAKING: Met Police is reviewing reports about Peter Mandelson’s emails to Jeffrey Epstein to see if they meet threshold for investigation. Spox: “The Met has received a number of reports relating to alleged misconduct in a public office”
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BabelBrunning @ribblebabel.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
This is Reform. They do NOT care about services for the people.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK over banker tax, Mandelson told Epstein. Mandelson was Business Secretary at that time in 2009. After leaving govt in 2010, Mandelson set up an advisory firm called Global Counsel, JPMorgan was a client. Must be investigated. archive.is/rzjnQ
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Robert Reiner @waylon18.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... Depressing but no doubt accurate reportage from Gorton and Denton. The Starmerite adherence to Treasury economics underlies their inability to offer hope. Mandelson’s gone but his corruption of Labour continues. The filthy rich remain the dominant force.
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In Gorton and Denton, I found a long-festering sense of fury that Labour has no idea how to tackle | John Harris
The people I met were disconnected and angry at the same time. Even if Labour somehow wins this byelection, how does it arrest the slide into hopelessness, asks Guardian columnist John Harris
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
How was this appalling man allowed to remain relevant for so long? And your occasional reminder that it's almost impossible to remove a peer.
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Stop Climate Chaos Scotland @sccscot.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
New insights reveal how audiences feel about climate content in arts and culture. Across society, people want and expect climate change to be talked about in what they watch, visit and enjoy - but it must be done well, recent surveys have found.
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Andrew_F_Smith @andrew-f-smith.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
I’m told it’s world wetlands day. Here’s a watercolour sketch I feel good about. #AutisticArt.
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 02/02/2026
This is a pioneering new wetland restoration project on the Oxfordshire-Wiltshire border at Coleshill. It was designed to bring clean-water habitats back to the River Cole floodplain and create a much-needed wildlife corridor where 90% of freshwater habitats have been lost over the last century.
Aerial image of a green landscape near a village with areas of wetland
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Andrew_F_Smith @andrew-f-smith.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
A for autism and A for Andrew. Start of a life story project I’m taking part in at my therapy group. #AutisticArt
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