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Jeremy Smith

@jeremysmith.bsky.social
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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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Andrew Burton @burtonad.bsky.social · 9h
Thread. Surprised it took so long, honestly.
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John Bull @garius.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A cash-strapped rural police force struggles to deal with Red Diesel gangs. Until its chief inspector realises can get the Met Police to deal with the problem... ...if he pretends they're Iranian. A new six part comedy starring Toby Jones.
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Alexandra Endres @alexandraendres.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Vor zehn Jahren haben die damalige kolumbianische Regierung und die Farc-Guerilla einen Friedensvertrag unterzeichnet. Ich erinnere mich noch gut an die Hoffnung im Land. Heute ist die Gewalt zurück. Die neue Regierung setzt auf militärische Repression statt Versöhnung. #Kolumbien
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Jared Yates Sexton @jysexton.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Just helping with editing here. These bots aren’t sentient. They’re doing what they’re programmed to do. OpenAI, a private company supposedly bound by laws, committed federal crimes.
Screenshot of BBC article: OpenAI bots (struck through) meddled with multiple US government agency sites
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
CARTOON OF THE DAY…
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
The self-styled 'nasty party' out to prove it can be the Much Nastier Party.
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Hoodlum 🇺🇸 @nothoodlum.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Marco Rubio: “Iranians are radical religious lunatics.” Also: Have you met Paula White, the White House faith advisor?
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Who's the idiot in the middle?
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Prospect Magazine @prospectmagazine.co.uk · 23/09/2026
Pogroms. Jewish terrorism. Ethnic cleansing. “These are not the words of outsiders. They are the words of people who once ran the Israeli state,” writes Alan Rusbridger
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Confronting Jewish terrorism is not an act of Jew hate
Many members of the Israeli establishment vehemently oppose what is happening in the West Bank. You wouldn’t know it from the criticism aimed at Ed Mi...
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Dean Baker @deanbaker13.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Just to remind everyone, since many reporters and politicians seem to have forgotten, Iran was not close to having a nuclear weapon. And it was negotiating when Trump and Israel attacked it back in February. The nuclear weapon story is just a Trumpian lie.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"I am the way, the truth and the code".
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Then we need to get BBC News to stop being propagating biased rightwing material that is essentially pro-Reform advertising. Much of the rest of BBC is fine and valued - but the 'news' is dragging it down.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
BBC website finally mentions "Tommo" slashing a boat www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Police looking at video of anti-migrant activist Daniel Thomas slashing at boat with knife
Daniel Thomas, known to his supporters as Danny Tommo, livestreamed a video of the alleged incident.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
This assumes that Trump's war of aggression (and choice) was right. A wholly false premise.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Gays for Gasoline"
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K M Flett @keithbeard.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Not yet confirmed but election results in Berlin with a significant increase in the vote for Die Linke underline that the left can provide an alternative to the right & far right
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
BBC News is becoming outrageous. All day plugging the ultra reactionary outpourings of tax-dodgy immigrant (to Monaco) Jim Ratcliffe
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
‘We cannot allow race to be reintroduced into our politics. We cannot allow Briton to be set against Briton.’ Bravo Rishi Sunak www.thetimes.com/article/e89d...
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Rishi Sunak: Britishness must not be turned into a DNA test
I worry that the immigration debate is going far beyond arrival numbers
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Alan Rusbridger @arusbridger.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
If you add in £130m losses on “Reform TV” (aka GB News) the effective subsidy of Farage’s party from just four men tops £200m. You just have to join the dots app.prospectmagazine.co.uk/story/75017/...
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Farage and the £130m even his detractors have missed
GB news has provided relentless positive PR for Nigel Farage while racking up tens of millions in financial losses. And now there is a new channel in the offing
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Gavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Isn’t Sir Jim Ratcliffe an immigrant to Monaco? Happy to be corrected on this of course …. And do British people abroad only consider themselves “expats?” And never “immigrants?”
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Why does the BBC have as one of its lead news stories this morning another Britain-hating interview with Jim 'the UK has been colonised by immigrants' Ratcliffe? What public interest is this serving?
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Andrew Fisher @fisherandrew79.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Given he moved to Monaco to dodge his taxes in 2020 (after supporting Brexit) he seemingly lost faith in the UK some time ago ... Jim Ratcliffe, bigoted billionaire, gets another platform to waffle on about a country he doesn't live in www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Time to stop the stupid (and counter-productive) efforts by the British government and political establishment to criminalise support for the rights of the Palestinian people.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
The UK has lost confidence in Jim Ratcliffe.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Remember when he earlier quit the UK to avoid paying lots of VAT his company owed? I think he fled to Switzerland that time. Hope Monaco enjoys having him these days, the old grump.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
The Supreme Court's "shadow docket" allows justices to effectively make rulings in secret without explaining their decisions. Is it any wonder why so many do not trust the Roberts court? www.propublica.org/article/supreme-…
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
He's right, on his watch.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
As former Labour minister Tom Watson joins Palantir, please read this devastating exposé by @petergeoghegan.bsky.social & @lucasamin.bsky.social of how the company, with Peter Mandelson's help, wormed its way into the UK government to sell its dire & dangerous products. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...
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Peter Geoghegan and Lucas Amin · ‘This looks absolutely rubbish’: Palantir and the NHS
A decade ago Palantir was largely unknown in the UK. It now holds public contracts worth hundreds of millions of pounds...
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Revolving doors and political auctions. Labour peer and former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir. Palantir is trying to save its £330m NHS contract, wants more public contracts. Nick Clegg, Rishi Sunak, George Osborne and others have taken similar jobs.
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Former Labour deputy leader Tom Watson joins Palantir
Peer takes full-time position at the controversial company as it fends off pressure from both Andy Burnham’s government and Sadiq Khan
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A mad psychopath speaks. Mass murderer of many tens of thousands of innocent civilians. His government is guilty of the gravest war crimes.
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Patti Olivier 💙VOTE BLUE @patti3333.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Robots No way on the farm This menace is real from China , company is unitree robotics $2700 wait for the ending !!
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The Shaw Society @shawsociety.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are deeply saddened by the death of our Vice-President, Bonnie Greer OBE FRSL. A distinguished playwright, writer, critic & broadcaster, Bonnie brought intelligence, warmth & courage to British cultural life. Our thoughts are with her family and friends. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/s...
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Bonnie Greer, writer and cultural commentator, dies aged 77
The British-American novelist and playwright who regularly appeared on current affairs shows will be remembered for her ‘warmth, humour and generosity’, says her husband
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 15/09/2026
All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
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All supporting acts withdraw from Ed Sheeran’s tour in solidarity with Macklemore
Three openers and live band for Sheeran’s tour depart after removal of Macklemore over ‘free Palestine’ comments All four supporting acts for upcoming dates of Ed Sheeran’s Loop tour have withdrawn in solidarity with fellow opening act Macklemore, as backlash grows to his removal from the tour over onstage comments in support of Palestine. Finneas, the singer who was scheduled to open for Sheeran on six South American dates in November, withdrew from the tour on Tuesday afternoon, hours after Sheeran posted his own lengthy statement to Instagram explaining pressure from venue owners to remove Macklemore for pro-Palestine comments made during two shows at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium. Continue reading...
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
To be 'reprlimanded' implies that one is an underling. All that happened is that a rightwing American had a whinge. Don't accept servility to US imperialism ! Today programme toadies as always...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
For years I've been told that aviation emissions are negligible, so don't worry your little head about them. But I've kept pointing out that there are - and will be - no good technical solutions, and they'll keep growing. Now we know just how big the problem is. www.carbonbrief.org/ccc-heathrow...
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CCC: Heathrow expansion could push flights to ‘80% of UK emissions by 2050’ - Carbon Brief
Aviation is on track to be responsible for 80% of the UK’s carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 2050, according to the Climate Change Committee (CCC).
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Lawrence Freedman @ldfreedman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Very grateful to Ian Ralby for contributing this authoritative and rather alarming piece on the unfolding crises caused first by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz and now the Houthis control over the Bab al-Mandeb (£/free trial) samf.substack.com/p/houthis-ho...
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Houthis, Hormuz and the “chokepoint” threat to the global economy
Today and Thursday we have two posts addressing big risks facing the global economy.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Former PM Baroness Theresa May called for the Govt to get tougher on crypto in the Lords yesterday. "I am generally a sceptic about crypto assets and cryptocurrencies...I first came across them as Home Secretary when they were the currency of choice for criminal gangs [and] hostile state actors."
I have to say that I am generally a sceptic about crypto assets and cryptocurrencies, beyond even the aspects in relation to this piece of legislation. I first came across them as Home Secretary when they were the “currency of choice” for criminal gangs. They are a currency of choice for hostile state actors as well as those organised crime gangs. It is absolutely right that the Government are moving to find ways to ensure that crypto assets cannot be used as donations to political parties. But I would simply say this to the Government: I have seen the briefing from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Anti-Corruption and Responsible Tax, which points out that there are loopholes in what the Government are doing here in this piece of legislation. Crypto assets are banned for donations to political parties but not to candidates. There is not a sufficient attempt to look at how exchanges can be used to turn those crypto assets, supposedly legally, into donations.

I think there is more that the Government should be doing, and I would urge the Government to look at this in particular. Crypto assets are used by people who want to avoid anybody knowing what they are doing, and in terms of our democracy and donations to political parties or candidates, we actually want the transparency of knowing who is making those donations. It is crypto assets in their various forms that will enable people who we do not want to see affecting our politics and affecting our democracies, who do so with evil intent and with intent of foreign interference. I welcome the fact that the Government are acting; I simply ask them to do more.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Reminder: Mitch McConnell hasn’t been seen in 3 months.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's a looong Declaration, but worth a look if you want to see the official joint view of BRICS countries - & how it differs from our limited, partial (US-dominated) official diet. No love for Trump tariff protectionism & 'unilateral coercive measures' d2jiw2zrmmyqt8.cloudfront.net/wp-content/u...
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Reform UK's record-breaking donor was accused of running “in effect a money laundering platform”. Prosecutors accused Delo of being the “leader of a criminal enterprise” who knew that his Bitmex platform had become a “magnet for money laundering and criminal activity”.
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Reform UK Is Now a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Corrupt Crypto Industry
As criminal investigations into Reform’s funding continue, much of the British press continues to give a free pass to Nigel Farage’s shady funders
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Must just be a coincidence that two of Reform's main donors have been convicted of money laundering related offences (Delo and George Cottrell).
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The Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
NEW Why holding a placard is a terrorist act, while causing disruption in a balaclava is not The mess caused by ministers and the police not taking terrorism law seriously By me at @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...

Recent events in England now reveal the practical difference between terrorists and protesters. It would seem that terrorists peacefully hold placards and get immediately arrested, while protesters wear black uniforms and balaclavas and disrupt infrastructure and do not get arrested.

How did we get into this mess? How have we placed ourselves in the position where terrorism legislation is used to detain and prosecute peaceful protesters, while those adopting the terror tactics of private armies seem to be free to do as they wish?

The reason is that for some time British politicians have not taken terrorism legislation seriously, and that ministers have got into the habit of misusing terror laws for easy targets.
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Neil Young @elderpegasus.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Can we stop calling them "protesters" now? Targetted abuse is abuse. Every force that refuses to prevent this thuggery should have the chief constable summoned before parliament. BBC News - Poole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteers www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Poole Old Lifeboat Museum shuts after protesters target volunteers
The museum in Poole says it will remain closed until until the anti-migrant protests stop.
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Jeremy Smith @jeremysmith.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Yes, a cult. I note that "Claude" rhymes with "Lord" as in God... Take the words of the hymn, "Dear Claude and Father of mankind, forgive our foolish ways! Reclothe us in our rightful mind, in purer lives thy service find, in deeper reverence praise, in deeper reverence praise.
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Hugo Gordon @hugogordon.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Absolutely incredible to write a review of a play in which you complain about audience behaviour, and just not mention that your partner strangled someone for a bit during the showing
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John Denham @jydenham.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
I do find odd that we all apparently enjoy the right to enter a hotel uninvited, go to the guest floors, knock on the doors of complete strangers on the grounds that they are not white - and yet not commit any offence.
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Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants
Protesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
52% support suggests that regardless of what some people have claimed, it's not only Muslim voters in favour
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