Reposted by Neil J SmithIan Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12/04/2026All the worst cunts in the world - from journalism to politics, the Kermlin to the White House - are suffering tonight. 1013784460 3.8K
Reposted by Neil J SmithGavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Can’t wait for JD Vance to campaign for Reform in the UK. How about next week? Is next week good for you? 16576101 576
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 09/04/2026Some art is more enjoyable if you have some technical understanding of the medium or the artist’s intention. And all music requires *some* level of knowledge of the form or it’s just noise. 000 0
Reposted by Neil J SmithCarl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 14/03/2026Barry Blitt’s sketchbook. @airmail.news airmail.news/issues/2026-... 391742550 1.7K
Reposted by Neil J SmithPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 05/03/2026This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-uk-... 13470152 470
Reposted by Neil J SmithParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 04/03/2026GB News loses £22m, taking their total losses to over £130m. Except it's not a 'loss', it's an investment by Paul Marshall in providing a propaganda service to platform right wing grifters, gobshites, conspiracy nutters and contrarian fuckwits. 411084351 1.1K
Reposted by Neil J SmithHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 01/03/2026I am pro Iranian people. I stand with them against their own government’s repression AND against the imperial violence in the form of bombs dropped from the sky from Israel & the US who have already killed hundreds. I support neither imperialism or dictatorship. Sahar Delijani said it best: 43100833555 10.1K
Reposted by Neil J SmithBrian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social · 27/02/2026Pulp poetry. 19949236 949
Reposted by Neil J SmithSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11/02/2026Not been aware of this “uproar” anywhere but here. Either on the news or in broadsheet media. And there should be uproar. Because, in a nutshell, it tells you why Reform - in their infantile, idiotic, vengeful inadequacy - are so ragingly unfit for office. nation.cymru/news/uproar-...nation.cymruUproar as Reform policy chief threatens to defund Welsh universityMartin Shipton Reform UK’s head of policy Zia Yusuf launched a culture war in Wales by threatening to withhold funding from Bangor University after its student debating society refused to host two lea... 42527193 527
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 10/02/2026So, what drives approval ratings? Public opinion is informed largely by the media, so a biased media inevitably results in biased approval ratings. How else could Johnson and Farage really be more popular than Starmer? And then Starmer’s opponents feed off negative coverage to their own advantage. 0173 17
Reposted by Neil J SmithSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Most of our media is studiously ignoring the Epstein links to Brexit, Farage and far right populism. Farage is being touted for No.10. He wants an even more extreme Brexit. A race to the bottom to sell us out to this global network of oligarch crooks. Why TF isn’t he being investigated and stopped? 451096515 1.1K
Reposted by Neil J SmithPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 07/02/2026BREAKING: Gordon Brown defends Keir Starmer "I can look in his eyes and see he is a man of integrity. "He wants to do the right things. Perhaps he has been too slow to do the right things. But he must do the right things now. "Lets judge what he does" 78521108 521
Reposted by Neil J Smithmimij9.bsky.social @mimij9.bsky.social · 24/01/2026The sooner the wider public understands that Nigel Farage is actively working against Britain’s interests, the better. 35773226 773
Reposted by Neil J SmithRichard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 21/01/2026If he sets off right now, he could get to Dignitas before they close. It's only a 2 hour drive from #Davos. If it's the cost he's worried about, I'm sure he'd get a generous crowdfunding response. Maybe they take gift vouchers? Either way, the clock's ticking... 410427 104
Reposted by Neil J SmithWill 🇺🇦 Absolute Shower 🇺🇦 @showerabsolute.bsky.social · 21/01/2026Remember the Soviet joke about a man who always goes to look at the papers but never buys one. The news agent asks him what he's looking for and he says, "An obituary" and the news agent points out that they're always in the back section. "This one won't be". 3430110 430
Reposted by Neil J SmithThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20/01/2026NEW “…neither rhyme nor reason.” We are currently in a situation where precedents and norms and laws and rules and theories offer no assistance. By me. Substack: emptycity.substack.com/p/neither-rh... Personal blog: davidallengreen.com/2026/01/neit... 1822576 225
Reposted by Neil J SmithAnne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 19/01/2026"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize." www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...theatlantic.com 25459571712 6K
Reposted by Neil J SmithJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 19/01/2026We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc... 782689587 2.7K
Reposted by Neil J SmithJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 16/01/2026This is so important. If you persist in misrepresenting or misunderstanding reality you give even more ammunition to populist liars who understand nothing. 11502113 502
Reposted by Neil J SmithLabour NW Essex @labournwessex.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Today, waiting lists are down by more than 312,000 since Labour came into government - with an 86,000 drop in November alone. That's the second biggest drop in 15 years.🎉 See more below ⬇️🧵 14622 46
Reposted by Neil J SmithRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 14/01/2026When the interior ministry declares its militia to be above the law in terms that equate dissent with treason there really isn’t any question of whether or not we are looking at an authoritarian regime. 43933375 933
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Musk: We have a feature that encourages immoral and debasing behaviour. Let’s monetise it! You almost have to admire his total lack of human decency. 052 5
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Democratic rights should be withheld from those who oppose democracy. 000 0
Reposted by Neil J SmithTom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 17/12/2025A Christmas cartoon from my new book of science cartoons PHYSICS FOR CATS. In good bookshops and online now: www.tomgauld.com/comic-books-v2 7851208 851
Reposted by Neil J SmithOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Rob Reiner was a genius. He brought joy to this world, and in decades to come, people will still be laughing, crying, and quoting along to his incredible oeuvre. Donald Trump is a nobody. History will remember him as a villain and a nasty, dim-witted, unloved one at that. There's your difference 451477246 1.5K
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 11/12/2025It’s increasingly hard to find balanced news about the UK government’s policies and actions, but this is an informative article on proposed changes to ECHR rules on asylum rights. www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12...aljazeera.comWhy is the UK leading the charge to curb asylum rights under the ECHR?UK seeks revision of the European Convention on Human Rights amid pressure from the far right. 000 0
Reposted by Neil J SmithSir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 13/09/2025We celebrated FREE SPEECH in the village yesterday. We called each other bastards & fuckers. Everyone said Jill in the village shop was a bitch & should be jailed. I called Dean our paperboy a lying wanker and Bunty said Simple Sally should be burnt for being a slut. 🇬🇧 65549131 549
Reposted by Neil J SmithSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/07/2025Can someone please explain why it is that too many politicians only seem to want the votes of the prejudiced and the ignorant? To the extent that they are actively repelling anyone capable of rational thought and decency. Why the pathetic need to appease the bigot vote, at everyone else’s expense? 3052279560 2.3K
Reposted by Neil J SmithGeorge Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 09/07/2025I hoped never to see concentration camps like the ones I grew up in appear again in this country. Reading this breaks my heart. 16148311635 4.8K
Reposted by Neil J SmithRichard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Anyone who knows the first thing about literary translation knows that direct translations are often impossible, and that creative, nuanced, sympathetic solutions must be found due to unfamiliar idioms, imagery, rhyming schemes, etc while balancing author motifs and style. AI simply can't do that. 11425138 425
Reposted by Neil J SmithPlynthology @plynthology.bsky.social · 24/06/2025'Mothra' live by Plynthology at Other Space Arts, Windsor. What an amazing night we had at Other Space Arts! Mega thanks to Ruby Dawn and Vinna Bee for truly off-the-scale performances, Mr C for superb dad jokes and compering, Steve the sound and all at OSA for hosting us at their wonderful venue.youtu.be'Mothra' live by Plynthology at Other Space Arts, WindsorYouTube video by Plynthology 021 2
Reposted by Neil J SmithSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/05/2025V good letter in The Guardian on Labour’s flailing hopelessness in the face of Reform. Come on, Labour. The country is crying out for better. We’re sick of this ugly rightwing agenda. It brings nothing but failure. It’s disloyal to your voters and to the country. You’ve got power and time. Use them. 591251496 1.3K
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 04/05/2025They’re not concerned with irrelevancies like truth and facts. Just like MAGA, all they want is to throw red meat to their bigot fan base and fuel the culture wars for their own evil ends. 010 1
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 26/04/2025that evokes the grey concrete of postwar Berlin perfectly, whilst also rebelling against it with musical artistry. Anyway, them's my thoughts after a bit too much wine. I love Berlin-era Bowie for sure. 120 2
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 26/04/2025I'm extremely late to this thread but I completely agree. The vocal on the original is full of raw emotion while the live versions lean more towards the style of a cruise ship crooner. Also, the live versions have far too much 'swing'. The studio recording has a brutalist, four-square krautrock feel 130 3
Reposted by Neil J SmithGraham Bett @grahambett.bsky.social · 11/04/2025"Like a dog with the garden hose". @mattgreencomedy.com at his best! 04011 40
Reposted by Neil J SmithPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 10/04/2025What the US constructed over 8 decades, Trump is destroying in days. And once destroyed, it will be almost impossible to resurrect. Trump is congenitally unable to understand the strategic value of allies--US competitors might not be so foolish. 835773 357
Reposted by Neil J SmithPhillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Just as a reminder, not a single state gave in to Trump’s tariff threats. Not one. He’s blown up US economic credibility for nothing. 2449992 499
Reposted by Neil J SmithMꙬse Allain @mooseallain.bsky.social · 09/04/2025Everyone loves sausage dogs, but are you familiar with the other sausage animals? Here's a handy guide. If you like this cartoon, I can draw one for you. www.worldofmoose.com/products/sau... 1641582 415
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 07/04/2025I found the perfect anthem for this - 'USexit Thing'. Strangely apt lyrics too: "I believe in miracles, USexit thing, USexit thing, you."youtube.comHot Chocolate - You sexy thing 1975YouTube video by fritz5139 120 2
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 07/04/2025Also, not prescribing cyanide in the first place might have been a good idea. 000 0
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 07/04/2025So, as Brexit was a backward step in every way, what he must really mean is we're going forwards to reverse it. Clever, eh? 😵💫 000 0
Reposted by Neil J SmithAlonso Gurmendi @alonso-gd.bsky.social · 29/03/2025I think liberals in the West need to understand that they have not stumbled across any kind of contradiction or hypocrisy in the Global far right. When they said “people have a right to free speech” they simply never saw racialised people as people to begin with 🧵 22593189 593
Neil J Smith @neiljsmith.bsky.social · 27/03/2025This matron's big enough for the both of us...? 🤔 010 1
Reposted by Neil J SmithJonathan Healey @jonathanhealey.bsky.social · 24/03/2025‘Okay which one of you accidentally added Robert Cecil to the chat?’ 8939731048 4K