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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Very nice to hear a sane voice from Piddington. Serious respect to this woman, who is apparently already being othered by more bigoted villagers.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Life advice from the hand dryer in the Exeter Tesco

Graffiti saying “DON’T SMOKE CRACK” written in sharpie on the top of a hand dryer

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Larry & Paul @larryandpaul.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

🇬🇧 Honest UK Train Ad

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

Large anti-racism gatherings in Belfast, Glasgow, Sheffield, Londonderry/Derry and Brighton and they get much less news coverage than when a few hundred racists march. Our news coverage needs to do better. The vast majority don’t agree with Yaxley-Lennon, Farage and Lowe

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

“I said it’s good of Nigel Farage to speak out about the murder of Henry Nowak. What did I say Roy?” “You said he’s a cynical piece of shit who’s exploiting a tragedy to spread hatred and division”

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Sir Michael Take CBE @sirmichaeltake.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Yesterday in the village we held a bring & buy sale. All proceeds went to a charity supporting those earning just over £100K in the UK. These people can barely keep their children in private education & are now being forced to shop at Tesco’s . Please keep them in your prayers.🙏

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 26/05/2026

Same news as usual

A newsreader excitedly declaring record breaking temperatures like it’s winning a prize and not the steady approach of the end of living conditions for humans

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Miss Omar @auntiekayadventure.bsky.social · 10/05/2026

This is the best cycling advert ever, especially because I’m in it. It beautifully shows that cycling is for everyone, no matter who you are or where you come from. Bikes bring people together and remind us that cycling is one of the best ways to improve our health and wellbeing.

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Tom Flood @tomflood.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

barriers.

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Northern & proud 👊 @gazlancs.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

If you don’t see what’s happening here, if you still think there is zero media bias against the Left, and no smear campaign going on against the Greens, you are completely deluded. The man arrested was a Reform voter.😡

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Hey FA - watching Rochdale ça York, it seems matches can be finished after a pitch invasion! Derby vs Fulham 1983 - the game that never finished. #FFC youtu.be/EmzWlJCZIW4?...

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1982-83 - Derby County 1 Fulham 0 - 14/05/1983

YouTube video by Derby County Highlights

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climate-talks.bsky.social @climate-talks.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

Can’t vouch for its accuracy but even if only some of this pic is correct, it shows the legal tangle necessary to make shooting pheasants legal. And presumably the correlation between our lawmakers and those who call massacring animals for fun ‘sport’. (Sorry can’t credit artist.)

Flow chart highlighting the need to regularly reclassify pheasants as livestock or wildlife according to their treatment, from rearing and releasing to feeding and shooting, in order to make the practice legal.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The Telegraph’s famous tin ear strikes again

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The well timed heckle… The original FB post is about a golf club restricting access to a public footpath to stop damage caused by youths on motorbikes. However, this ‘heckle’ is a gem

A Facebook comment saying “I’m a member of the golf club and feel really sorry about access for all has been limited. The damage was caused by electric bikes, ripping up various and greens and fairways. You cannot see it from the path. It is the usual story, a mindless few are spoiling it for everyone.”
A reply to this comment from an account whose name can be read as ‘I am fake’ states “a bit like affairs”

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

Brilliant to see road.cc put Charles Windsor back in his box with a well reasoned article. Also, what a hypocritical cock. He’s probably rocked up in a car or a helicopter and is calling people on e-bikes cheats.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Here’s Clive outing himself as an idiot. Every study, and even the few times it’s been implemented, have shown this to be a stupid idea. Concentrate on where the real danger comes from Clive. Hint: it’s not cyclists, even selfish ones

A Telegraph headline saying “It is time to make selfish cyclists display a licence plate” with the byline CLIVE ASLET

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

One thing in common for the streets chosen by the Telegraph as Britain’s prettiest - almost no cars. there are a few parked up in the two seaside choices, but streets look better without them and they’re way more user friendly for people to live their lives and spend money

One of the streets described by The Telegraph as the UK’s prettiest - this one in car free Clovelly

One of the streets described by The Telegraph as the UK’s prettiest - this one a narrow lane with tables outside what maybe a cafe in Tenby

One of the streets described by The Telegraph as the UK’s prettiest- this one is Grey Steer in Newcastle with the colonnaded theatre in the foreground and a pair of no entry signs alongside the road

One of the streets described by The Telegraph as the UK’s prettiest - this one cobbled Victoria Street in Edinburgh busy with pedestrians

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 31/01/2026

How Telegraph headlines lie…in fact having grossly underestimated the rebuild costs (as they guessed them during the purchase), they finally shopped around and managed to get insurance for under £1,500 per year. Absolute non-story

A middle aged couple stand in front of a thatched cottage. The bald, bearded, overweight man has a red v neck jumper that used to fit him and a grumpy look perfected for Angry People in Local Newspapers

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

While I’m in favour of celebrities pushing forward environmental protection, it’s difficult to see bird shooting and fox hunting Charles Windsor as anything other than a bit of a hypocrite

Charles Windsor (not my king but maybe yours) walking across a field with others on a bird shooting day

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

An #FACup weekend without VAR really shows how much better football is without it - especially for fans in the grounds. Most decisions are correct and the game flows. Goal celebrations don’t need to be paused; emotions can be allowed to be free. Time to scrap #VAR

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

I’m still buzzing and it’s two days later! We are all Gentleman Jim “pick that out”

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 04/01/2026

I had to go up to the grit bin this morning and create myself some tyre tracks to make it to the #FULLIV game. Let’s hope the @fulhamfc.com players show the same commitment #COYW

Photo of a snowy road in a village with two tarmac tracks where grit has been spread and brushed

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

Good old Daily Telegraph spreading (financial) fear with a scenario that actually only affects <1% of households

Infographic from Daily Telegraph’s Money section titled “Homeowners’ receipt” listing taxes paid on a £2 million UK home over 30 years. It shows stamp duty of £154,000 described as tax paid to buy a £2m house; council tax of £318,000 for a Band H home; a mansion tax of £138,000 described as Labour’s new surcharge; VAT of £29,000 added to building and maintenance work; and inheritance tax of £1.44 million described as estimated death duties. The graphic states a total tax cost over 30 years of £2.08 million.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 20/11/2025

"I don't know why they've done it – you don't really see anyone on bikes around here, it's not like a city centre” It’s amazing to me that people can say phrases like the above without suddenly understanding “Oh, that’s why they’ve put in a protected bike lane, so people can cycle safely”

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

In the hard copy of this article, the author claims the fact 29% of the councillors sharing two names (actually three but two are Choudhury and Chowdhury) suggests a lack of diversity 1/

Snip of Telegraph headline in article from Michael Deacon “Tower Hamlets sums up modern Britain’s ‘diversity problem’”

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 12/11/2025

VAR ruining the Premier League and kids’ kickabouts!

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The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

"it's always the fault of the migrants. Except when it isn't." Colin from Portsmouth thinks we should blame immigrants for things before they even happen.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

Ignore King Kenny; surely that’s got to be a Halloween costume or stag-do wind up in the background? #FFCWOL

A Wolves fan in the crowd at Fulham vs Wolves with what appears to be a Boris Johnson wig, blazer and white collared shirt with a red tie

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

I’m not sure saying you don’t know anything about the sport you’re objecting to is a particularly skilful argument

Snip of newspaper article about objections to a padel court in a village where one man says he doesn’t know anything about padel before the en saying the proposed building is totally unsuitable

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Anniversary alert - according to legend* the Luton player needed an operation on his foot after this challenge on Mitro in 2019 #FFC *Note: I made up the legend

Fulham’s Mitrovic ducks to head a ball and is kicked by the sole of a Luton player’s boot in a photo from 2019

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Update for @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com on how DWP are getting on calling people with regards to voluntary NI contributions. I don’t think they did ever call me in May, but they’ve finally got round to me (again maybe) in late Oct!

Texts messages from DWP in 1 May and 22 Oct saying they will call to talk about voluntary NI contributions

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

Really interesting comments as to how police could 'view hours of footage' without viewing hours of footage

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Farage hits back: ‘Deport women & kids? Pfft. I’ll tow Britain 200 miles into the Atlantic, give every family a dinghy with a Union Jack, & bring back trebuchets for humane long-distance removals.’

Newspaper clipping saying “Kemi Badenoch has said she would go further than Nigel Farage and deport all women and children who entered Britain illegally.”

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The Exploding Heads @explodingheads.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

"I painted a St George's Cross on a roundabout. What have YOU done for this country?"

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I don’t write as well as Russ so I’m happy to co-opt his words.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2025

I wonder if the answer is to add a little compassion to each flag with a sharpie

Flag of St George with REFUGEES WELCOME written on it

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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Danish activists have been painting their flag on roundabouts. Either that or British 'patriots' are a bunch of thick twats, which I find hard to believe.

Roundabout has been painted with white cross on red background

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HappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 23/08/2025

At a guess, the Afghan refugees stuck in hotels waiting to have their acts of bravery for British soldiers honoured will have done immeasurably more for this country than the shits spray painting roundabouts with a can of wrong colour paint they probably stole from Halfords.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

1/ Charlotte Gill in the Daily Telegraph claims are £2K pay rise can cost £28K if you earn £99,000. Sounds dramatic. Reality? It relies on some very big assumptions that barely apply to anyone in real life. 🧵

A hand reaching down to grab a bundles of money which are within a spring loaded trap. A headline underneath states Why it no longer pays to earn &100 K.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2025

Strange to see Telegraph writer Charlotte Gifford call people who help HMRC collect the right tax “snitches.” Even her own sources — an accountant and an HMRC spokesman — stress how valuable whistleblower information is. After all, tax funds the services society relies on.

Telegraph article text saying “HM Revenue and Customs received a record number of tip-offs last year from individuals snitching on neighbours and businesses.”

Telegraph article text “John Hood, of accountancy firm Moore Kingston Smith, said:
“Obtaining high quality, up-to-date information from whistleblowers will greatly assist HMRC’s efforts to target high-value tax avoidance and evasion.”
An HMRC spokesman said:
“The Government is strengthening our scheme for rewarding informants to encourage reporting of high value tax fraud and tax avoidance.””

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

So the Telegraph give up writing and ask AI to make up rude comments about EPL 25-26 kits including #FFC. Rather than asking ChatGPT, they’d have been better to ask paying fans as it looks like this one will fly off the shelves (it’s only Gentleman Jim who I’ve heard rubbish it).

Snip from Telegraph Sport showing Fulham’s green away strip with 1995 crest. Text next to shirt says “ The colour, impenetrable sponsor and the botched nod to formality make it look like a gym employees uniform. Coming to a holiday club near you, modelled by a hungover teenager half heartedly supervising the soft play.

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

The comments below this article lament that GP waiting rooms aren’t full of coughing patients anymore — a complaint I just can’t fathom. If a phone or video call does the job, great. And if I do need to go in, I’d rather not be surrounded by people with potentially contagious illnesses.

Newspaper text saying “One in three GP appointments in England are not face-to-face, the highest proportion since the Covid pandemic.
A third (33.3 per cent) of appointments across the country in June were carried out either over the phone or online. The figure is up from 30.9 per cent a year earlier in June 2024, and 28.3 per cent in June 2023, according to an analysis of NHS England data.
Family doctors said remote consultations “offer convenience and flexibility that many patients value”, and the majority of appointments are still delivered face-to-face”

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Completely disingenuous article in today’s Telegraph Money arguing many second homes aren’t suitable for first-time buyers, so a policy of increased council tax for second homes should be reversed. The article: 1/

Snip from front page of newspaper with photo of village above small harbour covered in red circles saying FOR SALE

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

So Volvo’s latest ad shows the car assisting the driver in so many ways, but doesn’t have the tech to lock the doors to stop the passenger (almost) dooring a passing cyclist. Time for those lower in the hierarchy to implement safety measures to protect people outside their big, heavy vehicles

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Channel 4’s Dispatches investigation helps billionaire find missing moral compass.

Snip of Telegraph article with following text “The £1.3billion property empire, which provides the Prince with a private income of almost £23million a year, launched a review of the rents it receives from charities and grassroots community groups following criticism of multimillion-pound deals it has struck with public bodies.
Will Bax, the Duchy’s new secretary and keeper of the records, said last month that Prince William wanted to ensure the Duchy operated in a “modern, socially minded way”.”

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Richard Smith @richardedsmith.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Fascinating how the Telegraph paints a romantic picture of a white woman living in laybys and industrial estates—no council tax, no utility bills. Hard to imagine they’d be so sympathetic if she were black, Roma, or a bit more new age. Who gets the freedom narrative, and who gets the crackdown?

The front page of the Daily Telegraph’s supplement Saturday featuring a blond white middle aged woman standing in the open door of her white camper van with the sea behind her

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