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Silke Smith

@silkesmith.bsky.social
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Old fashioned lefty with a sense of humour Hate Tories, injustice and animal abusers but love my crazy hound. No DMs please. I won't answer

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Patriotic Millionaires UK @patmillsuk.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"Millionaires and billionaires aren't paying their fair share. I'm one of them and I'm calling it out. A nurse doesn't get to decide if she pays her taxes, why do millionaires and billionaires get to decide what tax rate they're gonna pay?" PMUK's Kristina has a message for the PM #TaxTheSuperRich
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Stephen Moran. @moranstephen1000.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A Strongly Worded Essay - or a Cornell as it's now known
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
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Urgent Closure Needed!!! Horrific abuse and torture at Hartshead Meats, Mossley
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gr8scottusa2 @gr8scottusa2.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Wow! This is perfect!
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
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Make hospice funding a national priority
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Same for me here in the UK
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Adam Kinzinger @adamkinzinger.substack.com · 09/09/2026
Why would we not want Europes help? Are we… protecting someone? www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/0...
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Europeans investigating Epstein say DOJ has not agreed to requests for help
Some European law enforcement agencies chasing leads spurred by information in the so-called Epstein Files say the U.S. Justice Department has not responded to their requests.
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
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Make hospice funding a national priority
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barkman1.bsky.social @barkman1.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Thailand: Ban Monkey Forced Labour actions.eko.org/a/thailand-b...
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Thailand: Ban Monkey Forced Labour
Poached from the wild at just a few weeks old, often after hunters shoot their mothers, endangered pig-tailed macaques are used as forced labour in coconut supply chains to pick coconuts for major bra
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South-East London for Europe (Selfe) @selfe.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Days after Reform UK activists beat a woman around the head, no senior member of the party has come out to condemn the attack. If anything, some have defended it. Why are so many abusers are attracted to Reform UK and their causes. #ReformAssault #VAWG #ReformCriminals youtube.com/shorts/Fi6bv...
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Reform UK Failing Women Again #farage #reformuk #shorts
YouTube video by A Different Bias
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
via Campbell Finnie
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Fucksake!!!
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
So today I discover that the dental practice at Wheatley Hill in County Durham is trying to get rid of it's NHS patients. The receptionist was rude and very blunt about it when asked if that was the case. The dentist is only interested in the wealthy private patients that have moved there..
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
BBC News - Death of New Forest pony in 'blind panic' sparks dog warning - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Death of New Forest pony in 'blind panic' sparks dog warning
Five-year-old mare Bessie broke a leg after apparently being chased by a loose dog, her owner says.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Looks like Brexiteers 'Take back control' has become 'Take back control and give it to foreign billionaires who profiteer from UK violence and emergencies' meme via Bring back news to the UK
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cb24resident.bsky.social @cb24resident.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Nail Steve Cooling, of Sutton Coldfield, to a cross. That’s the post.
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Luca Trenta @lucatrenta.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Turns out that if you are an old lady with a banner supporting Palestine, the government arrests you on charges of terrorism. If you are a masked white male thug bringing a national port to a standstill, the government does absolutely nothing, and the media covers it like some lads on a day out.
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cb24resident.bsky.social @cb24resident.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
All Reform UK has is fkn violence & hate. In the bin!
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The backlash against Reform UK violence continues ... memes via The Eloquent Quirk
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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Protect Meadow Rise - No to access roads via our green space and estates
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
He would though, wouldn't he? Come on USA rid the world of this monster
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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We pay our dues. They should too.
Amazon made £555 MILLION in profit in the UK last year, but only paid a fraction of what they should in tax. We must stop this!
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Lady Anytimenow working with Sir Nearlythere @lady-anytimenow.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Will somebody please tell the banker tw@t Fartage to stfu! People are entitled to complain about the corrupt cnut because they are paying his bloody wages
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Michael J. Stern @michaeljstern.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Texas Republicans just closed a third of the polling sites in a swing Texas county - 63 days before the midterms. The GOP wants to stop voting. People are furious. Make every damn Republican pay! Vote them all out! www.ms.now/news/texas-v...
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Protests erupt over plan to slash polling locations in key Texas swing county
In Tarrant County, Texas, residents packed inside a hearing room and gathered outside to protest a measure to significantly cut polling locations.
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Paul Eric @pauleric70.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Mohamad Safa UN Lebanon is being ethnically cleansed, the genocide in Gaza continues, terrorist settlers are burning people’s homes, and wedding parties and children are being bombed in Iran—all in real-time—while the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights remains silent.
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His Royal Huwness 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🐸🇵🇸🇪🇺 @litterygeniarse.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
True of UK too. Why do you think we have the worst pensions in Europe?
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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The Great British dairy scandal: we need honest welfare labels NOW!
I just signed the campaign for mandatory labels on our dairy products now!
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wastrying.bsky.social @wastrying.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
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Ongoing developments pose threat to Ouseburn wildlife & future of Byker’s creative scene
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We Own It @weownit.org.uk · 30/08/2026
England's privatisation experiment is a historic debacle Scotland has water in public ownership. They - Invest 35% more into their infrastructure - Pay £107 less on average for water - 66% of their rivers have good ecological status, compared to England's 14.5% Take action: vist.ly/5gmpc
Screenshot of Guardian headline that says "From Scotland, I look at England's water privatisation disaster. I wish you had done what we did"
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
"And many pro-Brexit politicians like him did the same. This is one of the biggest betrayals of the population this country has ever seen. Apparently, we don’t have the right to freedom of movement, we are not entitled to it, we do not deserve it" via Allan Sharpe
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
'They promised more jobs, more trade and more power. Ten years later, Heseltine wants to know where all the boasting went.' "Never have so few done so much damage to so many’: Heseltine demands Johnson, Farage and Gove answer for the Brexit ‘con’" thedailybritain.co.uk/heseltine-br...
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Remember when Farage led the anti ULEZ Ultra Low Emission Zones campaign ... "Since when has Reform been remotely concerned about the health and well-being of British children? Of course less pollution results in better health outcomes for all people, particularly children" via St Helens Resistance
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📎Bert @guitarnut.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
ICE is filth
This pic is played  , but illustrates fucking reality.
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JJ in DC @jjindc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
🧊🚸⛓️ ”ICE just arrested a 5-year-old boy on his way to a soccer game in my home city of Austin, Texas. His name, just like the name of the little boy from Minnesota, is Liam. And Liam should be starting kindergarten this week, but instead he’s sitting in a trailer prison right now in Dilley, Texas.”
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Texas Lawmakers Call on ICE to Close Detention Camp Where 100+ Children Are Held
In Texas, calls are mounting to shut down the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, where it’s estimated more than 100 children are being detained by ICE. This comes after a 5-year-old boy,...
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Release The Epstein Files NOW!
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Jess💙🩵🔥🌍🌈🪢🦀🐋🇺🇲wokeAF @makora33.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
A United States military transport plane landed in russia. No one seems to know what the purpose was or who is on it. We should not let go of that story. It's always Russia with the traitor in the wh
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
If you have a nasty cruel whack job running a country the citizens will become desensitised to the vilest cruelty! Imagine the depravity of letting children slaughter animals like this? What sort of people are Americans?
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
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Sign Petition: Cows Were Abused More Than 600 Times at a Farm Supplying Tesco
This wasn't a single bad moment. It happened again and again, over months, to animals who had no way to escape it. (39689 signatures on petition)
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(Wee G ) Wake Up Scotland @chaillich.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I'm old enough to remember when being patriotic meant praising British people who showed qualities of tolerance, generosity, kindness "Farage hates Britain and hates our way of life; he tells us this constantly" via The UK Against Hate
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
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Urge the United Nations to end brutal scientific testing on Beagles worldwide
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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Thames Water: Put customers before bosses
£1 MILLION. That’s what Thames Water has handed its new finance chief while customers face rising bills, the company drowns in debt and they dump sewage into our waterways 😡 Sign the petition demandin...
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
So, the orange dementing paedo is threatening 100% tariffs on UK goods for taxing the digital giants trading here. My response to British companies is look for other markets. Don't trade with USA companies whilst the incontinent creep is in charge over there
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
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The Great British dairy scandal: we need honest welfare labels NOW!
I just signed the campaign for mandatory labels on our dairy products now!
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Chasbell 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇮🇪🇮🇹🇨🇦 @chasbell.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Farage says immigrants are to blame for the hosepipe bans! Unbefuckinglievable!
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Silke Smith @silkesmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
www.samsung-news.com/articles/rtd...
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