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Smartie

@smartsmartie.bsky.social
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Born in Yorkshire in the last century. My father was a coal miner who was part of the trade union movement. I was brought up to respect and listen to the opinions of others, but not necessarily agree with them, and challenge those that don't make sense.

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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 1h
As suspected, these are big promises to generate big headlines. Most of us would not be impacted by the so called big tax cuts.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 14h
'heal thyself'
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 15h
A case of physician health thyself and an inside job if ever there was one.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 15h
Lock him up.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 19h
How many families will benefit from this proposal? Not many in the most needy of society's category. It is all show and blustery.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 21h
They are not all singing off the same hymn sheet down at Reform HQ.
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quiltersblock.bsky.social @quiltersblock.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 21h
Thank you. I will sleep easy tonight 😴
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
They are going down like dominoes.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
What kind of worm has actually eaten his brain?
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Badenoch must not be given the opportunity to repeat this violation.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quite right, it didn't disappear but it is was demoted from the headlines once lockdowns were eased and the country opened up again. Unfortunately we have collective amnesia in society and that is disrespectful to those who lost their lives.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
In every city, town, village and hamlet that has a bus service, please.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Liver and onions was my favourite Woolworth's lunch. Not in London but in Leeds.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Really???. Farage is so far up Trump's back passage that he has managed to bamboozle those who wish to be bamboozled.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Let us never forget that Farage,Tice and Reform et al, wish to get rid of the NHS and replace it with an American style health service. Many of us would never be able to access the care we need because of disbanding the NHS. They don't care because the have plenty of money and thus choices.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
If you say so, Ms Whateley!
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
And the entrance charge is extortionate.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
But they do love the sound of their own voices, especially in an echo chamber.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
He is not doing it for me at the other end of the age spectrum. (81)!
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
There is probably another coronation on the cards.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Unless you live in Clacton. It would be a total waste of your time.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Another one bites the dust. Who will be next?
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Just keep watering and deadheading and the rewards are manifold.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As soon as it was over we were persuaded to forget the devastation of Covid. Now summer is gone the dramatic heat and water shortages we endured are moving into oblivion. Will it be too late for mankind before we address these issues? A case of out of sight, out of mind.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Is she confusing the said flights with UFO sightings?
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Disgraceful behaviour.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Equivalent to Judas Iscariot's 30 pieces of silver.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Otterly perfect.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Her chance to say 'enough is enough' and she bottles it.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We hope, hope, hope.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
He didn't write a bad word.
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4fuxake @blueheartedly1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
John Grisham is awesome 👇
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Perhaps they don't answer the questions because they don't have the thought processes, vocabulary or the understanding of what being a County Councillor involves. They joined the gravy train for the kudos and find they can't justify the promises they stood on.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If it were not for the need to vote tactically to keep Reform at bay, I would hesitate to vote Labour ever again. My whole family have been involved in supporting and representing Labour at local level since 1949. The actions of these people not acknowledging these achievements sticks in my craw.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
She is as barmy as Liz Truss.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The folks of Fareham and Waterlooville must be extremely proud of her Reform stance, since she was elected as a Tory MP.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Mystic Meg Hannan should hold his own counsel.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I can see where the inspiration for Harris Tweed comes from.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We could appeal to the mothers of these beasts, did they actually turn into their fathers and no alarm bells sounded?
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Clarke was born in the 80s, he is quoting memories based on hearsay not his own experiences. A bit wet behind the ears for my liking.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
I don't think Farage has a Mitford girl in attendance, but he probably would if he could.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Or Nurse Ratched.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Then he is extremely lucky Starmer secured such a large majority that he can now count on. That may also warrant a nod to the former PM but that may stick in his throat.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Misinformation.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Nigel Farage, the head of the Ministry of Misinformation. He plays both ends against the middle.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Free when I opened a Barclaycard account in 1978. The dust is also the same vintage.
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Remember that every Reform UK national leader and most Reform UK Councillors are ex-Tories but instead of apologising for 14 years of lethal Tory austerity which they voted for and promoted now they're saying ... "But yea everything is Labour's fault!....." via We Demand UK
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Farage is more elusive than the Scarlet Pimpernel.
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Smartie @smartsmartie.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Farage and Lowe are cry-babies. They inflict pain on others but can't take the heat when called out.
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