Sign in

Sylvia Booth

@smfbooth.bsky.social
3.2K followers 6.9K following 17K posts

Ex Treasury Manager for large UK Company - interested in Politics and Trade. Likes horses, cats, friends, fairness, logic, atheist, gardens, art, decency and kindness not necessarily in that order.

PostsRepliesMedia
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 10h
So the relatives have seen ICE in their rural Counties and also incidentally - cyber trucks.
110
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 10h
Suspect Reforms still best hope of seats is with PR due to tactical voting.
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 11h
Autakry - for the deranged Brexiteers who thought Trump would save them.
060
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 13h
They are now trying to figure out their itinerary for Switzerland - this is probably at least as bad as them trying to to work out their car insurance in the US from the UK. I may need therapy soon.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
As a destraction ‘Never mind your enemy when they are in the middle of making a mistake’ or in Badenoch’s and Farage’s case …..
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
One day in and am knackered.
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Were they fried ?
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The Americans have landed.
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The only way Trump gets out of this is by negotiation which seemingly his ego cannot comprehend.
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
I think you make a very good point.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Barbaric.
060
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I expect Farage is calling Britcoin.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Ok.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Help !
001
Reposted by Sylvia Booth
jonnygf.bsky.social @jonnygf.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Welcome to the new Reform roadshow. Same as the last but more desperate | John Crace
Nige is not rattled that the UK likes its new PM. Or that Reform is second in the polls. Oh no. Because Nige believes in Nige
073
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Farage and his cohorts made money from Brexit betting against the Pound. Another good reason to join the Euro because it’s not so easy to manipulate.
090
Reposted by Sylvia Booth
Simon Usherwood @simonusherwood.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
My blog on Burnham's "let's discuss the EU" move tl;dr might work, but needs more development www.open.ac.uk/blogs/EUatOU... @oupolitics.bsky.social @ou-gcsj.bsky.social @ukandeu.bsky.social
open.ac.uk
“And there are different options” | The European Union and the UK
52616
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Quite right.
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Not much has improved since Johnson. Badenoch is Farage lite with nothing to offer the British people except more austerity and bigger tax breaks for the wealthy. She does have the Media on side to con the uneducated and vulnerable.
020
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fuck that ! should be the response.
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
What about the cryptocurrency bubble ?
050
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
It really is not good enough.
030
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Good for Burnham to address the ‘elephant in the room’, which has been side stepped for 10 years.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Credit to Burnham for opening the box. Let’s hope that “hope” is not the only thing trapped inside the box.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Lord Haw-Haw springs to mind.
150
Reposted by Sylvia Booth
Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
'Brexit in its current form has caused more harm than good and I think around 60% of the British public now hold that view' Andy Burnham says rejoining the EU could be among options the government could examine to reshape the UK's long-term relationship with Europe
2438978
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Excellent post
010
Reposted by Sylvia Booth
Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Brexit revisited. New, unscheduled, post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on why Burnham's conference speech was a significant development in the Brexit saga, the questions and concerns it raises, and why it might come to be seen as a historic moment: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/brex...
612768
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Burnham should point out that the stumbling block to better relations with the EU is Farage and Reform.
050
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Yah !
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyway - it seems, on a side note I might have to start again with my Costco membership due to my abject failure to recognise the stock of bog rolls. One minute you are “flush” - the next you have failed to continue your subscription.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Badenoch says “No”. Everyone is totally fed up of “No”. Even Reform voters, however misguided.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I actually think that the Oligarchs have taught people a lesson. Obviously not Reform voters. Still … it’s progress.
031
Reposted by Sylvia Booth
Mr RobertBob @mrrobertbob.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Says the Tory hypocrite who has herself banned 3 @bylinetimes.bsky.social journalists.
0218
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
It’s a toss up.
190
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
😂
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I think there is a lot to sell on a ‘Rejoin’ ticket. Can’t really see it as a vote loser - the problem for the EU is the 25% or so that would vote for Reform.
151
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Has anyone considered the cost/benefit analysis ? Or is that just claptrap ?
020
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Please explain the benefits of the proposal, not just the costs.
180
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Frankly, I am sick and tired of the Right wing media dictating the agenda and making us all poorer - so good for you Labour.
083
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Reality overtook him.
140
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Dear God … please help !
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This was a sad read.
130
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At least Burnham has electrified the debate on a number of issues. Good.
041
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
That’s fair if he lays out the different options.
000
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
We can all sympathise with the high cost of petrol and diesel thanks to President Trump.
060
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Also look what you get for that lock.
001
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hmmm… Badenoch !
150
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
At least he is pointing out the financial harm Brexit has caused - which has been brushed under the carpet for so long.
010
Sylvia Booth @smfbooth.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
What a prat .
000