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Smike#FBPE

@smike.bsky.social
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lovemusic, pro Europe, hate Reform/Tory/Fascist bastards, follow Sale Sharks 👍 live in Southsea and appreciate a beer or three. Walker & cyclist mainly to the pub 😜⚓️ bit of a bookworm. #FBPE. Xitter deactivated because of musk the megalomaniac

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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
A picture of post-Brexit Britain. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog on a fortnight of ugly political scenes, why a government-led counter-narrative on asylum is needed, and why these domestic political events are a national security issue: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/09/a-pi...
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
What is wrong with these people? : www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Reform’s Tice says people should stop fighting climate crisis and ‘enjoy’ heat
Deputy leader says it is ‘arrogant’ to try to halt global heating, despite UK being left reeling by summer firewave
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Apologies - for a moment there I forgot that I'm not even an MP.
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
The framing is pathetic, but will aggravate the bile spewing readership
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
Ooofft bad news , good luck
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 28/06/2026
So Trump is continuing his throwing toys out of the pram, I just watched a YouTube clip of the final Black Adder goes forth, how poignant and educational
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
As Britain swelters through another heatwave, few people will have heard that ministers have quietly dropped plans for solar carports. Cars cooler in summer. Shelter from the rain in winter. Clean electricity all year round. A missed opportunity?
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As Britain bakes, ministers quietly park plans for solar carports
Ministers have quietly shelved plans that could have transformed Britain's biggest car parks into shaded power stations
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 14/06/2026
Obama: "It's a reminder that on a lot of different foreign policy problems, the notion we can just bully our way or bomb our way to solution may sometimes seem appealing ... You'd think we would've learned that lesson by now, but it seems like every so often we have to learn that lesson again."
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
After the dreadful racist riots in N Ireland BBC News at 6 is focused on an Asian groomer in Doncaster, & yet :
BBC News at 6 after reporting on NI racism attacks focused on an Asian individual in Doncaster grooming young girls, & yet ONS stats show that 85% of grooming perpetrators are white
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Brexit bears huge responsibility for the far right strutting about our political stage today. It endorsed racism and ignorance as “legitimate concerns” and it promoted politicians who lied and dissembled because they couldn’t tell voters they’d betrayed them. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Brexit's other legacy, besides upending the old Labour-Tory duopoly, is not measurable in pounds or percentages but is just as real. It is visible in the coarsening and darkening of the national conversation, in the aggression and even hatred that, previously pushed to the margins, now loiter in the centre of the public square. This week the leader of the party that brought us Brexit warned of civil war.
It would be wrong to cast the referendum as the sole cause of this shift - Brexit was, in part, a symptom of the change - and we can all see the role social media and the likes of Elon Musk have played in degrading the discourse. But Brexit both accelerated and intensified that process.
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
Appalling lack of knowledge, to be expected, but, incredibly people will still vote for this because they are racist
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Nick Cohen @nickcohen.bsky.social · 30/05/2026
Elon Musk’s far-right army……and why it matters Piece from me on how the support of the world’s richest man for a racist British party reveals the threats to Western democracy
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Elon Musk’s far-right army…
…and why it matters
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 31/05/2026
This is an interesting read and shows the way forward for green energy…if vested interests can be overcome: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The household battery revolution that could change energy bills … and the world
Australia is pioneering a revolution in home renewables and battery use, proving what is possible with the right policies
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Will Sebag-Montefiore @wsebag.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
My interview with Nigel Farage
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Latest excellent blog from @chrisgrey.bsky.social regarding the unrealistic expectations of the voting public : chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/brit...
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Britain’s post-Brexit ungovernability
<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.online/@ChrisGrey">Mastodon</a>
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
Thank you 👍
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
I’m probably thick but I can’t see where to vote on the link… help 😂👍
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
A pregnant pause. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism Blog arguing that the combined effect of the May election results, the next UK-EU summit & the 10th anniversary of the referendum will be to initiate a renewed debate about Brexit: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/05/a-pr...
Image of the first few paragraphs of the latest blog post
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
Sounds like a must read book : www.theguardian.com/books/2026/a...
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The Asset Class by Hettie O’Brien review – the hidden hand of private equity
From utilities to care homes, how capital’s most rapacious form yet is taking over the public realm
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Over & out btw, sorry for the rant
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
My point is the corporatisation of the music business through all mediums, I know money has always driven it, but the naked profiteering that now exists through domination of venues linked to ticket sellers enabling demand pricing and licensed secondary touting is sickening
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Oops did I forget the link 😁 youtu.be/NFBbc8R4IvU?...
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Radiohead 2017-06-30 Rock Werchter 720p
YouTube video by Joram Mushinske
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Loved this gig & love watching it thru YouTube, but I hate the in song ads, YouTube abuse content for profit, hate u bastards
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
New times, same old arguments. New post on my Brexit & Brexitism blog discussing the latest developments in the rapidly changing international order and how post-Brexit Britain is stuck in delusions of greatness and cries of Brexit betrayal: chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/04/new-...
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Fabulous photo, are those Viking longboats?
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Brilliant from @martinrowson.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Martin Rowson on Middle East peace talks – cartoon
JD Vance heads to Pakistan for negotiations while Netanyahu says there is no ceasefire in Lebanon, and launches fresh strikes
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Qasim Rashid, Esq. @qasimrashid.com · 05/04/2026
Lebanon is 33% Christian. Israel is illegally invading Lebanon & bombing Christian villages. Moreover, Israel has warned Lebanese Christians & Druze to forbid any Muslim from hiding in their homes & Israeli troops are now hunting for Muslims hiding in attics of Christians. These Are War Crimes.
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
How can we stop this maniac and the power behind him?
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 05/04/2026
He is talking about creating a humanitarian disaster, a clear war crime
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Even for him this plumbs the lowest depths
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
The orange bastard can’t even plead drunken ramblings
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
This is unhinged, we’re witnessing the worst of humanity
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
How can the BBC justify how much coverage they give other marches which are significantly smaller in size? The bias is so obviously blatant. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/live...
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‘The tide is turning’, Green party leader tells crowd at march against far right – as it happened
Organisers claim half a million people are marching through central London, protesting against the rise of the far right
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Yes, appalling to see so much support for a blatant self serving limited company, uk billionaire controlled media have delivered this
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Chris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
It’s crystal clear now that Trump has lost control of this war. He badly misjudged Iran’s ability to retaliate. The region is on fire. 1/ I’m going to explain to you in this🧵what I’ve learned - in part from closed door briefings - about the four biggest current crises.
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
@chrisgrey.bsky.social once again perfectly summarises the tangled mess of Brexit Britain at this point in time (6 March 2026) chrisgreybrexitblog.blogspot.com/2026/03/real...
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Real war and culture war
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 11/03/2026
Seven in 10 Britons are sceptical about UK involvement in Iran, but their newspapers have other ideas. Some of us recall the last time Fleet Street was so disastrously in favour of war, writes former Observer home affairs editor @martinbright.bsky.social www.thenerve.news/p/iraq-war-o...
The public remembers Iraq. Why doesn't the press? By Martin Bright. Pictured: newspaper splashes about Iraq: Evening Standard: 45 Minutes From Attack, The Mail: Now Blair Delivers a Stinging Blow to PM Over War
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Is this the Company that was co founded by Nadhim Zahawi?
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Laura Phillips @lauraphillips.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
4. That means that the Iranians read Trump differently than the Western media does. They don't think he's after regime change or democracy. They think he's after oil.
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Lydia Polgreen @polgreen.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
I wrote about Trump's fantasy of omnipotence and invulnerability crashing against the material reality of a interdependent world. This insane, heedless war will ruin us all. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/06/o...
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Opinion | Trump’s Fantasy Is Crashing Down
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Paul Woodcraft @paulwoodcraft.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
@meidastouch.com youtube.com/shorts/aGp-s...
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Congratulating Donald Trump on starting a war with Iran
YouTube video by MrJoeGooch
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
This accurately sums up Starmers dilemma: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Starmer’s position on Iran pleases no one, but that is because there are no good options | Rafael Behr
None of the prime minister’s critics engages with the hard strategic dilemmas arising from Britain’s perilous dependency on US power, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Gorton & Denton… thank you for your sanity in blocking the fascists 🙏
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
These people are poison. They will unleash racist thugs on the streets of this country and call it security. They will subjugate us to the US and call it patriotism. They must be stopped. There is no more important task in politics.
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
Turned the heating down 👍
Turned the heating down so lit the woodburner
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Or King👌
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Bezos fired 300 Washington Post Journalists, yet another example of Billionaires destroying democracy to control the message, credit to the wonderful Carole Cadwalladr : broligarchy.substack.com/p/fight?utm_...
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Fight!
Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Banging tune : youtu.be/mOBZ6ygWk7I?...
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UB40 - Food For Thought
YouTube video by UB40VEVO
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
This is Russian control, Trump is complicit by not standing up for democracy
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Smike#FBPE @smike.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Why aren’t these Russian monsters being condemned by Trump? Rhetorical question btw
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