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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

And the “hand of god” goal

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

So farewell then, Jeffrey Archer. A whole nation wishes Peter Cook was still alive…

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

16/1 is a ridiculous price (worth a few quid!) but unless the person who told you that has detailed insight of both campaigns I’d doubt their analysis.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The hospital pass to her Shadow Defence Secretary was a particular highlight!

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

What was coming out of the other 3,999 holes…

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

You don’t think the Abu Dhabi authorities won’t be putting pressure on the government to have a quiet word with the EPL?

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

The complete nonsense about “not letting Israel destroy the two-state solution”… Palestine has been opposing it since 1948, but sure Ed, blame Israel🙄

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

An alternative take is that he’s simply throwing ideas out there to get people talking. This one is hardly a vote loser or vote winner - it’s just something he’s thought about. The fact it’s getting so much airplay suggests “job done”

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

All that money, and he seems to be wearing a clip-on bow tie….

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

The split was always around 60-40 within the party, even at peak-Corbyn. NEC results tended to bear that out.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

After another defeat it’ll be “best of five”!!

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Badenoch keeps them in their comfort zone of believing they should only need to be competing with Reform and Restore for votes.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It’s the same as with crypto - he’s financially invested in both

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

It's the 45th anniversary of the release of Penthouse and Pavement by Heaven 17. (We Don't Need That) Fascist Groove Thang is as relevant in 2026 as it was in 1981. Sadly.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Not to treat the issue lightly, but imagine the consternation if the government were to tell the good people of Piddington that - given such an overwhelming mandate - they’re now independent.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

£11 at Wembley in 1984 to see Bob Dylan (with Eric Clapton, Van Morrison and Christie Hyde as guests and Steve Winwood and Mick Taylor in his band) Santana, UB40, and Nick Lowe were the support acts. Rolling Stone voted it one of the Zim’s top 5 gigs!

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Ed Wilson @eddwilson.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

"cap will apply to all political donations from overseas electors made on or after 25 March 2026… detail of how this retrospective period will operate HAS BEEN SET OUT IN CORRESPONDENCE TO POLITICAL PARTIES… deemed necessary as there is a clear, time-critical risk of evasion" (my emphasis) #R4Today

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The Rycroft Review: HM Government response (accessible version)

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026

Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

The joy of a common surname!

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You do start to wonder if the damage to their brand is irreparable.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Hard not to think of Roderick Spode…

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

“White face White knees …..Sweet Gene Vincent….”

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Given the issues Labour and Reform have had, why are the Tories struggling to get above 20%?

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

“With us in the studio to debate the issue, we have an experienced climate scientist who has written peer-reviewed studies on the subject, and Nigel Lawson”

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Sod off. He's ours.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

If they feel the need to wear masks, their “concerns” shouldn’t be described as “legitimate”

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

“Rough and tumble”…..😂 In South London vernacular, an “off”…

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Because the design of the system means that it’s easy for the increase in State Pension to be far higher than the prevailing rate of inflation almost every year.

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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Weird how dozens of angry blokes all dressed in black and decided spontaneously to have a day out in Dover blocking traffic. Zero arrests, too.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Nick Hornby wrote about doing something similar in Fever Pitch. The first Buzzcocks album iirc

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

First time I heard it used was by Clive Tyldsley in the 2005 Championship League final when Gerrard’s header went in

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

If 9/11 happened today, Donald Trump would be boasting about how it meant his tower was now the tallest in New York City Ah, wait….

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

There are 29,999 other head teachers in the UK with valid opinions.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

That’s a good point. We enjoyed very best when Joe C was behind the mike

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Spot on! The fawning over Roman Anthony was excruciatingly embarrassing.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

96% of cars in London are ULEZ compliant. Over 85% of cars in the UK meet the ULEZ standard. I wonder how many people outside London who no longer drive in to the area because of ULEZ don’t realise their car is actually compliant?

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Most of us were the first time we heard it - peak Dexys Midnight Runners….

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

That’s incredibly prescriptive and bears little relation to how people actually decide to vote. Standing on a doorstep telling a Tory voter they have to “own” their decision is what Momentum did in 2017 and 2019!🙄

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

So why did so many left wingers who hated Blair and what he stood for vote Labour in 2001 and 2005? Why did do many moderate “one nation” Tories vote each time for Margaret Thatcher? All parties and their voter-bases are coalitions - saying they all agree with a certain agenda really is nonsense.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I disagree. There are many reasons for voting for a certain party. It’s true, some may embrace the whole agenda, but for others it’s a belief that a particular party best reflects their outlook or is the best party to deliver the sort of country and society they want to live in.

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Mark Smith @smithy0364.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

That assumes all 22% of that CON vote support everything they are proposing. I don’t think that’s the case. Not every Labour voter between 2015 and 2019 went along with all the nonsense Corbyn was peddling.

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