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Soloman Smith

@solomansmith.bsky.social
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Singer Songwriter. A head in a book Westie lover trying to be a decent human being. 🚫DMs 🚫ReformUK 🚫Tories 🚫Fascists 🚫Racists 🚫💰 seekers 🚫Crypto 🚫porn. 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 🌍

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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Neoliberals demanding tax cuts for the super rich want to abolish the state pension triple-lock. Full state pension is less than 50% of the minimum wage. 2m pensioners live in poverty. 110,000 a year die in fuel poverty. Due to low incomes future retirees will be more reliant on the state pension
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‘Costing billions’: is the pensions triple lock a lifeline or simply unaffordable?
With the budget looming, arguments rage over whether ministers should scrap a pledge popular with millions
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases and instead redirect funds towards fossil fuels. Govts captured by oil/gas companies suffocate people and the planet to reward their paymasters. Disaster politics.
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Trump administration to pay German firm $1.22bn to cut offshore wind leases
Agreement with RWE is fifth deal Trump team has made with energy companies, offering payouts to give up projects
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💙🏳️‍🌈 Kh’ymm (aka Goldie) 🏳️‍🌈💙 @thegoldfishmind.bsky.social · 02/08/2026
Apathy got us here. Racism got us here. Corporate greed got us here. Not talking to our neighbors got us here. Christian Nationalism & evangelical pastors of the 70s got us here. It’s not ok. It’s never ok. Vote & keep voting, talking, doing! We can do better! #Pinks #DoBetter
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Thames Water, the poster child of predatory capitalism announces hosepipe ban. TW loses 200bn litres annually to leaks. Dumps tons of sewage in rivers. Paid dividends, neglected investment. No new reservoirs since 1989. Massive hikes in customer bills. Numerous criminal convictions.
bbc.co.uk
Thames Water announces hosepipe ban for 10.1m customers
The water company said the three heatwaves contributed to the ban.
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Angela Rayner was dragged through every front page for weeks... HMRC's verdict: NOT deliberate. NOT even careless. Farage pockets £5 million and chooses not to declare it So where's the wall-to-wall coverage? Tell me this isn't a rigged game.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
Neil Kinnock: The British people know Brexit has failed them. They also know how to fix it “No amount of political noise can hide the fact that leaving the EU has been a disaster. Britain rejoining is a case of when, not if” observer.co.uk/news/opinion...
observer.co.uk
Neil Kinnock: The British people know Brexit has failed t...
No amount of political noise can hide the fact that leaving the EU has been a disaster. Britain rejoining is a case of when, not if
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Ely Folk Festival @elyfolkfestival.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
Hello Ely Folk! We're going to be at Eel Day on Saturday May 2nd with a stand and music from @iclaudiamusic.bsky.social, @solomansmith.bsky.social and @oldmanboom.bsky.social, all of whom will be at the festival too! Come along for a chat and a preview. See you there!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Oil companies rake in €81.4m extra daily profits in the EU as fuel prices soar. Corporations profit from war, global tensions and pollution for benefit of the super-rich Must levy windfall taxes on corporations, wealth taxes on the super-rich.
greenpeace.org
Oil companies rake in €81.4 million extra daily in the EU as fuel prices soar - Greenpeace European Unit
EU governments must urgently tax fossil fuel profits to alleviate energy bills and to speed up investments in cheap, safe and home-grown renewables
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Finding BBC and #r4today analysis of Trump’s insults of Starmer to be bizarre. Why are we even considering what Trump said? It’s meaningless. Genuinely. Not even Trump knows what he means. The story is - Starmer stood firm and acted in the national interest. Trump threw some toys out of his pram.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"One should not give a poisoner medicine, A conjurer fine apparatus, nor A rifle to a melancholic bore." WH Auden Not to mention the biggest arsenal in the world to a narcissistic attention-seeker.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"Of those who voted Labour [in 2024], just 37% would vote Labour again". Read that again to absorb the full, astonishing weight of what it means. Starmer, Reeves and co have burnt their house down. news.sky.com/story/greens...
news.sky.com
Greens overtake Labour in sensational poll
The Greens have polled higher than Labour in the latest poll by YouGov, which puts them only two points off Reform UK and five ahead of the governing party.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thank god. A great win for Hannah Spencer and the Greens, for #GortonAndDenton and for progressive voters. Made even greater by the huge Reform sulk. And the fact that the hateful Goodwin got whooped. Now Labour, look to your left because you will not win from the right. We’re sick of that failure.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
BREAKING: Andrew Mountbatten Windsor has been arrested in Sandringham. Thames Valley Police: “We have today arrested a man in his sixties from Norfolk on suspicion of misconduct in public office and are carrying out searches at addresses in Berkshire and Norfolk. The man remains in police custody.”
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
Dear UK media, If you’re going to fall for Farage’s every cry for attention, FFS, be ready with the facts that show that, not only is he peddling anti-immigrant sentiment/racism for votes, but he’s lying about the stats too. It’s dangerous and dishonest. Please say so. Thanks A v tired-of-this, UK
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Lovely hatchet job on the monstrosity that is Suella Braverman. Crace covers it all; her dishonesty, disloyalty, nastiness, incompetence, her wild vanity… and her deep stupidity. How dare these utter arses think we’d be persuaded by their swaggering nonsense. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Suella makes the ultimate sacrifice as she ditches Tories for Reform | John Crace
Most of those at Monday’s event had to remind themselves that Braverman hadn’t defected long ago
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
ReDormUK bedding in another tory reject!
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Ex-Tory Home Secretary Suella Braverman defects to Reform UK
The MP was unveiled as the party's latest recruit by leader Nigel Farage at a rally.
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Car crash!
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Andy Burnham's bid to return as MP blocked by Labour ruling body
The Greater Manchester mayor is seen as a potential leadership challenger to Sir Keir Starmer.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
It really is amazing to listen to a guy who faked bone spurs to avoid serving in the military denigrate combat veterans of our allies while also using “we” when referencing the historical sacrifices and bravery of our own soldiers.
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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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Pippa Crerar @pippacrerar.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
NEW: Donald Trump says he’ll impose 10% tariffs on Nato countries - incl UK, France & Germany - who have deployed troops to Greenland and opposed US threats to take over Arctic territory.
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
🚨By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party - lets get this to the 100,000 signatures needed petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
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Petition: By-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party
When an MP decides they want to defect to another party a by-election should be automatically triggered to allow the constituents the opportunity have their democratic right to agree or not with their...
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Vote Reform and get a bunch of tory rejects. Reform 'the bootleg tories'! Pathetic!
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Why don't Reform just rename themselves 'Tory dregs'! Tje hypocrisy of them!
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Fomer chancellor Nadim Zahawi defects to Reform UK
Zahawi was a Conservative MP and served as chancellor under Boris Johnson.
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Krassensteins @krassenstein.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
BREAKING: Massive Crowds of Anti-ICE protesters in Minneapolis, Minnesota as we speak. The tide is turning. America is Fed Up. Americans should be fighting back against what is happening in this country. Having masked, secret police shooting people, breaking into homes and cars, is NOT normal.
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Seems to me you don't right a wrong with another wrong that's in breach of international law!
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Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - live updates
The US attorney general says Maduro will face
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 21/12/2025
If ever there was a sad indictment, read on!
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
Me thinks someone suffers from a recently named syndrome! Arsehat! Oh, I'm not going to the (overpriced) world cup!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice. Trump doesn't honour agreements. It's about dominance. Demands that UK ends digital services tax on US tech companies and it's food safety rules which bar certain US agricultural products. Say NO to Trump slavery. Better off joining the EU
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US puts £31bn tech ‘prosperity deal’ with Britain on ice
Pledge to invest billions in UK paused, with Washington citing lack of progress on trade barriers across pond
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 16/12/2025
So, Trump sues the BBC for $5Bn and puts the technology deal with the UK on hold until the US gets more concessions. Anyone still deluding themselves about that “special relationship”? No. Just the tedious parade of simpering MAGA dickheads - led, of course, by the traitorous Farage.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025. Using fake AI-generated content to profit from political division in the UK. Give everyone enforceable copyright over their voice, face, body parts to counter AI abuses. Shut down platforms that host them.
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YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Poverty is a policy choice. Concentrated wealth is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. None of it is natural or inevitable. Remember: We have the power to build a system that serves the many, not the powerful few.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the UK taxpayer £10.9bn. VIP lanes and crony contracts. Lack of anti-fraud controls in Covid scheme. Money handed out for non-existent employees Newly formed companies got public money No competitive tenders Poor checks on quality. How much would be recovered?
mirror.co.uk
Covid fraud under the Tories cost the taxpayer £10.9 billion
The counter-fraud and error measures during the pandemic under the Conservative Government were accused of being 'so lax they may as well have left the door wide open'
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Farage hopes he can breeze into power without scrutiny. But his racism, corrupt donations, shady links to Russia and MAGA… make it harder for him to hide. And his tantrum reactions to being challenged reveal him for the nasty inadequate he really is. #NeverPM www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-wheels...
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The Wheels Are Falling off the Nigel Farage Project
The Reform leader's increasingly rattled public appearances betray a growing sense that the opportunity of a lifetime could be about to slip from his fingers
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
Finally someone says it.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 23/11/2025
As Trump and Putin work to crush Ukraine and destabilise Europe and Farage’s ally gets sentenced to 10yrs for taking Russian bribes, it’s a good time to revisit this excellent report on how the British rightwing has betrayed us all. Brexit was their weapon of choice. bylinetimes.com/2022/03/08/p...
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Putin’s Plot Against ‘Great’ Britain – And How He Got Away With It
Peter Jukes tracks Vladimir Putin’s long war against the West and the allies he has found in the pro-Brexit establishment in the plot to derail Britain
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
UK millionaires say 'we want to pay more tax'. Why is that UK govts only listen to the rich who resent paying tax and decent wages? The rich can't feel secure whilst masses live in poverty. Poor people can't buy goods/services to boost the economy.
bbc.co.uk
Millionaires call on Rachel Reeves to raise their taxes in Budget
Two wealthy businessmen say the chancellor should make them pay more ahead of the Budget.
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
On the face of it, it is a result for victims. Call me a cynic. Isn't it just a way to tie things up in the courts for the next 3+ years?
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Trump signs bill ordering release of Jeffrey Epstein files
The bill gives the US Justice Department 30 days to release all the files in a searchable format.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 10/11/2025
I’ve written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage urging them to condemn Donald Trump’s attack on the BBC. The BBC belongs to Britain, not Trump. We must defend it together.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/11/2025
1. In the wake on Mamdani’s win, we’ll see a lot more far right anti-urban sentiment. Here’s a thread on its roots and evolution. The idea that the city is evil and corrupt, and the countryside innocent and pure, goes back a long way: to Theocritus in Alexandria, and to the Old Testament. 🧵
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
Compare and contrast. Absentee MP -v- his constituency. Greedy grifting spiv -v- most deprived English neighbourhood. He really couldn’t give a shit. He feeds off the inequality and anger to line his own pockets. He doesn’t want solutions because the problems are his income stream. (iPaper & BBC)
Jaywick named most deprived area - again

A seaside neighbourhood in Essex, part of the parliamentary constituency represented by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage, has once again been named the most deprived in England.
The latest official data showed that an area of the coastal village of Jaywick, close to the town of Clac-ton-on-Sea in the local authority of Tendring, has been classed the most deprived neighbourhood for the fourth time.
Areas of Blackpool again make up most of the rest of the top 10, along with new appearances for neighbour-hoods in Hastings and Rotherham.

Yesterday's data, published by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG), presented relative levels of deprivation in areas or neighbourhoods of England in 2025.
The data highlighted "the scale of the challenge" but does not "reflect the progress made since 2019 or the strength of the people who call Jay-wick Sands home"
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District Council website said.
MHCLG said Middlesbrough, Birmingham, Hartlepool, Kingston upon Hull and Manchester had the highest proportions of neighbour-hoods among the most deprived in England.Farage earns more than £1m a year for non-MP work
GETTY IMAGES - photo of the grifter 
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Political correspondent
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Nigel Farage has revealed he is earning well over a £1m a year from work he does outside parliament, in addition to his job as an MP.
It is thought his outside income is significantly higher than that of any other member of parliament.
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Don't forget that in the UK, we put the clocks back tonight ... to 1930 should do it!
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Govt reduces London’s affordable housing quotas. Developers to get subsidies if they include 20% affordable housing instead of current 35% target. Bigger profits for developers. Yielding to developers won't solve homelessness and poverty crisis. Let councils build affordable homes.
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Ministers confirm plans to reduce London’s affordable housing quotas
Developers will qualify for fast-track planning status if they include 20% affordable housing instead of current 35% target
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
This!
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Christopher Webb @cwebbonline.com · 19/10/2025
The world joined us and said, “No Kings.”
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👣Coco👣 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @nortygirl.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
BBC News - No Kings protests draw huge crowds at anti-Trump rallies across US - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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No Kings protests draw huge crowds at anti-Trump rallies across US
The demonstrations against the US president - which Republicans had called
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
For shame. 😡
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Dr. Jane Goodall filmed an interview with Netflix in March 2025 that she understood would only be released after her death.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
England households could bigger water bills as the competition regulator prepares to give verdict on industry appeal. 36% rise already approved by OFWAT. People will continue to be robbed. Companies raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns. End the scam. Nationalise water.
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Water bills: millions of households in England could face even bigger rises
CMA poised to give verdict after appeal by five firms for permission to increase bills higher than allowed by Ofwat
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Soloman Smith @solomansmith.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
I once read 1984, didn't think I'd be living it!
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Police to get broader powers to crack down on repeated protests
The move is not a ban on protests but
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