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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Farage warning in Parliament? He’s never there!

Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Absolutely brilliant. If you look across to the USA and despair, listening to this chap is a great antidote. podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

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Classic Chats: Daniel Mendelsohn on translating the Odyssey

Podcast Episode · Instant Classics · 24 September · 1hr

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.

It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026

This is what Reform UK do when they're in charge.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026

🇪🇺"Until we actually admit to ourselves that leaving the EU massively hit our growth" 📈 "By growth we actually mean our prosperity, you know, our ability to function, our ability to push up our wages, our ability to actually, you know, trade easily with our nearest partners."

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 25/09/2026

🚨 Apple and Google’s rules explicitly prohibit apps from including content that targets marginalised groups. Write to Apple and Google to demand that Reform UK's app is removed immediately. ⬇️ bestforbritain.org/take-action/tell…

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

THIRST is a unique charity trying to improve the human rights of the people who grow and harvest your daily cuppa. We are looking for a new chair - please see the link and let anyone else you know who might be interested. thirst-tea.org/wp-content/u...

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

1/ I’ve spoken with Vijay Rangarajan on a number of occasions & he is a professional, dedicated public servant. Following representations I made to the Rycroft Review and to the government on reducing spending in politics, I look forward to the EC’s proposals being brought forward asap.

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Reform election fund threatened by spending rules review

The Electoral Commission is considering changes to how campaign money can be used

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

All correct. Reform in government would be passing laws benefiting convicted fraudsters. Which raises the question: why is my Labour government response so - let’s be honest - pathetically weak?

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Currently government plans do not go far enough in preventing money from influencing elections. Thanks @philbrickellmp.bsky.social for keeping up the pressure to amend the bill going through now. We cannot allow politics to be bought.

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Because the Kent police did nothing the thugs thought they could get away with it in Portsmouth. Injuries to Hampshire police a direct consequence of Kent police inaction. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

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Police used batons and pepper spray on far-right protesters in Portsmouth unrest

Minister condemns groups behind Hampshire disorder and says officers were injured as they repelled ‘aggression’

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Don’t the Kent police have water cannons?

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UNISON @unison.org.uk · 05/09/2026

Safety reps are at the heart of safer workplaces. ✊ UNISON GS @andreaegangs.bsky.social speaking at #Hazards2026 on the critical work safety reps do every day to protect workers and save lives.

Andrea Egan, third from left, speaking at 37th Hazrds conference

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Complaints about the former VC go back decades. The Board of Governors completely failed in their duty and undertook no proper due diligence. Union activists were victimised. Shocking corporate misgovernance. Thank you Phil for engaging with the trade unions.

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Wearing balaclavas. How sinister. The police were wearing kid gloves, it seems.

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Anna Orridge @anna-orridge.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Pay very careful attention to the difference between the press's reaction to this and the actions of groups like XR and JSO, which also disrupted traffic sometimes.

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Just imagine a “left wing” group or trade unionists treating a heckler in that way?

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Steve Doherty @stevedoherty.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Farage laughing it up. This is really scary.

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

My comments yesterday in the chamber on the need to prevent vexatious litigation brought by the rich & powerful to silence stories in the public interest 👇🏻

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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

🗣️This morning I spoke in Westminster Hall on the need to break down the barriers to business mobility which were erected following our departure from the EU. European businesses which want to invest in this country tell me time and time again of their frustration at the current arrangements 👇

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Dolly Parton was a strong trade unionist.

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/09/2026

👏 Burnham: "It's clear the growth, the low growth we've had, the decade of low growth, has been partly a result of Brexit." "I want a closer relationship. We are approaching a UK-EU summit in the next couple of months. It is imperative, I believe, that we work hard to get a good deal"

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 01/09/2026

The ICR strike needs our support. Workers are facing a 3.75 per cent offer imposed on them amid a cost-of-living crisis, along with the refusal to implement an increment-based pay policy. Workers have experienced below inflation pay rises over recent years.

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Strike Map @strikemap.org · 01/09/2026

Oxford University Press finance workers strike to stop their jobs being axed & offshored @unitetheunion.bsky.social picket line runs 1-11 September, 7.30-10am & 12pm-1.30pm at Walton Street They're striking to save their jobs from being offshored to India Like & share this video #StrikeMap

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

This is staggeringly short sighted. The investment must be made or railways will literally crumble.

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Great. Should be 100% and requirement to create capacity for all the water they use. They could build their own reservoirs. Why not?

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National Emergency Briefing @nebriefing.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The first job of government is to keep the public safe. That means levelling with the public about the threats from climate change & nature loss. Does your MP support a televised emergency briefing? Enter postcode: www.nebriefing.org/parliamentar... It's #TimeToStepUp #NationalEmergencyBriefing

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Check here to see if your MP has signed

For MPs and Peers to express support for briefing the nation on the threats from climate & nature breakdown to the UK’s security, food supply, health and economy.

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

Discipling someone without representation is contrary to established principles. Whoever did it should be dismissed, after a proper process, for gross misconduct. Their career in the civil service must end now www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

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‘We fear lessons will not be learned’: Chloe Moffat’s parents on their fight to hold Treasury to account

Couple considering suing for wrongful death after coroner found disciplinary process materially contributed to suicide

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

The water companies are grotesque bloated monsters. Nationalise them now. Burnham is weak on this. He’s got a bad case of Starmeritis www.theguardian.com/business/202...

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Water companies in England and Wales explore ‘surge pricing’ during drought

Suppliers could factor water scarcity into charges as part of Ofwat proposal to reduce consumption

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Inexplicable. Starmeritis- caution, and presumably lobbying by corporate interests. No other possible explanation.

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

This is the coolest summer you are likely to experience. From now on, it’s going to get hotter.

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Stirling Smith @stirlingsmith.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Super! Unite members taking strike action against Arriva, which refuses to make bus cabs safe. Thus endangering crew and passengers.

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