David Smith
@dsmithwales.bsky.social
Thinker/Doer. fmr lecturer. Democracy Animator. Organiser @CoopWales, R Owen Museum trustee, ex Co-op Group Main Board, NPF CLP rep. Health, Food & Climate Crisis Politics. Deacon Canton Uniting #Askforadoctor #TruthWarriors
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David Smith
@dsmithwales.bsky.social
· Jan 12
If democracies are going to survive, they need to go to war with social media and the tech oligarchs who oversee it. We cannot have a society governed by mass hallucination.
Chancellor launches consultation on co‑operative growth createsend.com/t/t-8AEB4DBE... Great opportunity with this GB wide consultation. @Cwmpas_Coop
Chancellor launches consultation on co‑operative growth
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November 27, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Chancellor launches consultation on co‑operative growth createsend.com/t/t-8AEB4DBE... Great opportunity with this GB wide consultation. @Cwmpas_Coop
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I doubt we’ll see much on School meals in the upcoming budget, but here’s a little wish list, just in case there’s any spare change knocking about DfE
Increase the per meal funding!
Keeping funding at £2.61 is essential punishing Small schools, Infant schools & schools in areas of high deprivation
Increase the per meal funding!
Keeping funding at £2.61 is essential punishing Small schools, Infant schools & schools in areas of high deprivation
November 24, 2025 at 1:27 PM
I doubt we’ll see much on School meals in the upcoming budget, but here’s a little wish list, just in case there’s any spare change knocking about DfE
Increase the per meal funding!
Keeping funding at £2.61 is essential punishing Small schools, Infant schools & schools in areas of high deprivation
Increase the per meal funding!
Keeping funding at £2.61 is essential punishing Small schools, Infant schools & schools in areas of high deprivation
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Amazing journalism! Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d... Dynamite
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Amazing journalism! Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d... Dynamite
Amazing journalism! Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d... Dynamite
Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein
Nigel Farage was the figurehead and his partner Laure Ferrari started it. Steve Bannon and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein were providing almost daily support
bylinetimes.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Amazing journalism! Dinner with Mr Brexit: Bannon’s European Revolution – Planned with Farage, Backed by Epstein – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2025/11/19/d... Dynamite
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Spot on. Excellent read open.substack.com/pub/annpetti....
Central Banks and Government Budgets - As If Democracy Matters
In Britain Tax austerity threatens to follow monetary and fiscal austerity
open.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Spot on. Excellent read open.substack.com/pub/annpetti....
How can Co-ops be made visible in Business Schools? They teach/research ref state-owned enterprises & not-for-profits, but not Co-ops. Why? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/next-meeti... register for Eventbrite: Senedd Cross-Party Group for Co-ops/Mutuals Tickets, Wed, Dec 3, 2025,12:00 @Cwmpas_Coop
Next meeting of the Senedd Cross-Party Group for Co-operatives and Mutuals
Embedding cooperative values in our education system is essential to building a fairer, more democratic, and more resilient economy in Wales
www.eventbrite.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How can Co-ops be made visible in Business Schools? They teach/research ref state-owned enterprises & not-for-profits, but not Co-ops. Why? www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/next-meeti... register for Eventbrite: Senedd Cross-Party Group for Co-ops/Mutuals Tickets, Wed, Dec 3, 2025,12:00 @Cwmpas_Coop
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
Exclusive: union leaders say proposed changes are immoral and could threaten patient safety if there is staff exodus
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Up to 50,000 nurses could quit UK over immigration plans, survey suggests
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... Don’t forget impact upon care homes
System: conta.cc/43GwmGR “the PAC does ‘not have confidence’ that DH+ is being realistic about the scale of the challenge.”
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November 20, 2025 at 7:19 AM
System: conta.cc/43GwmGR “the PAC does ‘not have confidence’ that DH+ is being realistic about the scale of the challenge.”
£41 million! That’s what Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
Hold Fujitsu to account for Post Office scandal
£41 million! That’s how much more the Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. And that's on top of another whopping £65m the Government paid the scandal ...
you.38degrees.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 8:11 AM
£41 million! That’s what Post Office has just agreed to pay Fujitsu to keep using the faulty Horizon IT system. It's a slap in the face to all those wrongfully convicted Post Office staff. Join others demanding Fujitsu is finally held to account. Sign now! you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/ho...
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GPs - ‘Lazy, laggards’
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
November 8, 2025 at 8:44 AM
GPs - ‘Lazy, laggards’
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
1.3million appts take place in General Practice each day
20 x more than A&E
3.5 x more than hospital out-patients
5million more appts each month than 2019
Wes Streeting has decided he doesn’t need GPs
Let’s see if people agree
www.kingsfund.org.uk/insight-and-...
Awful impact of climate crisis www.facebook.com/share/r/1VyL...
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November 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Awful impact of climate crisis www.facebook.com/share/r/1VyL...
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School meals provide the benefit of economies of scale to feed a population of kids more economically, consistently and better than when most families have to separately plan, buy, prepare and package breakfast, lunch and/or afternoon snacks for school kids to eat before, at or after school.
November 7, 2025 at 9:52 AM
School meals provide the benefit of economies of scale to feed a population of kids more economically, consistently and better than when most families have to separately plan, buy, prepare and package breakfast, lunch and/or afternoon snacks for school kids to eat before, at or after school.
If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals
Source: the Guardian
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Source: the Guardian
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‘If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals
A pilot scheme where students eat nutritious breakfasts using donated surplus food builds on the ‘folkhem’ welfare model to boost health and sustainability
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November 7, 2025 at 8:42 AM
If there’s a free alternative, I’ll eat healthily’: how Sweden devised brilliant school meals
Source: the Guardian
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Source: the Guardian
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Awful events happening in Cebu, the Philippines www.facebook.com/share/r/14LZ...
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November 5, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Awful events happening in Cebu, the Philippines www.facebook.com/share/r/14LZ...
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So, I think I’ve got this right.
Pacifist grannies holding a cardboard sign are terrorists, but Yaxley Lennon is a freedom loving journalist.
Glad the judge was concentrating on the facts in the parallel universe he occupies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pacifist grannies holding a cardboard sign are terrorists, but Yaxley Lennon is a freedom loving journalist.
Glad the judge was concentrating on the facts in the parallel universe he occupies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Tommy Robinson not guilty of terror offence after not giving police access to phone
Robinson, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was found not guilty at Westminster Magistrates' Court.
www.bbc.com
November 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
So, I think I’ve got this right.
Pacifist grannies holding a cardboard sign are terrorists, but Yaxley Lennon is a freedom loving journalist.
Glad the judge was concentrating on the facts in the parallel universe he occupies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Pacifist grannies holding a cardboard sign are terrorists, but Yaxley Lennon is a freedom loving journalist.
Glad the judge was concentrating on the facts in the parallel universe he occupies.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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AOC shows up with massive food truck to feed TSA workers at LaGuardia Airport since they are not getting paid. There’s also additional fresh food for the community that federal workers can come and pick up if needed. 🙌🏾 #CityHarvest
November 2, 2025 at 12:28 PM
AOC shows up with massive food truck to feed TSA workers at LaGuardia Airport since they are not getting paid. There’s also additional fresh food for the community that federal workers can come and pick up if needed. 🙌🏾 #CityHarvest
Great NHS story. sochealth.co.uk/2025/09/06/s...
SHA at the TUC - Socialist Health Association
Focus on Thora Silverthorne Thora Silverthorne, a Welsh nurse and lifelong socialist activist, is a figure of immense significance whose contributions to healthcare and workers' rights have often been...
sochealth.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Great NHS story. sochealth.co.uk/2025/09/06/s...
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Could Katie Lam identify the London schools where "more than three-quarters of children don’t speak English to a serviceable school standard". Well done to @davehillonlondon.bsky.social for giving Lam + CPS the chance to substantiate this claim at the Tory fringe
www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ka...
www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ka...
Dave Hill: Katie Lam should learn London's language
Recent comments about the capital's school children's English skills suggest the Tory MP from Kent must try harder
www.onlondon.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Could Katie Lam identify the London schools where "more than three-quarters of children don’t speak English to a serviceable school standard". Well done to @davehillonlondon.bsky.social for giving Lam + CPS the chance to substantiate this claim at the Tory fringe
www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ka...
www.onlondon.co.uk/dave-hill-ka...
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Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
Don't be fooled, Tommy Robinson and Elon Musk are playing you
The message the hate engine transmits is simple: asylum seekers are not really people in need
inews.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Robinson, Musk and Badenoch are all part of an industry of grievance, a machine designed to spread hate which now operates across the British right – from respectable print outlets to wild-eyed online fascists
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
inews.co.uk/opinion/dont...
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Private Eye nailing it.
October 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Private Eye nailing it.
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EU concerns that UK planning bill may breach 'level playing field' rules on environmental law in Brexit deal www.theguardian.com/environment/...
New planning bill could jeopardise UK’s trade deal with EU, ambassador warns
Exclusive: Proposed legislation removes EU-derived nature protections as government hopes to boost economic growth
www.theguardian.com
October 29, 2025 at 4:19 PM
EU concerns that UK planning bill may breach 'level playing field' rules on environmental law in Brexit deal www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
October 28, 2025 at 12:02 PM
It's increasingly obvious that Labour's strategy - call it Starmerism, Blue Labour, whatever - has got it badly wrong. It has alienated the party's core vote while failing to win over those leaning to Reform. There was no shortage of people warning them they were getting it wrong either.
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people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia
October 24, 2025 at 3:47 PM
people chant "we stand with you!" as Letitia James tries to speak outside a courthouse in Virginia