Jeremy Smith
@jeremysmith.bsky.social
Co-director PRIME Economics, author of "The Great Brexit Wrench" (PEF, 2019). Past: Gen Secretary of European & international local govt associations, CEO Camden Council, barrister, law centre founder, factotum at ABC tea-shop on Earl's Court Road 1966.
Awful contribution to BBC News at 10 by Katya Adler claiming in effect that Europe / UK have no choice but to give in to Trump.
January 18, 2026 at 10:16 PM
Awful contribution to BBC News at 10 by Katya Adler claiming in effect that Europe / UK have no choice but to give in to Trump.
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Further to the first point, the fact that, almost to a person, all of the stewards of capital and global governance have erased climate from their talking points is as much a subject requiring explanation as anything else.
January 18, 2026 at 7:19 PM
Further to the first point, the fact that, almost to a person, all of the stewards of capital and global governance have erased climate from their talking points is as much a subject requiring explanation as anything else.
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Sub-zero resistance: Minnesotans standing tall against ICE.
January 18, 2026 at 5:43 PM
Sub-zero resistance: Minnesotans standing tall against ICE.
Sooo embarrassing... Trump-grovelling toadies of the world unite:
"Fifa notes the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient [the Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado] has given her medal to President Trump."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
"Fifa notes the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient [the Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado] has given her medal to President Trump."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Growing sense of embarrassment at Fifa over Donald Trump peace prize
There is a growing sense of embarrassment among mid-level and senior officials within Fifa over the awarding of the peace prize to Donald Trump
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 4:08 PM
Sooo embarrassing... Trump-grovelling toadies of the world unite:
"Fifa notes the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient [the Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado] has given her medal to President Trump."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
"Fifa notes the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient [the Venezuelan opposition leader, María Corina Machado] has given her medal to President Trump."
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
January 18, 2026 at 3:04 AM
Feels like something cracked today in the transatlantic alliance. Europeans have been swallowing their pride, bitting their tongues, and bending the knee. That strategy may have bought them time but it has now clearly failed. It also had a major cost - it has made the WH think Europe will cave. 1/
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Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland ft.trib.al/SkhV60f
Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland
By capitulating again, the EU and UK would signal that we are now irrevocably in a might-makes-right world
ft.trib.al
January 18, 2026 at 1:25 PM
Europe must not appease Trump on Greenland ft.trib.al/SkhV60f
My theory is that the England cricket team threw the recent Ashes series solely because they did not want to be forced to surrender the hallowed Urn in abject grovelling manner to Trump as part of his Mafioso extortion campaign. If that's right, all credit to them! #StumpTrump
January 18, 2026 at 3:40 PM
My theory is that the England cricket team threw the recent Ashes series solely because they did not want to be forced to surrender the hallowed Urn in abject grovelling manner to Trump as part of his Mafioso extortion campaign. If that's right, all credit to them! #StumpTrump
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Agree with @gideonrachman.bsky.social excellent column. European appeasement hasn't worked. It's time to try a different approach.
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Agree with @gideonrachman.bsky.social excellent column. European appeasement hasn't worked. It's time to try a different approach.
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Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
January 18, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Reminder of the spectacularly poor judgement of these people
Without further comment....
WELKER: What is the national emergency that justifies this new slate of tariffs?
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
BESSENT: The national emergency is avoiding a national emergency
January 18, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Without further comment....
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while trump insanely claims greenland and threatens our closest friends, american power ‘elites’ - especially business ‘leaders’ - are on mute. shame on them. they stand for nothing but their own hides.
January 18, 2026 at 1:58 PM
while trump insanely claims greenland and threatens our closest friends, american power ‘elites’ - especially business ‘leaders’ - are on mute. shame on them. they stand for nothing but their own hides.
How to betray our country.
So much of British political debate is throwing a fit because the party you supported finally lost an election after fifteen years.
January 18, 2026 at 3:16 PM
How to betray our country.
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For global safety, Europe and Can/Mex should take control of the USA and establish a democracy. Trump and his Admin to be sent to prison in El Salvador, along with family members who supported their actions. All assets to be seized under Proceeds of Crime, and the $$ generated go to Medicare.
January 18, 2026 at 3:08 PM
For global safety, Europe and Can/Mex should take control of the USA and establish a democracy. Trump and his Admin to be sent to prison in El Salvador, along with family members who supported their actions. All assets to be seized under Proceeds of Crime, and the $$ generated go to Medicare.
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It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
January 18, 2026 at 10:51 AM
It’s a real shame that Nigel Farage is too unwell to do interviews the morning after Donald Trump threatens us with sanctions.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
Here he is with “the bravest man he ever met”. He campaigned to make Trump President, and has spent the last year enjoying all the chaos he has caused.
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When your radio is tuned to World Service to avoid Justin Webb, and Justin Webb pops up on World Service. Grrrr
January 17, 2026 at 9:44 AM
When your radio is tuned to World Service to avoid Justin Webb, and Justin Webb pops up on World Service. Grrrr
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With the Justice Department going after all of Trump's political enemies, is anyone there going after real crime?
It’s war.
Breaking: Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey are being investigated by the Trump DOJ for allegedly obstructing law enforcement activities, two U.S. officials told WCCO.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
It's unclear how Walz and Frey allegedly obstructed law enforcement or what they were allegedly obstructing.
January 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM
With the Justice Department going after all of Trump's political enemies, is anyone there going after real crime?
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We need freedom of expression on college campuses, they said.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
January 16, 2026 at 7:50 PM
We need freedom of expression on college campuses, they said.
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
www.politico.com/news/magazin...
Combined moral, financial and political corruption at work once again.
President Trump quietly issued clemency grants this week, including to a California woman he had pardoned once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
Trump Sets Fraudster Free From Prison for a Second Time
The president issued a raft of clemency grants this week, including pardoning a woman he had given relief to once before and a man whose daughter had donated millions to a Trump super PAC.
nyti.ms
January 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
Combined moral, financial and political corruption at work once again.
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In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
January 15, 2026 at 4:58 PM
In April 2024, Spotify implemented a new scheme: songs with less than 1k streams per year would no longer receive royalties.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
The data for 2025 was just released via Luminate, and 88% of songs have been demonetized.
Read it again: 88% of songs on Spotify have been demonetized.
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The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
This is clearly depressing and radicalising in a way a tax wouldn't have been.
January 15, 2026 at 5:30 PM
The single biggest thing (in cost terms) I’ve changed my mind about is UK tuition fees. Dreadful system, need to scrap it.
Grovelling will get you nowhere. Nowhere good, that is.
JUST IN: Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said she presented US President Donald Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal during their meeting. She did not answer reporters' questions as to whether he accepted it. Follow our live coverage ➡️ reut.rs/4pD343T
Venezuela live: Opposition leader Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal
Machado says she presented Trump with her Nobel Peace Prize medal, but it was not clear if the U.S. president accepted it.
reut.rs
January 15, 2026 at 9:38 PM
Grovelling will get you nowhere. Nowhere good, that is.
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I know this would just have most likely have been a curiosity at the end of a long trade route and may have taken up a new meaning for its Norse owner but I still can't help but imagine what a Norse saga about Buddha would have looked like ...
A small and exotic Buddha found far from home in #VikingAge buildings on the Swedish lake island of Helgö.
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
Probably made in the Swat Valley, the Buddha travelled some 5,000 km from its place of origin, encapsulating the idea of long-distance trade during the Viking Age.
#Archaeology
January 15, 2026 at 7:06 PM
I know this would just have most likely have been a curiosity at the end of a long trade route and may have taken up a new meaning for its Norse owner but I still can't help but imagine what a Norse saga about Buddha would have looked like ...
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Schumer is the human equivalent of an expired jar of bay leaves sitting in the back of your grandma's spice drawer.
January 15, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Schumer is the human equivalent of an expired jar of bay leaves sitting in the back of your grandma's spice drawer.
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in my defence, I didn't create it, but I did think it was worth sharing:
January 15, 2026 at 7:02 PM
in my defence, I didn't create it, but I did think it was worth sharing:
The ICE-Gestapo
The people wearing masks are scanning your face to capture your identity.
January 15, 2026 at 9:26 PM
The ICE-Gestapo