Martin Smith
@martinpompeyfan.bsky.social
Former digital marketer and commuter. Live in Hertfordshire. Labour Party member 🌹. Supporter of Hampshire's #1 football team. 37/92
Reposted by Martin Smith
random farmer to Trump on what his child said to him: "He said, 'Daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas, I want President Trump.' I think you brought Christmas to farmers with this bridge payment."
December 8, 2025 at 8:04 PM
random farmer to Trump on what his child said to him: "He said, 'Daddy, I don't want Santa Claus to come to our house for Christmas, I want President Trump.' I think you brought Christmas to farmers with this bridge payment."
Reposted by Martin Smith
December 8, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Reposted by Martin Smith
✨Inside the medieval roof timbers at Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, one of the rafters has been dated (c. 921) and was a sapling during the reign of King Æthelstan, before England was an entity.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
December 3, 2025 at 7:33 AM
✨Inside the medieval roof timbers at Beverley Minster, Yorkshire, one of the rafters has been dated (c. 921) and was a sapling during the reign of King Æthelstan, before England was an entity.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
Touch it and you feel a kind of altitude and sense that the past is cheek by jowl.
Reposted by Martin Smith
As Trump and Infantino work the red carpet, bragging about setting records for ticket prices.
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
December 7, 2025 at 2:09 AM
As Trump and Infantino work the red carpet, bragging about setting records for ticket prices.
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
(video below)
Lets break down what “record prices" really mean for football fans and host countries.
An important thread.
1/10
Reposted by Martin Smith
“Help us make Keir Starmer better!”
On the basis that “the press officer ghostwriting Starmer’s newsletter” is liking to be reading your replies… just lean into full wonk, use it as a way to brief people who no longer read newspaper op eds, drop the GPT-y filler, and remove this default prompt from the new subscriber email.
December 7, 2025 at 11:26 AM
“Help us make Keir Starmer better!”
A really good summary of what really happened in the general election and what it means for now/next time
Lot's on the substack this week:
My post on the key lessons from the 2024 election - including why Labour don't understand how they won; and how media/polling are changing.
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
My post on the key lessons from the 2024 election - including why Labour don't understand how they won; and how media/polling are changing.
samf.substack.com/p/six-lesson...
Six lessons from the 2024 election
And what they mean for the next one
samf.substack.com
December 7, 2025 at 10:20 AM
A really good summary of what really happened in the general election and what it means for now/next time
Reposted by Martin Smith
This is so disgusting.
December 6, 2025 at 6:45 PM
This is so disgusting.
Reposted by Martin Smith
This community note can be framed.
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
December 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This community note can be framed.
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
For reference:
X is banned in Russia
Facebook is banned in Russia
Snapchat is banned in Russia
Instagram is banned in Russia
LinkedIn is banned in Russia
Signal is banned in Russia
Discord is banned in Russia
Reposted by Martin Smith
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
December 6, 2025 at 7:20 PM
I live in Wales and today received my Join Us letter from Reform UK, complete with SAE which I posted back to them, immediately, empty. If every other person in Wales did this, Reform would spend over £1.5 million on postage. Not sorry. Join me Cymru.
Reposted by Martin Smith
"It's a very respected peace prize."
December 5, 2025 at 6:45 PM
"It's a very respected peace prize."
Reposted by Martin Smith
It turns out that you can, in fact, polish a turd.
December 5, 2025 at 8:12 PM
It turns out that you can, in fact, polish a turd.
Reposted by Martin Smith
Seen a fantastic Black Friday deal on a robot vacuum cleaner which would be perfect for my flat. Can't bring myself to buy it as it would break Henry's heart
December 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
Seen a fantastic Black Friday deal on a robot vacuum cleaner which would be perfect for my flat. Can't bring myself to buy it as it would break Henry's heart
Reposted by Martin Smith
This both blows my mind and becomes less surprising every day
December 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
This both blows my mind and becomes less surprising every day
Reposted by Martin Smith
A drunk raccoon left a trail of broken spirit bottles strewn across the floor of a liquor store in Ashland, Virginia.
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi
December 3, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A drunk raccoon left a trail of broken spirit bottles strewn across the floor of a liquor store in Ashland, Virginia.
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi
The furry bandit was returned to the wild after sobering up. https://wapo.st/4pQ1nRi
Reposted by Martin Smith
My radical opinion is that we should have a regulator whose job it is to ensure broadcast television is legal, honest, decent and truthful.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 8:42 PM
My radical opinion is that we should have a regulator whose job it is to ensure broadcast television is legal, honest, decent and truthful.
Reposted by Martin Smith
This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
GB News now broadcasting calls to remove the ethnic minority MPs from parliament
December 3, 2025 at 7:53 PM
This is vile and so so wrong. GB News is the TV version of X.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Extreme racism like this should not be platformed as ‘news.’
It is absolutely disgusting and another attempt to drag ‘debate’ to the right and destabilise our democracy.
Reposted by Martin Smith
If you're around 35 or under in the UK, the government has never made anything better for you. Tuition fees brought in, stagnating wages from frozen tax brackets etc. An entire adult life of austerity with another decade ahead
July 26, 2025 at 8:55 PM
If you're around 35 or under in the UK, the government has never made anything better for you. Tuition fees brought in, stagnating wages from frozen tax brackets etc. An entire adult life of austerity with another decade ahead
So true
Imagine all cars were electric, and then one Volkswagen engineer comes up with another idea …
#EMobility
#EMobility
November 29, 2025 at 6:31 PM
So true
Reposted by Martin Smith
Why wouldn’t you want to know? What have you got to fear? Losing your precious Brexit? Being revealed as a traitor and a liar?
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 8:11 PM
Why wouldn’t you want to know? What have you got to fear? Losing your precious Brexit? Being revealed as a traitor and a liar?
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Surely, anyone decent and honest who genuinely cares about our country and our democracy has nothing to lose from this. So, sign up.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Reposted by Martin Smith
Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
November 26, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Plus sides to today: Two-child benefit scrapped. Largely progressive tax implications. Good market reaction. No big spending cuts. Nightmare prospect of cutting funding to net zero etc avoided. It's a left-wing budget. Those who say there's no difference between Labour and Tories are bananas.
Reposted by Martin Smith
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
November 23, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Twitter pays people based on engagement (views, retweets, comments, etc). It appears that many MAGA accounts are based abroad and they use AI technology to generate low-effort rage bait.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
My guess is that this will get worse as AI tech improves. For instance, fake videos of minorities doing crime.
Reposted by Martin Smith
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
November 22, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Grand opening, grand closing.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.
X quietly disabled a new feature that showed which country an account was posting from when it revealed that lots of popular right wing MAGA accounts were being run from foreign countries like India and Nigeria.