Ms Lesley Smith
@mslesleysmith.bsky.social
Ex Amazon and Revolut. Brent Labour Councillor for Queen’s Park ward. Love London, Norfolk. Politics, walking, running slowly…🇺🇦
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Please could everybody print out this story from the Atlantic and pin it on school notice boards and up in your doctor’s surgery and in every nursery in the land.
Absolutely devastating piece and worth the subscription alone
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles • TW: this left me in pieces and also extremely angry with anti-vaxxers - this is their responsibility and one day they need to be held to account for it • www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Please could everybody print out this story from the Atlantic and pin it on school notice boards and up in your doctor’s surgery and in every nursery in the land.
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Off in my waterproofs to do London’s coldest, wettest, Cancer Research UK 10k . If you want to share responsibility for my getting pneumonia there’s time to sponsor this madness www.winterrun.co.uk/fundraiser/l...
Lesley Smith
I am completing the London Winter Run on 15th February 2026 for Cancer Research UK. Please support my fundraising and help me reach my target to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK.
www.winterrun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Off in my waterproofs to do London’s coldest, wettest, Cancer Research UK 10k . If you want to share responsibility for my getting pneumonia there’s time to sponsor this madness www.winterrun.co.uk/fundraiser/l...
Off in my waterproofs to do London’s coldest, wettest, Cancer Research UK 10k . If you want to share responsibility for my getting pneumonia there’s time to sponsor this madness www.winterrun.co.uk/fundraiser/l...
Lesley Smith
I am completing the London Winter Run on 15th February 2026 for Cancer Research UK. Please support my fundraising and help me reach my target to raise vital funds for Cancer Research UK.
www.winterrun.co.uk
February 15, 2026 at 8:59 AM
Off in my waterproofs to do London’s coldest, wettest, Cancer Research UK 10k . If you want to share responsibility for my getting pneumonia there’s time to sponsor this madness www.winterrun.co.uk/fundraiser/l...
Get your children their MMR people
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
www.thetimes.com/article/1614...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
www.thetimes.com/article/1614...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
Cases are spreading between children in Enfield as the virus exploits low MMR vaccination rates, medical experts say
www.thetimes.com
February 14, 2026 at 7:52 PM
Get your children their MMR people
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
www.thetimes.com/article/1614...
London measles outbreak: more than 60 children infected
www.thetimes.com/article/1614...
And he is right
BREAKING: “Russia has proved its appetite for aggression, bringing terrible suffering to the Ukrainian people."
Keir Starmer accuses Russia of "using disinformation to sow division", in the beginning of his speech at the Munich Security Conference.
Keir Starmer accuses Russia of "using disinformation to sow division", in the beginning of his speech at the Munich Security Conference.
February 14, 2026 at 11:23 AM
And he is right
Please could everybody print out this story from the Atlantic and pin it on school notice boards and up in your doctor’s surgery and in every nursery in the land.
Absolutely devastating piece and worth the subscription alone
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles • TW: this left me in pieces and also extremely angry with anti-vaxxers - this is their responsibility and one day they need to be held to account for it • www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
February 13, 2026 at 10:03 PM
Please could everybody print out this story from the Atlantic and pin it on school notice boards and up in your doctor’s surgery and in every nursery in the land.
This is truly terrible. Do not take your kids to the US folks. Even if they are vaccinated.
February 13, 2026 at 9:58 PM
This is truly terrible. Do not take your kids to the US folks. Even if they are vaccinated.
Absolutely devastating piece and worth the subscription alone
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles • TW: this left me in pieces and also extremely angry with anti-vaxxers - this is their responsibility and one day they need to be held to account for it • www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
This Is How a Child Dies of Measles
When your family becomes a data point in an outbreak
www.theatlantic.com
February 13, 2026 at 9:00 PM
Absolutely devastating piece and worth the subscription alone
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I realise a lot of people want an excuse for Starmer to go. I am not naive. (Nor am I a Starmer 'stan', a belittling phrase I see too often on here.)
But if you get rid of Keir Starmer because of your disgust with Epstein, no one, ever, is going to satisfy your purity test.
But if you get rid of Keir Starmer because of your disgust with Epstein, no one, ever, is going to satisfy your purity test.
February 9, 2026 at 9:32 AM
I realise a lot of people want an excuse for Starmer to go. I am not naive. (Nor am I a Starmer 'stan', a belittling phrase I see too often on here.)
But if you get rid of Keir Starmer because of your disgust with Epstein, no one, ever, is going to satisfy your purity test.
But if you get rid of Keir Starmer because of your disgust with Epstein, no one, ever, is going to satisfy your purity test.
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A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
February 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
A publisher who lays off a reporter whose pen is freezing because she's covering a frigid war zone while dodging missiles is not an editor you want to work for, in a more perfect world
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Streeting calls for 'national debate' on student loan system in wake of graduate fury
The Health Secretary said a serious discussion is needed about the current student loan repayment system.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/stre...
The Health Secretary said a serious discussion is needed about the current student loan repayment system.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/stre...
Streeting calls for 'national debate' on student loan system in wake of graduate fury | LBC
The Health Secretary said a serious discussion is needed about the current studen loan repayment system.
www.lbc.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 8:17 PM
Streeting calls for 'national debate' on student loan system in wake of graduate fury
The Health Secretary said a serious discussion is needed about the current student loan repayment system.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/stre...
The Health Secretary said a serious discussion is needed about the current student loan repayment system.
www.lbc.co.uk/article/stre...
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The thing about London is you can walk in off the street and two minutes later, be standing in front of this
January 31, 2026 at 4:47 PM
The thing about London is you can walk in off the street and two minutes later, be standing in front of this
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It's me, I'm the women.
January 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
It's me, I'm the women.
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No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
January 31, 2026 at 3:53 PM
No water, no heating, no power, -15 degree weather outside.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
It is not on the front pages of your newspapers, but Ukraine is living through a humanitarian disaster right now because of Russian bombardment and the world has barely noticed.
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“I am a proud Mancunian woman. I have walked the streets of this constituency. This is about Manchester… a city united, we are rejecting division. I am so looking forward to going out on the doorstep and winning this for Labour”
Angeliki Stogia
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Angeliki Stogia
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour chooses Angeliki Stogia for Gorton and Denton byelection
Manchester city councillor selected to fight seat after closely fought contest and vote by local members
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 4:14 PM
“I am a proud Mancunian woman. I have walked the streets of this constituency. This is about Manchester… a city united, we are rejecting division. I am so looking forward to going out on the doorstep and winning this for Labour”
Angeliki Stogia
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Angeliki Stogia
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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'Getaway driver' in Ferndale arson attack 'didn't want to break 20mph limit' - court
'Getaway driver' in Ferndale arson attack 'didn't want to break 20mph limit' - court
Four men have admitted starting the fire in July, but a 19-year-old woman denies committing arson.
www.bbc.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:02 PM
'Getaway driver' in Ferndale arson attack 'didn't want to break 20mph limit' - court
Feb 2021 ConHome figures. Hard to believe now.
January 30, 2026 at 7:21 AM
Feb 2021 ConHome figures. Hard to believe now.
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New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters
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The Gorton and Denton by-election: a tale of two Manchesters?
Unpopular incumbent + fragmented opposition + unusual seat = unpredictable contest
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January 28, 2026 at 7:21 PM
New Swingometer! The Gorton and Denton By-election: A tale of Two Manchesters
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@t0nyyates.bsky.social Jen to come to blue sky drinks but you don’t follow me so can’t dm… 😳
January 27, 2026 at 6:48 PM
@t0nyyates.bsky.social Jen to come to blue sky drinks but you don’t follow me so can’t dm… 😳
A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson, or Zog or the Snail and the Whale? Oliver Jeffers’ Lost and Found, How to Catch a Star or The Way Back Home, Shirley Hughes’ Alfie gets in First or Dogger… all brilliant
January 27, 2026 at 6:10 PM
A Squash and a Squeeze by Julia Donaldson, or Zog or the Snail and the Whale? Oliver Jeffers’ Lost and Found, How to Catch a Star or The Way Back Home, Shirley Hughes’ Alfie gets in First or Dogger… all brilliant
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Take a stand
#RomanCatholics
#RomanCatholics
Pope Leo ally Cardinal Tobin of New Jersey urged Catholics to lobby to defund ICE/DHS as "lawless organization" on a Zoom call with hundreds on Sunday night. Explicitly compares the moral necessity of resistance now to resistance against fascism.🧵1/
January 27, 2026 at 3:14 PM
Take a stand
#RomanCatholics
#RomanCatholics
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Gripping read from an eye witness to the Murdoch dynasty’s gyrations.
Gripping read from an eye witness to the Murdoch dynasty’s gyrations.
Rupert Murdoch’s Poisoned Dynasty
Gabriel Sherman’s new book Bonfire of the Murdochs is full of juice.
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January 27, 2026 at 1:19 PM
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Gripping read from an eye witness to the Murdoch dynasty’s gyrations.
Gripping read from an eye witness to the Murdoch dynasty’s gyrations.
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Took me a few days but I finally wrote up this good news story from the north west of the capital. Wouldn't it be nice if the doves idea caught on? www.onlondon.co.uk/walks-talks-... #london #truelondon
Walks, talks and doves for peace in London's Queen's Park
A small, local, interfaith initiative in the north west of the city is sending a large message to the rest of the capital and the world
www.onlondon.co.uk
January 26, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Took me a few days but I finally wrote up this good news story from the north west of the capital. Wouldn't it be nice if the doves idea caught on? www.onlondon.co.uk/walks-talks-... #london #truelondon
Should British Jews flee to America?
A reply to an invitation
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January 26, 2026 at 9:42 AM
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Am beyond furious at the BBC bothsiding the latest murder on American streets. There isn't a "war of words" or "finger pointing". Watch the fxxxing videos. One side is fxxxing lying. This is shameful
January 25, 2026 at 9:38 AM
Am beyond furious at the BBC bothsiding the latest murder on American streets. There isn't a "war of words" or "finger pointing". Watch the fxxxing videos. One side is fxxxing lying. This is shameful