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…🇺🇦
Just an Accident is a brilliant piece of film making. Go and see it.
December 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Just an Accident is a brilliant piece of film making. Go and see it.
So the @ft.com.web.brid.gy thought that the Catholic Church was in bed with MAGA? You think? On the strength of JD Vance?
December 28, 2025 at 5:45 PM
So the @ft.com.web.brid.gy thought that the Catholic Church was in bed with MAGA? You think? On the strength of JD Vance?
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate (or don’t). Call your families, reach out to neighbours and we’re here if you need us. (democracy.brent.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.a...) 🌲🎄🌲
December 24, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Holidays to all who celebrate (or don’t). Call your families, reach out to neighbours and we’re here if you need us. (democracy.brent.gov.uk/mgUserInfo.a...) 🌲🎄🌲
Very impressed with the work of young artists in Kensal Green this morning. And delighted to meet their teachers and parents at Hazel Road Community Centre with Cllr Steve Crabb and Marc Harris. Thank you for your hard work with our community Destiny House!
December 20, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Very impressed with the work of young artists in Kensal Green this morning. And delighted to meet their teachers and parents at Hazel Road Community Centre with Cllr Steve Crabb and Marc Harris. Thank you for your hard work with our community Destiny House!
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Wish I could claim credit but these are the work of my GP at Lonsdale Road Surgery in Queen’s Park for Wednesday’s wellbeing lunch for older residents. Hugely impressive work from all at the surgery and volunteers. Thank you! (And thanks to @Qparkres ) And Get your flu jab! @redstarneil.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wish I could claim credit but these are the work of my GP at Lonsdale Road Surgery in Queen’s Park for Wednesday’s wellbeing lunch for older residents. Hugely impressive work from all at the surgery and volunteers. Thank you! (And thanks to @Qparkres ) And Get your flu jab! @redstarneil.bsky.social
The West Bank is Palestinian. Just is.
December 19, 2025 at 1:31 PM
The West Bank is Palestinian. Just is.
It was just an accident, remarkable Iranian movie out now, is very, very worth your time.
December 19, 2025 at 12:55 PM
It was just an accident, remarkable Iranian movie out now, is very, very worth your time.
Wish I could claim credit but these are the work of my GP at Lonsdale Road Surgery in Queen’s Park for Wednesday’s wellbeing lunch for older residents. Hugely impressive work from all at the surgery and volunteers. Thank you! (And thanks to @Qparkres ) And Get your flu jab! @redstarneil.bsky.social
December 18, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Wish I could claim credit but these are the work of my GP at Lonsdale Road Surgery in Queen’s Park for Wednesday’s wellbeing lunch for older residents. Hugely impressive work from all at the surgery and volunteers. Thank you! (And thanks to @Qparkres ) And Get your flu jab! @redstarneil.bsky.social
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A mini-story to cheer you up this morning. The other day my teenage son returned to his locked bike to find the back wheel nicked. We went back yesterday to rescue it - and found this note taped to the frame. We have the wheel again. A very happy Xmas to Ollie and his note-writing other half.
December 17, 2025 at 8:11 AM
A mini-story to cheer you up this morning. The other day my teenage son returned to his locked bike to find the back wheel nicked. We went back yesterday to rescue it - and found this note taped to the frame. We have the wheel again. A very happy Xmas to Ollie and his note-writing other half.
Grateful to be able to join Queen’s Park Jewish community to share the prayers and singing as they lit the menorah. Happy Hanukkah. 🕎
December 16, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Grateful to be able to join Queen’s Park Jewish community to share the prayers and singing as they lit the menorah. Happy Hanukkah. 🕎
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The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien
Just sent out my free weekend update. Was quite a week in the land war, started with great doom for Ukraine and ended with the Ukrainians pushing the Russians away from Kupyansk and advancing in a week twice as much as the Russians advanced in 4 months. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
Weekend Update #163: Ukraine Goes From Collapsing to Liberating Kupyansk
The Two Negotiations; Stirrings in Europe
open.substack.com
December 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The president of Ukraine in a town that the president of Russia claims Russia occupies. Ukrainians can defend themselves if they are helped by their allies. We have a simple job here — help courageous people who are defending themselves in horrible circumstances. Continuous good work by Phil OBrien
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Congratulations to the Deep State on their cover-up on this footage, because I can guarantee you that any elected Republican asked about this – especially in relation to outrage at anyone not showing decorum over Charlie Kirk – won’t have seen it.
Trump doubles down on his Rob Reiner attack: "I wasn't a fan of his at all. He was a deranged person... He became like a deranged person, Trump Derangement Syndrome. So I was not a fan of Rob Reiner at all in any way, shape or form. I thought he was very bad for our country."
December 15, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Congratulations to the Deep State on their cover-up on this footage, because I can guarantee you that any elected Republican asked about this – especially in relation to outrage at anyone not showing decorum over Charlie Kirk – won’t have seen it.
This Apple Liquid Glass update is not an improvement
December 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This Apple Liquid Glass update is not an improvement
Great to meet lots of local shoppers and stall holders at Queens Park Farmers market this sunny morning with @georgiagould.bsky.social and @redstarneil.bsky.social @stevecrabb.bsky.social One more Sunday to get your festive essentials from food to gifts at Salusbury Road. @brentlabour.bsky.social
December 14, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Great to meet lots of local shoppers and stall holders at Queens Park Farmers market this sunny morning with @georgiagould.bsky.social and @redstarneil.bsky.social @stevecrabb.bsky.social One more Sunday to get your festive essentials from food to gifts at Salusbury Road. @brentlabour.bsky.social
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A sidebar to the previous RT: I find it really sad how lovely buildings that were meant for the public sphere (the Camden Council building in that article: the Old War Office to name but 2) are being sold off so rich dickheads can have them.
December 13, 2025 at 10:13 AM
A sidebar to the previous RT: I find it really sad how lovely buildings that were meant for the public sphere (the Camden Council building in that article: the Old War Office to name but 2) are being sold off so rich dickheads can have them.
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Do you subscribe to @jonnelledge.bsky.social ‘s Substack? I do, and it’s always erudite and witty - time spent reading Jonn’s work is never wasted. This week there’s a guest post from me about a border I didn’t get to in Borderlines: Italy and Slovenia. Extra content!
December 13, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Do you subscribe to @jonnelledge.bsky.social ‘s Substack? I do, and it’s always erudite and witty - time spent reading Jonn’s work is never wasted. This week there’s a guest post from me about a border I didn’t get to in Borderlines: Italy and Slovenia. Extra content!
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Jonn generously let me write for his Substack. There are 29 borders in my book, 47 in his… plus this extra one! I drew together some of the threads of Borderlines when I was in the twin cities of Nova Gorica 🇸🇮 and Gorizia 🇮🇹
"Borderlines is a hymn to the places between, the concepts that soften the edges of the nation state. One chapter is not quite like the others, in that it is about an elusive idea rather than a mobile boundary – Central Europe..."
Lovely to have a guest post from @lewisbaston.bsky.social
Lovely to have a guest post from @lewisbaston.bsky.social
Guest Post: A Brief History of the Italian/Slovenian Borderlands
A visit from Lewis Baston, author of ‘Borderlines: A History of Europe in 29 Borders’.
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December 13, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Jonn generously let me write for his Substack. There are 29 borders in my book, 47 in his… plus this extra one! I drew together some of the threads of Borderlines when I was in the twin cities of Nova Gorica 🇸🇮 and Gorizia 🇮🇹
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This is splendid.
Major update to our map of Anglo-Saxon London... we've now added etymologies for each place name, so you can find out what your bit of London used to be called.... and why londonist.substack.com/p/mapping-an...
Mapping Anglo-Saxon London: A Big Update
A glimpse of London, 1,000 years past.
londonist.substack.com
December 11, 2025 at 6:26 PM
This is splendid.
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🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
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Excellent sensible thread. Learn to use stats properly people (and please ignore the Daily Mail)!
🧵 Is it a super flu year? Who knows, but I think the current reporting is stupid.
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
A pissed off thread using data.
Firstly - here are today's headlines and some from the last 3 years... spot the difference. 1/10
December 11, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Excellent sensible thread. Learn to use stats properly people (and please ignore the Daily Mail)!
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Albania has a longer life expectancy than the US.
December 10, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Albania has a longer life expectancy than the US.
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Dreadful place London. So depressingly awful we're worried about leaving our homes.
December 10, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Dreadful place London. So depressingly awful we're worried about leaving our homes.