Naomi Smith
@pimlicat.bsky.social
CEO @bestforbritain.org
Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social
NED @RoSPA
Podcaster @quietriotpod.bsky.social
NED @RoSPA
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Naomi Smith
@pimlicat.bsky.social
· Feb 11
Starmer is well aware of what needs to be done. Here is what he said when voting for Johnson's UK-EU deal.
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
Services "a gaping hole", "lack of ambition", "Imperfect", "thin", "a basis to build on".
Share, to show the PM that you back him going further and faster to improve our deal with the EU. ~AA
Deep alignment between the EU and U.K. could close this hole and deliver GDP growth for both sides. This is worth listening to. Tell him he was right then and to do the right thing now 🎧👇
Does anyone else remember the kids' itv show in the very early 90s called T-bag?
January 23, 2026 at 11:48 PM
Does anyone else remember the kids' itv show in the very early 90s called T-bag?
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UK policy uncertainty has been, on average, higher this Parliament than in any of the past seven Parliaments.
Even after controlling for higher global uncertainty, it remains the second highest (after the Parliament that oversaw the Brexit referendum).
Read more➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
Even after controlling for higher global uncertainty, it remains the second highest (after the Parliament that oversaw the Brexit referendum).
Read more➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
January 23, 2026 at 11:15 AM
UK policy uncertainty has been, on average, higher this Parliament than in any of the past seven Parliaments.
Even after controlling for higher global uncertainty, it remains the second highest (after the Parliament that oversaw the Brexit referendum).
Read more➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
Even after controlling for higher global uncertainty, it remains the second highest (after the Parliament that oversaw the Brexit referendum).
Read more➡️ buff.ly/VWHNFCb
The PM has appointed Varun Chandra as trade envoy to the USA. I'd like to see us prioritising trade envoys of equal/higher calibre to the EU, given the vastly more important trade partnership with our neighbours: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Starmer Appoints Chandra as UK Trade and Investment Envoy to US
Prime Minister Keir Starmer has appointed his top business adviser Varun Chandra as his new special envoy to the US on trade and investment, as the UK seeks to mend relations with the Trump administra...
www.bloomberg.com
January 23, 2026 at 1:36 PM
The PM has appointed Varun Chandra as trade envoy to the USA. I'd like to see us prioritising trade envoys of equal/higher calibre to the EU, given the vastly more important trade partnership with our neighbours: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Mindfulness amongst the madness,
Reason rather than Rant,
Calm instead of Calamity.
Current Affairs Therapy with @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
and relax...
Reason rather than Rant,
Calm instead of Calamity.
Current Affairs Therapy with @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
and relax...
NEW Episode!
We discuss:
🇨🇭 Davos speeches & garbled tripe
🇬🇧 Domestic fortunes
💉 Vaccine news
🤡 And wokey dokey!
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6nXr...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
We discuss:
🇨🇭 Davos speeches & garbled tripe
🇬🇧 Domestic fortunes
💉 Vaccine news
🤡 And wokey dokey!
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6nXr...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Swiss Troll
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 22/01/2026 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Mindfulness amongst the madness,
Reason rather than Rant,
Calm instead of Calamity.
Current Affairs Therapy with @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
and relax...
Reason rather than Rant,
Calm instead of Calamity.
Current Affairs Therapy with @sturdyalex.bsky.social @pimlicat.bsky.social and @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social
and relax...
“who broke Britain?”, let’s be clear and unequivocal. The four horsemen of Britain’s apocalypse are deindustrialisation, privatisation, austerity and Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
'Manchesterism' is building a better politics and a strong economy. The whole country should be inspired | Andy Burnham
We are the fastest-growing city-region economy in the UK, proof that it is possible to use public funds effectively while reducing crisis spending, says Andy Burnham, mayor of Greater Manchester
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 10:34 AM
“who broke Britain?”, let’s be clear and unequivocal. The four horsemen of Britain’s apocalypse are deindustrialisation, privatisation, austerity and Brexit.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Swiss Troll - where Alex, Kenny and I once again try to make sense of the madness
🎧👇
🎧👇
NEW Episode!
We discuss:
🇨🇭 Davos speeches & garbled tripe
🇬🇧 Domestic fortunes
💉 Vaccine news
🤡 And wokey dokey!
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6nXr...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
We discuss:
🇨🇭 Davos speeches & garbled tripe
🇬🇧 Domestic fortunes
💉 Vaccine news
🤡 And wokey dokey!
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/6nXr...
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Swiss Troll
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 22/01/2026 · 1h 3m
podcasts.apple.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Swiss Troll - where Alex, Kenny and I once again try to make sense of the madness
🎧👇
🎧👇
Don’t know about you but I’d like to ban social media for boomers.
January 21, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Don’t know about you but I’d like to ban social media for boomers.
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I felt the clarification useful precisely because a misreading of it could aid complacency about or inaction towards the threat of totalitarianism.
January 21, 2026 at 12:38 PM
I felt the clarification useful precisely because a misreading of it could aid complacency about or inaction towards the threat of totalitarianism.
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Worth noting this data is from Jan 15/16th. Trump threatened the UK with coercive tariffs on Jan 17th.
January 21, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Worth noting this data is from Jan 15/16th. Trump threatened the UK with coercive tariffs on Jan 17th.
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Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.
January 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Quite irritated by this Love Actually description about UK-US relations. It is not about having a tantrum in public then getting twatted for it. It's about taking concrete action to reduce UK dependency on a country which no longer respects us or shares our values.
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The viral campaign for @alexpodyssey.bsky.social Season 2 has got a little out of hand.
Doing the final edit of the first two episodes at the moment. Prometheus and Pandora. They are GOOD and could not be more timely. But then again every story I look at is timely.
Doing the final edit of the first two episodes at the moment. Prometheus and Pandora. They are GOOD and could not be more timely. But then again every story I look at is timely.
January 20, 2026 at 11:30 PM
The viral campaign for @alexpodyssey.bsky.social Season 2 has got a little out of hand.
Doing the final edit of the first two episodes at the moment. Prometheus and Pandora. They are GOOD and could not be more timely. But then again every story I look at is timely.
Doing the final edit of the first two episodes at the moment. Prometheus and Pandora. They are GOOD and could not be more timely. But then again every story I look at is timely.
Trump says he won't take Greenland by force
January 21, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Trump says he won't take Greenland by force
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Spot on ⬇️
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
January 20, 2026 at 4:50 PM
Spot on ⬇️
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
"Leaving the EU was a disaster a decade ago."
"And it's even more of a disaster given the international situation now."
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Text transcript of Mark Carney's address to Davos courtesy of The CBC. If anyone doubts the weight of this moment in history... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
Read Mark Carney's full speech on middle powers navigating a rapidly changing world | CBC News
Read the full text of Prime Minister Mark Carney's speech about a shakeup of the global order and role of middle powers at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
www.cbc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 10:12 PM
Text transcript of Mark Carney's address to Davos courtesy of The CBC. If anyone doubts the weight of this moment in history... www.cbc.ca/news/politic...
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Interesting results in today's Economist/YouGov poll:
- 56% say the shooting of Renee Good was not justified (net +27% for unjustified)
- 52% oppose sending troops to Minneapolis (net -15%)
- 53% disapprove of Trump on immigration (net -10%)
- 47% support for "recent protests against ICE" (net +3%)
- 56% say the shooting of Renee Good was not justified (net +27% for unjustified)
- 52% oppose sending troops to Minneapolis (net -15%)
- 53% disapprove of Trump on immigration (net -10%)
- 47% support for "recent protests against ICE" (net +3%)
Approval For Anti-ICE Protests:
Approve: 47%
Disapprove: 44%
YouGov / Jan 19, 2026
Approve: 47%
Disapprove: 44%
YouGov / Jan 19, 2026
January 20, 2026 at 11:22 PM
Interesting results in today's Economist/YouGov poll:
- 56% say the shooting of Renee Good was not justified (net +27% for unjustified)
- 52% oppose sending troops to Minneapolis (net -15%)
- 53% disapprove of Trump on immigration (net -10%)
- 47% support for "recent protests against ICE" (net +3%)
- 56% say the shooting of Renee Good was not justified (net +27% for unjustified)
- 52% oppose sending troops to Minneapolis (net -15%)
- 53% disapprove of Trump on immigration (net -10%)
- 47% support for "recent protests against ICE" (net +3%)
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
Too many progressive politicians have run scared of 'undoing Brexit' because of a perceived political cost, despite knowing full well the economic upside.
Soon, the political cost of inaction will be the real threat.
Soon, the political cost of inaction will be the real threat.
January 20, 2026 at 4:35 PM
Too many progressive politicians have run scared of 'undoing Brexit' because of a perceived political cost, despite knowing full well the economic upside.
Soon, the political cost of inaction will be the real threat.
Soon, the political cost of inaction will be the real threat.
I'd need a VERY fine instrument to determine whether I currently love Mark Carney or Donald Tusk more.
January 20, 2026 at 3:50 PM
I'd need a VERY fine instrument to determine whether I currently love Mark Carney or Donald Tusk more.
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#TomorrowsPapersToday THE I PAPER: UK-US relations hit low. See more at: www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
January 19, 2026 at 9:45 PM
#TomorrowsPapersToday THE I PAPER: UK-US relations hit low. See more at: www.thesentinelcurrent.co.uk/tomorrows-pa...
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It's Davos this week, so please find attached a list of phrases that you may hear and what they actually mean.
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
January 19, 2026 at 4:12 PM
It's Davos this week, so please find attached a list of phrases that you may hear and what they actually mean.
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
Full phrasebook here 😉 www.ft.com/content/ab4f...
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In fact the EEC (as it then was) banned imports from Argentina during the Falklands conflict, to support the UK - eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1982...
January 19, 2026 at 4:14 PM
In fact the EEC (as it then was) banned imports from Argentina during the Falklands conflict, to support the UK - eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/1982...
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🇬🇧🇪🇺 With the US once again threatening the UK with tariffs over the situation in Greenland it is an important time to remember that deeper alignment with the EU will offset the damage to both the UK the EU from such tariffs.
https://www.bestforbritain.org/growth_report
https://www.bestforbritain.org/growth_report
Report: Quantifying the opportunities for economic growth
Best for Britain asked Frontier Economics to independently model the economic effects of alignment rules and standards f
www.bestforbritain.org
January 19, 2026 at 11:36 AM
🇬🇧🇪🇺 With the US once again threatening the UK with tariffs over the situation in Greenland it is an important time to remember that deeper alignment with the EU will offset the damage to both the UK the EU from such tariffs.
https://www.bestforbritain.org/growth_report
https://www.bestforbritain.org/growth_report
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🚨Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain:
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
Protect Brits from tariffs via alignment with Europe
Campaigners are calling for urgent progress on deepening UK-EU ties after US President Donald Trump threatened eight Eur
www.bestforbritain.org
January 19, 2026 at 10:50 AM
🚨Naomi Smith, CEO of Best for Britain:
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
"There is a way for our Government to protect us and our neighbours in Europe - by extending the beneficial alignment being pursued for agri-food and electricity to all industrial and service sectors"
https://www.bestforbritain.org/protect_brits_from_tariffs
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Interesting how, when pressed to sound more forceful personally against Trump, Starmer restates essential nuclear and intelligence partnership. Wld be interesting to know what, if any, implicit and explicit threats US has made to withdraw that cooperation. Strong whiff of backstage menaces there.
January 19, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Interesting how, when pressed to sound more forceful personally against Trump, Starmer restates essential nuclear and intelligence partnership. Wld be interesting to know what, if any, implicit and explicit threats US has made to withdraw that cooperation. Strong whiff of backstage menaces there.