Naomi Smith
@pimlicat.bsky.social
CEO @bestforbritain.org
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 🎧👇
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Alex looks into his ball .... Apparently...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
🔮 Sunday School: Optimism in Activism
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
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@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
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🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
Optimism in activism: Our 2026 predictions... and how to avoid them
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/01/2026 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Alex looks into his ball .... Apparently...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
2026 seems already to have got off to an 'interesting' start.
So, prediction Bingo cards at the ready: @sturdyalex.bsky.social, @pimlicat.bsky.social and @dhnnjyn.bsky.social gaze into the future...
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🔮 Sunday School: Optimism in Activism
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
Optimism in activism: Our 2026 predictions... and how to avoid them
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 04/01/2026 · 1h 7m
podcasts.apple.com
January 4, 2026 at 5:43 AM
🔮 Sunday School: Optimism in Activism
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
@sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social joined by @neweconomics.bsky.social chief, @dhnnjyn.bsky.social, to give you our 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣6️⃣ predictions - whether likely, wishful, or outrageous.
🍏 podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/0IEP...
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Well, the FIFA Peace Prize committee must be feeling very silly today.
January 3, 2026 at 6:43 PM
Well, the FIFA Peace Prize committee must be feeling very silly today.
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Trump has rejected Europe because it holds him accountable. Europe on its own now. It needs to build up its defences.
January 3, 2026 at 11:47 AM
Trump has rejected Europe because it holds him accountable. Europe on its own now. It needs to build up its defences.
Welcome to 2026. Where the world order as we knew it seems to be over. What next? Taiwan? Greenland? Balkans?
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
January 3, 2026 at 10:54 AM
Welcome to 2026. Where the world order as we knew it seems to be over. What next? Taiwan? Greenland? Balkans?
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
The U.K. must double down on its relationship with the EU. For it is Europe alone that is now leader of the free world.
Reposted by Naomi Smith
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
January 2, 2026 at 4:32 PM
Mamdani has only been Mayor for a day & criminals are already fleeing New York
It’s all kicking off in Iran and not just Tehran. So of course Moscow and Beijing are getting involved.
Everything is Connected and Everything is Complicated.
The Iran Domino
Why Russia, China, the US and Israel are all piling on
chadbourn.substack.com
January 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
It’s all kicking off in Iran and not just Tehran. So of course Moscow and Beijing are getting involved.
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Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
StreetLink - Connecting people sleeping rough to local services
Welcome to StreetLink. Make an alert if you've seen someone sleeping rough, or if you're sleeping rough and want to find out about local support services.
thestreetlink.org.uk
January 2, 2026 at 11:37 AM
Severe Weather Emergency Protocol activated in London ❄️
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
The temperature is due to drop below freezing tonight, and emergency accommodation is open across the capital for those sleeping rough.
If you are sleeping rough or know someone who is, connect to support via StreetLink
thestreetlink.org.uk
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Give this a listen ⤵️
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
January 1, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Give this a listen ⤵️
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
A lovely, cheery start to the year 😊
Reposted by Naomi Smith
What a brilliant episode. Happy New Year to you all.
(Oh and if you need any ideas for bonus episodes, I can really see you recreating Wogan’s Janet & John stories. I’d pay extra for that 😁)
(Oh and if you need any ideas for bonus episodes, I can really see you recreating Wogan’s Janet & John stories. I’d pay extra for that 😁)
January 1, 2026 at 12:44 PM
What a brilliant episode. Happy New Year to you all.
(Oh and if you need any ideas for bonus episodes, I can really see you recreating Wogan’s Janet & John stories. I’d pay extra for that 😁)
(Oh and if you need any ideas for bonus episodes, I can really see you recreating Wogan’s Janet & John stories. I’d pay extra for that 😁)
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The start of this episode was just like
a group of people are standing in a park with a white van in the background
Alt: a group of people are standing in a park with a white van in the background
media.tenor.com
January 1, 2026 at 3:29 PM
The start of this episode was just like
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"I have experienced gay growth on many occasions"
Oh how I 💕 you @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Please hold my hand throughout 2026 as you did in 2025
Shaking my pompoms since the 2016 Remainiac days dear Naomi & Alex xxx
Oh how I 💕 you @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Please hold my hand throughout 2026 as you did in 2025
Shaking my pompoms since the 2016 Remainiac days dear Naomi & Alex xxx
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
January 1, 2026 at 1:39 PM
"I have experienced gay growth on many occasions"
Oh how I 💕 you @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Please hold my hand throughout 2026 as you did in 2025
Shaking my pompoms since the 2016 Remainiac days dear Naomi & Alex xxx
Oh how I 💕 you @sturdyalex.bsky.social & @pimlicat.bsky.social & @mrkennycampbell.bsky.social @quietriotpod.bsky.social
Please hold my hand throughout 2026 as you did in 2025
Shaking my pompoms since the 2016 Remainiac days dear Naomi & Alex xxx
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
A Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!
open.spotify.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:32 PM
We stored up a few good news and wokey stories throughout the year, to bring you a NYD special dedicated to our 2 regular features.
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Headphones a must, esp around little ones’ ears
🎧👇
Reposted by Naomi Smith
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
A Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!
open.spotify.com
January 1, 2026 at 12:26 PM
HAPPY NEW YEAR 🥳
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
And with it, an entire episode of Grin & Share It’s and Wokey Dokeys to start the year with a giggle 🤭
open.spotify.com/episode/4vDT...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Reposted by Naomi Smith
This is a joyous listen for New Year’s Day. NSFW but today’s a holiday, right? Thank you @pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social, Kenny, Arthur, and editor Alex (we need more from Alex in 2026, come on, team!) and special kudos for Marianna’s holiday jingles podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
A Cup o' Kindness: Wokey Dokey & Grin And Share It special!
Podcast Episode · Quiet Riot · 01/01/2026 · 44m
podcasts.apple.com
January 1, 2026 at 10:22 AM
This is a joyous listen for New Year’s Day. NSFW but today’s a holiday, right? Thank you @pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social, Kenny, Arthur, and editor Alex (we need more from Alex in 2026, come on, team!) and special kudos for Marianna’s holiday jingles podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
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Happy New Year from everyone at Best for Britain!
@pimlicat.bsky.social reflects on 2025 and writes about what gives her hope for the year ahead.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/hopes-and-fears-for-this-new-year
@pimlicat.bsky.social reflects on 2025 and writes about what gives her hope for the year ahead.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/hopes-and-fears-for-this-new-year
January 1, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Happy New Year from everyone at Best for Britain!
@pimlicat.bsky.social reflects on 2025 and writes about what gives her hope for the year ahead.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/hopes-and-fears-for-this-new-year
@pimlicat.bsky.social reflects on 2025 and writes about what gives her hope for the year ahead.
Read here: https://bestforbritain.substack.com/p/hopes-and-fears-for-this-new-year
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Happy New Year, to all our amazing family of Quiet Rioters. Onwards and Upwards! Or, at the very least, Sideways!
Naomi, Alex, Kenny, Arthur - and one more Alex
xxx
Naomi, Alex, Kenny, Arthur - and one more Alex
xxx
Dear Naomi and Alex,
I want to thank you for making @quietriotpod.bsky.social. It has become the current affairs podcast I go to first and never miss. Keep up the amazing work, and hope 2026 brings you an ever wider audience. Happy New Year.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
I want to thank you for making @quietriotpod.bsky.social. It has become the current affairs podcast I go to first and never miss. Keep up the amazing work, and hope 2026 brings you an ever wider audience. Happy New Year.
@pimlicat.bsky.social @sturdyalex.bsky.social
January 1, 2026 at 12:12 AM
Happy New Year, to all our amazing family of Quiet Rioters. Onwards and Upwards! Or, at the very least, Sideways!
Naomi, Alex, Kenny, Arthur - and one more Alex
xxx
Naomi, Alex, Kenny, Arthur - and one more Alex
xxx
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eww - please do not come to even virtual Greenwich
“Well, I’ve come here today to Greenwich, to have a think about what the country used to be,” says man clearly standing in front of a green screen, with an image of Greenwich superimposed behind him.
December 31, 2025 at 1:59 PM
eww - please do not come to even virtual Greenwich
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@pimlicat.bsky.social's Back to The Future wish was to move a meeting by a few of weeks.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social needs a billion to buy the Telegraph and make it funnier than the Guardian.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social's fervently yearns to give someone bad diarrhoea.
What would your wish be?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social needs a billion to buy the Telegraph and make it funnier than the Guardian.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social's fervently yearns to give someone bad diarrhoea.
What would your wish be?
NOTHING TO SEE YEAR: PART 2!
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
Join us with @mrjamesob.bsky.social for:
📈 ‘25 stories that should’ve been bigger
📉 the ones that shouldn’t have been huge but were
🟠 POTUS’ maddest moment 🔮 What we’d change to improve ‘26
open.spotify.com/episode/7JQ0...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
2025 reviewed Pt2: This was fine... with James O'Brien
open.spotify.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:50 AM
@pimlicat.bsky.social's Back to The Future wish was to move a meeting by a few of weeks.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social needs a billion to buy the Telegraph and make it funnier than the Guardian.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social's fervently yearns to give someone bad diarrhoea.
What would your wish be?
@mrjamesob.bsky.social needs a billion to buy the Telegraph and make it funnier than the Guardian.
@sturdyalex.bsky.social's fervently yearns to give someone bad diarrhoea.
What would your wish be?
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Competitively priced for loo roll, but not soft or absorbent enough.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
December 30, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Competitively priced for loo roll, but not soft or absorbent enough.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
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I’m happy that Trump’s crown has slipped enough fo people to think about a post-Trumpian world. But I still don’t see how MAGA will willingly hand over power. In 2020 they tried incompetently to fake an election. The 2024- MAGA movement is marked by increased competence in its exercise of coercion.
Wondering about the corporate risk planning for those doing business now with Trump and acolytes given the near certainty of years of corruption and bribery cases to follow the end of his time in office.
December 30, 2025 at 9:28 AM
I’m happy that Trump’s crown has slipped enough fo people to think about a post-Trumpian world. But I still don’t see how MAGA will willingly hand over power. In 2020 they tried incompetently to fake an election. The 2024- MAGA movement is marked by increased competence in its exercise of coercion.
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Actually it is not. In either way. Median fertility rate globally is above replacement at 2.25 and median age is 31. And many countries are realising there is a first-mover-advantage in not setting themselves up as hostile to immigration and are implementing policies to attract talent.
December 30, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Actually it is not. In either way. Median fertility rate globally is above replacement at 2.25 and median age is 31. And many countries are realising there is a first-mover-advantage in not setting themselves up as hostile to immigration and are implementing policies to attract talent.
Reposted by Naomi Smith
Almost a year ago to the day, I spoke to highly respected scenario planning expert and futurist Richard Watson. He told me that due to demographic trends "the war to attract and retain talent will intensify". And this is not just about numbers. It goes deeper. 1/2
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podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
December 29, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Almost a year ago to the day, I spoke to highly respected scenario planning expert and futurist Richard Watson. He told me that due to demographic trends "the war to attract and retain talent will intensify". And this is not just about numbers. It goes deeper. 1/2
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...
podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/q...