Patrick Smith
@psmithjournalist.bsky.social
Breaking news editor for nbcnews.com in London. SWFC and St Albans City fan. Mancunian. Likes memes.
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The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
The truth about impartiality at the BBC
And the hysteria of the current "crisis"
open.substack.com
November 10, 2025 at 7:22 PM
The reaction to the Panorama edit has been nothing short of hysterical. Yes the BBC has some impartiality problems. But its biggest isn't the one you think.
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New piece from me.
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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BBC really burying the lede there
November 7, 2025 at 12:07 PM
BBC really burying the lede there
It's cases like this that ask the big questions on gun control in the U.S. Someone turns up to do a job, mistakenly at the wrong place, and is shot dead.
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
November 7, 2025 at 7:24 AM
It's cases like this that ask the big questions on gun control in the U.S. Someone turns up to do a job, mistakenly at the wrong place, and is shot dead.
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
How would this have played out in a country without ready access to firearms?
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
This gets more and more incredible as it goes on
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled on.ft.com/47FBigb
End of The Line: how Saudi Arabia’s Neom dream unravelled
Mohammed bin Salman’s utopian city was undone by the laws of physics and finance
on.ft.com
November 6, 2025 at 12:24 PM
This gets more and more incredible as it goes on
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If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
November 5, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If you aren't seeing skeets from some of your fave people, they might have been labeled "Rude" by bsky mods. Idk what they are thinking, I don't need a mommy to tell me who to be buddies with. Anyway, go into Settings > moderation > bluesky moderation (advanced) and turn Rude off.
* Chat request from someone on @bsky.app
* Need to do an "adult verification test" to to receive it.
* Tried to verify using credit card; denied
* Tried using selfie; worked because I am obviously old
* Finally opened message
* It's a spambot 🎆
* Need to do an "adult verification test" to to receive it.
* Tried to verify using credit card; denied
* Tried using selfie; worked because I am obviously old
* Finally opened message
* It's a spambot 🎆
November 6, 2025 at 9:44 AM
* Chat request from someone on @bsky.app
* Need to do an "adult verification test" to to receive it.
* Tried to verify using credit card; denied
* Tried using selfie; worked because I am obviously old
* Finally opened message
* It's a spambot 🎆
* Need to do an "adult verification test" to to receive it.
* Tried to verify using credit card; denied
* Tried using selfie; worked because I am obviously old
* Finally opened message
* It's a spambot 🎆
I don't want to spoil it, but is not what happens
November 6, 2025 at 9:39 AM
I don't want to spoil it, but is not what happens
The point about various scandals and economic shocks leading to the current Brexit Age of politics is inarguable: financial crash, austerity, MPs' expenses etc etc
Also, great fact: places that had a Pret voted Remain.
Also, great fact: places that had a Pret voted Remain.
I did a lecture on the impact of Brexit on British politics. Watch it here if you're really bored www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztqL...
Reflections on the Brexit Revolution: 2025-26 Mackenzie-Stuart Lecture
YouTube video by Cambridge Law Faculty
www.youtube.com
November 5, 2025 at 10:17 AM
The point about various scandals and economic shocks leading to the current Brexit Age of politics is inarguable: financial crash, austerity, MPs' expenses etc etc
Also, great fact: places that had a Pret voted Remain.
Also, great fact: places that had a Pret voted Remain.
the no1 question
@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social when's bins?
November 5, 2025 at 9:54 AM
the no1 question
I like how conspiracy theories have no expiration date - someone can just pick up stuff from 40 years ago and run with it.
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I like how conspiracy theories have no expiration date - someone can just pick up stuff from 40 years ago and run with it.
Wonderwall was released 30 years ago if you'd like to ruminate on the unceasing passage of time and your small role in the events of the universe.
October 31, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Wonderwall was released 30 years ago if you'd like to ruminate on the unceasing passage of time and your small role in the events of the universe.
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Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart @owenwntr.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...
October 30, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Wrote about the dominance of "victims" in our political discourse, which included this fab chart @owenwntr.bsky.social www.economist.com/britain/2025...
I do not get Halloween. I do not understand it nor see the need for it. My coffee shop has fake cobwebs and two spiders. What is this signifying? And for whom?
I can do 2,000 words by noon.
I can do 2,000 words by noon.
October 30, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I do not get Halloween. I do not understand it nor see the need for it. My coffee shop has fake cobwebs and two spiders. What is this signifying? And for whom?
I can do 2,000 words by noon.
I can do 2,000 words by noon.
"The Met Police didn’t respond to our multiple requests for comment about why they don’t try to reunite the Phoenix Garden phones with their owners. So London Centric decided to do it for them."
No one else is doing this stuff, or I'm not reading it. Old-school from @jim.londoncentric.media
No one else is doing this stuff, or I'm not reading it. Old-school from @jim.londoncentric.media
Even though I don’t live in London I’m very much hoping to win a Trowel of Truth from the @londoncentric.media prize draw, so I can… - actually just read the eye-opening story yourself:
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
www.londoncentric.media/p/london-pho...
London's thieves are burying phones in flowerbeds
The police don't take much interest in returning the stolen devices when they're dug up — so London Centric decided to do it.
www.londoncentric.media
October 30, 2025 at 8:17 AM
"The Met Police didn’t respond to our multiple requests for comment about why they don’t try to reunite the Phoenix Garden phones with their owners. So London Centric decided to do it for them."
No one else is doing this stuff, or I'm not reading it. Old-school from @jim.londoncentric.media
No one else is doing this stuff, or I'm not reading it. Old-school from @jim.londoncentric.media
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October 30, 2025 at 2:46 AM
Trump launches deadly air strikes on what he calls "narco-terrorist" boats in the Caribbean, to stop the flow of fentanyl, the ingredients for which largely come from China.
Then Trump lowers the tariff on Chinese fentanyl from 20% to 10% www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Mixed messaging?
Then Trump lowers the tariff on Chinese fentanyl from 20% to 10% www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Mixed messaging?
Live updates: Trump says he is lowering fentanyl tariffs on China after meeting with Xi
Follow live updates as President Donald Trump continues his three-country Asia tour with a final stop in South Korea, where he's meeting with China's Xi Jinping.
www.nbcnews.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Trump launches deadly air strikes on what he calls "narco-terrorist" boats in the Caribbean, to stop the flow of fentanyl, the ingredients for which largely come from China.
Then Trump lowers the tariff on Chinese fentanyl from 20% to 10% www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Mixed messaging?
Then Trump lowers the tariff on Chinese fentanyl from 20% to 10% www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...
Mixed messaging?
This message from the #swfc players to the fans today is inspiring.
And what word from Chansiri? Anything? Maybe a little word on the last 10 years and what’s happened today?
And what word from Chansiri? Anything? Maybe a little word on the last 10 years and what’s happened today?
October 24, 2025 at 4:22 PM
This message from the #swfc players to the fans today is inspiring.
And what word from Chansiri? Anything? Maybe a little word on the last 10 years and what’s happened today?
And what word from Chansiri? Anything? Maybe a little word on the last 10 years and what’s happened today?
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The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
October 24, 2025 at 10:51 AM
The home of the O'Donovan family is being used as a polling station in Coolmoyne, Co Tipperary. Around 250 people are eligible to vote at the house and after they cast their ballot, they will be treated to a cup of tea, a slice of apple or rhubarb tart, or a scone | More: rte.ie/b/1540324
Truth Social is such a bizarre user experience with the mixture of polemic and tinnitus adverts
October 24, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Truth Social is such a bizarre user experience with the mixture of polemic and tinnitus adverts
It is frustrating that so much football chatter remains on the other place and doesn't seem likely to move anywhere else.
October 24, 2025 at 10:50 AM
It is frustrating that so much football chatter remains on the other place and doesn't seem likely to move anywhere else.
#swfc have filed for administration, according to a court filing Friday, cited by Reuters.
What a sorry state of affairs for a 158-year-old institution.
What a sorry state of affairs for a 158-year-old institution.
October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
#swfc have filed for administration, according to a court filing Friday, cited by Reuters.
What a sorry state of affairs for a 158-year-old institution.
What a sorry state of affairs for a 158-year-old institution.
Trump: "I don't think we're going to ask for a declaration of war, we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7m6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7m6...
Trump says 'we’re just going to kill people' that bring drugs into US
YouTube video by Associated Press
www.youtube.com
October 24, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Trump: "I don't think we're going to ask for a declaration of war, we're just gonna kill people that are bringing drugs into our country, OK? We're gonna kill them. They're gonna be, like, dead."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7m6...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7m6...
These people are now "circling back"
I stopped counting at 40 PR emails offering unsolicited comment on AWS outage. There may be more but I can assure you I am no longer reading them despite still receiving them.
October 24, 2025 at 6:26 AM
These people are now "circling back"
It's hard to imagine a government surviving the uproar that mass deportation of NHS nurses would cause.
Remember the Windrush scandal?
Remember the Windrush scandal?
Katie Lam has made a video - focusing on not giving new ILR grants to people who don't have it
But quietly including the Conservative proposal to be the first government since Idi Amin in 1972 to revoke the permanent leave to remain, then expel: she underplays to what extent
x.com/Katie_Lam_MP...
But quietly including the Conservative proposal to be the first government since Idi Amin in 1972 to revoke the permanent leave to remain, then expel: she underplays to what extent
x.com/Katie_Lam_MP...
x.com
October 23, 2025 at 10:01 AM
It's hard to imagine a government surviving the uproar that mass deportation of NHS nurses would cause.
Remember the Windrush scandal?
Remember the Windrush scandal?
It may be a little late to be asking this question
Many preservationists fear there’s no way to stop President Trump’s teardown of the East Wing of the White House. A pro-Trump review board is expected to approve a 90,000-square-foot ballroom, too.
https://wapo.st/4oxKBFF
https://wapo.st/4oxKBFF
October 23, 2025 at 9:48 AM
It may be a little late to be asking this question