Sam Smith
@sgpsmith.bsky.social
Palace fan, former Express and SLP football reporter
I am once again asking painfully liberal MPs how on earth banning smartphones in school will protect children from abuse
November 11, 2025 at 12:42 PM
I am once again asking painfully liberal MPs how on earth banning smartphones in school will protect children from abuse
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New by me: A read on the Zack Polanski-spearheaded Green surge, what it might mean for Labour, and why even previous Zack-sceptics inside the Greens are onboard now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘We have to book bigger rooms’: Green membership surge causes novel problems
Party rides high with new leader Zack Polanski winning media plaudits and supporter numbers doubling to 140,000
www.theguardian.com
October 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
New by me: A read on the Zack Polanski-spearheaded Green surge, what it might mean for Labour, and why even previous Zack-sceptics inside the Greens are onboard now.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Feel like absolutely enormous fake spiders on front gardens as a halloween decoration is a totally new phenomenon and it needs binning immediately
October 25, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Feel like absolutely enormous fake spiders on front gardens as a halloween decoration is a totally new phenomenon and it needs binning immediately
19 unbeaten can so quickly become three defeats and no wins in four
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
19 unbeaten can so quickly become three defeats and no wins in four
kind of expected the guy who casually started a sentence "as they said in mein kampf..." to be challenged tbh
youtu.be/-IdA-rWzKXk?...
youtu.be/-IdA-rWzKXk?...
Is this the end of Labour in Wales? | Caerphilly by-election report
YouTube video by PoliticsJOE
youtu.be
October 24, 2025 at 8:17 AM
kind of expected the guy who casually started a sentence "as they said in mein kampf..." to be challenged tbh
youtu.be/-IdA-rWzKXk?...
youtu.be/-IdA-rWzKXk?...
If we're the team having to control possession, I really prefer Nketiah as the striker. Whole system moves more fluidly around his movement.
October 24, 2025 at 7:10 AM
If we're the team having to control possession, I really prefer Nketiah as the striker. Whole system moves more fluidly around his movement.
Lots of the coversation regarding closing schools during Covid seems to revolve a lot around children being low-risk, and much less about the vulnerable people they would have spread the virus among. Children also aren't the only people in schools. It's very surface-level discourse.
October 21, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Lots of the coversation regarding closing schools during Covid seems to revolve a lot around children being low-risk, and much less about the vulnerable people they would have spread the virus among. Children also aren't the only people in schools. It's very surface-level discourse.
"Liverpool last lost a game that mattered to them on 15 January..."
Bin off Drury
Bin off Drury
October 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
"Liverpool last lost a game that mattered to them on 15 January..."
Bin off Drury
Bin off Drury
Been worried about today's game since Everton. It's a big test of character to respond positively to a first defeat in a long time.
October 18, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Been worried about today's game since Everton. It's a big test of character to respond positively to a first defeat in a long time.
Second international break since leaving journalism and I've learned exactly why everyone despises them
October 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Second international break since leaving journalism and I've learned exactly why everyone despises them
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Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.
Solidarity with all trans and intersex people having their existence debated every time a tv host hasn't done their prep and can't think of any more questions
October 11, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Good man. Dont back down. Don't let these thugs intimidate you.
don't think there's anyone on the left of British politics as interesting and refreshing as Polanski
youtu.be/SwZ0JcXsAhM?...
youtu.be/SwZ0JcXsAhM?...
He’s Got Starmer Scared w/. Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Owen Jones
youtu.be
October 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
don't think there's anyone on the left of British politics as interesting and refreshing as Polanski
youtu.be/SwZ0JcXsAhM?...
youtu.be/SwZ0JcXsAhM?...
Such a good performance that even Nketiah is receiving praise. What a time to be alive.
October 2, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Such a good performance that even Nketiah is receiving praise. What a time to be alive.
Bit silly from Sosa to throw himself into those two tackles but that's an extremely soft yellow card
October 2, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bit silly from Sosa to throw himself into those two tackles but that's an extremely soft yellow card
One major difference in the way Palace play compared to the tough period 12 months ago is the intensity off the ball. It's leading to better opportunities to win the ball higher up the pitch and therefore more scoring chances.
September 29, 2025 at 8:56 AM
One major difference in the way Palace play compared to the tough period 12 months ago is the intensity off the ball. It's leading to better opportunities to win the ball higher up the pitch and therefore more scoring chances.
:)
Bit surprised by the lack of positivity around Palace, both from fans and media. I'm going into a game against the champions, and only other unbeaten team, feeling like I might be slightly disappointed if we don't get a point.
September 27, 2025 at 4:49 PM
:)
Bit surprised by the lack of positivity around Palace, both from fans and media. I'm going into a game against the champions, and only other unbeaten team, feeling like I might be slightly disappointed if we don't get a point.
September 27, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Bit surprised by the lack of positivity around Palace, both from fans and media. I'm going into a game against the champions, and only other unbeaten team, feeling like I might be slightly disappointed if we don't get a point.
want to get behind Your Party but Corbyn/Sultana really aren't helping the v frustrating idea that the left can't organise a piss-up in a brewery
September 18, 2025 at 6:34 PM
want to get behind Your Party but Corbyn/Sultana really aren't helping the v frustrating idea that the left can't organise a piss-up in a brewery
What's rather frustrating (from an entirely neutral perspective) about Amorim is the inevitable interview in 20 years' time in which he admits regretting being so stubborn
September 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
What's rather frustrating (from an entirely neutral perspective) about Amorim is the inevitable interview in 20 years' time in which he admits regretting being so stubborn
Really poor game made even drearier by the dreadful, cliché-laden Sky+ commentary
September 16, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Really poor game made even drearier by the dreadful, cliché-laden Sky+ commentary
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They've been told that racism is wrong but they've also been told that the views they hold are right. So if the views they hold are right then they can't be racist because that is wrong
This, from The Londoner yesterday, also features people on the march who claim not to be racists. Though the things they say prove otherwise
September 16, 2025 at 9:37 AM
They've been told that racism is wrong but they've also been told that the views they hold are right. So if the views they hold are right then they can't be racist because that is wrong
here's hoping for a better 'Sunderland at home' than last time
September 13, 2025 at 9:16 AM
here's hoping for a better 'Sunderland at home' than last time
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The reporting on Charlie Kirk’s killer in the UK & US highlights again how fundamentally ill equipped mainstream media is to report on political violence in the digital age.
They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today
They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today
September 13, 2025 at 5:30 AM
The reporting on Charlie Kirk’s killer in the UK & US highlights again how fundamentally ill equipped mainstream media is to report on political violence in the digital age.
They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today
They do not know anything about online far right meme culture & it’s starting to do real harm. #r4today
Devenny has put three corners on a sixpence for N. Ireland, finally gets a reward with an assist
September 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Devenny has put three corners on a sixpence for N. Ireland, finally gets a reward with an assist
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I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
We escaped war and torture but now we feel unsafe in Britain
Special report: Amid protests and rising aggression towards asylum seekers across the country, we spoke to those being targeted
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk
September 7, 2025 at 6:49 AM
I’ve been frustrated to see so much of the ongoing story about asylum seekers and the protests against them covered without hearing from those seeking asylum and now being met with hostility and hatred
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇
I set out to speak to those directly affected to find out about the impact this is having 👇