Alexia Smith
@alexiasmith.bsky.social
Optometrist, BHAFC fan, comedy fan, mum
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Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Nigel Farage Says Minimum Wage Should Be Cut for Young People
The Reform leader said cutting the minimum wage for young people would boost business, as he attacked plans to raise taxes on the wealthy
bylinetimes.com
November 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Nigel Farage, who has so far registered a total of £280,500 for four hours a month as a "brand ambassador" for a company selling gold bars, thinks a £10 an hour minimum wage for young people is too high bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
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Ooh the #parkypetition100K is in the nervous 90s. Can we hit 93000 by 8:20am?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
July 12, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Ooh the #parkypetition100K is in the nervous 90s. Can we hit 93000 by 8:20am?
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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It drives me nuts. The Telegraph, Mail, Sun etc and the politicians they sponsor like Johnson, Farage, Cameron & Truss got everything they wanted for fourteen of the last fifteen years & only now, with Labour in power for *less than one*, do they acknowledge the damage they have done. It’s sick.
June 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It drives me nuts. The Telegraph, Mail, Sun etc and the politicians they sponsor like Johnson, Farage, Cameron & Truss got everything they wanted for fourteen of the last fifteen years & only now, with Labour in power for *less than one*, do they acknowledge the damage they have done. It’s sick.
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It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.
June 15, 2025 at 8:01 AM
It is extraordinary, but grimly inevitable, that the people most responsible for hobbling the UK have become the loudest & whiniest critics of the consequences of their own actions. A big part of the process lies in people like ‘Lord’ Hannan actually being *rewarded* for their ignorant delinquency.
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"relax, it's just for a stock photo - they'll probably use it for a new herbal tea brand or something"
April 25, 2025 at 10:57 AM
"relax, it's just for a stock photo - they'll probably use it for a new herbal tea brand or something"
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Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
April 9, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Biggest commitment to a 3 second joke I've ever seen
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Brits looking at this thinking Christ just have a cup of tea and crack on. My main takeaway is 18 degrees C is not cold for a bedroom at night. She wants to try a terraced house in Sheffield (with no heating on overnight cos we’re not idiots)
March 30, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Brits looking at this thinking Christ just have a cup of tea and crack on. My main takeaway is 18 degrees C is not cold for a bedroom at night. She wants to try a terraced house in Sheffield (with no heating on overnight cos we’re not idiots)
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it's easy to forget some of the more hallucinatory observations made by some Brexiteers back in the day
March 27, 2025 at 3:18 PM
it's easy to forget some of the more hallucinatory observations made by some Brexiteers back in the day
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Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
March 20, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Roses are red
Violets are blue
Violets are blue
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[Apprentice 2056]
Lord Sugar would like to meet you on the moon. Your rocket will arrive in 20 minutes.
[The moon, 6am]
Lord Sugar: "Dean Martin compared the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie. I want you to make and sell pizzas"
#theapprentice
Lord Sugar would like to meet you on the moon. Your rocket will arrive in 20 minutes.
[The moon, 6am]
Lord Sugar: "Dean Martin compared the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie. I want you to make and sell pizzas"
#theapprentice
March 13, 2025 at 9:06 PM
[Apprentice 2056]
Lord Sugar would like to meet you on the moon. Your rocket will arrive in 20 minutes.
[The moon, 6am]
Lord Sugar: "Dean Martin compared the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie. I want you to make and sell pizzas"
#theapprentice
Lord Sugar would like to meet you on the moon. Your rocket will arrive in 20 minutes.
[The moon, 6am]
Lord Sugar: "Dean Martin compared the moon hitting your eye like a big pizza pie. I want you to make and sell pizzas"
#theapprentice
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Andrew Neil with "Water is wet!" scoop.
March 9, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Andrew Neil with "Water is wet!" scoop.
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Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
February 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Your dignity honors the bravery of the Ukrainian people.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
Be strong, be brave, be fearless.
You are never alone, dear President Zelenskyy.
We will continue working with you for a just and lasting peace.
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Because some damn fool asked, here's a thread about Baxter.
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
November 20, 2024 at 2:48 PM
Because some damn fool asked, here's a thread about Baxter.
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
This was taken on the day I brought home Baxter and threw away all hope of an easy life.
Look at him. Absolutely irresistible.
And that's how they get you, the utter bastards
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The country is flat on its back, and some people seem to think that’s the fault of a govt who have been in power for six months rather than the previous govt of fourteen years. Urgh.
February 3, 2025 at 1:04 PM
The country is flat on its back, and some people seem to think that’s the fault of a govt who have been in power for six months rather than the previous govt of fourteen years. Urgh.
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Some thoughts on 5 years since leaving the EU. Thread...
The obvious bits:
1. It was a mistake
2. It's been economically damaging.
3. The process from 2016 catalysed a radicalisation of the British Right, the first flickers of which began during the Blair years/higher EU immigration. /1
The obvious bits:
1. It was a mistake
2. It's been economically damaging.
3. The process from 2016 catalysed a radicalisation of the British Right, the first flickers of which began during the Blair years/higher EU immigration. /1
January 31, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Some thoughts on 5 years since leaving the EU. Thread...
The obvious bits:
1. It was a mistake
2. It's been economically damaging.
3. The process from 2016 catalysed a radicalisation of the British Right, the first flickers of which began during the Blair years/higher EU immigration. /1
The obvious bits:
1. It was a mistake
2. It's been economically damaging.
3. The process from 2016 catalysed a radicalisation of the British Right, the first flickers of which began during the Blair years/higher EU immigration. /1
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Max Eisen was a Hungarian Jew. His family were sent to Auschwitz. His mother, grandparents and siblings were separated from him on the platform and were murdered & incinerated within minutes.
He was 15. He survived by working in the infirmary.
He was 15. He survived by working in the infirmary.
January 27, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Max Eisen was a Hungarian Jew. His family were sent to Auschwitz. His mother, grandparents and siblings were separated from him on the platform and were murdered & incinerated within minutes.
He was 15. He survived by working in the infirmary.
He was 15. He survived by working in the infirmary.
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here's what you'd do if it was an "awkward gesture":
"I apologise unreservedly for the gesture I made during my speech today. I see that it has been interpreted by neo-Nazis as a white power salute and I am horrified. That is not my ideology and I am ashamed to be associated with it."
"I apologise unreservedly for the gesture I made during my speech today. I see that it has been interpreted by neo-Nazis as a white power salute and I am horrified. That is not my ideology and I am ashamed to be associated with it."
put it this way, it's not a hand signal you'd do if you very much wanted people *not* to think you are a Nazi
January 21, 2025 at 8:04 AM
here's what you'd do if it was an "awkward gesture":
"I apologise unreservedly for the gesture I made during my speech today. I see that it has been interpreted by neo-Nazis as a white power salute and I am horrified. That is not my ideology and I am ashamed to be associated with it."
"I apologise unreservedly for the gesture I made during my speech today. I see that it has been interpreted by neo-Nazis as a white power salute and I am horrified. That is not my ideology and I am ashamed to be associated with it."
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ALBION WIN AT OLD TRAFFORD AGAIN! 🙌
January 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
ALBION WIN AT OLD TRAFFORD AGAIN! 🙌
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WHAT A GOAL FROM TARIQ! 😍
December 8, 2024 at 2:44 PM
WHAT A GOAL FROM TARIQ! 😍
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I asked the man in the music shop if I could see their littlest oboe and he said “maybe tomorrow”.
December 3, 2024 at 10:13 PM
I asked the man in the music shop if I could see their littlest oboe and he said “maybe tomorrow”.
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Drawing a frog is a good way to spend a few hours.
November 30, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Drawing a frog is a good way to spend a few hours.
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This wrecks me—every single time.
November 29, 2024 at 12:49 PM
This wrecks me—every single time.
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November 29, 2024 at 8:39 PM