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The Harsh Surrender Terms Austerity Demands

It snowed in the early hours of this morning, just as it did seven years ago when Dad died.

November 28, 2025 at 10:45 PM

Bob Jamieson

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Seven years gone: grief has softened, but my rage at the death of his dream hasn’t

Harry Leslie Smith

November 28, 2025 at 11:31 AM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

“Remember, it’s about quality of life now, not quantity.”

“It was a sleep that leaves you in the morning bruised and cut from dreams that were as jagged as broken glass.” Standing With Harry

November 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

When the past is unremembered, austerity is forever.

Intro: No one should be surprised when Rachel Reeves’ Budget, tabled tomorrow for a Starmer austerity government, makes life harder for Britain’s ordinary residents.

November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

Nigel Farage: "Yes, I was racist in high school, but only in a warm, cuddly way"

When about 20 of Nigel Farage’s former school mates accused him of racism, you would think our next prime minister would frantically deny the accusations, but such a denial is actually unnecessary.

November 26, 2025 at 1:18 PM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

“At Least It’s Not Leukaemia” — The Rich and the Poor Die Differently

The rich live and die differently from you or me.

November 24, 2025 at 11:04 PM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

“I am going out of this World Fighting.”

In the last 10 years of Harry Leslie Smith’s life, five books were published, hundreds of essays penned, and a podcast produced.

November 22, 2025 at 9:55 PM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

Politician jailed for taking bribes from Russia instead of Israel

The disgraced former leader of Reform Wales has been jailed for ten and a half years after taking £40,000 in bribes from Russia.

November 22, 2025 at 11:32 AM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

Shabana Mahmoud announces that she is actually Nigel Farage wearing a latex mask

For the longest time, Labour said: “You can’t change things unless you win power” and the moment Labour won power, the one thing it changed was… itself. While Labour supporters celebrated a victory th...

November 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

Macbeth’s Damned Spot: Neoliberalism’s Murder of Hope

Seven years ago today, my dad, ill with a fever and exhausted from age, stood from his bed and then fell to the floor, banging his head against a dresser drawer on his way down.

November 20, 2025 at 11:52 AM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

Starmer’s Asylum Laws Are Cynical Fascism in Action

Four months before he died in 2018, my father, Harry Leslie Smith, made a series of videos for the UNHCR.

November 18, 2025 at 10:40 AM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

It turns out President Trump is the Throat Goat

If you’re a normal person, you probably assumed Trump’s biggest concern was that the Epstein files would confirm he is a paedophile.

November 17, 2025 at 11:02 AM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

“I am a goner, but so is Labour.”

Today, November rain fell across the city, making my walk unpleasant.

November 15, 2025 at 9:31 PM

Bob Jamieson

@bobjmsn.bsky.social

Fledgeling leftist party wages gruelling, principled war... against itself

The fledgeling party from the Independent Alliance of MPs might not have a name yet, but it is already fighting for its principles… by waging a gruelling war against itself.