Deborah Smithies
@dlsmithies.bsky.social
Criminal barrister, based in Leeds but roving across the wonderful North Eastern Circuit
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I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
December 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I feel compelled to write a review thread 🧵 for The Liz Truss Show because in the madness of the content, other aspects - vital aspects - are being missed.
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
1. The Aesthetics
Unless they were aiming for "Harley Street urologist waiting room circa 1992" this interview area is just unacceptable. 1/
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I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
October 28, 2025 at 7:16 PM
I've built a socioeconomic system that depends on everyone to do useful work and act ethically except the people at the top, who get unimaginable rewards for being antisocial frauds and criminals. And I think it will stand the test of time
Happy Yorkshire Day, one and all. 14 years ago the BBC put together this lovely Symphony for Yorkshire. The old lady reading her poem in the last movement still makes me well up: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx4T...
A Symphony for Yorkshire - BBC
YouTube video by BBC
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August 1, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Happy Yorkshire Day, one and all. 14 years ago the BBC put together this lovely Symphony for Yorkshire. The old lady reading her poem in the last movement still makes me well up: m.youtube.com/watch?v=Jx4T...
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This is one of the absolutely most interesting threads I’ve ever encountered on social media. Yes it about Mamdani but so much more
My mom and stepdad are from the same diaspora group as Zohran Mamdani’s dad (same like “my stepdad was kicked out of the same town and knows some of his classmates”) and apparently the New York Times doesn’t understand how diaspora works, so I am going to tell you a little about my mom’s people!
July 4, 2025 at 5:31 AM
This is one of the absolutely most interesting threads I’ve ever encountered on social media. Yes it about Mamdani but so much more
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I am, much to my own surprise, becoming a vinyl person?
It's not about sound quality really. It's that it feels absolutely amazing to be able to put on music made by an artist in the order they chose and no tech company watching.
And paying them £20 for it feels just really really great.
It's not about sound quality really. It's that it feels absolutely amazing to be able to put on music made by an artist in the order they chose and no tech company watching.
And paying them £20 for it feels just really really great.
February 7, 2025 at 1:04 PM
I am, much to my own surprise, becoming a vinyl person?
It's not about sound quality really. It's that it feels absolutely amazing to be able to put on music made by an artist in the order they chose and no tech company watching.
And paying them £20 for it feels just really really great.
It's not about sound quality really. It's that it feels absolutely amazing to be able to put on music made by an artist in the order they chose and no tech company watching.
And paying them £20 for it feels just really really great.
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Dante described a special place in hell for NYT headline writers, where they experience burning pain but there are no devils, no agents of torment, just weird ‘undercurrents’ like bad smells. Who is torturing them? No one in particular
February 3, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Dante described a special place in hell for NYT headline writers, where they experience burning pain but there are no devils, no agents of torment, just weird ‘undercurrents’ like bad smells. Who is torturing them? No one in particular
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(elon unveiling his new martian flag design) well as you uh can, you know, see. there's red which of course uh is the mars color. duh ha ha. and then here a white circle, and this is um representing the bright future for the ahh, human race. and then uh you have so, this is a hindu symbol,
January 21, 2025 at 1:26 AM
(elon unveiling his new martian flag design) well as you uh can, you know, see. there's red which of course uh is the mars color. duh ha ha. and then here a white circle, and this is um representing the bright future for the ahh, human race. and then uh you have so, this is a hindu symbol,
Baffled by the elaborate descriptions of doors. Just number them 1 to 4 from the left?? #TheTraitorsUK
January 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Baffled by the elaborate descriptions of doors. Just number them 1 to 4 from the left?? #TheTraitorsUK
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Q: At what point did Kemi Badenoch’s Tories decide that Alexis Jay's exhaustive, 460-page report on child sexual abuse, published in October 2022, was inadequate?
A: When they decided they wanted to curry favour with Elon Musk.
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A: When they decided they wanted to curry favour with Elon Musk.
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Elon Musk and the red lines of rightwing politics
Tory calls for new national probe into child rape gangs — that it did not make in government — expose opposition anxieties
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January 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Q: At what point did Kemi Badenoch’s Tories decide that Alexis Jay's exhaustive, 460-page report on child sexual abuse, published in October 2022, was inadequate?
A: When they decided they wanted to curry favour with Elon Musk.
by @stephenkb.bsky.social
A: When they decided they wanted to curry favour with Elon Musk.
by @stephenkb.bsky.social
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Shame they didn’t tell Norman Lamont this in September 1992.
November 19, 2024 at 1:48 PM
Shame they didn’t tell Norman Lamont this in September 1992.