Stephen Smith
@gsds3.bsky.social
20 years ago they knocked on my door on a wet, dark, Saturday afternoon when I didn’t have any plans. An hour later, they walked away, one of them saying to the other ‘I had a bad feeling about him from the start’.
December 11, 2025 at 3:11 PM
20 years ago they knocked on my door on a wet, dark, Saturday afternoon when I didn’t have any plans. An hour later, they walked away, one of them saying to the other ‘I had a bad feeling about him from the start’.
Churchill or Hitler. Pick a side. It shouldn’t be that difficult, even for a public school boy
December 9, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Churchill or Hitler. Pick a side. It shouldn’t be that difficult, even for a public school boy
Synchronised flip-flopping
December 9, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Synchronised flip-flopping
I’m happy to accept it’s a good idea. It always sounds a good idea for the hour it’s being explained and the 5 minutes afterwards I understand it.
December 8, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I’m happy to accept it’s a good idea. It always sounds a good idea for the hour it’s being explained and the 5 minutes afterwards I understand it.
When you’re an Empress with an obedient servant, you don’t need to be
December 8, 2025 at 8:41 AM
When you’re an Empress with an obedient servant, you don’t need to be
Ah, a crackdown on cryptocurrencies just days after a huge donation to Reform by a cryptocurrency fan. Horse, stable, bolted.
December 7, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Ah, a crackdown on cryptocurrencies just days after a huge donation to Reform by a cryptocurrency fan. Horse, stable, bolted.
A Tennessee Thresher is a person of a combine harvester?
December 7, 2025 at 5:47 PM
A Tennessee Thresher is a person of a combine harvester?
You might have thought more marginal seats, more campaigning on local issues, competing against other local media, would have encouraged this sort of innovation nationally
December 7, 2025 at 3:47 PM
You might have thought more marginal seats, more campaigning on local issues, competing against other local media, would have encouraged this sort of innovation nationally
Military protection to stop them getting out and repolluting the world
December 7, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Military protection to stop them getting out and repolluting the world
Stalin books have the same attribute (my mum uses to teach A level history, and I worried what people walking into her house where the first thing people would see were STALIN and HITLER books would think of her beliefs!)
December 6, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Stalin books have the same attribute (my mum uses to teach A level history, and I worried what people walking into her house where the first thing people would see were STALIN and HITLER books would think of her beliefs!)
Productivity increasing? What an ancient, historic concept!
December 5, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Productivity increasing? What an ancient, historic concept!
Davros was a more sympathetic character
December 4, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Davros was a more sympathetic character
Some parents are struggling to afford private school and their avocado on toast. These are the people who desperately need support from the state
December 4, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Some parents are struggling to afford private school and their avocado on toast. These are the people who desperately need support from the state
Matt G with added economic creds?
December 4, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Matt G with added economic creds?
BBC News website is simultaneously their biggest global impact and the bit that’s furthest away from the editorial standards they say they have
December 4, 2025 at 12:13 PM
BBC News website is simultaneously their biggest global impact and the bit that’s furthest away from the editorial standards they say they have
It would be very this government to have two mutually contradictory policies and be wholly unaware of how that might look, or how they’d undermine each other
December 4, 2025 at 11:58 AM
It would be very this government to have two mutually contradictory policies and be wholly unaware of how that might look, or how they’d undermine each other
It wasn’t that many years ago we boycotted companies that sold baby formula in some countries; now we’re told it’s a right and no one should pay. Was there about a week when paying for it was ok?
December 3, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It wasn’t that many years ago we boycotted companies that sold baby formula in some countries; now we’re told it’s a right and no one should pay. Was there about a week when paying for it was ok?
I hope Times subscribers feel they’re getting Value for Money with this stellar ‘journalism’
December 3, 2025 at 10:32 AM
I hope Times subscribers feel they’re getting Value for Money with this stellar ‘journalism’
Would be an answer if the question was ‘have a go at making one of the others less bad’
December 2, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Would be an answer if the question was ‘have a go at making one of the others less bad’
Libdem spy school was busy
December 2, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Libdem spy school was busy
As a country we will never achieve anything, but at least we’ll never publish the documents saying we haven’t achieved anything early
December 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
As a country we will never achieve anything, but at least we’ll never publish the documents saying we haven’t achieved anything early
Wasn’t it the Lumo that was the root of the issue, not whether your MAN>EUS stops at 1 or 2 places
December 1, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Wasn’t it the Lumo that was the root of the issue, not whether your MAN>EUS stops at 1 or 2 places
Presentation at the chirpier end of 5Live, whilst selling itself as the heavier end of R4
December 1, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Presentation at the chirpier end of 5Live, whilst selling itself as the heavier end of R4
I’m sort of surprised they’ve let Gullis in. It’s not that anyone has heard of him, but he reminds people they’re a bit like the Tories, without bringing any real kudos with him
December 1, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I’m sort of surprised they’ve let Gullis in. It’s not that anyone has heard of him, but he reminds people they’re a bit like the Tories, without bringing any real kudos with him