Roland Smith
@rolandmcs.bsky.social
Tracking the decay of the Right and patrolling the culture war's boundaries. Former Fellow of the Adam Smith Institute. Now firmly centrist. Telegraph watcher.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:51 AM
Wild boy Captain Sensible is now doing recipes. Really.
November 9, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Wild boy Captain Sensible is now doing recipes. Really.
Trump's approval rating keeps drifting lower. Long may it continue.
fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
November 9, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Trump's approval rating keeps drifting lower. Long may it continue.
fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
fiftyplusone.news/polls/approv...
Without the written judgment, it is hard to properly assess the case. But Toby Young's comments suggest the case is not actually over yet.
Aside: It seems telling that Young appears to want licence for 'anti-Muslim hatred'. Swap 'Muslim' for 'Jew'.
dailysceptic.org/2025/11/09/c...
Aside: It seems telling that Young appears to want licence for 'anti-Muslim hatred'. Swap 'Muslim' for 'Jew'.
dailysceptic.org/2025/11/09/c...
November 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Without the written judgment, it is hard to properly assess the case. But Toby Young's comments suggest the case is not actually over yet.
Aside: It seems telling that Young appears to want licence for 'anti-Muslim hatred'. Swap 'Muslim' for 'Jew'.
dailysceptic.org/2025/11/09/c...
Aside: It seems telling that Young appears to want licence for 'anti-Muslim hatred'. Swap 'Muslim' for 'Jew'.
dailysceptic.org/2025/11/09/c...
Morning, fellow SADoes.
November 9, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Morning, fellow SADoes.
OK this is interesting. It was already OK/legal to criticise the religion of Islam, but it seems a recent judgment has concluded that 'Islam-critical' belief is protected under the Equalities Act. That's what the Telegraph, GB News and the Mail are getting excited about.
Will delve further...
Will delve further...
November 9, 2025 at 9:16 AM
OK this is interesting. It was already OK/legal to criticise the religion of Islam, but it seems a recent judgment has concluded that 'Islam-critical' belief is protected under the Equalities Act. That's what the Telegraph, GB News and the Mail are getting excited about.
Will delve further...
Will delve further...
Racist, sexist, disdain of experts, outriders as heroes, scoffing at political correctness, getting angrier....
I feel I know this story.
I feel I know this story.
November 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Racist, sexist, disdain of experts, outriders as heroes, scoffing at political correctness, getting angrier....
I feel I know this story.
I feel I know this story.
I reckon all these signs could be pulled up across the entire country, and no-one would be any the wiser. The recycled metal could then be put to good use.
November 8, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I reckon all these signs could be pulled up across the entire country, and no-one would be any the wiser. The recycled metal could then be put to good use.
I've been driving about 40 years and still don't *really* know what this means (beyond 2 words).
November 8, 2025 at 6:47 PM
I've been driving about 40 years and still don't *really* know what this means (beyond 2 words).
Ok, this now has to be worth watching.
November 7, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Ok, this now has to be worth watching.
Reform voters on the reintroduction of flogging...
November 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Reform voters on the reintroduction of flogging...
He's going to 'make the case for markets' despite screwing up Britain's place in a very large one, and putting up trade barriers.
November 6, 2025 at 8:20 PM
He's going to 'make the case for markets' despite screwing up Britain's place in a very large one, and putting up trade barriers.
Bucks, almost uniquely, favours mayonnaise with chips.* And rightly so.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
November 6, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Bucks, almost uniquely, favours mayonnaise with chips.* And rightly so.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
* No, it really won't be salad cream.
She basically gave up because she's 'bad at foreign languages'.
Morning.
Morning.
November 6, 2025 at 6:02 AM
She basically gave up because she's 'bad at foreign languages'.
Morning.
Morning.
I think this is a fair view. But I also think McSweeney is very complacent, bordering on useless.
November 5, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I think this is a fair view. But I also think McSweeney is very complacent, bordering on useless.
Matt Goodwin responds to the news that a man called Samir Zitouni saved lives during the mass stabbing on a train allegedly carried out by British bloke Anthony Williams.
November 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Matt Goodwin responds to the news that a man called Samir Zitouni saved lives during the mass stabbing on a train allegedly carried out by British bloke Anthony Williams.
Dan is not wrong here.
November 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Dan is not wrong here.
Your occasional reminder about the number of immigration-related defeats for the UK in the European Court of Human Rights.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
November 3, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Your occasional reminder about the number of immigration-related defeats for the UK in the European Court of Human Rights.
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09...
Hannan becoming more extreme, probably egged on by his old friend, Douglas Carswell.
I don't think they used to be this extreme but they entered into a Faustian bargain years ago: they, 'the clever chaps', could ride/steer the less desirable part of the Right. Now they are steered by it.
I don't think they used to be this extreme but they entered into a Faustian bargain years ago: they, 'the clever chaps', could ride/steer the less desirable part of the Right. Now they are steered by it.
November 2, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Hannan becoming more extreme, probably egged on by his old friend, Douglas Carswell.
I don't think they used to be this extreme but they entered into a Faustian bargain years ago: they, 'the clever chaps', could ride/steer the less desirable part of the Right. Now they are steered by it.
I don't think they used to be this extreme but they entered into a Faustian bargain years ago: they, 'the clever chaps', could ride/steer the less desirable part of the Right. Now they are steered by it.
The constant baying for an ethnicity is utterly grim.
November 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
The constant baying for an ethnicity is utterly grim.
'Effect' not 'Affect'.
Honestly, these people comin' over 'ere not learnin' the language... Etcetera.
Honestly, these people comin' over 'ere not learnin' the language... Etcetera.
November 2, 2025 at 10:29 AM
'Effect' not 'Affect'.
Honestly, these people comin' over 'ere not learnin' the language... Etcetera.
Honestly, these people comin' over 'ere not learnin' the language... Etcetera.
A Brexiter writes...
November 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A Brexiter writes...