Stephen Smith
@stevenicksmith.bsky.social
Financial Times journalist, fascinated by both markets and planning. Avid supporter of London Irish, George Eliot and Brighton and Hove Albion. All views my own
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💚 A great turnout of people ready to fight for change in Brighton on Friday!
🤩 & following Saturday’s launch, I’m now a Greens Organise member.
💥 We’re pushing hard for real change, against austerity, Labour’s complicity in genocide & the threat of the far right.
💻 Be part of it: greensorganise.uk
🤩 & following Saturday’s launch, I’m now a Greens Organise member.
💥 We’re pushing hard for real change, against austerity, Labour’s complicity in genocide & the threat of the far right.
💻 Be part of it: greensorganise.uk
July 6, 2025 at 5:31 PM
💚 A great turnout of people ready to fight for change in Brighton on Friday!
🤩 & following Saturday’s launch, I’m now a Greens Organise member.
💥 We’re pushing hard for real change, against austerity, Labour’s complicity in genocide & the threat of the far right.
💻 Be part of it: greensorganise.uk
🤩 & following Saturday’s launch, I’m now a Greens Organise member.
💥 We’re pushing hard for real change, against austerity, Labour’s complicity in genocide & the threat of the far right.
💻 Be part of it: greensorganise.uk
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The left were out in force at today’s People’s Assembly March in London.
Inequality is ruining millions of lives.
Let’s make this country a little more fair shall we…
Welfare not warfare
Stop the cuts
TAX THE RICH
Inequality is ruining millions of lives.
Let’s make this country a little more fair shall we…
Welfare not warfare
Stop the cuts
TAX THE RICH
June 7, 2025 at 7:33 PM
The left were out in force at today’s People’s Assembly March in London.
Inequality is ruining millions of lives.
Let’s make this country a little more fair shall we…
Welfare not warfare
Stop the cuts
TAX THE RICH
Inequality is ruining millions of lives.
Let’s make this country a little more fair shall we…
Welfare not warfare
Stop the cuts
TAX THE RICH
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Watch Jeremy Corbyn speak out on Gaza from London’s Wide Awake festival
Watch Jeremy Corbyn speak out on Gaza from London's Wide Awake festival
Jeremy Corbyn made an appearance on the main stage at London's Wide Awake festival, calling for support for "people in a desperate situation in Gaza".
www.nme.com
May 24, 2025 at 11:02 AM
Watch Jeremy Corbyn speak out on Gaza from London’s Wide Awake festival
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Last night, watched the final episode in a flood of tears.
If you haven’t seen this yet, WATCH IT!
If you haven’t seen this yet, WATCH IT!
This Channel 4 miniseries is a masterpiece. Peter Kosminsky, who also adapted Hilary Mantel's "Wolf Hall" for the BBC, has produced stellar TV, boldly tackling one of the most contentious subjects. This is gripping & unflinching; superb writing & stellar performances. You really don't want to miss.
The Promise
Claire Foy and Christian Cooke star in Peter Kosminsky's BAFTA-nominated four-part drama
www.channel4.com
January 19, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Last night, watched the final episode in a flood of tears.
If you haven’t seen this yet, WATCH IT!
If you haven’t seen this yet, WATCH IT!
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Had forgotten how disturbing David Lynch’s Eraserhead could be when watching it again earlier this month. Sad & unexpected news of his passing yesterday.
January 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Had forgotten how disturbing David Lynch’s Eraserhead could be when watching it again earlier this month. Sad & unexpected news of his passing yesterday.
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Remember Al Franken. How quaint.
January 11, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Remember Al Franken. How quaint.
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incredible things continue to occur among the nationalist populist right
December 26, 2024 at 10:32 PM
incredible things continue to occur among the nationalist populist right
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It's now 13 months since our friend, colleague and award-winning #journalist Minnie Chan went missing while on assignment in Beijing. Her children, current and former colleagues and a global community of journalists care only for her welfare and hope she is OK. We will never give up hope.
December 2, 2024 at 2:41 AM
It's now 13 months since our friend, colleague and award-winning #journalist Minnie Chan went missing while on assignment in Beijing. Her children, current and former colleagues and a global community of journalists care only for her welfare and hope she is OK. We will never give up hope.
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Bravo Paul Weller for organising tonight’s excellent Gig for Gaza benefit in Brixton Academy. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
December 14, 2024 at 1:28 AM
Bravo Paul Weller for organising tonight’s excellent Gig for Gaza benefit in Brixton Academy. #FreePalestine 🇵🇸
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What a turnaround for typos and grammatical mistakes. After years of being irritants, they are now quaint and charming evidence that the text was written by a human being.
December 14, 2024 at 8:37 PM
What a turnaround for typos and grammatical mistakes. After years of being irritants, they are now quaint and charming evidence that the text was written by a human being.
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Labour MPs doing Reform tribute acts.
If you find this lacks vision & is totally uninspiring - then there is an alternative.
If you believe that lifting minority communities & working class communities & tackling the climate crisis is the same struggle:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
If you find this lacks vision & is totally uninspiring - then there is an alternative.
If you believe that lifting minority communities & working class communities & tackling the climate crisis is the same struggle:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
December 14, 2024 at 11:31 AM
Labour MPs doing Reform tribute acts.
If you find this lacks vision & is totally uninspiring - then there is an alternative.
If you believe that lifting minority communities & working class communities & tackling the climate crisis is the same struggle:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
If you find this lacks vision & is totally uninspiring - then there is an alternative.
If you believe that lifting minority communities & working class communities & tackling the climate crisis is the same struggle:
Join.greenparty.org.uk
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From yesterday, Kay Burley reads out an IDF press release & pretends its news.
December 11, 2024 at 6:20 AM
From yesterday, Kay Burley reads out an IDF press release & pretends its news.
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Happy 1st Anniversary of Jimmy's epic experience.
December 11, 2024 at 9:53 AM
Happy 1st Anniversary of Jimmy's epic experience.
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Yoon Suk Yeol being allowed back into the Presidents office
December 6, 2024 at 3:50 AM
Yoon Suk Yeol being allowed back into the Presidents office
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turns out Rachel Reeves repeatedly lying to the electorate is actually the fault of us, the disgusting british public. We must work harder to meet the expectations of our brave political and journalistic classes who, again, are only lying because we made them
November 26, 2024 at 12:27 PM
turns out Rachel Reeves repeatedly lying to the electorate is actually the fault of us, the disgusting british public. We must work harder to meet the expectations of our brave political and journalistic classes who, again, are only lying because we made them
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"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
November 21, 2024 at 2:44 AM
"If a woman doesn't look woman enough to a Republican, they want to be able to inspect your genitals to use a bathroom? It's disgusting.
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
Everyone should reject it completely... they're endangering women, they're endangering girls of all kind, and everyone should reject it. It's gross." - AOC
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The ICC’s arrest warrants are long overdue.
The Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary must immediately endorse this decision. That is the bare minimum.
Will the UK government now, finally, honour its international obligations to prevent genocide and end all arms sales to Israel?
The Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary must immediately endorse this decision. That is the bare minimum.
Will the UK government now, finally, honour its international obligations to prevent genocide and end all arms sales to Israel?
November 21, 2024 at 12:46 PM
The ICC’s arrest warrants are long overdue.
The Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary must immediately endorse this decision. That is the bare minimum.
Will the UK government now, finally, honour its international obligations to prevent genocide and end all arms sales to Israel?
The Prime Minister & Foreign Secretary must immediately endorse this decision. That is the bare minimum.
Will the UK government now, finally, honour its international obligations to prevent genocide and end all arms sales to Israel?
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In court, the government admitted UK-made F-35 parts risk being used in violations of international law & Israel isn’t committed to complying to international law.
Yet the government has continued arms exports, breaching legal obligations & exposing itself to criminal liability.
Yet the government has continued arms exports, breaching legal obligations & exposing itself to criminal liability.
November 19, 2024 at 11:09 PM
In court, the government admitted UK-made F-35 parts risk being used in violations of international law & Israel isn’t committed to complying to international law.
Yet the government has continued arms exports, breaching legal obligations & exposing itself to criminal liability.
Yet the government has continued arms exports, breaching legal obligations & exposing itself to criminal liability.
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The account I was talking to that I thought was Perry Anderson turned out to be a Ukrainian scammer but I already bought them $4,000 of Verso Gift Cards please fix
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November 19, 2024 at 7:28 PM
The account I was talking to that I thought was Perry Anderson turned out to be a Ukrainian scammer but I already bought them $4,000 of Verso Gift Cards please fix
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Woke up this morning remembering how, after Kerry's 2004 loss to W, the Democratic party and the press decided it was abortion's fault. When I tell you that this is not an exaggerated memory:
November 18, 2024 at 2:02 PM
Woke up this morning remembering how, after Kerry's 2004 loss to W, the Democratic party and the press decided it was abortion's fault. When I tell you that this is not an exaggerated memory:
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American missiles are called Attackums; British missiles are called Storm Shadow; Russian missiles are called Kh-47M2 «Kinzhal». None of you are doing anything about those national stereotypes
November 18, 2024 at 11:56 PM
American missiles are called Attackums; British missiles are called Storm Shadow; Russian missiles are called Kh-47M2 «Kinzhal». None of you are doing anything about those national stereotypes
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NEW REEL POLITIK: I interview Toby Manning about his book Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music, out now from @repeaterbooks.bsky.social, using Weller and the Stones as case studies in the connections between popular music and political ideology.
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Episode 312 - Mixing Classic Rock and Politics (ft. Toby Manning)
Jack talks to author Toby Manning (@TobyManning) about his new book Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music, out now from Repeater Books. Naturally, a very JFR-brained understandin
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November 17, 2024 at 5:06 PM
NEW REEL POLITIK: I interview Toby Manning about his book Mixing Pop and Politics: A Marxist History of Popular Music, out now from @repeaterbooks.bsky.social, using Weller and the Stones as case studies in the connections between popular music and political ideology.
soundcloud.com/reelpolitikp...
soundcloud.com/reelpolitikp...
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We need a completely new approach to local government. Councils are barely staying afloat and making cuts to libraries, youth centres and all sorts of social infrastructure because they struggle to fund social care and SEND provision. Government should directly fund these things.
November 17, 2024 at 10:21 PM
We need a completely new approach to local government. Councils are barely staying afloat and making cuts to libraries, youth centres and all sorts of social infrastructure because they struggle to fund social care and SEND provision. Government should directly fund these things.