Elliott Smith
@elliottsmithblesky.bsky.social
“Macabre.”
“Clown.”
“Car.”
“Crash…”
(Global leadership themed Mallet’s Mallet.)
“Clown.”
“Car.”
“Crash…”
(Global leadership themed Mallet’s Mallet.)
Tories with their fingers on the pulse… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
www.theguardian.com
October 3, 2026 at 5:54 PM
Tories with their fingers on the pulse… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
The Guardian failing, is what’s up.
October 3, 2026 at 5:02 PM
The Guardian failing, is what’s up.
The Black Widows from the Any Which Way… movies have really fallen off. youtu.be/1MRIDCqR2bQ?...
Man Dressed As Htler Speaks At Nzi Rally In Texas (2026) | The Kyle Kulinski Show
YouTube video by Secular Talk
youtu.be
September 30, 2026 at 4:03 PM
The Black Widows from the Any Which Way… movies have really fallen off. youtu.be/1MRIDCqR2bQ?...
Reposted by Elliott Smith
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage.
They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary.
Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Have they tried living on minimum wage?
archive.ph/h0pVc
They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary.
Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Have they tried living on minimum wage?
archive.ph/h0pVc
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage
Companies warn that a steep rise in labour costs will fuel inflation and cut jobs for young people
www.ft.com
September 28, 2026 at 6:44 AM
Business groups urge John Healey to show restraint on raising UK’s minimum wage.
They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary.
Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Have they tried living on minimum wage?
archive.ph/h0pVc
They claim lifting people out of poverty is inflationary.
Can't recall millionaires restraining on profiteering, exec pay, dividends, share buybacks.
Have they tried living on minimum wage?
archive.ph/h0pVc
Waltz, Trump. Throw in Hegseth and Rubio. This has to be the least capable ‘negotiating team’ in history.
Putin’s had his money’s worth and then some. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Putin’s had his money’s worth and then some. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
UN ambassador Waltz says Iran was not negotiating ‘in good faith’ to end war
Waltz says Trump rejected Iran’s proposal to end war because they ‘were asking for everything up front’
www.theguardian.com
September 27, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Waltz, Trump. Throw in Hegseth and Rubio. This has to be the least capable ‘negotiating team’ in history.
Putin’s had his money’s worth and then some. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
Putin’s had his money’s worth and then some. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
I don’t like Rayner, but I do like Rayner saying this: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Angela Rayner stands by attack on care worker visa reforms ahead of Labour conference
Housing secretary says Home Office moved goalposts with ‘disruptive’ change to permanent residence rules
www.theguardian.com
September 26, 2026 at 8:59 PM
I don’t like Rayner, but I do like Rayner saying this: www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
This is the dumbest intervention by a sportsperson I think I have ever heard. And I’m a Liverpool fan. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Andy Robertson says players are ‘not to blame’ for Manchester City’s actions
The former Liverpool defender Andy Robertson believes Manchester City’s players should not be punished for the club’s ownership breaking Premier League fair play rules
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2026 at 9:33 PM
This is the dumbest intervention by a sportsperson I think I have ever heard. And I’m a Liverpool fan. www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor.
This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why.
Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why.
Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
DoorDash Spent $1.4 Million Trying to Stop Mamdani From Becoming Mayor. Now We Know Why.
In a wage-theft settlement, DoorDash now has to pay its workers around 100 times what it spent trying to beat Zohran Mam
theintercept.com
September 25, 2026 at 6:30 PM
DoorDash spent $1.4M trying to stop Zohran Mamdani from becoming mayor.
This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why.
Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
This week's historic $131.5M enforcement action against DoorDash for underpaying NYC delivery workers shows why.
Yet another reminder that the only thing that can beat organized money is organized people.
You mean it wasn’t all down to Guardiola’s magic…? www.theguardian.com/football/202... (Prime’s docs made that plain enough.)
Manchester City found guilty of breaking Premier League’s financial fair play rules
Manchester City face substantial sanctions from the Premier League after an independent panel found they had broken rules over financial fair play
www.theguardian.com
September 25, 2026 at 9:16 PM
You mean it wasn’t all down to Guardiola’s magic…? www.theguardian.com/football/202... (Prime’s docs made that plain enough.)
Mouratoglu is being a prick for clicks, here. www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/...
Carlos Alcaraz, Alex Eala, Jessica Pegula, Iga Swiatek called out over 'new trend' in tennis
Being gracious after defeat has apparently become "a new trend on the ATP and WTA Tour" with respected coach Patrick Mouratoglou saying, "players who pretend they don't care are lying".
www.tennis365.com
September 21, 2026 at 7:20 PM
Mouratoglu is being a prick for clicks, here. www.tennis365.com/tennis-news/...
Like chilled Coke from a dripping glass bottle, each time I hear the words ‘Kash Patel is the head of the FBI,’ it’s always going to be like the very first time…
September 20, 2026 at 8:30 PM
Like chilled Coke from a dripping glass bottle, each time I hear the words ‘Kash Patel is the head of the FBI,’ it’s always going to be like the very first time…
Is this guy trying to get arrested…?
How do we make teaching a sustainable career? We need:
🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget
🎒Teacher minimum wage
🎒Strong teacher unions
🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching
🎒Education budget tied to the defense budget
🎒Teacher minimum wage
🎒Strong teacher unions
🎒Investment in the paraprofessionals that a kid needs to be their best learner and so teachers can focus on teaching
September 20, 2026 at 8:21 PM
Is this guy trying to get arrested…?
If you’re a Tory in your twenties… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Feeling ‘forced out’ by Badenoch? Lib Dems conference welcomes young Tory defectors
Self-described moderates say Ed Davey’s party offers them a home as Conservatives shift further right
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2026 at 8:20 PM
If you’re a Tory in your twenties… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Why would anyone build a sniper nest in the middle of their capital city…?
September 20, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Why would anyone build a sniper nest in the middle of their capital city…?
You can’t claim to be a democracy in any serious sense when you consistently elevate, tolerate, and maintain some of the worst people in your society at the very highest levels. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
George Osborne ‘thought Peter Thiel’s Bayeux tapestry visit would be secret’
British Museum chair tells Big Brue festival he thought no one would find out about the private viewing
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 8:07 PM
You can’t claim to be a democracy in any serious sense when you consistently elevate, tolerate, and maintain some of the worst people in your society at the very highest levels. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Everybody knows that this photo can be the product of one national culture, and one national culture only.
September 19, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Everybody knows that this photo can be the product of one national culture, and one national culture only.
Getting big money out of UK politics is so essential, so inarguable, so correct, so genuinely moral, it’d be akin to a political miracle if we were to achieve it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
UK politics increasingly funded by billionaires as mega-donations surge
Exclusive: A total £179m has been donated by wealthy individuals since 2019, research reveals
www.theguardian.com
September 19, 2026 at 6:49 PM
Getting big money out of UK politics is so essential, so inarguable, so correct, so genuinely moral, it’d be akin to a political miracle if we were to achieve it. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Stephen Miller really leaning into the malevolent cocksucking inadequate persona.
September 19, 2026 at 2:12 PM
Stephen Miller really leaning into the malevolent cocksucking inadequate persona.
Pseudo-British, tax-avoiding in Monaco, and living online. Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Billionaire Manchester United owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe says he has lost confidence in UK
Ineos founder Sir Jim Ratcliffe tells the BBC he thinks the country is "on the slide" and calls for more investment in the North Sea.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2026 at 9:58 AM
Pseudo-British, tax-avoiding in Monaco, and living online. Billionaire Man United owner says he has lost confidence in the UK www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Major mistake of astonishing naivety. If you doubt this, just google ‘Dryden Brown.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
US and Denmark reach deal over Greenland's security after Trump threats
Trump says the agreement will give the US "permanent control over security, and all other needs, in Greenland", though specifics have not been confirmed by Danish officials.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 19, 2026 at 9:50 AM
Major mistake of astonishing naivety. If you doubt this, just google ‘Dryden Brown.’ www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The US is now way past the point of being an unmitigated disgrace. usun.usmission.gov/explanation-...
Explanation of Vote Before the Vote for UNGA 80 Adoption on the Resolution to “Correct the Map”
This resolution mocks the work and purpose of this institution. While this initiative is presented as an anodyne effort to update cartographic proportions, the United States clearly sees it cannot be ...
usun.usmission.gov
September 18, 2026 at 10:10 PM
The US is now way past the point of being an unmitigated disgrace. usun.usmission.gov/explanation-...
Historic tennis idiot John Lloyd speaks up for the attention deficit demographic. Virtually all tennis punditry should be muted. tennishead.net/john-lloyd-p...
John Lloyd proposes three big changes to tennis after Alexander Zverev's 'ludicrous' serve at the US Open
What would you most like tennis to change right now?
tennishead.net
September 18, 2026 at 8:05 PM
Historic tennis idiot John Lloyd speaks up for the attention deficit demographic. Virtually all tennis punditry should be muted. tennishead.net/john-lloyd-p...
The premise of this is sound: too much abnormality, too early, but…
Clubs do actually seem better at protecting them now.
& Sterling had his troubles in the past, but became a fairly rounded guy; his spiralling is a reaction to the collapse of his late career.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Clubs do actually seem better at protecting them now.
& Sterling had his troubles in the past, but became a fairly rounded guy; his spiralling is a reaction to the collapse of his late career.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Raheem Sterling’s bleak tale a reminder of absurd path young footballers face | Jonathan Liew
The winger was one of the first big-money academy transfers, part of a child labour market that has barely been questioned
www.theguardian.com
September 18, 2026 at 7:46 AM
The premise of this is sound: too much abnormality, too early, but…
Clubs do actually seem better at protecting them now.
& Sterling had his troubles in the past, but became a fairly rounded guy; his spiralling is a reaction to the collapse of his late career.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Clubs do actually seem better at protecting them now.
& Sterling had his troubles in the past, but became a fairly rounded guy; his spiralling is a reaction to the collapse of his late career.
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Great technique.
September 18, 2026 at 7:30 AM
Great technique.
Criminally underrated tweet:
I can see why Donkeys might be Angry about this.
September 17, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Criminally underrated tweet: