Nicky Smith
@nickysmith.bsky.social
Inverse of "as you age, you become more right-wing." Foodie Francophile. Don't even get me started on Brexit. Fabric hoarder. Random smiler. Country walker, reader, runner (with imposter syndrome.) Love athletics, rugby #FBPE
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This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
October 6, 2026 at 12:23 AM
This gets my vote for the best thing I've seen on the Internet today:
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Quite funny Nigel Farage calling for a general election and claiming Andy Burnham has no mandate when he isn’t even an MP and is locked in an electoral struggle with a bin.
July 22, 2026 at 2:41 PM
Quite funny Nigel Farage calling for a general election and claiming Andy Burnham has no mandate when he isn’t even an MP and is locked in an electoral struggle with a bin.
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Nigel Farage vs "the establishment"
He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash
What a rebel
He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash
What a rebel
July 7, 2026 at 5:48 PM
Nigel Farage vs "the establishment"
He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash
What a rebel
He went to private school, worked as a stockbroker, has been a professional politician for 31 years, has his own TV show, is a brand ambassador for gold, is mates with POTUS, accepted a secret £5m gift, and owns five houses bought outright with cash
What a rebel
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● Farage received £91,200 from a gold bullion company for four hours of work in January 2025.
● That's just £146 less than his MP salary for a whole year.
● And people wonder why he's never in Clacton.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
● That's just £146 less than his MP salary for a whole year.
● And people wonder why he's never in Clacton.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage received £270,000 from gold marketer he promotes
Reform UK leader’s Direct Bullion payment is double his fee from 2025
www.theguardian.com
June 30, 2026 at 7:58 PM
● Farage received £91,200 from a gold bullion company for four hours of work in January 2025.
● That's just £146 less than his MP salary for a whole year.
● And people wonder why he's never in Clacton.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
● That's just £146 less than his MP salary for a whole year.
● And people wonder why he's never in Clacton.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
June 23, 2026 at 6:49 AM
Exactly 10 years since the Brexit vote, the verdict is in.
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The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
June 20, 2026 at 10:01 PM
The richest man owns X.
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
The second and third richest men control Google.
The fourth richest man owns The Washington Post.
The seventh richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.
And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros.
See the problem here?
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Nigel Farage registered ‘absent’ from the last 77 votes in Parliament
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...
Working hard? Nigel Farage registered 'absent' from the last 77 votes in Parliament
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
May 31, 2026 at 2:44 PM
Nigel Farage registered ‘absent’ from the last 77 votes in Parliament
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...
Official Parliamentary figures reveal that Reform leader Nigel Farage hasn't bothered to vote for anything in the last 11 weeks...
www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/whe...
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Tommy Robinson is marching through London again today. He presents himself as a patriot, a journalist, and a victim of the establishment.
But in reality he is a serial criminal with a rap sheet two decades long.
Here’s the record he’d rather you didn’t read. 🧵
But in reality he is a serial criminal with a rap sheet two decades long.
Here’s the record he’d rather you didn’t read. 🧵
May 16, 2026 at 10:30 AM
Tommy Robinson is marching through London again today. He presents himself as a patriot, a journalist, and a victim of the establishment.
But in reality he is a serial criminal with a rap sheet two decades long.
Here’s the record he’d rather you didn’t read. 🧵
But in reality he is a serial criminal with a rap sheet two decades long.
Here’s the record he’d rather you didn’t read. 🧵
In case you weren't sure
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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‘Trump is aiming for dictatorship’. That’s the verdict of the world’s most credible democracy watchdog | Martin Gelin
Sweden’s V-Dem Institute warns that the US is no longer a liberal democracy. And autocracy is creeping across Europe too, says writer Martin Gelin
www.theguardian.com
March 17, 2026 at 8:23 AM
In case you weren't sure
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
www.theguardian.com/world/commen...
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😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Bedford Council wins the internet!!
Bedford Council wins the internet!!
February 19, 2026 at 10:06 AM
😀😀😀😀😀😀😀
Bedford Council wins the internet!!
Bedford Council wins the internet!!
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Our best hope then is that the rightwing out-bastard each other into oblivion. Lovely.
Competing on how many/who’d they’d deport, who loses their rights, who doesn’t deserve welfare, who isn’t disabled, who they hate…
Yes. May it all blow up in their bigoted, ugly faces before they do more harm.
Competing on how many/who’d they’d deport, who loses their rights, who doesn’t deserve welfare, who isn’t disabled, who they hate…
Yes. May it all blow up in their bigoted, ugly faces before they do more harm.
February 19, 2026 at 9:52 AM
Our best hope then is that the rightwing out-bastard each other into oblivion. Lovely.
Competing on how many/who’d they’d deport, who loses their rights, who doesn’t deserve welfare, who isn’t disabled, who they hate…
Yes. May it all blow up in their bigoted, ugly faces before they do more harm.
Competing on how many/who’d they’d deport, who loses their rights, who doesn’t deserve welfare, who isn’t disabled, who they hate…
Yes. May it all blow up in their bigoted, ugly faces before they do more harm.
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Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
YouGov Reform 24% (Reform + Cons 42% on the right) fits genereal pattern: Reform 2026 < Reform 2025.
Westminster Voting Intention:
REF: 24% (-3)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (=)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
OTH: 4% (+2)
Via @YouGov, On 15-16th February,
Changes w/ 8-9 February.
Westminster Voting Intention:
REF: 24% (-3)
LAB: 19% (=)
CON: 18% (=)
GRN: 17% (+1)
LDM: 13% (-1)
SNP: 3% (=)
OTH: 4% (+2)
Via @YouGov, On 15-16th February,
Changes w/ 8-9 February.
February 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Staggering that 24% of voters in this advanced country continue to believe in a bunch of entitled bigots with unworkable policies, whose very ideas put us in the abject chaos we are in. Truly God awful idiots, and I make no apology for saying that.
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The messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
Bannon, Epstein, Farage and Johnson and the Plot to 'Topple' Theresa May
The far-right former Trump adviser told Jeffrey Epstein that "we are overthrowing May right now" as he worked with Boris Johnson to remove the then Conservative Prime Minister from office
bylinetimes.com
February 16, 2026 at 12:17 PM
The messages between the far-right former Trump adviser Steve Bannon and the late convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein reveal how Bannon worked with Boris Johnson and Farage to “overthrow” Theresa May at the height of the 2018 Brexit crisis in the UK
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
bylinetimes.com/2026/02/16/b...
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Just going to leave this here
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Just going to leave this here
The indomitable Carole Cadwalladr's message to sacked Washington Post journalists
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Fight!
Fuck Bezos. The Washington Post can and must rise again.
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February 6, 2026 at 12:07 AM
The indomitable Carole Cadwalladr's message to sacked Washington Post journalists
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This is what’s known as dodgy as fuck…
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
Churchwarden linked to foreign-born billionaire is behind £200k Reform gift
The man whose firm made the donations will not discuss where the money came from, nor his ties to wealthy Farage allies who may not hold citizenship
www.thetimes.com
February 1, 2026 at 9:20 AM
This is what’s known as dodgy as fuck…
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
Farage is in hock to murky foreign billionaires, taking their money to prioritise their interests if they buy him power. He’s exploiting people’s racism and anger to pretend he’s on their side. But he’s already sold them out.
www.thetimes.com/article/660a...
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I know I keep writing about this,but the level of delusion is staggering. How do so many people think Reform will 'save the country' when it’s led by defected Tories from the worst cabinet in UK history?It’s not change, just same failures,new logo,and people cheering like it’s a revival,not a rerun.
January 26, 2026 at 11:25 PM
I know I keep writing about this,but the level of delusion is staggering. How do so many people think Reform will 'save the country' when it’s led by defected Tories from the worst cabinet in UK history?It’s not change, just same failures,new logo,and people cheering like it’s a revival,not a rerun.
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Farage is building a care home for failed Tories. It's the weirdest political project ever.
January 26, 2026 at 1:54 PM
Farage is building a care home for failed Tories. It's the weirdest political project ever.
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London Muslim’s mayoral candidate for Reform UK, Cunningham, declares an all-out war on crime - but not white-collar crime. Three of her firms were forcibly struck off for missing paperwork. Yet Farage calls her a ‘successful entrepreneur.’” #ukpolitics
January 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM
London Muslim’s mayoral candidate for Reform UK, Cunningham, declares an all-out war on crime - but not white-collar crime. Three of her firms were forcibly struck off for missing paperwork. Yet Farage calls her a ‘successful entrepreneur.’” #ukpolitics
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Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?
imagine being the father or mother or son or daughter or sibling of one of those brave British troops who died in Afghanistan, and having to listen to this crass ignorance
January 23, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Where are the poppy patriots? Why are they completely silent on this grotesque insult to our armed forces and specifically the 2,000 UK service and civilian personnel who were injured and the 457 who died in Afghanistan?
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Always someone else’s fault.
Strange that.
Strange that.
January 22, 2026 at 7:48 AM
Always someone else’s fault.
Strange that.
Strange that.
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No MP should be earning £380,000 on top of their parliamentary salary.
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage apologises for 17 breaches of MPs’ code of conduct
Reform UK leader, who failed to declare £380,000 on time, says he is computer-illiterate ‘oddball’
www.theguardian.com
January 22, 2026 at 8:35 AM
No MP should be earning £380,000 on top of their parliamentary salary.
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Farage manages it because he's turned "politainment" into a viable career. Like his US counterparts he's discovered that being a disruptor can make you very wealthy indeed.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Didn't think Brexit would happen. It did.
Won't make that mistake again. Farage cannot be allowed anywhere near No.10
Reform UK are targeting low-turnout elections in May. HOPE not hate are organising locally to stop them. Find out more:
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Won't make that mistake again. Farage cannot be allowed anywhere near No.10
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January 22, 2026 at 2:38 PM
Didn't think Brexit would happen. It did.
Won't make that mistake again. Farage cannot be allowed anywhere near No.10
Reform UK are targeting low-turnout elections in May. HOPE not hate are organising locally to stop them. Find out more:
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/184951/...
Won't make that mistake again. Farage cannot be allowed anywhere near No.10
Reform UK are targeting low-turnout elections in May. HOPE not hate are organising locally to stop them. Find out more:
secure.hopenothate.org.uk/page/184951/...
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The man is a racist. Of course he’ll peddle National Front-style discrimination.
As well as scrapping the Employment Rights Act and weakening workers’ rights, Farage would get rid of protection against race discrimination too.
His prejudice ruining your life.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
As well as scrapping the Employment Rights Act and weakening workers’ rights, Farage would get rid of protection against race discrimination too.
His prejudice ruining your life.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Nigel Farage accused of peddling 'National Front-style' discrimination
The Reform UK leader sparked outrage when he doubled down on his desire to tear up decades-old protections, claiming it was 'ludicrous' employers could not prioritise British nationals
www.mirror.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 7:47 PM
The man is a racist. Of course he’ll peddle National Front-style discrimination.
As well as scrapping the Employment Rights Act and weakening workers’ rights, Farage would get rid of protection against race discrimination too.
His prejudice ruining your life.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
As well as scrapping the Employment Rights Act and weakening workers’ rights, Farage would get rid of protection against race discrimination too.
His prejudice ruining your life.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...