James Sinclair-Smith
@jamessinclairsmith.bsky.social
Company Director at Mance Communications.
Company Director at Experiential Advisory.
Interested in inbound investment in UK hospitality as well as pictures of cats.
Company Director at Experiential Advisory.
Interested in inbound investment in UK hospitality as well as pictures of cats.
I can now reveal that crypto billionaire Ben Delo—pardoned by Trump after a conviction for anti-money-laundering violations—privately funded the failed libel action brought against me by neo-Nazi conspiracy theorists Nina Power and Daniel Miller to the tune of at least £300,000.
September 12, 2026 at 1:29 PM
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90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects.
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
September 7, 2026 at 9:45 PM
90 years ago, Parliament responded to the rise of Oswald Mosley's Blackshirts by passing the Public Order Act, which banned political uniforms, private militias and the threat of force for political objects.
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
The debates make very resonant reading today. Here's the Liberal Robert Bernays. (Short 🧵)
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Listen up bitches, this is serious. Here’s the plan for tomorrow morning. No exceptions. Everyone shows up.
We’re gonna tumble out of bed. We’re gonna stumble to the kitchen.
And we’re gonna pour ourselves a cup of goddamn ambition.
Because we’ve got dreams they’ll never take away.
Lock in.
We’re gonna tumble out of bed. We’re gonna stumble to the kitchen.
And we’re gonna pour ourselves a cup of goddamn ambition.
Because we’ve got dreams they’ll never take away.
Lock in.
August 26, 2026 at 3:57 AM
Listen up bitches, this is serious. Here’s the plan for tomorrow morning. No exceptions. Everyone shows up.
We’re gonna tumble out of bed. We’re gonna stumble to the kitchen.
And we’re gonna pour ourselves a cup of goddamn ambition.
Because we’ve got dreams they’ll never take away.
Lock in.
We’re gonna tumble out of bed. We’re gonna stumble to the kitchen.
And we’re gonna pour ourselves a cup of goddamn ambition.
Because we’ve got dreams they’ll never take away.
Lock in.
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This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang.
ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
KING CARNEY ACTIVATES KONG MODE WITH ZERO FUCKS
Carney Reads the Clock Like a Pro Wrestler
ifloz.substack.com
August 23, 2026 at 3:25 AM
This explainer out of Australia is genuinely useful background and analysis of what happened with the Canada-US trade deal last night. Note that it is extremely and delightfully sweary. Also there’s an appended glossary of Australian slang.
ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
ifloz.substack.com/p/king-carne...
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This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.
This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
July 17, 2026 at 9:50 PM
This summer, we kept the lights on all night, every night, at five soccer fields across New York City.
This was the scene at Calvert Vaux Park in Gravesend, Brooklyn Tuesday night.
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looks like Thames Water has given a 14% pay rise to its chief executive and a 26% rise to its finance director
July 15, 2026 at 7:13 AM
looks like Thames Water has given a 14% pay rise to its chief executive and a 26% rise to its finance director
And in the UK?
Hey so, if you use Waymo driverless car services, you are aiding and abetting fascism. Waymo helps ICE agents locate people to terrorize and abduct.
The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with ICE and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.
The company willingly shares all facial recognition, license plate and GPS data with ICE and other law enforcement agencies—no subpoena required.
Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
ALT: Waymo Self-Driving Jaguar at Traffic Light
static.klipy.com
July 7, 2026 at 10:17 PM
And in the UK?
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Could someone please explain to the @nytimes.com that if we stopped to celebrate every country that has broken free from our tyrannical grasp, we’d never get any work done.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/w...
In Britain, July 4 Is Mostly Just a Saturday
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Could someone please explain to the @nytimes.com that if we stopped to celebrate every country that has broken free from our tyrannical grasp, we’d never get any work done.
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/w...
www.nytimes.com/2026/07/04/w...
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Last week the BBC mentioned in local news that Ryan Bridge and Ben Cullen of Raise the Colours had been banned from putting up flags in Oxfordshire after a sustained documented campaign of intimidation
This week Ben Cullen is on trial for making over 70 indecent images of children
BBC: *crickets*
This week Ben Cullen is on trial for making over 70 indecent images of children
BBC: *crickets*
Activists agree to stop hanging flags from Oxfordshire lampposts
It comes after Oxfordshire County Council lodged a High Court case to prevent the flag hanging.
www.bbc.co.uk
July 2, 2026 at 4:37 PM
Last week the BBC mentioned in local news that Ryan Bridge and Ben Cullen of Raise the Colours had been banned from putting up flags in Oxfordshire after a sustained documented campaign of intimidation
This week Ben Cullen is on trial for making over 70 indecent images of children
BBC: *crickets*
This week Ben Cullen is on trial for making over 70 indecent images of children
BBC: *crickets*
I suspect this will be an evergreen post
The thing is, a lot of people want to start a substack when maybe they should actually just buy a diary
June 15, 2026 at 1:15 AM
I suspect this will be an evergreen post
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“Leonard Nimoy as Doctor Strange and Lee Meriwether as Clea in the 1970 ABC pilot MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS.”
June 12, 2026 at 8:11 PM
“Leonard Nimoy as Doctor Strange and Lee Meriwether as Clea in the 1970 ABC pilot MASTER OF THE MYSTIC ARTS.”
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Reform are very good at moving the goalposts. They said they’d win Gorton and Denton (lost by 12pts), win Wales (lost by 6pts), destroy the Tories in 2026 (PNS rose vs 2025) and win six London boroughs (won one). Each time journalists concluded those outcomes were clear from the outset
May 16, 2026 at 10:06 AM
Reform are very good at moving the goalposts. They said they’d win Gorton and Denton (lost by 12pts), win Wales (lost by 6pts), destroy the Tories in 2026 (PNS rose vs 2025) and win six London boroughs (won one). Each time journalists concluded those outcomes were clear from the outset
The uk really doesn’t want to the expense of hosting next year does it
May 16, 2026 at 8:24 PM
The uk really doesn’t want to the expense of hosting next year does it
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One of the largest drops in nhs waiting lists on record, which no one will now hear about. Opportunity cost from all the leadership turmoil
www.england.nhs.uk/2026/05/heal...
www.england.nhs.uk/2026/05/heal...
NHS England » “Huge moment” as the health service hits 18-week target amid half-a-million waiting list drop
NHS England » “Huge moment” as the health service hits 18-week target amid half-a-million waiting list drop
www.england.nhs.uk
May 14, 2026 at 12:03 PM
One of the largest drops in nhs waiting lists on record, which no one will now hear about. Opportunity cost from all the leadership turmoil
www.england.nhs.uk/2026/05/heal...
www.england.nhs.uk/2026/05/heal...
We’re playing a game of “dead, or stupid”
He’s been like that for about an hour now…
He’s been like that for about an hour now…
May 10, 2026 at 2:00 PM
We’re playing a game of “dead, or stupid”
He’s been like that for about an hour now…
He’s been like that for about an hour now…
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Who does this description of Kaiser Wilhelm II remind you of? (Written by Christopher Clark in 2015).
April 19, 2026 at 6:04 PM
Who does this description of Kaiser Wilhelm II remind you of? (Written by Christopher Clark in 2015).
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🪐NEW EPISODE🪐
As a new immersive theatre version of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy opens, its creator @arvd.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss how Douglas Adams’ books nearly explain the world we live in today ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#scifi #podcast #HHGTTG
As a new immersive theatre version of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy opens, its creator @arvd.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss how Douglas Adams’ books nearly explain the world we live in today ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#scifi #podcast #HHGTTG
November 25, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🪐NEW EPISODE🪐
As a new immersive theatre version of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy opens, its creator @arvd.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss how Douglas Adams’ books nearly explain the world we live in today ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#scifi #podcast #HHGTTG
As a new immersive theatre version of The Hitch-Hikers Guide to the Galaxy opens, its creator @arvd.bsky.social & @nndroid.bsky.social discuss how Douglas Adams’ books nearly explain the world we live in today ➡️ linktr.ee/bunker_pod
#scifi #podcast #HHGTTG
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Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
September 30, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!
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When Reform's Nathan Gill is sentenced for bribery, he will be the third of Nigel Farage's former MEPs to be jailed for being corrupt, after Tom Wise (expenses fraud) and Ashley Mote (falsely claiming benefits). What is it about Farage that attracts crooks?
September 27, 2025 at 7:33 AM
When Reform's Nathan Gill is sentenced for bribery, he will be the third of Nigel Farage's former MEPs to be jailed for being corrupt, after Tom Wise (expenses fraud) and Ashley Mote (falsely claiming benefits). What is it about Farage that attracts crooks?
This is worth your time.
The Dutch know the score
The Dutch know the score
September 19, 2025 at 8:43 PM
This is worth your time.
The Dutch know the score
The Dutch know the score
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Scientists believe we could be just years away from discovering the opposite of "anti-fascist".
August 4, 2024 at 6:07 PM
Scientists believe we could be just years away from discovering the opposite of "anti-fascist".
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I can't stress enough that this Igor archetype encouraging civil war from a gaming chair is in fact a Malaysian incel who has never been to this country and never will
September 13, 2025 at 12:18 AM
I can't stress enough that this Igor archetype encouraging civil war from a gaming chair is in fact a Malaysian incel who has never been to this country and never will
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Concerns are either concerning or they’re not concerns. Pre-qualifying them as ‘legitimate’ seeks to delegitimise others. It’s also a way of issuing a rebuttal first - ‘My real concerns really are real’.
It’s almost like the people saying they have legitimate concerns actually know they don’t…
It’s almost like the people saying they have legitimate concerns actually know they don’t…
August 31, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Concerns are either concerning or they’re not concerns. Pre-qualifying them as ‘legitimate’ seeks to delegitimise others. It’s also a way of issuing a rebuttal first - ‘My real concerns really are real’.
It’s almost like the people saying they have legitimate concerns actually know they don’t…
It’s almost like the people saying they have legitimate concerns actually know they don’t…
Stolen from twitter but please credit
@robbfromderby.bsky.social
@robbfromderby.bsky.social
August 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Stolen from twitter but please credit
@robbfromderby.bsky.social
@robbfromderby.bsky.social
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Yanks love to be like "our country can be easily saved from Fascism in a way the Brits can't" but our Prime Minister can be replaced at a whim unlike your functionally untouchable for four years Elective Emperor, who you've been saving guns up for two centuries to overthrow when he arose but haven't
August 24, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Yanks love to be like "our country can be easily saved from Fascism in a way the Brits can't" but our Prime Minister can be replaced at a whim unlike your functionally untouchable for four years Elective Emperor, who you've been saving guns up for two centuries to overthrow when he arose but haven't