Lady Smidge (HH to friends)

I recently listened Jimmy Carr’s episode of the Rosebud podcast. I found him pretty odd and a bit terrifying tbh

Trump corruption winning biggley 🤬

Just a reminder it’s been two days since reports came out, later acknowledged by Trump and his Administration, that Russia has been helping Iran to try and kill US military personnel.

And the Trump response so far has been...drum roll please...to reduce sanctions on Russia!

Hopefully not planning a trip to see the Pope 🤨

Lindsey’s diplomacy working wonders in UAE.

The impact of Brexit on immigration to the UK A new analysis finds that Brexit raised the number of foreign-born workers in the UK by about 200,000, but resulted in a more dramatic shift in the countries of origin.

The impact of Brexit on UK immigration - new research by @johnspringford.bsky.social & me for @centreeuropeanref.bsky.social & @ukandeu.bsky.social

Brexit

a) reduced EU-origin employees by 785K (2.3% of workforce)
b) increased non-EU origin employees by 992K (2.95%)

www.cer.eu/insights/imp...

This is what ecocide looks like.

New Employment Rights Act ‘a huge boost for women in the workplace’ Government says new rights for parental leave and sick pay will increase equality and economic growth

The Guardian has a positive article about Labour today on the benefits of the Employment Rights Act 2025, much of which comes into force next month.

Please read the article and share it widely, to let the Guardian know this is more the sort of content we want!

www.theguardian.com/law/2026/mar...

Epstein 33: Has “Jane Doe” Turned the Corner on the Cover-Up? The 2016 allegation of Trump brutally raping at least one girl is back.

Trump accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl.
My latest ⬇️
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/epstein-33...

Chris Murphy: "I think it's likely the United States that carried out this attack on this school. I think it's unforgivable under any circumstances, but the fact this was one of our first targeting decisions speaks to the incompetence of our leadership at the Dept of Defense."

Trump accused of sexually abusing a 13-year-old girl. My latest ⬇️
mdavis19881.substack.com/p/epstein-33...

We appear to be experiencing some “technical difficulties”, so please bear with us whilst we refer this to our technical expert…

The first lesson of war is ‘know your enemy’ – and Britain’s enemy now is Donald Trump | Simon Tisdall As the Iran disaster escalates, the US president should be seen as an enemy whose actions threaten the lawful, democratic way of life everywhere, says Guardian foreign affairs commentator Simon Tisdal...

I’m trying to share positive nature stuff but, well, in the enveloping global darkness, this from Simon Tisdall is spot on. We desperately need wisdom, empathy and restraint from our global leaders and, in Britain, courage to step away from Trump. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

If you are Disgusted that child rapist aren’t in jail because they have Money then do this👇🏻

Pretty snarky read on a very important subject. Take a read and SHARE if you agree.

mdavis19881.substack.com/p/armageddon...

Trump has threatened our allies, eyed up Greenland and is now criticising Britain over a war he started.

We shouldn’t reward his bad behaviour with a state visit.

@alpinkerton.bsky.social

As a runner, my calves are hurting just looking at this 🤔

Not forgetting ‘singer’ too 😬

Let’s keep on sharing this 👇👇

Scene from Hungary tonight as crowds rally against the Russian-backed Orban regime.

Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper responds to President Trump’s latest outburst.

“The job of the British PM is to take decisions in the national interest of the U.K., not in the interests of other countries… we don’t outsource foreign policy to other countries”.

#bbclaurak

Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin.

"I said it's quite bold of Nigel Farage to go to the US to side with Donald Trump against his own country. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a treacherous self-serving sack of shit"

Quite honestly I can’t think of many better ways to spend a day than visiting Lynton & Lynmouth 🙌

Prime Minister of Poland👇

How the right-wing British press became Trump’s trumpet Churchill would be appalled by the kinds of things Donald Trump says and does. But Fleet Street is happy to ignore history for the sake of some political point-scoring, writes Alan Rusbridger

“You’d think he’d be busy monitoring the wildfire consequences of the war he’d just started. But, no, he entertained himself by slagging off the British leader to any British journalist who’d listen.”

And they did more than listen. They disgraced themselves.
www.independent.co.uk/voices/trump...

Homeland Security Wants Social Media Sites to Expose Anti-ICE Accounts

Homeland Security wants Social Media sites to expose Anti-ICE Accounts!!!!

The Government is trampling on our CIVIL LIBERTIES!!!!!

#ICE

#Iran

#Epstein

#EpsteinFiles

www.nytimes.com/2026/02/13/t...

What I will never understand is....Twitter was *never* a good gauge of public opinion! I genuinely cannot understand the people who have clearly been using it as a measure of something other than 'internal leadership contests' (where it was genuinely useful' or 'ways to discover cool links'.

I’d love to go and have a coffee with Mr Starmer and give him a good talking to. Does he ever hear from ‘normal’ people 🤨

Mahmood (and Labour) just miss the point again. It’s like they learn nothing from the by-election. They keep going as if being more like Reform is winning back voters (it is not). It’s like Labour have no political antennae at all. Creasy is correct here.