Alan C. Smith
@algingersmith.bsky.social
Another ape in the human zoo. #Politics #Radio4 #TheArchers #ClimateCrisis #Gardening #Comics #Film #MentalHealth
Let me get this right: if you're a retired vicar and peacefully hold up a sign opposing genocide, you're a terrorist. But if 1200 morons put on balaclavas and close half of Dover to stop people *escaping* genocide, police "constructively engage." Is that it? www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Black-clad protesters in balaclavas block road at port of Dover in Kent
Traffic on A20 in and out of port grinds to halt as Kent police say they are in attendance and engaging with group
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Scotland is not 'the North.' The North means the North of England. Scotland is Scotland. Um with its own government. Not that hard to understand is it.. #bbcaq
Yeah lets not mention the Windscale disaster eh? That resulted in the change of name to Sellafield. #bbcaq
More David hypocrisy. YOUR govt tripled debt. Never mind the triple lock.. #bbcaq
Lets wheel this out again...🙄 #bbcaq x.com/resfoundatio...
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Is welfare spending ''out of control''? It's estimated to be 11.1 per cent of GDP this financial year. That's just 1.1 per cent of GDP higher than in 2007-08, and total welfare spending has actual...
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Putin invaded Ukraine in 2014. Tories kept cutting UK defence spending for 10 years. Go away. #bbcaq
Alex playing Reform spokesperson. And suggesting high polling excuses criminality. #bbcaq
James Orr. Platformed several times by the BBC. Question Time. Moral Maze. Politics Live. They never learn. #wato
Now its fucking GOVE. You're really spoiling us today. 🤦♂️ #wato
Freudian slip from Sarah. It is all UKIP in another form.. #wato
'He knows what's gone on' He was in the bloody video! These fucking people.. #wato
Andrew Griffith as Shadow Chancellor. 😂😂😂😂 Hilarious. Her lack of judgement continues. #toryreshuffle #wato
Hannah-Mary is 36. Imagine growing up with climate change and yet going to work for an oil company. As a scientist. #bbcaq
The delusions of readiness for flooding..🙄 We're still BUILDING in flood plains ffs. #r4today #floodrisk www.theguardian.com/environment/...
One in nine new homes in England built in areas of flood risk, study shows
Figures from Aviva also show number of homes being built in risky areas is on the rise
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Extreme heat stressed trees are hilarious apparently. Why do so many R4 presenters treat climate in such a trivial way. #wato
Individualistic societies are fundamentally unsuited to the collective action required against climate change. As the last few decades have proved. Too little, far far too late. #wato #climatecrisis
Anyone can dig a hole? Not a lot of use if it's not connected to anything though, is it? 🤦 Locating them and connecting them where they're needed is less easy. Who is this eejit chucking out easy answers to difficult questions. #wato
The reservoirs we do have are all down. Rainfall is down. Stop assuming we'll get all the water we need in the winter. Clueless. #wato
People are hypocrits. Spend all their money online then complain about degraded local high streets. #bbcaq
Timpson's convict employment level is 12% not 50. But yes he was a great appointment. Great pity he left. #bbcaq
Ok stop talking now John. He's gained 1000 votes when no other main party even fielded candidates. 🤦♂️ #r4today
Racist party wants to abandon Equalities Act *shock* #bbcaq
Poor little innocent Oil companies, just trying to make a buck. 😢 Nevermind that they've consistently worked for decades to obscure climate science and create doubt and inaction. Tax the fuckers into the ground and jail their chief executives. #wato #climatecrisis