Thomas Smith

Norfolkman in exile in London. Expect Church, Trains, History, comment and pro-LGBT content.
🌈He/Him
Gay; Christian; Opinionated

[Dr Helen Fry | WWII Historian @DrHelenFry]

Alex Kershaw’s D-Day coverage has begun.

Every year it is utterly exceptional.

Do ‘Follow’ him and keep up-to-date with his posts:

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

@railnigel They're the government so...

[Pinsent Tailoring 🌈 @zackpinsent]

Be Gay at every given opportunity and when people get upset…

BE GAYER!!!

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

Under Labour:
1,318 fewer police
1,900 fewer teachers
56,323 criminals released early
72,000 small boat migrants
366,000 more unemployed

...But working age benefit spending is set to have increased by £45 billion a year & (as they admit) that's the only thing Labour care about.

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

@BritRailTog @TalyllynRailway One of the best offices in the world

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

They hit me up on grindr to try and get some before friday prayers. Every week.

[5Pillars @5Pillarsuk]

5Pillars has compiled a brief guide for Muslims living in the West on how to navigate LGBTQ Pride month during June.

https://t.co/jsI0Zb1Ozf

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

The Queen being wonderful.

[The Royal Family @RoyalFamily]

Our very special guests! 🧁☕️

The Queen has hosted a tea party for children supported by Dreams and Wishes, a charity dedicated to helping seriously ill children and their families build precious memories.

🫖🥪 After travelling by horse-drawn carriage from The Royal Mews, the children sat down to sandwiches and cakes with Her Majesty at Clarence House.

The Queen’s Equerry, Major Treasure, also set the children to task with a treasure hunt… leading to the stash of chocolate coins hidden under the Grenadier Guards’ hats! 💂🪎

Dreams and Wishes was established in 2011 and is entirely volunteer-run, with a dedicated team committed to making every child’s wish a reality.

[1926 Live @100YearsAgoLive]

An Empire Day parade is held in Shanghai.

Prince George attends on behalf of the Crown.

[Harry Samuels @hnjsamuels]

Far too confusing and alienating for commuters. Clearly needs renaming to “Business and Property Lane”

[Dan Jackson @northumbriana]

When Anthony Eden met Hitler in 1935 they discovered that they'd faced each other on the Somme front. Hitler drew a diagram of the trench line from memory on the back of a menu which Eden then kept as a souvenir.

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

We really need to be angry about the state of the country.

[Yehuda Teitelbaum @chalavyishmael]

You really can't make this up.

ITV News was in the middle of filming a report on antisemitism in Golders Green when one of the interviewees got a call from his daughter.

She and her friends had just been targeted on a bus by boys shouting "Adolf Hitler," giving Nazi salutes, and telling the girls: "Hitler didn't manage to get you, but we will."

What a sad state of affairs.

[Loïc @Fremond_]

We did it. We've gone full circle. The left is now unironically saying "all lives matter". Only 6 years on from George Floyd.

10/10.

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

@Pyrrrhos Ooof

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

Yeah literally it's just the UKIP re-run exactly what I have been saying for a while...

[(((Dan Hodges))) @DPJHodges]

Like I’ve been saying for a few days now, something isn’t right inside Reform. Their basic internal discipline is collapsing. Fighting amongst themselves. Putting out stupidly transparent and inflammatory attack ads. Mucking up the Makerfield selection. There’s an issue there.

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

@100YearsAgoLive Ooof. Tough rule, but good luck

[Neil O'Brien @NeilDotObrien]

Given that some people are now trying to *completely* re-write history it is worth recalling which minister got lots of flack back in 2020 for attacking critical race theory.

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

@MinooFramroze Mapp and Lucia?

[Jonathan Kay @jonkay]

Wow. The editorial board of the Globe & Mail just flat out admitted that it screwed up by failing to scrutinize the false 2021 claims that “unmarked graves” had been “confirmed” at Kamloops. It’s taken five years, which is a disgrace, but give them credit for finally saying it

[Thomas Smith @SmudgeThomas]

Henry Nowak's murder feels like it should be the moment where we say "this has to stop".

Britain should be better.