Max Smith

Writer, reader, radical, retired restaurateur.

[The Fraud @StarmertheFraud]

Isn't this strange... Labour Together deleted this post from X showing an LT event at 2023 Labour conference, addressed by Peter Mandelson, @jreynoldsMP and hosted by Josh Simons. This screengrab was taken two weeks ago, so only deleted since then. Would be a shame if it was shared, widely, so it never disappears.

[Faiza Shaheen @faizashaheen]

Yes, expect a rewrite of history over the next few weeks…
Starmer’s regime stripped the soul out of the Labour Party. From authoritarianism and enabling genocide to pro-rich anti-working class policies, his downfall was entirely self-inflicted and deserved.
The thing is, some of his enablers and supporters will still hold senior positions under Burnham. And they assume we will forget.

[Steve W @StevenGWalker74]

Perhaps we can't expect any better from the top dog at the Met who fraternises with depraved zionist extremists like the so called Chief Rabbi who abuses Judaism to sanctify the genocidal slaughter in Gaza and whose own child joined the genocidal IDF?

[troovus @troovus]

Martin Forde’s report commissioned by Starmer’s leadership said there was a hierarchy of racism operating within Labour

Labour buried the report and their lawyers sent Forde a threatening letter to try to stop him from talking about it

This is relevant context to current events

[Russell @Russell0123456]

@JohnWRees @metpoliceuk The Nakba means catastrophe & the catastrophe for the Arabs was that they failed in their attempt to destroy the new state of Israel & drive all the Jews into the sea.

To commemorate the failure to kill Jews is both morally repugnant & antisemitic.
https://t.co/9ciVRPzKMD

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

MP's basic salary in 2021 = £81,932.00

MP's basic salary in 2025 = £93,904.00

That's a 14.6% pay rise in five years.

Tell us again how doctors are asking for too much?

[Jacqueline (Jacqui) Mckenzie @JacquiMckenzie6]

From Martin Forde KC to the Guardian letters editors yesterday who have not yet published it.

Dear Sir,

I have watched with horror the race to the bottom on migration engaged upon by Reform the Conservatives and the Labour Party. The recent comments of Katie Lam reported in the Sunday Times about the need to deport settled families and legal migrants to achieve cultural coherence appears to me to be a thinly disguised "keep Britain white" campaign. Does that include my family? My parents were invited here by the British government in the 1950's. We actively recruit foreign nationals to operate within the NHS and Care sectors without whom both would be on their knees. Under legislation introduced by Priti Patel, not only I but my children can be deported and stripped of citizenship as we are all entitled, via our heritage to passports from counties we have never resided in. This despite the fact that my family have paid nearly 165 years worth of tax ( in the case of myself and my two children of working age at the highest rates) to this country and never received a day of state benefits other than child benefit. Which "home" should I go to as apparently it is not their fault that my parents came here feeling fully British and part of the Empire. Are they among those "who came here (but) they just shouldn't have been able to do so". No doubt I will wait in vain for any condemnation from her Party leader, herself of migrant heritage as, ironically is Katie Lam, apparently a "rising star tipped to be future Leader". I despair.

Yours faithfully,

Martin Forde KC

#Race
#Racism

[Max Smith @everysmith]

Is that Akehurst in the background?

[Steve Powers @StevePowers_]

🚨Never forget who Lisa Nandy is when she is behind closed doors unaware she is being filmed🤮�

[Ryan Rozbiani @RyanRozbiani]

🚨 BREAKING: UK Arrests Journalist Sarah Wilkinson After Israeli Abduction

🇬🇧 Sarah Wilkinson was arrested the moment she landed back in Britain, days after being kidnapped and detained by Israel during the Global Sumud Flotilla.

[Max Smith @everysmith]

@MattWestern_ Who started this absurd obsession with flags? Union flags all over the place at Labour conference. And BTW, in Warwickshire, the Bear and Ragged Staff is a hell of lot more relevant than the flag of Ukraine.

[Max Smith @everysmith]

@thomasjamespe @PippaCrerar Bit difficult to be Mayor of Manchester when you live in Hove.

[Max Smith @everysmith]

@MattWestern_ did he by any chance claim any kind of success in these missions? For example, how many hostages have been rescued as a result. how many have been rescued at all?

[Justintime @tykestakeonit]

She'll be forever remembered as the home secretary that locked up pensioners and disabled for holding a piece of card.
I'm trying not to laugh. 🫢🤭🥴😬😁😆🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Dr. Mads Gilbert @DrMadsGilbert]

I’m watching – as I’m sure many of you are – the live broadcast from the White House with the European leaders and Zelensky flattering and grovelling before Trump. But worst of all: this group of ‘all-White-power’ figures keeps repeating the same mantra: “We have to stop the killing” and “Save the children” (in Ukraine) – yet not a single mention of Gaza or “the killings” happening there.

We are witnessing, in front of the cameras, what Europe’s colonial leaders are willing to unite around on just a few hours’ notice – while they effortlessly allow 2.2 million brown people to be starved and slaughtered in Gaza.

Shocking.
Sickening.
Hypocritical.

And as Macron said to Trump:
“You can count on us!”

Dr. Mads

[Max Smith @everysmith]

@UKLabour What is the row with Labour about?

[Max Smith @everysmith]

@daveainsworth63 @mjdaly57 The greatest. Bowler, batsman, fielder, skipper.

[Mark Seddon @MarkSeddon1962]

This is on you @YvetteCooperMP and all of the idiot MPs who voted for this obnoxious piece of legislation. It may be ok in North Korea, but not here. You need to rescind it quickly. https://t.co/6Lp1FYGlB9

[Max Smith @everysmith]

@MattWestern_ @_JessCarter A tough time for women like Jess and Diane. We need to stand up for them and call out the detractors before the racism becomes mainstream again.

[Max Smith @everysmith]

@MattWestern_ @_JessCarter Jess, you are not the first and won’t be the last to attract the attentions of the racists, but you are one of the least deserving of this shit. You are always in the hearts of Warwick football fans.

[Max Smith @everysmith]

Starmer speaks out in May: “Last month, I promised workers at Jaguar Land Rover that I would protect their jobs. I kept that promise.” Yeah, right.