Alan Smith

Retired Engineer, Ex Lewisham councillor. All views expressed here are my own, and nothing to do with my parents. Or any one else.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

Iv'e been musked out. now here @xdm-al.bsky.social

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@RobertJenrick Perhaps Jenrick would like to explain why the tories put this guy into the house of Lords. Evgeny Lebedev

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@SaulStaniforth So what would you suggest? Renationalisation would mean buying back the shares, so rewarding them for failure. Forced renationalisation would damage our status as a trading nation and make our already brexit damaged status even worse. In essence they need to go bankrupt.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@Rod__Masor You do realise "the unions" are a collective of British citizens not a foreign individual who has no stake in the future of this country don't you.

[Rod Mason @Rod__Mason]

@MarinaPurkiss @Keir_Starmer You’re saying Starmer should change the law, so that Reform can’t have as much money to campaign as the unions give Labour?

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

Let's add conspiracy theorists to that. Starting with @ashtonwa

[Ashton Ward @AshtonWard01]

@DanielJHannan Southport cover up.
Pensioners.
Non Hate Crime Incidents.
Policing tweets.
Jailing protestors…

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

So what we have is farmers complaining about being treated better than all other business owners and most people who own a home in London. What need fixing is the way supermarkets screw down the prices they pay so diverting subsidies into their own pockets.

[Paul Lewis @paullewismoney]

Farmers protesting in London on Tuesday. To get a sense of their anger about govt plans to end farms the 100% exemption from inheritance tax (replaced with £1million tax free then 50% exemption) search #FamilyFarmTax NB it does not just apply to family farms but all agric property

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

He could have laid a wreath in Clacton, that's if he knows were it is and he's pulled his nose out of Trump.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

Me too.

[Darren Johnson @DarrenJohnson66]

I used to get so bored of these sort of motions when I was on Lewisham Council.

“If you look at the agenda paper in the assembly, week in week out, it is full of non-binding motions. It’s ‘This house likes bunny rabbits’, ‘This house marks kitten day.’"
https://t.co/o0TCAWqWU4

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@LewishamCouncil brown bin missed again. This is getting to be a habit.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

When are the Mail on Line going to blame Sadiq Kahn for this?

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

THIS IS HUGE. Paris City Hall has announced that starting on Monday, Paris will limit (not ban) car traffic in the city centre, as cities like Ghent have done. They’re creating a limited traffic zone (ZTL) about 2 sq miles in size, to clean the air & create more space for people.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

Just listened again to "This cultural life" with Bill Nighy. Absolute joy. This is what the BBC does. That's what the licence fee is for.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@corbyn_project More idiotic comment, the cap was funded for one year only and due to end in a couple of months, this announcement has prevented a free for all on bus fares. Its about time Corbyn learnt who the enemy is.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@annettedittert But you have reposted the picture so helping the Tories spread the lie.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

Hi Joe,
This tailored approach has been championed by @GroundworkLON successfully for many years. This is a wheel that doesn't need reinventing it just needs mainstreaming.

[Joe Dromey @Joe_Dromey]

If we are to tackle the rise in inactivity and help people into decent work, we need to provide support which is locally tailored and integrated.

Great report from @HamidaAli76 and @JoeHolland93 at @FutureGovForum on employment support devo.

https://t.co/mOGkcIxjU0

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

Trump is not the president. Are you parody or just stupid?

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

You'd almost think the tories privatised water just so their mates could profit from it. But that can't be right can it?

[Prem Sikka @premnsikka]

Water bills to rise more than expected.

Average of 21% above inflation for 2025 to 2030; Southern Water 44%; Thames Water wants 59%.

OFWAT guarantees real returns to companies. They raise capital from customers, shareholders get returns, people abused.
https://t.co/QbSzg3W3ka

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

You're clearly missing the point that a business that relies on tax payers topping up low pay and creating a working environment where you fear not having a job tomorrow is not a successful business.

[Cognitive Empathy @CognitiveEmpat1]

@jessicaelgot So either successful business models will fail => economic cost,
OR miraculously even though giving rights is a better model for employers they aren't doing it, yet still competing with those who do.

The argument sounds utter nonsense.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@LizWebsterSBF @citylordmayor @wesstreeting @mrjamesob @mikegalsworthy @acgrayling So maybe the Mayor should be criticising prime ministers Cameron, May, Johnson, Truss and Sunak rather than Health Secretary Streeting for the Brexit capitulation.

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

I wonder how johnson would know what a crack den looks like?

[robert shrimsley @robertshrimsley]

Some may find it hard to believe that Theresa May went for the "crack den" look

[Alan Smith @NowJustAl]

@TiceRichard If you bothered to check Hansard you will see that this has been discussed in parliament and select committee 9 times since 2013. Do a bit of research before you make a fool of yourself again.