Ian P. Smith

Passionate about Spurs #COYS!! Lover of jazz and music in general, especially live music.

[David Ullrich @DavidUllrich202]

Mysterious ‘cold blob’ in the Atlantic suggests the AMOC is weakening

A patch of ocean south-east of Greenland is the only place on Earth that is cooling, and it could be a sign that the warm water “conveyor belt” in the Atlantic is slowing down

https://t.co/iOP7S0fjUS

https://t.co/nKdwhlJCaW

[Ian P. Smith @spurs505]

@hemmroideater @MrAdetilewa @fesshole Medical history if true

[James Tate @JamesTate121]

Too on point not to share, “Aussie reply to Trump rant about NATO not being there for us.

Mate. You run a country with 600,000 homeless people sleeping on the street tonight. A country where 40% of adults can't cover a $400 emergency without borrowing money. A country where insulin costs more than a car payment and people are rationing it to survive. A country where medical debt is the number 1 cause of bankruptcy. A country where women are dying in hospital car parks because doctors are too scared of abortion laws to treat a miscarriage.
You lock up more of your own citizens than any nation on earth. More than China. More than Russia. More than North Korea. The land of the free has 2 million people in cages, and a quarter of them haven't even been convicted of anything. They're just too poor to make bail.
Your life expectancy is going backwards. You're the only developed nation where that's happening. Your infant mortality rate is worse than Cuba's. Your kids do active shooter drills between maths and English while you sell the gunmaker's stock to your mates.
Your minimum wage hasn't moved in 15 years. You've got teachers working 2 jobs and veterans sleeping under bridges and you just spent a trillion dollars flattening a country that didn't attack you.
And you’ve got a convicted felon, adjudicating raping, paedophile protecting, porn star shagging insurrectionist running the biggest dumpster fire war campaign since the Taliban thanked you very much for losing again.
And you're calling Greenland poorly run?
Greenland has universal healthcare. Free education. One of the lowest incarceration rates in the world. Nobody goes bankrupt there because they got sick. Nobody dies in a waiting room because their insurance said no.
"NATO wasn't there when we needed them." When exactly was that, champ? September 11? Because NATO invoked Article 5 for the first and only time in history FOR YOU. Soldiers from dozens of countries deployed, fought, bled, and died in Afghanistan FOR YOU. Australia wasn't even in NATO and we still showed up. For 20 years.
And you pulled out at 2am without telling anyone and left them to deal with the mess.
So maybe before you start calling other countries poorly run, have a look at your own backyard, you spray-tanned aluminium siding salesman. The only thing poorly run in this picture is your fucking mouth. Credit (borrowed from) Jim Scroggins - original author 📷 unknown”

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

We need a full, independent, public inquiry into the sinister operations of Labour Together.

[Canary @TheCanaryUK]

Remember when Keir Starmer and his allies mocked socialists and Jeremy Corbyn supporters at Labour conference.

Who's laughing now?

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Child poverty, soaring rents and endless war.

Yes, Keir Starmer should resign, but unless we replace our rotten political system, nothing will change.

We need a new kind of politics. One that takes on the rich and powerful to build a dignified society for all.

[Harry Eccles @Heccles94]

Well this is embarrassing 👇

[Angus Parsad-Wyatt @anguswyatt]

NEW: @UKIP has submitted an application to the Electoral Commission to change its official logo.

And it’s ever so slightly concerning… 👀

[lan Byrne MP @IanByrneMP]

Do we stand for international law and national sovereignty, or not?

Attacking a sovereign nation, the capture of Venezuelan President Maduro and his wife, and their imprisonment in the US is a violation of international law.

International law is not optional, and we must defend it consistently without double standards.

And of course this move by the US is not about drugs. If it was, Trump would not have pardoned one of the largest narco traffickers in the world last month.

This is about the blatant pursuit of oil and regime change, plain and simple.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

A shameful and reckless statement from the Prime Minister.

International law is being cast aside to appease Donald Trump.

The world will see this hypocrisy for exactly what it is.

Contrast it with the principled words of Brazil's President Lula (below). That's real leadership.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

Bombing a sovereign nation and kidnapping the President is the behaviour of a cowboy state.

The United States’ attack on Venezuela is illegal — and it is utterly shameful that the UK government refuses to condemn this reckless act of war.

[Ian P. Smith @spurs505]

@quinnnnnmm79272 @BurnhamNick @anon_opin And the people needing income support to supplement the full time crappy wage that J Sainsbury's pays. Still, it's lovely to have billionaires, innit

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

British billionaires have added £35,000,000 to their wealth since I posted this yesterday.

[Jeremy Corbyn @jeremycorbyn]

We deplore racist attacks at home for the same reason we deplore genocide abroad: we believe in the equal value of human life.

My response to calls for the cancellation of peaceful protests for Palestine.

[Jody McIntyre @jodymcintyre_]

Scotland was a priority target for Morgan McSweeney, and Labour moved from one to 37 seats in 2024.

However, eight Labour MPs received £10k cash donations from Labour Together NOT registered on the Electoral Commission website.

For the first time, I am revealing the names…🧵

[Gaza Notifications @gazanotice]

🚨 BREAKING: Gaza is under heavy Israeli bombardment.

[Grace Blakeley @graceblakeley]

Link to full article in bio

[Ian P. Smith @spurs505]

@withnail69 @fesshole Ah, good point. Thought you were saying that high pain threshold was an indicator.

[Ian P. Smith @spurs505]

@withnail69 @fesshole Is high pain threshold a symptom of autism? Recently been told I have a high pain threshold by dental surgeons (pre and post tooth removal) and by a general surgeon following tumour removal.

[Jess Barnard @JessicaLBarnard]

Both the Prime Minister and the leader of the opposition here suggesting that Ukrainians are deserving of sanctuary, but Palestinians are not.

That parliament has created legal processes for Ukrainians, not for Palestinians.

What do we call that?