posting the below and then literally hours later went out and got humbled by the marshes lmao
not been posting here a lot bc i keep forgetting but here are some nice pics ive taken on my runs recently
a lot has been said about whether the greens should run in places like makerfield. some of those who argue against are coming from a genuine place, some are not. i wrote for @theguardian.com on why i think they’re wrong and the greens must stand everywhere… www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
had the best time working with @scottygb.bsky.social and jordan gray on this very stupid panel show
@bencsmoke.bsky.social : "these people clearly don't believe in the universalism I believe in.. very wealthy people.. moving away to remove yourself [from paying] anything into this country is a social ill. We need to start talking about it in those terms" #GMB
had the best time working with @scottygb.bsky.social and jordan gray on this very stupid panel show
been a pretty difficult few months so i wrote about bipolar, being shit at communicating, the anniversary of a big suicide attempt coming up and weirdly quite a lot about eel pie island.
contains discussion of suicide, description of depression
medium.com/@bensmoke/an...
been a pretty difficult few months so i wrote about bipolar, being shit at communicating, the anniversary of a big suicide attempt coming up and weirdly quite a lot about eel pie island.
contains discussion of suicide, description of depression
medium.com/@bensmoke/an...
watch the full ep here divas!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofiD...
To add to the below, Ben Smoke over on X has produced the attached articulate thread.
Karen Pollock invokes the sanctity of Holocaust Memorial Day while directly contradicting the HMD organisation’s own statement of the purpose of the day.
She is not fit for purpose.
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Only the Greens can actually counter Reform UK – Labour is out of touch, says the freelance journalist Ben Smoke