Brendan Clarke Smith - A Total Shit

When the less than totally august figure now known as “Lord” John Mann decided not to stand for re-election in 2019, some might have thought that his replacement would be, shall we say, a little less unpleasant. But that was to reckon without the new and virulent strain of sheer nastiness that has infected the modern Tory Party. So Bassetlaw’s voters got Brendan Clarke Smith.

Brendan Clarke Smith. Alleged to be an MP

Like his fellow Blue Team stalwarts from that part of the world, Ben “Cultural Marxism” Bradley and “30p” Lee Anderson, Clarke Smith is an indescribably nasty piece of work. He has been, like the equally unpleasant Jonathan Gullis, a teacher, although setting an example to his flock appears to have been forgotten along the way, as was demonstrated yesterday.

A Tweeter who uses the Nom De Plume Supertanskiii had been at this year’s Glastonbury festival. While there, she had experienced a mental health episode. Her subsequent mistake was being open about this. “On a personal level I’d like to say a huge thank you to the lovely man volunteering for [the samaritans] near the Pyramid stage. He noticed that I’d paused near their truck after Lizzo and asked if I was ok. I wasn’t, it meant the world to me. That chat made such a difference”. Enter Brendan Clarke Smith.

“Vile Internet troll in personal issues shock. Cares little for the welfare of others however when spouting her foul-mouthed bile on twitter. Excuse me for playing the world’s smallest violin”. Er, WHAT?!? What the merry fuck is an MP doing kicking someone when they’re down? Nothing better to do, Bren?

So back came Supertanskiii. “Here we have a Tory MP mocking a person with poor mental health. It’s not trolling to call a c*** a c***, Brendan. I built my anti Tory platforms after my friend took his own life due to Tory covid negligence and NHS cuts. You’re the reason people want to twat Tories”.

POINT. Would Sir care to tone it down a little and say sorry? Ah, but today’s Tories, like their hero, disgraced former alleged Prime Minister Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, don’t say sorry. That shows weakness. So, ignoring Healey’s Dictum, Bren dug himself in deeper. “Why not try deleting your twitter account? You’ll be a lot less angry and feel a lot better about yourself”.

Yes, reader, he said it, he went there. A sitting MP. Severely adverse comment was not long in arriving. LBC host Ben Kentish mused “I have no idea who the original tweeter is or what they have/haven’t tweeted previously, but this is never, ever how you should respond to someone talking about their struggles with mental health. Especially if you’re an MP”.

Author Emma Kennedy didn’t quite believe she’d read that. “Tory MP berates woman thanking The Samaritans for help when she needed it. I’m speechless”. Peter Jukes of Byline Media added “Just pure cruelty. Hard to imagine this Conservative MP was once a teacher. I pity former pupils”.

To which one Tweeter warned “If I was a Tory MP I'd be trying to tone it down, any potential future employer's social media checks will be a nightmare. I think Brendan is going to be informed he is not the right person for this position many times”. So what do those in the education business reckon?

We soon got a handle on that one after Carol Vorderman (for it was she) picked up on Ms Kennedy’s response. “Tory MP [Brendan Clarke Smith] (fed baked beans by spoon by Lee Anderson last wk [don’t ask]) berating [Supertanskiii] for asking [the Samaritans] for help this wkend. Given that he will be a FORMER MP soon & likely go back to teaching, should he be banned from being with children [Mary Bousted of the NEU]?

What say Ms Bousted? Clearly, she had to be diplomatic in her choice of words, but it wasn’t looking good for Bren. “Teachers would never behave like this. Teachers support and help young people with mental health issues. They do not demean or belittle them”. Clarke Smith will find out, as will Jonathan Gullis, that actions have consequences. And their future employment prospects will suffer significantly as a result. But there is a silver lining.

They can always go blubbering to the press and join in the post-election confected culture war, telling anyone who will listen how the Woke Blob has conspired to Cancel them. The Rotten Lefties™ done it! It was someone else’s fault. It was nothing to do with them loosing off in public or on social media like a load of boorish thugs. They will be victims. For money.

But Clarke Smith will still be a total shit. No change there, then.

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