SimonC
@simoncoldham.bsky.social
Family man, cyclist, tech nerd who made a career out of it, socialist, humanist. Too political for my wife so I vent here.
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Keir Starmer has called for an investigation into Reform's ties with Russia.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is 'surprised' about who he’s called upon to lead it.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is 'surprised' about who he’s called upon to lead it.
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Keir Starmer has called for an investigation into Reform's ties with Russia.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is 'surprised' about who he’s called upon to lead it.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social is 'surprised' about who he’s called upon to lead it.
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I'm stunned every time I see that Farage is still a political force in the UK. He's an obvious buffoon. Maybe a Russian asset? Is responsible for the nation's disastrous economy. Deeply unpleasant personality.
November 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM
I'm stunned every time I see that Farage is still a political force in the UK. He's an obvious buffoon. Maybe a Russian asset? Is responsible for the nation's disastrous economy. Deeply unpleasant personality.
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Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Covid inquiry live: ‘Inexcusable’ delays under Johnson led to 23,000 deaths
Lockdowns may have been avoided if Boris Johnson’s government had acted faster, damning report finds
www.thetimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Having Johnson & Cummings in Downing Street when Covid struck was, just like Brexit, an entirely avoidable disaster caused largely by utterly appalling journalism. And now exactly the same clowns, arses & bigots with bylines are rolling out the red carpet for Farage.
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
www.thetimes.com/article/1b15...
Exactly this.
The main question I have for Labour is, what will you do when the polls don’t improve for you after this?
November 19, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Exactly this.
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We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
November 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
We don't need to "protect our borders"
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Our biggest threat doesn't need to cross a border to harm us.
From a yacht, billionaires can move markets, pressure govs, dodge taxes & bankroll politicians to rewrite our laws.
The threat isn't the "outsider"
It's the concentrated power already inside.
Oh this is so good. Watch and laugh.
⚠️ BREAKING: BBC In Crisis - New Director General Picks Leaked.
🙏🏻 PLEASE like, share and kiss this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/P8kl2ETzH7k?...
🙏🏻 PLEASE like, share and kiss this latest #BrokenNews report.
youtu.be/P8kl2ETzH7k?...
LEAKED: BBC Director General Candidates - #BrokenNews
YouTube video by Larry & Paul
youtu.be
November 15, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Oh this is so good. Watch and laugh.
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the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 PM
the right winger who was appointed to lead the BBC in the hope of appeasing right wingers has been driven out by right wingers for not appeasing right wingers enough and the BBC has the chance to do the funniest thing ever
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I thought this Washington Post headline about Elon Musk needed a bit of context.
November 7, 2025 at 7:59 PM
I thought this Washington Post headline about Elon Musk needed a bit of context.
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If you live in a major city, your mayor is almost certainly aware of @annehidalgo.bsky.social's record.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
Over 800km of new bike paths, pedestrian zones, school streets, 200,000 new trees, a 40% reduction in traffic, a 40% reduction in emissions, and a plan for a carbon neutral Paris by 2050. There is nothing stopping other city leaders from being this bold.
“One of Hidalgo’s most transformative achievements has been her push to reduce car dominance in Paris, a city historically shaped by automotive culture. Since 2014, her administration has added over 1,300 kilometers (800 miles) of bike lanes, making cycling a viable and safe option for commuters.”
November 3, 2025 at 9:28 PM
If you live in a major city, your mayor is almost certainly aware of @annehidalgo.bsky.social's record.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
If they're deciding not to follow her lead, that decision is a deliberate one.
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Reform UK supporting Matt Goodwin says because we are broke taxes have to go up
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
October 31, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Reform UK supporting Matt Goodwin says because we are broke taxes have to go up
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
Brexit costs us £40 billion a year in lost tax income from trade with the EU, this is why we are broke
If you vote for Reform you're voting for the same people who made us broke, to fix us being broke 🤷♂️ #BBCQT
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Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
October 30, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Man with stubble, "Small boats arrivals are 37,000. There are over 4 million kids in child poverty. And 4.5 million who can't get a dentist appointment" #BBCQT
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
"We spend 90% of the media discourse on the 37,000. How much more could we achieve if we put that effort into the 4.5 million?"
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Under the current criminalisation of protest, even the famous campaigners that we celebrate in the UK would be at risk of arrest simply for peacefully protesting.
The right to protest is a cornerstone of our democracy; we cannot allow its restriction to go unchallenged.
The right to protest is a cornerstone of our democracy; we cannot allow its restriction to go unchallenged.
October 29, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Under the current criminalisation of protest, even the famous campaigners that we celebrate in the UK would be at risk of arrest simply for peacefully protesting.
The right to protest is a cornerstone of our democracy; we cannot allow its restriction to go unchallenged.
The right to protest is a cornerstone of our democracy; we cannot allow its restriction to go unchallenged.
Oh.
Food profits have increased more than 30% in Europe since 2021.
While in the US/UK they have increased nearly 200%.
There is no 'inflation' only profiteering.
While in the US/UK they have increased nearly 200%.
There is no 'inflation' only profiteering.
October 28, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Oh.
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Don't spread this around, wouldn't want the gammons having heart attacks because the Daily Mail has gone 'woke'.
October 27, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Don't spread this around, wouldn't want the gammons having heart attacks because the Daily Mail has gone 'woke'.
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Does this mean they're down to one MP now?
⚡ British counterterrorism police have arrested three men in London on suspicion of assisting a Russian intelligence service.
British Police Foil Alleged Russian Spy Ring in London, Three Arrested
British counterterrorism police have detained three men in London suspected of aiding Russian intelligence under the National Security Act.
united24media.com
October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Does this mean they're down to one MP now?
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I bought one of those self-assembly bird tables a while back. The lazy bastards haven't even opened the box, all they've done is shit on it.
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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This is soooo good. 👌🏻
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Nurse:
It’s become a real problem in this area
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Nurse:
We’ve seen the whole community lost to addiction
3
Show a building sign posted:
Westminster ‘X’ Addiction Clinic
With various Westminster people or looking at their phones outside it
Nurse:
Ministers, Spads, Researchers…
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Nurse:
Most mornings we’ll get a call about someone acting strangely
[Nurse on phone taking a call]
Ok - we’ll be right over
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Nurse:
We just have a gentle chat
[Nurses approach a minister –Robert Jenrick? - standing in the Palace of Westminster
Minister:
I understand your concerns…
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Nurse:
Are you OK love?
Minister:
Yes I’m just hearing legitimate concerns from real voters
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Nurse:
That’s a robot, a Nazi and a poorly-disguised Russian
[Show that the people he is talking to are precisely these characters]
Nurse 2:
Give us your phone, love
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Nurse:
At the clinic we put them in a Grass-Touching Pod, with a real voter to talk to
[We see them back at the clinic, holding the minister's head and pushing him into a glass isolation booth with a grass floor. And it is a baffled looking woman, on a chair, ready to talk to him.]
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Minister:
YOU MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT THE COMING CIVIL WAR
[woman looks baffled]
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woman:
I just want a bus service
Minister:
LOOK AT MY FLAG
[produces a St George's flag]
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October 20, 2025 at 9:07 AM
This is soooo good. 👌🏻
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How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
October 17, 2025 at 2:38 PM
How has the government got itself into the position of standing up for Israeli football hooligans, while criminalising peaceful supporters of Palestine Action?
Wonderful 💚
October 16, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Wonderful 💚
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"Privatisation is a failed experiment which takes all our money and pays it out to shareholders."
Do we pay enough tax for good Public Services?
Can you see the problem?
They are not Public, so they will never be good no matter how much you spend.
Do we pay enough tax for good Public Services?
Can you see the problem?
They are not Public, so they will never be good no matter how much you spend.
October 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
"Privatisation is a failed experiment which takes all our money and pays it out to shareholders."
Do we pay enough tax for good Public Services?
Can you see the problem?
They are not Public, so they will never be good no matter how much you spend.
Do we pay enough tax for good Public Services?
Can you see the problem?
They are not Public, so they will never be good no matter how much you spend.
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Why does this tax exile 'foreigner' think our government should discuss policy with him? He should feck off back to Monaco. Made his choice based on his own interest, to avoid tax. Anything he has to say will be only in his own interests, again.
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buff.ly/6XvNGfT
Miliband refused to discuss North Sea with me, says Ratcliffe
Ineos owner urges policymakers to reform net zero taxes or risk ‘irreversible decline’
www.telegraph.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
October 7, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Yes, yes I know I keep banging on about my fucking book! However, if you want one repost this and I’ll do a random winner pick thing by the end of the week because I’m great like that. ♥️📚
#amindofmyown
#amindofmyown
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October 7, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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