Simon Edmonds
@sjsedmonds.bsky.social
Full time carer. Retired ex Govt, Innovation, R&D, Industrial Policy, views all mine. Live in Dorset, happy place is Lohr am Main, Lower Franconia, rejoin EU. Bake sourdough. Walk a lot. Drink nice coffee. Garden a bit. Rescues plants. Grows veg.
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Simon Edmonds
@sjsedmonds.bsky.social
· Sep 17
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I wasn’t able to complete the Jurassic Trek for @alzheimerssoc.bsky.social due a postponement but I have deferred to June 2026. I’m hoping for great weather to raise more funds for this charity that is so important to carers and patients alike. Roll on 2026 😎
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Happily not having to deal with MPs, Opposition and Treasury nonsense any more.
December 1, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Happily not having to deal with MPs, Opposition and Treasury nonsense any more.
How absolutely pointless and ridiculous !!
December 1, 2025 at 4:37 PM
How absolutely pointless and ridiculous !!
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Keir Starmer, "Tax rises do make life harder for people, I understand that, it's obvious"
It's also obvious that a wealth tax of 1% on those with £10m+ would NOT make life harder for the rich - thats also obvious 🤷♂️
It's also obvious that a wealth tax of 1% on those with £10m+ would NOT make life harder for the rich - thats also obvious 🤷♂️
December 1, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Keir Starmer, "Tax rises do make life harder for people, I understand that, it's obvious"
It's also obvious that a wealth tax of 1% on those with £10m+ would NOT make life harder for the rich - thats also obvious 🤷♂️
It's also obvious that a wealth tax of 1% on those with £10m+ would NOT make life harder for the rich - thats also obvious 🤷♂️
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For context this "independent voice" is a former Conservative candidate and the sister-in-law of David Cameron
If Kemi Badenoch carries on like this she’ll be elected prime minister | Emily Sheffield
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
www.independent.co.uk/voices/kemi-...
If Kemi Badenoch carries on like this she’ll be elected prime minister
The leader of the Conservative Party has rediscovered a clarity and verve that will have Keir Starmer, Rachel Reeves – and Nigel Farage – worried, says Emily Sheffield
www.independent.co.uk
December 1, 2025 at 2:16 PM
For context this "independent voice" is a former Conservative candidate and the sister-in-law of David Cameron
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I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
November 30, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I must have missed the wall-to-wall coverage of demands for an investigation into Nigel Farage's lies about being a racist
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
Or about whether he knew Nathan Gill
Or about who bought his house in Frinton
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Moin. Good morning.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
December 1, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Moin. Good morning.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
All right, everyone. Gird your loins because #Whamageddon starts today. If you heard it last week, it doesn't count. But do be more careful! May the odds always be in your favor.
Great article here and well worth listening to @johnharris1969.bsky.social on the @theguardian.com Politics Weekly podcast.
Latest from me: on the budget, Labour's troubles, & the government's increasingly tense & distant relationship with the UK's squeezed middle www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The ‘squeezed middle’ is back – and this time it could be Labour’s undoing | John Harris
Last week’s budget left middle-income families anxious and angry. The party is turning its back on voters it can little afford to lose, says Guardian columnist John Harris
www.theguardian.com
November 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Great article here and well worth listening to @johnharris1969.bsky.social on the @theguardian.com Politics Weekly podcast.
Very happy first Sunday of Advent.
The Christmas decorations are now up.
The Christmas decorations are now up.
November 30, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Very happy first Sunday of Advent.
The Christmas decorations are now up.
The Christmas decorations are now up.
Kyren Wilson is commentating on UK snooker championships - can somebody tell him less is more, Wilson seems to want to be talking non stop !!
#UKSnookerChampionship
#UKSnookerChampionship
November 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Kyren Wilson is commentating on UK snooker championships - can somebody tell him less is more, Wilson seems to want to be talking non stop !!
#UKSnookerChampionship
#UKSnookerChampionship
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The Guardian reports that large parts of southern Europe are drying up. And just in case you are not sufficiently worried: Their definition of southern Europe includes Germany and the South of the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Revealed: Europe’s water reserves drying up due to climate breakdown
Exclusive: UCL scientists find large swathes of southern Europe are drying up, with ‘far-reaching’ implications
www.theguardian.com
November 29, 2025 at 7:17 AM
The Guardian reports that large parts of southern Europe are drying up. And just in case you are not sufficiently worried: Their definition of southern Europe includes Germany and the South of the UK. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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At this juncture in Putin's war to not conclude this negotiation seems pretty stupid on both the Govt and the Commission.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Talks over UK joining EU defence fund break down over entry fee
The two sides had been at odds over a fee to allow UK defence firms to access a greater share of loans.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
At this juncture in Putin's war to not conclude this negotiation seems pretty stupid on both the Govt and the Commission.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy
We are concerned about reported efforts from Russia to influence democracy in the US, UK, Europe and elsewhere. We believe we must establish the depth and breadth of possible Russian influence campaig...
petition.parliament.uk
November 28, 2025 at 4:46 PM
I've signed. Have you?
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Petition: Call a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
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🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨Now on 86,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 90,000 tonight!
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...
Paella dinner night
how it started and how it ended
how it started and how it ended
November 28, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Paella dinner night
how it started and how it ended
how it started and how it ended
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No response from the Conservative party to my questions about this and the post still remains on her account.
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
The Conservative Party's leader in London, Susan Hall, just shared this Islamophobic disinformation about Sadiq Khan, after it was posted on X by a racist troll
November 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
No response from the Conservative party to my questions about this and the post still remains on her account.
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
So apparently openly spreading anti-Muslim hate is absolutely fine now
Just been Whammed for Xmas
November 28, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Just been Whammed for Xmas
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Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
Foreign doctors trained by the NHS face deportation under visa rules
www.thetimes.com
November 28, 2025 at 9:32 AM
Welcome Shabana Mahmood to your next four years of headlines!!!
Speaking from outside his chateau in France, so much for Brexit and UKIP party commitment.
Former Farage party MEP denies taking money from pro-Russian campaign www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Brexit Party MEP denies taking payment from pro-Russian campaign
A prominent former MEP for Nigel Farage's old party denies taking bribes in a pro-Russian campaign.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Speaking from outside his chateau in France, so much for Brexit and UKIP party commitment.
Trump saying he will ‘permanently pause migration’
Surely it is permanently stop or temporarily pause ?! 🤷♂️
Trump says US will pause migration from 'third-world countries' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Surely it is permanently stop or temporarily pause ?! 🤷♂️
Trump says US will pause migration from 'third-world countries' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Trump says US will 'permanently pause migration' from 'third world countries'
The president did not name which countries would be affected, but vowed to remove anyone "not a net asset" to the US.
www.bbc.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Trump saying he will ‘permanently pause migration’
Surely it is permanently stop or temporarily pause ?! 🤷♂️
Trump says US will pause migration from 'third-world countries' www.bbc.com/news/article...
Surely it is permanently stop or temporarily pause ?! 🤷♂️
Trump says US will pause migration from 'third-world countries' www.bbc.com/news/article...
That is worth re-reading 👇
“Dementia is the UK’s leading cause of death……”
We are light years behind other conditions in terms of care pathways, diagnostics and potential cures.
“Dementia is the UK’s leading cause of death……”
We are light years behind other conditions in terms of care pathways, diagnostics and potential cures.
‘Dementia is the UK’s leading cause of death, costs £42 billion a year, and people with the condition occupy one in six hospital beds. Without urgent action, those costs will almost double by 2040. (2/5)
November 28, 2025 at 10:21 AM
That is worth re-reading 👇
“Dementia is the UK’s leading cause of death……”
We are light years behind other conditions in terms of care pathways, diagnostics and potential cures.
“Dementia is the UK’s leading cause of death……”
We are light years behind other conditions in terms of care pathways, diagnostics and potential cures.
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What the Autumn Budget means for DEMENTIA (as explained by our Chief Policy and Research Officer, Professor Fiona Carragher) 👇
‘With winter pressures mounting on the NHS, today’s budget has left us still feeling uncertain about support for dementia. (1/5)
‘With winter pressures mounting on the NHS, today’s budget has left us still feeling uncertain about support for dementia. (1/5)
November 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
What the Autumn Budget means for DEMENTIA (as explained by our Chief Policy and Research Officer, Professor Fiona Carragher) 👇
‘With winter pressures mounting on the NHS, today’s budget has left us still feeling uncertain about support for dementia. (1/5)
‘With winter pressures mounting on the NHS, today’s budget has left us still feeling uncertain about support for dementia. (1/5)
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A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
November 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
A quick reminder of who Nigel Farage was most concerned about when Putin's tanks first rolled into Ukraine
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Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK net migration falls sharply with drop in arrivals for work and study
Provisional figures for net migration to the UK show levels dropped to 204,000 in the year to June 2025.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Fewer workers. Fewer international students. More people leaving.
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
A "step in the right direction" according to the PM.
Impossible to take PM/govt seriously on growth if they are deliberately reducing it (and making the fiscal position worse) *as a matter of policy*.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
