Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 3hGrant - I'm a fan but huge number of wasted passes today Kanu - looks short of what we need but doubt we've played to his strengths yet Samuels-Smith - I think he's the best crosser we have and improved a lot 2nd half Finneran and Tsaroulla - look full of confidence and form, should have started 100
Reposted by SimonMike D London @mikedlondon.bsky.social · 11hWe are currently generating 100% of our electricity demand from net-zero sources, with a further 10% being exported (plus 10% more from legacy gas). At a cost of just £8.27/MWh. Yet the Tories and Refuk want to take us backwards to more fossil fuel pollution and higher prices... grid.iamkate.com 819974
Reposted by SimonPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Shell’s refineries expected to make record profits. Profit margins of $42 a barrel, up from $24 a barrel. Cashing in on global conflicts. Bumper payouts for execs and shareholders. Misery for households and businesses. Millions plunged into poverty. Must levy 100% windfall tax.theguardian.comShell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel madeRecord prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia 38765407
Reposted by SimonPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026NEW: Kemi Badenoch’s flagship party conference policy document, The Right Way, overestimated the cost of net zero by nearly £500bn, seemingly after someone accidentally double-counted figures on a spreadsheet. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet errorExclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data 98771336
Reposted by SimonDavid Robson @davidotley.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Couples with £1 million and a family home will be able to avoid contributing anything to the collective good of their children’s and grandchildren’s country says Kemi Badenoch. www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...theguardian.comCouples would be able to leave £1m and family home exempt from inheritance tax under Tories, says Badenoch – UK politics liveConservative leader says proposed measures would halve the number of families paying inheritance tax 2024290
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When 98% of people never have to pay a certain tax, it shouldn't even be a discussion. 160
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026These clinate sceptics constantly bang on about 1976 without understanding how massively different that was to where we are now. 010
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 07/10/2026I've watched their u21 a couple of times this season and he's an impressive player, thats for sure. 010
Reposted by SimonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 06/10/2026"Farage is using people whipping up hate to protect himself and his Brexit ..... that's all it's about." via We Demand UK 18412170
Reposted by SimonMargot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 06/10/2026'seven women...have told the Guardian they are survivors of domestic abuse carried out by key figures in the anti-immigration street patrol movement. All have chosen to come forward to make the public aware of the patterns of violence behind this new form of activism.'theguardian.com‘Bully in every way’: domestic abuse survivors say ex-partners behind far-right UK street patrolsSeven women share their stories to make people aware of patterns of violence behind anti-immigration street patrol movement 8399228
Reposted by SimonTuxedoAlbedo @jerryork.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Trump wanting an American city destroyed. WTF?? 73217
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I know it isn't Notts but it is Nottingham, McDonnell in the picture is from across the river. 110
Reposted by SimonParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ... 401259455
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 06/10/2026My 9 albums #my9albums my9albums.org/s/f2193672bbd4 0100
Reposted by SimonParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 05/10/2026I love talking our country down While offering no solutions Because I’m a grifting gobshite Who likes to incite unrest Small boat crossings are down 44% Deportations are the highest in 10 years Immigration is 82% lower But who needs facts When you can make up lies 711501505
Reposted by SimonPatrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Reform’s world leading vetting excels again A Reform councillor stepped away from his cabinet role, over concerns re his alleged arrest Police carried out warrants at properties in Grimsby and Waltham, seizing suspected unlicensed prescription drugs and class A drugs. #ReformCrimsIncbbc.co.ukReform UK cabinet councillor steps aside amid police inquiryThe leader of North East Lincolnshire Council says Reform UK's James Sawkins remains a councillor. 76847
Reposted by SimonGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/10/2026There was a time when the Tories, however hypocritically, claimed to want to protect our natural heritage. Now they're just a party of vandals, ripping down the few protections the living world has for the sake of their rich chums. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 561076346
Reposted by SimonAlt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 05/10/2026FFS… Is it really an accident anymore at this point? 1352201717088
Reposted by Simon𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 @sundaedivine.lol · 04/10/2026Trump inherited an economy The Economist called “The Envy of the World" and ran it into the ground, just like everything else he inherited. 11829521148
Reposted by SimonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 04/10/2026'2 year suspended sentence and 200 hours community service/unpaid work' "Imagine the carnage if this guy was brown!......" via We Demand UK 78971492
Reposted by SimonGlennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 03/10/2026In these challenging times someone might need these: Childline: 0800 1111 Samaritans: 116 123 Domestic Violence Hotline: 0808 2000 247 Mind: 0300 123 3393 Age UK: 0800 169 6565 Alcoholics Anonymous : 0800 9177 650 Cruse Bereavement Care: 0808 808 1677 MH text support: SHOUT to 85258 Please share x 23137
Reposted by SimonToby Earle 🇺🇦 @tobyontv.bsky.social · 03/10/2026the story about the ULEZ bomber, a white bloke in his 60s, still isn’t on the front page of the BBC News when it feels like quite a big story about online radicalisation & violence 27775208
Reposted by SimonParody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I'm furious about the two Iranians who came across as part of the surge in small boats created by my Brexit and under a Home Office run by my MPs Suella Braverman and Robert Jenrick. 301069303
Reposted by SimonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Remember that Farage deifies Thatcher and wants even more privatisation designed to make the super-rich wealthier and the rest of us poorer or destitute 'Absolutely everything rotten in the UK can be traced back to Thatcher' via St Helens Resistance 28554233
Reposted by SimonJourneyDude in Scotland @scottishinsider.org · 02/10/2026Have you visited Bo'ness? I never thought it would have so much to offer: a railway museum, a motor museum full of movie props from James Bond, Doctor Who, and Star Wars, you name it! Plus Kinneil House, witch trials, the Antonine Wall. Enjoy! :-) Repost pls youtu.be/T9sR1r7w9x4 #Scotland #historyyoutu.beWhy Is NO ONE Talking About Bo’ness?!YouTube video by JourneyDude in Scotland 46713
Reposted by SimonNatasha Devon @natashadevon.bsky.social · 02/10/2026A legal requirement concerning grandparents and German (as opposed to Jewish) blood was established under the Nuremberg Laws which Adolf Hitler introduced and enforced. ‘I’m not English. My parents weren’t born here. My grandparents weren’t born here’ Suella Braverman. 1012123
Reposted by SimonAnti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Personally I'm against ending the pension triple lock (preferring to #TaxTheRich to save money) but Farage's attack on Labour is utter hypocrisy ... 64215
Reposted by SimonRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The most corrupt administration in the history of the US by far. You could add up all instances of corruption by every other admin in US history and it will not equal the amount of corruption perpetrated by this one in less than 2 years. 27650161865
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wonder if sometimes Mason has the same effect as the nonce hat wearers on RNLI. He spouts shite and people join the party? 181
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Judging by his councilors, most will have gone by that time anyway. 010
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Ah, I tend not to listen. Only because you generally don't find anything out. I was wrong this time 🤣 010
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I got my A levels in 1986 and had a job lined up. At the time, a huge number of graduates were unemployed so I took the job. That also means I remenebr the power cuts of the 70s. Ah, the halcyon days they all want back. They didn't fight in 2 world wars for this! 030
Reposted by SimonNeil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Rich privately educated prick who wasn’t even born until 1984 recasts era of rioting, poverty and mass unemployment as Britain’s golden age. Thatcher was the worst thing that ever happened to Britain 1031234270
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I wonder if there'll be a friendly at the weekend, behind closed doors no doubt 110
Reposted by SimonReform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Reform UK’s Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UK nation.cymru/news/reform-...nation.cymruReform UK's Welsh leader works for firm that helps foreign workers migrate to the UKMartin Shipton Reform UK’s leader in Wales works part time for an organisation that helps foreign migrants obtain visas to work in the UK, we can reveal. Helen Jenner recently took over from Dan… 12178104
Reposted by SimonFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026After the Brexit referendum in 2016, Nigel Farage predicted that the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Austria and Italy. 2016 to 2025: each country has become more pro EU 🇳🇱 Netherlands - from 72% to 81% 🇩🇰 Denmark - from 62% to 85% 🇸🇪 Sweden - from 64% to 85% 🇦🇹 Austria - 37% to 51% 🇮🇹 Italy - 33% to 52% 52456152
Reposted by SimonWalter Alvarez @walter2864.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Bibi showing Trump how to get around pesky elections.. 39613211
Reposted by SimonAnn Buckley @annbuckley.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Rui Pinto will no longer be a protected witness under Portuguese authorities. This is getting dark, quicklypublico.pt 16519
Simon @gigsandgrounds.bsky.social · 30/09/2026If people understood it, and the benefits of the money being put into care, it would be overwhelming. Instead, the bots and rags will fill the space with scare stories. 000