Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Of course not, who suggested they did? However they would have largely agreed that this is a party with a focus upon sustainability / green issues. 200
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026The question is though, are all of these members ‘greens’? Or do we now have a section of the party that just wanted a political home / vehicle after it became clear that the Your Party leadership were never going to get their act together? 300
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 11/10/2026I think it’s a tough one. Burnham is going to face more and more external issues over the next few years, starting with the energy price hikes. I could imagine the stock market (or even the bond market) going badly wrong in the coming months and years. An election now wouldn’t be a bad move. 020
Reposted by Nick SimpsonCllr Nick Hartley - Green Party @nickhartleygreen.bsky.social · 10/10/2026People aren’t failing to be resilient. They’re being asked to tolerate things nobody should have to tolerate. This #WorldMentalHealthDay, I’ve made a video on how austerity, poverty and failing services are damaging mental health - and why we need change. 🎥 Part 1 of 2 3154
Reposted by Nick SimpsonDan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 09/10/2026If you think a distinct sub category of human exists because some medieval warlords agreed that the border of England should be on the River Tweed, you are, Im afraid, an absolute maniac bsky.app/profile/theh... 10661120
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026I was under the impression that she’s standing down. In which case her seat might be ideal. 120
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026We’ve just passed a motion that means we disagree with a two state solution. The motion is deeply pointless and damaging own goal. 1130
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Zionism motion didn’t help, but I still think the result would have been the same. Zack needs to focus upon embedding himself in a Hackney seat in my opinion. Much more natural ground for a Green. 210
Reposted by Nick SimpsonJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 08/10/2026I'm sorry if this is obvious but the Tory proposal to exempt family homes completely from IHT will lead to 1] pensioners buying the biggest houses they possibly can 2] pensioners refusing to downsize which can only be bad news for younger families trying to buy family homes 871041242
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Of course it bloody is… Sorry, been a long week! 020
Reposted by Nick SimpsonNewcastle Cycling Campaign @newcycling.bsky.social · 08/10/2026📢Today Google has added motor fuel prices to the maps app so you can see how expensive driving is. 🚲Not wanting to be left out we have been around the city to check on the cost of fuelling a cycle and produced our own map. 🎉It's good news - fuelling a cycle is still free everywhere. 510635
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Emergency pod? What’s happened? Wor Andy suing the po-po? 100
Reposted by Nick SimpsonSide @sidegallery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026📷 Show us Newcastle now. We’re inviting young people to photograph the city as they see it. No fancy kit needed, a phone is fine. Part of Under Development at Newcastle Contemporary Art (NCA), with selected work shown in an exhibition and newspaper. Submit: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/newc... 0109
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Are you able to set time aside to rest and recuperate? Even if the stressors are unavoidable, can you recharge better somehow? 100
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Get caught up! It’s another entertaining series, I’ll tell you that. 100
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Any celebrity that doesn’t vote for Richard around that round table may never live this down. 010
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 02/10/2026Celebrity Traitors: It’s all going to go entirely predictably. The Traitors have invited Amol because they want to recruit him and James because they want rid of him for accusing Richard. This blatant removal of his main critic - and his behaviour yesterday - will see Richard banished. 210
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 27/09/2026If anyone here is interested in Passivhaus, please feel free to have a look at this one: bsky.app/profile/iamn... 021
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 25/09/2026This is just sentencing another generation of neurodivergent kids to years - if not a lifetime - of misery. Helping these children understand themselves through diagnosis allows them to understand their own strengths and weaknesses and plot a future that suits them. This will cause such misery. 011
Reposted by Nick SimpsonBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 23/09/2026Brand-new polling by YouGov with Best for Britain 🚨 Labour pledging to rejoin the EU could prevent a Reform UK government Read more here: bestforbritain.org/eu-membership-pl… 1426079
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 22/09/2026This guy is famous for boosting about his money and trolling those who disagree with it. All the points raised about him are valid, but the less traffic any articles about him get, the better. 140
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 21/09/2026This is utterly bizarre. Political catfishing. 010
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Yes. Brace, brace. www.theguardian.com/business/ng-...theguardian.comAre global stock markets heading for a crash?Economies thrown into renewed turmoil as AI debt, Iran war and soaring government bond yields fuel alarm 000
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 19/09/2026Even a very airtight house will generally need a heating system of some sort. Most Passivhaus standard dwellings do. 010
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Apparently both the house that was built plus the example passive solar (the architect’s own home I believe) had ‘no conventional heating system’, or so I believe. I was in and out of the show (and room) at times. 100
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026And I appreciate that Robin is super, super knowledgeable. 100
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026“It’s so unthinkable that I don’t think it’ll happen”. That sentence worries me maybe more than anything. Your interviewee surely can’t have written off the chances of something happening just because it would be awful? 3141
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Ours have always needed some form of heating (ASHP is the norm). 110
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Yes, you need to meet specific standards and need to provide the relevant proof. I was out of the room briefly near the end, but apparently it did actually meet the Passivhaus standard once finished. Although I would still expect some kind of heating system. 010
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Something about this Grand Designs seems off. It’s “near passiv” standard but apparently has no heating system? Also, that’s a *lot* of glazing for a heavily insulated house. 260
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 16/09/2026The way it was treated on BBC Breakfast was embarrassing. Such a wierd and smug little stunt. 161
Reposted by Nick SimpsonMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Three Reform Durham County Councillors have resigned from the party after a Sky News investigation into chaos and allegations of bullying. 29412
Reposted by Nick SimpsonAngela Francis @angelaisfranc.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Watch this! Tessa Khan brilliantly sets out why we need to take this opportunity to build the UK energy system and industrial policy around renewables. Despite what the oil and gas lobby say, there is no industrial or economic benefit from delay, only more costs and risks youtu.be/IUBc1fDySqg?...youtu.beThe Next Economic Shock Is Coming. Green Energy Is The Only Way Out | Aaron Bastani Meets Tessa KhanYouTube video by Novara Media 1187
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Worth having a look at Cory Doctorow and ‘enshittification’. This sounds like a conspiracy theory, but it isn’t. Google realised that if they made you have to search for something 2-3 times, they can show you more ads. So they made their searches less intelligent / accurate. 040
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026What’s not to love? A country with an ageing population, gaining access to a huge pool of largely well educated workers (along with a range of trade opportunities). Why would any sane country not want that..? 011
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026How thick is that though (the insulation, not the cladding and finishes)? It looks around 100mm, maybe slightly more..? 100
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 13/09/2026With the polls having narrowed to 0.3% between the left and right blocks - after a previous lead by the left - I suspect the right will win. Resulting in the far right being part of a major European government. Sweden’s government, no less. Deeply grim. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comSweden’s extremely close election could see far right enter governmentLatest poll shows 0.3-point gap between left and right blocs, with country’s reputation as global champion of human rights said to be at stake 010
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 12/09/2026I suspect over the next few weeks we’ll be hearing a lot more about the Bab al-Mandab strait and why it’s going to cause yet more economic damage. Oil; polluting, expensive and unreliable. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/s...theguardian.comThe rapid Houthi advance in Yemen: why it matters and what’s at stakeThe Houthis have wrested control of Yemen’s Red Sea coast from Saudi-backed government, giving Iran and its allies control over a key shipping lane 020
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Terrahawks. How we allowed these on children’s TV amazes me. 030
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026You do you, but I always try to avoid eating one until December. Primarily because once I start I can’t stop and I’m beyond the age where I can eat like that without consequences! 010
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026I’d love to see a Venn diagram of these people along with those that believe that the Christmas season only starts when they see the Coca Cola advert… 110
Reposted by Nick SimpsonSteve Hyndside @stevehyndside.bsky.social · 11/09/2026It never does. But the apology from @thetimes.com to @mothinali.bsky.social should travel as far as the original article. 6245167
Nick Simpson @iamnicksimpson.bsky.social · 10/09/2026How could it physically kill off the human race? What physical means would it have? 120
