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Simon De Cogan

@psymon1.bsky.social
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English Psychotherapist/Psychologist living in Scotland, interested in everything & working for a better world. "Remember your humanity, and forget the rest"

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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 9h
Holborn and St Pancras byelection: Polanski is an utter failure iandunt.substack.com/p/holborn-an...
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Holborn and St Pancras byelection: Polanski is an utter failure
Some disparate thoughts on a terrible week for the Greens.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19h
Holborn and St Pancras byelection: Polanski is an utter failure and it's time for him to go iandunt.substack.com/p/holborn-an...
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Laura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books
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SOS MEDITERRANEE @sosmediterranee.org · 10h
All 99 survivors, including 29 minors and 27 women, have safely disembarked in #Naples. Three days ago, #OceanViking teams rescued 101 people from two rubber boats in distress after days and nights at sea. A pregnant woman was evacuated to Lampedusa, accompanied by her husband.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 21h
UK water companies made £340m by pouring billions of litres of industrial/commercial wastewater into sewage treatment works. Treatment works are not designed to remove most chemicals, leaving pollutants to pass into rivers, seas and farmland. Investment neglected. Practices are mostly unregulated.
theguardian.com
Revealed: the ‘black box’ wastewater trade that rakes in millions for UK utility companies
Exclusive: Firms made more than £340m last year from processing industrial and commercial wastewater at sewage works that are unable to remove many chemical pollutants
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 9h
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 9h
Exactly what “standards” are those, Robert? You collude with pornographers over property deals. You take dodgy donations. You whore for racists and christofascists for personal gain. You betray your political allies, friends and your country to sniff at power. You have no standards. You’re poison.
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 9h
Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £11bn – almost twice the advertised price taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/10/08/c...
taxpolicy.org.uk
Tory IHT cut could cost £11bn - almost twice the advertised price
Our modelling suggests Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £7.7bn-£10.9bn a year and shift £60bn-£110bn from savings and investments into housing.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 17h
Shell’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.
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Shell expects refineries to almost double the profit from every barrel of fuel made
Record prices caused by global shortages amid shutdown of war-damaged refineries in Middle East and Russia
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 9h
Stop saying "Former Prince Andrew". He's still Prince Andrew. He's still eighth in line to the throne. And remains so until there's an act of parliament... Or a republic.
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 12h
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Ghislaine Hull @ghizzybear.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 20h
Firing squad execution to be livestreamed, Pentagon says. Lost for words at the insanity in Trumpistan, a truly sick dictatorship. Like medieval times, executions offered as a public spectacle in a country that claims to be Christian. What next?
bbc.co.uk
Fort Hood attacker's execution by firing squad will be livestreamed, Pentagon says
Pete Hegseth says the execution will be public, but a legal expert says the "unprecedented" decision is on "uncertain legal terrain".
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 22h
“There’s nothing so powerful in 🇬🇧politics as the rightwing unreality machine... It’s a place where Brexit will be cost free, Ed Miliband is a Marxist, Liz Truss was a serious political figure”…and Badenoch is shielded from her own X-fuelled mediocrity. goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/the-strang...
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The Strange Myth of Kemi Badenoch
Why does she have the best press in politics?
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Timothy Snyder @timothysnyder.bsky.social · 13h
This is what Christo-fascism looked like — specifically the Romanian fascism of the 1930s. Hegseth is a Christo-fascist. (1/3)
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Utter barbarism. Like watching the reverse evolution of man into beast.
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 12h
Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £11bn – almost twice the advertised price taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/10/08/c...
taxpolicy.org.uk
Tory IHT cut could cost £11bn - almost twice the advertised price
Our modelling suggests Badenoch’s inheritance tax cut could cost £7.7bn-£10.9bn a year and shift £60bn-£110bn from savings and investments into housing.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Crazy Rupert Lowe has a new angle. Ban folic acid in flour. Follows a mandate that all non-wholemeal wheat flour must be fortified with synthetic folic acid (vitamin B9) by the end of December 2026 to prevent upward of 200 neural tube birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly each year
The official petition to end the mandatory
fortification of white flour with folic acid
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Great news.


It helps me take the fight to the
establishment in Parliament


Let's end it.


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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 15h
"..Badenoch notes that “as an engineer”, she is used to correctly diagnosing issues so they can be addressed."🔽 www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Tories overstate net zero cost by nearly £500bn in apparent spreadsheet error
Exclusive: Badenoch’s flagship conference policy document cites £957bn estimate, twice the total in climate advisers’ data
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 20h
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 20h
Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 20h
Sagal Abdi-Wali came to the UK aged 7 having fled the war in Somalia with her family. She has thrived. Leader of Camden council and now the MP for Holborn and St Pancras. A narrative that runs counter to all we are told about refugees. Congratulations www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour fends off Green party to win Holborn and St Pancras byelection
Victory by Sagal Abdi-Wali in north London seat will be a relief for Andy Burnham in high-stakes battle for the left of British politics
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 20h
Reform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuit democracyforsale.substack.com/p/reform-meg...
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Reform mega-donor Ben Delo named in Bitcoin “theft” lawsuit
Exclusive: Class action seeks to hold BitMEX founders "accountable for fraudulent conduct". We spoke to the lawyer behind the case against the now-closed crypto firm
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 20h
I just sent Sainsbury’s a message demanding accountability for their plastic packaging commitments. It only takes a minute — you can do the same here: everydayplastic.eaction.org.uk/sainsburyssaga
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The Sainsbury's Saga
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Zia is right - Robert Jenrick should never again be allowed anywhere near power.
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+972 Magazine @972mag.com · 08/10/2026
Debunking Israel’s latest list of ‘terrorist’ journalists in Gaza The evidence against the 170 media workers named in ‘The Press Files’ includes empty pages, clearly edited documents, and unverifiable snippets. Analysis by Muhammad Shehada www.972mag.com/israeli-army...
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Debunking Israel’s latest list of ‘terrorist’ journalists in Gaza
The evidence against the 170 media workers named in ‘The Press Files’ includes empty pages, clearly edited documents, and unverifiable snippets.
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Stockpile food – and wash your hands: is that really how to prepare for environmental catastrophe? | George Monbiot
The UK state is dumping its responsibilities on our doorsteps, while green-lighting policies that lead us closer to crisis, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Rightwing economic myths could derail Burnham’s project – to destroy them, look to Keynes | Larry Elliott
Borrowing can be good, there is no such thing as the ‘nation’s credit card’, and, yes, you can buck the markets – as previous governments have shown, says Guardian columnist Larry Elliott
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Could Asda or Morrisons vanish within a decade? It will be a blow to many. Both owned by private equity, loaded with debt, cut staffing/wages, low investment, strangled by asset-stripping, struggling to compete, losing market share. What future for others being devoured by private equity?
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Supermarket shake-up: why Asda or Morrisons could vanish within a decade
Talks between Sainsbury’s and Morrisons have set industry tongues wagging, with analysts saying the market is ripe for change
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
From the new Private Eye
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Badenoch hasn't yet realised that if you are leading the Conservative party after a massive defeat... and keep shouting, "right, right, right" you only end up going round in circles.
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
The person responsible for carrying out the totally independent investigation into Reform and clearing the party of all wrongdoing has been identified.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
America right now is the maddest place on earth. Like watching a David Lynch film.
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
For 14yrs, the Tories cratered our economy, added thousands to our cost of living, melted down public services and brexited us into decades of eye-watering expense and lost opportunity. That’s still their plan. With tax breaks for the super rich paid for by welfare cuts. So what TF is this headline?
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Thursday October 8 2026 | thetimes.com | No 75158

Tories will make you better off
Badenoch vows to scrap inheritance tax on family homes and abolish Labour's levy on properties worth more than £2m
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Vegan diet massively cuts environmental damage, study shows
Detailed analysis finds plant diets lead to 75% less climate-heating emissions, water pollution and land use than meat-rich ones
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Planetary health diet’ could save 40,000 deaths a day, landmark report finds
Diet allows modest meat consumption and would also slash food-related climate emissions by half, says report by 70 leading experts from 35 countries
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
via Campbell Finnie
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Matt Goodwin predicts Labour will WIN the next election after latest disaster Reform polling www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/mat...
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Matt Goodwin predicts Labour will WIN the next election after latest disaster Reform polling
Reform's Matt Goodwin has predicted that Labour will win the next general election after the latest disastrous polling for his party.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Perfectly put.
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed
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Simon De Cogan @psymon1.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Seriously… how can a party that insists on scrapping all progress with the EU, binning NetZero and leaving the ECHR, so that it can abuse its power without accountability… how can that party claim “the soul of the nation”. The ruin - maybe. The soul - definitely not.
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
More than 500 U.S. citizens have been detained by ICE, according to ProPublica. 70% of ICE detainees have no criminal conviction. Trump’s promise to go after the “worst of the worst” was always a lie. It was always a pretext to terrorize Black and brown communities. Remember this.
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More Than 500 U.S. Citizens Have Been Detained, Including Handcuffed or Held at Gunpoint, in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown — ProPublica
The government doesn’t track how often immigration officers detain U.S. citizens. So ProPublica did. We’ve found more th
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