Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 30/09/2026She died in breathless agony because our shitty parliament is stuck in the 1850s. #RIP #AssistedDying 2153
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 18/09/2026my brilliant colleague @robertshrimsley.bsky.social on the threat from Elon Musk’s X platform www.ft.com/content/f270... 6528171174
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Paloma Faith speaking with Krishnan Guru-Murthy on #C4News "I did play at a concert with Ed Sheeran to raise money for Ukraine, so he wasn't being apolitical doing that" "My perspective, my motivation, as a mother, I've looked at the pictures and what I've seen is abominable" 730466
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialPeter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 08/09/2026At what point does ‘the masked men on the street have legitimate concerns’ and ‘Just Stop Oil/Palestine Action are terrorists’ become two tier policing? 671695463
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialChannel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 46694613996
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialGaz Ono @gazono.bsky.social · 31/08/2026👇... exactly this, journalism has disappeared over the hill when it comes to reporting the facts, replaced by sensationalism. 023
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialHK @hkesvani.bsky.social · 15/08/2026I think it’s just worth remembering that as the media handwring to justify publicly humiliating and hounding a man to death, just two weeks ago they gave glowing eulogies to another man with a history of domestic violence and brushed off his own statements about having pedophillic impulses 121691451
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialKatie Mack @astrokatie.com · 13/08/2026I feel like an issue that would connect well with voters would be doing anything at all to slow the current progression toward "absolutely everything now is a scam" 182142502638
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Who thought that playing a final game for 3rd and 4th spot was a good idea? No one cares about that match. The fans don’t. Nor the players that have just been eliminated in the semi-finals. It’s rubbing their noses in it. Let them go home instead of suffering this indignity. #worldcup 3162
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialAlex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 09/07/2026The danger of using voxpops in place of real analysis. Cameras are a magnet for motivated activists. These two made it into four different reels + a dozen print pieces. The illusion is that we're getting an insight into "Clacton voters". In truth, we just know what Farage Megastans Jim & June think. 1031090417
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialRandom Hajile @elimodnar.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Vox pops don't gauge opinions, they reinforce them. An editorial decision is made to broadcast a tiny selection of the people interviewed. 0518
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialCount Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026On my way, Clacton. 576152733460
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialMike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Glorious 281071257
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialUntypicalboro @untypicalboro.bsky.social · 05/07/2026As bent as a nine bob note. 172
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialBoro_Brick_Road @borobrickroad.bsky.social · 26/06/2026Bravo Wrexham 🤣 286
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialStephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Excellent thread. 59831
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialPeter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 15/06/2026One detail in this fascinating BBC investigation into the Russia-instigated attack on Keir Starmer's home is the way it shows, in passing but very clearly, that Tommy Robinson is to all intents and purposes a Russian asset. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukRussia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC revealsEvidence shows Russians directing the plot and stoking tensions with fake far-right and Muslim groups. 9524851074
simmo7484.bsky.social @simmo7484.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Hours like this last one on @lbc.co.uk hosted by @shelaghfogarty.bsky.social are utterly utterly depressing and make me fearful of what the next election brings. Caller after caller of people utterly deluded into thinking that Nigel Farage is the answer to all our problems, as thick as bricks 160
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialWill Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 10/06/2026A reminder that Brazil banned Twitter for failing to stop the spreading of disinformation. There is nothing stopping the British government from doing the same. 8136031128
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialAlex Hardy @alexhardy1987.bsky.social · 08/06/2026I am not even remotely surprised by this. So much attention has been directed towards Twitter/X, and while it is a huge problem, much larger groups of particular demographic groups are on Facebook - often those with poor digital literacy. 2189
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Nigel Farage tells The Sun's Harry Cole that Elon Musk offered to give Reform loads of money "if we said certain things" and he refused. "I can't be bought." Two things: 1. This is an allegation of attempted bribery. Very serious. 2. It shows the obvious: donors expect something for their money. 391065378
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialBoro_Brick_Road @borobrickroad.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Spot on! 0101
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system. 18740891263
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialEddie Burfi @eddieburfi.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Can guarantee the grifting beer-soaked 70s novelty ashtray won’t be hiding from the press today. So while he’s crowing about the elections, can journalists do their job and ask Farage about the £5m donation he tried to hide? And where his girlfriend got the £885k to buy their Clacton house in cash? 15622
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialJohn Rentoul @rentouljohn.bsky.social · 23/04/2026From Tim Shipman in The Spectator spectator.com/article/its-... 285
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialDamian Haywood @damohaywood.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Mad fact... 42% of Labour Prime Ministers have had to fire Peter Mandelson. 291368392
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialPurple Electric @purpleelectric.bsky.social · 17/04/2026There is absolutely zero chance any civil servant would have taken responsibility for such a decision without cast iron Ministerial cover. 021
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 17/04/2026There are still people who publicly pretend this man has a moral compass and is somehow completely different to the moral vacuums that he followed. Will the scales ever fall from their eyes? #r4today #Mandelson #OllyRobbins bsky.app/profile/adam... 041
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Keir Starmer in 2020: "I had 8,000 staff as Director of Public Prosecutions and when they had victories I celebrated on their behalf and when they made mistakes I carried the can. "I never turn on my staff. You should never turn on your staff" 43447146
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Exactly. Passing (or attempting to pass) the buck, when he *must* have known how sensitive the appointment would be at the time, points to a serious flaw in Starmer's character. Shirking responsibility now is simply cowardice. #r4today #Mandelson #Robbins 4103
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialMiddlesbrough FC News @middlesbrough.bsky.social · 11/04/2026 Kim Hellberg spoke to Mark Drury following Middlesbrough's 1-0 defeat. www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ncx1mp?… #borobbc.co.ukMiddlesbrough - Hellberg: Boro 'not good enough' against Portsmouth - BBC SoundsKim Hellberg spoke to Mark Drury following Middlesbrough's 1-0 defeat. 022
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialAds Harvey @adsharvey.bsky.social · 03/04/2026Well that was a fun 7 months but I think that’s it for us. The loss of momentum since Coventry has been stark, easy to say the further we get from it but our business in January wasn’t what it needed to be and I think we will be lucky to limp in to the playoffs with any type of form/confidence 011
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 01/04/2026The Prime Minister’s plan for immigration will keep people working in key industries like care in temporary status for a decade or more, it will keep people in insecure work, make them more easily exploitable, poorer and marginalised - when did that become the policy of a Labour government? 1224169
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 27/03/2026As the police find no evidence whatsoever of illegal family voting or voter coercion in the Gorton and Denton by-election, the BBC should ask themselves why, on the morning of the result, they gave so much airtime to these absurd and obviously racist claims from Nigel Faragebbc.co.ukNo evidence of 'family voting' in Gorton and Denton by-electionAn investigation into alleged 951643601
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 24/03/2026Simple reality is so long as Labour focuses its attention on trying to attract Reform voters who will never support it, and alienating progressives who are leaving for Greens and Lib Dems, via a constant raft of hostile policies and rhetoric against marginalised groups they are toast, and rightly so 516946
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialMarina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 24/03/2026When are we gonna admit that billionaire‑ism is an illness? They’re hoarders No control, insatiable greed & their hoarding just drains every one of us They cut wages, buy politicians & bleed the planet just to watch a number tick up that they’ll never spend Sick in the head. 561298301
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialGrrr Booley @guybailey.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Lord Glassman and his fellow Blue Labour smooth brained megaminds have done more damage to this government than Momentum could have dreamed of. 031
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialAdam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Well this took a turn www.theguardian.com/uk-news/ng-i... 125590210
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 16/03/2026"Ask not what your country can do for you — what you can spend your whole time avoiding doing for your country." www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comBritons should strive to pay minimum tax legally possible, says Richard TiceReform UK’s deputy leader comments came as he was responding to questions raised about his own tax affairs 2036589
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialLibrarianth @librarianth.bsky.social · 13/03/2026On today's episode of "Instantly Believeable"... 05926
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialHelen #FBPE #NHS #ClimateCrisis 🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇦🏳️🌈💙 @heib20.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Me too!🥺 I think most🇬🇧 people don’t want us to get involved at all & object to🇺🇸 planes using🇬🇧 airbases. I question why some newspapers & news outlets are allowed to continue? They project a distorted narrative, usually the viewpoint of a narrow group. Perhaps banning overseas ownership would work?🤔 613033
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialRicky Kumar T @rickykumart.bsky.social · 08/03/2026…deserves another share! As Penny Mordaunt goes on TV this morning demanding more warfare, comedian Vittorio Angelone exposes her! #BBCLauraK 25617
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialNathan Goldwag @goldwagnathan.bsky.social · 06/03/2026SHOULD THE U.S BLOT OUT THE SUN AND USHER IN AN AGE OF ETERNAL DARKNESS? - Gallup 2/20/26-3/5/26 NO - 41% YES - 38% UNSURE - 21% 318135922928
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialChristine Bell @teenbell.bsky.social · 06/03/2026And it seems that the vessel was unarmed which was a condition of taking part in the naval exercises. And the us knew that. 23610
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialChickyholic 🏴 @chickyholic.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Dispicable. The US has become a rogue state. End of. 36328
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Vox pops are used by lazy journos & broadcasters, esp. at election time & during crises, to pad shows & substitute for investigation Research shows that the unrepresentative VPs used by broadcasters affect audience opinions. Stop it @evanhd.bsky.social #bbcpm journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... 011
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Beautiful from Private Eye on the massive toddler-tantrum that Matt Goodwin and Reform are having, because they got whooped in Gorton and Denton. 8943381446
Reposted by @simmo7484.bsky.socialPrem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 04/03/2026Trump threatens to halt trade with Spain because its govt refused military base access. The felon demands obedience and has tantrums when sovereign govts refuse to be part of his illegal war. Tariff/Military wars are part of his delusions of world domination. More need to resist.bbc.co.ukTrump threatens to halt trade with Spain over air base accessTrump lashed out after Spain barred the US from using its military bases to carry out strikes on Iran. 29451138