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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦

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CofE priest in retirement. Refugee from the mess that used to be Twitter.

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Mobius @enneadgames.com · 05/08/2026
In response to the quoted post - YES...YES I FUCKING WOULD
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
A new government sets its direction early. I've just signed European Movement UK's petition asking Andy Burnham to drop the red lines on Europe and set out a real plan for the UK's European future. Add your name: www.europeanmovement.co.uk/5_asks_for_a...
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Our 5 Asks for Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham must seize the moment to build a bold, forward-looking agenda for his administration to lead the UK towards a new European future.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 11/07/2026
Is it just me or is there some really great potential Binface publicity material being produced?
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Dear BBC, the word you are looking for is "rioters" NOT "protesters". They are just looking for violence.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
The mismatch here is extremely worrying. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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UK departments at odds over energy demands of AI datacentres
Discrepancy in forecasts raises questions over government planning for net zero
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Alistair Barrie @alistairbarrie.com · 23/04/2026
Weird. I studied history to A level. I wish I’d done it at University. I read a lot of history. I am addicted to ‘The Rest is History’. I really had no idea that one of my main interests/hobbies had ‘been retrofitted to justify mass immigration.’ Honestly, I feel like such a thickie.
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MsBlueWednesday @msbluewednesday.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
I never stopped being “more European” ffs.
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Nick Bryant. @nickbryantoz.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
When I first started out as a journalist I thought it paid to have a background in US history when covering America. Then I thought it would probably be better to be a constitutional lawyer with expertise in jurisprudence. Now I think it would be useful to be a psychiatrist.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
GB News’s Trump interview was a hot mess, but Ofcom doesn’t want to investigate. That means one thing: Ofcom is BROKEN. I just signed this open letter calling on the Government to do whatever it takes to fix it. Will you add your name? act.38degrees.org.uk/act/Ofcom-is...
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Ofcom is broken. Fix it now!
I just signed this open letter calling on the Government to do whatever it takes to fix it, in case you want to sign too?
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Sadiq Khan is absolutely right. The Labour leadership has taken the progressive vote for granted in its pursuit of the Red Wall. Gorton and Denton marks a turning point. Starmer must make a choice as to what and who he really wants. Our patience has run out. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Labour must cease taking progressive voters for granted, says Sadiq Khan
London mayor criticises PM for calling Greens ‘extreme’ after Gorton and Denton loss, saying it is a ‘flawed strategy’
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Gill @gillklb.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
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Can you spare a minute to help this campaign?
Hold a Parliamentary Debate on Palantir’s Role in UK Defence, Security & Public Services
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/01/2026
I am extremely confused as to why the UK government and police are saying Grok’s mass-scale CSAM generation is an issue for Ofcom. This isn’t about X failing to moderate CSAM, which is an Online Safety Act issue. It is about the company and its technology being actively involved in its generation.
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Patrick Webb @patrickwbb.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
WHERE ARE THE EPSTEIN FILES???
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Andrew @andydownie.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
And on that basis the United States needs to be broken up into 50 separate countries.
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Illuminatus @illuminatus.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
It's weird that this "specialisation" thing is directly contradicting the idea of the word "university" itself, which suggests anything other. It's almost as if they want to remake the university/polytechnic divide again, but don't dare say that.
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Cab Davidson @gnomeicide.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
This is grotesque. Before trial they are accused. They are not yet criminals. Taking away jury trials because they are criminals is a presumption of guilt and it is profoundly wrong and unjust.
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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
A thoughtful and nuanced review (and I particularly appreciated the last columns’s brief take on morality and the C of E’s reparation scheme).
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Angela McP @angelamac.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
BBC cultural output eg history documentaries etc are still excellent - it is news output that has declined as a result of the Brexit nonsense and BBC journalistic support and promotion of Farage - still evident today with their asking him to comment on Trump’s outrageous interference in BBC output
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
The Times (of London) began to lose credibility the moment it was bought by Murdoch
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Gillc @gillc57.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Funny thing is, I’m white and it doesn’t bother me in the least who features in ads. Why would it unless I was a massive racist?
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Anon Emouse Institute @emouseanon.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
It's a curious argument for a Reform MP. On the one hand, we are overwhelmed with non-white immigrants. On the other hand, they form only 4% of the population. Which is it?
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
The truth is people have voted for the 'less bad' Party for decades, look where that has got us. People want to vote for a Good Party again.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
You do know that, since Trump, "People say..." now means "I'm making an assertion on the basis of zero evidence?" Though I'm sure that's not the case here 🫤
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Zack Ford @zackford.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
These Supreme Court oral arguments on conversion therapy are going to be painful. No matter what is said, know that trying to force someone to be what they're not is psychological torture with measurable negative consequences, and anyone trying to defend such efforts is a bigoted monster.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
With all respect, the 'antidote to division' would be much better served by measures that addressed the HUGE wealth gap in this country and ensured that the wealthier paid their fair contribution to the services and infrastructure that the country relies on. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Keir Starmer to tell Labour conference growth is the ‘antidote to division’
In a combative speech, the prime minister will pledge to raise living standards and ‘face down’ threats of a volatile world
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catcat1999.bsky.social @catcat1999.bsky.social · 29/09/2025
Christianity expects you to try to behave in a certain way and it doesn't include lying and hating.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 13/09/2025
If Charlie Kirk and other CNats do get to heaven ("safe in the arms of Jesus" according to the front of the lectern his widow spoke from), then the Bible I read says they're going to find the place full of DEI, "every tribe and language" - their worst nightmare.
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gerrarrdus @gerrarrdus.bsky.social · 11/09/2025
Just saw the most terrifying phone ad: "If you friend texts you... shouldn't your phone just answer?" ABSOLUTELY NOT
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🏴🚩 Trans Kafka (any pronouns) 🍉🍉🍉 IS A REAL HUMAN PERSON! @alexpetrovnia.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Not enough people know that you don't hear about the holes in the ozone layer anymore because an international agreement banning production of chlorofluorocarbons was wildly successful and the ozone has recovered since. Change is possible. None of this is inevitable. We can choose differently.
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Diane Raynor @ladylordy.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
The Greens are moving into the centre ground vacated by Labour. That's why Labour are so scared.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
This, despite ministers having access to the full range of statistical data, plus teams of civil servants trained to interpret said data and to ensure their minister is fully briefed before any public appearance.
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Iain Roberts @slowbikeiain.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Make Racism Shameful Again. Stop the infection.
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Daniel Benneworth-Gray @danielgray.com · 12/08/2025
Shows like this and Film [INSERT YEAR] should be absolute staples of the Beeb’s output. Bizarre that they’ve simply abandoned any form of cultural critique.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.
EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS

POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR

by Our Apocalypse Staff
HELENA HANDCART

THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode.
It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services,
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mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed).
Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).
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Bob Singleton 🇫🇷🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇪🇺 @bobsingleton1959.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
I want my country back, too. I want it back from the far-right and racists who prey on ignorance and xenophobia. I want it back from Tommy Ten Names, Farage & Reform UK Ltd, The Daily Mail, Telegraph, Express, Sun, GB News and every damned person and organisation that spreads hate and division
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
People are appallingly ignorant about immigration. They don't understand basic things about "net immigration statistics" and have a completely warped sense of what is going on. It is up to the government and the media to educate, but both are too busy batting their eyes at Nigel Farage's voters.
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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
I think failure undersells what has been a conscious and malicious effort to demonise and scapegoat immigrants of all kinds.
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Scotch Whisky Truths 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @specialscot.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
There's simply no excuse.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
There does seem to be one common factor
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Dr Julia Grace Patterson @jujuliagrace.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The reason that Wes Streeting has done this review into PAs is because of overwhelming pressure from doctors who want their patients to be safe. Lots of them are resident doctors. Doctors are the ones caring for patients. We must support them.
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Simon Nicholls 🇬🇧🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 @simmyn.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
This!! UK Labour COULD be changing the iniquitous, obsolescent, undemocratic system - but they don't, because it leaves them with convenient scapegoats for their own failures.
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 26/06/2025
We need a wealth tax not a “Britannia Card” Julia Davies - impact investor, entrepreneur, and member of Patriotic Millionaires UK – argues for a wealth tax, not billionaires’ patronage @westenglandbylines.co.uk westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/we-n...
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We need a wealth tax not a “Britannia Card”
Julia Davies - impact investor, entrepreneur, and member of Patriotic Millionaires UK – argues for a wealth tax, not billionaires’ patronage
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 27/06/2025
Looks like we will be treated to the shoddy spectacle next week of rebellious Labour MPs being bought off, and voting in favour of hurting vulnerable people and people with disabilities because only new claimants will be hurt. That's still not ok. How can you have a 2-tier regime for disability?!
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 27/06/2025
Labour: 1. Pursued a callous original policy 2. Downplayed the massive public backlack 3. Tried to claim there's a moral case for welfare cuts 4. Held firm in the face of rising political rebellion 5. U-turned partially, opting for a cynical new plan that will create a 2-tier support system
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Rev’d Rick Ormrod @rickormrod.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Many disabled people aren’t “trapped on benefits”… they’re reliant on them to survive because they can’t work. They’re trapped by people like Starmer playing God with their lives.
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