simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 12hSome people still do not understand Facebook and the way it works. Watch just one interview with their head honcho - how he replies and what he says. That's all the info you need, 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 12hShould be an interesting train journey ...😀 000
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Reposted by @simon-allen.bsky.socialStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 431775674
Reposted by @simon-allen.bsky.socialDavid Osland @davidosland.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Racists continually insist that black and brown people can never be English. Then they accuse them of 'refusing to integrate'. I mean, make your bloody mind up. 218650
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Just about the last person I expected to the take the Shilling. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Both of those are VERY long lists. You'd better put the kettle on and brew a large pot of tea ... 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 23/09/2026Not a new policy. They have doing this for over 25 years. Some patients will go private; some will become critical and go to A&E; some will die. The objective is to save money NOW and forget about the future. This is the political choice of three decades of all govts. 100
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 16/09/2026At long last! It is true that all the other parties have donations of this size for decades. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Is the Brawl thrown in - or do we have to pay extra to see that? 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 12/09/2026It was vital they got the donation in before the rules change. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Thank you for clarifying this - most helpful. Russia voted for Putin many, many times. 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 07/09/2026I have long wished we could move from 'losing' to 'giving your virginity'. This might also help those who had their virginity stolen through pain and assault. I was fortunate that I was able to give my virginty to an important woman in my life. Many years later, another woman honoured me with hers. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 04/09/2026The Telegraph UK 3rd Sept "Farage: I’ll force MPs to work seven-day week to fix Britain" The London Economic May 2026 "It has been almost 11 weeks since Nigel Farage last turned up to the House of Commons to register a vote." Now absent for 77 Parliament votes in a row. Public media has memory!! 02711
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 01/09/2026I saw this letter in The Guardian a couple of days ago and only know one person who might appreciate this! 031
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026BBC headline: Ex-White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 for Trump speech bets Yet the orange one and his pals get to keep all the $$$ they made buying / selling stock with insider information. The downfall will be good. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukEx-White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 for Trump speech betsThe staffer was found to have used his prior knowledge of the president's speeches to place lucrative bets. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 29/08/2026He will die long before they get him in to court. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 29/08/202629/08/26 BBC headline: Ex-White House teleprompter operator ordered to pay $172,000 for Trump speech bets The good news is that the baby keeps all the $$$ from shares bought and sold before he made announcements. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 22/08/2026Indeed. They are displaying tactics from the 20th century. The world has moved on and the number of people who will see that kind of behaviour to be genuine will be reducing each year. On the flip, those who see it as 'over the top' ... 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 20/08/2026The process was started, I suggest, by Thatcher when she appointed Hussey as Chair in 1986. The Right have been playing a very long game. Who can stop it? 180
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This says it all: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comGrenfell cladding firm Arconic paid shareholders £23m more in compensation than to fire victimsReport’s author said findings highlighted ‘near-total failure’ to hold corporations accountable over the disaster that killed 72 people 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 17/08/2026www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/mel...standard.co.ukMelly farewell is all that jazz (and no blues)There were jokes, music, outrageous suits and raucous laughter, and today a grey overcast corner of West London was transformed into New Orleans as the funeral was held of George Melly, the flamboyant... 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026I have simply removed the prog form my list of automatic podcast downloads. Simples. 1340
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Except that, since the dot com bubble, the world has speeded up to a remarkable degree. Due, mostly, to the dot com world ...!!😜 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 07/08/2026I'm sure it will be good. But I stopped following the programme. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026I recall working on a Y2K team. No company even wanted to admit that they had found a problem and fixed it. They thought that customers would wonder if they had missed other problems. Everybody lied. 020
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 06/08/2026If it's a Bob in old money - are these old poems ...? 110
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 04/08/2026it would be helpful if this document was available at a larger definition. It is very blurred and cannot be read easily. Thanks. 040
Reposted by @simon-allen.bsky.socialEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 04/08/2026While wildfires rage, oil bosses are laughing all the way to the bank thanks to Donald Trump’s idiotic Iran war. People across the country are facing sky high energy bills. If Burnham is struggling to find the money to help families with those bills, I’d start here. 21343130
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 03/08/2026Junior school was ghastly because of sport. At seniors, once they had tested my abilities - I was not invited back! I was definitely with the arts group at school. In 1964 I bunked off football practise and was caned! I knew then that it would not make me good at sport or enjoy it and I was right! 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 28/07/2026As long as there is not another 'review and consultation'. Just the folks at the coal face and they will tell you what is needed. 100
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026If someone could 3-D print that ...!! 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 16/07/2026At long last we are getting somewhere. it is well over 20 years since the Blair govt were 'looking into this. Note the location still have to be 'approved' that probably involves a fee! 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 10/07/2026I hope the Brits (Andy Burnham in particular) are taking notes. 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 05/07/2026Yes. I always want <whatever the Thing is> to be perfect before i show it or share it with anyone. But it never is ... 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 30/06/2026I find both the song and the video a lot of fun. 120
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 28/06/2026I'll have think about that image - or is it a collection of images? In my medium of words (for my work) I often have to do both the 'feel' and the 'see'. 010
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026That's what happens when you hire someone who made their way in the 1960s- 1980s. Add to that his own particular shortcomings? His kind of people can never leave in the good times. Nixon for example, still thought he was right. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026If only they were capable of feeling shame. They could, however, feel prison. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Plenty of boys at school smoked cigarettes in the break. Plenty of children still smoke/vape today. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Unfortunately - there is no money left. For anything. Until taxes are raised, no more spending is possible. Have you seen the national debt? 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 07/06/2026A prior engagement prevents - otherwise we would be there. 110
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 02/06/2026This will continue - until the Brits vote to increase taxes. Simple but true. 000
simon-allen.bsky.social @simon-allen.bsky.social · 31/05/2026We shall be on the Island later this year. Now on the list! 010
