Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Hopefully, this won’t end well for him. Desperate measures, let sleeping dogs lie, etc, etc. 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Reminds us of better times for the pier. It’s a travesty it’s been left to rack and ruin, and (as I understand it) that the lifeboat cannot be used in its current form. Is it too late for the pier to be saved? 110
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Unfortunately I think the Greens have shot themselves in the foot. Polanski has done a lot of good in bringing the Greens into the spotlight but I guess he is finding out more that politics can be a fools game. He could resign on principle but… maybe a lot of the good work is already undone. 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Given up on Iran (yay!) so they can go and get ready to bomb someone else per chance? 020
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Shamefully, I’ve not read any Stephen King. Something else to add to my list. 😊 000
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 04/10/2026I think it comes from the ‘Smith Commission Report Chapter 17 on devolution in Scotland… cy.theyworkforyou.com/sp/?id=2015-... 111
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Me neither. I wonder what type of people would want to use such a facility. I’m an avid reader, but this isn’t for me. Perhaps it’s a bit like a ‘guide’ pontificating about what an artist was thinking about when producing a painting. As I said, a total waste of resources. Is this what it’s come to? 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 03/10/2026I, for one, won’t be going anywhere near it. What a waste of resources… 110
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Seems like a really decent bloke and understands what governments are meant to be doing. 020
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 02/10/2026tbf, I would have thought that £800k for a SECOND home would out of range for the people who really need homes that are affordable, but knock-on effects and all that. Blimey. 031
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 02/10/2026I think SV was used in the Scottish election in May this year. 100
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 01/10/2026That’s pretty depressing, although perhaps it forces other countries to ‘get their act together’ and to be less reliant on the US. 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 01/10/2026I really enjoyed their attacking mentality. Great result. 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Quite. Doubtless he’s got his eye on ‘continuing’ of his ‘sponsorship’ from US companies with their eye on privatisation / asset stripping UK institutions. My immediate thoughts are the NHS. 130
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026I wonder if Helen Whately is really doing anything of ‘value’ for her public money… 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Very much so…sadly. There’s much of the BBC to be proud of, but not it’s framing of (some/most?) important news. 030
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Ha. I’ve only seen 9 of them. Peaky Blinders, Ted Lasso, Slow Horses, Severance, House (part), Chernobyl, The Queen’s Gambit, Planet Earth, The Great British Bake Off (not Baking Show?). And UK version of House of C. is included, 10. 100
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 25/09/2026I’m hoping it was because they were looking to compile a whole long list of charges and not because of SM. We’ll see I suppose. I see that one of his cohorts was jailed for 2 years for throwing a bottle… 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 25/09/2026Good to know. I saw you in Slow Horses (the only series out the list I’ve seen) and I thought hang on a minute I ‘know’ him! Good for you. More to come I hope… 000
Reposted by Simon A.Ash Oro @ashoro.co.uk · 22/09/20261/23 Sorry, this will be long... There is a lot of shouting about what happened in the Channel yesterday. So I want to go back to basic law. Not immigration policies or political rhetoric. At sea, the starting point is simple: Preservation of life comes first under all maritime conventions. 26895469
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I’ve seen variants of this in other subjects, but this is right up there with the best. 010
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 22/09/2026While we’re at it, what about all the jobs lost in manufacturing, textiles, etc, over the decades? 000
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 22/09/2026That’s just it. Many can barely survive on what financial resources they have, yet they’re meant to money to put aside for their pension. I suspect only the ‘sort of’ well offs can do that now. 030
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Ok but the #BBC needs to take a much more neutral stance reporting news and give appropriate (i.e. less) airtime to RF and NF. They should do more to call out far-right fascist groups for what they do/have been doing. Less ‘both sides’ stuff, wheeling out the usual suspects just for the sake of it. 082
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 22/09/2026Mmm. Also along what look like to be the poorer parts of the North Norfolk coast and Lincolnshire coast…☹️ 120
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Me too. And flags on lamp posts in the street. Tells me I don’t want to hang around here. 150
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 20/09/2026It’s even worse. One had already given £25m and the other had already given £8m. Total £105m. Effectively buying ‘democracy’. It’s just so wrong on so many levels. And how much money do they need FFS? 000
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 20/09/2026“Rancid man”. Very apt description. He’s a carbuncle of a human being. An abomination. Why do news outlets #BBC air his obnoxious views? 052
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 19/09/2026IMHO should also ban advertising by betting companies, on TV at the very least. 180
Simon A. @simona62.bsky.social · 19/09/2026I think it looks like Christopher Walken one of my favourite actors. 130