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SimonB52

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Socially Democratic Liberal, music lover & gardening half-wit Culture & politics obsessive Caning books on Trump & Putin, and it doesn’t look good Sussex UK “We’ve got a reader”😉 ~ Bill Hicks

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Mark Histed @markhisted.org · 29/09/2026
Well-deserved. The guy is a hero and an inspiration
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
So this is just a huge thank you to everyone who supports us, takes actions, amplifies or simply sends us messages of encouragement. It means everything to us. And we won’t stop fighting until Britain is back where it belongs in the heart of Europe.
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Rosie Holt @rosieisaholt.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Explaining to my mum why Danny Tommo is like Winston Churchill. Come see me on tour: rosieholt.seetickets.com/tour/rosie-h...
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A staggering 650,000 people have already watched this week’s “American Week” on LBC’s official You Tube channel. You can too….here: youtu.be/jpnyXdYP0fc?...
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'Donald Trump baffles the Chinese' | Simon Marks' American Week
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Dutchy Patrick @dutchiepatrick.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
True words: "And the truth does not become less true because someone with great power tells a louder lie".
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SFMuse @sfmuse.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Always read Sarah Kendzior. Clarity and truth.
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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Ok fellow geeks, buckle up for some MRP data: Top Lines: 🇪🇺 EU membership commitment could secure Labour 321 seats, only five less than the 326 needed for a majority government.
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Mic Wright @brokenbottleboy.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW | I’m not surprised, but I am livid. BBC NEWS, ‘DANNY TOMMO’ AND THE DINGHY ATTACK THAT DISAPPEARED While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts. brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/bbc-news-d...
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BBC News, ‘Danny Tommo’ and the dinghy attack that disappeared
While the rest of the media – even the very worst parts – report on Daniel Thomas’ actions, BBC News fails to give its audience the facts.
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Kristian Kiehling @kristiankiehling.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
While the decision to remove russian oligarchs Usmanov and Fridman from the sanctions list was celebrated by the russians as a further weakening of EU resolve,the Latvian government is set to impose national sanctions on the two war criminals. Every sensible EU nation should follow Latvia's example.
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EU officially extends sanctions against Russia — at cost of delisting 2 oligarchs in Putin's inner circle
"This was not a choice between a good and a bad solution, but between a bad and a much worse one," Latvia's Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs said after the EU reached its controversial compromise on Sep...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New post out: England's schools are now the second highest performing in the world outside the far east, according to the OECD's PISA study. Is this because of policy? Attitude to technology? Cultural factors like immigration? And where can we still improve? samf.substack.com/p/why-englan...
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Why England’s schools are doing so well
And what we need to focus on next
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026
NEW Stewart Lee column ‘Danny Tommo’ and his men of fighting age seek their Passport to Piddington www.thenerve.news/p/stewart-le...
"Piddington is about to be invaded by the very worst Britons this country has to offer
Stewart Lee on the hamlet that voted to secede from the UK"

Stylised green and orange image of sign reading ‘Principality of Piddington’, in a field
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Weekend update out. Zelensky has been on a tweet storm lately, and it has been illuminating. There have been threats of escalation, pleas for anti-air support, some confidence stated about the land war and (sadly) a little hope in Trump expressed. phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/weekend-up...
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Weekend Update #202: Zelensky Tweets The War
The War Is Getting More Brutal Now; Ukraine Showing Greater Adaptability In The Land War; Is Zelensky Fooling Himself About The USA?
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Not to be pedantic but Christopher Harborne has already given £25 million to Reform and Ben Delo £8 million. So the figure isn’t £72 million - it’s £105 million.
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Zoe Williams @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
It's a long shot but Bluesky is as good a place as any for this: does anyone have a ticket they can't use for the Zeteo launch at the Barbican tmrw? I will buy it off you if so (I have one, I just want to take my kid).
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John S Barna @johnsbarna.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Also, for those who haven’t read/heard @sarahkendzior.bsky.social yet, two must-read 📚 ⬇️ SK is an international expert on kleptocracs, & has spent years clarifying what keeps being perpetrated, illuminating both the historical & systematic as well as the current & personal
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Sarah Kendzior @sarahkendzior.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"When the powerful want you to forget a conspiracy, what they want you to forget most are the victims. The victims are why the crime matters. To be human is to care about other people. To seek justice is to honor another's humanity." -- THEY KNEW (2022)
THEY KNEW Sarah Kendzior book exerpt on importance of honoring the victms of a conspiracy. i have *actual* vision impairment and therefore cannot use the tiny non-expndable box for "vision-impaired people" because i can't fucking see the text. if you wanna add alt text go ahead. apolgies for typos
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
I’ve reached the point - well actually, I reached it a while ago - where I’m militantly anti-AI. Fine - use it in bioscience labs and radiology where it might help analyse data more effectively. Use it sparingly for systems engineering. Everywhere else, it can fuck off.
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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
JON STEWART: “They began covering their ass 3 weeks after 9/11… There was poison in the air, on the ground, on your pets/clothes… THE CITY KNEW. Rather than limit the damage, they covered it up… After 9/11, business will never be usual again.” (From @mamdanibulletin.bsky.social )
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/09/2026
State handouts, 10,000 lasers – and Trump’s election: six things we learned from the Elon Musk film
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State handouts, 10,000 lasers – and Trump’s election: six things we learned from the Elon Musk film
Alex Gibney’s marathon documentary delivers numerous eye-raising insights into the broligarch’s business deals, early idealism and apocalyptic appetite for fathering children
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Solidarity RPM @solidarityrpm.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
STOP ISRAEL'S WEST BANK TERROR! SATURDAY 12 SEPTEMBER 2026 12 PM - 2 PM THE CLOCKTOWER BRIGHTON, EAST SUSSEX, UK PEACEFUL PROTEST
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Cold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
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Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
I’ve been a bit quiet on here lately, and this was why www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Losing a parent is a bewildering, lonely experience. Here are the things I wish I had known before | Gaby Hinsliff
There’ll be exhaustion, love tinged with occasional rage, even moments of black humour. But my mum would want me to tell you: don’t be afraid, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
What really struck me watching Channel 4 investigation into Reform is that the wilful breaking of electoral law isn’t an accident - it’s by design At every turn it’s Reform - Orr, Dan Jukes - saying how to break the law Exactly why I’ve been banging on about weak election law for so long
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Incredible moment in the doc when Farage’s right-hand man Dan Jukes lists several foreign donors who’ve given money to the party via their kids. It’s not just one or two backers - it’s a huge conspiracy cooked up by the party to break the law. It’s bigger than we even thought
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover 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:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover 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.
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Rick @rick-sco.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
C4 news are nice enough to stick it on youtube
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Undercover: Exposing Reform's secret donations plot
YouTube video by Channel 4 News
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Wow. Watch Channel 4 News now Nigel Farage discussing elicit funding for reform U.K. from a foreign donor All on secret camera
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Including a screening at my favorite old haunt, @princecharlescinema.com on the 12 of October!
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Social Media Lab @socialmedialab.ca · 30/08/2026
"Destruction of East India Company Gives US Lawmakers a Blueprint for Confronting Big Tech. The instruments to take apart entrenched corporate power “still exist,” but current governments are “lacking... the political nerve to use them,” said historian William Dalrymple."
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Destruction of East India Company Gives US Lawmakers a Blueprint for Confronting Big Tech: Historian | Common Dreams
Historian warns of unchecked power in Big Tech firms, drawing parallels to British East India Company. US lawmakers urged to rein in tech giants.
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Simon Marks @simonmarksfsn.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
My latest "American Week" for @LBC in glorious technicolour. www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkhb...
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Two explanations. Both concerning. | Simon Marks' American Week
YouTube video by LBC
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Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The fallout from the collapse of this glacier - a torrent of mud surging down the valley - killed hundreds of people. Gone, in a flash. Those people were wiped out by anthropogenic climate change. Our governments are simply not responding quickly enough to this disaster which is already upon us.
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/08/2026
'The city is dying' — Ukrainians in Kramatorsk brace for worst as Russian forces inch closer. Just over 10 km from Russian troops, the city now faces heavy FPV drone attacks day and night.
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'The city is dying' — Ukrainians in Kramatorsk brace for worst as Russian forces inch closer
KRAMATORSK, Donetsk Oblast — Morning sunlight settles over a narrow street in Kramatorsk, lined with vendors selling their homegrown vegetables and meat at what used to be a bustling market. Intensif...
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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
BREAKING: After the Washington Post fired me last year for speaking the truth in the wake of the Charlie Kirk killing, I fought back. And I'm happy to announce: I won my case against the Washington Post. They have been ordered to reinstate me immediately. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/b...
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Washington Post Ordered to Rehire Fired Columnist Karen Attiah
An arbitrator ordered the newspaper to reinstate Karen Attiah, who was fired after posting about “white men who espouse hatred and violence” following Charlie Kirk’s killing.
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Luke Harding @lukeharding1968.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
I sat down with Oli Dugmore for an in-depth video podcast. We discussed Trump's relationship with Putin, the KGB's mysterious break-ins at our Moscow apartment, and the wobbling world order. Also the Kremlin's delusional Ukraine war. Thks @newstatesman1913.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=37ok...
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Could Trump be working for Russia? | Luke Harding | The Exchange
YouTube video by The Exchange
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Ren Zelen @renzelen.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
“The barely concealed truth is that Britain is under threat from the men in Savile Row suits who radicalise mobs. “
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 20/08/2026
Worth a listen. “If I was gonna stage a coup in 2028…”
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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
41 years ago, Carl Sagan gave a clear and elegant explanation of the science behind global warming.
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Shaun Pinner @shaunpinner.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
It’s absolutely bizarre this isn’t front page news…… youtube.com/shorts/h0H2e...
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GROUNDHOG DAY… AGAIN! | North Korea’s 60,000-Strong Army & Ballistics Backs Russia
YouTube video by Shaun Pinner
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
This, by @alexisconran.com, is brilliant & chilling. open.substack.com/pub/scamproo...
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Is your mobile phone listening in on you?
The scary thing is ... it doesn't have to.
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Phillips OBrien @phillipspobrien.bsky.social · 01/08/2026
Latest piece is out. Reports from the last few days indicate that China is about to send advanced, finished munitions to Iran--of the type that could chaos for any US escalation. However, Trump pretends otherwise. China might be going in for the kill--with US help. open.substack.com/pub/phillips...
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Is China Going In For The Kill?
Trump Has Left The US More Vulnerable Than It Has Been Since 1861
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
A betting account in the name of George Cottrell, the convicted fraudster who bankrolled Nigel Farage, received almost $9mn in cryptocurrency from unidentified sources while he was providing gifts to the Reform UK leader great work from @annasophiegross.bsky.social www.ft.com/content/b74c...
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Betting account in George Cottrell’s name received $9mn in crypto from unidentified sources
Deposits in Polymarket wallet came as convicted fraudster was providing gifts to Farage
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Brilliant and far-reaching new investigation into George Cottrell and former Reform treasurer Mehrtash A’zami by @nafeez.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/23/p...
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‘Posh George’, Two Passports, and a Fraudulent Identity: Convicted Fraudster and Nigel Farage Funder's Connections to Reform UK’s Murky Financial Structures
Why did Reform UK change from being a privately-owned company to a non-profit company limited by guarantee in 2025? Nafeez Ahmed investigates a fraudulent identity used by George Cottrell – and how hi...
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SimonB52 @simonb52.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
@lewisgoodall.com Who’s this gaslighting useful CPAC idiot? Things that never happened 101……
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 19/07/2026
NEW: Who funds Nigel Farage? And why has it taken till now for any journalistic scrutiny? @carolecadwalla.bsky.social who has tracked him for a decade exposes how the UK press & regulators looked the other way 🧵👇
Farage the money launderer and me: a decade of denial
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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 19/07/2026
If you’re wondering why UK press has suddenly woken up to Farage, please read this. It’s because: Brexit. The r/w press refused to scrutinise the money behind Farage & the lawsuit against me scared off the rest. But this isn’t a new scandal. It’s the same one I’ve been reporting on for a decade
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