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SimonC

@simoncoldham.bsky.social
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Family man, cyclist, tech nerd who made a career out of it, socialist, humanist. Too political for my wife so I vent here.

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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
King Charles inherited £650m tax free, gets £354m a year tax free from the tax payer including £132m personal spending money and has an estate worth £22bn that’s never taxed. Like if he needs a pay cut. RT if you want the Monarchy gone. #NotmyKing
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HOPE not hate @hopenothate.org.uk · 08/09/2026
Tomorrow night, Channel 4 Dispatches airs the findings of a year-long investigation into Tommy Robinson’s finances. Watch it. Then come back here. We’ve got more to show you.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
That’s a lovely piece. Thank you and sorry for your loss.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Just copy & share everywhere please. Absolutely thumping.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Introduce yourself with 10 acts or bands you’ve seen live. Bonus challenge: One of them matches the person you QT Libertines Vaccines Charlatans Radiohead Garbage U2 Muse Sleeper Suede Of Monsters and Men
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AJ 🦋 @andjamwar.uk · 26/08/2026
What the fuck is the point of OfGem?
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
They misspelled “Illegal”. FFS BBC.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Bahahahahahaha
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
Roughly peak eclipse and a little after. Taken on iPhone through eclipse glasses.
Just about at peak eclipse. An orange crescent on a black background.After the eclipse peak. Orange crescent on black background.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It should be a daily game show with contestants picked through a raffle. If you have a billion, you’re in the raffle. For each additional billion, you have another ticket.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
It's funny how no-one ever asks where the money is coming from when you announce a cut in immigration.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
What a wonderful tribute. Aunt Barbara was clearly a legend.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Vampires had garlic. Superman had kryptonite. The Wicked Witch of the West had water. And Donald Trump has facts.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
I was enjoying lunch in the sun. Don’t want to go back into my office.
Sunny garden view
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Awful reporting as always. “Car crashed into”, “vehicle drove into”. No mention of the driver until paragraph 4.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 15/06/2026
Okay, I get that. Not always intertwined. Must say that our right wing press, owned by billionaires have also supported the push against mostly brown immigrants, and helped support and normalise Musk.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
And managed by Dick Advocaat. The only nation named the same as a drink managed by a guy with the same name as a drink.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
🤷🏻‍♂️ They are stealing all of our wages though. You cannot become a billionaire without exploiting people. Musk is a despicable person on every level. I don’t understand your comment at all.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
There is no such thing as a good billionaire. They all got there through exploitation. Being a trillionaire is just the title for the absolute worst of them.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
FFS
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
This 👇
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
It’s obscene. There should be no billionaires, never mind a trillionaire. Tax everyone 100% for anything over $999,999,999
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
So sorry for your loss.
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Glennyrodge @glennyrodge.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
80) free speech is great but sometimes shutting the fuck up is good too.
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Paul Bassett Davies @thewritertype.bsky.social · 02/06/2026
Sometimes I wonder if I’ve got what it takes to be a patriot, but I don’t think I can summon up enough xenophobic ignorance, rage and hatred.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
🤬
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Correction: Energy bills to rise hundreds of pounds due to greedy execs at profiteering companies, enabled by a toothless regulator.
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Tim Stephens @proftimstephens.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
Tony Blair has timed his assault on Labour’s climate policy perfectly. Who needs net zero? Everything is fine.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
The young people I know are all fine. It’s not apps that are the problem it’s a total lack of job availability. They can’t adapt to a workplace that won’t take them on in the first place.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
🙈
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Ditto
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
The government needs to help working class people, not just working people.
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Malcolm Mair @malcolm55.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
There is no point in a consumer society if the consumers can't afford to consume.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
FFS. A driver drove a car into the building. The car is not autonomous.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
UTV! That is all.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Okay. I’ll amend that to most.all of the above is peanuts compared the obscene profits being generated by the energy companies, supermarkets etc.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Always the hard choices for the 99% and never for the super rich.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
But all of the growth is going to the super rich and foreign owners because they haven’t done what’s needed for the 99%
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Shame he’s running in a heavily Brexiteer constituency.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
💥
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Shivaji Shiva @shivajishivalaw.bsky.social · 16/05/2026
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
And a bit of Matt Hancock
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
You missed 6) Exploitation of your workforce.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Oh. Nothing to see here. Move along, 👮‍♂️
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
I came here to say the same thing, but you got here well before me. 👍
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
How to manage the cost of government borrowing www.taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2026/05... A government that understood its own finances could act. Ours does not.
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How to manage the cost of government borrowing
Bond markets are reported to be twitchy this morning. Gilt rates are rising. The City of London is muttering about “fiscal credibility”. And the reason is not hard to find. There is growing uncertaint...
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
This is an excellent take on the current situation. “I don’t think replacing Prime Ministers every five bloody minutes because Westminster has the emotional stability of a Labrador near fireworks is a healthy way to run a country.”
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Great that we scrutinise politicians, but why not all of them equally? Rayner, Starmer, Polanski - press pile on, every answer is scrutinised and disputed. Farage is gifted £5 million, “it’s for security” 🤔. Tice avoids £600k in taxes - “it was an oversight” 🤥tumbleweed.
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SimonC @simoncoldham.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Lovely.
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