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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 21h

London is magical. I feel so blessed to have been born right next to the Thames and have spent my life here. I was in the Nags Head in Covent Garden recently and I was sat next to an American couple who spoke about the city in such awe and I thought, yep you get it. Everyone is welcome x

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

The richest man owns X. The second richest man owns The Washington Post. The third and fifth richest men control Google. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And the eighth richest man now owns both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?

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Paramount takes over Warner Bros in $110bn Hollywood merger

The merger of two of Hollywood's biggest movie studios comes after months of legal disputes and concern over competition

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

I had high hopes too. I know that Iñárritu can be a bit patchy but there are some gems (Amores Perros, The Revenant) and Cruise is at his best when he's not playing Cruise (Magnolia, Collateral). I'll watch it anyway because I was really looking forward to it.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

While I don't doubt his sincerity and obvious grief, social care needs to be paid for and we should judge him when we find out who's footing the bill. I'll wait for the white paper before passing judgement.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

And you don't appear to understand that parliament is sovereign.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

When I was 4 my grandad bought me a bike. The first time I rode it I was too frightened to turn or slow down, despite my dad and grandad imploring me to do so; I crashed into a fence. That memory pops up whenever I think of the fucking idiots behind Labour's policy of appeasing the far right.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Labour Together gutted the party of any integrity. When your goal is to achieve power rather than serve the country, these are the decisions you make. Labour now put party before country.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Fuck me, I did not see this coming. Nor apparently did Andy Burnham.

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Marlow Stern @marlownyc.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

‘The Matrix’ creator Lilly Wachowski on J.K. Rowling and the new ‘Harry Potter’ series: “She is funding trans genocide. J.K. Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support ‘Harry Potter,’ you’re supporting trans genocide.” variety.com/2026/tv/feat...

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Lilly Wachowski on Her New Studio Anarchists United, the Black Power Origins of ‘The Matrix’ and How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Are ‘Supporting Trans Genocide’

‘The Matrix’ filmmaker Lilly Wachowski opens up about her new studio for marginalized voices Anarchists United, J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

I was going to vote Labour and then I realised I wasn't a fan of neo-liberalism, racism or genocide; so fuck that.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Still scarcely any mainstream coverage of this massive story, despite the new and separate scandal involving James Orr. This is not just double standards. I'm struggling to detect any standards at all.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Andy Burnham has made himself quite clear, just as he did after the attempted pogrom in Thetford; through his silence. Well done for defending his silence

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

So your argument is that Burnham should stay silent when racist far right demonstrators cause disruption and intimidate people, because it will encourage them? Really?

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

The police warn people that they'll arrest them for covering their faces on the anti genocide marches in London.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

I saw them in Parliament Square, just sitting there and holding placards. I was lucky to get out alive.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

Crime in the UK has dropped by almost 90% since 1995. Unfortunately much of the UK electorate choose to believe the high crime narrative because it suits their own prejudice. The bigotry and stupidity of Reform and Tory voters are the real danger. policinginsight.com/feature/anal...

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Most crime has fallen by 90% in 30 years – so why does the public think it’s increased?

Despite significant decreases in crime over the past 30 years, most people in England and Wales believe crime is rising; Associate Professor Toby Davies and Professor Graham Farrell of the University…

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

While I'm not a supporter of the Lib Dems (I'll be voting Green), I have a huge amount of respect and admiration for those who believe in democracy enough to have those individual conversations on the door step.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

It would appear that Liverpool will only have enough home grown players to submit a squad of 22 for the CL. The damage Richard Hughes has caused will take at least 2 seasons to undo.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

70m+ white Americans are causing incalculable damage to their own country and the rest of the world.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I was blocked by a Labour supporter simply for pointing out that being anti racist is a moral duty.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Starmer changed how leaders of the Labour Party are elected to ensure that a socialist could never become leader. He then banned a series of left wing candidates, such as Shaheen, and parachuted in allies to neuter CLPs. The Labour Party is no longer a democratic institution. Try to keep up.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

labour accepted donations totalling over £40m to win the 2024 GE; only £2.4m came from trade unions. If you think TUs are the reason for this u-turn then you really haven't been paying attention.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

If you want electoral reform vote Green or Lib Dem (if it's the single biggest issue for you) The Labour Party will never ditch FPTP and writing a letter will achieve nothing more than making you feel better about yourself. If you vote Labour again you're condemning us to another 5 years of FPTP.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

He won't. If you want electoral reform vote Green.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I play Football Manager and I plan to make sure that Liverpool always have 4 + 4 homegrown players every season for Champions League registration. Apparently this is beyond Richard Hughes.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Is Hughes planning to get rid of all of the home grown players so we can have a CL squad of 17 players?

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

Burnham should introduce some popular but inconsequential policies, such as banning orange Starburst or 0% interest on student loans for one day every 29th February; then call a general election. Labour's current polling will never be higher than it is now.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The only fun to be had with Burnham is to see if he can beat Starmer's u-turn record. I thought that record would last as long as Bob Beamon's long jump record.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

There was an old lady who swallowed a spider...

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Beautiful. It made me think of the Irish Painter, Francis Danby.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

It will be interesting to see how the Dems respond to the rise in popularity of Mamdani, El Sayed et al. To destroy socialism in the LP, Labour Together subverted the will of the membership, purged, lied, legitimised the far right and enabled islamophobia. If the Dems do the same, the US is fucked.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

This was posted on here precisely to get the responses you provided. There is a guy called Toby (turned up polo shirt collars) in their office laughing to himself now.

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 19/08/2026

People who don’t know the difference between ‘entomology’ and ‘etymology’ bug us in ways we cannot put into words.

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I can't think of a bar less safe than Strangers' Bar in Westminster.

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

A professor writes: (Jason Stanley) The problem is that journalists failed to do basic journalism. Not a single reporter seems to have checked’ Jason Arday’s citations. The ‘quantifiable metrics’ of his work. Prof Stanley did: ‘Arday is easily comparable to the leading scholars in the field’

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simonnew.bsky.social @simonnew.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

That's what you took from the post. Brilliant.

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