Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Ella Baron @ellabaron.bsky.social · 34mMonday's @theguardian.com cartoon #KemiBadenoch #Toryconference 0198
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Supertanskiii @supertanskiiii.bsky.social · 03/10/2026A second Brexit referendum is a truly stupid idea. Straight to rejoin. No fucking about. There’s no logical argument, economic or otherwise, for not rejoining. The British electorate has proven that they don’t have a clue and are easily duped by disinformation campaigns and foreign interference. 59687119
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 02/10/2026The Conservative party Shadow Culture Secretary to speak at conference tomorrow about how to "defend press freedom", whilst her own party bans journalists whose coverage they don't like 25591249
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 30/09/2026This illustrates not just the hypocrisy but the self-defeating nature of Trump's policies. Under MAGA doctrine, he enacts protectionism, trashes the alliance with Europe, and demands Europe take more responsibility for its own defence, and then finds it has consequences the US dislikes. 710946
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 30/09/2026“The question is not whether we can afford to remain within the Convention [ECHR]. It is whether, in an increasingly dangerous world, we can afford not to” Political liars and lightweights, like Badenoch and Farage, must never be allowed to take that risk. www.lawgazette.co.uk/commentary-a... 24727277
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 29/09/2026If people don't want to pay tax to make this country function and help out the rest of society and particularly those who need help most... then maybe they should move to Dubai and stop bleating about it. Really sick to death of it. 1222643515
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 29/09/2026My latest cartoon for @newscientist.com 41072297
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Original Statement: In Summary: 73781861852
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Farage honks his mouth off about ongoing police investigations, when told not to. His Welsh leader is in prison for taking bribes from Russia. He whips up riots. He’s in bed with Trump, foreign money, crooks and crypto billionaires…. A massive problem with national security is Farage himself. 25659237
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The recipe doesn’t say what temperature the tomatoes should be baked at. Also, the ingredients list salt & pepper, but the recipe doesn’t mention pepper. Please could you advise. Many thanks 000
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 28/09/2026One for the equivocators. 15216
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Author Simulator. My latest books cartoon for @theguardian.com 111175332
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Paul Bernal @paulbernal.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Personally, I’d rather have healthy kids than mollycoddled millionaires 4233486657
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 26/09/2026Even the GB News presenter is thrown by his guest's suggestion that all asylum seekers be castrated. This is what happens when the narrative marches ever rightwards. It drifts out of everyone's control and requires individuals involved to suddenly realise 'no wait, f***, that's mad'. 61397143
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Liam Connolly @connolly-lg.bsky.social · 22/09/2026I want my country back. By that, I mean a country where I would be confident that a thug who livestreamed himself stabbing an RNLI dingy on an active operation would a) Be universally condemned b) Be swiftly arrested, put on trial and if found guilty, face many years in jail. I miss that country. 261490236
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Art of the Deal is buying fertilizer from a Putin-aligned repressive dictator and paying to ship it 6,000 miles from his landlocked and sanctioned country so you can teach Canada a lesson. 668106703008
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺John Henderson @enigmatistelgar.bsky.social · 21/09/2026The future of the Independent #Cryptic #Crossword: fifteensquared.net/2026/09/21/i...fifteensquared.netIndependent Cryptic Crossword – the future – Fifteensquared 1159
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Morten Morland @mortenmorland.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Tuesday’s @thetimes.com cartoon times.newsprints.co.uk/morten-morla... 719473
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 19/09/2026The RNLI rescued Luftwaffe pilots in WW2 because the organisation is there to 'save life at sea' - it's something to be immensely proud of. But as I've said many times before Farage and Co don't seem to have pride in Britain and its institutions beyond flags and crap Enoch Powell said 60 years ago. 681759598
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Jenny Rhodes @jennyrhodes42.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Interesting unintended consequences… 054
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 17/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comWith Kemi’s new shadow chancellor, the Tories must hope for a bout of public amnesiaAndrew Griffith is keen on clearing red tape. Good job he wasn’t part of a Treasury team that abolished the Office for Tax Simplification 125918
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Reform UK should realy have to declare this as a donation in kind from GB News bylinetimes.com/2026/09/17/n...bylinetimes.comNigel Farage Handed Platform by GB News to Defend Reform UK's £72m Donations From Crypto Billionaires"These donations are completely legal," insisted the Reform UK leader as he used his first appearance as a GB News host for six months to dismiss all questions about where his party is getting its rec... 15458138
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Gaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 17/09/2026(as in genuinely curious, this is not my area of expertise, it will be someone's on here, for once man/womansplain to me). Is tying lending to responsible AI risk management not possible? Are we saying bond market vigilantes can control govts but companies are just beyond their remit? 8105
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Henry Morris @mrhenrymorris.substack.com · 13/03/2026EXCLUSIVE - I've just been passed the latest copy from the Papua New Guinea Courier's USA correspondent. Subscribe to my Substack for more! mrhenrymorris.substack.com/p/the-latest... 31476202
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026And guess who follows me.... a man from the Institute of Economic Affairs who, of course, don't declare their donors Wild 925451
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 16/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comNo matter how deranged and delusional your podcast is, Liz Truss can go further | John CraceIn the Trusster’s latest appearance, she says Blair and Brown had a plot to dismantle civilisation and the Tories were part of the woke establishment 1011621
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 16/09/2026On Russia’s pastiche of democracy and lessons for countries that want to preserve the real thing www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comTo understand the threat to our real democracy, watch Putin's fake one | Rafael BehrAs Russians vote this weekend, remember that Britain is not immune to the cynical tactics and corrosion of trust that keep him in power, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 37925
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026Don’t forget Adolf Hitler on vibes (and Eric Clapton on ukulele). 020
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 15/09/2026I think that insults Syd Barrett. Certainly he was an early acid casualty, but to describe as “actually insane” one of the most innovative songwriters and guitarists of English rock is way off the mark. I’m sad that it was published like that (and, yes, I am unapologetically a huge Barrett fan). 010
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/09/2026It would be more helpful for him to acknowledge and explain the role that his austerity policies played in encouraging people to vote for what he correctly critiques here. 932082448
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 13/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comWho better to defend Reform’s latest millions than Honest Bob Jenrick? | John CraceThe man who once helped Richard ‘Dirty’ Desmond save a load of tax was wheeled out to face Laura Kuenssberg 77819
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Tanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 12/09/2026What I love about Western democracy is you can bung a political party £ 36 million earned from criminal activity & most media will continue to point at asylum seekers & migrant care workers with families as the barbarians at the gate we need to defend ourselves from 🙄. 3830101003
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺James Ball @jamesrball.com · 12/09/2026It does give Reform's "enemies" a frame, too: Reform is on the side of the crypto criminals – both Delo and "posh George" – who are paying its bills. Accepting major contributions from one convicted criminal looks unfortunate. Two looks like carelessness. 1523875
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Martin Rowson @martinrowson.bsky.social · 11/09/2026Latest faux ad collage for the excellent @thenewworldmag.bsky.social out now! 13310
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Elena Adaal @elenaadaal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026The strange case of a UK where professing support for a quite peaceful organization - Palestine Action - is an Act of Terrorism, while masked thugs can freely block ports. Part of the underlying cause is the highly performative nature of UK politics. 26216
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Truly disgusting social media post from one of Brexit's most influential backers. 2812020527
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺John Crace @mrjohncrace.bsky.social · 10/09/2026www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comForgetful Farage shares rose-tinted memories of Reform’s party conference | John CraceOops, Nige skipped over the most embarrassing and dark details – let’s set the record straight 87926
Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺 @simonshep.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Read this and the subsequent posts. All on point. Thank you. 000
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Ella Baron @ellabaron.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Thursday's @theguardian.com cartoon on the abuse of #RNLI volunteers in Portsmouth. #PatrioticPlatform #refugees #immigration #smallboats #channelcrossings 516972
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Simon Pegg @simonpegg.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The UK land speed record of 403.1 mph (648.7 km/h) set by Donald Campbell on July 17 1964 has just been broken by a paper shredder at Reform UK HQ. 1447144
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Tom Gauld @tomgauld.bsky.social · 09/09/2026My latest for @newscientist.com 131062200
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Robert Hutton @roberthutton.co.uk · 08/09/2026On Andy Burnham's sudden bout of shyness. thecritic.co.uk/sanc... 19957304
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Daniel Sugarman @danielsugarman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026This Neo-Nazi is attempting to target RNLI volunteers. The police have to act, and the Prime Minister should be making a public statement. 3710279
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Dr Anke Marsh @ankemarsh.bsky.social · 05/09/2026Just so we are clear: The 83yo priest on the left is a terrorist. The balaclava-clad men on the right are protestors with legitimate concerns 522037941
Reposted by Simon Shepherd 🇪🇺Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 07/09/2026A suggested statement for Andy Burnham. 271051351