Reposted by Simon WatkinsJames Felton @jimmfelton.bsky.social · 03/02/2026[explaining to a child why they are living in poverty] for every hundredth pint i drink i can get one free pint 14601192 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsDan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Labour's changes to immigration rules, including potentially applying them retroactively, would be some of the most draconian anti-immigration policies in decades. They're the hostile environment on speed. This is pure cruelty as policy, with absolutely no merit to them archive.today/2026.02.03-2... 20372165 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026To restore democracy and create a fairer, safer, greener world, we need massive taxes on the ultra-rich. As in the 1940s. People get confused about this. The main purpose of such taxes is *not* to raise revenue. The point is to stop the few dominating the many. It's an essential democratic measure. 171356442 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 10/03/2026How much more evidence do we need? The ultra-rich and the governments supporting them will destroy everything for the sake of profit, power and pride. Nothing is precious to them - not human life, not the living world - except their own wealth and status. Our survival depends on resisting them. 22978492631 0
Simon Watkins @simonwatkins.bsky.social · 25/02/2026This is like some Nuremberg Rally or Joseph Stalin speech, it is so delusional and crazy. Made-up and completely invented “facts” followed by standing ovations after every sentence! We are witnessing something really sinister. #StateOfTheUnion2026 000 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsThe Author, Séamas O'Reilly @seamas.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Nine years to the day since Graham Linehan foresaw his own fate. 5347471035 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 26/01/2026Despite the focus on small boats, most refugees stay in poor countries. I went to Sudan, where nearly 1/3 of the population has left their homes, to see how the UN is coping with Trump's cuts and the west's retreat. Sudan is a brutal, forgotten war. Please do read: as.ft.com/r/7db76b9a-8...as.ft.comAdapt, shrink or die: the global crisis in humanitarian aid[FREE TO READ] The UN’s outgoing High Commissioner for Refugees on the west’s retreat in Sudan, the folly of abandoning state-building and ‘necessary anger’ 622299 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 26/01/2026I know it's hard to track all the threats to democracy out there right now, but this is at the top of the list. 1488168626977 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsDave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 26/01/2026This weekend I watched Nuremberg (2025), which ends with a shattering quote from RG Collingwood: "The only clue to what man can do is what man has done." 110735 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsAlex von Tunzelmann @alexvont.bsky.social · 23/01/2026I know some people are cynical about everything now and just say “eh, what do you expect” at every new low, but really this is just astonishing and outrageous, and I don’t think we should shrug at that www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...theguardian.comWhite House posts digitally altered image of woman arrested after ICE protestGuardian analysis shows images are the same, with Nekima Levy Armstrong looking composed in original but sobbing after alteration 211568499 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsJohn Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Some safety tips for the big storm! Be safe, everybody. 231867650 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsFat Apollo, baby! @fatapollo.myatproto.social · 23/01/2026THERE'S NO JOKE HERE!!!!!! WHAT IS THE JOKE????????????? (it's the Big Bang style of writing geek humour) 121 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 22/01/2026A 5-year-old boy was detained with his father by immigration authorities on Tuesday in Columbia Heights, Minnesota. A photo of the child standing next to a vehicle with an adult’s hand on his Spider-Man backpack has prompted outrage.nyti.msDetention of 5-Year-Old by Federal Agents Incenses MinneapolisA photo showed the boy with an oversized hat and Spider-Man backpack being held next to a vehicle as his father was detained. A Homeland Security spokeswoman said the man had fled and left the child. 43365131 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 22/01/2026This week in San Antonio I met two traumatized young boys who were locked up for 6 weeks at Trump’s “baby prison” in Texas. Taken when they checked in for a routine hearing, their mother waiting in the car with their backpacks for school. It’s insane this is happening. 69878395 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsJonathan Cohn @jonathancohn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026I wonder if Trump's fake "Board of Peace" will end up giving him a prize. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...theguardian.comTrump claims world ‘richer, safer’ than year ago at launch of his ‘board of peace’US president repeats claims to have stopped eight wars as he hosts signing ceremony at World Economic Forum 6699 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsCurious news @curiousnews.bsky.social · 20/01/2026In 1932 The US Began The Infamous 'Tuskegee Experiment'. Could History Be About To Repeat Itself?iflscience.comIn 1932 The US Began The Infamous 'Tuskegee Experiment'. Could History Be About To Repeat Itself?Over 40 years, experimenters watched as hundreds of Black Americans went blind, suffered from organ failure, and died of a treatable disease. 0149 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsAaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 21/01/2026The choice is impeachment and removal or calamity for the United States. I don't see how anybody watching Trump's speech in Davos can draw any other conclusion. He's a senile madman. 1026233296808 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsOlga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 21/01/2026Meanwhile, U.S. Members of Congress appeared alongside George Simion, leader of Romania’s far-right AUR—a figure widely criticized for pro-Russian rhetoric and positions—while cutting a Greenland-shaped cake decorated with a U.S. flag. 2581007722 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Trump thinks immigrants will destroy Europe. The truth is the opposite. This column is about the long arc of population change, the hybridity of European cultures, and the widely-misinterpreted results of demographic momentum. Big issues we need to understand. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comThe facts are stark: Europe must open the door to migrants, or face its own extinction | George MonbiotThese are the facts: plummeting birth rates mean that without attracting immigration, many countries are sliding towards collapse, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot 44671253 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsThe Empty City @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 05/01/2026Trump’s obsession with Canada and Greenland is probably just because of the Mercator projection 2947366 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsChris Boyd @paperghost.bsky.social · 06/01/2026"but we source most of our news from here and-" source it somewhere else then. must thou harvest thy news from ye olde nonce shoppe of horrors my good sir? 39016 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsBen Collins @bencollins.bsky.social · 10/01/2026Everybody should watch this and see this woman, who has a baby in her arms and is thrust into basically a standoff, develop courage in real time.reddit.comFrom the minnesota community on Reddit: ST. PAUL, MN: A sobbing resident calls 911 as federal agents force their way into her home to chase down a DoorDash driver who was just trying to deliver food.Explore this post and more from the minnesota community 445115284106 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsJonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 15/01/2026the European mission to Greenland was fourth in the BBC news running order this morning, which feels a bit like doing a light "and finally..." item about the archduke's motorcade taking a wrong turn in Sarajevo 522348501 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Hang on, is Michael O'Leary... right? 3256 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsVeles @menkvi.bsky.social · 15/01/2026"unleash my inner entrepreneur"media.tenor.coma man wearing headphones and a hoodie is looking down .ALT: a man wearing headphones and a hoodie is looking down . 261 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsRobin Ince @robinince.bsky.social · 13/12/2025Very sad that I felt I had no choice but to resign from The Infinite Monkey Cage - a victory for the transphobes and other bigots - I did it because so much of the media has chosen to believe the kind and empathetic people are a fiction - they are real and so often unrepresented. 1011106722818 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 12/09/2025The idea that ideological statements were carved into bullets did seem just a little unlikely to say the least… 514430 0
Reposted by Simon Watkinssianushka.bsky.social @sianushka.bsky.social · 12/09/2025Good that the Guardian is calling Kirk “far right” and showings its readers his views - not “common sense”, not “conservative”, but far right conspiracy. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comCharlie Kirk in his own words: ‘prowling Blacks’ and ‘the great replacement strategy’The far-right commentator didn’t pull his punches when discussing his bigoted views on current events 039671063 0
Simon Watkins @simonwatkins.bsky.social · 15/05/2025Fiona Bruce perpetuating the myth that asylum seekers are the same as illegal immigrants. And not even challenged by shitty Peter Kyle. What a disgusting PoS both of them are! #bbcqt Don’t even get me started on Tory wanker Nigel Huddleston who’s praising the virtues of the illegal Rwanda scheme. 030 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsJohn L @johnlf.bsky.social · 25/04/2025I beg your pardon Microsoft? A 30+% increase? No thank you, subscription cancelled. 🤬 3197 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsBladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 09/04/2025How stupid are these people? 89547117 0
Simon Watkins @simonwatkins.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Essence of “we’ve had enough of experts”. Look how that turned out. These people are morons. #Newsnight 000 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsRob Clarke @thatrobclarke.bsky.social · 09/01/2025It is nearly 10 years since I sent an article to my good friend @gabundy.bsky.social on the subject of UBI. I didn’t know that studies have been made on this subject for decades. I’d never heard the term UBI before this. Anyway, here’s the article from my archives. 142 0
Reposted by Simon WatkinsM a r c u s 🏳️🌈🇧🇧🇬🇧 @marcusjdl.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Oh wow Clarkson has double standards about protest? SHOCKED 54919 0
Simon Watkins @simonwatkins.bsky.social · 26/11/2023Doctor Who overnight rating; 5.08m - second for the night behind Strictly with 7.67m. Beat I’m a Celebrity which had 4.83m #DoctorWho 030 0