Reposted by SimunchUnklerupert @unklerupert.uk · 02/10/2026“Literally there hasn’t been a day since 1984 when somebody hasn’t come up and said: ‘You owe me a keyboard’." - Daley Thompson hahaha! IT'S TRUE THOUGH! Also he turned into Sean Connery www.theguardian.com/sport/2026/o...theguardian.comDaley Thompson: ‘I was happy to sleep on floors to do what I was doing. You know you have to earn it’The double Olympic champion insists a knighthood wouldn’t change his life, still trains on Christmas day and explains why he got a video game and Seb Coe didn’t 5469
Reposted by SimunchGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 28/09/2026The thread on one page: skywriter.blue/@did:plc:cod...skywriter.bluePage by George Monbiot | @georgemonbiot.bsky.socialHere is how politics, in most cases, works: Rich and powerful interests, whether in fossil fuels, finance, big tech, media, meat, pharma or foreign governments, make a demand, and use their sophistica... 517355
Reposted by SimunchAngry Donkey News @angrydonkeynews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Here we go. 🚨 BREAKING: Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says there are signs that Israel's enemies will try to attack Israel before the election. x.com/X_Global_tv/...x.com 5420460
Simunch @simunch1.bsky.social · 6hWordle 1,933 6/6 ⬛🟨⬛⬛⬛ ⬛⬛🟩⬛🟨 ⬛⬛🟩⬛⬛ 🟨🟩🟩🟨⬛ 🟩🟩🟩⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Worgle 1727 4/6 🟢⚫🟡⚫🟡⚫ 🟢⚫⚫🟡🟡⚫ 🟢🟢⚫🟢🟢🟢 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Connections Puzzle #1211 🟦🟦🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 #WQuers #WordleBuddies #WordleWonderLeague @scoremywordle.bsky.social 120
Reposted by SimunchJerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @foleyjerry.bsky.social · 6hThe Morning 🇺🇸 BOMBED a SCHOOL in Iran: On 02/28/26 at least 156 People were MURDERED at Shajareh Tayyebeh School, incl. 120 CHILDREN & 26 Teachers. One of the GRAVEST #WarCrimes committed by 🇺🇸 Govt since Vietnam. 🇺🇸 #ImpeachConvictTrump #WarCriminal FREE 🇮🇷 #ToriesGone821 youtube.com/watch?v=9OmK...youtube.comMassacre at Minab: The School That Became a GraveYouTube video by Drop Site News 032
Reposted by SimunchJerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @foleyjerry.bsky.social · 6h🇬🇧 #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦✌️ #PutinToTheHague #ArrestPutin #ICC 🇺🇸 #TrumpIsARussianAsset #ImpeachTrump #The25th #SackKushner 🇬🇧🇪🇺🌎 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 #ToriesGone821 RUSSIA'S OLIGARCHS IN PANIC: PALACE COUP, RELOCATE MONEY ABROAD: #WarInUkraine | Anna Danylchuk aka Anna from 🇺🇦 youtube.com/watch?v=UT-R...youtube.comRUSSIA’S OLIGARCHS IN PANIC: PALACE COUP, RELOCATE MONEY ABROADYouTube video by Anna Danylchuk 043
Reposted by SimunchJerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @foleyjerry.bsky.social · 6h🇬🇧 Palestinian Ahmed Najar reflects on what it has been like to endure the suffering of his family in #Gaza whilst seeking justice in 🇬🇧 "..Hold 🇮🇱 ACCOUNTABLE for ITS ACTIONS. That's all we want.." 🇬🇧 #UKPM 🍉 #IsraelIsAGenocidalState #SanctionIsrael in FULL. #ToriesGone821 youtube.com/watch?v=wzwb...youtube.comBritish Palestinian Ahmed Najar on 3 years of Israel's genocide in GazaYouTube video by Palestine Solidarity Campaign (PSC) 164
Reposted by SimunchTheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social · 6h. Today, the 90th anniversary of the Battle of Cable Street, is the day to show the far-right that fascists are not welcome in London or the rest of the UK! #bbcbreakfast #bbclaurak #bbcbh #toriesgone821 No Pasaran . 085
Reposted by SimunchBadassmutha @badassmutha.bsky.social · 07/09/2026@donmcgowan.bsky.social & I thought we'd better do a very comprehensive @noholdspod.bsky.social Reform Round Up this week👀 Might be our favourite ep so far!😂 Do enjoy & send to your pals. We've earned this schadenfreude! youtu.be/-5lxR0pQ8Ko?...youtu.beWEEKLY REFORM ROUNDUP — Farage Caught Red-HandedYouTube video by No Holds Barred Pod 31311
Reposted by SimunchDon McGowan @donmcgowan.bsky.social · 10/09/2026New article by me over on @westenglandbylines.co.uk. Regulators — Who watches the watchers? An in-depth look at Ofcom and some of our other regulators. westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/regu...westenglandbylines.co.ukRegulators: who watches the watchers?"Who watches the watchers?" is a phrase we hear a great deal but, in these dystopian times, one to which we should perhaps pay more heed 043
Reposted by SimunchNo Holds Barred Pod @noholdspod.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This week's Big Pod™ is out across all platforms. Sal and Don chatted about more Labour backtracks, Arron Banks being a gigantic racist and some of America's latest craziness. Including Trump lying about 9/11. Links below. 👇 152
Reposted by SimunchDon McGowan @donmcgowan.bsky.social · 16/09/2026Latest article from me over at West England Bylines. My report card on Burnham's first few weeks in power. @westenglandbylines.co.uk westenglandbylines.co.uk/opinion/summ...westenglandbylines.co.ukSummer sea-change: Burnham’s U-turns on devolution, defence & donationsAre we in safe hands, or can we expect two years of U-turns followed by a disastrous Labour loss at the election booths in 2029? 033
Reposted by SimunchBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 20/02/2026With the Chagos Islands back in the news, here's a recently published handy-dandy explainer. The Chagos deal isn’t a giveaway but a long-overdue reckoning with colonial crimes, legal reality and the price of military legitimacy | Don McGowan @westenglandbylines.co.uk @donmcgowan.bsky.socialwestenglandbylines.co.ukThe Chagos Islands deal: a mini explainerThe Chagos deal isn’t a giveaway but a long-overdue reckoning with colonial crimes, legal reality, and the price of military legitimacy 25825
Reposted by SimunchPolitics in the U.K. @politicsintheuk.bsky.social · 06/02/2026Farage’s inner circle - all of them had direct contact with Epstein’s confidant, Bannon, or with Epstein himself. Do media hacks call for Farage to get the fuck out of UK politics? Source: Don McGowan #UKPolitics 7231135
Reposted by SimunchByline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In addition to being the UK's most Kremlin-sanctioned newspaper, Byline Times has now been banned two years running from both Conservative and Reform UK party conferences. Judge us by our critics, and subscribe to support our work: subscribe.bylinetimes.com @peterjukes.bsky.social 17514169
Reposted by SimunchLiz Webster 🏴🇬🇧🇪🇺 @lizwebster.bsky.social · 16hTruly vile. At a public event, Mike Graham mocked Andy Burnham’s father for having Alzheimer’s, less than three weeks after Roy Burnham died and apparently on the day of his funeral. Just the lowest of the low. 91412147
Reposted by SimunchAndrew R @excelpope.net · 20/09/2026I was looking something up on Google Maps, and I think I might have found out why successive governments have been so bad at delivery. 733460
Reposted by SimunchBremain in Spain @bremaininspain.com · 24/09/2026A senator in Vermont has noticed who is buying Reform. Why have so few British front pages? 30839337
Reposted by SimunchMichael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · 30/09/2026Most TV is just this now. 17071301953
Reposted by SimunchRep. Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) @repstansbury.bsky.social · 30/09/2026So, actually! Fun fact 🤓 ⬇️ The correct spelling is UNITED States, not “Unites States.” Thank you for your attention to this matter! 56942191
Reposted by SimunchRussell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 15hAsylum seekers from France From 2013 0118
Reposted by SimunchOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026By Suella Braverman's definition of Englishness as being "a lineage, an ancestry, a connection to the heritage of this country which dates back a few generations," I'm no longer English. So where shall I go and live when Reform comes knocking? 216781121
Reposted by SimunchRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 15h2026 Maine Fall Foliage Tour 180143582647
Reposted by SimunchOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 02/10/2026There are people calling this conviction "two tier policing." Er - no. If you set off a politically motivated bomb in a public area and if shrapnel flies about that is terrorism. news.met.police.uk/news/man-jai...news.met.police.ukMan jailed for 15 years over ULEZ camera explosionKevin Rees, aged 63, was sentenced at the Old Bailey on Friday, 2 October. 38692126
Reposted by SimunchPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 02/10/2026By Braverman’s definition: I am not English (half Armenian) nor is the mother of my kids (parents Welsh). In fact of my kids’ great grandparents — only one is English What do to do, Suella? There are probably 80 or so descendants of my great grandparents which by your benchmark aren’t English 4925660
Reposted by SimunchSam Coleridge @samcoleridge.bsky.social · 21hHow did the "quiet neighbour" turn into "Exterminator" on FB and a bomb maker? Radicalised, wound up to past the point of insanity, by the likes of Pochin and her fellow travellers. 613935
Reposted by SimunchOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Massive news. Notorious is 99p on Kindle for just this month. HUGE bargain and people love this book www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0F2FHD18... 2819561
Reposted by SimunchJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 02/10/2026🔴 Reform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six Years Exclusive: Reform UK’s Sam Journet branded “Britain’s worst councillor” as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council bylinetimes.com/2026/10/02/r...bylinetimes.comReform UK Mayor Has Firm Struck off as Another Files No Accounts in Six YearsExclusive: Reform UK's Sam Journet branded "Britain's worst councillor" as opponents demand he be suspended as Mayor of Basildon Council 7324140
Simunch @simunch1.bsky.social · 17hAlso Tory Sir Iain Duncan Smith told reporters that while he did not condone law-breaking generally, he understood and was "happy" for local residents to take direct action (such as placing plastic bags over cameras or disabling them) because they had been "lied to" by Mayor Sadiq Khan. 000
Simunch @simunch1.bsky.social · 18hMatt Wright seemed to take a similar line on his show. I realise that is how LBC might try to encourage listeners and interaction, but it is truly awful. 000
Reposted by SimunchOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21hRachel Johnson who was interviewing her didn't push back at all and even seemed to be agreeing with her. Here's a fuller account from the police. Absolutely scandalous that an MP is not condemning this act of terrorism 2443386
Reposted by SimunchOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21hA man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice." 2502196818
Reposted by SimunchSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21hThere are many challenges; a different UK&EU to 2016, a rogue US, 🇫🇷elections, the demands that could be made of us, our own fear of Brexit wars, Farage weakening our negotiating position BUT… At least Burnham “has created the political space to have a conversation” giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...giftarticle.ft.comDoes the EU want Britain back?Burnham has reopened the Brexit debate. That doesn’t mean the UK will be welcomed back on its own terms 28458114
Reposted by SimunchPeter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 20hSince Suella Braverman is trying to exclude many of us from England, here’s my family story from seven years ago to push back against this ethnonationalism This is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming Englishness bylinetimes.com/2019/12/18/t...bylinetimes.comThis is My England, and Yours: Reclaiming EnglishnessNow that English Nationalism has been unleashed, Peter Jukes argues that we must all try to restore England's buried civic tolerance and historic diversity. 2022197
Simunch @simunch1.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Wordle 1,932 3/6 ⬛⬛⬛🟨⬛ 🟩🟩⬛⬛🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Worgle 1726 3/6 ⚫⚫🟢⚫⚫⚫ ⚫⚫🟢🟢🟢🟢 🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢🟢 Connections Puzzle #1210 🟪🟨🟨🟨 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟪🟦 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟪🟪🟪🟪 #WQuers #WordleBuddies #WordleWonderLeague @scoremywordle.bsky.social 160
Reposted by SimunchBylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 02/10/2026The Guest returns to the road with a powerful exploration of Englishness, belonging and identity Anthony Lo-Giudice’s distinctive dance theatre work tours across the North of England from October before travelling to London and Italy in Spring 2027 northeastbylines.co.uk/culture/thea...northeastbylines.co.ukThe Guest returns to the road with a powerful exploration of Englishness, belonging and identityAnthony Lo-Giudice’s distinctive dance theatre work tours across the North of England from October before travelling to London and Italy in Spring 2027 043
Reposted by SimunchJerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @foleyjerry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🇮🇱 Tourism Ministry is running an Ad Campaign with a MAP that COMPLETELY ERASES the Illegally #OccupiedPalestinianTerritories & the MILLIONS of Palestinians who live there. #BoycottLosAngelesTimes Another Confession by the #GenocidalStateOfIsrael! FREE 🇵🇸🍉 #ToriesGone820 youtube.com/shorts/odgph...youtube.comIsrael Tourism Map Erases Palestinian TerritoriesYouTube video by AJ+ 043
Reposted by SimunchJerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @foleyjerry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026🇬🇧 #SlavaUkraïni 🇺🇦✌️ #PutinToTheHague #ArrestPutin #ICC 🇺🇸 #TrumpIsARussianAsset #ImpeachTrump #The25th #SackKushner 🇬🇧🇪🇺🌎 #StandWithUkraine 🇺🇦 #ToriesGone820 PUTIN THREATENS THE WORLD: UKRAINE HITS RUSSIA'S OIL HUB IN SAMARA Vlog 1550: #WarInUkraine | Anna from Ukraine youtube.com/watch?v=xGEu...youtube.comPUTIN THREATENS THE WORLD: UKRAINE HITS RUSSIA’S OIL HUB IN SAMARA Vlog 1550: War in UkraineYouTube video by Anna from Ukraine 032
Reposted by SimunchJerry Foley 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 🇮🇪 @foleyjerry.bsky.social · 03/10/2026#ToriesGone820 The Super-Rich are PROFITING from the #CostOfLivingCrises. While our Energy Bills rose by 50%, the Super-Rich who make their money from Energy have seen their Wealth grow by 20%. Demand 🇬🇧 Govt #TaxExtremeWealth with @waronwant.bsky.social: 👌👇 secure.waronwant.org/page/201460/...secure.waronwant.orgStop the Super-Rich Profiting from the Cost-of-Living CrisisTax extreme wealth now 042
Reposted by SimunchThe Guardian @theguardian.com · 02/10/2026‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attacktheguardian.com‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attackSmit Machchhar says in video call with Indian PM that he realised if he did not get up then ‘passengers would lose their lives’ The Indian pilot who helped thwart an apparent attempt to crash a flydubai flight has described how he fought for his life in the minutes after his co-pilot stabbed him and the plane began a steep descent. Capt Smit Machchhar, who is recovering in an Abu Dhabi hospital, told the Indian prime minister, Narendra Modi, in a video call broadcast live on television news channels that he knew he had to get back on his feet to save the passengers onboard the aircraft. Continue reading... 28315
Reposted by SimunchSky News @news.sky.com · 02/10/2026Nepal plans to drain four dangerous glacial lakes after deadly flash floodnews.sky.comNepal plans to drain four dangerous glacial lakes after deadly flash floodNepal is set to begin draining four high-altitude glacial lakes in an effort to reduce flood risks, as the country recovers from the recent catastrophic deadly flood that killed more than 1,400 people. 0149
Reposted by SimunchTheFirstGirlySwotsToJoinBlueSky @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social · 03/10/2026. 90 years on from the Battle of Cable Street when Mosley's fascist blackshirts were defeated, join the demo tomorrow Sunday at noon to march from Tower Hamlets Town Hall E1 1BJ to Cable Street to defeat Tommy's blackshorts! #r4today #bbcbreakfast #C4News #bbcaq #toriesgone820 No Pasaran! . 21710
Simunch @simunch1.bsky.social · 02/10/2026It seems like preparation to oppose civilians who might object to Trump's coming activities. Elon Musk is in a three man team leading a revamp of the Pentagon too. 010
Reposted by SimunchMark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · 01/10/2026The dangers that lie hidden in Hegseth’s crazed speech.chadbourn.substack.comThe War At HomeThe Pentagon identifies a new enemy…in America 43331128
Reposted by SimunchFarrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 01/10/2026After the Brexit referendum in 2016, Nigel Farage predicted that the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Austria and Italy. 2016 to 2025: each country has become more pro EU 🇳🇱 Netherlands - from 72% to 81% 🇩🇰 Denmark - from 62% to 85% 🇸🇪 Sweden - from 64% to 85% 🇦🇹 Austria - 37% to 51% 🇮🇹 Italy - 33% to 52% 52452152
