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Symon Hill

@symonhill.bsky.social
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Left-wing queer Christian. Author, Baptist minister, university chaplain and history tutor. Working class, ecosocialist, pacifist, bisexual. Author of 'The Upside-Down Bible: What Jesus really said about money, sex and violence'.

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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
One of the most alarming aspects of the #Fairford incident is barely being discussed. Why were #US troops aggressively ordering around British civilians on British soil? Even British troops have no authority to give orders to civilians! Why is the UK government allowing this?! #TrumpsTroopsOut
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The police have asked everyone to please not speculate about the RAF Fairford incident, so naturally I'm going to waste no time in making up total bollocks to suit my own agenda.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
*If* anyone is trying to blow up #RAF #Fairford, that is appalling. The actions of US forces at Fairford - who have used it as a base for flying off to bomb #Iran, #Iraq and other places around the world for years - are also appalling. I've little time for people who condemn one but not the other.
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I 💙 Dogs @dogs100.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The fearless thief….
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Emma Yeomans @yeomans.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The RNLI has said the abuse of volunteers in Portsmouth has forced it to close the lifeboat station there and stop operating since September 10. Nearby stations have been providing cover to the area instead. One of the UK's largest coastal cities without a lifeboat because of the far-right.
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iucounu @iucounu.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Patients with ADHD will no longer be formally diagnosed. Instead people will be encouraged to say ‘oh, he’s just a bit, you know,’ while doing a new hand gesture designed to indicate, you know, that he’s a bit like that
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 17/09/2026
Staff at Wales’ two universities involved in a new UK defence initiative are pushing back against their institutions’ decision to join the scheme
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Staff push back against Welsh universities joining UK defence alliance
Mark Mansfield Staff at Wales’ two universities involved in a new UK defence initiative are pushing back against their institutions’ decision to join the scheme. University and College Union (UCU) bra...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
In May of 1940 there was a mass panic in Britain - stirred up by the tabloid press - about 'fighting aged men' who had come to Britain as 'refugees' posing a threat to the women and children of this country - and essentially forming a 'fifth column' that could, at any moment rise up against everyone
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WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
ALT: WW2 Soldiers in Croatia: Ivan Janjic Storefront
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 17/09/2026
ICE agent Christian Castro - who shot Sosa-Celis in Minneapolis and lied about it, and who TX Governor Abbott refused to extradite - has been ARRESTED by the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension. www.startribune.com/minnesota-of...
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ICE agent wanted in Metro Surge shooting is booked into Hennepin County Jail
Christian Castro will now appear in state court one day ahead of his federal court proceedings.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I really don't think that Zack #Polanksi needs to worry about the #Galloway standing in #Holborn. #Galloway will get about 3 and a half votes & descend further into political irrelevance. www.msn.com/en-gb/news/o...
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
#ShanahTovah to my Jewish friends and comrades! #RoshHashanah
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
The #NewTestament declares that "Love is the fulfilling of the law"! But are we really prepared to believe that?! Here's my sermon from this morning. symonhill.org/2026/09/06/l...
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Love is the fulfilling of the law
This morning (Sunday 6th September 2026) I had the privilege of leading worship at Sherbourne Community Church in Coventry. Below is the text of my sermon (this is essentially the text that I wrote…
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
This weekend I joined with other inclusive Christians and other anti-racists to challenge a far-right #ChristianNationalist conference in #Morecambe in the UK. This is what I learnt. symonhill.org/2026/08/24/t... #MakeGreatBritainChristianAgain
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The march of Christian Nationalism (reflections on a strange day in Morecambe)
There is both good news and bad from the ‘Make Great Britain Christian Again’ conference that took place at Emmanuel Church in Morecambe this weekend. On Saturday I joined with other concerned peop…
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I'm on my way to #Morecambe, where far-right Christian Nationalists are gathering for their #MakeGreatBritainChristianAgain conference. I'll join with other inclusive Christians *outside* the conference to reject the far-right as we pray & witness to the inclusive love of #Jesus.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Sad to be missing #BiCon2026. First time I've missed #BiCon (the UK's annual #Bisexual Convention) since 2020 (when it was online!). Best wishes and solidarity to all attending!
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BiCon @bicon.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
More info - but still not the programme yet - at 2026.bicon.org.uk
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BiCon 2026 – 21st-23rd August in Nottingham & online
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
British Christian Nationalists are holding a big conference this weekend. But they're promoting hatred and racism, not the teachings of #Jesus. symonhill.org/2026/08/20/w...
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Why we can’t ‘Make Great Britain Christian Again’
British Christian Nationalists will hold a conference this weekend under the title ‘Make Great Britain Christian Again’. I do not think they can make Britain Christian again – because Britain has n…
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
The sheer nonsensical bizarreness of the #DailyMail's logic would be hilarious if it were not so frightening. After years of using their power to oppose action on #climatechange, the Daily Mail are now blaming the resulting #wildfires on *environmentalists*.
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Mayor Zohran Kwame Mamdani @mayor.nyc.gov · 13/08/2026
The ICE raids and cruelty we are seeing inflicted on children are unacceptable.

The federal government has stripped legal representation from hundreds of thousands of unaccompanied children. Many will soon face an impossible choice: navigate our immigration system alone or risk detention and deportation.

Our city is stepping up. We've invested $16.9 million in immigration legal services for unaccompanied children, with another $32 million in this year's immigration legal services budget, including rapid-response legal advice and representation for people in detention.

If you need immigration legal support, we're here to help. Our free, confidential Immigration Legal Support Hotline is available in your preferred language, regardless of immigration status.
Call 1-800-354-0365
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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 13/08/2026
"PSA: don't leave the house. Make our low-paid contractors do it for you instead."
A shitty notification from Zoom from Ocado
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 13/08/2026
A minister has defended plans to ban zero hours contracts, after Government analysis suggested it could cost businesses up to £3 billion a year
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Minister defends zero hour contracts ban after warnings of costs to employers
David Lynch and George Thompson, Press Association Political Staff A minister has defended plans to ban zero hours contracts, after Government analysis suggested it could cost businesses up to £3 bill...
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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Checkmate, Nige.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
People who say they don’t believe in protests & strikes tend to overlook the reality that without protests & strikes they would have no right to vote, no sick pay, no holiday pay, no freedom of religion, no National Health Service and their children would be working 12-hour shifts in sweatshops.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Still laughing at The Times report based on a senior ReFuk figure suggesting that Farage called the Clacton By-Election based on the belief that it would bring the Parliamentary investigation into his non declaration to a permanent end. Only if he loses
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Plaid Cymru @plaidcymru.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Plaid Cymru will always fight for what is best for Wales. From the Crown Estate to the HS2 Billions - we will always demand fairness from Westminster.
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NationCymru @nation.cymru · 10/08/2026
Researchers from two Welsh universities, along with the University of York, have discovered that people with ADHD are more likely to experience violence and attend hospital emergency departments
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People with ADHD more likely to experience violence, study finds
Researchers from two Welsh universities, along with the University of York, have discovered that people with ADHD are more likely to experience violence and attend hospital emergency departments. The ...
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Dave Jones @cleanpowerdave.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Lies. It's 200 times when solar panels are "mentioned" in the fire report. e.g. “the fire did not reach the solar panel”
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
#RestoreBritain's #CharlieDownes claims that being Christian makes you more British. Not only is this discriminatory, it is a vile distortion of everything that Christian faith is about: symonhill.org/2026/08/09/r...
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
#OnThisDay in 1945, the #US Air Force murdered roughly 140,000 people in the atomic bombing of #Hiroshima. It was one of the biggest massacres in history. Let us honour their memory by resisting war and nuclear weapons today. #NeverForget #RememberThemAll #HiroshimaDay
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
The #BBC's report today is the latest in a long line of revelations of vile abuse of teenagers at the #ArmyFoundationCollege. Any other school or college with this level of abuse would be should down. But the armed forces are allowed to get away with it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #NotMyArmy
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Women tell BBC of rape and abuse at Army teen college
They say the incidents happened at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate when they were aged 17.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Everywhere I look today I keep seeing: 1) deadly wildfires ripping through our communities 2) people desperately trying to get by as energy costs soar 3) record oil & gas profits When will we see that these three things are connected? www.wsj.com/business/ene...
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Big Oil Is Reaping Rewards From the Chaos in Energy Markets
ExxonMobil’s earnings doubled and Chevron posted its highest quarterly earnings on record as energy prices soared during the prolonged closure of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
A small act of kindness toward someone vulnerable just went viral, proof that you do not need grand gestures to make a real difference. Sharing food, helping a hurt animal, aiding a stranger, this is
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Guardian US @us.theguardian.com · 30/07/2026
"A concentration camp, in its most basic definition, is a place where a targeted civilian population, not necessarily accused of a crime, is detained and at least some of their basic rights are suspended," writes @jwashing.bsky.social. "That’s precisely what’s happening in the United States today."
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Don’t call them ICE detention centers. Call them camps | John Washington
I’ve spent a decade reporting on immigration enforcement. The word ‘camp’ best captures the political function of these facilities
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Utter chaos in court tomorrow as, according to the daily court listings, 1855 people from Defend Our Juries are listed to appear in courtrooms at Westminster Magistrates Court on the same day. Many with incorrect names/details, relating to cases the court said were adjourned.
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Gillian Martin @gillmartin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
I'm pleased to be quoted in this excellent @bylinetimes.bsky.social article by Max Colbert, highlighting the rising threat of #ChristianNationalism in the UK. For Christians to champion the inclusive love of the Gospel, we must speak out firmly against the far-right.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
In practice, this will mean telling the children of bricklayers and shopworkers that it's okay for *them* to be bricklayers and shopworkers, while the children of surgeons and company directors will carry on going to university. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Schools to offer technical subjects to pupils from age 14, Burnham says
The government wants pupils to take courses like AI and manufacturing which are linked to local jobs.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 27/07/2026
Welcome to the frontpage of the Daily Telegraph* website... * The newspaper that has relentlessly spent the past three decades seeking to belittle climate science and undermine climate action at every turn
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
We're taking on power and wealth. With only two vested interests - people & the planet. Join.greenparty.org.uk (📷 - just.barold)
Zack wearing a t-shirt that says Daily Fail. Beware the Green Menace. (📷 - just.barold)
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Predictably, we now have the sickening hypocrisy of the far-right using the horrific #BerlinPride attack to demonise Muslims. They are suddenly claiming to be pro-LGBTQ. Many of them would happily ban #Pride parades themselves if they had the chance.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Tinkering around the edges doesn’t meet the crises of our age: affordability, inequality and climate. We need rent controls, wealth taxes and real action on climate. Only the Greens are free of the vested interests to meet this challenge. inews.co.uk/opinion/zack...
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Zack Polanski: Andy Burnham's tinkering won't transform Britain
The lead singer has changed, but it's all the same songs
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Chris #ChangeEverything #VoteGreen @chrisl86.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
"You're being lied to about renewable energy! Every argument against renewable energy (and why they're all wrong" aymanac.substack.com/p/can-we-jus...
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Can we just go Green already? You're being lied to about renewable energy!
Every argument against renewable energy (and why they're all wrong)
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Rebecca Jane Morgan @rebeccajanemorgan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Just a "strike". Nobody fired the missile, it simply materialised out of nowhere.
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'What was their crime?': BBC visits Iran school in Minab where strike killed 120 children
Nearly five months on, grief is still raw as a teacher and a mother recall the horror of the attack in Minab.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
#ReformUK politicians are trying to whip up outrage by complaining about the Southport killer going to Broadmoor. A secure psychiatric hospital is not a soft option. It's another form of imprisonment. Giving the killer more publicity by complaining is not helping victims.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
The fourth leading story on the #BBC News website appears to be "Man who sells weapons says government should buy more weapons". This is not news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK complacent about war threat, warns BAE Systems' boss
The threat of attack has never been higher, the boss of Europe's biggest defence contractor has warned. Dr Charles Woodburn
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
People sometimes reject belief in God because they don't believe in a powerful tyrant looking down on us and controlling everything. As a Christian, I don't believe in that god either. symonhill.org/2026/07/23/g...
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God is not a tyrant in the sky
When people tell me that they don’t believe in God, I sometimes ask them if they would mind telling me why. It often turns out that what they don’t believe in is a sort of powerful, controlling bei…
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Luca Migo @victinibcn.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Day 53 in Albania and the streets are STILL alive! 🇦🇱🔥 What began as a fight over luxury resort developments has grown into a relentless daily movement in Tirana. Every single night, thousands take to the streets demanding real political accountability. The people aren't backing down! 🦩
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Arms dealers will be toasting #AndyBurnham's cabinet appointments: gung-ho militarist #WesStreeting at "Defence" and enthusiastic military spender #JohnHealey as Chancellor, while #ShabanaMahmood can continue to suppress peace protesters as #HomeSecretary.
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Symon Hill @symonhill.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
#WesStreeting is just about the worst possible choice for #DefenceSecretary. He's an enthusiast for the arms industry, high military spending and subservience to the USA. He will merrily continue to sell weapons to #SaudiArabia and #Israel. #StopArmingIsrael #StopArmingSaudi
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