@simonthorne01.bsky.social
dad of two, single parent to one dabbling photographer plodding runner film editor he/him
My latest column at @ms.now:
www.ms.now/opinion/trum...
Jan 1.
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I quote from Andrew Tateโs X profile:
โUnmatched perspicacity coupled with sheer indefatigability makes me a feared opponent in any realm of human endeavour.โ
Ermโฆ
This is certainly not the case when it comes to boxing Andy.
Oh dear.
You poor little love.
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At least 16 files have reportedly disappeared from the Justice Department's public webpage for documents related to Jeffrey Epstein โ including a photograph showing President Donald Trump โ less than a day after they were posted, with no explanation from the government and no notice to the public.
20.12.2025 22:08 โ ๐ 6 ๐ 2 ๐ฌ 2 ๐ 0
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this is already a fascinating listenโฆlooking forward to the full podcast
Make Money Not War: Trumpโs Real Plan for Peace in Ukraine
The Kremlin pitched the White House on peace through business. To Europeโs dismay, the president and his envoy are on board.
FREE WSJ GIFT ARTICLE ๐
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Q: Do you plan to attend Sarah's funeral?
TRUMP: I haven't thought about it yet, but it's certainly something I can conceive of. I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.
Word of the day is โquockerwodgerโ (19th century): a puppet politician whose strings are pulled entirely by someone else.
21.11.2025 13:21 โ ๐ 2374 ๐ 794 ๐ฌ 76 ๐ 113
This is cool. COURIER has created a searchable database with all 20,000 of the files just released from Epsteinโs estate.
Trump's name appears in them more than anyone else, in 1,628 documents.
couriernewsroom.com/news/we-crea...
We spoke to Errol Musk, Elon's Musk's dad, for MisinfoNation: White Genocide
Sunday 8p ET on CNN
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/11/10/d...
I wonder when he will start suing news outlets for describing his barefaced lies about the 2020 election as barefaced liesโฆ
10.11.2025 16:30 โ ๐ 1746 ๐ 300 ๐ฌ 98 ๐ 7
X effect: How Elon Musk is boosting the British right
06.11.2025 04:38 โ ๐ 114 ๐ 75 ๐ฌ 25 ๐ 28Mamdani: "We believe in standing up for those we love. Whether you are an immigrant, a member of the trans community, one of the many Black women that Donald Trump has fired from a federal job ... your struggle is ours too."
05.11.2025 04:35 โ ๐ 10717 ๐ 2205 ๐ฌ 68 ๐ 122
YOUNG PEOPLE. LISTEN UP.
Today Nigel Farage said the government should cut the minimum wage for young people
...to โraise aspirationโ and โboost business"
It's ยฃ10ph FFS!
Lower your pay so youโll dream bigger
DO YOU SEE IT NOW?
Spread far & wide.
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/03/n...
Camberley West and Frimley DECLARED RESULT Alan Ashbery (LD) 1,617 Votes ELECTED RFM 845 Votes CON 666 Votes LAB 140 Votes 3,283 Votes Cast Turnout 27.3% Lib Dem gain from Con
Last night in Camberley, Surrey, where once you could stick a blue rosette in a dog turd and it would win.
It shows people know Deform UK Ltd is not the only alternative. They rejected BOTH turds.
And this is before the wheels properly fall off Fartrage's latest personal promotion bandwagon.
Fly your flag people!!! ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐ฌ๐ง๐ฌ๐ง
But if you didnโt fly it for the Lionsโฆ
Or the Lionesses
Or the Roses
Or Remembrance Day
Or VE Day
Or Team GB
Or the Kingโs Coronation
Then please do excuse us for questioning why TF you want to fly it now.
'Everytime you think it can't get any worse...in he comes with the most extraordinary nonsense.'
As Trump links paracetamol to autism, @mrjamesob.bsky.social feels we ought be 'better at distinguishing between normal occupants of the presidential office - and baboons'.
We have people in power making broad claims around certain drugs and autism that have been continuously disproven.
25.09.2025 14:02 โ ๐ 24027 ๐ 6831 ๐ฌ 742 ๐ 403
Jimmy Kimmel's Suspension Was Always About Censorship (Just Ask Trump)
youtu.be/DK9TkLPJY6w
Oh this is utterly stupendous, well done. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๐๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ
04.09.2025 10:52 โ ๐ 302 ๐ 131 ๐ฌ 10 ๐ 8Juries are randomly selected members of the public. Men and women from all walks of life and all political backgrounds.
Only a moron of irredeemable proportions would even think of suggesting that a jury verdict represents some deep state โtwo-tier justiceโ.
EXCLUSIVE TO ALL NEWSPAPERS POWDER KEG UK ABOUT TO BLOW UP AS BRITAIN STANDS ON THE BRINK OF THE WHOLE NATION DESCENDING INTO CIVIL WAR by Our Apocalypse Staff HELENA HANDCART THE entire country has turned into a tinderbox, one spark and the whole thing could turn into a raging inferno of hatred and violence. All it needs is one little push - preferably from us - and this once peaceful island will explode. It may not take much, maybe an article with some badly researched facts, maybe some exaggerated and provocative hyperbole, and before we know it there'll be blood on the streets, and flames too, as millions of furious citizens attack each other, the police, and the emergency services, not to mention the armed forces should they tragically be called in to deal with the hate-filled mob rampaging through our cities, towns and villages, armed with burning torches and pitchforks, calling for justice, free speech and the immediate death of everyone they don't like. (Top journalism, Ed). Make no mistake, if Britain even exists by next week, we will run this piece again until someone sparks the tinderbox on the brink of the powderkeg that... (cont. for entire summer).
No one sums up the utter shamelessness of the British press and the ugly politics of Farage quite like Private Eye.
08.08.2025 06:42 โ ๐ 2922 ๐ 1030 ๐ฌ 131 ๐ 61
from the cutting room:
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
stephen fry sir, welcome to the resistance
19.06.2025 12:04 โ ๐ 580 ๐ 31 ๐ฌ 17 ๐ 3
Very thoughtful analysis on Keir Starmer's response to - and subsequent U-turn on - calls for a national grooming gangs inquiry - by @peterwalker99.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
โAs the overall budget is rising by ยฃ4.7bn in cash terms only by 2028-29, once inflation is considered, this increase leaves less flexibility for schools than they might have hoped. The settlement doesnโt appear to leave adequate funding to deliver the much-needed SEND reforms. This will require investing in highly trained support staff, adapted learning environments, and consistent, high-quality training for teachers across all schools.
Education Policy Institute on spending review: โThe settlement doesnโt seem to leave enough money for SEND reforms. [This needs funding for] highly trained support staff, adapted learning environments, and consistent, high-quality training for teachers mailchi.mp/epi.org.uk/epi-co...
11.06.2025 13:04 โ ๐ 4 ๐ 1 ๐ฌ 0 ๐ 0Is the Trump movement fascistic?
Some thoughts on how we distinguish the form and substance of fascism, and whether it's the right question at all. โฌ๏ธ
I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.
05.06.2025 20:24 โ ๐ 67043 ๐ 14672 ๐ฌ 1611 ๐ 874
June is LGBT Pride Month. Love is love. Be your fabulous selves.
A good piece here for any of my friends that want to learn about its history: lordslibrary.parliament.uk/pride-in-the-uโฆ
