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Simon S

@sphynxzilla.bsky.social

Political junkie, proud leftie, anti-racist, supporter of LGBT, theatre lover, numptie. All views are my own. πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ

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Farage, Badenoch and every one of their fellow right wing-nuts will bite at this & best Starmer with it.

The majority of British people will see it for what it is & think Starmer is in the right.

07.03.2026 21:34 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Absolutely pitiful. Zero serious thinking at the top levels of the political class. Just a desire to be as slavish as possible.

07.03.2026 21:58 β€” πŸ‘ 395    πŸ” 72    πŸ’¬ 26    πŸ“Œ 0
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Trump was asked about Iran tonight, and if he had any message to the families of the service members who were killed.

He ignored those questions, and instead commented on new statues that he has installed in the rose garden.

02.03.2026 02:48 β€” πŸ‘ 393    πŸ” 186    πŸ’¬ 41    πŸ“Œ 28
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Oh, just the business vehicle of Nigel Farage masquerading as a political party breaching its obligations at Companies House.

06.03.2026 19:49 β€” πŸ‘ 719    πŸ” 331    πŸ’¬ 34    πŸ“Œ 11
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Farage Panics When Confronted That Majority of Reform UK Voters Admit to Being Racists and Fascists - Dorset Eye Oh dear, what has Nigel Farage unleashed? When confronted by the latest polling of Reform UK voters and their attitudes towards non-white people, he tries to ridicule the polling and spin it. And…

Farage Panics When Confronted That Majority of Reform UK Voters Admit to Being Racists and Fascists

dorseteye.com/farage-panic...

07.03.2026 06:25 β€” πŸ‘ 84    πŸ” 30    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 2
Farage to be
blocked from No 10 by left-wing tactical voting, poll shows. 

The I paper

Farage to be blocked from No 10 by left-wing tactical voting, poll shows. The I paper

One does not have to be β€˜left wing’ to recognise what a disaster Farage would be for this country.

07.03.2026 09:46 β€” πŸ‘ 192    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 5
Trump, no matter how many countries you invade, you’ll still be a nonce.

Trump, no matter how many countries you invade, you’ll still be a nonce.

My home city ALWAYS brings its A game.

07.03.2026 20:39 β€” πŸ‘ 54    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"I said it's quite bold of Nigel Farage to go to the US to side with Donald Trump against his own country. What did I say Roy?"
"You said he's a treacherous self-serving sack of shit"

07.03.2026 19:38 β€” πŸ‘ 675    πŸ” 208    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 3
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Viewpoint: Is bloodied Syrian boy Omran Daqneesh just another image? The image of a bloodied Syrian boy in an ambulance should not be just a hashtag or viral moment: it must become a movement to end the war, argues Lina Sergie Attar.

You know how sometimes a memory arrives perfectly formed in your mind? Every few months I remember this photograph in almost exact detail, usually if my own children pull a similar expression. And I wonder if he is alive.

07.03.2026 20:41 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

You’ve got to remember for the journos who write these reams of bollocks about the β€˜special relationship’ between the UK and US, their concern is not the interests of either country, or really the fate of Starmer or Trump, but β€˜will the boss not sack me. Please give me a bonus’

07.03.2026 20:45 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 46    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 1
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Farage is whining about Commonwealth voting, using evidence he's made up Professional victim Nigel Farage can't cope with Reform's by-election loss so now he's trying to erode democracy

Farage is whining about Commonwealth voting, using evidence he’s made up

04.03.2026 11:49 β€” πŸ‘ 78    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 2
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At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves.

Staff at the nation’s largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility have placed bets on which detainee will be the next to die by suicide, according to new reporting from the Associated Press based on 911 calls and detainee accounts.

07.03.2026 21:00 β€” πŸ‘ 7107    πŸ” 4764    πŸ’¬ 498    πŸ“Œ 1294
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Iran’s war strategy – to create chaos Trump may not have a plan, but the Iranians do. And Americans aren’t going to like it

Trump may not have a plan, but the Iranians do. And Americans aren’t going to like it

✏️ Tom Arms

07.03.2026 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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The four changes Reform could make to your child’s education β€” The i Paper Farage's party has plans to teach children a 'patriotic' curriculum

The four changes Reform could make to your child’s education - The i Paper

apple.news/Amx-izub9RH-...

He’ll be championing the wealthy no merit just elitism

07.03.2026 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Donald Trump’s Presidency Is in Free Fall Republicans typically lead on the economy, national security, and immigration. Trump is squandering the GOP’s traditional strength on all three.

Remarkable: With support for the Iran war tanking, Trump is now throwing away the GOP's advantage on three core issues: Economy, immigration, national security.

A year ago it looked like he might be popular on all three. He lit it all on fire. 1/

(new piece)
newrepublic.com/article/2074...

07.03.2026 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2377    πŸ” 742    πŸ’¬ 154    πŸ“Œ 111
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Amos Goldberg, Professor of Genocide Studies at The Hebrew University in Jerusalem "Yes, it is genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. Jewish history will henceforth be stained"

Is there anyone more qualified and unbiased?

07.03.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 306    πŸ” 150    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5
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Can Congress Stop Mad King Trump’s Mad War on Iran? With Republicans in charge, probably not.

Since the beginning of this century, Congress hasn’t reasserted its constitutional powers over the right to wage war. And now Trump has started a full-blown war on Iran, in concert with Israel, without so much as a fig leaf of a legal justification.

07.03.2026 17:00 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Kharkiv πŸ’”
Today, 9‑year‑old Gordiy was killed together with his mother Olena when a Russian missile struck a residential building.

The tragedy was reported on the page of the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation:

β€œGordiy was a sincere, kind, and open boy who loved hockey, his team, and training.

07.03.2026 17:03 β€” πŸ‘ 577    πŸ” 194    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 10
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Shrinking weapon stockpiles and regime-change uncertainty: doubts shadow US-Israel war on Iran Report indicates that US intelligence officials question effectiveness of strikes to produce regime change in Iran US government reviews of the war in Iran show that the Trump administration may be ill-equipped for a regime-change war, according to reports. The Washington Post reported on Saturday morning that a classified intelligence review found that the war in Iran is unlikely to oust the Iranian establishment, despite the Trump administration’s desire to continue its attacks. Continue reading...

Shrinking weapon stockpiles and regime-change uncertainty: doubts shadow US-Israel war on Iran

07.03.2026 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 27    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 3
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By @chriscurtis94.bsky.social, Lab MP who worked as pollster on β€œhero voter” strategy in 2024 with
@deborahmattinson.bsky.social

open.substack.com/pub/chriscur...

07.03.2026 17:20 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Photos of all the school children killed by a US strike in Minab, Ireland

Photos of all the school children killed by a US strike in Minab, Ireland

The United States killed all these children last Saturday.

170 of them.

Every. Single. One.

07.03.2026 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1488    πŸ” 1207    πŸ’¬ 92    πŸ“Œ 74
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Opinion | There Is One Crucial Reason We’re Talking About Boots on the Ground

Important reminder: Somewhere in Iran there is 970 pounds of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade. No indications the administration has a plan to secure it, which would probably require sending Special Forces on a risky mission. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/o...

07.03.2026 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 24    πŸ“Œ 3

Gentle reminder for those idiots that want Britain to get fully involved in an illegal war in the Middle East built on a false argument around WMD, in 2003 we had an economy larger than China and could put about 60,000 servicemen and women into the field.

It's history, not current affairs.

07.03.2026 10:29 β€” πŸ‘ 437    πŸ” 101    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 2
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Trump now blocking terror threat warnings because it makes him look bad.

β€œThey don’t want anything getting out that says what they’re doing in Iran is raising the threat level at home.”

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article...

07.03.2026 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1710    πŸ” 959    πŸ’¬ 161    πŸ“Œ 82
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Poll: Reform UK is most disliked party in Britain Reform UK is now the most disliked party among British voters, according to new polling. A More in Common survey asked w

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https://unherd.com/newsroom/poll-reform-uk-is-most-disliked-party-in-britain

07.03.2026 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 504    πŸ” 138    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 11
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πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ The view from @lbc.co.uk across the pond: β€œIf Trump started this conflict to divert attention from the Epstein Files, it’s not working… you have to ask what Netanyahu & Putin have on him… Netanyahu played Trump like a fiddle…”

07.03.2026 18:11 β€” πŸ‘ 1350    πŸ” 504    πŸ’¬ 66    πŸ“Œ 16
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Your Brexit made us irrelevant
Your Brexit ensured our isolation.
Your Premiership bought shame to our nation. Breaking international law and moral and ethical corruption.

This PM is giving us back our dignity, relevance and integrity.

Shame on you, you lying, putrid, bag of piss.

07.03.2026 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 298    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 7
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There have been some very bad developments today.

07.03.2026 01:03 β€” πŸ‘ 7269    πŸ” 2775    πŸ’¬ 738    πŸ“Œ 287
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Obama: "We are living in a time where it can be hard to hope. Each day we wake up to some new assault on our democratic institutions. Another setback to the idea of the rule of law ... but this man - Rev. Jesse Jackson - inspires us to take a harder path ... bc if we don't step up, nobody else will"

06.03.2026 20:09 β€” πŸ‘ 24421    πŸ” 7001    πŸ’¬ 524    πŸ“Œ 421

Translation: if you want us to stop attacking you, stop the US from attacking us from your territory.

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