Ed Simons

Sky News just had Kelvin Mackenzie on, former editor of The Sun, one of the people at the centre of probably the most disgraceful front page in newspaper history, complaining about BBC journalists not being objective and 'fake news'. Astonishing. ~AA

its remarkable to see random suburbanites in their fucking PJs have more courage than the vast majority of america's political, social, and civil elites

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RIP Dave Ball, who told stories with synthesizers. When I was a kid I thought this what London at night sounded like: sad, sleazy, wounded, majestic youtu.be/y9KgEs3Zksg?...

A curious approach from people who don't like the concept of immigration

The insane cruelty of this.

The same right wingers who wail about #DigitalID on “no ‘show us your papers’” grounds are perfectly happy for permanent state intrusion and fear for people they don’t like.

We are in deep trouble.

The fact that this is even seriously discussed, by frontbench politicians and in mainstream publications, shows that something fundamental has broken in UK politics. All those who look at Germany with horrified faces because of the rise of the AfD, kindly take a look in the mirror.

This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

Wow!

Today is a day when arts degrees are worthless, but the product of those degrees is so valuable it would kill an entire industry if they were made to pay for it.

That’s got to be it for Reuben, what a load of rubbish.

Worst guest ever.

Yeah realpolitik etc, but laying on bells, whistles and pomp for a head of state who says "immigration destroys countries from within" is, by definition, another step into the void

Written by a doctor at St Thomas' Hospital, London after the Tommy Robinson march on 13/9.

Want to be clear that the predictable violence against the police wasn't the only problem with yesterday's march

It's that 100,000 angry racists gathered in London for the biggest racist march in 50 years, and anyone not white had to steer clear

The govt can't see that because they are inadequate.

Today people went around my neighborhood in north east London spray painting St George’s crosses onto people’s homes. Many of these houses have non British people living in them.

This is getting very dark, very quick.

The Telegraph Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence [Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday] Robert Mendick Chief Reporter. Amy Gibbons Political Correspondent 29 August 2025 8:57am BST

The Telegraph Money > Property > Second homes How to avoid tax on your second home From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net [Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto] Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer 29 August 2025 1:21pm BST

On the same day in the Telegraph:

And fucking arrested.

Timeline cleanse

This is vile. Local guy speaks to Sky News about the impact of asylum seekers protests. Watch what happens and share widely

Are you young, highly educated and driven, and want to contribute to our stagnant economy with its aging population and low productivity? Well out you go

Tottenham game was final straw for me, clueless

Some going to be the worst post Ferguson appointment

Ta ra Amorim, 11 months of utter rubbish

The ever-eloquent @rafaelbehr.bsky.social pointedly refusing to mince his words on what Farage has done for us. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".

President @realDonaldTrump showing President Zelenskyy and President Macron his 4 More Years hat 🤣🇺🇸

Showing the endangered leader of an invaded country my hats

There's a fairy tale by Terry Jones in which Dr Bonoculus makes a Faustian pact, calculating an eternity spent in the devil's company will at least be stimulating. But when he descends to Hell to pay his part of the bargain it turns out that he's truly damned because the devil is a babbling idiot.

Robert Jenrick, the Tory Shadow Justice Secretary and former Home Office Minister, joining protesters outside an asylum hotel is one of the most disgusting acts by a frontline British politician in living memory.

Hannah Hampton you legend!!

What a finish #lionesses