Simon Ferrigno
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Dad Writer Editor Researcher Sustainability (esp cotton) Some history Long 'sanity' project "The Charge of the Lightweight Brigade", a satire on the idiots of Brexit ('C’est magnifique, mais ce n’est pas la guerre: c'est de la folie') Rejoiner Liberal
Pinned
European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal) - Hansard - UK Parliament
Hansard record of the item : ' European Convention on Human Rights (Withdrawal)' on Wednesday 29 October 2025.
hansard.parliament.uk
Pin Farage's lies and Davey's response somewhere - they will be needed in the years ahead hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2025...
Also, the 'Putin's Patsy' heckle
Also, the 'Putin's Patsy' heckle
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Reform hires hard-right figure with ‘unpleasant views on race’ as head of its student organisation.
Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
Reform hires hard-right figure with ‘unpleasant views on race’ as head of its student organisation
Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British
leftfootforward.org
November 14, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Reform hires hard-right figure with ‘unpleasant views on race’ as head of its student organisation.
Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
Matt Goodwin has argued that UK-born people from ethnic minority backgrounds are not automatically British.
leftfootforward.org/2025/11/refo...
Years of Environment Agency cuts + the general 'I don't care/don't you dare regulate me' attitude that infects a large minority in the UK (possibly aligning with flag hanging) = www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kidlington fly-tipping: Criminals dump mountain of waste in field
The enormous pile of rubbish is called an
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Years of Environment Agency cuts + the general 'I don't care/don't you dare regulate me' attitude that infects a large minority in the UK (possibly aligning with flag hanging) = www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Less testing the waters through hints, more governing worth a try? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Rachel Reeves expected to drop plans for income tax rise
The chancellor had been widely expected to increase income tax rates, which would have broken a manifesto promise.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Less testing the waters through hints, more governing worth a try? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Another neo-feudalist. Graves wants a little empire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
County Council backs surprise plan for 'One Derbyshire'
The proposal would create a local authority serving more than a million people.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Another neo-feudalist. Graves wants a little empire www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Putin is a war criminal. So are all those who have ever enabled him
Russia attacks ‘every district’ of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital
Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildings
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildings
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Russia attacks ‘every district’ of Kyiv, sparking fires across Ukrainian capital
Pictures posted on social media showed different sites in flames and residents gathering in rubble-strewn streets outside apartment buildings
www.theguardian.com
November 14, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Putin is a war criminal. So are all those who have ever enabled him
Morning. Il pleut. Storm someone or other. Might top up the reservoirs. Hoping there will be no flood damage. We live on a hill, though the drainage on the road has been blocked for the past decade, so ...
November 14, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Morning. Il pleut. Storm someone or other. Might top up the reservoirs. Hoping there will be no flood damage. We live on a hill, though the drainage on the road has been blocked for the past decade, so ...
My latest climate column. At least one farmer in India committed suicide by pesticide following climate flood related crop losses, while the threatened court case in Pakistan is about 'the right to a future' www.ecotextile.com/202511126071...
Ten Years after Paris, what does cotton want from COP30?
Cotton rarely makes climate headlines the way food does, yet it is an integral part of agriculture and supports countless livelihoods
www.ecotextile.com
November 14, 2025 at 6:28 AM
My latest climate column. At least one farmer in India committed suicide by pesticide following climate flood related crop losses, while the threatened court case in Pakistan is about 'the right to a future' www.ecotextile.com/202511126071...
It's almost like young women resent seeing the gains of recent years taken away by weird old men news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
Record Numbers of Younger Women Want to Leave the U.S.
The percentage of younger women in the U.S. who express a desire to migrate permanently has surged in the past decade.
news.gallup.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:27 PM
It's almost like young women resent seeing the gains of recent years taken away by weird old men news.gallup.com/poll/697382/...
I'd make it two, honouring our shared language: Fuck off
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
The four-word message the BBC should send Trump about his $1bn lawsuit
The corporation must show it will not be cowed, unlike American broadcast media, and call the president’s bluff
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'd make it two, honouring our shared language: Fuck off
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/media/...
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'I greatly enjoyed Northerners and Made in Manchester, especially the latter, and eagerly await the next book.'
'Absolutely crackin' book!'
'Can’t put it down. So interesting to read about where you were born & grew up. Amazing talent & diversity.'
'A truly excellent read.'
'Absolutely crackin' book!'
'Can’t put it down. So interesting to read about where you were born & grew up. Amazing talent & diversity.'
'A truly excellent read.'
November 13, 2025 at 1:48 PM
'I greatly enjoyed Northerners and Made in Manchester, especially the latter, and eagerly await the next book.'
'Absolutely crackin' book!'
'Can’t put it down. So interesting to read about where you were born & grew up. Amazing talent & diversity.'
'A truly excellent read.'
'Absolutely crackin' book!'
'Can’t put it down. So interesting to read about where you were born & grew up. Amazing talent & diversity.'
'A truly excellent read.'
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I agree with President Gustavo Petro on this 👇👇👇
November 13, 2025 at 1:49 PM
I agree with President Gustavo Petro on this 👇👇👇
Yes, AI and the rush to get every last drop of oil shows the world is run for shareholders and tech bros.
Anyone wondering why so many of us believe that the climate regime is fatally flawed, here’s the evidence:
30 years in (and in the middle of the COP30 meetings), and we are still nowhere near where we need to go! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COPOut
30 years in (and in the middle of the COP30 meetings), and we are still nowhere near where we need to go! www.theguardian.com/environment/...
#COPOut
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Yes, AI and the rush to get every last drop of oil shows the world is run for shareholders and tech bros.
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There are no free lunches in life 👇N.B. No.10 with a flat lining economy & a loss of 4-8% of GDP 🇬🇧 needs the EU more than they need us. Get the Treasury out of mind & the big wins in focus instead. We need a reset that's going to release the economic constraints, look at what the EU wants & do it.
This sums up how narrowminded UK Treasury penny-pinching and Home Office paranoia are sabotaging efforts by UK negotiators to make gains in areas where there is less EU unity like SPS and SAFE which also happen to involve far more money.
Another sign of Downing Street indecision.
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Another sign of Downing Street indecision.
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November 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
There are no free lunches in life 👇N.B. No.10 with a flat lining economy & a loss of 4-8% of GDP 🇬🇧 needs the EU more than they need us. Get the Treasury out of mind & the big wins in focus instead. We need a reset that's going to release the economic constraints, look at what the EU wants & do it.
Another alt.right invasion of the state www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Another alt.right invasion of the state www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
Still, chatbots are making some techbros really rich and giving fossil fuels a second life, so from a narrow financial point of view, it's not all doom and gloom, innit? www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fos...
Analysis: Fossil-fuel CO2 emissions to set new record in 2025, as land sink ‘recovers’ - Carbon Brief
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil fuels and cement will rise around 1.1% in 2025,...
www.carbonbrief.org
November 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Still, chatbots are making some techbros really rich and giving fossil fuels a second life, so from a narrow financial point of view, it's not all doom and gloom, innit? www.carbonbrief.org/analysis-fos...
The cats are alright www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/ista...
Cats return as historic cat door reopens in Istanbul’s Topkapı Palace
Visitors to Topkapı Palace in Istanbul can now witness cats passing through the Karaağalar Quarters, highlighting the Ottomans’ integration of animals...
www.dailysabah.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The cats are alright www.dailysabah.com/turkiye/ista...
This is good. Please can we have a lot more improved rail and bus connecting - affordably! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
East Midlands Railway announces timetable revamp
The operator says there will be more frequent and direct services on the revised timetable.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 8:25 AM
This is good. Please can we have a lot more improved rail and bus connecting - affordably! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bus company: we will let your children know when cards are low so you can give them money to top them up. Also bus company: the card is empty. You cannot get on bus, the card is empty. The myth of British efficiency
a penguin is sticking its head out of a hole next to a piece of paper that says " it was a joke "
ALT: a penguin is sticking its head out of a hole next to a piece of paper that says " it was a joke "
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Bus company: we will let your children know when cards are low so you can give them money to top them up. Also bus company: the card is empty. You cannot get on bus, the card is empty. The myth of British efficiency
Agent Krasnov is doing a stand up job of diverting attention and failing to act www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
How Ukraine is fighting to hold on through another freezing winter amid Russia's growing attacks
Almost four years of conflict have taken their toll and the war of attrition is continuing on the homefront - but many Ukrainians are fighting to keep morale high.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 13, 2025 at 6:56 AM
Agent Krasnov is doing a stand up job of diverting attention and failing to act www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Morning. Yappy dog neighbour managed to dump their dog in the backyard at 430am this morning. A new record. Bleugh
a cat is crawling up a set of wooden stairs and says think i need coffee .
ALT: a cat is crawling up a set of wooden stairs and says think i need coffee .
media.tenor.com
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 AM
Morning. Yappy dog neighbour managed to dump their dog in the backyard at 430am this morning. A new record. Bleugh
Vote Reform, get chaos
Reform in Kent are “a threat to public safety”, the Fire Brigades Union said.
Reform haven’t signed off on fire brigade budgets, “failed to govern and lead the fire service” and haven’t even met with the fire service which is one of their responsibilities.
Reform haven’t signed off on fire brigade budgets, “failed to govern and lead the fire service” and haven’t even met with the fire service which is one of their responsibilities.
Reform leader branded “captain chaos” as Kent fire authority in disarray
The Fire Brigades Union has slammed the record of Reform’s ‘flagship council’ as it emerged that Kent and Medway Fire Authority was in disarray following the removal of five councillors, including its...
www.fbu.org.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Vote Reform, get chaos
Betrayal of the Uyghurs, and other peoples uhrp.org/insights/fro...
From Yalta to UN Resolution 2758: The Disappearance of Uyghur Statehood in International Law - Uyghur Human Rights Project
November 12, 2025 A UHRP Insights column by Asiye Uyghur, Writer In the middle of the twentieth century, the Uyghur people twice sought to build an independent state. The most remarkable attempt emerg...
uhrp.org
November 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Betrayal of the Uyghurs, and other peoples uhrp.org/insights/fro...
Davey...the BBC is "under attack" from a foreign government", Trump undermining press freedom...will Starmer face up to him? And sack Robbi Gibb? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
PMQs live: Keir Starmer says he 'never authorised' attacks on ministers
Friends of the PM told news outlets they were suspicious of Wes Streeting's leadership ambitions - but Starmer says his team are united and calls briefings against ministers
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Davey...the BBC is "under attack" from a foreign government", Trump undermining press freedom...will Starmer face up to him? And sack Robbi Gibb? www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
A new Lowe even for Independent - but Reform, really, Rupert: "asks if there should be a "legally binding referendum" on bringing back the death penalty." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...
PMQs live: Keir Starmer says he 'never authorised' attacks on ministers
Friends of the PM told news outlets they were suspicious of Wes Streeting's leadership ambitions - but Starmer says his team are united and calls briefings against ministers
www.bbc.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A new Lowe even for Independent - but Reform, really, Rupert: "asks if there should be a "legally binding referendum" on bringing back the death penalty." www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp...