Simon Evans
@evssimon.bsky.social
Retired lifelong educator. Living on God's own coastline. Attempted guitarist, has been cricketer, EU citizen in Wales definitely not moving on. #rejoin #fbpe #neverTrumpMuskPutin 🏴🇪🇺🇺🇦
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Tax breaks for foreign millionaires but mass deportations for the rest. Huge austerity and NHS cuts, replacing NHS with insurance model, scrapping NetZero, workers’ rights and online safety act. And a trade war with the EU.
Reform:
Corrupt. Ruinous. Racist. Moronic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform:
Corrupt. Ruinous. Racist. Moronic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
10 Reform policies that would clobber Brits
Whether it's mass deportations, slashing hundreds of billions of spending, or tax cuts for the super-rich, Reform UK and Nigel Farage have set out their pitch to voters
www.mirror.co.uk
January 2, 2026 at 4:42 PM
Tax breaks for foreign millionaires but mass deportations for the rest. Huge austerity and NHS cuts, replacing NHS with insurance model, scrapping NetZero, workers’ rights and online safety act. And a trade war with the EU.
Reform:
Corrupt. Ruinous. Racist. Moronic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Reform:
Corrupt. Ruinous. Racist. Moronic.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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Its a shame you can't encourage Starmer to see the error of his ways.
He's making a massive mistake using twitter as his primary social media platform when so many of his voters are here and have been for over a year!!
He's making a massive mistake using twitter as his primary social media platform when so many of his voters are here and have been for over a year!!
X/grok creating and platforming sexually explicit material of children isn’t just a lapse, it’s criminal.
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Elon Musk and his companies should be held to account.
It’s been over a year since I dumped X. It was the right decision then and even more so now. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Grok Posts Sexual Images of Minors After ‘Lapses in Safeguards’
Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot Grok said “lapses in safeguards” led to the generation of sexualized images of minors that it posted to social media site X.
www.bloomberg.com
January 2, 2026 at 12:54 PM
Its a shame you can't encourage Starmer to see the error of his ways.
He's making a massive mistake using twitter as his primary social media platform when so many of his voters are here and have been for over a year!!
He's making a massive mistake using twitter as his primary social media platform when so many of his voters are here and have been for over a year!!
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If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
January 2, 2026 at 1:27 PM
If the British government, and indeed other governments, can’t muster a fast and strong response to Twitter adding a facility enabling users to create and share AI child sexual abuse material then not sure what Musk could ever do that would actually provoke a response.
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Reports from inside Russia make it clear that there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's compound. The compound is protected by SAMs, anti-aircraft guns, and fighter jets, none of which deployed. No person in the region heard or saw any evidence of an attack.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
December 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Reports from inside Russia make it clear that there was no Ukrainian drone attack on Putin's compound. The compound is protected by SAMs, anti-aircraft guns, and fighter jets, none of which deployed. No person in the region heard or saw any evidence of an attack.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
Putin lied; Trump believed him.
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You mean: where might Labour politicians and staff have got the idea they could achieve incredible personal success, just by screaming abuse at their own core supporters while regularly falling over and pretending to be injured? Gee whizz, it sure is a mystery why they’d have formed that impression.
December 31, 2025 at 11:59 AM
You mean: where might Labour politicians and staff have got the idea they could achieve incredible personal success, just by screaming abuse at their own core supporters while regularly falling over and pretending to be injured? Gee whizz, it sure is a mystery why they’d have formed that impression.
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2025 Awards:
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
December 31, 2025 at 9:22 AM
2025 Awards:
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
Racist of the year: Farage
Incompetents of the year: Reform run councils
Traitor: Nathan Gill, Reform
Grifter: Farage
Most ruinous policy of the year: Brexit (9th year running)
New Year’s resolution for 2026:
Not having these howling failure monkeys leading in the polls.
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Putin just wants to see Ukraine succeed...
December 29, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Putin just wants to see Ukraine succeed...
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Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
December 29, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Every single time Trump has a meeting with Zelensky, Putin calls Trump the day before and Trump’s position in the Zelensky meeting then mirrors the Russian position. The talking points are the same, with all the same lies. It’s a simple playbook for Putin and it works every time.
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"Read the bloody room" tweets Mr Braverman, who opposes the King's message of togetherness, but strongly approves of President Trump!
December 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
"Read the bloody room" tweets Mr Braverman, who opposes the King's message of togetherness, but strongly approves of President Trump!
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Marco Rubio appears to be coked out of his little mind in this video. FUN FACT: His brother-in-law's cocaine dealing paid for Marco's parents' house. www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikT...
Rubio looks completely blasted
www.reddit.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Marco Rubio appears to be coked out of his little mind in this video. FUN FACT: His brother-in-law's cocaine dealing paid for Marco's parents' house. www.reddit.com/r/CringeTikT...
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yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
December 23, 2025 at 4:22 PM
yeah I mean it’s genuinely sad that the “reasonable old school” Republican (who Dems eagerly and unanimously voted to confirm) is out here doing pressers blatantly geeked out coke and it’s not subtle
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Hilarious BBC News report on the Andrew Epstein emails, using the phrase 'the emails do not indicate any wrongdoing' multiple times. Of course they indicate wrongdoing. They don't prove it, but they indicate it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
Email by 'A' from 'Balmoral' asked Ghislaine Maxwell for 'inappropriate friends', Epstein files show - live updates
The emails do not indicate any wrongdoing. The BBC has contacted Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor's team for a response.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Hilarious BBC News report on the Andrew Epstein emails, using the phrase 'the emails do not indicate any wrongdoing' multiple times. Of course they indicate wrongdoing. They don't prove it, but they indicate it. www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3...
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Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Government waters down farm inheritance tax plan
The government has now said it will lift the intended threshold from £1m to £2.5m.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Inheritance tax is one of the fairest systems of taxation, and everything was in place to protect working farms, so this just looks pathetic frankly.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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ill say again, the Spectator under Fraser Nelson did more to normalise & legitimise racism & paranoia about migrants, amongst posh people, tho Elon Musk’s X is now reinforcing it. Every single week from at least 2020 the Speccie’s weekly 1 page news round up had “small boat numbers” as a key item.
Immigration salience has less to do with aggregate Immigration numbers than
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
- visibility of boats & asylum > visas
- general vibes about integration
- elite cues from media & political discourse in shaping public perceptions
This is more true when immigration is falling then when it is rising
December 22, 2025 at 10:01 AM
ill say again, the Spectator under Fraser Nelson did more to normalise & legitimise racism & paranoia about migrants, amongst posh people, tho Elon Musk’s X is now reinforcing it. Every single week from at least 2020 the Speccie’s weekly 1 page news round up had “small boat numbers” as a key item.
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In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Another beautiful Shchedryk performance amidst ruins.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
It was set in what used to be a DTEK thermal power plant — now destroyed by russia.
The contrast between russia’s destructive nature and the Ukrainian will to create beauty even in the darkest times is palpable.
December 21, 2025 at 9:37 PM
In English we know it as “Carol of the Bells,” but the melody arises from a Ukrainian folk tradition of songs welcoming the new year and summoning the forces of nature to meet human labor and bring prosperity.
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
Do listen.
I wrote about the history here: snyder.substack.com/p/o-generous...
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He's been! Here's everything I read this year (and a few things I wrote): Henry James! Joseph Heller! Penelope Fitzgerald! A biography of the unsuccessful 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, Al Smith!
advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...
advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...
December 20, 2025 at 3:56 PM
He's been! Here's everything I read this year (and a few things I wrote): Henry James! Joseph Heller! Penelope Fitzgerald! A biography of the unsuccessful 1928 Democratic presidential candidate, Al Smith!
advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...
advicetothelovelorn.blogspot.com/2025/12/Book...
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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Even around a third of Welsh voters say they're going to vote for that English nationalist party that's funded by Russia.
December 19, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Even around a third of Welsh voters say they're going to vote for that English nationalist party that's funded by Russia.
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Scorpion vows no more stinging if frog treats him with respect.
December 19, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Scorpion vows no more stinging if frog treats him with respect.
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25 years ago, Kirsty MacColl was cruelly taken away from us. My favourite female singer/songwriter, I adore her work. Deserves to be remembered way beyond the manner of her passing and that Pogues song. She was fantastic!
Here she is absolutely smashing 'Miss Otis Regrets'.
A real one was Kirsty.
Here she is absolutely smashing 'Miss Otis Regrets'.
A real one was Kirsty.
December 18, 2025 at 12:30 AM
25 years ago, Kirsty MacColl was cruelly taken away from us. My favourite female singer/songwriter, I adore her work. Deserves to be remembered way beyond the manner of her passing and that Pogues song. She was fantastic!
Here she is absolutely smashing 'Miss Otis Regrets'.
A real one was Kirsty.
Here she is absolutely smashing 'Miss Otis Regrets'.
A real one was Kirsty.
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Sorry for language but what the f*ck is the point of Electoral Commission if they don’t bother investigating Farage’s alleged illegal excess spending during Clacton election❓😡
And why the f*ck did the police investigation over it & HMRC investigation over stamp duty on Clacton House both fade away🤷🏼♂️
And why the f*ck did the police investigation over it & HMRC investigation over stamp duty on Clacton House both fade away🤷🏼♂️
Nigel Farage told to ‘come out of hiding’ over alleged election overspending
Labour chair urges Electoral Commission to investigate claims Reform leader spent too much in Clacton campaign
www.theguardian.com
December 18, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Sorry for language but what the f*ck is the point of Electoral Commission if they don’t bother investigating Farage’s alleged illegal excess spending during Clacton election❓😡
And why the f*ck did the police investigation over it & HMRC investigation over stamp duty on Clacton House both fade away🤷🏼♂️
And why the f*ck did the police investigation over it & HMRC investigation over stamp duty on Clacton House both fade away🤷🏼♂️
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Imagine believing that this guy is engaging in peace talks in good faith
We should finally take him at his word.
"Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force.
Russian leader says aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally’"
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
"Putin calls European leaders ‘little pigs’ and says Russia will achieve Ukraine goals by diplomacy or force.
Russian leader says aims of its ‘special military operation’ will be met ‘unconditionally’"
www.theguardian.com/world/live/2...
December 17, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Imagine believing that this guy is engaging in peace talks in good faith
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The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Pulitzer Board Demands Trump’s Tax and Psych Records in Lawsuit Twist
Donald Trump isn’t going to be happy about this one.
newrepublic.com
December 17, 2025 at 1:06 PM
The Pulitzer Board is actually fighting back against one of Trump’s vexatious lawsuits, saying, ‘If you were harmed, prove it — with medical and financial records.’
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
Not rolling over like some of the capitulating companies we’ve seen.
newrepublic.com/post/204475/...
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Again and again, the optimal position when legally threatened by Trump is to be resolute in defence and prepare for court.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
Everyone should stand up to this bully.
December 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Again and again, the optimal position when legally threatened by Trump is to be resolute in defence and prepare for court.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
You will likely not then have to go to court, as he will fold or settle.
But if you seek to settle from the off, he has got you and he will crush you.
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Right let's breakdown this new poll for Wales because there is a lot going on below the headline figures.
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December 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Right let's breakdown this new poll for Wales because there is a lot going on below the headline figures.
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