Graham Simpson
@grahambs.bsky.social
Advocate of proportional representation and progressive politics. Humanist. Anti Brexit! Anti Trump! @libdems.org.uk
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Graham Simpson
@grahambs.bsky.social
· Sep 12
It’s time for a politics, free of vested interests, free of dogma, free of corruption, free of populist easy answers to complicated questions. A politics which puts justice, the individual and the community ahead of narrow self interest. A politics based on evidence, rationality and compassion. Now!
Starmer says he is waiting for more details to emerge about the US military attack on Venezuela from the Trump press conference. Sounds like the ‘special relationship’ no longer exists…
January 3, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Starmer says he is waiting for more details to emerge about the US military attack on Venezuela from the Trump press conference. Sounds like the ‘special relationship’ no longer exists…
“I was told by real military people that there’s no other country on Earth that can do such a maneuver,” Trump told Fox News in a phone interview. “If you would have seen what happened, I mean, I watched it literally, like I was watching a television show.” - No it’s not a tv show Trump!
January 3, 2026 at 2:44 PM
“I was told by real military people that there’s no other country on Earth that can do such a maneuver,” Trump told Fox News in a phone interview. “If you would have seen what happened, I mean, I watched it literally, like I was watching a television show.” - No it’s not a tv show Trump!
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Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
January 3, 2026 at 11:34 AM
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe.
Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
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Starmer must condemn Trump’s illegal actions in Venezuela
January 3, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Starmer must condemn Trump’s illegal actions in Venezuela
Not ‘captured’ - illegally ‘abducted’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Venezuela latest: Trump says US has 'captured' President Maduro in strikes on country - latest
The US President says Maduro has been
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 10:17 AM
Not ‘captured’ - illegally ‘abducted’
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5...
Agreed
There is, to my mind, no justification for the continued use by the UK Government of X as a platform for official comms. There hasn't been for some time, in fact, but if the latest developments around AI-generated image abuse and CSAM don't change the policy I really don't know what will.
NEW: People are using Elon Musk's chatbot, Grok, to alter images to depict real women being sexually abused, humiliated, hurt, and even killed.
futurism.com/future-socie...
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January 3, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Agreed
The real problem is that the US military are prepared to carry out Trump’s illegal orders.
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
At least 7 explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela's Caracas
At least seven explosions and low-flying aircraft are heard in Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. It was not immediately clear what was behind the explosions.
apnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:39 AM
The real problem is that the US military are prepared to carry out Trump’s illegal orders.
apnews.com/article/vene...
apnews.com/article/vene...
Why do you need to carry a gun in a supermarket?
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www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
California's ban on openly carrying guns is unconstitutional, appeals court rules
U.S. Circuit Judge Lawrence VanDyke, a Trump appointee, said in the 2-1 decision that the state’s law could not stand under the Supreme Court’s 2022 landmark gun rights ruling.
www.nbcnews.com
January 3, 2026 at 7:02 AM
Why do you need to carry a gun in a supermarket?
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...
To cut bits off a child’s body for cultural or religious reasons makes no sense to me…
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
London coroner calls for circumcision safeguards after baby death
A coroner calls for regulation of male circumcisions after six-month-old Mohamed Abdisamad died.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 3, 2026 at 6:30 AM
To cut bits off a child’s body for cultural or religious reasons makes no sense to me…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
These @libdems.org.uk values are great. This year it will be about showing how these values translate into a vision for the country. Democratic reform, an unambiguous commitment to return to Europe, empowering people and communities, a plan for sustainable investment public and private. 👍
Now more than ever, we must stand up for core liberal values—equality, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
Join us in defending these values: http://libdems.org.uk/join
Join us in defending these values: http://libdems.org.uk/join
January 2, 2026 at 9:08 AM
These @libdems.org.uk values are great. This year it will be about showing how these values translate into a vision for the country. Democratic reform, an unambiguous commitment to return to Europe, empowering people and communities, a plan for sustainable investment public and private. 👍
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Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
January 1, 2026 at 11:54 AM
Just a gif of the EU flag projected onto the London Eye as part of Mayor Sadiq Khan's London's New Year's Day fireworks 😀
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
The UK is £90 billion a year poorer because of Brexit i.e. tax rises and spending cuts, it's absurd
One day soon the madness will end and the UK will #RejoinEU ☺️
Gambling firms prey on the vulnerable, it’s time to regulate them!
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Gambling firms prey on the vulnerable, it’s time to regulate them!
Europe needs to accept the fact that Trump’s America is not their friend and to take the strategically necessary decision to become a financially, technologically and militarily independent force.
As we start the New Year 2026,
you can count on me and my team to continue working relentlessly to make Europe stronger.
you can count on me and my team to continue working relentlessly to make Europe stronger.
January 1, 2026 at 12:45 AM
Europe needs to accept the fact that Trump’s America is not their friend and to take the strategically necessary decision to become a financially, technologically and militarily independent force.
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I think all the main candidates on the labour leadership contest will commit to at least a commission on electoral reform as it is an easy win (popular with MPs, members and unions, low cost). I am pro-reform though so possibly this is rose tinted prediction bsky.app/profile/grah...
Will the Labour leadership finally accept the need for electoral reform? Or will they cross their fingers and just hope that the FPTP lottery doesn’t deliver a Reform government?
December 31, 2025 at 7:00 PM
I think all the main candidates on the labour leadership contest will commit to at least a commission on electoral reform as it is an easy win (popular with MPs, members and unions, low cost). I am pro-reform though so possibly this is rose tinted prediction bsky.app/profile/grah...
Happy New Year everyone 😊
December 31, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Happy New Year everyone 😊
Let’s hope we see a lot more of this in 2026 and Trump is crushed in the midterms.
December 31, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Let’s hope we see a lot more of this in 2026 and Trump is crushed in the midterms.
“We’ve got the populism of the left in Polanski and the populism of the right in Farage. Their politics are very different but both are pushing simplistic solutions to challenging problems. One is offering you a unicorn the other’s peddling hatred” - Comments?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Zack Polanski offering voters fantasy solutions, says head of Fabian Society
Joe Dromey, head of the Labour thinktank, urges his party to take on the ‘twin populisms’ of Reform UK and the Greens
www.theguardian.com
December 31, 2025 at 7:55 AM
“We’ve got the populism of the left in Polanski and the populism of the right in Farage. Their politics are very different but both are pushing simplistic solutions to challenging problems. One is offering you a unicorn the other’s peddling hatred” - Comments?
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Massively overpriced
Competitively priced for loo roll, but not soft or absorbent enough.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
The perfect punctuation mark to my choice for who had the worst year on @quietriotpod.bsky.social.
December 30, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Massively overpriced
I have no problem with many who have received honours today but I do have a problem with the system of patronage by which politicians and the government in particular are able to hand them to friends and donors - including the power to appoint to our legislature!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Idris Elba knighted in new year honours list also featuring Torvill and Dean
Meera Syal also made dame while England women’s football and rugby winners feature prominently
www.theguardian.com
December 30, 2025 at 10:23 PM
I have no problem with many who have received honours today but I do have a problem with the system of patronage by which politicians and the government in particular are able to hand them to friends and donors - including the power to appoint to our legislature!
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
December 12, 2025 at 12:24 PM
It's not just social media. Looks like visitors to the US from Europe and other countries that are part of the visa waiver program will have to submit an enormous amount of data about themselves and their families, including DNA, if proposed new rules are accepted
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"If the US President is doing things that are against British values and against the British national interest someone has to point them out."
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December 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
"If the US President is doing things that are against British values and against the British national interest someone has to point them out."
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International law and national sovereignty mean nothing to Trump…
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
Exclusive: CIA carried out drone strike on port facility on Venezuelan coast | CNN Politics
The CIA carried out a drone strike earlier this month on a port facility on the coast of Venezuela, sources familiar with the matter told CNN, marking the first known US attack on a target inside that...
www.cnn.com
December 30, 2025 at 2:59 PM
International law and national sovereignty mean nothing to Trump…
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/12/29/p...
I used to think Nixon was the worst President of America. But he’s a saint compared to Trump…
December 30, 2025 at 1:50 PM
I used to think Nixon was the worst President of America. But he’s a saint compared to Trump…
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The Smallest Audience EVER In
It's 48 Year History ! Thanks,
Chumpster, Because Everything Chump Touches Dies.......
It's 48 Year History ! Thanks,
Chumpster, Because Everything Chump Touches Dies.......
December 30, 2025 at 11:21 AM
The Smallest Audience EVER In
It's 48 Year History ! Thanks,
Chumpster, Because Everything Chump Touches Dies.......
It's 48 Year History ! Thanks,
Chumpster, Because Everything Chump Touches Dies.......