Simon James
@jim1132.bsky.social
Happily re-learning the value of expertise, courtesy, and humour after the barking years.
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our shitty right wing autocrats are ramping up their attacks on the Netflix Warner Brothers Merger because they want right wing Trump billionaire Larry Ellison to buy it instead
Project Netflix: MAGA’s Plan To Sandbag Warner Bros Deal; Streamer Called “Biggest Political & Ideology Messaging Machine In Human History”
Ted Sarandos' testimony tomorrow in front of the Senate could see MAGA forces try to blow up the streamer's plan to buy Warner Bros
deadline.com
February 2, 2026 at 10:50 PM
our shitty right wing autocrats are ramping up their attacks on the Netflix Warner Brothers Merger because they want right wing Trump billionaire Larry Ellison to buy it instead
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I think the Epstein affair is turning into the defining political scandal of our time. It is bringing into plain sight how informal networks of powerful, entitled, abusive and often sexually violent men operate outside any form of institutional scrutiny or restraint.
I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence.
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
February 2, 2026 at 12:53 PM
I think the Epstein affair is turning into the defining political scandal of our time. It is bringing into plain sight how informal networks of powerful, entitled, abusive and often sexually violent men operate outside any form of institutional scrutiny or restraint.
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Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
February 2, 2026 at 6:30 PM
Definitely seems like they destroyed the country on purpose.
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There are two British nationals mentioned a lot in the Epstein material. One is a man whose career is already over and the other is a fascist who might be Prime Minister in 3 years time. Can you guess which one the UK MSM is obsessed with?
February 2, 2026 at 5:55 PM
There are two British nationals mentioned a lot in the Epstein material. One is a man whose career is already over and the other is a fascist who might be Prime Minister in 3 years time. Can you guess which one the UK MSM is obsessed with?
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I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence.
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
February 2, 2026 at 11:18 AM
I really can’t keep up with this. It’s like every vague suspicion of oligarch, finance and tech power come together - with Russian influence.
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Yes, you’re not imagining. Only Mandelson, Lebedev, Milner and Epstein and L’Affaire Russe
Montague, great chum of the PM who brought this in, and of the last Tory government that made it even worse, is the last person you'd trust to cover student loans. #wato
February 2, 2026 at 1:37 PM
Montague, great chum of the PM who brought this in, and of the last Tory government that made it even worse, is the last person you'd trust to cover student loans. #wato
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The earlier June one definitely via Mandelson who soon after went hunting for a £4million pa job with Deutsche Bank supported by Epstein.
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
Mandelson leaked No 10 documents to Epstein; sought $4m job
New emails show Peter Mandelson leaked confidential No 10 documents to Jeffrey Epstein, who later helped him pursue a $4m job.
taxpolicy.org.uk
February 2, 2026 at 1:23 PM
The earlier June one definitely via Mandelson who soon after went hunting for a £4million pa job with Deutsche Bank supported by Epstein.
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
All pretty close in time to when Epstein funded Mandelson’s boyfriend (now husband’s) osteopathy course.
A quid pro quo?
taxpolicy.org.uk/2026/02/02/m...
I dont know what the #motd pundits made of that disallowed Villa goal but VAR really shouldn't be used for incidents that far from goal - if the ref or lino don't call it, then that's that.
February 2, 2026 at 9:31 AM
I dont know what the #motd pundits made of that disallowed Villa goal but VAR really shouldn't be used for incidents that far from goal - if the ref or lino don't call it, then that's that.
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Bannon bragging he has control of the far right across Europe. Including Nigel Farage.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
February 2, 2026 at 7:09 AM
Bannon bragging he has control of the far right across Europe. Including Nigel Farage.
#EpsteinFiles
#EpsteinFiles
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UK Politics
90 per cent of Reform supporting comments on social media are bots
Exclusive: Analysis of
649 pro-Reform UK comments in 2025 on social media found that 65 were from real people, while the rest were fake bot accounts used to make their support appear higher than it actually is.
90 per cent of Reform supporting comments on social media are bots
Exclusive: Analysis of
649 pro-Reform UK comments in 2025 on social media found that 65 were from real people, while the rest were fake bot accounts used to make their support appear higher than it actually is.
February 1, 2026 at 11:40 PM
UK Politics
90 per cent of Reform supporting comments on social media are bots
Exclusive: Analysis of
649 pro-Reform UK comments in 2025 on social media found that 65 were from real people, while the rest were fake bot accounts used to make their support appear higher than it actually is.
90 per cent of Reform supporting comments on social media are bots
Exclusive: Analysis of
649 pro-Reform UK comments in 2025 on social media found that 65 were from real people, while the rest were fake bot accounts used to make their support appear higher than it actually is.
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The President of the United States is compromised. It is time for Congress to act. Now!
February 2, 2026 at 2:32 AM
The President of the United States is compromised. It is time for Congress to act. Now!
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Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Editors unite to demand Parliament takes action on SLAPPs
Editors from national newspapers including The Guardian and The Times demand action on SLAPPs in next King's Speech.
pressgazette.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 8:35 PM
Really striking going through Epstein disclosures just how often British defamation lawyers are referred to: Schillings; Paul Tweed; oblique suggestions to sue to silence
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
Why? Because our libel laws let rich and powerful buy silence
Why I signed this last week pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/an...
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Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
February 1, 2026 at 7:34 PM
Just think about the amazing Epstein scoops the new CBS Evening News contributors will have just by interviewing each other.
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Relevant:
It appears even reputable political polling organisations have accidentally made some grave errors which skew the results.
Combined with a near total MSM blackout by majority Tory owned MSM on what Labour are actually getting done in extremely difficult abnormal circumstances on top too…
It appears even reputable political polling organisations have accidentally made some grave errors which skew the results.
Combined with a near total MSM blackout by majority Tory owned MSM on what Labour are actually getting done in extremely difficult abnormal circumstances on top too…
February 1, 2026 at 10:33 AM
Relevant:
It appears even reputable political polling organisations have accidentally made some grave errors which skew the results.
Combined with a near total MSM blackout by majority Tory owned MSM on what Labour are actually getting done in extremely difficult abnormal circumstances on top too…
It appears even reputable political polling organisations have accidentally made some grave errors which skew the results.
Combined with a near total MSM blackout by majority Tory owned MSM on what Labour are actually getting done in extremely difficult abnormal circumstances on top too…
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So Putin is all over the Epstein files. It would come as no surprise to me if the Epstein organization was a front for Russian covert activities to be able to blackmail American establishment figures.
February 1, 2026 at 6:41 AM
So Putin is all over the Epstein files. It would come as no surprise to me if the Epstein organization was a front for Russian covert activities to be able to blackmail American establishment figures.
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❗️🇺🇸 Putin mentioned more than 1,000 times in Epstein scandalous tapes.
American behind-the-scenes political and criminal life is heavily tied to Putin, interestingly…
American behind-the-scenes political and criminal life is heavily tied to Putin, interestingly…
January 31, 2026 at 8:23 PM
❗️🇺🇸 Putin mentioned more than 1,000 times in Epstein scandalous tapes.
American behind-the-scenes political and criminal life is heavily tied to Putin, interestingly…
American behind-the-scenes political and criminal life is heavily tied to Putin, interestingly…
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Reform UK heaps praise on United Arab Emirates rulers
UAE treated poorly over failed Telegraph bid, says Nigel Farage
Reform UK leader visits Abu Dhabi to generate funds and boost ties with Gulf petrostate
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 8:53 AM
Reform UK heaps praise on United Arab Emirates rulers
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✅ Clarkson is right, people aren’t voting Reform for policies 👉there aren’t any.
It’s a protest vote powered by nostalgia not a plan for future.
Reform use farming as a prop. Their real plan is USA trade deal, hormone-treated imports and they’ve appointed Ben Goldsmith
🔗 archive.ph/2026.01.31-0...
It’s a protest vote powered by nostalgia not a plan for future.
Reform use farming as a prop. Their real plan is USA trade deal, hormone-treated imports and they’ve appointed Ben Goldsmith
🔗 archive.ph/2026.01.31-0...
February 1, 2026 at 7:45 AM
✅ Clarkson is right, people aren’t voting Reform for policies 👉there aren’t any.
It’s a protest vote powered by nostalgia not a plan for future.
Reform use farming as a prop. Their real plan is USA trade deal, hormone-treated imports and they’ve appointed Ben Goldsmith
🔗 archive.ph/2026.01.31-0...
It’s a protest vote powered by nostalgia not a plan for future.
Reform use farming as a prop. Their real plan is USA trade deal, hormone-treated imports and they’ve appointed Ben Goldsmith
🔗 archive.ph/2026.01.31-0...
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If you’ve not seen it, v good piece by top colleague @matthewweaver.bsky.social on the suburban Ulez camera bomber, the online radicalisation of older people and the sheer toxicity of “war on the motorist” and anti-Sadiq Khan discourse.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
Ulez bomber: the retired electrician who turned bomb-making extremist
Shy 63-year-old’s decision to blow up London traffic camera linked to online conspiracy theories and Islamophobia
www.theguardian.com
January 31, 2026 at 11:57 AM
If you’ve not seen it, v good piece by top colleague @matthewweaver.bsky.social on the suburban Ulez camera bomber, the online radicalisation of older people and the sheer toxicity of “war on the motorist” and anti-Sadiq Khan discourse.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
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Given it now seems beyond doubt that the cancel culture/wokeness panic was an all-or-nothing elite defence of - variously - important sex offenders, police impunity, official racism, various forms of hate and bigotry, and actual fascism: is anyone planning to apologise for their personal role in it?
January 31, 2026 at 1:27 PM
Given it now seems beyond doubt that the cancel culture/wokeness panic was an all-or-nothing elite defence of - variously - important sex offenders, police impunity, official racism, various forms of hate and bigotry, and actual fascism: is anyone planning to apologise for their personal role in it?
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Wow - yes, here it is. It looks like Putin was the one who reached out to Epstein, at least according to what he told Ehud Barak.
Given Barak’s intelligence background, it’s unlikely he’d lie to him
Wonder who was the Russian conduit to Epstein - there is one plausible one
Given Barak’s intelligence background, it’s unlikely he’d lie to him
Wonder who was the Russian conduit to Epstein - there is one plausible one
January 31, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Wow - yes, here it is. It looks like Putin was the one who reached out to Epstein, at least according to what he told Ehud Barak.
Given Barak’s intelligence background, it’s unlikely he’d lie to him
Wonder who was the Russian conduit to Epstein - there is one plausible one
Given Barak’s intelligence background, it’s unlikely he’d lie to him
Wonder who was the Russian conduit to Epstein - there is one plausible one
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🔴 Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
📝 New post 👇🏻
📝 New post 👇🏻
Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
The Tories and Reform will continue to converge...
writesbright.substack.com
January 31, 2026 at 12:50 PM
🔴 Why Badenoch won’t move to the centre
📝 New post 👇🏻
📝 New post 👇🏻
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In 2013, Jeffrey Epstein invited Elon Musk to hang out with him and Woody Allen, of all people!, in the Caribbean.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
January 31, 2026 at 12:09 PM
In 2013, Jeffrey Epstein invited Elon Musk to hang out with him and Woody Allen, of all people!, in the Caribbean.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
Musk said ‘Yes.’ (Per DOJ files).
He has so much explaining to do.
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I’m sure others have noticed this exchange between Michael Wolff and Epstein about exorbitant price Rybolovlev’ paid to Trump for his the Palm Beach Mansion and suspicious trades with MBS - but how many have twigged that Rybolovlev is part of the current Ukraine negotiating team?
January 31, 2026 at 10:57 AM
I’m sure others have noticed this exchange between Michael Wolff and Epstein about exorbitant price Rybolovlev’ paid to Trump for his the Palm Beach Mansion and suspicious trades with MBS - but how many have twigged that Rybolovlev is part of the current Ukraine negotiating team?