Simon Appleby
@simonappleby.bsky.social
Leader in ESG | Experience in FMCG, Automotive, Financial Services, and International Development | Working with Private Markets to embed ESG and drive a sustainable future | Views My Own
Humbled to support @SteveChalke & Oasis St Martins — asking the hard questions and doing the hard work.
This episode of Radical with Amol Rajan is painful, but full of hope.
We’re not just failing young people — we’re punishing them for being failed.
#Justice #Radical www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This episode of Radical with Amol Rajan is painful, but full of hope.
We’re not just failing young people — we’re punishing them for being failed.
#Justice #Radical www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Radical with Amol Rajan - Knife Crime: Can Education Save Lives? - BBC Sounds
Steve Chalke on why our schools don’t work for Britain’s troubled children.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 26, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Humbled to support @SteveChalke & Oasis St Martins — asking the hard questions and doing the hard work.
This episode of Radical with Amol Rajan is painful, but full of hope.
We’re not just failing young people — we’re punishing them for being failed.
#Justice #Radical www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
This episode of Radical with Amol Rajan is painful, but full of hope.
We’re not just failing young people — we’re punishing them for being failed.
#Justice #Radical www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
Immigration fell by a third in the 9 months after General Election. (From 1.2m visas to 800k in year to March 2025). The new lower headline migration figure (the 12 months of 2024) will come out 10 days after the white paper. Saying net migration is 700k (last stat: year to June 2024) is out of date
May 6, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A question that I haven't heard a good answer to: if cutting migration by a third in a year hasn't changed the narrative on it at all - what would make you think cutting it by another third (or half] would?
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This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
May 3, 2025 at 7:30 PM
This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.
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weapons-grade morons
May 3, 2025 at 3:27 PM
weapons-grade morons
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This is a real tweet by a US Senator. FFS
April 29, 2025 at 9:48 PM
This is a real tweet by a US Senator. FFS
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From someone else who crashed an economy.
[From c.2 weeks ago]
[From c.2 weeks ago]
April 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
From someone else who crashed an economy.
[From c.2 weeks ago]
[From c.2 weeks ago]
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the @hopenothate.org.uk group has been doing sterling work exposing some unsavoury views among Reform candidates ahead of the local elections, here's the latest
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/30/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/30/r...
Reform UK's Northumberland Ne'er-do-wells
Another County chock-full of Reform UK's vetting failures...“I feel that my promise to professionalise the party is now on track,” pronounced Reform UK leader Nigel Farage back in September, adding: “...
hopenothate.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 2:42 PM
the @hopenothate.org.uk group has been doing sterling work exposing some unsavoury views among Reform candidates ahead of the local elections, here's the latest
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/30/r...
hopenothate.org.uk/2025/04/30/r...
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I see a pattern
April 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I see a pattern
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101 days in. Someone's got Biden Derangement Syndrome.
April 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
101 days in. Someone's got Biden Derangement Syndrome.
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Ah yes, Mr. Six-Time Bankruptcy is here to lecture actual businesspeople—who correctly understand that tariffs will crush their businesses and raise prices for consumers—that they are the ones bad at business.
April 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Ah yes, Mr. Six-Time Bankruptcy is here to lecture actual businesspeople—who correctly understand that tariffs will crush their businesses and raise prices for consumers—that they are the ones bad at business.
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We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
April 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM
We tried mass tariffs in 1828, and it crashed the economy. We tried again in 1930, and it crashed the economy.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
Third time’s the charm, I guess.
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Man, imagine buying your own newspaper and still being as unpopular as Andrew Tate.
Net Favorables:
Macron: +10%
Zelenskyy: +8%
Starmer: +8%
Trump: -3%
Vance: -3%
Musk: -8%
A. Tate: -21%
Bezos: -21%
YouGov / Mar 4, 2025 / n=1638
Macron: +10%
Zelenskyy: +8%
Starmer: +8%
Trump: -3%
Vance: -3%
Musk: -8%
A. Tate: -21%
Bezos: -21%
YouGov / Mar 4, 2025 / n=1638
March 12, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Man, imagine buying your own newspaper and still being as unpopular as Andrew Tate.
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Trump's 25% tariffs on steel & aluminium have come into force - with no special carve-out for the UK.
The time is past due. We must prioritise building trade ties with the EU, our largest partner. Polling supports prioritising EU over US trade by 2 to 1.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...
The time is past due. We must prioritise building trade ties with the EU, our largest partner. Polling supports prioritising EU over US trade by 2 to 1.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...
UK prepares to take Trump’s metal tariffs on the chin
In Britain, “we’re not going to have a kneejerk reaction,” government official says.
www.politico.eu
March 12, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Trump's 25% tariffs on steel & aluminium have come into force - with no special carve-out for the UK.
The time is past due. We must prioritise building trade ties with the EU, our largest partner. Polling supports prioritising EU over US trade by 2 to 1.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...
The time is past due. We must prioritise building trade ties with the EU, our largest partner. Polling supports prioritising EU over US trade by 2 to 1.
www.politico.eu/article/uk-d...
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If this story is true, it would confirm again that one cannot negotiate with psychopathic toddler.
March 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
If this story is true, it would confirm again that one cannot negotiate with psychopathic toddler.
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The expanded video of that Richard Tice car crash, during Reform UK's launch in Scotland, is somehow even funnier with subtitles.
- "What are their surnames?"
- "John and Ross."
- "What councils are they from?"
- "John and Ross. Next question?" ~AA
- "What are their surnames?"
- "John and Ross."
- "What councils are they from?"
- "John and Ross. Next question?" ~AA
March 7, 2025 at 9:43 AM
The expanded video of that Richard Tice car crash, during Reform UK's launch in Scotland, is somehow even funnier with subtitles.
- "What are their surnames?"
- "John and Ross."
- "What councils are they from?"
- "John and Ross. Next question?" ~AA
- "What are their surnames?"
- "John and Ross."
- "What councils are they from?"
- "John and Ross. Next question?" ~AA
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According to Trump and his allies, either Ukraine totally capitulates or it's World War III?
March 4, 2025 at 11:24 PM
According to Trump and his allies, either Ukraine totally capitulates or it's World War III?
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After the most disastrous first month of any President in history, Trump will do everything he can to distract you tonight. He will try to convince you that culture war issues are important. None of these things lower gas prices, improve job numbers, or put food on the table. Don't take the bait.
March 4, 2025 at 9:59 PM
After the most disastrous first month of any President in history, Trump will do everything he can to distract you tonight. He will try to convince you that culture war issues are important. None of these things lower gas prices, improve job numbers, or put food on the table. Don't take the bait.
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Perhaps JD Vance could come back to Munich and give everyone in Europe a refresher of his gripping TedX Talk on "freedom of speech". ~AA
March 4, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Perhaps JD Vance could come back to Munich and give everyone in Europe a refresher of his gripping TedX Talk on "freedom of speech". ~AA
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There is no level of dumb this man cannot reach.
March 4, 2025 at 5:54 PM
There is no level of dumb this man cannot reach.
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Some of Trump’s own voters are ready to blame him for a weak economy and high prices, writes @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social.
The Trump Voters Who Are Losing Patience
Some of the president’s own voters are ready to blame him if their lives don’t improve soon.
www.theatlantic.com
March 4, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Some of Trump’s own voters are ready to blame him for a weak economy and high prices, writes @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social.
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Is this the same JD Vance who pretended to be so outraged at a leader supposedly disrespecting another country? Surely not.
Jeez. JD Vance now calling UK 'some random country that hasn't fought war in 30 years'
March 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Is this the same JD Vance who pretended to be so outraged at a leader supposedly disrespecting another country? Surely not.
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Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
March 4, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Being able to drop a quarterly US GDP prediction by 5.1% from +2.3% to -2.8% in a single week is one of the most impressive economic developments in the history of the world.
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Nine years apart.
Desperate Dave.
Desperate Dave.
March 4, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Nine years apart.
Desperate Dave.
Desperate Dave.