Simon Dalling 🇪🇺
simond1954.bsky.social
Simon Dalling 🇪🇺
@simond1954.bsky.social
🇪🇺#FBPE 💙#Bluecrew 💚 #Greens
✅Climate change exists 🚫MAGA 🚫👁️⃤ 🚫Reform🚫Tories
🚫Romance 🚫DMs
Proud atheist⚛️, bookworm📚, science 🧬 vegan 🌱
UK law prevents me doing chat without age verification through an invasive process - not able to chat
Pinned
Red deer stag after the apples but bribed for a photo with a carrot.
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People arriving here by small boat are desperate, often traumatised. Latest figures are 68% of boat arrivals granted asylum (see link)

The idea of the govt stripping people of their valuables & then hawking it off literally makes me sick to my stomach

migrationobservatory.ox.ac.uk/resources/br...
Confiscating jewellery from survivors of a war zone makes you look like a fucking Nazi. And the obscene thing is, that is the intention. It's there to look appropriately harsh. Indecent. Filthy. A moral stain. And no-one of good character would have ever proposed such a thing in the first place.
November 17, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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‘GDP reduced by 8%’ – Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/bre...
'GDP reduced by 8%' - Nine-year study reveals how Brexit decimated UK economy
Can't help but feel those responsible for Brexit should not, for example, be riding high in the polls with a new party...
www.thelondoneconomic.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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Labour MP Brian Leishman: "The Government has surrendered to... the vile rhetoric of Reform. Does the Home Secretary not see that removing the legal obligation to support asylum seekers who will be otherwise destitute, is as far away from Labour Party principles and values as we can get?"
November 17, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite and please remember this - the ECHR is much more than a treaty. It’s a quiet promise - a shield against abuse of power, a lifeline for the vulnerable, a declaration of who we are as a nation
Labour’s plan risks weakening protections for all of us. Human rights are universal - politicians may not always find them politically convenient but it shouldn’t fall to any government to say who those rights should and should not apply to. It’s a slippery slope to oblivion youtu.be/bl0Lm7v_T18?...
The government won’t achieve ‘decency’ over ‘division’ by trying to be Reform Lite
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 8:29 AM
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The UK’s political right wants to quit another European institution. 

But battle-scarred Remainers are leaving nothing to chance this time.
Farage is gunning for Brexit 2.0. Can he be stopped?
U.K. officials vow to “get on the front foot” as populist Brexiteer Nigel Farage picks his next target: the European Convention on Human Rights.
www.politico.eu
November 17, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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NEW: Welcome to the Great AI Bubble. Yes, it’s here. And yes, it’s going to burst.

It’s also got way more in common with the Epstein scandal than you really want to know.

open.substack.com/pub/broligar...
The Great AI Bubble
Yes, it's a bubble. And yes, it's going to burst.
open.substack.com
November 16, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Reform UK Kent County Council leader Linden Kemkaran has said she’s worried that a BBC documentary on Reform UK may be edited to “make her look bad”.

So she’s chickened out of it.
November 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Reform UK energy plans crumble under scrutiny

…evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
Reform UK’s energy plans crumble under scrutiny
Reform UK rails against net zero, but the evidence shows green jobs and growth are already powering the UK economy
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 14, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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Wincheap (Canterbury) Council By-Election Result:

🌍 GRN: 39.1% (+24.1)
🔶 LDM: 24.1% (-12.2)
➡️ RFM: 16.3% (New)
🌹 LAB: 12.8% (-25.5)
🌳 CON: 7.7% (-2.6)

Green GAIN from Liberal Democrat.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 14, 2025 at 12:39 PM
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The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪
The Trump administration is dismantling efforts to fight the next pandemic
A retreat from investments in drugs and vaccines leaves U.S. less prepared for the next viral scourge, experts warn
www.science.org
November 14, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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Plumbers are worth £90 an hour, corporate lawyers are billed at £1000 an hour. Resident doctors deserve £22.
November 14, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Upon the news that Police & Crime Commissioners are being scrapped, let's take a moment to remember the lowest ever turnouts...

Regular Election:
Staffordshire 2012 (11.63%)

By-Election:
West Midlands 2014 (10.38%)
November 13, 2025 at 1:42 PM
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Westminster Voting Intention:

RFM: 33% (=)
GRN: 17% (-1)
CON: 16% (=)
LAB: 15% (=)
LDM: 11% (=)
SNP: 3% (=)

Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 12 Nov.
Changes w/ 5-6 Nov.
November 13, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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Dear Britain:

Your polls look very "European" and NOW would be a really really really really really really really good time to switch to PR.

➡️ RFM: 26% | 170 (+74)
🟥 LAB: 19% | 124 (-110)
🟦 CON: 18% | 118 (-38)
🟩 GRN: 15% | 98 (+55)
🟧 LDM: 14% | 91 (+10)
🟨 SNP: 3% | 19 (+2)
🔲 PLC: 2% | 12 (+7)
November 11, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Britain can't have sustainable growth without Rejoining the EU.

When Rachel Reeves looks to the budget, perhaps she forgot that Brexit costs us £140 bn pa.

See www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0FZLQW9TQ for a comprehensive appraisal of the #RejoinEU opportunities and
#Brexit threats.
Reboot Britain : Brexit RIP: A better Britain in a better Europe for a better World
Buy Reboot Britain : Brexit RIP: A better Britain in a better Europe for a better World by Cook, Mr Peter, Clutterbuck, Dr Charlie, Hindley MEP, Mr Michael, Knott, Mr Terence, Ward, Ms Julie, Nowak, Ms Wendy, Forrester KC, Mr Ian, Cawthorne, Mr Paul, Ekins-Daukes, Mr Adrian, Sampson, Mr Mark (ISBN: 9798272535818) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
www.amazon.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:24 AM
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Your regular reminder 👇

🏥 81% want publicly owned NHS
🏫 78% want publicly owned schools
💧 73% want publicly owned water
🚂 70% want publicly owned rail
✉️ 70% want publicly owned mail
🚍 67% want publicly owned buses
💡 65% want publicly owned energy
EXCLUSIVE: Poll shows huge support for nationalisation of key industries and utilities
Privatisation has failed.
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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"This open antisemitism is part of Reform’s wider far right and racist politics that must be called out."
Reform UK slammed for antisemitic Facebook post attacking Green Party leader Zack Polanski
"This open antisemitism is part of Reform’s wider far right and racist politics that must be called out."
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Nigel Farage is defending the wealthy while asking everyone else to tighten their belts, writes @andymcdonaldmp.bsky.social
Andy McDonald MP: Nigel Farage is defending the wealthy while asking everyone else to tighten their belts
Farage’s speech was framed as an appeal to “growth,” but it was a defence of privilege. He fretted over inheritance and “exit” taxes that inconvenience the rich.
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:54 PM
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Nigel Farage says the gambling industry, which makes over £15 billion a year, shouldn't pay more tax

leftfootforward.org/2025/11/nige...
Nigel Farage downplays problem gambling and says gambling industry shouldn’t face higher taxes
"Gambling has social harms attached to it. It preys on vulnerable people, so they absolutely should be paying more."
leftfootforward.org
November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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‼️ "Yorkshire Water was privatised in 1989 under the Water Act, launched debt-free and promoted as the start of a new, efficient era.

…Today, the company carries almost £7bn in debt."
Yorkshire Water: it’s time to end the rip-off
Handing the company back to local people would return both control and value to those who need it most
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Advisers told ministers banning Palestine Action could make it more popular
Briefing paper warned proscription could also heighten Muslim-Jewish tensions and be seen as favouring Israel
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:27 AM
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What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
What happens if the Greens overtake Labour in the polls? All bets are off | Gaby Hinsliff
They may lack Labour’s party machine, but Zack Polanski’s burgeoning popularity could have seismic consequences for British politics, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 6:31 AM
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The BBC are under attack over integrity in journalism, and what do they do? They bring on one of the worst examples of it, in Kelvin Mackenzie, who lied about what happened at Hillsborough.

Unbelievable…🤦🏻‍♂️

#newsnight #r4today #bbcbreakfast #PoliticsLive #JFT97 #LFC #YNWA #Redsky #DontByTheSun
November 10, 2025 at 10:46 PM