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Simon Wheeler
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Retired headteacher and counsellor. Dowser. Shamanic practitioner. Writer. Alumnus of Guildhall School of Music & Drama and Univ of Cambridge.
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Simon Wheeler @simondowser.bsky.social · Nov 13
Brian Blessed wrote a personal review/endorsement after reading my book from ten years ago. I just love his letter…content and presentation.
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Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue a year, new analysis shows

www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
Brexit costing UK up to £90bn in lost tax revenue , new analysis shows
Exclusive: Britons also up to £3,700 worse off, leading to calls for the Labour government to improve relations with the EU
www.independent.co.uk
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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talking-upscotland.bsky.social
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/11/23/n...
‘Navy’s secret nuclear pollution hush-up’ of tritium that ‘smashes into your DNA’, which Scientific American says causes cancer, in a country (Scotland) where it’s surging in the under-50s, but it’s ...
Grokked by Simon Templar @liam9904 Professor John Robertson OBA To add to the detail in the above National/Ferret report on the shocking attempt at a cover-up, the awful scale of WHAT they wer…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
November 23, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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ledbydonkeys.org
The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford
November 19, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Late to reading this, but it's a fabulous breakdown of Trump vs the BBC.
davidallengreen.bsky.social dag @davidallengreen.bsky.social · 20d
NEW

A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC

The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak

By me:
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-close-lo... (Substack)

(Non-Substack link to follow.)
A close look at Trump's $1 billion claim against the BBC
The litigation letter is weak, but his underlying practical position is not weak
emptycity.substack.com
November 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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nisreenalwan.bsky.social
This is disastrous on multiple levels. We already have a high level of mistrust & people opting out of sharing will hit medical research so hard. I’d also hesitate to encourage people to share their protected characteristics data to monitor equality & diversity because of the plausibility of misuse.
goodlawproject.bsky.social Good Law Project @goodlawproject.bsky.social · Oct 18
US spy-tech giant Palantir is moving into our NHS to handle patient data, the same company with a troubling record of surveillance and deportations.

Our Tech and Data Lead, Duncan, spoke at Hackney Town Hall as Homerton Hospital considers adopting Palantir software.

What do you think?
October 18, 2025 at 8:49 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
Lots of flag-botherers over on Facebook now suddenly demanding the council step in to take these down
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Signs of kindness put up along Nottingham road in place of flags
It is not clear who put up the signs, which have appeared on lamp-posts along a road in Nottingham.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Give up satirists.

Move to Saudi or something.

You're not needed any more.
October 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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bylinetimes.bsky.social
BREAKING: The National Union of Journalists describe the Conservative Party's banning of Byline Times journalists from covering their conference as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"

bylinetimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
Conservatives Accused of ‘Trumpian’ Tactics After Barring Second Byline Times Journalist From Conference
The National Union of Journalists described the bans as a threat to media freedom which "undermines the Conservative Party leader’s repeated pledge to fight for free speech"
bylinetimes.com
October 9, 2025 at 9:05 AM
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talking-upscotland.bsky.social
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/10/07/l...
Long A&E waits more than twice as common in NHS England but despite that the Royal College of Emergency Medicine in England has little to say by comparison with its comments in Scotland
Professor John Robertson OBA From Public Health Scotland today, we see that 4.2% patients spent more than 12 hours in A&E.1 From NHS England, the equivalent figure was, once calculated from the…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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angusrobertson.bsky.social
📣More culture funding available

The Scottish Government’s Culture Collective Fund has opened for applications.

Administered by Creative Scotland, the fund enables organisations in arts, screen & creative industries to work directly with communities. www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/opinion...
www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com
October 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
simondowser.bsky.social
Oh dear, BBC News. 🥴🤷🏼🤔🤭
October 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
A peerage can only be removed by an act of parliament. The last time that happened was in 1917.

Our House of Lords is completely unfit for purpose, and the likes of "Lady Mone" can keep her position for life without consequences.
josiahmortimer.bsky.social Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · Oct 1
Covid-19 Bereaved Families on today’s ruling ordering PPE Medpro to repay £122m to Govt

“Nobody who had any part to play in the PPE scandal...should have any role in public life. Baroness Mone should have no role in making & passing the laws we all live under. Her title must be revoked immediately"
October 1, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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carolinelucas.bsky.social
Tory party’s long journey away from science, reason, responsibility, common sense and truth is complete
Kemi Badenoch vows to repeal Climate Change Act
Tory leader says she would replace it with ‘cheap energy’ strategy, ending decades-long consensus on climate
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 6:37 AM
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talking-upscotland.bsky.social
talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/09/30/1...
13 times as many, per head, assessed but waiting for a care at home package in England
Professor John Robertson OBA From People requiring a social care assessment and care at home services published today: The estimated number of people assessed and waiting for a care at home package…
talkingupscotlandtwo.com
September 30, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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peterstefanovic.bsky.social
Hillsborough Law - the government has confirmed a new professional & legal "duty of candour" will be part of the bill, meaning public officials would have to act with honesty and integrity at all times and would face criminal sanctions if they breached it
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Hillsborough Law will include duty of candour on public officials
The proposed law would force public bodies to co-operate with investigations into major disasters.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 16, 2025 at 5:45 AM
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profjohndrury.bsky.social
www.bmj.com/content/390/...
mRNA vaccines and cancer: Experts warn of misinformation as Malhotra row goes mainstream
Fallout from comments at the recent Reform UK party conference linking covid vaccines to cancers in the royal family continued last week with the prime minister wading into the controversy. Speaking ...
www.bmj.com
September 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
simondowser.bsky.social
Young and curious..💚
September 14, 2025 at 6:18 AM
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theguardian.com
Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
Government considering compensation for victims of carer’s allowance scandal
Exclusive: Ministers have vowed to fix benefit after Guardian revealed thousands had been plunged into debt for accidentally breaking rules The government is considering compensation payouts for unpaid carers who have been unfairly hit with huge financial repayments in recent years after inadvertently falling foul of harsh carer’s allowance benefit rules. Ministers vowed to fix problems with the benefit after a Guardian investigation revealed how draconian penalties coupled with Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) administrative failures had plunged hundreds of thousands of carers into debt. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 14, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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cerianbond.bsky.social
I was just interviewed about this on @skynewsrss.bsky.social. Short version: Trump doesn't mean it. Hungary & Slovakia, countries that refuse to stop buying Russian oil & gas, are led by Trump's (& Putin's) friends, Orban & Fico, & there's no sign of Trump putting pressure on them. 1/2
chadbourn.bsky.social Mark Chadbourn @chadbourn.bsky.social · Sep 13
Trump finds the get-out on Russian sanctions that he’s been searching for for so long.
Donald J. Trump © © @realDonaldTrump A LETTER SENT BY PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP TO ALL NATO NATIONS AND, THE WORLD: "I am ready to do major Sanctions on Russia when all NATO Nations have agreed, and started, to do the same thing, and when all NATO Nations STOP BUYING OIL FROM RUSSIA. As you know, NATO'S commitment to WIN has been far less than 100%, and the purchase of Russian Oil, by some, has been shocking! It greatly weakens your negotiating position, and bargaining power, over Russia. Anyway, I am ready to "go" when you are. Just say when? I believe that this, plus NATO, as a group, placing 50% to 100% TARIFFS ON CHINA, to be fully withdrawn after the WAR with Russia and Ukraine is ended, will also be of great help in ENDING this deadly, but RIDICULOUS, WAR. China has a strong control, and even grip, over Russia, and these powerful Tariffs will break that grip. This is not TRUMP'S WAR it would never have started if I was President!), it is Biden's and Zelenskyy's WAR. I am only here to help stop it, and save thousands of Russian and Ukrainian lives (7,118 lives lost last week, alone. CRAZY!). If NATO does as I say, the WAR will end quickly, and all of those lives will be saved! If not, you are just wasting my time, and the time, energy, and money of the United States. Thank you for your attention to this matter! DONALD J. TRUMP, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA."
September 13, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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carolinelucas.bsky.social
Lack of ambition from Labour leadership is just stunning …

@europeanmovement.co.uk
No prospect of UK rejoining EU in my lifetime, says Starmer’s reset negotiator
Comments by Nick Thomas-Symonds underline view in top government circles despite thaw in relations with Brussels
www.theguardian.com
September 12, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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ottoenglish.bsky.social
Mob rule on the streets of Norwich.

This is clearly very intimidating indeed for locals as can be seen from the activities of this racist gang.

Where the hell are the police??
September 12, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Minnesota dowser Jim Kuebelbeck, 86 years old and still one of the best water dowsers around with over 3,300 wells to his credit. #dowsing #waterdivining
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O1IK2l72W4s
September 11, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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profjohndrury.bsky.social
On the anniversary, what do the events of #9-11 tell us?

drury-sussex-the-crowd.blogspot.com/2011/09/what...
September 11, 2025 at 7:28 AM
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adambienkov.bsky.social
🔴The Real Human Stories Behind Britain's 'Small Boats Crisis'

I spoke to former Home Office official, turned award-winning investigative journalist, Nicola Kelly about small boats, Nigel Farage and her brilliant new book

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/the-real-h...
The Real Human Stories Behind Britain's 'Small Boats Crisis'
I spoke to former Home Office official, turned award-winning investigative journalist, Nicola Kelly about small boats, Nigel Farage and her brilliant new book
www.adambienkov.co.uk
September 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
simondowser.bsky.social
Top left of picture…sooo relaxed. 💚💚💚❤️
September 9, 2025 at 8:45 PM