Simon
@simonsapper.bsky.social
Husband, father, brother, trade unionist, broadcaster, writer, Brentford-till-I-die and lover of loud shirts. Views my own. Reposts out of interest not endorsement. He/him. www.makes-you-think.com
Getting to the truth behind the forthcoming #nhs jobs cull - spoiler alert: there’s no cause for celebration. A really good/important piece 👇
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No cause for celebration
I’m old enough to remember Neil Kinnock’s 1985 speech decrying the grotesque spectacle of a labour administration sending around taxis to hand out redundancy notices to its own workers. This …
bevfitzsimons.com
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Getting to the truth behind the forthcoming #nhs jobs cull - spoiler alert: there’s no cause for celebration. A really good/important piece 👇
bevfitzsimons.com/2025/11/13/n...
bevfitzsimons.com/2025/11/13/n...
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
When are politicians, of all parties, going to accept that you can’t have an effective custodial scheme on the cheap?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Police ‘urgently’ looking for prisoner freed by mistake in London
Algerian man, 24, ‘released in error’ from HMP Wandsworth two days after stronger checks for jails were brought in
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:07 PM
When are politicians, of all parties, going to accept that you can’t have an effective custodial scheme on the cheap?
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
This Is How Tesla Will Die
The vultures are circling the tech giant.
open.substack.com
November 2, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Interesting piece: if Tesla collapses Musk’s entire empire could come crashing down because of the way he’s structured the companies’ finances.
New episode! Practical steps to counter divisive, destructive narratives in the workplace, from Reform amongst others. Our guest is #HopeNotHate Trade Union Liaison Officer Matt Collins, who guides us through their invaluable analysis of Reform supporters. #Unmissable. Listen now at bit.ly/o4ac
Organising For A Change - the podcast for union builders
We’re fed-up, frustrated and impatient. And you should be too.
Unleashed from obligations to employers. Unfiltered by gobbledegook. Uncompromised in what we say. We ask the vital questions that go t...
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:08 AM
New episode! Practical steps to counter divisive, destructive narratives in the workplace, from Reform amongst others. Our guest is #HopeNotHate Trade Union Liaison Officer Matt Collins, who guides us through their invaluable analysis of Reform supporters. #Unmissable. Listen now at bit.ly/o4ac
Organising For A Change, the podcast for union builders, is back for our fourth series. Listen now at bit.ly/o4ac
Organising For A Change - the podcast for union builders
We’re fed-up, frustrated and impatient. And you should be too.
Unleashed from obligations to employers. Unfiltered by gobbledegook. Uncompromised in what we say. We ask the vital questions that go t...
bit.ly
October 31, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Organising For A Change, the podcast for union builders, is back for our fourth series. Listen now at bit.ly/o4ac
A great piece on why #co-design is so important and how incalculable the damage of ignoring this is.
bevfitzsimons.com/2025/10/27/c...
bevfitzsimons.com/2025/10/27/c...
Computer says no
My kids scoff when I remind them about the early days of the internet at home, about their older sibling only being allowed half an hour a day on a dodgy dial up connection. It wasn’t that long ago…
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October 29, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A great piece on why #co-design is so important and how incalculable the damage of ignoring this is.
bevfitzsimons.com/2025/10/27/c...
bevfitzsimons.com/2025/10/27/c...
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An elected MP, Reform’s Sarah Pochin says there are too many Black and Asian people on TV - so plain racism - and the coverage of it is buried. Silence and ignorance is complicity, causing lasting damage. When we see racism it’s what we do next, individually and collectively, that matters.
October 26, 2025 at 8:38 AM
An elected MP, Reform’s Sarah Pochin says there are too many Black and Asian people on TV - so plain racism - and the coverage of it is buried. Silence and ignorance is complicity, causing lasting damage. When we see racism it’s what we do next, individually and collectively, that matters.
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Make Racism Disgraceful Again 💯
We must make racism disgraceful again. This kind of shameless ugly inadequacy from Pochin should be career-ending, not career-enhancing. Honestly… the Little England nastiness is repulsive.
October 25, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Make Racism Disgraceful Again 💯
Someone needs to read the room/smell the coffee/get with the programme….
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
Tebas vows La Liga will try again after plug pulled on Villarreal v Barcelona in Miami
Javier Tebas vowed La Liga would try again after plans to play Villarreal v Barcelona in Miami fell through
www.theguardian.com
October 22, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Someone needs to read the room/smell the coffee/get with the programme….
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:34 AM
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
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Thames Water wants to pollute illegally until 2040. Ofwat must say NO.
Thames Water wants to make at deal with Ofwat, to pollute illegally for 15 years
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October 20, 2025 at 12:53 PM
I have signed @weownit.org.uk's petition to block Thames Water's plans to dump sewage in our rivers for the next 15 years. We have until 21st Oct to stop it. Add your name now.
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
weownit.org.uk/act-now/peti...
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I’m concerned about the changes to the Skilled Worker visa route and the impact it may have on Londoners working for Transport for London, our other public services and beyond.
Sir Sadiq Khan calls for pause on new immigration rules
The mayor of London said the changes had
www.bbc.co.uk
October 12, 2025 at 6:12 AM
I’m concerned about the changes to the Skilled Worker visa route and the impact it may have on Londoners working for Transport for London, our other public services and beyond.
Wow! How good was @bbcstrictly.bsky.social tonight!
October 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Wow! How good was @bbcstrictly.bsky.social tonight!
#UEFA say they “regret” two top flight footie matches being played a long way overseas. It’s hardly a new idea. Here’s why it’s a misplaced veiled of tears just waiting to happen…. #PremierLeague, #SummerSeries and (of course) #Brentford
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Americans do sport alright, but they can’t do the Premier League - Makes You Think
More interested in chat than live sport? Will hard-wired US habits spell disaster for any hopes of Premier League matches on US soil?
www.makes-you-think.com
October 8, 2025 at 2:49 PM
#UEFA say they “regret” two top flight footie matches being played a long way overseas. It’s hardly a new idea. Here’s why it’s a misplaced veiled of tears just waiting to happen…. #PremierLeague, #SummerSeries and (of course) #Brentford
www.makes-you-think.com/2025/10/08/p...
www.makes-you-think.com/2025/10/08/p...
Lucky enough to have caught this at the #esff - well worth a watch if it’s showing near you! Kudos to #klaudiareynicke
edinburghspanishfilmfestival.com/films/queens/
edinburghspanishfilmfestival.com/films/queens/
Queens - Edinburgh Spanish Film Festival
edinburghspanishfilmfestival.com
October 4, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Lucky enough to have caught this at the #esff - well worth a watch if it’s showing near you! Kudos to #klaudiareynicke
edinburghspanishfilmfestival.com/films/queens/
edinburghspanishfilmfestival.com/films/queens/
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I want to know what Britain really thinks because I was fed up with the right wing narrative about our country and so I commissioned the Giga Poll - the biggest poll we've ever had.
September 28, 2025 at 4:04 PM
I want to know what Britain really thinks because I was fed up with the right wing narrative about our country and so I commissioned the Giga Poll - the biggest poll we've ever had.
Good luck to @thenerve-news.bsky.social
September 27, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Good luck to @thenerve-news.bsky.social
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Politico: In calling for Reform to 'radically cut away' at the civil service, Arron Banks, Farage ally, told the FT that Bolshevik revolutionaries who killed intellectuals 'had a point'
"The self-declared 'bad boy of Brexit' [claimed] he was speaking in metaphor"
It's Schrödinger's joke. Dangerous
"The self-declared 'bad boy of Brexit' [claimed] he was speaking in metaphor"
It's Schrödinger's joke. Dangerous
September 25, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Politico: In calling for Reform to 'radically cut away' at the civil service, Arron Banks, Farage ally, told the FT that Bolshevik revolutionaries who killed intellectuals 'had a point'
"The self-declared 'bad boy of Brexit' [claimed] he was speaking in metaphor"
It's Schrödinger's joke. Dangerous
"The self-declared 'bad boy of Brexit' [claimed] he was speaking in metaphor"
It's Schrödinger's joke. Dangerous
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