SimonSBell
@simonsbell.bsky.social
Former Property Lawyer who worked in Manufacturing now retired and interested in International Relations, Politics. My hobby sailing cruising yachts.
@gingertucci.bsky.social -
Just watched the ad for Bartesian cocktail maker on the telly and the question arises - yes or no?
A useful addition to the coffee machine?
Have you seen it - thoughts?
Just watched the ad for Bartesian cocktail maker on the telly and the question arises - yes or no?
A useful addition to the coffee machine?
Have you seen it - thoughts?
December 13, 2025 at 9:23 PM
@gingertucci.bsky.social -
Just watched the ad for Bartesian cocktail maker on the telly and the question arises - yes or no?
A useful addition to the coffee machine?
Have you seen it - thoughts?
Just watched the ad for Bartesian cocktail maker on the telly and the question arises - yes or no?
A useful addition to the coffee machine?
Have you seen it - thoughts?
If Starmer is toast, what happens to Reeves?
Who will replace them and will there be significant policy shifts to prevent the country from effective bankruptcy?
Who will replace them and will there be significant policy shifts to prevent the country from effective bankruptcy?
November 12, 2025 at 4:37 AM
If Starmer is toast, what happens to Reeves?
Who will replace them and will there be significant policy shifts to prevent the country from effective bankruptcy?
Who will replace them and will there be significant policy shifts to prevent the country from effective bankruptcy?
I can’t seem to really get into just one book and read it from cover to cover. So, what I do is read two books alternately, one chapter from each at a time.
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
I can’t seem to really get into just one book and read it from cover to cover. So, what I do is read two books alternately, one chapter from each at a time.
@fabulucy.bsky.social
First one in a while but pleasingly comprehensive.
First one in a while but pleasingly comprehensive.
October 29, 2025 at 7:37 AM
@fabulucy.bsky.social
First one in a while but pleasingly comprehensive.
First one in a while but pleasingly comprehensive.
My local church, St Joseph's of Cupertino, the Patron Saint of dyslexia, has a sign on the door that says "Welcome, beware of the god".
October 3, 2025 at 7:44 AM
My local church, St Joseph's of Cupertino, the Patron Saint of dyslexia, has a sign on the door that says "Welcome, beware of the god".
I believe it was Gordon Brown who took the PPPI finance off the books. This article is suggesting this was a big mistake.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financi...
Financing infrastructure without unnerving the bond market - Bennett School of Public Policy
The Chancellor’s attempt to increase capital investment in her first budget resulted in a negative reaction from the bond market. As growth slows, the Chancellor needs to fundamentally rethink her app...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk
September 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
I believe it was Gordon Brown who took the PPPI finance off the books. This article is suggesting this was a big mistake.
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financi...
www.bennettschool.cam.ac.uk/blog/financi...
Redirecting...
www.facebook.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:33 PM
We seem to have reached a point in political discourse in the UK that is more polarised than at any time in my life (I am 68 y/o).
What do you think the causes of this polarisation are?
Brexit?
Trump?
Immigration?
Conservatives?
Labour?
Something else?
What do you think the causes of this polarisation are?
Brexit?
Trump?
Immigration?
Conservatives?
Labour?
Something else?
September 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We seem to have reached a point in political discourse in the UK that is more polarised than at any time in my life (I am 68 y/o).
What do you think the causes of this polarisation are?
Brexit?
Trump?
Immigration?
Conservatives?
Labour?
Something else?
What do you think the causes of this polarisation are?
Brexit?
Trump?
Immigration?
Conservatives?
Labour?
Something else?
@skynewsrss.bsky.social The ethical issue in the story concerning Angela Rayner's property transactions is not that she underpaid her Stamp Duty, although that is undoubtedly serious, but that she used - abused? - her disabled Son's Trust funds to facilitate the purchase of her flat in Hove.
September 4, 2025 at 9:52 AM
@skynewsrss.bsky.social The ethical issue in the story concerning Angela Rayner's property transactions is not that she underpaid her Stamp Duty, although that is undoubtedly serious, but that she used - abused? - her disabled Son's Trust funds to facilitate the purchase of her flat in Hove.
New weather terminology "a consistency of warmth".
Plus news that the UK is warming at 0.25°C per decade - will easily see me out - and good for elderly. Oh, and what about the Winter Fuel Allowance? No longer needed?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
Plus news that the UK is warming at 0.25°C per decade - will easily see me out - and good for elderly. Oh, and what about the Winter Fuel Allowance? No longer needed?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
This summer is warmest ever, says Met Office
Several days of below-average temperatures would be needed for 2025 to lose the top spot
www.telegraph.co.uk
August 26, 2025 at 6:22 PM
New weather terminology "a consistency of warmth".
Plus news that the UK is warming at 0.25°C per decade - will easily see me out - and good for elderly. Oh, and what about the Winter Fuel Allowance? No longer needed?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
Plus news that the UK is warming at 0.25°C per decade - will easily see me out - and good for elderly. Oh, and what about the Winter Fuel Allowance? No longer needed?
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/08...
@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social
Is the WTO redundant until Trump II ends?
Trump's very bad trade deal with Europe www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Is the WTO redundant until Trump II ends?
Trump's very bad trade deal with Europe www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Trump's very bad trade deal with Europe
President Donald Trump hailed the trade deal with the European Union announced in Scotland last Sunday as "the biggest deal of them all." But a closer look shows that it is actually not really a deal....
www.piie.com
August 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
@samuelmarclowe.bsky.social
Is the WTO redundant until Trump II ends?
Trump's very bad trade deal with Europe www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Is the WTO redundant until Trump II ends?
Trump's very bad trade deal with Europe www.piie.com/blogs/realti...
Sorry to be morbid but I've just discovered that our ottoman isn't long enough to reuse usefully for my wife's funeral.
Could there be a business opportunity I'm missing in this era of recycling?
Could there be a business opportunity I'm missing in this era of recycling?
June 12, 2025 at 9:14 PM
Sorry to be morbid but I've just discovered that our ottoman isn't long enough to reuse usefully for my wife's funeral.
Could there be a business opportunity I'm missing in this era of recycling?
Could there be a business opportunity I'm missing in this era of recycling?
It's not every day you see a murder
Of crows.
I mean I saw a murder of crows.
Of crows.
I mean I saw a murder of crows.
June 8, 2025 at 6:16 PM
It's not every day you see a murder
Of crows.
I mean I saw a murder of crows.
Of crows.
I mean I saw a murder of crows.
Ok, so Eccles Cakes.
Heated Y/N?
With Cream Y/N?
That's the end of today's vital information request.
Heated Y/N?
With Cream Y/N?
That's the end of today's vital information request.
June 3, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Ok, so Eccles Cakes.
Heated Y/N?
With Cream Y/N?
That's the end of today's vital information request.
Heated Y/N?
With Cream Y/N?
That's the end of today's vital information request.
@fabulucy.bsky.social
We need a competition to design the silliest hat for our PM, then see if we can make it catch in the US.
I know Trump looks silly in his MAGA cap, but it's clearly not silly enough for a man so amazingly silly.
We need a competition to design the silliest hat for our PM, then see if we can make it catch in the US.
I know Trump looks silly in his MAGA cap, but it's clearly not silly enough for a man so amazingly silly.
one of the most admirable aspects of human culture, until comparatively recently, is the near universal civilisational compulsion to wear a silly hat after you accumulate any amount of power
fundementally this is where society started going wrong. why don't the powerful wear drip like this anymore
fundementally this is where society started going wrong. why don't the powerful wear drip like this anymore
May 2, 2025 at 8:26 AM
@fabulucy.bsky.social
We need a competition to design the silliest hat for our PM, then see if we can make it catch in the US.
I know Trump looks silly in his MAGA cap, but it's clearly not silly enough for a man so amazingly silly.
We need a competition to design the silliest hat for our PM, then see if we can make it catch in the US.
I know Trump looks silly in his MAGA cap, but it's clearly not silly enough for a man so amazingly silly.
@gingertucci.bsky.social
Rumour has it that you drank the entire Iberian Peninsula dry this weekend.
And now it seems you also used up their entire capacity for generating energy.
I'm guessing you're a gal who likes to make an impact?
Rumour has it that you drank the entire Iberian Peninsula dry this weekend.
And now it seems you also used up their entire capacity for generating energy.
I'm guessing you're a gal who likes to make an impact?
April 28, 2025 at 5:20 PM
@gingertucci.bsky.social
Rumour has it that you drank the entire Iberian Peninsula dry this weekend.
And now it seems you also used up their entire capacity for generating energy.
I'm guessing you're a gal who likes to make an impact?
Rumour has it that you drank the entire Iberian Peninsula dry this weekend.
And now it seems you also used up their entire capacity for generating energy.
I'm guessing you're a gal who likes to make an impact?
Any trade nerds on here want to do a post on how UK 10% US tariff creates a gravitational pull for EU manufacturers?
What Trump just did is bonkers and truly awful for everyone, but I am wondering how the trade theory plays out.
What Trump just did is bonkers and truly awful for everyone, but I am wondering how the trade theory plays out.
April 3, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Any trade nerds on here want to do a post on how UK 10% US tariff creates a gravitational pull for EU manufacturers?
What Trump just did is bonkers and truly awful for everyone, but I am wondering how the trade theory plays out.
What Trump just did is bonkers and truly awful for everyone, but I am wondering how the trade theory plays out.
@fabulucy.bsky.social
Got any morning tea and snack tray pics from your travels this week?
They're my only weekly highlight, honestly.
Got any morning tea and snack tray pics from your travels this week?
They're my only weekly highlight, honestly.
March 27, 2025 at 9:01 PM
@fabulucy.bsky.social
Got any morning tea and snack tray pics from your travels this week?
They're my only weekly highlight, honestly.
Got any morning tea and snack tray pics from your travels this week?
They're my only weekly highlight, honestly.
"Somebody throw the Big Switch!"
-"W,w, what Big Switch?"
"The Big Switch that changes the power supply to our back up substation! Now can somebody please throw THE BIG SWITCH?"
-"Er, we don't actually have one of those".
-"W,w, what Big Switch?"
"The Big Switch that changes the power supply to our back up substation! Now can somebody please throw THE BIG SWITCH?"
-"Er, we don't actually have one of those".
March 21, 2025 at 10:14 AM
"Somebody throw the Big Switch!"
-"W,w, what Big Switch?"
"The Big Switch that changes the power supply to our back up substation! Now can somebody please throw THE BIG SWITCH?"
-"Er, we don't actually have one of those".
-"W,w, what Big Switch?"
"The Big Switch that changes the power supply to our back up substation! Now can somebody please throw THE BIG SWITCH?"
-"Er, we don't actually have one of those".
On the rare occasions my wife and I see a man in a suit, we've begun saying "he's dressed for the Oval Office".
We were then packing for a weekend away where we'd be heading to a nice restaurant and I asked if I should pack a suit.
In unison we both said "Well, it's not the fucking Oval Office".
We were then packing for a weekend away where we'd be heading to a nice restaurant and I asked if I should pack a suit.
In unison we both said "Well, it's not the fucking Oval Office".
March 8, 2025 at 5:39 PM
On the rare occasions my wife and I see a man in a suit, we've begun saying "he's dressed for the Oval Office".
We were then packing for a weekend away where we'd be heading to a nice restaurant and I asked if I should pack a suit.
In unison we both said "Well, it's not the fucking Oval Office".
We were then packing for a weekend away where we'd be heading to a nice restaurant and I asked if I should pack a suit.
In unison we both said "Well, it's not the fucking Oval Office".
I hear one car company is going to avoid Trump's Tariff regime. That company is Fiat.
Donald Trump likes Fiats.
Donald Trump likes Fiats.
March 5, 2025 at 8:44 AM
I hear one car company is going to avoid Trump's Tariff regime. That company is Fiat.
Donald Trump likes Fiats.
Donald Trump likes Fiats.
After careful consideration I have decided to give up pancakes for Lent.
In the end, it was the only option.
In the end, it was the only option.
March 4, 2025 at 10:05 PM
After careful consideration I have decided to give up pancakes for Lent.
In the end, it was the only option.
In the end, it was the only option.
I wonder if the World Taekwondo Amateur Federation (still) exists, despite any negative connotations.
In 2017, the World Taekwondo Federation changed its name to World Taekwondo because of the ‘negative connotations’ associated with its initials.
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
I wonder if the World Taekwondo Amateur Federation (still) exists, despite any negative connotations.