Simon S
@sphynxzilla.bsky.social
Political junkie, proud leftie, anti-racist, supporter of LGBT, theatre lover, numptie. All views are my own. 🏳️🌈
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The sitting president of the United States, Donald Trump, is completely out of touch with reality. Publicly demonstrating that his dementia has fully taken over his mind. Rambling, mumbling, confabulation, delusional, stuck in the past. He is mentally unfit, a danger to himself & the world.
January 20, 2026 at 7:10 PM
The sitting president of the United States, Donald Trump, is completely out of touch with reality. Publicly demonstrating that his dementia has fully taken over his mind. Rambling, mumbling, confabulation, delusional, stuck in the past. He is mentally unfit, a danger to himself & the world.
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If I were Donald Trump I would not have set a precedent for kidnapping a foreign leader for holding a country hostage
January 20, 2026 at 5:47 PM
If I were Donald Trump I would not have set a precedent for kidnapping a foreign leader for holding a country hostage
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Responsibility
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
January 20, 2026 at 6:08 PM
Responsibility
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
Accountability
Republicans, the Republican Party, Republican voters and Republican supporters are responsible for Donald Trump. Donald Trump is responsible for the destruction of world order.
Explain this to your children.
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Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), when asked by Anderson Cooper whether there was any hope for European leaders to “de-escalate” and “reason with the president” over his repeated threats to annex Greenland, said, “No, and I’ve been very clear. He is a madman. He is insane. He’s only thinking about himself”
January 20, 2026 at 4:18 PM
Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ), when asked by Anderson Cooper whether there was any hope for European leaders to “de-escalate” and “reason with the president” over his repeated threats to annex Greenland, said, “No, and I’ve been very clear. He is a madman. He is insane. He’s only thinking about himself”
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Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
Carney: "American hegemony in particular helped provide public goods, a stable financial system... this bargain no longer works. Let me be direct. We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition... recently, great powers have begun using economic integration as a weapon. Tariffs as leverage ... "
January 20, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Would be amazing if European leaders would also start throwing out truth bombs like this. bsky.app/profile/atru...
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I'll be honest, I have a huge amount of sympathy for Starmer and the rest of the European leaders having to deal with the unhinged man baby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It must be exhausting...
With that, and with much gratitude, I'm off to listen to more records x
With that, and with much gratitude, I'm off to listen to more records x
January 20, 2026 at 5:41 PM
I'll be honest, I have a huge amount of sympathy for Starmer and the rest of the European leaders having to deal with the unhinged man baby 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. It must be exhausting...
With that, and with much gratitude, I'm off to listen to more records x
With that, and with much gratitude, I'm off to listen to more records x
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This is really worth a read - the full-text of Mark Carney's super eloquent speech to Davos. "We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition". Note the Václav Havel citation globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
Read the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.ca
Prime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together.
globalnews.ca
January 20, 2026 at 5:38 PM
This is really worth a read - the full-text of Mark Carney's super eloquent speech to Davos. "We are in the midst of a rupture, not a transition". Note the Václav Havel citation globalnews.ca/news/1162087...
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🇨🇦 Canadian PM Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum at Davos that the US-led “rules-based international order” is finished & “will not return.”
“For decades, countries like Canada benefited from what was called the rules-based international order,” Carney said. “We joined...
Full speech below.
“For decades, countries like Canada benefited from what was called the rules-based international order,” Carney said. “We joined...
Full speech below.
January 20, 2026 at 5:57 PM
🇨🇦 Canadian PM Mark Carney told the World Economic Forum at Davos that the US-led “rules-based international order” is finished & “will not return.”
“For decades, countries like Canada benefited from what was called the rules-based international order,” Carney said. “We joined...
Full speech below.
“For decades, countries like Canada benefited from what was called the rules-based international order,” Carney said. “We joined...
Full speech below.
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Do these twats honestly believe anyone in this country will watch this film? I look forward to seeing it bomb.
January 20, 2026 at 5:52 PM
Do these twats honestly believe anyone in this country will watch this film? I look forward to seeing it bomb.
If you were loud enough to tell us that Trump would be the best thing to happen to Britain since Magna Carta, then you don’t get to disappear with a “no comment” or a “but geopolitics” or a “no one could have possibly known.”
The Bear nails it.
The Bear nails it.
I have a plan for this.
It basically includes pulling all these commentators into a studio with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @maitlis.bsky.social and/or @vicderbyshire.bsky.social and made to answer some pointed questions about where, exactly, that certainty came from.
Who else wants in?
It basically includes pulling all these commentators into a studio with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social, @maitlis.bsky.social and/or @vicderbyshire.bsky.social and made to answer some pointed questions about where, exactly, that certainty came from.
Who else wants in?
January 20, 2026 at 1:49 PM
If you were loud enough to tell us that Trump would be the best thing to happen to Britain since Magna Carta, then you don’t get to disappear with a “no comment” or a “but geopolitics” or a “no one could have possibly known.”
The Bear nails it.
The Bear nails it.
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Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
January 20, 2026 at 10:48 AM
Left: Mike Johnson, Speaker of the House, talking about liberty and freedom in the US in the UK parliament
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
Right: ICE agents attacking a dancing fox
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This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
January 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM
This is (1) disgraceful at a moment of national danger, (2) laughably unserious and (3) deeply unwise when the President is obviously becoming incapacitated and the most unpopular person in the whole UK. Utterly disqualifying.
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We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
Footage shows Danish troops arriving in Greenland as part of a new military deployment. Among the personnel who landed on the island is Major General Peter H. Boysen, Chief of the Danish Army Command. #Greenland
January 19, 2026 at 10:59 PM
We are watching one of the wildest things a nation-state has ever done: A superpower is committing suicide because the GOP Congress is too cowardly to stand up to the Mad King.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
This is one of the wildest moments in all of geopolitics ever.
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USA promoted this Chagos deal.
I smell Farage whispering in his mate, Trump’s, ear.
I smell Farage whispering in his mate, Trump’s, ear.
Trump on his website laying in to the UK over Diego Garcia as an act of “GREAT STUPIDITY”, cites it as a reason the US should “acquire” Greenland
January 20, 2026 at 7:16 AM
USA promoted this Chagos deal.
I smell Farage whispering in his mate, Trump’s, ear.
I smell Farage whispering in his mate, Trump’s, ear.
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And look at who he’s put in the audience…Openly insulting.
NOT “our friend and ally”
NOT “our friend and ally”
Trump posts an image depicting Canada and Greenland as part of the United States
January 20, 2026 at 7:19 AM
And look at who he’s put in the audience…Openly insulting.
NOT “our friend and ally”
NOT “our friend and ally”
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Suggested EU response:
- US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory
- Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases
- This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight
1/5
- US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory
- Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases
- This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight
1/5
January 19, 2026 at 7:01 PM
Suggested EU response:
- US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory
- Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases
- This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight
1/5
- US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory
- Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases
- This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight
1/5
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True that a Customs Union isn't a quick solution, but also true that if it's what youre aiming for, then you have to start negotiating at some point
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January 20, 2026 at 7:22 AM
True that a Customs Union isn't a quick solution, but also true that if it's what youre aiming for, then you have to start negotiating at some point
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January 20, 2026 at 7:26 AM
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Have been reading a lot of 'copium' recently from liberal Tories. They need reminding that it wasn't Messrs. Jenrick, Rosindell, and Kruger stopping Badenoch steering the Conservative Party back to a more sensible, less populist stance. It was Badenoch herself - and most of those around her.
January 20, 2026 at 7:27 AM
Have been reading a lot of 'copium' recently from liberal Tories. They need reminding that it wasn't Messrs. Jenrick, Rosindell, and Kruger stopping Badenoch steering the Conservative Party back to a more sensible, less populist stance. It was Badenoch herself - and most of those around her.
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Crucial context for Trump’s latest brain belch…
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
How Brexit helped Britain lose the Chagos Islands
After more than half a century, the U.K. is passing sovereignty of the disputed territory back to Mauritius. Why now?
www.politico.eu
January 20, 2026 at 7:29 AM
Crucial context for Trump’s latest brain belch…
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
www.politico.eu/article/brex...
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I do wonder if Americans understand quite how insane he looks.
Q: Did you invite Putin to be on the Board of Peace?
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
TRUMP: Yeah. He's been invited
Q: Thoughts on Macron saying he won't join?
TRUMP: Did he say that? Nobody wants him bc he's going to be out of office very soon. If they feel hostile, I'll put a 200% tariff on his wines & champagnes & he'll join
January 20, 2026 at 7:41 AM
I do wonder if Americans understand quite how insane he looks.
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🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump posted overnight that he’d spoken to NATO chief Mark Rutte and agreed to a meeting in Davos with key players on Greenland.
Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/trum...
Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/trum...
January 20, 2026 at 7:37 AM
🚨 BREAKING: Donald Trump posted overnight that he’d spoken to NATO chief Mark Rutte and agreed to a meeting in Davos with key players on Greenland.
Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/trum...
Read the story: www.politico.eu/article/trum...
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💥Viktor Orbán’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó says Hungary is BLOCKING a joint EU statement on Greenland.
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
January 19, 2026 at 6:41 PM
💥Viktor Orbán’s foreign minister Péter Szijjártó says Hungary is BLOCKING a joint EU statement on Greenland.
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...
After years acting as a Trojan horse for Russia and China, Budapest now does the same for Donald Trump.
Meanwhile, Orbán ally Andrej Babiš’s Czech government also refuses to back Denmark...