David Simpson
dasimmo.bsky.social
David Simpson
@dasimmo.bsky.social
Watford FC season ticket holder & fan of loads of varied music. Sport/Music/Politics #marillion #watfordfc
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Same day. Same plenary session. Same visit to Gill’s office. Same Farage, Same Gill, same wife of sanctioned pro Russian agent.

Six days after the first bribery charge
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 PM
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Conservative Shadow Levelling Up Secretary Kevin Hollinrake defends water companies making massive profits and taking huge bonuses, at the same time as they pour billions of litres of sewage into our water supplies, saying that it's "how the system works"
July 20, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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So, to be clear, Musk has now admitted he funded a man he believes to be a pedophile to be president.

And Trump has now admitted that he gave access to high level government secrets to a man he believes to be a big time drug addict.

This should be *the* story on the Sunday shows tomorrow.
Trump called Musk "a big-time drug addict" in a phone call shortly after their public feud. (WaPo)
June 7, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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This. Exactly this.
In just 130 days, Elon...

-Secured even more contracts

-Derailed at least 40 fed investigations of his corporations

-Gutted agencies that regulate his business

-Installed loyalists throughout the government

Elon has fallen out with Trump, but he got exactly what he wanted.
June 6, 2025 at 10:59 PM
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I’ve finally read the transcript of Steve Witkoff’s long interview with Tucker Carlson about Gaza and Ukraine, which he’s supposedly negotiating on. It’s embarrassing — very little awareness of the complexities, and shockingly ignorant of detail. Carlson knows even less and can’t challenge him.
March 23, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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This will probably come as no surprise to anyone but..
March 21, 2025 at 8:07 AM
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Join Andrea Jenkyns on her march against solar panels today!

Just a note team.

Steer clear of the ones with a plaque reading:

“This solar panel represents the 16,120 solar panels that provide solar electricity directly to Wakefield Manufacturing Site. Opened by Andrea Jenkyns MP 8 September 2017”
March 15, 2025 at 7:14 AM
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Ugh. I can’t tell you how much I dislike this. To witness such cruelty, incompetence, contempt for the law and think ‘let’s have some of that’… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
March 15, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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The assertion of human rights is normally unpopular with those in power. That’s why we have them.
March 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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An heir to a south african emerald mine calling an American war veteran, astronaut, and elected senator a "traitor" for supporting Ukraine
March 10, 2025 at 3:58 PM
I mean, it's almost like the whole tournament is set up to make sure India win... 🧐

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...
Champions Trophy Final LIVE: India vs New Zealand – cricket score, radio, highlights & updates
India face New Zealand in the Champions Final in Dubai - follow live cricket scores, text updates, in-play video clips and radio commentary
www.bbc.co.uk
March 9, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Apparently, it veered off to the extreme right...
#space #rocket

BBC News - SpaceX rocket debris falls from sky in test flight failure - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...
SpaceX rocket debris falls from sky in test flight failure
SpaceX rocket debris falls from sky in test flight failure
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Brilliant achievement by @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social to land #BlueGhost on the moon. And the main engine, which performed perfectly to help make this happen, was designed, developed, and built here in the UK. 😁 #space #lunarlander #moon #NASA
March 2, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Word of the day is ‘huff-snuff’ (16th century): a hectoring bully or braggart.
February 28, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Side note. There are eight members of the joint chiefs. the chair is black. the CNO (navy) is a woman. the other six are white guys. chair and the cno got fired tonight.
February 22, 2025 at 2:34 AM
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He nails it.
February 22, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Great news overnight from @firefly-aerospace.bsky.social as #BlueGhost completed its Lunar Orbit Insertion burn - performed by our wondeful LEROS 4 engine. #space #ghostwriter #moon
February 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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Imagine a company (we'll call them Premier Sports Network) published a 3,300w article on their website that was over 95% plagiarised word-for-word from your work. What would you do?

Well, I sent them an invoice. This is what happened next...
theuglygame.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/p...
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Premier Sports Network: the company that plagiarised a writer’s work and then refused to pay for it
What happens if a company steals from you? What if, say, a business called Premier Sports Network put an article on their website where over 95% of the more than 3,000 words were plagiarised, quite…
theuglygame.wordpress.com
February 7, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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On 22 January, GB News presenter Josh Howie repeated a homophobic slur linking the LGBTQ+ community to paedophilia. This is offensive, wrong and unlawful. Join me and @GoodLawProject to file a complaint to Ofcom :point_down: action.goodlawproject.org/ofcom-stop-g...
Ofcom, stop GB News broadcasting hate
*CW: Homophobia, hate speech GB News is no stranger to spouting hatred and toxic lies. They take pride in it, and pretend the rules don’t matter. But they do. And they must be enforced. On 22 January,...
action.goodlawproject.org
February 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Happy birthday to this beauty...released on 7th February 1994. One of my favourite albums of all time, it really is a masterpiece. #marillion #brave
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 PM
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February 4, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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This language describes a coup. You have to be a government employee, subject to the rules & procedures that bind gov employees, to do this kind of work. This is a blatant abuse of the public trust by the Trump administration, a true 5-alarm fire. www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
February 2, 2025 at 7:34 PM
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Fellow NSA - National Security Agency veterans. Look at what’s happened at the National Cryptologic Museum. They covered up with brown paper the photos of Women in American Cryptology. All in response to President Trump’s anti-diversity executive order.
February 2, 2025 at 4:51 AM
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Just needed to double check - and yes, Kemi Badenoch really did just say that we don’t need evidence - that anecdotes and personal feelings will do just fine instead. Scary times #bbclaurak
January 26, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Interesting analysis by David Allen Green of the Prince Harry settlement. Its importance lies in Murdoch admission of illegality at the Sun. www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
How Harry and Watson forced NGN to admit wrongdoing
Why the circumstances show it was NGN wanting to avoid a public trial—and not the costs risk on the claimants—that brought this case to its end
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
January 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM