Simon Huddlestone
@huddy99.bsky.social
Interested in all sorts.
Drove to the fish ‘n’ chip shop last night. It was raining heavily and I had the diabolical inconvenience of parking about 45 seconds walk away.
The chippie is on an awkward corner with double yellow lines for safe sight lines, but as very often these had been parked on…
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The chippie is on an awkward corner with double yellow lines for safe sight lines, but as very often these had been parked on…
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November 30, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Drove to the fish ‘n’ chip shop last night. It was raining heavily and I had the diabolical inconvenience of parking about 45 seconds walk away.
The chippie is on an awkward corner with double yellow lines for safe sight lines, but as very often these had been parked on…
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The chippie is on an awkward corner with double yellow lines for safe sight lines, but as very often these had been parked on…
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it’s funny how when people who own big houses are alive they had nothing to do with its value, but when they die their kids shouldn’t have to pay any inheritance tax because they worked VERY hard all their lives for it
November 29, 2025 at 10:12 AM
it’s funny how when people who own big houses are alive they had nothing to do with its value, but when they die their kids shouldn’t have to pay any inheritance tax because they worked VERY hard all their lives for it
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Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
November 29, 2025 at 4:50 AM
Does anyone want a survivorship bias shortbread
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Black Friday in Yorkshire
November 28, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Black Friday in Yorkshire
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“What about this poor old woman who is blind, deaf, in a wheelchair and survives on £30 a week, but lives in a £15 million manor she doesn’t want to sell because it was left to her by her late husband, who died while saving a group of orphans from being sold into slavery? What about HER, Rachel??”
November 26, 2025 at 11:47 PM
“What about this poor old woman who is blind, deaf, in a wheelchair and survives on £30 a week, but lives in a £15 million manor she doesn’t want to sell because it was left to her by her late husband, who died while saving a group of orphans from being sold into slavery? What about HER, Rachel??”
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I am so utterly over this type of political reporting. It belongs in the bin. Literally, focus on the substance!! Our lives depend on understanding the substance, not the gossip/surface.
November 26, 2025 at 7:48 PM
I am so utterly over this type of political reporting. It belongs in the bin. Literally, focus on the substance!! Our lives depend on understanding the substance, not the gossip/surface.
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Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
November 26, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Big news, income tax is being charged this year.
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
(It has to be renewed each year or it ceases to apply. Because it's a temporary tax, introduced to fund the Napoleonic wars)
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
November 23, 2025 at 7:30 PM
If I’m understanding this correctly, X is owned by a white nationalist who pays poor people of color in developing countries to pretend to be working class white Americans to scare other white Americans into being afraid poor people of color from developing countries are going to ruin America?
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What are government bonds? And how does the bond market work?
🎙️ @helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social explain in our new podcast with Jack Meaning on the bond market, government borrowing and debt and how these will affect the upcoming Budget.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-...
🎙️ @helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social explain in our new podcast with Jack Meaning on the bond market, government borrowing and debt and how these will affect the upcoming Budget.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-...
November 14, 2025 at 10:29 AM
What are government bonds? And how does the bond market work?
🎙️ @helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social explain in our new podcast with Jack Meaning on the bond market, government borrowing and debt and how these will affect the upcoming Budget.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-...
🎙️ @helenmiller.bsky.social and @benzaranko.bsky.social explain in our new podcast with Jack Meaning on the bond market, government borrowing and debt and how these will affect the upcoming Budget.
Listen here: ifs.org.uk/articles/uk-...
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Listen, we don’t go out there to win, we go out there to entertain. And we did entertain an enormous number of Aussies. Bazball Mission Accomplished!
a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of two microphones in front of a plane .
ALT: a man in a suit and tie is standing in front of two microphones in front of a plane .
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November 22, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Listen, we don’t go out there to win, we go out there to entertain. And we did entertain an enormous number of Aussies. Bazball Mission Accomplished!
England’s batsmen play the same role in the England fans’ desire to win The Ashes as does Trump’s America in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
November 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
England’s batsmen play the same role in the England fans’ desire to win The Ashes as does Trump’s America in the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
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That Trump plan to end the war is for Ukraine to surrender, right?
November 22, 2025 at 7:54 AM
That Trump plan to end the war is for Ukraine to surrender, right?
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The brilliant news is that hope is the actual pits, the very worst of everything in Pandora's Box, and we've sensibly murdered that b*****d as soon as we could #Ashes
November 22, 2025 at 8:22 AM
The brilliant news is that hope is the actual pits, the very worst of everything in Pandora's Box, and we've sensibly murdered that b*****d as soon as we could #Ashes
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Being dismembered with a bone saw because you dared to criticize an authoritarian regime is - and hear me out - considerably worse than being embarrassed because another reporter dared to ask you about it.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 18, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Being dismembered with a bone saw because you dared to criticize an authoritarian regime is - and hear me out - considerably worse than being embarrassed because another reporter dared to ask you about it.
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Tl;dr - if Labour want to combat racism, they should say racism is wrong, over and over, and act on that belief (e.g. by leaving certain social media sites owned by racists). That would do more to promote anti-racist norms, and protect the interests of Britain's minorities than immigration controls.
November 18, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Tl;dr - if Labour want to combat racism, they should say racism is wrong, over and over, and act on that belief (e.g. by leaving certain social media sites owned by racists). That would do more to promote anti-racist norms, and protect the interests of Britain's minorities than immigration controls.
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Do you rely on others for support?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
November 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
Do you rely on others for support?
From the new Private Eye, out now.
From the new Private Eye, out now.
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Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
November 13, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Lots of folks captioning aurora photos like "for a few minutes we didn't think about politics"
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
guess I'm built different, every time I'm out trying to see night sky stuff I frequently think about how much light pollution is entirely preventable with just a tiny bit of regulation
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This is what is so frustrating- this is an excellent sensible policy, that I’d expect from a Labour government. But the immigration policies and announcements are so horrific I can’t support them or vote for them in the future.
November 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
This is what is so frustrating- this is an excellent sensible policy, that I’d expect from a Labour government. But the immigration policies and announcements are so horrific I can’t support them or vote for them in the future.
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Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
November 17, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Imagine having a thumping majority in parliament and deciding to use it for something as squalid as this.
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Reminder
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Reminder
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
It’s only a Black Friday bargain IF you intended to buy it anyway
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Labour MPs waking up this morning ...
a man in a military uniform is talking to another man in a dark room .
ALT: a man in a military uniform is talking to another man in a dark room .
media.tenor.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:01 AM
Labour MPs waking up this morning ...
But then, Kevin intones, an unexpected twist…
I walked up and down my house, which is now almost finished, there being nothing to do but the glazier and furniture to put up.
November 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
But then, Kevin intones, an unexpected twist…
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