John Simpson
@johnsimpsonwarks.bsky.social
It was on BBC One so I was never worried. If the semi is on ITV we’re in trouble.
July 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
It was on BBC One so I was never worried. If the semi is on ITV we’re in trouble.
“I am in it to win it” followed immediately by “my opponent offers slick soundbites but no solutions”
July 14, 2025 at 7:52 PM
“I am in it to win it” followed immediately by “my opponent offers slick soundbites but no solutions”
Can I interest you in Manchester United Men’s Transfer Strategy over the last ten years?
July 14, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Can I interest you in Manchester United Men’s Transfer Strategy over the last ten years?
It’s why I love cricket. Five days of at times brutal combat decided by a ball trickling into a block of wood with just enough momentum to knock an even smaller block of wood gently onto the ground. Poetry.
July 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
It’s why I love cricket. Five days of at times brutal combat decided by a ball trickling into a block of wood with just enough momentum to knock an even smaller block of wood gently onto the ground. Poetry.
If there’s one thing we learned from the 2024 leadership election, it’s that James Cleverly is an adept political operator with a vice like grip on the parliamentary party.
July 8, 2025 at 7:02 PM
If there’s one thing we learned from the 2024 leadership election, it’s that James Cleverly is an adept political operator with a vice like grip on the parliamentary party.
When nobody expects it to work and it doesn’t it’s the Jets
July 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
When nobody expects it to work and it doesn’t it’s the Jets
“…all candidates have shown a disregard for law and order”
June 30, 2025 at 2:25 PM
“…all candidates have shown a disregard for law and order”
I feel like this weekend has absolutely vindicated “the Mets, but only when they’re good” as a life philosophy, so absolutely no need to apologise for that.
June 29, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I feel like this weekend has absolutely vindicated “the Mets, but only when they’re good” as a life philosophy, so absolutely no need to apologise for that.
I would love you to write a football newsletter just to see how long it took someone to accuse you of being a Spurs fan.
June 25, 2025 at 9:40 PM
I would love you to write a football newsletter just to see how long it took someone to accuse you of being a Spurs fan.
“Lads, it’s Cuomo”
June 25, 2025 at 12:00 PM
“Lads, it’s Cuomo”
I just hope you don’t need any instant coffee when you get there.
June 23, 2025 at 6:20 PM
I just hope you don’t need any instant coffee when you get there.
Not the biggest issue concerning an FT journalist and a four letter acronym going on right now.
June 3, 2025 at 9:24 PM
Not the biggest issue concerning an FT journalist and a four letter acronym going on right now.
Which former monarch would be the equivalent of The Final Frontier?
May 21, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Which former monarch would be the equivalent of The Final Frontier?
Why have Palace chosen to celebrate with an open-top bus parade when they could have had a barbecue?
May 18, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Why have Palace chosen to celebrate with an open-top bus parade when they could have had a barbecue?
Given the circular transfers of homegrown players between PL clubs at the start of the season, and the situations of Marcus Rashford and Trent amongst others, where do academy graduates now stand in modern football, and are expectations of them unrealistic compared to other squad members?
May 11, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Given the circular transfers of homegrown players between PL clubs at the start of the season, and the situations of Marcus Rashford and Trent amongst others, where do academy graduates now stand in modern football, and are expectations of them unrealistic compared to other squad members?
Ngl as profiles go “generally quite dull” is a huge green flag. The world is enough of a bin fire already the last thing I need is a man adding more unnecessary excitement
April 28, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Ngl as profiles go “generally quite dull” is a huge green flag. The world is enough of a bin fire already the last thing I need is a man adding more unnecessary excitement
Also, if the Giants start badly, there is very little chance of Jaxson Dart’s father being linked with the Head Coach’s job
April 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Also, if the Giants start badly, there is very little chance of Jaxson Dart’s father being linked with the Head Coach’s job
Sometimes you really want to change your wide receivers while you’re at work.
April 25, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Sometimes you really want to change your wide receivers while you’re at work.
This is an important piece of evidence to show anyone who suggests that a Labour - Lib Dem merger is a plausible future outcome
April 24, 2025 at 5:15 PM
This is an important piece of evidence to show anyone who suggests that a Labour - Lib Dem merger is a plausible future outcome
The Tories aren’t even in government right now and we’re constantly hearing about leadership challenges
April 24, 2025 at 10:34 AM
The Tories aren’t even in government right now and we’re constantly hearing about leadership challenges
As others have said everyone is different, but I often did my best revision at some very unusual times. 11.30pm was not great for family life, but was often when I was at my most productive.
April 22, 2025 at 8:11 PM
As others have said everyone is different, but I often did my best revision at some very unusual times. 11.30pm was not great for family life, but was often when I was at my most productive.
If only there had been some sort of “campaign” where the winning candidate had said that he was going to do these things over and over and over and over again so that America’s journalists could have been prepared.
April 15, 2025 at 4:54 PM
If only there had been some sort of “campaign” where the winning candidate had said that he was going to do these things over and over and over and over again so that America’s journalists could have been prepared.
Until they invent an LLM that can judge whether to sign off an emails with the friendly “Kind regards” or the passive aggressive “Regards” I’m confident my job in Customer Relations is safe.
April 15, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Until they invent an LLM that can judge whether to sign off an emails with the friendly “Kind regards” or the passive aggressive “Regards” I’m confident my job in Customer Relations is safe.
It’s a remarkable skill to imagine a voter who probably doesn’t exist, and if they did exist would definitely vote Reform and never Labour under any circumstances
April 11, 2025 at 10:56 AM
It’s a remarkable skill to imagine a voter who probably doesn’t exist, and if they did exist would definitely vote Reform and never Labour under any circumstances
Current industrial policy is based on whoever is in the room with him at the time. On Monday the goal was to have 300 million Americans playing baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers
April 9, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Current industrial policy is based on whoever is in the room with him at the time. On Monday the goal was to have 300 million Americans playing baseball for the Los Angeles Dodgers