@paul-simmo.bsky.social
Arsenal supporter,vegan, environmentalist,guitarist. All views expressed are personal only.
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The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
December 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
The story of Farage and Putin, told by British-Ukrainian soldier Shaun Pinner on a destroyed apartment block in Kyiv.
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New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
December 9, 2025 at 2:36 PM
New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion.
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops
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Budget 2025: This is how you lose the world iandunt.substack.com/p/budget-202...
November 28, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Budget 2025: This is how you lose the world iandunt.substack.com/p/budget-202...
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It is just false to say that " We have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
How many people claim asylum in the UK?
www.gov.uk
November 17, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It is just false to say that " We have become the destination of choice in Europe, clearly visible to every people smuggler and would-be illegal migrant across the world"
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
Opposition parties should write to the Permanent Secretary and National Statistician about this
www.gov.uk/government/s...
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This is deeply disappointing from Starmer.
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
November 5, 2025 at 7:40 PM
This is deeply disappointing from Starmer.
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The UK *helped design* this 'TFFF' fund, designed to stop deforestation, and supposedly 'continues to back the fund' (in theory). But now isn't putting any money into it 🤯
How embarrassing for the UK.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
October 18, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Sky News is platforming a guy who says he's from a Jewish Aston Villa supporters group, but it turns out that the guy a) isn't Jewish, b) the group doesn't exist, and c) he works for the right wing Henry Jackson Society, whose website says he 'specialises in disinformation'. Well, quite.
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Horrifying piece that shows exactly how Labour minister is dancing to the tune of biggest profit-driven developers & failing to meet pledges on new homes & on affordability. Worse, they don’t even seem to care 👇
A leaked memo, a Maga-style hat and a trail of broken pledges – it’s Labour’s great housing betrayal | Aditya Chakrabortty
Ignore the bombast: Steve ‘build, baby, build’ Reed’s boast looks likely to end in targets more pathetic than they are now, says Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Horrifying piece that shows exactly how Labour minister is dancing to the tune of biggest profit-driven developers & failing to meet pledges on new homes & on affordability. Worse, they don’t even seem to care 👇
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UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development
UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development
Exclusive: 1,680 football pitches of protected natural land in England, Wales and Northern Ireland lost in five years
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‘Desecration of landscape’: the fight over development in areas of outstanding natural beauty
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Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day
Nature and farmland equivalent in size to that of the New Forest – 604 sq km – was lost to concrete and bricks and mortar in the UK between 2018 and 2023, according to an investigation by the Guardian and European partners.
In the same period the loss of some of the most protected and special natural areas in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, known as national landscapes, reached 12 sq km; equivalent to 1,680 football pitches worth of natural land. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 2, 2025 at 5:19 AM
UK fifth-worst country in Europe for loss of green space to development
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New - No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who wanted more mitigation on potential environmental harm
Campaigners thought an amendment was coming but No10 said no way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who wanted more mitigation on potential environmental harm
Campaigners thought an amendment was coming but No10 said no way
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
No 10 blocked nature concessions in planning bill amid Labour rebellion, sources say
Row erupts between pro-housing MPs and those who with charities say bill risks causing environmental harm
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Not good
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Now Reform say they want to scrap the two-child benefit cap…
They could have voted for that in July, so why didn’t they? Policy for them is a matter of convenience not conviction.
Don’t be fooled by Reform. They’ll say almost anything - if they think you want to hear it.
They could have voted for that in July, so why didn’t they? Policy for them is a matter of convenience not conviction.
Don’t be fooled by Reform. They’ll say almost anything - if they think you want to hear it.
May 28, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Now Reform say they want to scrap the two-child benefit cap…
They could have voted for that in July, so why didn’t they? Policy for them is a matter of convenience not conviction.
Don’t be fooled by Reform. They’ll say almost anything - if they think you want to hear it.
They could have voted for that in July, so why didn’t they? Policy for them is a matter of convenience not conviction.
Don’t be fooled by Reform. They’ll say almost anything - if they think you want to hear it.
✓We were recently in #Peru. Here we are at #MachuPichu . For #Vegan friends we found great food at #AsianicaStreetFood, #Organa, #ElJardindeJazmin & #SeitanUrbanBistro in Lima. #VeganoPeruano in Paracas. #Yurakuna and #Omphalos in Arequipa. #ChiaVegan, #VidaVeganBistro and #ElJardin in Cusco.
May 16, 2025 at 9:57 AM
✓We were recently in #Peru. Here we are at #MachuPichu . For #Vegan friends we found great food at #AsianicaStreetFood, #Organa, #ElJardindeJazmin & #SeitanUrbanBistro in Lima. #VeganoPeruano in Paracas. #Yurakuna and #Omphalos in Arequipa. #ChiaVegan, #VidaVeganBistro and #ElJardin in Cusco.
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Labour axing care worker visa will put services at risk, say unions and care leaders
Labour axing care worker visa will put services at risk, say unions and care leaders
White paper proposes ban on recruitment from abroad despite care sector relying heavily on foreign workers
Unions and care providers have accused the government of putting services at risk after it confirmed plans to shut down the overseas care worker visa route.
The long-awaited immigration white paper, to be published on Monday, includes measures to ban new recruitment from abroad for care roles, as part of a wider effort to reduce legal migration and prioritise UK-based workers. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Labour axing care worker visa will put services at risk, say unions and care leaders
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If you are not already following @zoejardiniere.bsky.social please start now, for genuine heartfelt and empathetic discourse on immigration. Along with the @greenparty.org.uk one of the very few voices that challenge the Reform consensus on immigration.
Mainstream radio presenters like Vanessa Feltz are perfectly happy to contribute, in their own small way, to the rise of the extreme far right.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
Her interview with me on LBC just now was chock full of lies. Calls herself a journalist.
Really I wonder how they sleep at night.
May 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
If you are not already following @zoejardiniere.bsky.social please start now, for genuine heartfelt and empathetic discourse on immigration. Along with the @greenparty.org.uk one of the very few voices that challenge the Reform consensus on immigration.
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Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog
Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog
Nature organisations say legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk
Keir Starmer’s planning bill has been criticised by the environment watchdog, which has warned that the draft of the legislation would remove safeguards for nature and put protected sites at risk.
Currently, laws that protect habitats and nature are derived from EU legislation. Since the UK left the bloc, it has been able to weaken these laws that protect specific species and habitats. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 2, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Labour’s planning bill threatens protected habitats, says environment watchdog
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A tale of two suckers: Donald Trump’s plastic straws and Keir Starmer | Stewart Lee
A tale of two suckers: Donald Trump’s plastic straws and Keir Starmer | Stewart Lee
The US president has scrapped paper straws because they allegedly ‘explode’ – a bit like the PM’s reputation if he keeps refusing to confront him on the big issues
www.theguardian.com
February 16, 2025 at 11:59 AM
A tale of two suckers: Donald Trump’s plastic straws and Keir Starmer | Stewart Lee
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January 22, 2025 at 8:45 PM
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I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
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P.s. multiculturalism is great.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
December 27, 2024 at 9:55 AM
I seem to have upset the Nigel Farage fan club - so let me be clear.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
This man sows hate, lies and division.
He is a grifter and a conman.
He does not represent the vast majority of Britons.
Repost if you agree
P.s. multiculturalism is great.
@carolinelucas.bsky.social looking forward to reading your book. We missed you at Hay on Wye and I couldn’t make the Manchester festival either but my partner got this for me for Xmas. Thanks for signing.
December 25, 2024 at 6:12 PM
@carolinelucas.bsky.social looking forward to reading your book. We missed you at Hay on Wye and I couldn’t make the Manchester festival either but my partner got this for me for Xmas. Thanks for signing.
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social Hi John . We enjoyed seeing you at the Hay festival this year and I’m looking forward to reading this. Merry Christmas.
December 25, 2024 at 5:14 PM
@mrjohncrace.bsky.social Hi John . We enjoyed seeing you at the Hay festival this year and I’m looking forward to reading this. Merry Christmas.
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@wildjustice.bsky.social has just launched a new petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
How will the new Labour Govt respond? Let's find out!
10K signatures gets a response. Currently on 6K.
Please sign & share!
#raptorresearch #ukbirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/23/w...
How will the new Labour Govt respond? Let's find out!
10K signatures gets a response. Currently on 6K.
Please sign & share!
#raptorresearch #ukbirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/23/w...
Wild Justice launches new petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting
Yesterday saw the launch of a new petition from Wild Justice calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting. At 10,000 signatures the Government has to issue a response. At 100,000 signatures the peti…
raptorpersecutionuk.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:51 AM
@wildjustice.bsky.social has just launched a new petition calling for a ban on driven grouse shooting.
How will the new Labour Govt respond? Let's find out!
10K signatures gets a response. Currently on 6K.
Please sign & share!
#raptorresearch #ukbirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/23/w...
How will the new Labour Govt respond? Let's find out!
10K signatures gets a response. Currently on 6K.
Please sign & share!
#raptorresearch #ukbirding
raptorpersecutionuk.org/2024/11/23/w...
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Looks pretty precedented to me 🤷♀️
November 16, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Looks pretty precedented to me 🤷♀️
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November 14, 2024 at 9:56 PM
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