Simon Cattermole
@scattj.bsky.social
Husband dad and grandad. Musician, on the left politically, former headteacher; education is everything. Love the outdoors.
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Striking how many people currently explaining the state’s right to murder *other people* were quite hysterical about the state’s right to limit *their own* freedoms during lockdowns.
January 8, 2026 at 6:52 PM
Striking how many people currently explaining the state’s right to murder *other people* were quite hysterical about the state’s right to limit *their own* freedoms during lockdowns.
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Farage says he will now vote against scrapping the two-child limit. In case it benefits “foreign-born people”.
It’s not just the racism, it’s the out-of-control personal greed, combined with the staggering meanness.
He’s a repulsively inadequate man.
www.thetimes.com/article/0ab2...
It’s not just the racism, it’s the out-of-control personal greed, combined with the staggering meanness.
He’s a repulsively inadequate man.
www.thetimes.com/article/0ab2...
January 9, 2026 at 7:41 AM
Farage says he will now vote against scrapping the two-child limit. In case it benefits “foreign-born people”.
It’s not just the racism, it’s the out-of-control personal greed, combined with the staggering meanness.
He’s a repulsively inadequate man.
www.thetimes.com/article/0ab2...
It’s not just the racism, it’s the out-of-control personal greed, combined with the staggering meanness.
He’s a repulsively inadequate man.
www.thetimes.com/article/0ab2...
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There are many, many recent moments that I'd like to see all the people professing to be deeply outraged by Bob Vylan comment on. From columnists & politicians to the Chief Rabbi. (Perhaps they have but I can't find any...)
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
Senior Israeli official says all Palestinian adults in Gaza 'should be eliminated'
Deputy parliament speaker Nissim Vaturi also called for the destruction of Jenin, warning that it will soon be turned into Gaza
www.middleeasteye.net
July 1, 2025 at 6:32 PM
There are many, many recent moments that I'd like to see all the people professing to be deeply outraged by Bob Vylan comment on. From columnists & politicians to the Chief Rabbi. (Perhaps they have but I can't find any...)
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
I'd probably start with this one.
www.middleeasteye.net/news/senior-...
While the government and right- wing media whines about pro-Palestine and anti-Israeli chants at Glastonbury, a music festival where nobody was actually killed, they say nothing about another 81 Palestinians killed by the IDF on the same day.
June 29, 2025 at 10:05 AM
While the government and right- wing media whines about pro-Palestine and anti-Israeli chants at Glastonbury, a music festival where nobody was actually killed, they say nothing about another 81 Palestinians killed by the IDF on the same day.
Is there any difference between an Iranian missile hitting a hospital in Israel, and an Israeli missile hitting a hospital in Gaza?
They are both abhorrent, but does one seem to be getting more coverage?
They are both abhorrent, but does one seem to be getting more coverage?
June 19, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Is there any difference between an Iranian missile hitting a hospital in Israel, and an Israeli missile hitting a hospital in Gaza?
They are both abhorrent, but does one seem to be getting more coverage?
They are both abhorrent, but does one seem to be getting more coverage?
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Farage claimed in his speech today that he would raise £65 *billion* by cutting climate policies, DEI schemes, and ‘Quangos’.
He’s not running a serious operation and every political journalist in the country has a public duty to shout that from the rooftops
He’s not running a serious operation and every political journalist in the country has a public duty to shout that from the rooftops
May 27, 2025 at 11:29 AM
Farage claimed in his speech today that he would raise £65 *billion* by cutting climate policies, DEI schemes, and ‘Quangos’.
He’s not running a serious operation and every political journalist in the country has a public duty to shout that from the rooftops
He’s not running a serious operation and every political journalist in the country has a public duty to shout that from the rooftops
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All the people complaining that the police have said the Liverpool driver was white British are the same people who made it necessary for the police to say he was white British.
May 27, 2025 at 6:46 AM
All the people complaining that the police have said the Liverpool driver was white British are the same people who made it necessary for the police to say he was white British.
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Going to keep saying it - the Farage effect is largely an illusion. Many, many more people loathe him than like him.
May 27, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Going to keep saying it - the Farage effect is largely an illusion. Many, many more people loathe him than like him.
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After the local elections this is the current state of play of Councillors in the UK. Don't be fooled by our Farage supporting right wing media. Reform are 1 in the pie chart.
May 4, 2025 at 7:23 AM
After the local elections this is the current state of play of Councillors in the UK. Don't be fooled by our Farage supporting right wing media. Reform are 1 in the pie chart.
Trump destabilises the markets, prices tumble, his rich mates buy up shares on the cheap, he goes back on what he says (like we all knew he would) and those mates suddenly are a whole lot richer as the markets rise. Those less well off suffer, but hey, MAGA...
April 10, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Trump destabilises the markets, prices tumble, his rich mates buy up shares on the cheap, he goes back on what he says (like we all knew he would) and those mates suddenly are a whole lot richer as the markets rise. Those less well off suffer, but hey, MAGA...
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In case you missed it ...
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
April 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
In case you missed it ...
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
Here's a damning verdict from the Intelligence & Security Committee regarding Boris Johnson's half-baked report into Russian interference in the Brexit ref. Basically, they didn't even bother looking for any! Surely now it's time for a public enquiry into Putin's Brexit!
So, Labour Party, how is making people poorer and sicker, and pushing another 250,000 into poverty going to help exactly? This is not the Labour I know and voted for. Whither the optimism from last July which is rapidly dissipating?
March 26, 2025 at 9:03 PM
So, Labour Party, how is making people poorer and sicker, and pushing another 250,000 into poverty going to help exactly? This is not the Labour I know and voted for. Whither the optimism from last July which is rapidly dissipating?
"Hey, we've got a huge hole in our finances; let's hit the pensioners, the poor and the sick, that should do it, and there's no money anywhere else..." Er, think there is...this is not a Labour govt. Where's all that optimism gone?
March 18, 2025 at 11:08 PM
"Hey, we've got a huge hole in our finances; let's hit the pensioners, the poor and the sick, that should do it, and there's no money anywhere else..." Er, think there is...this is not a Labour govt. Where's all that optimism gone?
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@privateeyenews.bsky.social on top form as usual this issue.
March 5, 2025 at 7:10 PM
@privateeyenews.bsky.social on top form as usual this issue.
So, @uklabourparty.bsky.social you're choosing to penalise millions of people instead of taxing those worth £10 million and more - You will further alienate your support; where has that optimism from last July gone?
BBC News - Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts ahead of Spring Statement
Cuts to areas including welfare will be put to the official forecaster ahead of the Spring Statement.
www.bbc.com
March 5, 2025 at 7:45 AM
So, @uklabourparty.bsky.social you're choosing to penalise millions of people instead of taxing those worth £10 million and more - You will further alienate your support; where has that optimism from last July gone?
BBC News - Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - Treasury earmarks billions in spending cuts
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Quite extraordinary; did Trump plan this? What was he trying to achieve? If to get Ukraine to kowtow before the USA, that didn't happen, but he ended up humiliating himself and his country.
March 1, 2025 at 8:10 AM
Quite extraordinary; did Trump plan this? What was he trying to achieve? If to get Ukraine to kowtow before the USA, that didn't happen, but he ended up humiliating himself and his country.
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Trust me, bro.
February 9, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Trust me, bro.
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In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of +£18.42tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of +£18.42tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
January 31, 2025 at 5:42 PM
In 1970 the UK and Norway were roughly equal, almost no debt, and owned all their Public Services.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of +£18.42tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
Now the UK owns nothing and has £3tn of debt.
While Norway still owns everything and has the equivilant of +£18.42tn.
That's how privatisation 'works'.
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🔥 This is an absolutely devastating set of figures on the UK public's view of Brexit.
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
January 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
🔥 This is an absolutely devastating set of figures on the UK public's view of Brexit.
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
Absolutely damning. Look at each category one by one - particularly the economic ones. YouGov article on these data here. 👉 yougov.co.uk/politics/art...
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How many gracious mutually beneficial offers does the EU need to extend to the UK…
…while Trump & Musk fire hostility toward us…
Before Starmer & Reeves can see who our friends are?
It’s mind-boggling.
…while Trump & Musk fire hostility toward us…
Before Starmer & Reeves can see who our friends are?
It’s mind-boggling.
EU trade chief: Bloc may consider UK joining pan-Europe customs scheme
The UK joining the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean Convention is up for discussion in reset talks, says Maros Sefcovic.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 8:00 AM
How many gracious mutually beneficial offers does the EU need to extend to the UK…
…while Trump & Musk fire hostility toward us…
Before Starmer & Reeves can see who our friends are?
It’s mind-boggling.
…while Trump & Musk fire hostility toward us…
Before Starmer & Reeves can see who our friends are?
It’s mind-boggling.
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Even more relevant now…
January 23, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Even more relevant now…
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If she can do it, we can all do it.
January 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
If she can do it, we can all do it.
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This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
January 22, 2025 at 3:11 PM
This is the face of courage and compassion. Thank you Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde for speaking truth to power on behalf of the marginalized.
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January 14, 2025 at 3:36 PM