Simon Duffy
@simonduffy.bsky.social
Philosopher and social activist with interest in self-directed support, basic income, neighbourhood democracy, neighbourhood care and anything else that helps create a world where everyone matters (and chippy Northerner). https://citizen-network.org
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Simon Duffy
@simonduffy.bsky.social
· Sep 15
Today is International Democracy Day - and we need a real democracy more than ever.
Today @citizennetwork.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social @henrytam.bsky.social shared our 8 step plan for rebuilding a renewed UK democracy.
citizen-network.org/library/demo...
Today @citizennetwork.bsky.social @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social @henrytam.bsky.social shared our 8 step plan for rebuilding a renewed UK democracy.
citizen-network.org/library/demo...
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Who do you side with? The Telegraph's How I Spent It column or Ursula K. Le Guin?
November 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Who do you side with? The Telegraph's How I Spent It column or Ursula K. Le Guin?
Irritating…
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
November 10, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Irritating…
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
Sky journalist keeps referring to Bolton as Greater Manchester.
What’s that about?!
What might be a better name for the “special relationship” I wonder?
I had my disagreements with the BBC under Tim Davie but he was a decent man doing a difficult job.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
To see Trump's White House claiming credit for his downfall and attacking the BBC should worry us all.
November 9, 2025 at 10:10 PM
What might be a better name for the “special relationship” I wonder?
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“Some constraints from an affordability point of view.”
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns. “There is quite a bit of evidence . . . that lower and moderate-income households are facing some constraints from an affordability point of view from the cost of living to the housing costs” on.ft.com/43Otjwc via @FT #DonaldTrump
Gulf between rich and poor risks US downturn, Fed official warns
John Williams suggests poorer Americans’ mounting problems could be a factor in whether the central bank cuts rates next month
on.ft.com
November 9, 2025 at 7:56 AM
“Some constraints from an affordability point of view.”
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
Father Ted levels of circumlocution.
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Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
628 bets in 72 minutes, then Lee killed himself. No one stopped him
After an inquest into the death of Lee Adams, 36, his family is calling for greater regulation of addictive online gambling
www.thetimes.com
November 9, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Gambling, an industry out of control doing enormous damage to individuals & communities.
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Virgin Games "sent him multiple emails, free bets & text messages enticing him to play more. First bets the night he died were with free credits"
www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
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Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
November 5, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."
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November 1, 2025 at 1:31 AM
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It's absolutely 100% immoral and even illegal for Trump to stop SNAP and increase hunger for 42 million Americans, but it's a reminder how weak a poverty-targeted program can be. There is strength in universality. If every single Trump voter got SNAP, there's no way Trump would stop it. We need UBI.
November 1, 2025 at 3:59 PM
It's absolutely 100% immoral and even illegal for Trump to stop SNAP and increase hunger for 42 million Americans, but it's a reminder how weak a poverty-targeted program can be. There is strength in universality. If every single Trump voter got SNAP, there's no way Trump would stop it. We need UBI.
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REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
October 31, 2025 at 2:33 AM
REV. BLACK (who was shot in the head with a pepper ball): “If this is what they’re doing to pastors, journalists, teachers, mothers, and the elderly gathered to sing and pray outside ICE facilities… what might they be doing to our neighbors who are behind those walls?”
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Might be a good time to start talking about UBI
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Might be a good time to start talking about UBI
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Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
October 30, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Is it any wonder why so many think the system is rigged?
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"I did not raise my right hand to be used as a pawn and activated against my community." ✊🏾
Capt. Dylan Blaha
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
Capt. Dylan Blaha
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
October 30, 2025 at 2:10 AM
"I did not raise my right hand to be used as a pawn and activated against my community." ✊🏾
Capt. Dylan Blaha
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
Capt. Dylan Blaha
#ONEV1
#Pinks 🌸
#Voices4Victory
Just a reminder. This isn’t normal. The North was not always poor, regional inequality was never this great. This is a direct result of decades of government policy-making that has eroded the economies and democratic institutions of the North. No Voice = No Wealth.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
England's most deprived areas named - with Jaywick topping list
Jaywick, a seaside town in Essex, has been named the most deprived area for a fourth time in a row.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Just a reminder. This isn’t normal. The North was not always poor, regional inequality was never this great. This is a direct result of decades of government policy-making that has eroded the economies and democratic institutions of the North. No Voice = No Wealth.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"[Reeves' position] is not tenable. And maybe it never was, really."
With the Labour Government more and more questions about their competence with the Budget looming, Compass Director Neal Lawson voiced how those at the top were never ready for power on @thetimes.com Radio this morning.
With the Labour Government more and more questions about their competence with the Budget looming, Compass Director Neal Lawson voiced how those at the top were never ready for power on @thetimes.com Radio this morning.
October 30, 2025 at 5:32 PM
"[Reeves' position] is not tenable. And maybe it never was, really."
With the Labour Government more and more questions about their competence with the Budget looming, Compass Director Neal Lawson voiced how those at the top were never ready for power on @thetimes.com Radio this morning.
With the Labour Government more and more questions about their competence with the Budget looming, Compass Director Neal Lawson voiced how those at the top were never ready for power on @thetimes.com Radio this morning.
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I'm asked all the time about the cost of universal basic income and often reply that the lack of UBI isn't free and that poverty actually costs us trillions of dollars a year that we pay for in all kinds of ways instead of UBI. Well, here's a study showing the lack of UBI also costs 9 years of life.
How Income Matters for Longevity
According to research, older adults in the lowest 20% of income die 9 years earlier than their wealthier peers. And 80% of households with older adults—or 47 million—are financially struggling or are ...
www.ncoa.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:01 PM
I'm asked all the time about the cost of universal basic income and often reply that the lack of UBI isn't free and that poverty actually costs us trillions of dollars a year that we pay for in all kinds of ways instead of UBI. Well, here's a study showing the lack of UBI also costs 9 years of life.
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Andy Burnham has pleaded with Keir Starmer to abolish the two-child benefit limit - arguing there is "no moral basis" for the policy to continue
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Burnham pleads with Starmer to scrap two-child benefit limit - 'no moral basis'
Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham says there is 'no moral basis' for the two-child benefit limit policy to continue and should be axed by Keir Starmer to lift kids out of poverty
www.mirror.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Andy Burnham has pleaded with Keir Starmer to abolish the two-child benefit limit - arguing there is "no moral basis" for the policy to continue
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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A voting system that can be manipulated by wealthy donors and the circulation of malicious disinformation poses a threat to us all.
We need to save democracy before it's too late: citizen-network.org/news/democra... @simonduffy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social
We need to save democracy before it's too late: citizen-network.org/news/democra... @simonduffy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social
Democracy SOS
On the International Day of Democracy, a new report sharing eight steps to save the UK’s democratic system.
citizen-network.org
October 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A voting system that can be manipulated by wealthy donors and the circulation of malicious disinformation poses a threat to us all.
We need to save democracy before it's too late: citizen-network.org/news/democra... @simonduffy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social
We need to save democracy before it's too late: citizen-network.org/news/democra... @simonduffy.bsky.social @compassoffice.bsky.social
The victory of @plaidcymru.bsky.social is a very important reminder that there are 3 strands of progressive power in the UK - sadly unaligned and in conflict:
People who care about equality
People who care about the planet
People who care about communities
- why are we forced to choose?
People who care about equality
People who care about the planet
People who care about communities
- why are we forced to choose?
October 24, 2025 at 7:47 AM
The victory of @plaidcymru.bsky.social is a very important reminder that there are 3 strands of progressive power in the UK - sadly unaligned and in conflict:
People who care about equality
People who care about the planet
People who care about communities
- why are we forced to choose?
People who care about equality
People who care about the planet
People who care about communities
- why are we forced to choose?
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October 21, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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Six days left until our free public lecture 'Towards the Conversion of the Church of England by the Rest of England'
We're delighted to be joined by Linda Woodhead and John Denham who will be responding to our latest Temple Book
Sign up for FREE today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lec...
We're delighted to be joined by Linda Woodhead and John Denham who will be responding to our latest Temple Book
Sign up for FREE today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lec...
October 22, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Six days left until our free public lecture 'Towards the Conversion of the Church of England by the Rest of England'
We're delighted to be joined by Linda Woodhead and John Denham who will be responding to our latest Temple Book
Sign up for FREE today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lec...
We're delighted to be joined by Linda Woodhead and John Denham who will be responding to our latest Temple Book
Sign up for FREE today: eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lec...
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The 'Levenshulme Land Grab' 1906. A group of men occupied six acres of church land in Levenshulme, Manchester, to grow cabbages for the unemployed, inspiring similar occupations elsewhere. Evicted after six weeks. (Image: Illustrated London News. h/t Burnage Local History Group)
October 22, 2025 at 8:18 AM
The 'Levenshulme Land Grab' 1906. A group of men occupied six acres of church land in Levenshulme, Manchester, to grow cabbages for the unemployed, inspiring similar occupations elsewhere. Evicted after six weeks. (Image: Illustrated London News. h/t Burnage Local History Group)
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People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
October 22, 2025 at 8:32 AM
People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to “go home”. This is their home.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
I've written to Kemi Badenoch to give her the chance to reject these divisive calls from her frontbencher Katie Lam.
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Dad said the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. But he also reminded us that it doesn’t bend on its own.
Let’s get into good trouble—peacefully, persistently, and with love as our guide.
Let’s get into good trouble—peacefully, persistently, and with love as our guide.
October 21, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Dad said the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice. But he also reminded us that it doesn’t bend on its own.
Let’s get into good trouble—peacefully, persistently, and with love as our guide.
Let’s get into good trouble—peacefully, persistently, and with love as our guide.
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Can you hear the giant sucking sound of those with wealth sucklng up all assets?
October 22, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Can you hear the giant sucking sound of those with wealth sucklng up all assets?