Simon Sparkes 🇪🇺💙💚🗿
@simonsparkes60.bsky.social
Retired Analytical Chemist, food quality & safety, environment. Aging Disgracefully. Born when CO2 below 320ppm. #FBPE #CLIMATEEMERGENCY
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@danneidle.bsky.social and the team at Tax Policy Associates have been sharing their attached calculator - and it is a fantastic piece of work.
Having had a look at what a 2p increase in taxes would mean for my own income, it is, honestly, minimal and easily absorbable on a monthly basis.
Having had a look at what a 2p increase in taxes would mean for my own income, it is, honestly, minimal and easily absorbable on a monthly basis.
UK Marginal Tax Rate Dashboard
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November 13, 2025 at 2:32 PM
@danneidle.bsky.social and the team at Tax Policy Associates have been sharing their attached calculator - and it is a fantastic piece of work.
Having had a look at what a 2p increase in taxes would mean for my own income, it is, honestly, minimal and easily absorbable on a monthly basis.
Having had a look at what a 2p increase in taxes would mean for my own income, it is, honestly, minimal and easily absorbable on a monthly basis.
Dripping tap. Two hours to identify the correct cylinder valve part, £10 each. 48 hours waiting on 24 HR delivery from Royal Mail, 10 minutes to replace.
November 9, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Dripping tap. Two hours to identify the correct cylinder valve part, £10 each. 48 hours waiting on 24 HR delivery from Royal Mail, 10 minutes to replace.
Took the boy to the beach today, I think he was enjoying it
November 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Took the boy to the beach today, I think he was enjoying it
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Farage insists Reform isn’t racist.
I’ve got 20 documented cases that say otherwise.
When the fringe and the manifesto sing the same tune, you don’t have a crank problem - you have a culture problem.
I’ve got 20 documented cases that say otherwise.
When the fringe and the manifesto sing the same tune, you don’t have a crank problem - you have a culture problem.
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 3, 2025 at 5:26 AM
Farage insists Reform isn’t racist.
I’ve got 20 documented cases that say otherwise.
When the fringe and the manifesto sing the same tune, you don’t have a crank problem - you have a culture problem.
I’ve got 20 documented cases that say otherwise.
When the fringe and the manifesto sing the same tune, you don’t have a crank problem - you have a culture problem.
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Calling Reform racist isn’t slander.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
DEEP DIVE: How Does Reform Show Its Racism? Let Me Count the Ways
From “target practice” on refugees to burqa bans in Parliament, the tally tells the story better than Farage ever could.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Calling Reform racist isn’t slander.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
It’s maths.
20 incidents. 18 months. 1 Farage in a permanent huff.
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The Tabloid Witch Hunt of Rayner:
This isn’t just about tax. It’s about women being hounded and investigated for years as men who routinely do worse are ignored… I have the receipts to prove it and if the “crimes” aren’t there? Well, they just invent them.
youtu.be/bVd2fReoS8Y
This isn’t just about tax. It’s about women being hounded and investigated for years as men who routinely do worse are ignored… I have the receipts to prove it and if the “crimes” aren’t there? Well, they just invent them.
youtu.be/bVd2fReoS8Y
The Tabloid Witch Hunt of Angela Rayner: This Isn’t Just About Tax…
YouTube video by Supertanskiii
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September 6, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Tabloid Witch Hunt of Rayner:
This isn’t just about tax. It’s about women being hounded and investigated for years as men who routinely do worse are ignored… I have the receipts to prove it and if the “crimes” aren’t there? Well, they just invent them.
youtu.be/bVd2fReoS8Y
This isn’t just about tax. It’s about women being hounded and investigated for years as men who routinely do worse are ignored… I have the receipts to prove it and if the “crimes” aren’t there? Well, they just invent them.
youtu.be/bVd2fReoS8Y
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My weekend deep dive in which I blame your nan for the state of the country (not really).
Nan’s Not Bankrupting Britain (But Politicians Might Be)
Pensions, productivity, and the myth of the migrant “drain.”
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September 6, 2025 at 8:51 AM
My weekend deep dive in which I blame your nan for the state of the country (not really).
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I wonder if a Labour govt minister will register the legitimate concerns of the counter protesters who object to the racist intimidation of immigrants and asylum seekers?
Currently a stand off in Bristol. Around 80 anti-immigration protesters are being stopped from marching to a converted hotel by around 400 counter protesters, separated by a wall of police five officers-thick.
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August 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
I wonder if a Labour govt minister will register the legitimate concerns of the counter protesters who object to the racist intimidation of immigrants and asylum seekers?
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The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
August 10, 2025 at 10:22 AM
The threat to our society is not from asylum seekers in small boats. It’s from politicians and media cynically whipping up fear and prejudice, labelling them all as criminals, inciting hatred against people for where and what they’ve fled from.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
It must stop. For all our sakes. It’s deeply sinister.
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The House of Lords is the only legislative chamber in the world into which you can all but openly buy a place. It's a feudal anachronism and it's long overdue for abolition.
August 6, 2025 at 4:41 PM
The House of Lords is the only legislative chamber in the world into which you can all but openly buy a place. It's a feudal anachronism and it's long overdue for abolition.
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The case for abolition of the House of Lords in a nutshell: Michelle Mone, Shaun Bailey, Ben Houchen and Evgeny Lebedev. And Charlotte Owen.
August 6, 2025 at 4:40 PM
The case for abolition of the House of Lords in a nutshell: Michelle Mone, Shaun Bailey, Ben Houchen and Evgeny Lebedev. And Charlotte Owen.
Watching saving lives at sea. Heroes every one of them.
July 31, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Watching saving lives at sea. Heroes every one of them.
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And also just a quick thank you to everyone who has supported me into making it to the finish line, which is now within touching distance.
I am very grateful.
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I am very grateful.
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July 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
And also just a quick thank you to everyone who has supported me into making it to the finish line, which is now within touching distance.
I am very grateful.
🐻
I am very grateful.
🐻
Ed Davey being quite excellent on the BBC this morning.
July 16, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Ed Davey being quite excellent on the BBC this morning.
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There’s a myth doing the rounds about the founding of the NHS - and it’s doing so for a reason.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
From Myth to Market: How the Right Is Prepping You to Sell Off the NHS
First they rewrite the past. Then they sell off the future. The NHS is next.
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July 15, 2025 at 11:26 AM
There’s a myth doing the rounds about the founding of the NHS - and it’s doing so for a reason.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
A brief history of the founding of the NHS and why commentators on the right are very keen on revising it.
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'A Tower of strength' St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor at sunrise.
July 8, 2025 at 7:08 AM
'A Tower of strength' St Michael's tower on Glastonbury Tor at sunrise.
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This really is not getting the attention it should. The Tories' latest proposal is to exclude *any household that includes any foreign national from any benefit*.
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
July 7, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This really is not getting the attention it should. The Tories' latest proposal is to exclude *any household that includes any foreign national from any benefit*.
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
And when asked about it, they keep citing small boat crossings - a minute fraction of migration - to justify it. ~AA
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Hospitals are supposed to be where the suffering stops.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
No One Is Safe. Not Even Here.
The destruction of Gaza’s hospitals marks a terrifying breach in the idea that healthcare is ever off-limits.
www.bearlypolitics.co.uk
July 3, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Hospitals are supposed to be where the suffering stops.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
In Gaza, they are where the killing continues.
Channel 4's Gaza: Doctors Under Attack has exposed a terror campaign that sends a horrifying message:
No One Is Safe.
Not Even Here.
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This is absolutely brilliant satire that succinctly explains how the Daily Mail radicalises people.
May 7, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This is absolutely brilliant satire that succinctly explains how the Daily Mail radicalises people.
Rediscovering the simple pleasure of home baked bread
April 27, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Rediscovering the simple pleasure of home baked bread
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Another uneducated MAGA idiot
April 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Another uneducated MAGA idiot
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I kind of think this should be bigger news
Cc @skynews @bbcnews @itvnews @lbc @BBCNewsnight @BBCBreakfast @bbc5live
Cc @skynews @bbcnews @itvnews @lbc @BBCNewsnight @BBCBreakfast @bbc5live
April 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I kind of think this should be bigger news
Cc @skynews @bbcnews @itvnews @lbc @BBCNewsnight @BBCBreakfast @bbc5live
Cc @skynews @bbcnews @itvnews @lbc @BBCNewsnight @BBCBreakfast @bbc5live
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On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
April 15, 2025 at 8:21 AM
On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked,
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
"If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?"
Allow our scaled diagram to explain...
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@stevebraysodem.bsky.social found not guilty.
#BrexitBrokeBritain
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#BrexitBrokeBritain
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April 15, 2025 at 7:40 AM