Simes
@simason.bsky.social
Lancastrian lad retired and former Unix Systems and Database Code Monkey. Lifetime Labour voter and party member. Fondness for Blackpool FC and big comedy fan enjoying EdFringe visits. Dad to 2 Labs and husband to Bev. Keen on EU and Twitter refugee!
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Simes
@simason.bsky.social
· Feb 27
Hi all, Twitter refugee here and giving, what already seems, a gentler more left leaning Bluesky a go. UK politics and Sci-Fi books a gogo, big fan of live comedy and EdFringe. Bit of a square eyes these days but enjoying retirement and walking the 2 Labs on the mean promenades of Blackpool!
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BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
November 12, 2025 at 8:06 AM
BBC Under Attack: Pot and Kettle Special
The new Private Eye is out now.
The new Private Eye is out now.
Are all the people who complained about Tim Davie’s leadership of the BBC resulted in a right wing bias and push on Reform now demanding he doesn’t resign because Trump supports this move and he’s not been right wing enough? I’m confused!
November 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Are all the people who complained about Tim Davie’s leadership of the BBC resulted in a right wing bias and push on Reform now demanding he doesn’t resign because Trump supports this move and he’s not been right wing enough? I’m confused!
I don’t know if I’ll be playing the new release of the “Prince of Persia” game “Mountbatten Windsor of Persia” just doesn’t have the same ring to it!
October 31, 2025 at 8:57 AM
I don’t know if I’ll be playing the new release of the “Prince of Persia” game “Mountbatten Windsor of Persia” just doesn’t have the same ring to it!
All the flavours in the world to enjoy, yet somebody brings a multipack of plain Walkers crisps (22ge) and to rub a lack of salt into the wounds they are 50% less fat, might as well just throw a raw spud on the table!
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
All the flavours in the world to enjoy, yet somebody brings a multipack of plain Walkers crisps (22ge) and to rub a lack of salt into the wounds they are 50% less fat, might as well just throw a raw spud on the table!
When your Autumn camouflage works, and when your Autumn camouflage doesn’t!
October 22, 2025 at 9:15 PM
When your Autumn camouflage works, and when your Autumn camouflage doesn’t!
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Labour achievements July 2024 to August 2025 (A thread)
Pensions & Cost of Living
✅45,000 more pensioners now on Pension Credit worth £4k+ extra
✅Pension Credit +4.1% from April 2025
✅State pension up to £230.25/week
✅Warm Home Discount extended to 2026
✅Inflation-linked benefits +1.7% from April
Pensions & Cost of Living
✅45,000 more pensioners now on Pension Credit worth £4k+ extra
✅Pension Credit +4.1% from April 2025
✅State pension up to £230.25/week
✅Warm Home Discount extended to 2026
✅Inflation-linked benefits +1.7% from April
October 22, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Labour achievements July 2024 to August 2025 (A thread)
Pensions & Cost of Living
✅45,000 more pensioners now on Pension Credit worth £4k+ extra
✅Pension Credit +4.1% from April 2025
✅State pension up to £230.25/week
✅Warm Home Discount extended to 2026
✅Inflation-linked benefits +1.7% from April
Pensions & Cost of Living
✅45,000 more pensioners now on Pension Credit worth £4k+ extra
✅Pension Credit +4.1% from April 2025
✅State pension up to £230.25/week
✅Warm Home Discount extended to 2026
✅Inflation-linked benefits +1.7% from April
Sometimes that afternoon dog walk just turns magical!
October 21, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Sometimes that afternoon dog walk just turns magical!
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I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.
October 7, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I say this with the bluntness it requires: they will get people murdered if this continues. This is not just populism anymore either: it’s completely unhinged and a deliberate choice that does endanger lives. I am not saying this lightly at all.
One heck of a dappled blue sky today!
September 23, 2025 at 1:08 PM
One heck of a dappled blue sky today!
Meanwhile Nigel Farage will be rolled lightly in olive oil, lightly garnished with rosemary and pink sea salt, scattered with rose petals then wrapped gently in greaseproof paper and put on a low heat for 4 hours.
September 21, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Meanwhile Nigel Farage will be rolled lightly in olive oil, lightly garnished with rosemary and pink sea salt, scattered with rose petals then wrapped gently in greaseproof paper and put on a low heat for 4 hours.
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Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
September 15, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Here’s a poem called ‘English Roundabouts’.
All the subtlety of a brown brick through a plate glass window whilst the creature from the Black Lagoon approaches from the depths!
July 12, 2025 at 3:07 PM
All the subtlety of a brown brick through a plate glass window whilst the creature from the Black Lagoon approaches from the depths!
Most of UK and Continental Europe under heatwave amber alerts. Meanwhile in South Cumbria where I am! No wonder The Rage Virus in 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later was confined to Great Britain 😡
June 28, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Most of UK and Continental Europe under heatwave amber alerts. Meanwhile in South Cumbria where I am! No wonder The Rage Virus in 28 Days/Weeks/Years Later was confined to Great Britain 😡
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Happy 14th June to all those (except one) who celebrate.
June 14, 2025 at 6:39 AM
Happy 14th June to all those (except one) who celebrate.
Great post here highlighting some positive moves.
Climate change has been abandoned by the Tories. Reform never believed in it.
But this is what Labour have done so far for our environment, in just 9 months 👏👏👏
But this is what Labour have done so far for our environment, in just 9 months 👏👏👏
March 28, 2025 at 12:04 PM
Great post here highlighting some positive moves.
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🔴 BREAKING NEWS: America Insists They're "Not The Bad Guys."
👇🏻 Watch & share this very latest report from #BrokenNews NOW.
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👇🏻 Watch & share this very latest report from #BrokenNews NOW.
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America Insists They're Not The Bad Guys - #BrokenNews
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March 7, 2025 at 6:01 PM
🔴 BREAKING NEWS: America Insists They're "Not The Bad Guys."
👇🏻 Watch & share this very latest report from #BrokenNews NOW.
youtu.be/NDIoZNd_adY
👇🏻 Watch & share this very latest report from #BrokenNews NOW.
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Fantastico sunset on the Fylde Coast tonight, clouds, sea, mist it had it all!
March 5, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Fantastico sunset on the Fylde Coast tonight, clouds, sea, mist it had it all!
It’s a Fylde Coast version of the Northern Lights, and I don’t mean the Blackpool Illuminations! Happy St. David’s Day to all you Welshies!
March 1, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It’s a Fylde Coast version of the Northern Lights, and I don’t mean the Blackpool Illuminations! Happy St. David’s Day to all you Welshies!
Hi all, Twitter refugee here and giving, what already seems, a gentler more left leaning Bluesky a go. UK politics and Sci-Fi books a gogo, big fan of live comedy and EdFringe. Bit of a square eyes these days but enjoying retirement and walking the 2 Labs on the mean promenades of Blackpool!
February 27, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Hi all, Twitter refugee here and giving, what already seems, a gentler more left leaning Bluesky a go. UK politics and Sci-Fi books a gogo, big fan of live comedy and EdFringe. Bit of a square eyes these days but enjoying retirement and walking the 2 Labs on the mean promenades of Blackpool!