Simon Murdoch
@smrdch.bsky.social
Unhappy with the political world. Wish we could go back to about 2012 and the London Olympics when everyone was nice to each other.
Wonderful writing Jess @piperformissouri.bsky.social. Thank you for this and for your compassion.
For three decades now, I often wake up from a dead sleep, startled by a voice saying, “Mama.” There is no one there. No child by my bedside. Just a clear voice calling out for me.
It turns out, I don’t have a little ghost — this is universal.
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It turns out, I don’t have a little ghost — this is universal.
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Mama
My name is Jess and I was a high school Literature teacher for 16 years until I decided to run as a Democrat in a rural, red district in Missouri. I bring you news and politics from Missouri and beyon...
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January 23, 2026 at 10:39 PM
Wonderful writing Jess @piperformissouri.bsky.social. Thank you for this and for your compassion.
What? Makes no sense.
Your latest in "Brexit sees the UK boldly setting forth as a proud independent nation"
Morning.
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 PM
What? Makes no sense.
Fantastic articke. A must read on trump.
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Davos Was the Beginning of the End for Trump
It's all downhill for here for the America's aging mad king
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January 23, 2026 at 9:48 PM
Fantastic articke. A must read on trump.
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Elon Musk is a white supremacist. Case closed.
January 22, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Elon Musk is a white supremacist. Case closed.
To all Americans if you force us to choose between the orange bully in the White House and Denmark/ Greenland, we choose Denmark. It’s time for you to get the orange one to climb down.
January 17, 2026 at 6:57 PM
To all Americans if you force us to choose between the orange bully in the White House and Denmark/ Greenland, we choose Denmark. It’s time for you to get the orange one to climb down.
Well said. Americans you need to find a way to get rid of the tyrant. substack.com/@lisagranger...
LCG (@lisagranger1)
Alright, I’m saying this as an Australian who is absolutely sick to death of watching the world hold its breath every time this blabbering blubbering blithering blustering baffoon opens his grotesque...
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January 17, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Well said. Americans you need to find a way to get rid of the tyrant. substack.com/@lisagranger...
Wow the Nobel committee wasted a prize giving it to her. She’s sycophantic and delusional.
María Corina Machado on her meeting with Trump: “I presented the president of the United States with the Nobel Peace Prize”
January 15, 2026 at 11:25 PM
Wow the Nobel committee wasted a prize giving it to her. She’s sycophantic and delusional.
Trump’s management of Venezuela is not going so well… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US urges its citizens to flee Venezuela amid reports of paramilitaries
State department says armed ‘colectivos’ appear to be setting up roadblocks and searching vehicles for Americans
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January 11, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Trump’s management of Venezuela is not going so well… www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
The bizarre thing about this is that under NATO rules the UK should also then be at war with the US. I salute you Denmark but would Starmer have the balls for this?
Danish MP Rasmus Jarlov tells Matt Frei that Denmark will not hand over Greenland to the US, it would be a war
January 10, 2026 at 9:33 PM
The bizarre thing about this is that under NATO rules the UK should also then be at war with the US. I salute you Denmark but would Starmer have the balls for this?
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If you only listen to one thing today, make it the @newsagents.bsky.social episode with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com - smart coherent description of where America sits today by two of the best and clearest thinking journalists out there. Thank you for a great listen!
January 9, 2026 at 7:50 PM
If you only listen to one thing today, make it the @newsagents.bsky.social episode with @mehdirhasan.bsky.social and @lewisgoodall.com - smart coherent description of where America sits today by two of the best and clearest thinking journalists out there. Thank you for a great listen!
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Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
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Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
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It is time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter
Grok is just one of many reasons why Westminster should finally get off the website.
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January 9, 2026 at 11:55 AM
Yesterday I posted my last ever Tweet and called on the Government to do the same.
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
Read more below on why I think it’s time to leave the cesspit formerly known as Twitter.
www.politicshome.com/opinion/arti...
If true Trump is our enemy: phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-is-h...
Trump Is Helping Putin Kill Ukrainians
The USA Is Running Down Ukrainian Air Defense in Coordination With Russia
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December 31, 2025 at 4:10 PM
If true Trump is our enemy: phillipspobrien.substack.com/p/trump-is-h...
Trump is an utter moron. Manipulated by Putin with ease.
“You guys, Hitler wants to see Poland succeed”
Trump: "Russia wants to see Ukraine succeed. It sounds a little strange but President Putin was very generous in his feeling toward Ukraine succeeding, including supplying energy, electricity and other things at very low prices."
December 29, 2025 at 6:53 AM
Trump is an utter moron. Manipulated by Putin with ease.
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Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
December 27, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Some people do my head in.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
This arse is one of them.
Why TF would we care about his business…? Did he care about all the SMEs bankrupted by Brexit? Does he feel any anxiety or shame about just how much that stupid idea has cost our country and many of us personally.
No.
He can absolutely do one.
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Good grief. What a pathetic baby.
Per @garretthaake.bsky.social, the extremely tacky "presidential wall of fame" that lines the colonnade to the West Wing now has obviously-Trump-penned plaques insulting or praising the presidents.
December 17, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Good grief. What a pathetic baby.
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NOW OUTSIDE PAYWALL
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
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By me
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
December 17, 2025 at 3:40 PM
NOW OUTSIDE PAYWALL
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
A guided tour of President Trump's 33-page, $5 billion lawsuit against the British Broadcasting Corporation
How some parts are strong, some parts are weak - and why a strict legalistic analysis will not tell the whole story.
emptycity.substack.com/p/a-guided-t...
By me
I absolutely love this version of Tom Odell’s own song: open.spotify.com/track/29ZJLV...
When I Close My Eyes (From ARTE Sounds Like Art)
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December 16, 2025 at 9:28 PM
I absolutely love this version of Tom Odell’s own song: open.spotify.com/track/29ZJLV...
Great picture. This is what humanity has achieved. The King of the apex predators is a pathetic fraudster selling out Ukraine because he can make some money out of the deal.
This tired, deeply-damaged man is so needy. He has to have references to him being president on his hat, on his shirt, and on a golf-framed placard next to his overcooked cheeseburger he's almost too-out-of-it to eat.
November 30, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Great picture. This is what humanity has achieved. The King of the apex predators is a pathetic fraudster selling out Ukraine because he can make some money out of the deal.
I love the NHS. This last week I’ve experienced it in action twice with my son having an emergency operation and my wife having an operation for cancer. It is fantastic & the people are incredible at providing emergency care. Unsung heroes doing their jobs to keep us safe. Bless them all. Thank you!
November 26, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I love the NHS. This last week I’ve experienced it in action twice with my son having an emergency operation and my wife having an operation for cancer. It is fantastic & the people are incredible at providing emergency care. Unsung heroes doing their jobs to keep us safe. Bless them all. Thank you!
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Middle aged man. Cancer of the oesophagus diagnosis. His mum being treated for myeloma
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
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“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
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‘He suggested we go to a quiet room to talk. I knew that was not good news’ — The Observer
My cancer diagnosis was the last thing anyone expected or needed – but especially my mum, while going through chemotherapy herself
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November 26, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Middle aged man. Cancer of the oesophagus diagnosis. His mum being treated for myeloma
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
“A pox on those who would talk down the NHS, who would underfund it, defund it and even seek to dismantle it. A pox on them,
apple.news/AIlG8GsfESGi...
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
This Reeve’s thing feels like rw media witch hunt: www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... They went very quiet about Farage and his partner’s stamp duty. No consistency.
Rachel Reeves row: standards adviser looking at new information
No 10 says new details have ‘come to light’ about chancellor’s failure to get licence to rent out her family home
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October 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
This Reeve’s thing feels like rw media witch hunt: www.theguardian.com/politics/202.... They went very quiet about Farage and his partner’s stamp duty. No consistency.
I read Tim White every day to find out what’s going on in Ukraine and Russia
Wednesday 29 October - Day 1344 of the war in Europe.
Same old story - talks about talks, statements, but somehow Russia always fails to negotiate.
Even if it does, how can anyone trust Putin?
So Ukraine tries to #STOPRussia itself.
Here's another daily thread:
Same old story - talks about talks, statements, but somehow Russia always fails to negotiate.
Even if it does, how can anyone trust Putin?
So Ukraine tries to #STOPRussia itself.
Here's another daily thread:
October 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I read Tim White every day to find out what’s going on in Ukraine and Russia
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Farage: epic grifter
October 27, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Farage: epic grifter
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It's simply unfathomable why Trump didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize...
October 23, 2025 at 9:14 PM
It's simply unfathomable why Trump didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize...