Simon
barryshawkins.bsky.social
Simon
@barryshawkins.bsky.social
Formerly @BarryShawkins on twitter
Mainly retweet things I agree with. Active Travel, Horses, Darlington FC. Extremely right-wing. Blocked by Nick Knowles.
Is the are Croatia tired yet joke tired yet?
December 7, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Are Hincapie and Mosquera arguably the best signings Arsenal made last summer? They've slotted in seamlessly for the best centre back pairing in the league.
December 3, 2025 at 9:15 PM
I'm running the London Marathon in April and I've got to raise £2.5k for the Roy Castle Foundation.

Any chance Barry can divert some of his donations my way seeing as he's now raised a silly amount more than he ever hoped to (for a great cause!)?
October 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Thank goodness Liverpool won the transfer window!
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Is Wirtz the new Havertz? Huge price tag, highly rated young attacking midfielder who impressed in the Bundesliga, ultimately not as good as the highlights reel, but will settle in a couple of years and turn out to be decent if not the player he was hyped to be?
October 5, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Who will England beat in the World Cup final next summer?
September 9, 2025 at 8:24 PM
Does anyone know when the last time was that an England squad didn't contain a single player from the current Premier League/Division 1 champions? I can't think of an obvious time when this would've occurred.
September 7, 2025 at 11:13 AM
Anyone know where Kalvin Phillips is these days? Such a shame how he's now apparently not even of interest to anyone given how good he was 4 short years ago.
September 1, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Fair enough, everyone's circumstances are different, aren't they? I don't think I could ever justify the cost personally, unless we left London.
July 16, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Out of interest, why do you feel it necessary to keep the car if that's the case? Lack of nearby car-share options? How often would you estimate you use the car?
July 16, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Give me £3750 off the cost of a cargo bike (e or otherwise) and I'd gladly give up my car (I don't own a car, but in theory, especially as I live in z3 London and so almost everything I ever hire a car for could be done by cargo bike).
July 16, 2025 at 10:13 AM
It is unsafe, that's true. Solution to that is to get rid of the through-traffic (or even better, get rid of the cars completely but let's be realistic). Not to ban kids doing kids stuff.
July 9, 2025 at 8:40 PM
But there's a clear upward trajectory there. Did very well at Coventry and has gone on to do even better at Sporting, as well as having an excellent record at International level. Not the first player to take until their mid-20s to hit their stride.
July 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
July 9, 2025 at 8:32 PM