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Simon Young 🇬🇧
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British. Born in North London but lived most of my life in and around Leeds in Yorkshire. Christian, accountant, occasional cyclist and interested in history and politics.
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Club 5!
December 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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December 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Is Putin winning his war on Ukraine?

Well, he's sold off Russians gold reserves and hasn't paid his soldiers on the frontline for weeks.

Now he's defaulted on his loan payments to China.

So much winning!
December 14, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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We deserve the same access to UK govt information that twitter users get.

MOD
DWP
HEALTH
EDUCATION
DEFRA.....

I don't want seconhand screenshots from twitter.

Shape up Labour comms team.
December 14, 2025 at 3:32 PM
Opinion | Beware Trump’s two-pronged strategy undermining democracy - The Guardian

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Opinion | Beware Trump’s two-pronged strategy undermining democracy — The Guardian
The president announces non-existent emergencies to invoke extraordinary powers – and neutralizes the opposition
apple.news
December 14, 2025 at 3:44 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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If the Daily Mail backs Reform UK at the next election, it will be the first time it hasn't supported the Conservative Party since it came out in favour of the British Union of Fascists
December 14, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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This from 1934 - least we forget.
December 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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It's like that Bucks Fizz song at the Mail every single day ...

Wish they'd "make their minds up" and leave the rest of us in peace.
December 14, 2025 at 8:35 AM
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Any time I comment on shootings in the US, I invariably get told that "you need guns to defend against tyranny".

* looks back over 2025 *

.... does "tyranny" mean something different over there?
December 14, 2025 at 8:27 AM
Sadiq Khan reveals long-lasting impact of racist abuse as he slams Nigel Farage for trivialising accusations - LBC

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Sadiq Khan reveals long-lasting impact of racist abuse as he slams Nigel Farage for trivialising accusations — LBC
Sir Sadiq Khan has revealed the long-lasting impact of the racism he faced as a teen, as he criticised Nigel Farage for trivialising accusations against him from his school days as
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December 14, 2025 at 1:57 PM
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December 14, 2025 at 4:03 AM
Pips #118 Hard 🔴
12:13
December 14, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Good second word! Back in club 3!
December 14, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Truss claims living in the UK is now like 'East Germany' in latest bizarre claim - The i Paper
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She is a total idiot. She needs to become self aware, apologise to the UK, shut up and become a hurmit

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Truss claims living in the UK is now like 'East Germany' in latest bizarre claim — The i Paper
The former Prime Minister claims the 'woke' police have stopped citizens 'expressing perfectly normal views'
apple.news
December 13, 2025 at 11:44 PM
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025

The social media channels should be held responsible for lies told on them as TV, radio and newspapers are in the UK. Freedom of Speech is not a freedom to deliberately lie.

www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
YouTube channels spreading fake, anti-Labour videos viewed 1.2bn times in 2025
Exclusive: More than 150 anonymous channels using cheap AI tools to spread false stories about Keir Starmer, study finds
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
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50% on the Yorkshire News Quiz!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Yorkshire news quiz of the week - test your knowledge
How much Yorkshire news can you remember from the last seven days?
www.bbc.co.uk
December 13, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Pips #117 Hard 🔴
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December 13, 2025 at 8:21 AM
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Metaphorically flicked a coin and went for the wrong choice. Hello club 4

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December 13, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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One of the most random things on YouTube

Had to share it for lovers of Liz Truss

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZbB6...
Two Thirds of Our Cheese (That Is A Disgrace) - Ft. Liz Truss
YouTube video by Sung Speeches
www.youtube.com
December 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Said I’ll book a Teams meeting next week. He is using EST and I’m on GMT so I make that 5 hours difference 🤔
December 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Weekly quiz: Which countries said they would boycott Eurovision

4/7. Started so well!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
December 12, 2025 at 6:09 PM
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