Simon
@simonbish.bsky.social
Adopted Geordie refusing to get old gracefully, advocate of wildlife and open spaces as an aid to healthy living. Ally parent and hater of animal cruelty and anti semitism from any part of the spectrum
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Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
October 2, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Hate seeks to divide us. But hope endures when we stand together. Our solidarity is with the Jewish community today. #britainstandstogether
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Being against Tom Hanks feels like a pretty reliable way of indicating that you're on the wrong side of, well, everything.
The notoriously woke Tom Hanks www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
West Point alumni group cancels award ceremony for Tom Hanks
The decision follows a series of political controversies involving the Trump administration that have rattled the prestigious military institution.
www.washingtonpost.com
September 7, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Being against Tom Hanks feels like a pretty reliable way of indicating that you're on the wrong side of, well, everything.
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Cooker Christmas not without its travails
August 31, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Cooker Christmas not without its travails
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You watch White House spokespeople being interviewed on Fox News and find yourself wondering who's presenting QVC these days.
August 21, 2025 at 2:50 PM
You watch White House spokespeople being interviewed on Fox News and find yourself wondering who's presenting QVC these days.
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Everyone deserves decent jobs, fair pay and safe conditions.
Why doesn’t Reform UK think you do? 🤔
Why doesn’t Reform UK think you do? 🤔
❌ "𝗜 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁 𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝘂𝗻𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀"
Reform UK’s Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns says working people have too many rights and she doesn’t like unions.
The feeling’s mutual 👉 join.unison.org.uk
Reform UK’s Greater Lincolnshire Mayor Andrea Jenkyns says working people have too many rights and she doesn’t like unions.
The feeling’s mutual 👉 join.unison.org.uk
August 19, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Everyone deserves decent jobs, fair pay and safe conditions.
Why doesn’t Reform UK think you do? 🤔
Why doesn’t Reform UK think you do? 🤔
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"If you have no Reform friends you must dislike 30% of the public" seriously underestimates how much of the general public I dislike.
August 14, 2025 at 11:52 AM
"If you have no Reform friends you must dislike 30% of the public" seriously underestimates how much of the general public I dislike.
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I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
August 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
I just can’t believe our Reichstag Fire is the Big Balls Beatdown.
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Top two stories on the Guardian site
“Mourners gather amid outrage over Israeli troops’ killing of journalists in Gaza”
“Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says”
Future historians of the genocide; this is where we are 11th Aug 2025.
“Mourners gather amid outrage over Israeli troops’ killing of journalists in Gaza”
“Anyone showing support for Palestine Action ‘will feel full force of the law’, justice minister says”
Future historians of the genocide; this is where we are 11th Aug 2025.
August 11, 2025 at 12:14 PM
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Preston! 27th September www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Pre...
DJ Dave Haslam at Chew's Yard
Legendary Hacienda DJ Dave Haslam (Hacienda / Yellow) will be playing at Chew's Yard on Saturday 27th September
www.skiddle.com
August 6, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Preston! 27th September www.skiddle.com/whats-on/Pre...
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Montagu's Harriers nest successfully in England for first time in 6 years markavery.info/2025/07/29/r...
July 30, 2025 at 4:01 AM
Montagu's Harriers nest successfully in England for first time in 6 years markavery.info/2025/07/29/r...
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Alexandra Park, Edgeley. Less than three weeks away, the highlight of the year.
July 29, 2025 at 8:31 AM
Alexandra Park, Edgeley. Less than three weeks away, the highlight of the year.
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Lifting our own trophy. Who seems to have a curry stained beard
July 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Lifting our own trophy. Who seems to have a curry stained beard
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This Osprey flew in to a marshland filled with ducks and gulls then started walking around. 🪶
July 25, 2025 at 4:35 PM
This Osprey flew in to a marshland filled with ducks and gulls then started walking around. 🪶
The fact that the share prices of the water companies rose on publication of the review tells you all you need to know !!!
July 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
The fact that the share prices of the water companies rose on publication of the review tells you all you need to know !!!
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A Chelsea trophy lift where a sexually-incontinent egomaniac with a history of racism inserted himself into proceedings despite having nothing to do with them winning? Imagine that happening. Again.
Trump was shown to leave the stage but wasn’t visibly willing to go as Chelsea lifted the trophy
July 14, 2025 at 3:45 AM
A Chelsea trophy lift where a sexually-incontinent egomaniac with a history of racism inserted himself into proceedings despite having nothing to do with them winning? Imagine that happening. Again.
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My translator tells me "thoughts & prayers" is an American political expression that means "we'd rather have a secret police force than a weather service".
July 6, 2025 at 7:20 AM
My translator tells me "thoughts & prayers" is an American political expression that means "we'd rather have a secret police force than a weather service".
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Only the British far left is capable of producing a party which has just one member and yet has a "co-leader".
Conventional nuclear physics cannot deal with that level of fission. The Trots have split the political atom.
Conventional nuclear physics cannot deal with that level of fission. The Trots have split the political atom.
July 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Only the British far left is capable of producing a party which has just one member and yet has a "co-leader".
Conventional nuclear physics cannot deal with that level of fission. The Trots have split the political atom.
Conventional nuclear physics cannot deal with that level of fission. The Trots have split the political atom.
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"So, how does your weight loss medication work?"
"Well..."
"Well..."
June 30, 2025 at 1:24 PM
"So, how does your weight loss medication work?"
"Well..."
"Well..."
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I’m not making any comment anti or pro the assisted dying bill but when did it become the rule that whatever we do, we mustn’t upset Esther Rantzen? When did that become a thing?
June 21, 2025 at 3:12 PM
I’m not making any comment anti or pro the assisted dying bill but when did it become the rule that whatever we do, we mustn’t upset Esther Rantzen? When did that become a thing?
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Bring Thames Water into full public ownership and give staff the certainty they deserve, say unions www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/06...
June 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Bring Thames Water into full public ownership and give staff the certainty they deserve, say unions www.unison.org.uk/news/2025/06...
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Compared to last year, we have:
✅ 2,300+ more teachers in schools
✅ 1,000+ more teachers in training
Labour are delivering results – ones that will change children’s lives across the country for the better.
✅ 2,300+ more teachers in schools
✅ 1,000+ more teachers in training
Labour are delivering results – ones that will change children’s lives across the country for the better.
June 16, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Compared to last year, we have:
✅ 2,300+ more teachers in schools
✅ 1,000+ more teachers in training
Labour are delivering results – ones that will change children’s lives across the country for the better.
✅ 2,300+ more teachers in schools
✅ 1,000+ more teachers in training
Labour are delivering results – ones that will change children’s lives across the country for the better.
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North Korea out there calling balls and strikes.
June 17, 2025 at 11:22 AM
North Korea out there calling balls and strikes.