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!

If the Right Wing media hate someone as much an “establishment” figure as a Knight of the Realm and former director of the CPS as PM, what are they going to do to a working class Northerner like Burnham? It’s going to be brutal from the media. As a “Bluenose” I’m sure he’s got a thick skin though!

Big, Big day for ordinary people. Fairness and safety for workers, uplift in pensions, two child cap lifted, working women protected, Youth Hubs for our young people. Today even the media can’t ignore these Labour Successes. Share far and wide.

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I love BlueSky in the morning when it’s predominantly British BlueSky, things change around 4pm, then the craziness of the American voting system wakes up leaving me dumbfounded that they have a system so technical it becomes unworkable. Give me a voting slip and a pencil in a plywood booth any day!

Labour has announced the final Local Government Financial Settlement, ahead of debate in the Commons on Wednesday. And there are some great headlines! + 90% of SEND debts to be written off + £272m more to support people at risk of homelessness - bringing the total to £2.7bn 1/2

Since #bbclaurak is trending, let’s remind ourselves that ONE MONTH ago, the BBC invited Mandelson on for a soft-ball interview on her show. While HIS CLIENT , Palantir’s Louis Moseley appeared as a pundit Both, as I wrote at time, were ‘abject failures of journalism’ 1/

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Sunset over the Irish Sea, last one of the winter before 17:00 at this spot on the coast, a promise of longer warmer days to come! Going, going, gone.

A collage of the setting sun framed by steely grey clouds and a turquoise sea, the contrast between the grey and the red sun satisfyingly stark.

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

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!

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!

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