Simon M

Triathlete, entrepreneur, PT, lawyer, ex-MSFT PR, geek dad, gamer, Jew, Zionist

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@DXW_KC

[David Wolfson @DXW_KC]

“Social media should be about exchanging ideas” declares (one of) Sir Keir Starmer’s last loyalist(s).

With Labour MPs increasingly discussing how to replace the Prime Minister, the Attorney General explains why he now prefers the sort of free speech where nobody answers back…

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@murdo_fraser @scottishprisons Or until they are forced to

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@LucyHunterB I suspect, much like the Corporation of London with Highgate Ponds - they would prefer to be seen to doing everything in their power to resist the "unfair" law and be forced to do it rather than capitulate voluntarily

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@yuanyi_z Well, unless you are a country that passes laws making it a crime to refer to your country in any other way (or depict it on maps, etc)

It makes running international business a pain in the arse sometimes

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@ATadDisturbed @juan_dla_mancha @yuanyi_z I think we are all on the same side of the argument here.

Prison abolitionists tend to be utopian socialists/communists who believe that all crime is a product of society, so if you fix society there would be no crime.

Obviously they are wrong.

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@robertemeryx Surprised she didn't claim to have a Blue Peter badge. That usually puts the plebs right in their place.

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@stevemagness It was called soccer for decades in the UK and nobody cared. It was only in the 1990s it became a bone of contention.

Lots of places have sports called 'football' that aren't soccer, including the UK! (Rugby is actually Rugby Football)

[David Wolfson @DXW_KC]

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
(Ascribed to Churchill)

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@Daniel_Sugarman The vast majority of Jews have been very boring, had boring jobs and paid their boring taxes

[Donald J. Trump @realDonaldTrump]

What a rotten deal we made with Iran. We get nothing (except laughter at our stupidity). They get everything, including delay and big cash!

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@havivrettiggur Imagine saying that nukes are a 1940s tech and a waste of money?

Iran doesn't need to "win" a war. It just needs to inflict massive devastation on Israel.

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@MarcGoldberg111 The most the ASA could do is refer to Trading Standards. But given it was a one off event, it's hard to imagine what the outcome would be

[Amit Segal @AmitSegal]

Another evening of Trump’s crazy remarks:

1. After months of explaining why Iran must not have missiles, he now explains that as long as other countries have them, Iran should have them too.

2. He thinks that al-Shaara should deal with Hezbollah because, unlike Israel, he doesn’t topple buildings but handles things in a targeted manner.

[Mark Hammond @MarkHam80780803]

“I have totally defeated you and also transferred $300 billion dollars into your bank account”

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@soniasodha It's an admission that men will break the law unless they are stopped

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@nicolelampert Isn't "per per pers" what Golde says in Fiddler on the Roof to ward away the evil eye?

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@peterrhague Hank is a stupid man's idea of what a clever man is

[Simon M @SpiderJ]

@soniasodha The best way would be to use banks KYC ID verification, but that only works for u18s, not u16s