Gary Simpson

Narrative Ringmaster. Alum @WIPLive. Views my own, not my employer’s 🇺🇦🇬🇱

[Jon Burrows MLA @JonBurrowsMLA]

The right to ask the PSNI about whether a partner has a domestic abuse history is a vital tool to protect people from repeat abusers. You can also ask on behalf of someone you care about, if you’ve concerns about their partner. Greater awareness is needed.

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

@AlexKane221b This is such a waste of your time, Alex

[OSINTtechnical @Osinttechnical]

“The average life expectancy of a Russian recruit right now, arriving on the battlefield in Ukraine, is estimated to be between 20 and 30 minutes,” -CIA Director Ratcliffe

[Morning Brew ☕️ @MorningBrew]

When their passive aggressive email has your manager CC'd "for visibility"

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

@SRAikenUUP @RoyalAirForce @RoyalNavy @ClaireHanna @SDLPlive They seem to be under the false impression that social democracies aren’t serious about defence.

[David French @DavidAFrench]

This is honestly pitiful. If you don't have the tiny amount of political courage that it takes to answer that question, why should we believe that you'd deal with Trump with anything other than total subservience?

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

Are the adults all on annual leave at the SDLP?

The F-35 is the standard fighter jet used by (left-leaning) NATO countries, including:

* Belgium
* Canada
* Denmark
* Finland
* Netherlands
* Norway

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

GAWA for life but my word this is 🔥

[John Stepek @John_Stepek]

Note for future compensation claim purposes: if this does indeed happen (not confirmed yet), I never read this tweet and nor will I read any other media relating to the matter between now and my 67th birthday, when I look forward to receiving my state pension as promised

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

Intergenerational inequality is fast becoming the major moral issue of our time.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

Millions more people face having to work until they are 68 before being able to claim their pension under plans to bring forward a rise in the state retirement age, @oliver_wright reports

The state pension age is due to gradually rise to 68 between April 2044 and April 2046. It will reach 68 for those born on or after April 6, 1978

However, Treasury officials have told the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), the government’s fiscal forecaster, that the “current policy” is to bring the increase in the retirement age forward by at least seven years, to 2037

This would mean that about five million people who are aged between 49 and 55 at present would have to work for an additional year before being eligible for their state pension, costing them about £12,500

The decision would save the government about £6 billion a year from 2037 compared with the present timetable

Last year ministers launched a review of the state pension age led by the Government Actuary’s Department and Suzy Morrissey, deputy director of the Pensions Policy Institute. It is due to make recommendations on when the pension age should rise before the government legislates for any change. Ministers have insisted no final decision has been taken

However, in a response to the OBR, the Treasury said the government’s intention was to bring forward the pension age rise towards the end of the next decade

The OBR said: “We assume that the state pension rises to 68 in 2037-39. The Treasury has confirmed to us that this is the government’s current policy position, rather than the legislated increase set in the Pensions Act 2007.”

https://t.co/eajI5yPzH2

[The Irish Politics Newsletter @IrishPoliticsNL]

This is shocking.
At an EU Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, Lynn Boylan lamented that it was “a pity we can’t use our own language.” When it was pointed out that she could, in fact, speak Irish, she backtracked almost instantly: "I wasn’t prepared, so I’ll use English."

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

Is this really good stewardship of public money?

I don’t really buy the argument that “if we don’t pay Nolan £430k, he’ll go to UTV.”

So what? 🤷‍♂️

[BBC News NI @BBCNewsNI]

Stephen Nolan was the third highest-paid BBC presenter in 2025/26, according to the corporation's just-published annual report.
https://t.co/zXTenMg7P9

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

Heading home after another family holiday in Norway.

There’s so much we can learn about human flourishing, particularly when it comes to our attitudes towards children.

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

I can’t even bring myself to watch APNI videos anymore.

In the run-up to an election, they preach kindness, decency and moderation.

In government, they practice nothing but nastiness, exclusion & ideological maximalism.

[Sam McBride @SJAMcBride]

There's much more to come on who knew what and when in relation to Jeffrey Donaldson's extraordinary hypocrisy - and what, if anything, they did about it.

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

Neutralité!

[Foreign Policy @ForeignPolicy]

Ireland has outsourced its military procurement, including legal, administrative, and logistical control, almost entirely to France. https://t.co/l57xzUHIU6

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 NEW: The Government has announced teachers will receive a 6.5% pay rise over the next two years

[Diane Langberg, PhD @DianeLangberg]

A truth-teller disturbs, alerts, wakens, and warns against indifference to injustice and complacency about the needs of human beings. To be silent about injustices in this world is to be a partner with those who carry out violence and evil and corruption.

[James @jamesgould23]

🚨UPDATE: Gavin Robinson says "it is clear" there are former & current DUP members who had information about conduct of Jeffrey Donaldson that was not shared with party

🚫The DUP leader has insisted the party was not formally made aware of any allegations about its former leader's behaviour prior to his arrest in 2024.

[Gary Simpson @gary_ni]

I’ve heard a lot of Christians say, “Spotlight shouldn’t be reporting this stuff.”

As a Christian, I say the opposite.

The best disinfectant is light.

Let journalists do their job. Expose every story. Call evil what it is. #JeffreyDonaldson