Simon

Used to do railway stuff. Used to smoke. Used to drink. Still do some things I used to do, sometimes. Follower of Leonard and afternoon naps ...

[The Labour Party @UKLabour]

After 13 years of the Tories, are you better off?

A vote for Labour on Thursday is a vote to build a better Britain.

[Haggis_UK 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @Haggis_UK]

Sally Nugent - What is the legal route, if you're Iranian, & want to come to the UK?

Michelle Donelan - I'm not going to get into the specifics... there are safe routes..

Sally Nugent - So you don't know?

#BBCBreakfast

[Tom Witherow @TomWitherow]

EXC: A victim who lost his post office, house and marriage in the IT scandal is set to *hand back* £322,000 in compensation.

📬 Francis Duff said: 'I've been shafted twice.'

My investigation reveals the gaping holes in the Post Office schemes. 🧵👇

https://t.co/lRHcEgldsd

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

Long-awaited details of the government’s voter ID scheme have now been released, including details of which IDs will be accepted at the polling station. The list contains plenty of options for older voters, but few for younger voters.
https://t.co/r0YWFXbztw

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘Whenever you are about to find fault with someone, ask yourself the following question: What fault of mine most nearly resembles the one I am about to criticize?’

Marcus Aurelius, Meditations

#WorldEmpathyDay

[Dr Julia Grace Patterson💙 @JujuliaGrace]

They’ve been in charge for 12 years. Everything going wrong is their fault. Not the public. Not a government who were in power 25 years ago. Not the public sector workers whose budgets and pay has been frozen. Not the people working from home. Not the immigrants. The government.

[Steve in Toffeeland. @marrtoffee]

Letter in today's Times

[Phil Jones' body double - not just a stunt Willy @Philsbodydouble]

I have so had it with the hypocrisy of the English (media). Today @BBCNewsnight was the final straw.

Tell me @KirstyWark, how is it possible that Macron, who got 58.5% of the vote, does not have a enthusiastic endorsement for him or his programme?

1/

[The Washington Post @washingtonpost]

Mimi Reinhard, secretary who typed “Schindler’s List,” dies at 107
https://t.co/ybhyz8cPNG

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

When people look at Johnson and his holy show of a party, do they not see an embarrassment of corrupt, law-breaking, lying, prejudiced, greedy, irresponsible failure? Or do they just not look or care? Or do they see something else? Because I’m not sure how that’s possible sober.

[John Simpson @JohnSimpsonNews]

Roman Abramovich’s daughter has come out against Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. Abramovich himself has always said it’s unfair to call him a crony of Putin’s. Now would be a good moment for him to make his position clear.

[Led By Donkeys @ByDonkeys]

🚨“If you've got one shred of compassion for all those families who sacrificed so much, who lost so much, you’ll go”🚨

[Paul Mason @paulmasonnews]

I've rarely seen the Labour front bench as energised and clear on Budget day as this 👇🏽

[Tim Bale @ProfTimBale]

WTF. Is Number Ten really so short-staffed that they couldn't have found someone to run off a separate letter to each family? Or did the PM not have time to sign more than once? Just inexplicable.

[Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy]

This is actually comedy gold.

A Minister saying Govt strategy is beautifully crafted because March 8th is 3 weeks after mid April.

[Nick Cohen @NickCohen4]

The stupidity and authoritarianism of the Johnson government feed off each other.
Me in the Observer on why decent people won't work for it

https://t.co/suUH36n5o8

[Simon @simon_sjc]

@MissHudsonHist Wishing you the best x

[Simon @simon_sjc]

'We aren't going to be pushed around anymore'

https://t.co/6jIovmdcci

[NHS Million @NHSMillion]

The Conservatives have lost a 26 point lead over the Labour Party, but after the past few months we are surprised it‘s not much more

More than 500 health workers have died on their watch, and we will never forget that

Please RT if you won’t either
https://t.co/bHkPkFBulR

[sarah murphy @13sarahmurphy]

Tories,
Forget the polls, trouble lies ahead. You’ve fucked this. Covid’s been a disaster. We loathe Cummings and your corruption. You’ve failed our young people. You’ve broken the Union. The economy and job market are about to go tits up. Brexit is shit. And it’s all on you.