Simon Bell MA

Retired Mental Health Nurse, MA in Second World War Studies: Conflict, Societies, Holocaust; writer, dad, husband, and hopefully a reasonably nice person.

[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

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[Paul Bronks @SlenderSherbet]

Please take a moment out of your day to marvel at the balletic poise, calm elegance and graceful athleticism of the panda.

[nazir afzal @nazirafzal]

Broadmoor is a high security prison with pills, a place where every move is observed & every decision controlled
It houses murderers inc Sutcliffe who killed 13 women
There are only two exits, back to prison or a coffin
it is as far from an easy option as some are from the truth

[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

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[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

New book published today:

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[Michelle O’Neill @moneillsf]

I've just left the Mater Hospital after meeting health workers from many backgrounds who are genuinely terrified for their own safety and for the safety of their families.

They are appealing for those behind these attacks to stop.

These health workers are the people who care for us and our loved ones when we need them most.

I made sure to share with them the deep appreciation that the vast majority of people have for the work they do every single day

[HLTCO @HLTCO]

Absolutely bang on the money from Ian Wright.

[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

@BBCTheOneShow Wondering at what point in the show someone or something will be described as an icon or iconic.

[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

This is awful.

[Zara Hussain @zarahussain999]

British patriots threaten, bully and intimidate a Muslim asylum seeker from returning to his accommodation at a hotel.

They demand he “Turn around now.”

The frightened young man walks away, wandering the streets.

Disgusting and unacceptable behaviour. Enough is enough.

[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

@hoyer_kat Just ordered it.

[Rae @ragefighthouse]

I’m an immigrant who’s lived and worked in the UK for 16 years. I have a North American accent and I’m white.

I’ve never once been told to ‘go back’ to my ‘shithole country’ or to ‘stop stealing jobs from British people’.

You’re not concerned about immigration. You’re racist.

[alan rusbridger @arusbridger]

These are explosive allegations from Ben Habib. He says Farage and Christopher Harbourne should sue him if they are untrue. Will they ?

[The Rev. Anton Mittens 🌹👮🎓 @MittensOff]

The real story shouldn't be Starmer it’s this. Ben Habib casually dropping an allegation that Nigel Farage and Boris Johnson were each handed £1m by Christopher Harborne to fix an election. Truly astonishing claims but sure, let’s all pretend the headline issue is Starmer. The £5m bung is the tip of the iceberg, our press should be camped outside Farage's girlfriends house not 10 Downing Street waiting for the police to arrive #ReformUK #Farage

[Wilmslow Health Centre @WilmslowHealth]

🚨 Powerful moment on @BBCBreakfast this morning.
Our @WilmslowHC GP @drfariahmad shared something that stopped us in our tracks.
Her daughter, newly qualified, 3rd generation British doctor, got her first NHS job posting. Her FIRST question to her mum?
"Do you think people will be racist there?"
Let that sink in. 💔
Not "what will the team be like?" Not "where will I live?" But whether she'd be safe from racism while caring for patients.
This is the reality of working in today's NHS. Abuse is rising. It impacts: ��� Patient safety (burnt-out doctors make poorer decisions) 👥 Recruitment of the next generation 🚪 Retention of brilliant staff we've trained
We can, and must, do better.
Full interview ⬇️
@wesstreeting @SirJimMackey @NHSEngland @rcgp @TheBMA @BAPIOUK @BAPIOYDF @CQCgovuk @GMCUK @SallyNugentTV @mrjonkay @TVNaga @charliestayt @doctor_katie @rcgp @BMA_GP @CNagpaul @NHSCandM @rijan44 @DrSelvarajah @polcurrency @George_Osborne @SKinnock @Parody_RCGP @dave_dlt @ExplosiveEnema @edballs @EstherMcVey1
#ZeroTolerance #NHS #RacismHasNoPlaceHere #ProtectNHSStaff #GeneralPractice

[. @jdpoc]

A reminder that #Farage's undeclared £5,000,000 is his 18th such offence since becoming an MP.

And 8 such offences when he was an MEP.

Anybody else would be in jail by now.

[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

@ZiaYusufUK Be honest, and call them what they are - concentration camps.

[Beosweyne @iggypopbarker]

Surrey Police are looking for these two men in connection with the public disorder in Epsom on Weds 15th April.

[Sangita Myska @SangitaMyska]

This is John Ashby, the racist monster who raped a Sikh woman because he believed her to be Muslim. This image should be on the front page of every newspaper and online platform. His actions will have been fuelled by the hateful rhetoric pumped out online and normalised by hard right politicians. Damn you and your sick views. My heart is broken for the survivor of this attack. She will suffer the psychological scars of this misogynistic violence for the rest of her life. I hope he is imprisoned for the rest of his days.

[Simon Bell MA @SimonBell123]

Rest in peace Country Joe McDonald.
https://t.co/mjQSHrhrNG

[Dr Peter Caddick-Adams #StandwithUkraine @militaryhistori]

It is difficult to understand what US and Israeli airpower can achieve alone, without boots on the ground. I am old enough to recall the distinguished American war professor, Theodore Reed ‘T. R.’ Fehrenbach, teaching my group in a military academy, “You may fly over a land forever; you may bomb it, atomize it, pulverize it and wipe it clean of life—but if you desire to defend it, protect it, and keep it for civilization, you must do this on the ground, the way the Roman legions did, by putting your young men into the mud.” Airpower has never achieved a decisive result without the use or threat of use (as in Kosovo in 1999) of land power.

[Billie Jean King @BillieJeanKing]

On February 1, 1960, 66 years ago today, 4 Black college students sat at a whites-only lunch counter at Woolworth’s in Greensboro, NC.

In doing so, they inspired thousands to stand up and march for equality and justice.

Remembering the Greensboro Four today on the first day of #BlackHistoryMonth.