Simon Houstoun

Conservationist, working in countryside + urban green spaces. Our planet is our only home...

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

Sky on fire.

Like a #BorisPasternak great moment- 'no louder than the beating of one’s heart, & so very easy to miss it'....

[Al Jazeera English @AJEnglish]

A planned luxury resort in Albania linked to Jared Kushner, US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, is under an anti-corruption investigation over changes to protected coastal land, amid growing protests.

Al Jazeera's Cara Legg reports.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

Follow the money..?
Oh..

[Financial Times @FT]

Trump’s Board of Peace fund is empty https://t.co/r3U8sEB8oF

[The Best @TheBestqueenx]

This transformation of garbage is absolutely insane.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@anders_aslund Popgun Pete trying to look big on the world stage. No wonder no one takes any notice of him.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@EricLDaugh Who created this mess?

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

Hope that US citizens register their disgust at the midterms.

[Ted Lieu @tedlieu]

The corruption among trump insiders is out of control. Only those close to trump would know what he is about to announce before he does so.

A future administration will prosecute these criminals.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@GoodwinMJ Exhibit 1. - Richard Tice failed to pay almost £100,000 in corporation tax, benefiting his investment company which made large donations to Reform UK.
One good reason not to support Reform.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@Alexarmstrong Trumps chest-beating pronouncements lost their credibility long ago. Only gullible fools take them at face value.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

Spot on assessment of “Mr. Art of the Deal”, which hasn’t changed ( & is unlikely to) since day 1 of his self made fiasco.

[Ron Filipkowski @RonFilipkowski]

The worst possible tactic you can use when negotiating a deal with a regime like Iran is to dunk on them in public during negotiations. Any knowledgeable seasoned diplomat knows this. But we have Mr. Art of the Deal who needs to feed his cult and the markets a steady diet of BS.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@EYakoby One thing the world is not wrong about is the Israeli illegal seizing & occupying land that doesn't belong to them.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@nicksortor US isolation.
The net negatives of the Trump reign are beginning to pile up.
The US public know this, which is why Trump is now 25 point down....

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@MeidasTouch A year on ...nothing's changed!

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@dave43law Well certainly Ricky Hodges ( Standing in Hastings) & his vile Facebook posts aren't helping. ( ref BBC SE News 16/4)

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@reformparty_uk Ricky Hodges - standing for you in a ward near Hastings - is the epitome of what your outfit stands for.
Disgusting stuff he posts reported on BBC SE News tonight.
Your party no longer can be taken seriously.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@DrNeilStone We all want the regime in the White House gone.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@Nigel_Farage Peddling false theories for an audience who aren't informed.

[HUMAN WA$TE @Dplanet]

🚨🇬🇧 They’re not documenting London’s “decline.” They’re manufacturing it.

New GLA research found that:

🔺“London in decline” narratives have surged by 150–200% in just two years.

🔺Migration-related content is up 350%.

And this isn’t happening organically. The push is being driven by coordinated networks:

🔺UK far-right ‘patriot’ accounts

🔺Russian and Chinese state-aligned bot operations

🔺MAGA-adjacent outrage merchants like Tommy Robinson and Adam Brooks

One Vietnamese network reportedly used AI-generated imagery and fake local news branding to build an audience of more than a million followers.

Meanwhile, London’s homicide rate is at its lowest level on record.

So no, this is not fearless truth-telling or “citizen journalism.”
It’s narrative engineering, disinformation dressed up as reporting.

[SOURCE: GLA/BBC, April 2026]

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@EricLDaugh Out of date......
Reuters report a Chinese ship has got through the blockade.

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

Says the man who instigated an illegal tariff regime on the rest of the world.

[Acyn @Acyn]

Trump: We can't let a country blackmail or extort the entire world

[Simon Houstoun @simonhoustoun]

@BBCWorld More likely to be another "Trump brainwave" not thought through & possibly unsustainable..
eg what would the US forces do with tankers boarded & seized?
& what happens to oil prices in the meantime?