Simon Kurs

Commercial Editor, Evening Standard

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@StephenKing Clearly both

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@anders_aslund *cough* Brexit

[Michael Eavis @MichaelEavis1]

To all those people who are very annoyed #Glastonbury is on. Don't come. Don't look at anything on social media about it. Don't watch anything with it in. Don't listen. Chill out. Have a beer. Watch the clouds. You don't have to tell everyone how angry you are. Love, Michael.

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@AnthonyTeasdale I have this on 12 - bought in Phonica when it came out. It was a classic situation. They played it and every single bloke in there started nodding to that beat. There was a rush to the desk to ask what the tune was. I got in first and secured the only copy in the shop 💪

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@MikeMacEacheran @Iamsterdam @Visit_NL It is my round! Next time you’re in town (and not picking up yet another award), you gotta drop me a line. I also really like Waterkant - though that’s not really a pub.

[Arnold Schwarzenegger @Schwarzenegger]

I don’t really do endorsements. I’m not shy about sharing my views, but I hate politics and don’t trust most politicians.

I also understand that people want to hear from me because I am not just a celebrity, I am a former Republican Governor.

My time as Governor taught me to love policy and ignore politics. I’m proud of the work I did to help clean up our air, create jobs, balance the budget, make the biggest infrastructure investment in state history, and take power from the politicians and give it back to the people when it comes to our redistricting process and our primaries in California.

That’s policy. It requires working with the other side, not insulting them to win your next election, and I know it isn’t sexy to most people, but I love it when I can help make people’s lives better with policies, like I still do through my institute at USC, where we fight for clean air and stripping the power from the politicians who rig the system against the people.

Let me be honest with you: I don’t like either party right now. My Republicans have forgotten the beauty of the free market, driven up deficits, and rejected election results. Democrats aren’t any better at dealing with deficits, and I worry about their local policies hurting our cities with increased crime.

It is probably not a surprise that I hate politics more than ever, which, if you are a normal person who isn’t addicted to this crap, you probably understand.

I want to tune out.

But I can’t. Because rejecting the results of an election is as un-American as it gets. To someone like me who talks to people all over the world and still knows America is the shining city on a hill, calling America is a trash can for the world is so unpatriotic, it makes me furious.

And I will always be an American before I am a Republican.

That’s why, this week, I am voting for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.

I’m sharing it with all of you because I think there are a lot of you who feel like I do. You don’t recognize our country. And you are right to be furious.

For decades, we’ve talked about the national debt. For decades, we’ve talked about comprehensive immigration reform that secures the border while fixing our broken immigration system. And Washington does nothing.

The problems just keep rolling, and we all keep getting angrier, because the only people that benefit from problems aren’t you, the people. The only people that benefit from this crap are the politicians who prefer having talking points to win elections to the public service that will make Americans’ lives better.

It is a just game to them. But it is life for my fellow Americans. We should be pissed!

But a candidate who won’t respect your vote unless it is for him, a candidate who will send his followers to storm the Capitol while he watches with a Diet Coke, a candidate who has shown no ability to work to pass any policy besides a tax cut that helped his donors and other rich people like me but helped no one else else, a candidate who thinks Americans who disagree with him are the bigger enemies than China, Russia, or North Korea - that won’t solve our problems.

It will just be four more years of bullshit with no results that makes us angrier and angrier, more divided, and more hateful.

We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won’t do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger.

That’s enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz.

Vote this week. Turn the page and put this junk behind us.

And even if you disagree with me, vote, because that’s what we do as Americans. https://t.co/eHFZ723I4H

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@AnthonyTeasdale Congratulations my bud and fellow Scorpio. It was my birthday yesterday.

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@jayrayner1 Nick is a fantastic writer in his own right. I’d strongly urge you to check out his work. Sci-fi/noir/magic realism

[Hoops for Hope @hoopsforharris]

Our friends Elon and X have been throttling our posts the past 48 hours. 👎

Retweet this if you’re seeing it and want Kamala Harris to be the next President. 👍🙏

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@SecretDJBook Hey @SecretDJBook. Completely agree. I was at Pikes last night. Terrible. Completely ruined. Has been by go-to for 20 years. Now no underground either. Where to go now on the island that’s still authentic and cool?

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@AnthonyTeasdale *cough* Lahore

[Juliet Kinsman @JulietKinsman]

Are these London's most sustainable hotels?

Where to stay in the Capital if you want to be a climate-friendlier hotel guest — @EveningStandard

https://t.co/WbgydZvdwo
#LondonClimateActionWeek #LCAW2024

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@AnthonyTeasdale Just about 🫠

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@AnthonyTeasdale Unbelievably it still stands up. I’ll never forget seeing Erol, James Murphy and Trevor Jackson going back to back in plastic people in summer 2003. Was magical.

[Mark Hamill @MarkHamill]

I LOVE London! Lived there for years while filming & our 1st child was born there, in St. John's Wood. I wholeheartedly support Sadiq Khan for Mayor on May 2. He’s been a driving force in cleaning up London’s air & choosing #HopeOverFear

For a fairer, safer & greener London, please vote for Sadiq Khan! 🙏

[Juliet Kinsman @JulietKinsman]

Very excited our @EveningStandard's #SustainableTravel podcast has been nominated for an @Inspire__Global award @Jonweeks5 alongside all these heroes… Have a listen to our six episodes:
https://t.co/V6L52nkhbl