Simon Wear

Media, technology & cycling. Founder of GCN, GMBN, GTN, SHIFT Active Media, GCN+ etc.

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

That’s all the difference in the world

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

@Keir_Starmer What would be nice if you had the decency to actually answer a question. You just reply with sound bites on a narrative you want to spin.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

Sir Keir Starmer tells Sky’s @BethRigby that Labour "kept to its manifesto" promises despite raising taxes in the budget - as he asked "everybody to contribute"

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

@SkyNews @BethRigby Best journalist out there. We are sick of politicians never answering questions. The only one to stand up to them.

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Don’t drag black people into the mess you made of yourself this afternoon 🤨.

Proud moments come from performance, not pigmentation.

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

Wtf

[Handleit Grips @handleitgrips]

Americans laugh in “freedom” 😂

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

Watching Angela Rayner on your show just makes me think I need to emigrate. Couldn’t be more disappointed in this government @bbclaurak

[James Melville 🚜 @JamesMelville]

He absolutely nails it. He encapsulates the mood of most people in the UK. 🎯

“We end up with economically illiterate people in the government. There are not fit for office. This is our money. And I’m sick of being asked to pay more and more for less and less.”

[Good Morning Britain @GMB]

'Did you enhance your CV to make yourself look better qualified to be the Chancellor of the Exchequer if you won the election?'

Richard questions the Chancellor about her CV.

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

Well that was awful. Disgraceful that attention seeking Paul even did this. Why do we give these people oxygen #PaulTyson

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

@BBCPolitics I find it disgraceful that a politician will go on a program like this and answer perfectly sensible and reasonable questions. I used to think the Tories were slippery at this sort of thing. Labour are next level. Please keep trying your best @bbclaurak it’s important work you do

[Alex Armstrong @Alexarmstrong]

Something Rachel Reeves deliberately kept out of her speech.

Do working people not own homes?

Stamp Duty is about to get a whole lot worse.

[Lee Harris @LeeHarris]

This is painful to watch. Robotic Rachel Reeves is rightly called out for lying to the public before the election, breaking manifesto promises, and her fictional '£22bn black hole'.

She's rattled and completely out of her depth.

This is an absolute car crash.

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

This is exactly right in my view. The budget is a disaster for business. More debt. A race ticket the bottom for the country.

[Farrukh @implausibleblog]

Fiona Bruce, "Do you see much growth in the budget?"

Tom Hunter, "No.. There is no economy in the world that has taxed it's way to economic growth"

"Just one example.. A friend has a business.. 30 retail units.. Turning over £40 million.. But lowering the NI will cost them £500,000 and the new living wage will cost them £800,00"

"So that's £1.3m out of his profits"

"So he says three of his units are now not profitable, so he may need to close them"

"So he will pay off 90 people"

"Let's assume half of them will find a job somewhere else.. That's 45 people not paying tax, not paying NI, now on benefits.. That's not growth"

"We want Labour to succeed, but there's nothing to encourage people with this budget"

[Ed Conway @EdConwaySky]

Here's the moment ⁦@RachelReevesMP⁩ first learned of the negative market reaction to her Budget - when my colleague ⁦@BethRigby⁩ pushed her on it👇
(Gilt yields were already up from 4.2% to 4.4% at the time of the interview)

[Alex Armstrong @Alexarmstrong]

Even the News Agents are ripping up Labour’s budget of lies and incompetence.

They must’ve had a really hard time filming this one.

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

@LordPeterHendy @ASLEFunion Where does the reliable word come from eh @LordPeterHendy

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

Seriously I’m better at breakdancing #OpeningCeremony

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

@dickiebean Jesus. Not down the river again

[Simon Wear @simonwear]

Wow this is very underwhelming so far. #OpeningCeremony

[Rory Bremner 💙🇺🇦 @rorybremner]

Gotta love British sense of humour #OpeningCeremony