Simon Pickering @simontdrinker
Travel, history. Politics nerd. All views my own opinion. Labour Party member 🌹 Leeds, England Joined September 2021-
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Too little, if any, of the Angela Rayner coverage reflects the reality three editors have parked cars outside her homes and pursued her since and before the election. They got their target. But they choose who they take down, who they ignore, who they celebrate. And who they…
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So today ReformUK platformed an antivaccine conspiracy theorist, a lady who pled guilty to inciting people to burn down a migrant hotel, had an elected mayor butcher the national anthem, and whose leader wants sanctions imposed on his own country. Indeed, the party of patriotism.
So today ReformUK platformed an antivaccine conspiracy theorist, a lady who pled guilty to inciting people to burn down a migrant hotel, had an elected mayor butcher the national anthem, and whose leader wants sanctions imposed on his own country. Indeed, the party of patriotism.
About 300 arrested as protesters defy ban on Palestine Action in London. Idiocy wasting Police time. theguardian.com/world/2025/sep…
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I find the way we destroy people with the courage to enter politics in this country utterly depressing. It is why I got out of newspapers. It isn’t just Angela Rayner. Read Sarah Vine’s book about the effect MPs expense farrago had on Michael Gove… we are red in tooth and claw…
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Eccles cakes are the best!! 😄
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Stephen Cottrell, the Archbishop of York, condemned Reform's migration policy yesterday. Christian teaching makes clear he had the right and duty to do so. That teaching is clear: you can support Reform, but you can't claim to be Christian and do so. taxresearch.org.uk/Blog/2025/09/0…
Why trans art matters more than ever: ‘It reflects how people live and love’ | Art | The Guardian theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…
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Britain has been multicultural for the last 2000 years. That's why we have the Roman alphabet, a Middle East religion, Arabic numerals, a Syrian patron saint, an aristocracy with French ancestry and a German royal family.
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There are no illegal migrants. There are asylum seekers and they have exactly the same rights as we do under the ECHR. But the govt did not use the ECHR, nor did the court defer to it ... the 🐸 is spreading disinfo - and public servants are forbidden from doing that 👇🏽 and BTW…
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Waiting for that tipping point when most sensible people realise that transporting a single 80kg person in 2.5 tonnes of SUV was not the height of technical advancement but peak stupidity for the human race. Tax SUVs out of existence theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…
How many times do 5 live mention Hill Dickinson? Sponsorship paying off already with free advertising #efc
Top level statecraft from our Prime Minister
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Looking east down the nave of Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire. 📸 My own. #MedievalMonday #LichfieldCathedral
Like Jeremy Corbyn and Sophie Ellis-Bextor, I grew up in Woodcraft Folk. Here’s how it changes children’s lives | Phineas Harper. Lefties indoctrination of children theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Farage adviser said UK would be better off if it had not fought in WW2. What a twit 23 knows nothing theguardian.com/politics/2025/…
‘Why would you take away a parking place?’: the city where anyone can build an urban oasis theguardian.com/environment/20…
Why Channel crossings have continued to rise: six key reasons. A useful summary in contrast to the endless media noise theguardian.com/world/2025/aug…
George Clarke: YouTuber and podcaster added to Strictly line-up - BBC News. Don’t think I will bother watching this selection bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Starbucks tells customers in South Korea not to bring printers or PCs - BBC News. Hopefully will bring in similar policy here. Too many sit on laptops freeloading bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
Arthur’s seat volcano alight once more bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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