Simon Oak

Simon Oak

@simonoak.bsky.social

Dutch singer, songwriter, musician focusing on the rich Irish music trad.☘️ EU citizen. Brexit was a crime and we know who did it. FPTP creates a dictatorship of the largest minority, it divides, rewards liars and leaves way too many unrepresented.

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Jim 🇨🇦
@justjim12.bsky.social

Replying to @atrupar.com

Stealing their natural resources and imposing financial hardship on innocent Venezuelans gets big applause at the Maga hate rally. The worst of America on full display.

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Gideon Mitchell
@gideon-mitchell.bsky.social

The United States is viewed positively only in sub-Saharan Africa. It's fifth from the bottom of the ranking. Click the link and take a look at the details - fascinating stuff.

The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social

ICYMI — Globally Israel is now the worst-perceived country in the world, and 🇺🇸 is now 5th worst (behind even Russia and Iraq and Syria) The Trump and Netanyahu effect in number form 😕🤷🏼 146165116.fs1.hubspotusercontent-eu1.net/hubfs/146165...

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Farrukh
@implausibleblog.bsky.social

Andy Burnham confirms what previous PM's - May, Johnson, Truss, Sunak and Starmer - failed to, that Russia interfered in the Brexit referendum.

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Mike Galsworthy
@mikegalsworthy.bsky.social

Over 25,000 emails from you to your MPs... All 650 MPs have been contacted. Some >100 times. All saying attend the parliamentary debate on the UK joining the EU. Keep sending those emails via this form. If you've already sent one, share this link with friends. 👇

europeanmovement.co.ukAsk your MP to stand up for our future in EuropeOn 12 October, Parliament will debate the UK's future relationship with Europe, after a government petition got over 100,000 signatures. Will you write to your MP to ask them to attend the debate?

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🇨🇦Tadhg Dalaigh
@tadhgdalaigh.bsky.social

The UN Human Rights Council just confirmed US blockade against Cuba violates human rights and international law, citing Article 33 of Fourth Geneva Convention, which prohibits collective punishment.The US is starving and killing babies in Cuba just like Israel is starving and killing babies in Gaza.

Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

Instead of investing in the preparation for natural disasters, more likely than ever to be more devastating than ever, he spends billions of US tax money on distant wars, the destruction of innocent immigrant lives, and with that disrupting the economy at home.

Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

After having read Madeline Gleeson's book in 2016, I wrote a protest song about Nauru. Ten years later, Australia still outsources its crimes against humanity. Politicians and their voters who allow this to continue deserve a special place in hell. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...

theguardian.comAustralia spent more than $9m for each asylum seeker held on Nauru last year – so why can’t they afford to buy food?Many of the more than 100 people awaiting processing on the tiny Pacific island are skipping meals to make ends meet, a new survey has found

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Joe O’Brien
@pnamblath.bsky.social

Powerful from #Fleadh26 on @tg4.bsky.social “My heart is low,my heart is so low As only a mother's heart can be" Róisín El Cherif, Leen, Áine Tyrrell, Aoife Scott, Gráinne Holland, Sive, Aziz Abushark & Mothers Against Genocide Choir ag casadh 'A Mother's Heart for Palestine' #Gaza #FreePalestine

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MeidasTouch
@meidastouch.com

🚨 Rep. Ro Khanna calls for the arrests of Netanyahu and Putin: "The American president should arrest Netanyahu or Putin in accordance with international law. Full stop." "If the ICC has an arrest warrant for someone, they should be arrested by America if they come into American jurisdiction."

Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

Brexit was a crime. And we know who did it. And we let them get away with it. Don't we?

Resolution Foundation@resolutionfoundation.org

Reminder, if you're enjoying our Brexit anniversary - livestream and watch back video here www.resolutionfoundation.org/events/leavi... ....

resolutionfoundation.orgLeaving EU behind • Resolution FoundationTen years ago, the UK voted to leave the EU – a major global economic bloc that it had been part of nearly half a century. Such a decision was always bound to cause significant economic disruption, an...
Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

Now, England, get yourself an independent, self-thinking leader who stands up against such obvious and heartbreaking violations of international humanitarian laws like we have been forced to witness for so long by this current tandem-terror-state: Israel-USA. I fear to see the UK sink further down.

Fionna O’Leary@fascinatorfun.bsky.social

Starmer has resigned as Labour leader and sets quite a tight timetable for choosing a successor, saying he will stay in post as Prime Minister until that is concluded He suggests by Recess You can hear the cheers for him as he goes back into No 10 after his announcement apple.news/A56jUsxgbQ7y...

apple.newsStarmer announces he will resign as prime minister — Sky NewsSir Keir Starmer says he will resign as prime minister as he makes a statement in Downing Street. Follow the latest.
Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

Not to mention health care and modern infrastructure.

Byron@johnnyboyapril.bsky.social

I think we would be better off with clean water and affordable electricity than a Google that scans information and summarizes for us.

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The Journal
@thejournal.ie

Just who enabled Gaza’s destruction? Fintan Drury's new book looks at the scale of Israel's violent campaign against the Palestinians, which would not have been possible without Western support... jrnl.ie/7075249

jrnl.ieThe case against the West: Just who enabled Gaza’s destruction?Fintan Drury’s new book, Genocide: Sponsoring the Destruction of Gaza, is out today. In it, he argues that the scale of Israel’s destruction of Gaza would not have been possible without Western support.
Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

Money at the top is no money for communities. Money for outer space hobbies is no money for infrastructure on the ground. Money for private projects is no money for public transport. Money for data centers is no money for public health.

Sam🏳️‍🌈🌊🏳️‍⚧️@separker.bsky.social

I'm sick of listening to people sanewashing his enormous wealth, built on the backs of people struggling to survive. F#ck him. #USDemocracy

Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

$3.8 billion go from US tax payers to Israel's genocide machinery each year. Say that again loud in the mirror every morning when you wake up, and use it at every opportunity when some politician tells you that there's no money for your tax dollars spending suggestion. MAGA my ass.

Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

This could become the best change the UK has ever experienced. Please support the initiative for all of us.

Bremain in Spain@bremaininspain.com

Support is growing fast for a National Commission for Electoral Reform to bring forward options for replacing our broken voting system. Now MPs have a chance to make it happen by backing an amendment to the Representation of the People Bill. actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

actionnetwork.orgAsk your MP to back the amendment to fix our broken voting system.Last month’s elections have shown just how broken our voting system is. 70 MPs have just supported an amendment demanding a total review of this system, and a change to proportional representation. B...

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@stphrolland.bsky.social

🇨🇦 I think that's the most beautiful statue I have seen in my life 🇳🇱 Ik denk dat dit het mooiste beeld is dat ik in mijn leven heb gezien 🇪🇸 Pienso que es la mas maravillosa escultura que hé visto en mi entera vida 🇫🇷 Bansky déchire! Je pense que c'est la plus belle statue que j'ai vue dans ma vie

Wouter Monden@woutermonden.bsky.social

De nieuwe Banksy staat er echt, ik heb het gecheckt. Waanzinnig beeld.

Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

An inside job with a lot of outside actors eager to help the destruction of an empire that is rotten to the core. May the US destroy itself without too many casualties.

Jon Cooper@joncooper-us.bsky.social

“The United States is being murdered, and it’s an inside job. Every department, every branch, every bureau and function of the federal government is being fatally corrupted or altogether dismantled or disabled.”

theguardian.comThe United States is destroying itself | Rebecca SolnitThe daily news can’t adequately convey the administration’s sabotaging of our government, economy, alliances and environment
Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

Americans deserve something new and fair and beautiful. It's urgent to start modelling a new country that equally serves ALL Americans or maybe even more than one country.

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Fionna O’Leary
@fascinatorfun.bsky.social

I don’t think this is enough. In fact I think when politicians or other such people go on radio or TV and make grossly 8na curate statements like this they should have to appear again in the same programme and time slot to be publicly corrected…and cannot go on (BBC etc) until he or she complies.

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

BBC today correct Nigel Farage's false claim to Nick Robinson on Political Thinking (13th February 2026) that net migration was only down due to an "exodus" of people leaving the UK since 90% of net migration fall was a fall in immigration. After my 3rd complaint! www.bbc.co.uk/helpandfeedb...

Simon Oak
@simonoak.bsky.social

Imagine how the 165 thousand US troops currently on duty outside the USA could help fix the infrastructure at home. Imagine them making friends. #BringThemHome