Simon Ryan

Happy Birthday #LadyLiberty! #OTD October 28th, 1886: the Statue of Liberty 🗽 is unveiled and dedicated

Extraordinary 🙏🏻

History lesson for Trump: In 1939, Churchill asked America for help to fight the Nazis. America refused. Churchill continued to ask in 1940 & 1941 as Europe fell. Not until Pearl Harbour did America jon Britain in WW2. *Then they leased us food & armaments*. We paid until 2006.

Left: Keir Starmer, "We are not the Britain of the Brexit years any more" Right: Ursula von der Leyen, "Europe, in particular the UK, should come closer" Anyone else fancy rejoining the EU?

A reminder for anyone failing to read beyond the headlines that Keir Starmer never met Jeffrey Epstein, had nothing to do with Jeffrey Epstein, wasn't in parliament when Peter Mandelson sent his tip offs to Jeffrey Epstein, his sole contribution to the scandal being to appoint Mandelson as US ambassador. Just in case you were getting confused.

@thetimes Genius hire. Great first column.

Meet Style’s new menswear columnist, Ben Cobb #Echobox=1769931773" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">thetimes.com/life-style/fas…

Your saying these two woke up and thought, right let's rob a jewellers because we have a Labour Government? This clearly isn't their first rodeo and now that you have shared it with your gazillion gullible followers, they know how to commit daylight robbery too now. #plonker

@paullewismoney @BBCr4today Today remains head and shoulders above any competing offer in the mornings, but it's a shadow of what it used to be. Could this be a rare case of a concept that would benefit from a Back to Basics approach?

Times says @BBCr4today may sound very different soon as up to 3 presenters move on

Look at Jacob Rees-Mogg's face when Victoria Derbyshire asks, "How many failed former Conservative ministers are Reform UK going to accept?" "The number of asylum hotels peaked under Robert Jenrick as Immigration Minister" "Suella Braverman was sacked twice as home Secretary" "Nadine Dorries brought in the Online Safety Act which Reform UK dislikes" "Nadhim Zahawi sacked after it emerged he'd been investigated by HMRC for not paying enough tax when he was Chancellor, not to mention claiming expenses from taxpayers for heating his stables" Jacob Rees-Mogg, "It's not for me to defend"

@em_sandy Smart move. This will deliver a definite bump in attendances

Trials providing supporters with the option to consume alcohol in the stands at WSL and WSL 2 games have received positive feedback on fan safety. BBC Sport has been given figures from the latest survey. I also spoke to WSL Football 👇🏻 bbc.co.uk/sport/football…

@London_W4 Where is this pub and what's it called please Alistair?

I just realised that my last couple of posts here, I hadn’t showed you all that I’m actually sat in a lovely leather chair in the pub, next to a wonderful wood stove. It’s important to post in order to make you envious. So here I am. Obviously, nobody else is sat here with me as I have no friends, but at least I have a fire.

“I Have a Dream” — Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

Robert Jenrick on Farage: "I don't think Nigel is the bloke you want to have running your kids' schools or running your local hospital or... trust your savings, your pension, your small business to." (September 2025) "I don't think he's a serious politician." (Oct 2024)

@CAFCofficial Come you Reds #UTA #Addicks

Arriving for the late shift 🫡 #cafc

#2026 #Irony "Venezuela must be guaranteed the right to determine its own future without destructive external interference, particularly of a military nature." The Kremlin said it was prepared to assist in dialogue between the U.S. and Venezuela.

A heinous Russian strike on Kharkiv. Preliminary reports indicate two missiles struck an ordinary residential area. One of the buildings has been severely damaged. A rescue operation is currently underway, with all necessary services on site. The exact number of casualties is yet unknown. First responders, the State Emergency Service of Ukraine, as well as Kharkiv city and regional authorities, will provide updates.   Unfortunately, this is how the Russians treat life and people – they continue killing, despite all efforts by the world, and especially by the United States, in the diplomatic process. It is only Russia that does not want this war to end, and every day it does everything to ensure the war continues. That is why support for Ukraine must continue as well, and every day we need reinforcement of our air defense, our positions, our protection of people’s lives. Thank you to everyone who stands with Ukraine!

🤬 russian fucking savages just blew up a residential street in Kharkiv with Iskander missiles. In broad daylight, they give no fucks, they know that no world leader will care, no one will come out and condemn the attack. Yet when putin claimed a drone flew near his summer home, international condemnation 🤬

@Kit_Shepard Thank you

@simonjryan I don't know for sure, but the Cabinet Office is trying to avoid excessive honours for athletes. It has recently been accused of not setting the bar high enough. Kelly, Hampton and other Lionesses could be included in future lists. More here: thetimes.com/sport/football…

#Lionesses players/staff in the King's New Years Honours list... Honorary DBE: Sarina Wiegman CBE: Leah Williamson MBE: Alex Greenwood, Keira Walsh, Georgia Stanway, Ella Toone, Ritan Mehta (FA's head of women's medical), Kerry Davis (England's first black international)

Happy New Year Everyone #2026

How come @rnichellevisage and @tonyblackburn are the only two people on @BBCRadio2 that have producers that can manage a decent playlist? Seriously, everyone, take note