Simon Maxwell

@mattlynnwriter "We shld be treating the S/E better than this. They're one of the most dynamic parts of the econ; the hardest working people in the country; the most self-reliant." @mattlynnwriter @RishiSunak wishes to be included. Them were the days #ExcludedUK telegraph.co.uk/business/2020/…

If the UK is heading into a fianncial crisis it is reassuring to know we have an expert economicst as Chancellor.

@griffitha @NextGenTories It's Just An Illusion Yours, An ex-Con voter. Politically homeless since March, 2020, one of the 3,000,000 'unapologetically' abandoned during the worst upheaval to the UK Econ since WWII, for simply being an 'entrepreneur & risk taker'. @Prosper_UK_ @RuthDavidsonPC @andy4wm

Excellent report from @NextGenTories My quote in ‘A New Radicalism’:

Fulham 4-1 Juventus. 18th March 2010. One of the all-time great @EuropaLeague nights.

@cmackinlay @griffitha @UKHouseofLords @HMRCgovuk @hmtreasury Absolutely. Despite a record APPG of over 275 MP's, multiple daily questions about his unfathomable and callous policy decision #ExcludedUK >3m UK small biz owners & freelancers from C-19 oxygen, @RishiSunak was unable to answer ... Why ?

And don't forget @griffitha the unnecessary administrative burden of Making Tax Digital #MTD. Despite my 20 @UKHouseofLords #Parliamentary questions, @HMRCgovuk @hmtreasury seem unable to answer the simple one as to ‘why’?

@griffitha "Cons were quick to spot this and to launch high profile campaigns in support of private enterprise, risk takers and wealth creators ... Businesses are aching for a Govt that understands them" @griffitha Mar '26 Where was yr voice in support of 3m #ExcludedUK ? @Prosper_UK_

With just a fortnight to go, the reality of Aprils 'armageddon' for small business and the self employed is setting in. open.substack.com/pub/andrewgrif…

Neither @UKLabour nor @Conservatives show any understanding or interest in the small biz sector. Even a global pandemic, the worst econ downturn since WWII, failed to change the mind of rookie Chancer @RishiSunak who ensured 3m were #ExcludedUK @LabourfutureUK @Prosper_UK_

@fsb_policy @CommonsBTC @liambyrnemp "The way that Govt make policy .. just isn't joined up, it's fragmented. That holistic view of small biz just not being heard." "We just heard loud & clear that small biz was absolutely critical for us to focus on." Liam .. the 3m #ExcludedUK hv waited 6yrs to hv anyone's ear !

🆕 A new report by the @CommonsBTC shows that small businesses are facing a range of 'pandemic-level' pressures. ✅ At our event today to mark the launch of the report, we asked Committee chair, @liambyrnemp, what the Government can do to support small firms 👇

Ditto @RishiSunak At the time of crisis for the small biz owner & freelancer, the rookie Chancer unfathomably decided to exclude 3,000,000 (@NAO) from C-19 support schemes. Put simply: the so-called 'backbone of the Econ' were abandoned. #ExcludedUK @spectator @Prosper_UK_

🚨 It looks like the UK government is gearing up to upend copyright law in favour of AI companies, legalising the theft of their work. This is despite creatives' huge protests, and despite previous proposals being roundly rejected by the public. There are rumours it is considering introducing a 'commercial research exception' for AI training. This would be disastrous. It would mean handing the life's work of British creatives to AI companies for free, to train their models on. In the House of Lords today, a government minister refused to rule this out. To be clear, this would amount to legalising theft. It would fly in the face of public opinion on what is fair, and would mean a surrender of British creatives' work by this Labour government. It would mean the lobbying by big US tech firms had succeeded, and the protests of the UK's creatives had been ignored. People's work is not the government's to give away. If you're in the UK and you care about creatives and the creative industries, please write to your MP!

@JoStevensLabour nice chatting to you today outside Downing Street.I hope you did indeed have a nice day! My tourists from the USA were certainly amazed after I told them of the different cultures to also bump into @leicesterliz & @Ed_Miliband don't forget to support #ExcludedUK

@andy4wm So why are u continuing to ignore the 3,000,000 that yr party #excludeduk and derided during the pandemic ?! The @NAOorguk cites the above figure and just under 70% used to vote blue. Right there is the very definition of politically homeless. Plus ca change .. ? @Prosper_UK_

In the overwhelming majority of Conservative seats lost in 2024, the largest persuadable group isn’t Reform voters. It’s those who moved left or switched off. The route back runs through the centre ground.

A reminder through the faux smiles .. This guy intentionally abandoned over 3,000,000 UK tax payers, by excluding them from C-19 support. @NAOorguk An unfathomable and callous policy decision still being felt today. @RishiSunak @anmurty @StephenLiddell_ @covidinquiryuk

I know @aliciakearns doesn’t like me as a self employed business in Oakham brining outside currency to local businesses but why does she hate the 3.8million other #Excluded people including people in her constituency?

Slogans & soundbites "U won't be forgotten; no-one will be left behind" @RishiSunak "We're recruiting a new hit squad to recover all the money that is owed" @RachelReevesMP All the while the 3m #ExcludedUK remain excluded from the convo @PrivateEyeNews @AndyBurnhamGM @andy4wm

I think that if you’re going to write a piece in the Times urging the government to use and boost more AI, the fact that you are paid by a major AI company should be in the first sentence, or at least first paragraph. I also think that the best scenario for AI is that it destroys millions of jobs with the prosperity, dignity and community that goes with them. The worst scenario is the destruction of the human race - a fear openly expressed by an increasing number of senior and experienced AI engineers who are leaving the industry. And somewhere in between a myriad of horrors such as yet more screen learning and screen addiction for our children. But I do see that it will make rich men even richer. And that’s the most important thing of course.

Chief Secretary @jamesmurray_ldn James Murray MP, your “diary constraints” refusal to meet the Gaps in Covid-19 Financial Support APPG, the APPG Secretariat, #ExcludedUK, and bereaved families is simply not good enough. You acknowledge profound harm, yet you will not sit down with the people living it. An Inquiry is not a substitute for ministerial accountability. “Diary constraints” is a brush off, not an answer. You recognise the profound impact, you recognise bereaved families, you recognise people feel they were not adequately supported. Then you decline to meet the very people carrying that pain every day. An Inquiry cannot be used as a holding response while lives, livelihoods, and families remain shattered. This is not a diary problem, it is a leadership problem. Your diary is not full forever. Sharpen your pencil and offer meeting dates. We are ready. Are you? #ExcludedUK #Covid19FinancialSupport #Accountability #Justice #APPGGapsSupport

So @HuddlestonNigel you mentioned you made mistakes. Does this include the 3.8million #Excluded ? I spoke to you and you had no answer in @cityoflondon Tourism has not recovered, few want to work in the sector due to you. What will you do now? @BBCPolitics

@LibDems @libdemdaisy With many backbench Lib Dems at @MP4Stratford's @APPGGapsSupport being blanked by Keir Starmer, after thinking long and hard Daisy, have you now decided that it is time to call him out in public for #ExcludedUK electorates? @CharlotteCane8 @PaulKohlerSW19 x.com/i/status/20132…

Andy, short term memory reminder .. A Con Govt stayed silent to @RishiSunak callous policy decision to #ExcludedUK over 3m UK tax payers from oxygen during the pandemic, willingly signed off by @BorisJohnson 63% used to vote blue. Politically homeless @andy4wm @DavidGauke

THE POST OFFICE SCANDAL HAS SO MANY SIMILARITIES... AND BOTH CONCLUDE WITH "THE COMPUTER SAYS "NO"!!" We want to shout this loud and clear, #ExcludedUK stands with the sub postmasters. Our campaigns are both about injustice, scandal even, both about being accused of being fraudsters, and both about real humans who did not bring this on themselves and were powerless to do anything!! Two national injustices. Two groups failed by systems that should have protected them. One message in common: people were harmed because a computer was treated as infallible. * Both groups were told the system was correct. * Both were told the data could not be wrong. * Both were left to carry the consequences. The Post Office Horizon scandal affected around 4,400 people, including at least 4 confirmed suicides. The Covid 19 financial support gaps affected 3.8 million people, including more than 40 suicides within ExcludedUK membership. It took around 12 years for the Post Office to gain meaningful APPG attention. It took around 12 weeks for the Gaps in Support APPG to form, reaching 262 MPs and peers at its peak. ExcludedUK continues to stand shoulder to shoulder with the sub postmasters. Justice for one injustice strengthens the case for justice in the other. The computer says no. The people say enough.