Simon Harris #7 Twagic

[mchops]

I know, I've just booked the Dorchester for myself and my kids in the penthouses for Easter and it's 124 grand
Luckily I have a mate in my local council who pays me that for fuck all
Fat unfunny thief

 

[lilykestrel]

I know more about shits he's taken in public than I do about anybody else, including the man I married

 

[anniemouse]

Somebody wrote ' if you pull the string at the back it says octopus ' he really isn't well liked on Facebook

Can we have this as the next thread title pwetty pwease?

 

[CrackingOwlSanctuary]

This is like when Jack Monroe thought Jeremy Corbyn had directly emailed her and it wasn't just a template email.

 

[nothanksbabes]

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I'd forgotten about this greasy troll but the recent Jack Monroe debacle regrettably reminded me of his existence, and then how he shared one of my unflattering comments about him on his Facebook like the desperate creature he is.

I particularly enjoy the second paragraph there, where he's defending public money being squandered on him by pointing out that it wasn't just local government money, it was central government and the NHS too! While I'm sure he's technically correct, it's not exactly helping his case, is it? "Outrageous lies about me being paid in pothole money when, actually, it was health service money!"

What an unrelenting cretin.

 

[Bread]

And he's still pushing his Octopus link. Times must be tight.

Octopus say:
[If] We have reason to believe you are sending or advertising your Personalised Link to people who are not known to you or if you are in any way trying to benefit from our referral scheme on a commercial basis rather than for personal use. We may review any account we think might be "taking the mickey" – particularly if we receive complaints from other customers, or if you have referred over 10 people in any 12 month period and we reserve the right to deactivate your Personalised Link or move you to a different scheme.

Careful, Simes.

 

[Fred Santos]

Kirsty O'Callaghan has applied to strike out her company (previously called "Social Kindness" just before the point when she had to submit her accounts. Remember there will have been cash in the company (maybe she took that out last year) sloshing around from her and Simon's Suffolk Grift. Anyway, the take away is closing businesses before needing to submit accounts. I wonder, I wonder who she got that idea from? https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/14124698/filing-history

 

[mchops]

You can just see him in old age sitting rocking back and fore in the nursing home in a faded Coca-Cola tshirt dribbling and going on about back in 2021 when he pissed off Fawage.

Simon voted for Brexit. His high horse is lower than a badgers bollox.
Fat twat.

 

[Jelly Bean]

He’s now moved to defending someone who isn’t remotely upset or asking to be defended. Laura is a professional actress and is aware how people react to her character, it’s her job and knows she’s done a brilliant one when people say “they hate Sonia”. But content cweator Simon has found a way to make a Xmas programme with a massive following all about him, despite not being asked to or any hint that theirs is some kind of backlash. He is basically spreading fake news at this point.

Omg. I literally have not seen one nasty comment about the actress. Instead masses of praise for her being able to convey such a ghastly character in only two episodes.
Most likely Fatty watched and hated her and assumed everyone else did too. And what does his 'this is Britain' have to do with anything? He really hates his fellow citizens doesn't he?

 

[bracrumbs]

Next time I’m arrested for some heinous crime, I’ll be sure to tell them about the time in the late 80s when Princess Di was driven past me in her motorcade.

It’ll have as much relevance as the time Swimon ‘met’ PC.

 

[Mr Krabs]

In a recommended group:

Wonder what that’s all about?

 

[Jelly Bean]

Looks like it's finally sinking in that if he hadn't been a money grubbing grifter then none of this would have happened.

From FB 3 hours ago...

I know people keep telling me to ‘let it go’ Elsa-style, but Essex Liberal Democrats are now sending this campaign leaflet to homes all over the county. So, if I am going to be used as a ‘vote puller’ from now until the next local elections in 2026 or whenever they may be, I feel that it is only fair for them to answer a few minor, trifling questions that I have about their conduct. After all, why should I lie back and think of England while politicians have a good old time?

- On 10th December 2024 in Full Council at County Hall in Chelmsford, the Lib Dem Cllr Mark Cory said the following:

“No detailed documentation was prepared before those payments were put out to (social media company or) Simon Harris himself.”

The issue I have with this is that I am currently resting my left hand on a pile of SLAs (Service Level Agreements) or ‘contracts’ that make it perfectly clear what I was to be paid, what was expected of me, and what may happen if I decided to not fulfil my obligations.

There are in fact 25 of them covering the duration of time working with Essex County Council both before, during and after the pandemic, including agreements that cover the ‘onward payment’ arrangements that all parties have now agreed were ‘regrettable.’ These are even listed on ECC’s own website reporting of the situation. Maths has never been my strongest suit, but even I can figure out that there’s a world of difference between ‘no documentation’ and ‘25 documents.’ Why did Cllr Cory believe otherwise?

It’s also interesting that Private Eye Magazine have repeated this ‘no documentation’ accusation on at least one occasion. Their own journalist told me that ‘councillors’ had been speaking to them in the process of their information gathering. Now I’m not saying for one moment that a Liberal Democrat cllr has been passing inaccurate or misleading information to the press as that would be an incredibly serious state of affairs, but at the same time any information you may have about how Private Eye may have reached this conclusion would be very much appreciated. It could have just as easily been a Tory, Labour or Independent cllr after all.

It’s worth pointing out as well that this was the same Full Council where Cllr Mike Mackrory (Lib Dem) just applied the blanket term ‘dubious’ to describe my work as a whole.

I agreed to withdraw my formal complaint about this when ECC agreed to update the ambiguous wording on their website to make it clear that investigations had concluded into the matter because others had taken it upon themselves to tell Private Eye and others that the police were heavily involved, but the fact remains that the word was used to describe work that had been evaluated by Public Health, TheGovLab / NYU, NIHR, and even Meta themselves when I was invited to present some of the work to (then) Prince Charles in 2022. I’d appreciate Cllr Mackrory’s thoughts on this too.

- In March 2024, the Audit, Governance and Standards Committee of Essex County Council that includes ECC Lib Dem Cllrs asked me for performance statistics that don’t actually exist for a Facebook page, namely ‘number of unique visitors.’ I was also asked for ‘page visits’ which was a possible metric to provide.

The committee also confused a Facebook ‘page’ and a Facebook ‘group’ on at least one occasion, and more concerning was the fact that I was never invited to answer questions or give evidence to the committee, beyond the request for a few statistics that didn’t really represent the entirety of what Essex Coronavirus Action / Essex Is United achieved.

I was told all along that this committee would only be investigating ECC’s role and not the actions of Facebook admins, and yet opposition politicians grabbed every opportunity to perform a full-on professional character assassination of myself. Please explain how this was in any way fair or even democratic.

- Labelling myself merely as an ‘Internet prankster who was paid £500k without due diligence,’ even though this aspect of my online past had very little to do with my work at Essex County Council is a tactic that has been used by the ‘clickbait’ press to plant the seed in people’s minds that I have somehow ‘pranked’ a local authority into handing over half a million pounds for barely anything in return.

The Liberal Democrats know very well that not only did ECC get a significant amount of content creation and other associated activity in return, but also that more than £167k of any figures quoted was provided (regrettably) for onward payment to other individuals and organisations.

I know ‘Content Creator EARNS an average of £96k per annum for creating content over a four-year period including a pandemic when local authorities had to act at pace to deal with an increasingly concerning situation, with a significant proportion of this being funded by COMF which was a central government ‘pot’ specifically for tackling the pandemic as opposed to Simon Harris cynically grabbing wads of cash from a biscuit tin on a shelf at County Hall marked ‘Pothole Repairs’ doesn’t have quite the same oomph as a headline, but then again surely a political party has a duty to not mislead the public with context-free statements?

TRIGGER WARNING. The following section mentions suicide.

- Remember as well that I have seen some absolutely horrendous stuff said online about all of this, including at least one direct threat of violence that has been referred to Essex Police.

An element of this crowd also openly admits using forums that are dedicated to pushing online personalities towards taking their own lives. Surely contributing to this gross misrepresentation of my work has some sort of role in driving this behaviour, even in a small way.

If the unthinkable did happen in one form or another, and God-willing it won’t, would leafleting the whole county with this statement be looked upon in a favourable light? Again, your thoughts would be appreciated.

- As you are also aware, there were a number of people whose work with ECC was called into question over the pandemic. I accept that figures quoted for others weren’t on the same level as myself, but at the same time they weren’t insignificant either as they either approached six-figure sums or passed this level completely.

In December’s Full Council, Cllr Cory referred to this as ‘The Simon Harris Affair’ in a Hollywood-style attempt to make political capital, and there seems to be a real reluctance amongst the Liberal Democrats to publicly mention anyone else in these blockbuster pieces of political comms. Is there anything I need to know?

A copy of this post has been sent to Cllrs Mackrory and Cory for their attention. I will of course share any response to the questions I have asked, unless I receive a request to the contrary.

1 hour ago...

Sorry I need a favour. If any of you bump into my autistic son can you try not to let him know that I’ve let him down by getting contracted by ECC for social media work. Much appreciated.

Omg. Only just catching up. I'm actually astonished he thinks £97k pa is a less startling stat than £500k in one lump sum. How the fuck does he think he deserves that?

He such a self pitying twat. He was on a pig's back during covid and thought because it was a wierd time of panic there would be no retrospective audit.
Obviously nobody wants him to harm himself - he's got children who need him. But it's a cynical tactic - James 'Depher' Anderson happily threatens it when he's cornered and being held accountable.

 

[Yesweknowyouhavekids]

Urghhh he has to get his ugly greasy head into every tragedy going the insufferable shit gibbon

 

[mchops]

He is still banging on about the lib dems bullying him.
FFS fat boy you took half a million quid . People will mention it.

 

[lilykestrel]

tactical crop of the OG photo there

 

[Yer_wha?!]

Paul O’Grady wasn’t trans, I hate the “Lily Savage was on Blankety Blank” bollocks.

Paul was a gay man who based Lily on strong women he knew. He loved and respected women. Simon hasn't the first clue how to deal with women, apart from giggling at boobs like the childish imbecile he is

 

[Fred Santos]

He has not "had a word" with Private Eye to "clear things up". They have covered the Kirsty O'Callaghan/Simon Harris affair 7 times in Rotten Boroughs including them being awarded one of the feature's annual awards. It is just that with so many other local authority scandals to cover for what is a 2 weekly publication (26 issues per year), they've got other things to move on to.

 

[HotesTilaire]

Paul O’Grady wasn’t trans, I hate the “Lily Savage was on Blankety Blank” bollocks.

 

[SleevelessSlopSlinger]

I’m not sure if I am reading his posts right but is he seriously trying to remedy this by saying what he got paid personally was ‘only’ £96k?

 

[HotesTilaire]

"Dubiouser and dubiouser," said Alice.

It HAS to be the next thread title!