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#Australia: Simon Holmes a'court

I’m tempted to use another c word on Simon Holmes A’Court. He’s from a wealthy Western Australian family with South African origins. And maybe Norman as well in which case he’s of short origins (ah oui, court, court) with a ‘Holmes’ being derived from “flat land; a small island”. A short flat land in other words. Rottnest? Is he a Quokka (cockney rhyming slang for…)?.

Ok rhyming fun over….

I had a run in on Twitter with Simon about 3 years ago. He was, in my opinion and based on that exchange (a much reduced record is here), no friend of environmentalists. I blocked him once I figured out what the ‘between the lines’ gist of his comments were (oligarch allegiance, even if fossil fuels, over environmental concerns and a menacing opposition to those who oppose his ‘views’¹). He’s like Malcolm Roberts on vaccine issues, sounds good on first …