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Simon McCoy

@SimonMcCoyTV69k followers

Journalist & Broadcaster. Ex ITV, Sky. BBC, GB News. Media training and Conference moderator. Contact:

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1Feb 10, '25Mine too!86.8×1.2M8.4k271150
2Nov 6, '25Utterly ridiculous. She is a top newsreader. One of the few who is not robotic…38.5×524k6.5k40840
3Sep 10, '22From Paddington…. #TheQueen32.3×035k3.1k263
4Mar 8, '20For the record - SEVEN years!18.4×020k1.6k176
5Apr 5, '24What am I missing in this @William_Wragg story? Why the ring of protection from the Conservatives? Why is this being treated as ‘one of those things’? There was a time and a party 15.7×214k4k6087
6Mar 10, '23I disagreed with Gary three years ago - as this article shows. The BBC failed to deal with it properly then and are now paying the price. This is a mess of their making.15.3×208k2.3k31526
7Sep 29, '23My siblings and I buried our Mum yesterday. Life will never be the same. #RIPCaroline14.6×199k4k526
8Mar 2, '25I know the pile-on is incoming. From the predictable sources. But.. I think Britain is about to be impressive again. Thank you.13.9×189k2.9k9136
9Jun 17, '21Hey. Please judge us in six months. The audience is there - and is supportive. We are improving every day. It’s a start-up. Thank you for your patience. If you don’t want to watch.13.7×014k1.1k21
10Dec 1, '24“Middle class women of a certain age”… a sentence to end any TV career immediately.13×177k3.3k13015
11Jul 16, '25Globally, nationally, politically, I feel lost. The Afghan resettlement case is being underplayed. This 24 hour media - which I was once a part of - just moves on. Super injunction12.8×174k4.9k60089
12Mar 7, '25Brilliant!11.8×161k6.3k7862.1k
13Jul 12, '23The Sun. Disgraceful.11×150k1.5k573
14Sep 21, '24Six years ago. Still have nightmares…10.8×147k1.4k121120
15Jan 22, '25I spent much of my time as a TV Royal Correspondent in the 90s following up stories that first appeared in tabloids. We could never confirm them (we now know why) but it often mean10.7×146k2.3k30680
16Jan 19, '22No MP should be allowed to switch parties like that. It is for the electors to decide whether or not they remain an MP. He should have stood down. #BurySouth10.3×010k1.2k4
17Aug 18, '25“Far from the Maddening Crowd” says newsreader during Terence Stamp story. Maddening. @BBCNews9.9×134k3.2k19221
18Dec 16, '20My esteemed colleague BBC Health Editor ⁦@BBCHughPym⁩ has just been abused on a tube after questioning a woman for not wearing a mask.. what are people not getting? #StaySafe8.3×03.2k33213
19Aug 8, '24It’s so annoying when TV companies put the end credits in diminished boxes to allow for programme advertising. Impossible to read them. Am I alone?6.8×93k2.5k681
20Sep 17, '19Was I the only person to hear the #Eurotunnel spokesman saying on #radio4today that, if there's a no-deal Brexit, trucks with the right paperwork will be able to pass through just 6.3×04.4k1.6k12
21Oct 3, '18When did we all stop being kind? It needs to be fashionable again - and soon.6.3×05.3k1.3k2
22Apr 9, '21The Queen. Now a widow. Having lost the most important person in her life. Thoughts with her #RIP5.9×07.2k3146
23Jan 18, '22And 4 Billion pounds ‘written off’ as fraudsters steal from the furlough scheme... However long it takes, however many people, we should get it back. And prosecute those who took i5.9×05.5k8603
24Oct 15, '21Perhaps we need to think about how we cover politics and politicians. They do good things every day. And we don’t report on that. #RIPSirDavidAmess5.6×06k46612
25Jul 9, '19Imagine turning up to your favourite yodelling festival only to be interrupted by the Swiss Red Arrows...you couldn't make it up. #AfternoonLive5.3×03.7k1k86
26Dec 30, '21To all of you who have watched me on #GBNews … thank you. YOU are what this job is all about. Until we meet again… #aurevoir5.3×05.4k2087
27Nov 10, '25They’ve just gone from a BBC presenter inside the BBC to a BBC reporter outside the BBC to ask what the feeling is among journalists inside the BBC. The BBC - always a difficult st5.2×71k2k19635
28Nov 18, '25Iconic.4.7×64k2.5k14336
29Jun 16, '21I present a 'Good News' slot at 5.15 on #GBNews If your company or business has something to shout about - do let me know. If you have a story that might cheer us all up give me a 4.7×04.4k60912
30Jan 28, '25That is not an apology. That is an instruction.4.3×58k1.8k17616
31Jun 13, '19A true gentleman.. wishing you all the best4.0×04.5k3070
32May 24, '22Once again I am spending so much time looking for a working charger for my electric car. I can’t get home without one - and am using power going from charger to charger. My next ca3.5×03k54010
33Jan 8, '20Good God. Leave them alone.3.4×03.9k2103
34Jul 2, '22Bit confused. Has @Keir_Starmer been fined? Or not? @DurhamPolice3.2×02.7k6192
35Nov 28, '21Watching coverage of the #Omicron variant. Why is everyone assuming the worst? Surely we wait until we know HOW bad it is?3.2×03.1k1932
37Jun 13, '21As ready as we can be… #gbnews3.1×03.4k1637
38Feb 13, '24The best. End of.3.0×41k1.3k190
39Apr 9, '21BBC1 and BBC2 showing the same thing. And presumably the News Channel too. Why? I know this is a huge event. But surely the public deserve a choice of programming?2.9×02.8k2119
40Jul 14, '24Great Britain.2.9×39k1.8k10212
41Oct 6, '25Good evening from a moonlit London.2.8×38k1.5k7030
42Mar 3, '22It would be a shame if a knighthood became a symbol of failure. But with this appointment it takes a step in that direction. #SirGavinWilliamson2.7×02.6k3261
43Sep 10, '20It happened! It wasn’t a nightmare...2.7×02.9k26340
44Oct 11, '21Twitter can be a lovely place. @EmmaSamms1 - my wife - and I are so happy. Thank you for all your kind messages.2.7×03.2k473
45Dec 8, '22As a former Royal Correspondent I take big issue with Harry’s claim that we were an extension of the Palace press operation. Neither we - nor they - thought we were. Quite the oppo2.7×02.8k26819
46Nov 23, '20Not broken. Just scarred.2.6×02.8k20679
47Dec 14, '21A spokesman for GB News told : "[Simon] is being replaced by Eamonn Holmes and Isabel Webster and we’re thrilled about this.” That’s nice.2.6×02.3k10721
48May 15, '22Watching the Queen’s delight at Windsor. And, for an all too brief moment, all is all right with the World. #queensjubilee2.6×03k1711
49Mar 5, '21Surely even he needs a plane?2.5×02.8k2216
50Feb 8, '18Good Morning Britain running a clock countdown to the Royal Wedding. Have emailed @elonmusk asking to be in his next Tesla ...#Mars2.5×02.6k3562
51Sep 10, '22Wonderful.2.5×02.9k795
52Dec 4, '22‘In a rare and remarkable intervention, Royal sources described how King Charles and Queen Camilla are 'not worried but wearied' by the Sussexes' stream of criticism. An exasperate2.4×02.6k2063
53Aug 7, '20If I die tomorrow.. make sure that’s mentioned in any obit2.4×02.2k31154
54Feb 4, '22This caller on #LBC right now - a Conservative voter who expresses his disappointment and hurt at what is going on - voices the feelings of many. Hope @BorisJohnson gets to hear it2.3×02.4k2339
55Jan 7, '19If @Anna_Soubry can’t give an interview - and then walk across the road to her office - without disgraceful chanting and pretty intimidating jostling- then something in the UK has 2.3×02k3482
56Nov 14, '21Your Majesty. Get well. We need you. #Stability2.3×02.7k1401
57Sep 16, '22The Queue. Is a thing. A living thing. An utterly British living thing. #TheQueue2.3×02.6k15811
58Sep 20, '17IT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO, PEOPLE! FOUR YEARS!!!! MOVE ON. I AM TRYING TO.2.2×01.9k3890
59Sep 19, '19'An amount of displeasure' says the Palace about Cameron's comments. Make no mistake. She's livid.2.2×02.1k2713
60Jan 19, '22Just to clarify: Do we, as taxpayers, pay for some MPs’ TV Licence fees? We should know for which ones - particularly if they are opining on the BBC’s future.2.2×02k3861
61Mar 16, '22Richard Ratcliffe deserves to be congratulated for his phenomenal campaign. As he welcomes #NazaninZaghariRatcliffe home they also deserve privacy. We all want to hear her story. B2.2×02.6k930
62Oct 19, '22Politics broke tonight. The culture of politics broke. The dignity of politics broke. At the expense of people who are genuinely afraid for the future of this country. And there is2.1×02k2217
63Dec 6, '21Jesus, Mary, and Joseph, and the Wee Donkey.. #LineofDuty2.0×02.1k17713
64Mar 9, '21I have a new hero @alexberesfordTV2.0×02.4k723
65Jul 21, '21Nothing from the Duke and Duchess of Monticeto for a few hours. Hope all is ok.2.0×02.2k1285
66Sep 14, '22Entirely predictable that the BBC would be criticised for excessive coverage. Apparently #mournhub is trending. For me? They have been magnificent. Camera operators and directors s1.9×02.1k575
67Sep 25, '21There is only one BBC reporter to do the story of panic-buying of fuel. And it is Phil McCann.1.8×02k10813
69Nov 7, '20Not even Royal babies take THIS long....1.7×01.9k1383
70Nov 27, '20Not as safe as we all thought....1.7×01.8k17019
71Sep 20, '18I’m not sure which one of us was more thrilled... @CBBC_Hacker on #AfternoonLive. His career goes from strength to strength with a new CBBC show. Mine just died.1.7×01.3k27243
72May 19, '21How frustrating. A Royal baby announcement. And we're not on air yet. #GBNews1.6×01.9k392
73Jul 3, '18It’s been like this my entire life. At my inquest I want ‘cause of death: England supporter’ #ENGCOL1.6×01.6k2701
74Sep 10, '20That heart-stopping moment when you hear on BBC1 ‘.. and now the news with Simon McCoy’ - and you’re watching at home 100 miles away #Eek1.5×01.9k496
75May 14, '22My prayer is that Ukraine can host Eurovision in their country next year. This is their night. A victory - and I hope one of many… #Eurovision2022 #eurovision1.5×01.8k1262
76Jan 7, '21View post on X1.5×01.6k1738
77Feb 5, '22“Your Servant” … 70 years and still getting it so right. #PlatinumJubilee1.5×01.7k1117
78Jun 5, '19It was an honour to meet 94 year old D-Day veteran Eric Chardin in Portsmouth today, who was just 19 when he landed in Normandy 75 years ago.1.5×01.2k24723
79Sep 19, '22Held it together.. until the Piper. #Farewell1.5×01.8k291
80May 26, '21GB News will launch on Sunday 13th June at 8pm with a special programme "Welcome to GB News". We're on! #GBNews1.4×01.4k1583
81Mar 23, '20A bit of light in all the shade...1.4×01.1k26617
82Sep 8, '22We no longer have a Queen. And it hurts.1.3×01.6k595
83Oct 2, '19Very sorry to hear of the death of former colleague Peter Sissons. A great journalist and a fine presenter at ITN and the BBC. #RIP1.3×01.4k1471
84Jan 5, '22Smashed it…1.3×01.5k1022
85May 18, '18One day to go. Taking more pictures at Windsor today. Some day my prints will come. #RoyalWedding2018 #BBCNews1.3×01.3k1291
86Jun 2, '22Prince Andrew has Covid. He won’t be taking part in jubilee. Are you thinking what I’m thinking? #convenient1.2×01.3k400
87Oct 28, '21Last time I bought a Railcard it said ‘Student’ at the top. Today’s purchase says ‘Senior’. Where the hell did that time go? #longjourney1.1×01.4k222
88Jan 1, '22Just failed my dry January resolution.1.1×01.3k250
89Nov 11, '21"Sorry, I forgot." Not the best excuse.1.1×01.3k623
90Aug 11, '22There should be a law introduced to ensure that if there’s a change of PM within the lifetime of a Parliament then there MUST be a General Election within 6 months. #discuss1.1×01.1k600
91Feb 13, '19I may not have mentioned it.. but after decades of jealousy and resentment.. I have a BLUE PETER badge! #mumproudatlast1.1×01.3k431
92Oct 9, '22A wonderful year… #Anniversay1.1×01.3k101
93May 20, '21No one screws over the BBC like the BBC #Panorama1.1×01.2k511
94Sep 16, '22We need this..1.1×01.2k656
95Jul 25, '21Not using this village’s vet..1.1×01.2k659
97Jan 11, '22Having friends round to watch #PMQs It’s BYOB.1.0×01.1k592
98May 7, '20This is a ... BOP! Thank you @gregjames1.0×01.1k6213
99Jan 13, '21Didn't get it - could you try again?1.0×01.2k382
100May 13, '22Two top people…1.0×01.2k481

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