Jazz loving (freer the better) reformed taxidermist. Chair of Trustees Bristol International Jazz and Blues Festival.

Joined May 2011
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Legendary Singer Neil Young has removed all his albums from Amazon Music due to founder Jeff Bezos and his support for Donald Trump. RETWEET to thank @NeilYoung for standing up for our democracy!
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🚨NEW: Singer Neil Young is boycotting Amazon Music due to Jeff Bezos's support for Trump and has gifted his entire catalog to the nation of Greenland! RETWEET to thank @NeilYoung for standing up for our democracy!
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Charlotte Church sang From the River to the Sea at a fundraising event for Palestinians and now all the usual people are screaming antisemitism and trying to cancel her. RT if you stand with Charlotte Church and Palestine.
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Yesterday, the Co-op announced that it will implement the motion passed at its AGM last month by ending the sourcing of products from Israel. This is a major BDS victory – the first major UK supermarket to commit not to stock any Israeli goods. More: co-operative.coop/media/news…
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10 May 2025
Replying to @PSCupdates
Members of the COOP please follow these instructions to vote for Motion 13 to take all Israeli products off the shelves: 🙏 It just takes moments! CO-OP AGM 2025 HAVE YOUR SAY - Vote in Favour of Motion 13 - Members Motion - Trading with Israel: ‘We ask the Board to demonstrate fairness and consistency in its ethical decisions and cease all trading with Israel. The Co-op was the first supermarket to boycott Russian products in March 2022, a week after the invasion of Ukraine. Since October 2023, Israel has completely destroyed Gaza and wiped out its key infrastructure – including schools, hospitals and universities. By July 2024, it was estimated that at least 186,000 Gazans – mainly women and children – had been killed as a result of the bombing, destruction of health facilities, and denial of essential aid (The Lancet 20.7.24). The International Court of Justice has ruled that Israel has a ‘plausible case to answer’ for genocide and that Israel’s laws in the Palestinian Territories Occupied since 1967 are ‘tantamount to apartheid’. Israel has invaded the sovereign nations of Lebanon and Syria. We urge the Board to show moral courage and leadership, apply the same ethical principles and values it did to Russia, and take all Israeli products off the shelves.’ VOTE ONLINE: agm@coop.co.uk or by using the Co-op App BY 12th MAY 2025 You will NEED 2 Voting Codes provided in your email/postal pack. CHECK YOUR ELIGIBILITY TO VOTE: co-operative.coop/get-involv… Email: agm@coop.co.uk [AGM Team] Tel: 0800 0686 727 [Customer Services]

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Hey @plusnethelp what’s going on with your customer service? Have been on hold for 53 minutes. Your customer care used to excellent. Very disappointing :-(
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Exciting new development for the local jazz scene. Despite losing funding for 2025 we are determined to bring the best music to Bristol and encourage young people to get involved. Support us if you can. #Bristol #Jazz #BristolJazz instagram.com/reel/DGdOumtCE…
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22 Oct 2024
Wherever and whenever any of us summon up the guts and the courage to get up on the stand and kick out the motherfucking jams, the spirit of the MC5 will be right there with us. MC5, welcome home to where you belong in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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14 Oct 2024
Response to Kemi Badenoch's "Conservatism in Crisis" from our CEO, James Cusack (@jamcusack). Badenoch's comments are part of a damaging and, unfortunately, growing trend where people attempt to use issues like #autism and #neurodiversity to gain political capital by making overly simplistic and ignorant assumptions. Read the full response: autistica.org.uk/blog/ceo-ba…
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To get a good understanding of the direction the Conservative Party is likely to go I recommend you read Conservatism in Crisis - Rise of the Bureaucratic Class.
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There are a number of worrying statements in the paper, but this stood out. I was not aware that anxiety is a neurodiversity condition and that by having a diagnosis you get preferential treatment. Here are the relevant paragraphs.
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If you are in the workforce, you are protected in employment terms from day 1, you can more easily claim for unfair dismissal, and can also require your employer makes ‘reasonable adjustments’ to your job. #Natspec #SEND #DisabilityRightsUK
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The NHS may be broken, according to @UKLabour @wesstreeting, but here’s how to fix it. Prevention, Prevention, Prevention, Prevention…. 1. Prevent poverty. It’s the single biggest determinant of ill health, and health and social care demand, both now and in the future. Blair and Brown made good progress in reducing it. So it can be done. 2. Prevent illness, with a relentless focus on living well, self-care, mental health support and tackling the commercial determinants of illness. Dental disease is the commonest cause of childhood operations, and yet it’s almost 100% preventable. 3. Prevent existing risks and diseases getting worse, with evidence-based screening and a substantial shift in resources to primary, community and social care 4. Preventing waste and medical harm, by ensuring patients receive the right care, in the right place, from the right people at the right time. This is the toughest nut to crack, as it requires adequate numbers of well trained and well rested staff working in safe, clean environments with the right equipment. We currently spent three times as much litigating harms from maternity care than we do on maternity care. This is a permanent disaster and would be a very good place to start. Instead of repeating our mistakes, we need to learn from them. For more detail see @PrivateEyeNews and come to the shows @edfringe @theSpaceUK Aug 2-17 tickets.edfringe.com/whats-o… tickets.edfringe.com/whats-o…

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The saddest thing about the Paula Vennells debacle is that, this, a few fake tears is the only justice the thousands of victims will ever get. RT if Alan Bates needs to take her to Criminal Court, as he threatened to do.
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@gladtobegay⁩ very excited to be seeing the mighty Tom Robinson tomorrow ⁦@BridgwaterArts⁩ … must have seen TB at least 8 times … every performance is special… every performance different… can’t wait😎
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