Musician (@driven_serious, @bpandeband, @stnicsdurham), web developer, etc. Between strikes with @UCUatDurham. He/him. š³ļøāš
Joined October 2009
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May 1
Are you still responsible for Bishop Cosin's Almshouses on Palace Green, @durham_uni?
The arms above the door seem to have been recently repainted - see my first picture. For comparison, picture 2 (on Cosin's Library) is how they should look.
Could this be looked at please?
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May 1
If these were some obscure arms I might understand, but these are the arms of the Diocese of Durham - there are dozens of copies of them around Palace Green, and probably half a dozen of them paired with Cosin's arms specifically.
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Trans lives will be destroyed using the profits from this series.
First look at HBOās āHARRY POTTERā reboot series.
The first teaser will be released tomorrow.
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3 Jul 2025
Ahead of the expected proscription of Palestine Action - the first time a protest group has been legally redefined as terrorist - I went through the Hansard of the 2000 Act they're being banned under. Turns out MPs were assured the law wouldn't be applied this way. Thread š§µš½
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27 Jun 2025
Interesting to see an Armed Forces Day flag replacing County Durham's at @DurhamCouncil HQ today.
A month ago we were told no other flags would be flown because UK and Durham flags already represent us all - a change of heart, or is it just Pride that @reformparty_uk dislikes?
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27 Jun 2025
(Not an objection to the cause, but they can't remove one flag saying they object to all "cause" flags, then fly one for a different cause.
If you're going to say that this has the Union Jack as part of it - I'll happily provide a UK/County Durham Pride flag if they'll fly it.)
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3 Jun 2025
They're literally doing the meme
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18 May 2025
Great speech from @DalrympleWill at the march in London over the weekend in solidarity with Gaza. If you haven't listened to the @EmpirePodUK episodes about the history of the region, I highly recommend you do āšµšø
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14 May 2025
I genuinely wanted you to prove I was wrong not to trust you, now youāre taking the PIP I need to be well enough to work and blaming it on low paid immigrants and refugees
13 May 2025
I'm backing Britainās young people.
We're charging employers more to recruit from overseas and, if they do, they must prove they are investing in British workers and increasing British skills.
That's the fair and right thing to do.
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3 May 2025
We were told Labour is listening, but anyone on the doors in Runcorn would have heard voters complain about winter fuel allowance, cost of living and general Govt incompetence. But rather than address these issues it engages in race to bottom with Reform
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025ā¦
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14 May 2025
I know you're angry about immigration. I get it.
Mark my words: I will take back control of our borders.
That means cutting migration, ending the use of asylum hotels, and ramping up our efforts to stop small boat crossings.
We will smash the people smuggling gangs at source.
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10 May 2025
There is genuinely nothing more homophobic than thinking lesbians and gay men aren't attracted to people but simply sets of genitals.
It's as bad as the bigots who scream "stop discussing your sex life" if anyone even mentions they're gay.
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6 May 2025
Netanyahuās plan to āmoveā Gazaās people would be a vile act of ethnic cleansing against a population already facing genocide. Two months of total blockade have starved Palestinians. It must end now: reopen crossings, deliver aid at scale, and stop assaults on civilian lives.
BREAKING: Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel plan to seize all of Gaza and hold it indefinitely will be 'intensive'
š Read more trib.al/cqn3kfS
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6 May 2025
She's right, and all the nasty bullying and pressure from "Gender Critical" feminists hasn't bowed her at all. Including some very nasty lesbophobia aimed at her because she stayed with a lesbian friend when split with husband. A friend who was married at the time!
6 May 2025
NEW: Nicola Sturgeon has broken her silence on the Supreme Court's sex ruling.
'We are at risk of making the lives of trans people almost unliveable,' the former SNP leader said.
Story to follow
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6 May 2025
šØ Itās easy to stand up for minorities when itās popular. Starmer & Streeting both did that.
To stand up for them when theyāre under attack, that takes a spine.
āWe are at risk of making the lives of trans people almost unliveable.ā - Nicola Sturgeon
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2 May 2025
Said Reform cllrs also are clueless on statutory obligations which are almost entirety of budget and canāt be cut. Iāll bet they donāt understand funding either, or how much itās been cut to the bone.
This could get very interesting.
(I chaired Brent finance scrutiny.)
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2 May 2025
RT @HackneyAbbott: Labour leadership saying the party will go further and faster in the same direction. They donāt seem to understand that,ā¦
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2 May 2025
These results are just breathtaking.
In any normal world there would now be a clamour for the dismissal of the architect of Labour's electoral policy, Starmer's Chief of Staff, Morgan McSweeney.
This is a test of how tight his control over his phalanx of client journos is.
2 May 2025
Durham Council Result #LE2025:
RFM: 65 ( 65)
LDM: 14 ( 1)
INDs/LOCs: 12 (-14)
LAB: 4 (-38)
GRN: 2 ( 1)
CON: 1 (-15)
Reform GAIN from No Overall Control.
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2 May 2025
Reform councillors will soon find that contact with reality doesnāt work like they think: try explaining why you deprioritised flood defence after peopleās homes get swamped. (Even though the council likely couldnāt afford to do it anyway, whoever was voted in).
2 May 2025
Farage, crowing over his results, repeatedly says Reform will stop local authorities spending money on āclimate changeā.
What Farage is saying that he doesnāt want you to be protected against what is coming. If Reform gets its way, there will be zero strategic climate adaptation.
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1 May 2025
Surprise surprise, that āresearchā about millionaires leaving the UK because of tax changes was absolute junk! Time for @RachelReevesMP to stop listening to the anti-tax 'millionaire community'* and start taxing wealth fairly?
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