Frank Ormston
@grovesred.bsky.social
✊Socialist. 🤝Anti-racist. 🚉Railway worker. ⚒️Trade unionist (TSSA). 🍺Real Ale. 🦁York City FC. ♣️Belle Vue Aces. 🇵🇸
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New Yvette Cooper Road Sign (cartoon, Tim Sanders)
August 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
New Yvette Cooper Road Sign (cartoon, Tim Sanders)
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Inaccurate headline. They will be banned only as an intervention for transgender children. Still deemed safe for cis children experiencing precocious puberty. This is an ideological concern, not a safety concern.
Forcing trans kids to go through the wrong puberty is akin to attempted murder.
Forcing trans kids to go through the wrong puberty is akin to attempted murder.
Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK
Puberty blockers to be banned indefinitely for under-18s across UK
Health secretary says emergency measures banning sale and supply will be made indefinite after expert advice
Puberty blockers for under-18s with gender dysphoria will be banned indefinitely across the UK, except for use in clinical trials, the government…
www.theguardian.com
December 11, 2024 at 6:21 PM
Inaccurate headline. They will be banned only as an intervention for transgender children. Still deemed safe for cis children experiencing precocious puberty. This is an ideological concern, not a safety concern.
Forcing trans kids to go through the wrong puberty is akin to attempted murder.
Forcing trans kids to go through the wrong puberty is akin to attempted murder.
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Statement on attempted coup, by Workers Solidarity, South Korea socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
Yoon Suk-yeol, who plotted martial law governance, must step down! - Socialist Worker
On the night of December 3rd, Yoon Suk-yeol declared martial law. However, facing strong opposition, he was forced to lift it just six hours later. Immediately after his declaration, the martial law c...
socialistworker.co.uk
December 4, 2024 at 7:52 AM
Statement on attempted coup, by Workers Solidarity, South Korea socialistworker.co.uk/internationa...
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This book has been a labour of love - 100 years of women's football, untold stories, and so much inspiration.
Out in 4 days
#WomensFootball
Out in 4 days
#WomensFootball
November 30, 2024 at 10:29 PM
This book has been a labour of love - 100 years of women's football, untold stories, and so much inspiration.
Out in 4 days
#WomensFootball
Out in 4 days
#WomensFootball
Many thanks to the anonymous kind soul who handed in my lost house key at @sainsburys.bsky.social #FossBank #York this afternoon. You saved me a lot of stress, anxiety and money ❤️
December 1, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Many thanks to the anonymous kind soul who handed in my lost house key at @sainsburys.bsky.social #FossBank #York this afternoon. You saved me a lot of stress, anxiety and money ❤️
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As I wrote in my @inews.co.uk column last week, "the DWP’s own research shows sanctions do not help people into work; in fact, they “have a small negative impact” on entering work"
Yet still Starmer and Kendall persist with this Tory rhetoric ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Yet still Starmer and Kendall persist with this Tory rhetoric ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Labour is now punishing the young and unemployed - I despair
It’s no surprise that more young people aren’t working for a system that doesn’t work for them
inews.co.uk
November 25, 2024 at 9:59 AM
As I wrote in my @inews.co.uk column last week, "the DWP’s own research shows sanctions do not help people into work; in fact, they “have a small negative impact” on entering work"
Yet still Starmer and Kendall persist with this Tory rhetoric ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
Yet still Starmer and Kendall persist with this Tory rhetoric ...
inews.co.uk/opinion/labo...
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24 November 1917 | Dutch Jew, Leon Salomon van der Stam, was born in Amsterdam.
He was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1943. He did not survive.
He was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1943. He did not survive.
November 24, 2024 at 6:00 PM
24 November 1917 | Dutch Jew, Leon Salomon van der Stam, was born in Amsterdam.
He was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1943. He did not survive.
He was deported to Auschwitz from Westerbork in February 1943. He did not survive.
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As part of FvH’s Football v Transphobia initiative, we are asking women and non-binary people involved in #womensfootball, and their allies, to co-sign a community statement asking The FA to continue to include trans women.
You can view and sign here 👉 www.footballvhomophobia.com/let_them_play/
You can view and sign here 👉 www.footballvhomophobia.com/let_them_play/
November 21, 2024 at 3:31 PM
As part of FvH’s Football v Transphobia initiative, we are asking women and non-binary people involved in #womensfootball, and their allies, to co-sign a community statement asking The FA to continue to include trans women.
You can view and sign here 👉 www.footballvhomophobia.com/let_them_play/
You can view and sign here 👉 www.footballvhomophobia.com/let_them_play/
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We have had a press briefing with senior police officers and commissioners about the ongoing investigations into the riots that followed the Southport attack
Here are the key updates:
🚨1,590 arrests, 1,015 charges
👮♂️17% of those arrested were children, 46% were 18-35 years old
Here are the key updates:
🚨1,590 arrests, 1,015 charges
👮♂️17% of those arrested were children, 46% were 18-35 years old
November 20, 2024 at 3:08 PM
We have had a press briefing with senior police officers and commissioners about the ongoing investigations into the riots that followed the Southport attack
Here are the key updates:
🚨1,590 arrests, 1,015 charges
👮♂️17% of those arrested were children, 46% were 18-35 years old
Here are the key updates:
🚨1,590 arrests, 1,015 charges
👮♂️17% of those arrested were children, 46% were 18-35 years old
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These days you can’t even threaten to shoot your spouse without consequences because woke
If you cut out all the commentary and handwringing, James Tooley, the ex-Chancellor of Buckingham U, almost certainly threatened his wife with an air pistol: on Friday morning Oct 11 he was brought in for an ‘urgent’ meeting with the governing council over ‘serious’ allegations 1/2
November 20, 2024 at 10:56 AM
These days you can’t even threaten to shoot your spouse without consequences because woke
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21 November 1913 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marie Weilová, was born in Olomouc.
She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 9 October 1944. She did not survive.
She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 9 October 1944. She did not survive.
November 21, 2024 at 6:00 AM
21 November 1913 | A Czech Jewish woman, Marie Weilová, was born in Olomouc.
She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 9 October 1944. She did not survive.
She was deported to Auschwitz from Theresienstadt Ghetto on 9 October 1944. She did not survive.
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RMT condemns re-privatisation of Elizabeth Line
RMT has criticised the decision to reprivatise the Elizabeth Line after GTS Rail Operations Limited won a bid to run the London rail service.
www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-con...
RMT has criticised the decision to reprivatise the Elizabeth Line after GTS Rail Operations Limited won a bid to run the London rail service.
www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-con...
RMT condemns re-privatisation of Elizabeth Line
RMT has criticised the decision to reprivatise the Elizabeth Line after GTS Rail Operations Limited won a bid to run the London rail service.
www.rmt.org.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:47 PM
RMT condemns re-privatisation of Elizabeth Line
RMT has criticised the decision to reprivatise the Elizabeth Line after GTS Rail Operations Limited won a bid to run the London rail service.
www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-con...
RMT has criticised the decision to reprivatise the Elizabeth Line after GTS Rail Operations Limited won a bid to run the London rail service.
www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-con...
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The new Socialist Worker is out now. Our front page reads:
🚀WARHEADS
🔺West ramps up it's war drive in Ukraine and Middle East
#StopTheGenocide
#StopTheWar
📚Read more at socialistworker.co.uk
🚀WARHEADS
🔺West ramps up it's war drive in Ukraine and Middle East
#StopTheGenocide
#StopTheWar
📚Read more at socialistworker.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 1:50 PM
The new Socialist Worker is out now. Our front page reads:
🚀WARHEADS
🔺West ramps up it's war drive in Ukraine and Middle East
#StopTheGenocide
#StopTheWar
📚Read more at socialistworker.co.uk
🚀WARHEADS
🔺West ramps up it's war drive in Ukraine and Middle East
#StopTheGenocide
#StopTheWar
📚Read more at socialistworker.co.uk
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19 November 1943 | A selection took place in the female camp in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. 394 Jewish prisoners were selected. During the transport to the gas chambers, two women tried to escape: Bina Braun and Rosa Theberger. They were shot. The remaining women were murdered in the gas chambers.
November 19, 2024 at 9:02 PM
19 November 1943 | A selection took place in the female camp in Auschwitz II-Birkenau. 394 Jewish prisoners were selected. During the transport to the gas chambers, two women tried to escape: Bina Braun and Rosa Theberger. They were shot. The remaining women were murdered in the gas chambers.
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We’re calling on the government to implement a small levy on ticket sales at large arena and stadium concerts — paid for by large corporate sponsors — to save Britain’s grassroots music venues.
✍️ Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/MusicForTheMany #MusicForTheMany
✍️ Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/MusicForTheMany #MusicForTheMany
November 19, 2024 at 3:11 PM
We’re calling on the government to implement a small levy on ticket sales at large arena and stadium concerts — paid for by large corporate sponsors — to save Britain’s grassroots music venues.
✍️ Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/MusicForTheMany #MusicForTheMany
✍️ Write to your MP: tinyurl.com/MusicForTheMany #MusicForTheMany
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Why can't we have both. Excellent palliative care and assisted dying. People should have the choice.
#politicslive
#politicslive
November 18, 2024 at 12:48 PM
Why can't we have both. Excellent palliative care and assisted dying. People should have the choice.
#politicslive
#politicslive
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Amsterdam's mayor was one of those who described events there as a 'pogrom'.
She has now publicly renounced what she said, and offered regret for erasing Maccabi violence - and how the narrative whipped up anti-Muslim and anti-Arab violence.
The story continues to fall apart
youtu.be/4H_ozYgHpoM
She has now publicly renounced what she said, and offered regret for erasing Maccabi violence - and how the narrative whipped up anti-Muslim and anti-Arab violence.
The story continues to fall apart
youtu.be/4H_ozYgHpoM
November 18, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Amsterdam's mayor was one of those who described events there as a 'pogrom'.
She has now publicly renounced what she said, and offered regret for erasing Maccabi violence - and how the narrative whipped up anti-Muslim and anti-Arab violence.
The story continues to fall apart
youtu.be/4H_ozYgHpoM
She has now publicly renounced what she said, and offered regret for erasing Maccabi violence - and how the narrative whipped up anti-Muslim and anti-Arab violence.
The story continues to fall apart
youtu.be/4H_ozYgHpoM
Just home from a stupendous @tomrobinson.com gig. All his classics delivered with amazing energy and passion. Not sure where the last 45 years went.
November 17, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Just home from a stupendous @tomrobinson.com gig. All his classics delivered with amazing energy and passion. Not sure where the last 45 years went.
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RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch on the picket line at Woolwich explaining why Rail for London Infrastructure workers are taking strike action today.
November 16, 2024 at 10:41 AM
RMT General Secretary Mick Lynch on the picket line at Woolwich explaining why Rail for London Infrastructure workers are taking strike action today.
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After annoying people by accepting freebies, I'm now annoying people by not accepting freebies.
November 16, 2024 at 11:59 AM
After annoying people by accepting freebies, I'm now annoying people by not accepting freebies.
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16 November 1896 | German Jew, Franz Daus, was born in Hamburg. He left Germany to Norway in 1937.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp after the selection. He perished there on 13 December 1942.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp after the selection. He perished there on 13 December 1942.
November 16, 2024 at 12:00 PM
16 November 1896 | German Jew, Franz Daus, was born in Hamburg. He left Germany to Norway in 1937.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp after the selection. He perished there on 13 December 1942.
He arrived at Auschwitz on 1 December 1942 and was registered in the camp after the selection. He perished there on 13 December 1942.
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Hello Bluesky & hello to the #YorkshireFamily 👋
November 14, 2024 at 11:48 AM
Hello Bluesky & hello to the #YorkshireFamily 👋
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Well this is awkward isn't it?
Peter Hendy tried to cover up how dangerous #Euston is when he was in charge of Network Rail.
He waged a campaign against expert @garethdennis.bsky.social because he raised his concerns.
We need our #railways to work for passengers.
Hendy isn't up to the job.
Peter Hendy tried to cover up how dangerous #Euston is when he was in charge of Network Rail.
He waged a campaign against expert @garethdennis.bsky.social because he raised his concerns.
We need our #railways to work for passengers.
Hendy isn't up to the job.
Euston Station is no longer in fit condition, says rail minister
Lord Hendy said the terminus had deteriorated to the point where its marble columns are held together by bands.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 15, 2024 at 7:50 AM
Well this is awkward isn't it?
Peter Hendy tried to cover up how dangerous #Euston is when he was in charge of Network Rail.
He waged a campaign against expert @garethdennis.bsky.social because he raised his concerns.
We need our #railways to work for passengers.
Hendy isn't up to the job.
Peter Hendy tried to cover up how dangerous #Euston is when he was in charge of Network Rail.
He waged a campaign against expert @garethdennis.bsky.social because he raised his concerns.
We need our #railways to work for passengers.
Hendy isn't up to the job.
Waiting in vain for Rachael Maskell to lead a gang of local MPs in battering the Speaker with a huge Yorkshire pudding.
Māori MPs briefly suspended the Aotearoa parliament’s attempts to reinterpret their founding treaty in the most bad ass use of the Haka I’ve ever seen.
November 14, 2024 at 4:55 PM
Waiting in vain for Rachael Maskell to lead a gang of local MPs in battering the Speaker with a huge Yorkshire pudding.