Gerry Carr
@gerry54gerry.bsky.social
Red in life & football. Father, husband & working class #BelfastBoy #Fermanagh #TradeUnionist #Unite #GMB #Unison #LFC
'Tommy & his Apostles'.
We all know what their creed is!
¡No pasarán!
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www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
We all know what their creed is!
¡No pasarán!
✊✊✊
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
C of E responds to Tommy Robinson’s carols event with ‘Christmas is for all’ message
Release of 43-second video comes as senior church figures speak out against dangers of Christian nationalism
www.theguardian.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:26 PM
'Tommy & his Apostles'.
We all know what their creed is!
¡No pasarán!
✊✊✊
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
We all know what their creed is!
¡No pasarán!
✊✊✊
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
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A decent man. Worth exploring his photos of Free Derry (curated by his son Martin at the CAIN website)
cain.ulster.ac.uk/melaugh/gall...
A decent man. Worth exploring his photos of Free Derry (curated by his son Martin at the CAIN website)
cain.ulster.ac.uk/melaugh/gall...
Eamon Melaugh: Veteran civil rights campaigner dies
Eamon Melaugh was heavily involved with the civil rights movement in Londonderry.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 9, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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A decent man. Worth exploring his photos of Free Derry (curated by his son Martin at the CAIN website)
cain.ulster.ac.uk/melaugh/gall...
A decent man. Worth exploring his photos of Free Derry (curated by his son Martin at the CAIN website)
cain.ulster.ac.uk/melaugh/gall...
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An incredible life. Fundamental to the civil rights campaign (and never got the vredit he deserved), fought against sectarianism and for socialism, walked to India for charity, and so much more.
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Civil rights campaigner Eamon Melaugh passes away aged 92
Tributes have poured in for veteran civil rights campaigner Eamon Melaugh, who has passed away aged 92.
www.irishnews.com
December 8, 2025 at 10:49 PM
An incredible life. Fundamental to the civil rights campaign (and never got the vredit he deserved), fought against sectarianism and for socialism, walked to India for charity, and so much more.
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
www.irishnews.com/news/norther...
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❄️ The Winter Essentials Grant is back!
£200 food shopping vouchers for UNISON members in need.
Info here 👉 unsn.uk/40CMVT7
#WinterSupport #ThereForYou
£200 food shopping vouchers for UNISON members in need.
Info here 👉 unsn.uk/40CMVT7
#WinterSupport #ThereForYou
December 5, 2025 at 12:01 PM
❄️ The Winter Essentials Grant is back!
£200 food shopping vouchers for UNISON members in need.
Info here 👉 unsn.uk/40CMVT7
#WinterSupport #ThereForYou
£200 food shopping vouchers for UNISON members in need.
Info here 👉 unsn.uk/40CMVT7
#WinterSupport #ThereForYou
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A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
The 'Pink Ladies' Laundering Anti-Migrant Views Into the Mainstream
An anti-migrant movement backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and regularly invited onto news channels is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com
December 5, 2025 at 10:44 AM
A supposedly grassroots anti-migrant movement led by 'ordinary' women, which is backed by Reform and Conservative politicians and is regularly invited onto news channels to promote their views, is funded by a far-right group and has platformed a Neo-Nazi activist
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
bylinetimes.com/2025/12/05/t...
I suppose it could be said that using custard creams and bourbon biscuits to demonstrate a concept on X is akin to applying #JohnPrescott 's *traditional values in a modern setting*.
It's unarguable that being a modern politician contains many new elements that weren't there even 10 years ago, and it's both interesting and positive to see some Labour backbenchers start to engage with social media. Unsurprisingly I have some thoughts www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Labour MP’s video explaining UK debt with biscuits racks up 3.3m views
Glasgow South MP Gordon McKee leading trend as politicians find traditional ways to reach voters no longer work
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 12:12 PM
I suppose it could be said that using custard creams and bourbon biscuits to demonstrate a concept on X is akin to applying #JohnPrescott 's *traditional values in a modern setting*.
The last para of this otherwise interesting article must have been mangled. For it was activists like Rosa Parks supporting MLK that brought the civil rights struggle to the huge northern cities such as Chicago in the mid 1960s.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Rosa Parks’ vacant former home is an emblem of racist housing policies | Bernadette Atuahene
Seventy years after the Montgomery bus boycott, policies hiding in plain sight continue to ravage the Black community
www.theguardian.com
December 5, 2025 at 11:57 AM
The last para of this otherwise interesting article must have been mangled. For it was activists like Rosa Parks supporting MLK that brought the civil rights struggle to the huge northern cities such as Chicago in the mid 1960s.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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📢 Overseas recruitment of nurses and midwives has fallen by almost 50%, putting NHS services at serious risk.
UNISON warns that government immigration changes are damaging staffing levels and calls for urgent action.
Read more here ➡️ unsn.uk/4rU0YiC
UNISON warns that government immigration changes are damaging staffing levels and calls for urgent action.
Read more here ➡️ unsn.uk/4rU0YiC
December 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
📢 Overseas recruitment of nurses and midwives has fallen by almost 50%, putting NHS services at serious risk.
UNISON warns that government immigration changes are damaging staffing levels and calls for urgent action.
Read more here ➡️ unsn.uk/4rU0YiC
UNISON warns that government immigration changes are damaging staffing levels and calls for urgent action.
Read more here ➡️ unsn.uk/4rU0YiC
Today marks the 70th anniversary of #RosaParks arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Her arrest triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott against racial bus segregation. It's regarded as the beginning of the struggle for civil rights in the US.
www.loc.gov/exhibitions/...
www.loc.gov/exhibitions/...
Rosa Parks Arrested | The Bus Boycott | Explore | Rosa Parks: In Her Own Words | Exhibitions at the Library of Congress | Library of Congress
Showcases rarely seen materials that offer an intimate view of Rosa Parks and documents her life and activism—creating a rich opportunity for viewers to discover new dimensions to their understanding ...
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December 1, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Today marks the 70th anniversary of #RosaParks arrest for refusing to give up her seat on a bus to a white man. Her arrest triggered the Montgomery Bus Boycott against racial bus segregation. It's regarded as the beginning of the struggle for civil rights in the US.
www.loc.gov/exhibitions/...
www.loc.gov/exhibitions/...
November 11, 2025 at 8:42 PM
I wonder if these poor down-trodden white #SouthAfricans will be permitted to bring their sjamboks and other #Apartheid era traditions to the 'Land of the Free and Home of the Brave'.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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US will limit number of refugees to 7,500 and give priority to white South Africans
Low number represents a dramatic drop after US previously allowed in hundreds of thousands of people fleeing war and persecution
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October 30, 2025 at 7:27 PM
I wonder if these poor down-trodden white #SouthAfricans will be permitted to bring their sjamboks and other #Apartheid era traditions to the 'Land of the Free and Home of the Brave'.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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The irony of this fucking toad wearing a Liverpool tie to his propaganda hearing is that I literally cannot think of a city/club that is more diametrically opposed to his values. Fuck this clown, he is NOT welcome. #LFC
I do hope this photo of #KashPatel wearing a #LFC tie has been photoshopped otherwise I may have to change my football allegiance. 😰
September 16, 2025 at 8:56 PM
The irony of this fucking toad wearing a Liverpool tie to his propaganda hearing is that I literally cannot think of a city/club that is more diametrically opposed to his values. Fuck this clown, he is NOT welcome. #LFC
I do hope this photo of #KashPatel wearing a #LFC tie has been photoshopped otherwise I may have to change my football allegiance. 😰
September 16, 2025 at 8:36 PM
I do hope this photo of #KashPatel wearing a #LFC tie has been photoshopped otherwise I may have to change my football allegiance. 😰
Another deserts the sinking ship. It begs the question as to why political commentators are ignoring the very public death of the #British #ConservativeParty Once recognised as the world's most successful political party destroyed by #Brexit and its own #Euroscepticism
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Conservative minister Maria Caulfield defects to Reform
Caulfield lost her seat at last year's general election, after nearly nine years as the MP for Lewes.
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September 16, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Another deserts the sinking ship. It begs the question as to why political commentators are ignoring the very public death of the #British #ConservativeParty Once recognised as the world's most successful political party destroyed by #Brexit and its own #Euroscepticism
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Nuns on the run' - but it's too late from them to team up with great but late #RobbieColtrane
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Defiant nuns flee Austrian care home for their abandoned convent in the Alps
Sisters Bernadette, Regina and Rita needed a locksmith to get back into their convent, defying Church leaders.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
'Nuns on the run' - but it's too late from them to team up with great but late #RobbieColtrane
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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While in office, Johnson appears to have held a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire who founded the controversial US data firm Palantir, months before it was given a role managing NHS data.
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Revealed: how Boris Johnson traded PM contacts for global business deals
Exclusive: Leak exposes how former leader has used publicly subsidised office to manage commercial interests
theguardian.com
September 8, 2025 at 7:28 PM
While in office, Johnson appears to have held a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire who founded the controversial US data firm Palantir, months before it was given a role managing NHS data.
theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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After last night's Grim(sby) result Rubin Amorim says something has to change at #ManUtd
Well, what about this?
Their fans should ditch their fantasy chant & revert to Bonnie Tyler's original lyrics. More apt.
🎶...Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown.🎶
www.manutd.com/en/news/deta...
Well, what about this?
Their fans should ditch their fantasy chant & revert to Bonnie Tyler's original lyrics. More apt.
🎶...Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown.🎶
www.manutd.com/en/news/deta...
The new Ruben Amorim chant
"Ruben Amorim, he'll bring the glory days again!" are the words, and what's that tune?
www.manutd.com
August 28, 2025 at 7:38 AM
After last night's Grim(sby) result Rubin Amorim says something has to change at #ManUtd
Well, what about this?
Their fans should ditch their fantasy chant & revert to Bonnie Tyler's original lyrics. More apt.
🎶...Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown.🎶
www.manutd.com/en/news/deta...
Well, what about this?
Their fans should ditch their fantasy chant & revert to Bonnie Tyler's original lyrics. More apt.
🎶...Standing in the cold rain, feeling like a clown.🎶
www.manutd.com/en/news/deta...
I guess this is one way, not the optimum one though, of tackling the #USA 's obesity crisis. Not too smart either as it'll cause food price hikes!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
Opinion | Wilted Lettuce. Rotten Strawberries. Here’s What Happens When You Round Up Farmworkers.
www.nytimes.com
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 AM
I guess this is one way, not the optimum one though, of tackling the #USA 's obesity crisis. Not too smart either as it'll cause food price hikes!
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/25/o...
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🦓🦬 After last week’s protest at the Orbán family’s €30M Habsburg mansion-turned-dacha—claimed to be his father’s “farm”—opposition MP Ákos Hadházy will now run weekend safari tours to “Orbánland” (Hatvanpuszta estate) to spot zebras, buffalo and antelopes near the estate. A new symbol of corruption.
August 8, 2025 at 5:33 PM
🦓🦬 After last week’s protest at the Orbán family’s €30M Habsburg mansion-turned-dacha—claimed to be his father’s “farm”—opposition MP Ákos Hadházy will now run weekend safari tours to “Orbánland” (Hatvanpuszta estate) to spot zebras, buffalo and antelopes near the estate. A new symbol of corruption.
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Free speech update. Local schoolchildren made a banner saying "Epping welcomes all except racists". The Homeland Party [their Norfolk organiser] says his members have taken and burnt it, sharing the image of burning the anti-racist message on social media, to emphasise their commitment to racism.
July 27, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Free speech update. Local schoolchildren made a banner saying "Epping welcomes all except racists". The Homeland Party [their Norfolk organiser] says his members have taken and burnt it, sharing the image of burning the anti-racist message on social media, to emphasise their commitment to racism.
This online poll by the (Newcastle) #Chronicle suggests that less than a fifth of #NUFC fans don't want to sell their star player.
But such online polls aren't reliable.
For instance just how many of those voting to sell #AlexanderIsak are #Liverpool supporters, like me?
🤫
#YNWA #LFC
But such online polls aren't reliable.
For instance just how many of those voting to sell #AlexanderIsak are #Liverpool supporters, like me?
🤫
#YNWA #LFC
July 27, 2025 at 2:15 PM
This online poll by the (Newcastle) #Chronicle suggests that less than a fifth of #NUFC fans don't want to sell their star player.
But such online polls aren't reliable.
For instance just how many of those voting to sell #AlexanderIsak are #Liverpool supporters, like me?
🤫
#YNWA #LFC
But such online polls aren't reliable.
For instance just how many of those voting to sell #AlexanderIsak are #Liverpool supporters, like me?
🤫
#YNWA #LFC
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‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
Thousands of properties going up without access to playgrounds, community infrastructure and even doctors
Thousands of homes across England are being built without urgently needed community infrastructure, say councillors and campaigners, leaving families without access to playgrounds, schools, shops, and even doctors.
Even where provision is built, it can take years to come into use, the Guardian has been told. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
July 27, 2025 at 6:15 AM
‘No shops, no schools’: homes in England built without basic amenities
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Awful news.
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report
Liverpool star Diogo Jota has died in a car crash, according to local reports in Spain.
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July 3, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Awful news.
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...
Liverpool football star Diogo Jota, 28, killed in car crash - report | UK News | Sky News share.google/NbkmGT7GW05y...