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Martin Price @mrmjprice.bsky.social · 5h

It’s a pleasure to have @lucycaldicott.bsky.social in @betterstreetsforbirmingham.org’s committee.

Lucy steered our 1 year of the road safety emergency event and is currently preparing to launch our new manifesto asks into the world next month.

Lucy had an hour-long interview on Brum Radio y/day.

Birmingham Midweek with Roifield - Brum Radio

Mondays from 6pm. #BrumHour’s Dave Massey chats to Birmingham-based people about how they use social media to promote the work they do. Join in #BrumHour, Birmingham’s biggest social media networking ...

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Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 21h

Stirchley remains defiantly flag free 👊🏼
#StandUpToRacism
#RefugeesWelcomeHere

Photograph taken in Stirchley of a poster on a lamp post

OPPOSE NATLONALISM

A GROUP OF "SOUTH BIRMINGHAM LADS" HAVE STARTED A CAMPAIGN TO COVER OUR STREETS IN FLAGS, FROM BIRMINGHAM TO THE REST OF THE UK.

THEIR MOVEMENT IS GAINING STEAM.

FLAGS THAT REPRESENT A WRETCHED HISTORY OF IMPERIALIST AND COLONIAL WAR, GENOCIDE AND EXPLOITATION. A FLAG THAT EVEN TODAY STILL REPRESENTS A NATION THAT IS AIDING AND ABETTING A GENOCIDE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, AN ESCALATING WAR IN EUROPE, AND THE CONTINUED DESTRUCTION OF OUR PLANET.

THE ORGANISATION BEHIND THE RAISING OF THESE FLAGS DOES NOT TRY TO HIDE ITS POLITICAL TIES, PROUDLY DISPLAYING THEIR AFFECTION FOR FASCIST FIGUREHEADS SUCH AS CHARLIE KIRK, WHILST PUSHING RACIST, ANTI-MIGRANT SLOGANS LIKE "STOP THE BOATS". IT IS UP TO US TO OPPOSE THIS DISPLAY OF NATIONALISM FROM TAKING ROOT IN OUR COMMUNITIES.

FROM BIRMINGHAM AND BEYOND IT IS TIME TO RECLAIM OUR STREETS.

"IT IS OUR DUTY TO FIGHT FOR OUR FREEDOM. IT IS OUR DUTY TO WIN. WE MUST LOVE EACH OTHER AND SUPPORT EACH OTHER. WE HAVE NOTHING TO LOSE BUT OUR CHAINS.”
- ASSATA SHAKUR

RACIST. SEXIST, ANTI-GAY. RIGHT-WING BIGOTS GO AWAY!

OPPOSE NATIONALISM

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 19h

Who are these people?

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 1d

LIKE HERE IF YOU GET THE JOKE AND WANT EVERYONE ELSE TO KNOW YOU'RE CLEVER ⬇️

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 2d

That power of Siberia pipeline needs to go.

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 3d

Is there any indication that Russian's are leaving Crimea? I absolutely wouldn't want to live there.

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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 3d

I'm Jewish. I'm also Mancunian.

Every other national party leader was interviewed by Laura Kunesberg during their conference.

Maybe the BBC thought as someone who also supports Palestine - I had nothing to say?

Let's keep growing: join.greenparty.org.uk

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 4d

Well done to whoever removed the flags in Stirchley last night.

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 5d

Nope, it's taken from the flaggers account. They monetized it on their socials. It's almost like they're grifting division for cash.
The flagger in the video is going to trial for fraud, so it kinda makes sense.

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 5d

Absolute Stirchley legend telling the flaggers some hard truths

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 5d

A guy from Bromsgrove with a £600k house, came to Stirchley and imposed flags on us. He's also going to trial for fraud for his other business.
Are we being astroturfed?

'It's 100% legitimate' www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/red-flags-th...

Red flags: The non-existent company behind Brum's Union Jacks

'It's 100% legitimate'

www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 5d

At first I thought it was the owners of Cheddar wine bar turning the street into an ironic 1980s Shankill. Turns out it was the unironic accident claims specialist who is under investigation for fraud and hasn't yet set up an accountable body for all of his flag donations.

Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 5d

So many people in Stirchley, including me, really don't want the flags here. We know the real reason the flaggers are doing this. It's not unity. There was no consultation, no working with the community to see how we would like to unite. It's an imposition.

Kings Heath United Against Racism @khuar.bsky.social · 6d

Flags went up in Stirchley a few days ago & were taken down by local residents the same evening.

The men returned with a cherry picker and coned off parts of the road with police accompanying them as they put up new flags along the High Street.

Residents who object have been met with verbal abuse.

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 7d

Pretty certain it exposes the vulnerability of monolithic energy systems rather than distributed renewables with storage.

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Dr Rachel Clarke @drrachelclarke.com · 8d

Here I am in 2020 in the flimsiest, most pitful PPE - like so many other NHS staff, some of whom died from the Covid they caught in their hospitals.

Tory peer Michelle Mone - who today lost her legal case & must repay the govt £122m - dares to claim she’s been ‘scapegoated’.

What, Michelle? 🧵

Rachel wearing very flimsy looking apron, mask and visor in NHS setting

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 8d

“Farage and others had marched through a quiet Sussex village very late at night shouting Hitler-youth songs"

www.channel4.com/news/nigel-f...

Nigel Farage schooldays letter reveals concerns over fascism

Channel 4 News obtains a letter about Ukip leader Nigel Farage, from his days as a schoolboy, in which teachers are quoted as accusing him of being "racist" and "fascist".

www.channel4.com

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 9d

How weird that this should have disappeared from the Telegraph archive...

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 10d

Yeah, you may be right, although I hope you're not.

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 10d

The key for me is the word coalition. We need a people's primary www.monbiot.com/2024/04/03/s...
Yes, Moseley will absolutely split, I hope it's a warning for April.

Small Revolution

A remarkable political innovation in Devon could be the beginning of a new politics.

www.monbiot.com

Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 10d

I've been trying to create a feed of UK female political commentators.

It's always interesting to see the difference between this and the mixed gender feed.

For instance, around the time of the trial, Pelicot was mentioned very frequently on this feed, but rarely by men.

bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 10d

Miliband says it's 'possible' government should come off Elon Musk's X social media platform

DO IT

www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 10d

Have very belatedly left twitter for good.

Naively thought I was still fighting the occasional worthwhile fight but nope.

It's a cesspit and nobody should be on it.

People saying that months ago were absolutely right.

Last "quote tweet" from Harry says it all

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 10d

Birmingham City Council elections next year will be a big test of how willing we are to mobilise.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 12d

How is this not front page news?

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK's ex-Wales leader Nathan Gill admits pro-Russia bribery

Nathan Gill admits eight charges of bribery while being a Member of the European Parliament.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Phil Burrows @supergm.bsky.social · 12d

Rarely. WhatsApp is best for me. I'll dm you my number

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