I don't get Rayner's "working people" Vs "well off people" when most well off people are working people and they actually seem to be chasing a white northern retired vote in any case. Urban service economy workers and poor graduates seem not to be favoured labour voters

My colleagues and I are currently at Stage 4. Stage 5 scheduled for May 19th.

Tucked away in Sheffield's old industrial heart is the W H Hulley workshop. Dating back to 1877, it is the oldest business in the UK still making wooden ladders, and one of only two specialists. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

A mere ten years after this was absolutely obvious to the point of undeniable. Ten years pissed away by Britain’s Sensible Moderates on an insanely destructive, self-indulgent temper tantrum, because the public won’t agree they’re special golden boys and girls who deserve treats and applause.

evangelicals have finally created. the golden calf. from the classic bible story “don’t create a golden calf”

All I wanted was a technically competent vaguely left-leaning government who would undo the worst of what the Tories did, and change us back to a welcoming, no longer hate-ridden society.

Reform is a protest party. A protest against decency, integrity, kindness, expertise, and progress. It's a party of pettiness and hate, and it is made up of petty and hateful people from the grassroots to the very top. What it doesn't have is competence. So good luck with the bins and potholes.

Interesting from Sir John Curtice, the UKs top polling expert on Englands council election and the Reform surge

🌱 #flowersonFriday I am going to try and ignore the deeply depressing election results by concentrating on things that make me happy. This patch of poppies is growing on the car park side of the Old Lab @RHSWisley so not many people see them as they rush to go into the garden.

Thank you to everyone who voted today - no matter who you voted for.🙏 Your voice matters. Democracy matters. It doesn't stop here, though. Want to help more? join.greenparty.org.uk 🌱

More horror. Never been to Teesside but one excellent colleague came from there, and it was of course home to the English Subject Centre leaders, so I’ve always felt some affection for the place.

Why would we want to learn from our pasts, or ponder the power of the written and spoken word, or explore the deep questions of humanity? According to the University of Hertfordshire, we wouldn't. They've just cut all of our undergrad Humanities programmes

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

Appreciate an MP speaking out on the medias treatment of Jewish politicians they dislike. Thank you for the solidarity, Sarah.

I foresee a bright future for my closed campuses. Apartments. Cannabis farms. Rodent palaces. Accommodation address for the entity that flogs course packages to literally any franchisee.

Yeah so does the BBC for some fucking reason, and maybe that's why we're here

Repulsive policy from a repulsive man given prominence by a repulsive party. The core message is DO NOT VOTE REFORM Ever…

I am astonished and disgusted at the sheer amount of people in this country who can't use the word 'and'. I am distressed at the attacks on British Jews AND I am horrified at what Israel is doing in Gaza and Lebanon. I am scared for myself AND I am scared for my Muslim neighbours and fellow citizens

Farage & The Tories delivered Brexit Make them own it And yes, feckers voted for it. I don't know if folk believed the lies or wanted to. Or were wearing their exceptionalism on their foreheads🙄 But ffs you fecking damaged us & helped Putin in trying to destroy European Countries 🙄 Vote #SNP1 #💚2

We must stand in solidarity with Jews being attacked by antisemitic criminals and terrorists: no ifs or buts. We must stand in solidarity with Palestinians being murdered by the Israeli government: no ifs or buts. These are not contradictory positions. They are consistent ones. 🧵1/5

Someone told me a few days ago that I can't be a scientist because I "cuss" (swear) too much. First, the word "cuss" is so fucking hillbilly, don't use it! Secondly, tell me you've never been around any fucking real scientists without telling me you've never been around any fucking real scientists!

When Labour’s Bob Johnson found out that he had been deposed as council leader in 2021, it came as a bit of a shock. Fast forward five years and Labour activists fear Sheffield council’s current leader Tom Hunt might lose his Walkley seat to the Greens’ Andy Davies. Might history repeat itself?

It’s ok to strongly dislike Netanyahu. Hell, it’s ok to strongly dislike Israel as a whole. It’s not ok to blame all Jewish people for the actions of Bibi or Israel. That’s like blaming all Christians because Donald Trump is an asshole.

🧵Soon after the Falklands War, MPs debated abolishing the May Day Bank Holiday in favour of a date “more in keeping with English traditions,” as one Conservative member argued. He obviously had no idea that early May celebrations had been part of the island's life for some two thousand

Political donations make a mockery of democracy, and the government's solutions are hopeless. Here's a really simple means of fixing it. This week's column. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Thought for the day When we all find ourselves dealing with the Sword of Damocles like threats, could we at least have the wealth, power or influence FIRST please.

It's so good to see that @sheffieldtribune.bsky.social has been shortlisted for an award... for their incredible work on the Andrew Milne story... This is so well deserved... But it's sad to see how #Sheffield is treating their female councillors... They should not be singled out for abuse...

British Jewish people are not responsible for the Israel governments actions in Gaza, the West Bank and Lebanon, they do not deserve to be attacked or feel threatened. What happened today with two Jewish men being stabbed is not acceptable.

🇷🇺 ‘Reform uk’ is a Ltd company, directed and funded from Russia (via tens of millions in Cryptocurrency) 🇷🇺 ‘Reform uk’ (formerly the brexit Party) was created for the purposes of destabilizing governance and society within the uk, as part of Putin’s hybrid war on western countries 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇪🇺😎

My VC last year: ‘I envisage a university that doesn’t directly employ anyone’. He means it too - all need staff are hired by a subsidiary company without any of that pesky ‘decent pension’ or ‘rights’ stuff.

Local journalism: still alive. www.expressandstar.com/news/wolverh...

Real men don't hide in ballroom.

Looking forward to greeting your new Reform councillor on May 8th? ...No? THEN GET OUT AND VOTE!!! #localelections #reform #labour #greenparty #libdems #tories

Dress for the job you want, not the job you have.

I know I complain a lot about the Victorians, but at least they looked much better while committing and being the victim of crime, than we do today.

When will Nigel Farage and his Reform Party liars admit that Brexit they so loudly supported started the boats they now scream they want to stop meme via Conform Ltd

"Dear Nigel, I would love to gift you an alarm clock ⏰. Since January you haven’t represented your constituents in Westminster Parliament, it seems you have been too tired to vote on any issues effecting your constituents. When you were a member of the EU parlia ..." www.facebook.com/groups/17859...

The university in the Black Country directly employs 4500 people, virtually all in the area. Thousands more jobs are supported by it, such as the nurses who trained there, and spin-offs. Jobs are being cut, pay is being reduced, campuses are closing. Everyone benefits from its graduates. Help it.

When my good friend was alive we said we would open a coffee shop with books. Just for the pleasure of watching people drink good coffee, eat fresh made crêpes and waffles while relaxing. I am still tempted to do this if my academic post is made redundant.

Probably for the best that Creche, my Ballardian nursery chain, never got going.

Hannah Spencer, a woman who had an ordinary job, becoming an MP and immediately noticing and talking about how, for example, our MPs drink at work, is one of the reasons why the establishment doesn’t like it when normal people get elected.

If you like this otter, and want it on a mug or a print, I have good news for you! You can get it here, along with other animal drawings, maps, and more. www.etsy.com/shop/Surpris...

Why does the biggest vice-chancellor not simply eat the smaller vice-chancellors?

Whoa whoa whoa, guys, settle down

Given the polls, you’d expect Reform to be clamouring for attention, knocking so hard on the door to The Tribune’s office that the wood threatens to split. You’d be wrong. In the course of reporting this story, not one of the party’s 30 candidates agrees to an interview, even over the phone. Why?

@newbarracktavern.bsky.social Just wanted to say THANK YOU for being friendly and communicative venue!! :) :)

The big divide in Britain today is between working people and the privately educated, rich, greedy, tax-dodging, selfish, grifting gobshites who try to manipulate working people by pretending to give a shit about them.