As keep the faith Peter, we do #safc

I wrote about Robert Jenrick's embrace of blood and soil nationalism for @bylinetimes.bsky.social "The British right is adopting an increasingly extreme form of ethnic identity politics, while failing to explain what the rest of us are supposed to be worried about" bylinetimes.com/2025/08/19/r...

Cutting more public services no doubt, it’s like the Reform Council in Durham who find services already cut to the bone, These populist?politicians have no idea about how democracy works

This is devastating but hard to think of more important journalism. 18,457 children have been killed in Gaza (many more not accounted for). Here, The Guardian prints their names and beautiful faces and tells us what they were like before Israel stole their lives. www.theguardian.com/world/ng-int...

We need a national conversation about a better Britain. I began in Somerset, but it needs to spread. See brexitrage.com/a-better-bri... Brexit is Farage's achilles' heel. We must move the Overton Window back into place. See our YouTube film on the matter. #Brexit #FarageRiots #RejoinEU

currently at record-high search interest for canceling disney plus. pulling kimmel is a bigger deal to the company's bottom line than any of the "woke" scandals of the past 5 years. i think news & entertainment corp execs need put more work into understanding their audience, & get off twitter

I’m with Kinnock. Does anyone remember small boats bring a crisis before Brexit?

Me and Helen Mirren: Life after 80 open.substack.com/pub/eyesande... from @bobhudson.bsky.social A great weekend read

Couldn’t agree more Let’s hope the UK government follows her lead

I think Musk's comments to a rally of 100k people are the highest profile advocacy of political violence in the UK since the end of the Northern Ireland conflict. Does anybody have a counter-example? "Whether you choose violence or not, violence is coming to you. You either fight back or you die."

Eyes & Ears North East eyesandearsnortheast.substack.com?utm_campaign... An interesting and informative read

This man RFK Jr is the biggest threat to public health in my lifetime Please you good Americans who know this , continue to show how dangerous he is RFK Jr and Democrats spar in tense hearing about chaos at federal health agencies and vaccines – live updates

Ocado handed out 221 million plastic bags last year! 😱 Sign the petition and tell them to ditch single-use bags for good. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/oc...

The perpetrator of this horrendous act should be behind bars

Day in, day out, I speak to ordinary people who are organising to welcome the asylum seekers accommodated in their towns. They befriend, support them, reach out to them as fellow human beings. That's the Britain I know, the one I see around me & we never get told about on TV.

Stand with #Ukraine🇺🇦

This Trump me me me rhetoric is beyond disgusting Zelenskyy is wise to keep his cool but he must be so p****d off

Morecambe FC fans' relief as club sale finalised. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Well said

Today they have crossed a deep red line. We, the people, must hold the president and his appointees accountable for this outrageous abuse against American liberty.

The thing that drives me mad about the health spending debate is it totally *why* budgets are rising everywhere. It's a *good thing* that health spending takes up an ever larger proportion of GDP. It's what we should *want* to spend money on!

"We are the party of fiscal responsibility" says Mel Stride, whose party famously triggered a bond market meltdown which crashed the UK economy and plunged the pound to its lowest ever level against the dollar

Nigel Farage's maths skills were questioned after newly release figures on diversity, equality and inclusion programmes suggest the Reform UK leader's costings don't add up www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...

Well tonight I am part of one very happy family .Well done .#SAFC

@profbambra.bsky.social excellent #r4today interview between you and Nick Robinson Hope our County Durham Reform council will listen and take heed

Within one hour of finishing a bizzare annual meeting Durham’s Reform Council had removed the Ukraine flag and replaced with St George’s

Our region is world class. That's our message as we launch our new investment prospectus. I’m working with businesses locally, nationally and internationally to create jobs and get growth in the North East. That means great jobs that pay a good wage for local people.

Exactly Leaders must be teachers and lead the country in the best evidence based direction.

How pathetic

My colleague @mgerver.bsky.social has created this open letter to Keir Starmer opposing the measures announced in last week's Immigration White Paper, on economic, political and moral grounds. Open to all academics/researchers to sign. molliegerver.weebly.com/petition.html

For all the blanket coverage it's getting today you wouldn't know that fishing contributes a grand total of 0.03% to the UK's economy, or that it is absolutely dwarfed by many other sectors, like the live music industry, which have been badly hit by Brexit but are rarely even mentioned

Michelle and I are thinking of the entire Biden family. Nobody has done more to find breakthrough treatments for cancer in all its forms than Joe, and I am certain he will fight this challenge with his trademark resolve and grace. We pray for a fast and full recovery.

I don’t think he’s on here but I would like to thank Nick Thomas-Symons for helping us to get a better deal for everyone in our deal with the #EU today

The word reform has a double meaning here in County Durham as I’m sure in other places infested with that brand

Exclusive: A survey of 1000s of health workers finds that the majority believe making rents more affordable would reduce the strain on NHS. Most also say that they often see children with health problems made worse by insecure housing: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

When Roe v. Wade was overturned and abortion became illegal in Alabama, helping people get out of state came with the threat of jail time. The latest from @revealnews.org: www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

“Now the dust has settled after polling day, it’s clear that in County Durham, as with other parts of the country, we’re in a new political era with Reform UK councillors taking control of the county council.” Me, in today’s The Northern Echo. ⬇️ www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/opinion/2514...

The NE is leading the way in battery manufacturing. Building EVs is vital for our future. Our plans are being backed with a £1bn investment. That’s 1000 great jobs at AESC’s new plant and 2000 construction jobs. It was great to visit with Chancellor. This is what real opportunity looks like.

Saliva testing makes diagnostics cheaper faster and easier.

Yes indeed

Thank goodness

Yes. Please find a way of convincing our Reform run Council in County Durham of that

😂🤣😂🤣

Exactly

Hopeless and these clowns are in charge of our County

Hear hear 🎈

On the 80th anniversary of VE Day, we pay tribute to those who served in WWII and sacrificed so much for peace. Their victory was hard fought and we have the freedom we know and love because of their bravery. We remember them. We celebrate them. We commit to peace. #VEDay80