Claire Osborn
@claireosborn.bsky.social
Trade union organiser. Industrial Relations PhD-er. Accidental fossil hunter. Chronically ill. Long Covid, MCAS, POTS. Shropshire Lass
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What the Home Sec announced today is not the politics of compromise but of being compromised.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
@pimlicat.bsky.social: "Multiple studies show that ramping up ever-harsher rhetoric on immigration and asylum never wins over Reform-curious voters. The government would be wiser to make the case for the international institutions and protections we all depend on.”
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November 17, 2025 at 7:37 PM
What the Home Sec announced today is not the politics of compromise but of being compromised.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
Labour has just increased the salience of an issue they will always be outbid on by the right.
My God the horrors! I am nostalgic for shitty plague island days under Johnson at this point
November 18, 2025 at 10:07 AM
My God the horrors! I am nostalgic for shitty plague island days under Johnson at this point
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Not very long ago, this would have meant the end of his career.
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Robert Jenrick complained of ‘not seeing another white face’ in part of Birmingham
Shadow justice secretary criticised for suggesting he could tell how integrated Handsworth was based on 90-minute visit
Robert Jenrick complained about visiting an area of Birmingham where he “didn’t see another white face” and said it was not the kind of country he wanted to live in.
After highlighting the lack of white people, the shadow justice secretary said it was not about “the colour of your skin or your faith” and he wanted people to live alongside each other. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Not very long ago, this would have meant the end of his career.
And there is *always* a tweet isn’t there
October 5, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And there is *always* a tweet isn’t there
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For a U.K. equivalent, it’s like sending troops to war-ravaged Bath.
Leavitt: "President Trump will end the radical left's reign of terror in Portland once and for all. The president has directed Secretary Hegseth to provide all necessary troops to protect war-ravaged Portland."
October 3, 2025 at 7:43 PM
For a U.K. equivalent, it’s like sending troops to war-ravaged Bath.
Accidentally got voted in as our trades council president… I say accidentally, I didn’t put myself up for it. However, I categorically will be stepping up to it
August 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Accidentally got voted in as our trades council president… I say accidentally, I didn’t put myself up for it. However, I categorically will be stepping up to it
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Can't wait for the wall-to-wall media coverage of What This Means, the endless thinkpieces about Green Party dominance in a working class community meaning Labour has to take their concerns seriously and pivot towards them, you know like we'd get if Reform had won.
Grangetown (Cardiff) Council By-Election Result:
🌍 GRN: 24.0% (+5.5)*
🌹 LAB: 22.7% (-24.8)
🌼 PLC: 18.7% (+0.2)*
➡️ RFM: 14.5% (New)
🐉 PRO: 9.6% (+0.1)
🙋 Ind: 4.6% (-2.1)
🌳 CON: 4.1% (-8.4)
🔶 LDM: 1.8% (-2.1)
No Ind (-1.4) as previous.
*joint cand. in 2024.
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
🌍 GRN: 24.0% (+5.5)*
🌹 LAB: 22.7% (-24.8)
🌼 PLC: 18.7% (+0.2)*
➡️ RFM: 14.5% (New)
🐉 PRO: 9.6% (+0.1)
🙋 Ind: 4.6% (-2.1)
🌳 CON: 4.1% (-8.4)
🔶 LDM: 1.8% (-2.1)
No Ind (-1.4) as previous.
*joint cand. in 2024.
Green GAIN from Labour.
Changes w/ 2024.
August 15, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Can't wait for the wall-to-wall media coverage of What This Means, the endless thinkpieces about Green Party dominance in a working class community meaning Labour has to take their concerns seriously and pivot towards them, you know like we'd get if Reform had won.
Here to remind you on this sad day that Norman Tebbit once called me a “Rent-a-gob Yob” in the Telegraph and it was undoubtedly my parents’ proudest moment
July 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Here to remind you on this sad day that Norman Tebbit once called me a “Rent-a-gob Yob” in the Telegraph and it was undoubtedly my parents’ proudest moment
Loving that I read about a dozen pages of this and declared it shit.
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with their story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. The Salt Path became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film.
But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
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But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth.
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The real Salt Path: how the couple behind a bestseller le...
Penniless and homeless, the Winns found fame and fortune with the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. We can reveal it was far from the truth
observer.co.uk
July 6, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Loving that I read about a dozen pages of this and declared it shit.
I’m hosting a crowdfund for a family in Gaza. Poor Sham is only 2 and suffering with hunger ir struggling with the canned water. Please gelp where you can. Flour is extortionate chuffed.org/project/1358...
Food and Medicine for Sham and Zainab
Hi My name is Zainab from besieged Gaza (land, sea and air). My family consists of three members. I am 26 years old and my little girl is a year and a half old. My daughter suffers from skin rashes ev...
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July 6, 2025 at 8:22 AM
I’m hosting a crowdfund for a family in Gaza. Poor Sham is only 2 and suffering with hunger ir struggling with the canned water. Please gelp where you can. Flour is extortionate chuffed.org/project/1358...
Absolutely dire photo with iPhone through binos but there’s a hoopoe on our neighbour’s front lawn! @jannerbirder.bsky.social Posted it in FB SOS too
June 7, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Absolutely dire photo with iPhone through binos but there’s a hoopoe on our neighbour’s front lawn! @jannerbirder.bsky.social Posted it in FB SOS too
So completely different because Morgan McSweeney asked ChatGPT to rewrite it
Starmer’s migration speech ‘completely different’ to Enoch Powell’s, says Yvette Cooper
Starmer’s migration speech ‘completely different’ to Enoch Powell’s, says Yvette Cooper
Home secretary says PM talked about strength in diversity, after criticism from MPs over ‘island of strangers’ rhetoric
The home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said the prime minister’s words were “completely different” to those used by Enoch Powell in his infamous rivers of blood speech, amid criticism within the party of the rhetoric used to launch the government’s immigration crackdown.
A number of MPs criticised Keir Starmer when he said the UK risked becoming “an island of strangers” if steps were not taken to address integration. Speaking on Tuesday, Cooper said that Starmer had also praised the contribution of migrants. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:40 AM
So completely different because Morgan McSweeney asked ChatGPT to rewrite it
I’ve just been to a party where my 2 worlds of major interest collided! I was taken and shown an iguanodon fossil footprint by one attendee and then sat down for a long chat with the BBC’s industrial correspondent from throughout the miner’s strike! My Sunday was better than yours
May 4, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I’ve just been to a party where my 2 worlds of major interest collided! I was taken and shown an iguanodon fossil footprint by one attendee and then sat down for a long chat with the BBC’s industrial correspondent from throughout the miner’s strike! My Sunday was better than yours
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The irony is the revolution against technocrats will end with officials running the councils because Reform councillors will have no idea what to do + many don't even want to be doing it.
@vicderbyshire.bsky.social @chadbourn.bsky.social
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire
Winning reform candidates in emotional meltdown post count in #rugby #warwickshire
May 3, 2025 at 1:53 PM
The irony is the revolution against technocrats will end with officials running the councils because Reform councillors will have no idea what to do + many don't even want to be doing it.
Solidarity this evening with all my Green Book union people in local government where the headbangers have taken control. You’re our last hope
May 2, 2025 at 6:26 PM
Solidarity this evening with all my Green Book union people in local government where the headbangers have taken control. You’re our last hope
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1914... Today’s PM Daily Digest headline reminds me that employers often know the cost of everything but the value of nothing
Shopify CEO tells staff to justify human hires if AI falls short – are we seeing the rise of ‘prove-AI-can’t-do-it’ culture?
People Management explores how AI-first policy is reshaping workplace values, with staff expected to defend work ‘in comparison to technology’ before seeking support
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk
April 16, 2025 at 11:25 AM
www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/article/1914... Today’s PM Daily Digest headline reminds me that employers often know the cost of everything but the value of nothing
The 13yo is off on a school ski trip tomorrow. I’m here packing and his contribution is to pick his guitar up and start strumming the bass line to Under Pressure, with the kind of casual insouciance that is categorically not inherited from me!
April 10, 2025 at 6:23 PM
The 13yo is off on a school ski trip tomorrow. I’m here packing and his contribution is to pick his guitar up and start strumming the bass line to Under Pressure, with the kind of casual insouciance that is categorically not inherited from me!
Anyone else reclassifying themselves as an actual plant with all of this sunshine? Anyone?
April 7, 2025 at 7:29 AM
Anyone else reclassifying themselves as an actual plant with all of this sunshine? Anyone?
Late to the Chappell Roan furore from earlier this week but my take FWIW is that she’s bang on. It is shit - bell hooks White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy theory is a good starting point to unpack the why
April 4, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Late to the Chappell Roan furore from earlier this week but my take FWIW is that she’s bang on. It is shit - bell hooks White Supremacist Capitalist Patriarchy theory is a good starting point to unpack the why
Paging @prehistorian.bsky.social and @peterreavill.bsky.social youtu.be/_v2ne81vwLM in case you missed the launch
Discovering Lily Chitty - The Young Collective
YouTube video by Shropshire Museums
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April 4, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Paging @prehistorian.bsky.social and @peterreavill.bsky.social youtu.be/_v2ne81vwLM in case you missed the launch
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Only 5% of UK electricity is from fossil fuels this afternoon at 3pm , guilt free tea making and television watching! via grid.iamkate.com
April 1, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Only 5% of UK electricity is from fossil fuels this afternoon at 3pm , guilt free tea making and television watching! via grid.iamkate.com
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Natural England are after volunteers to help look for three key species in the Shropshire Hills: Tree Pipit, Cuckoo and Stonechat.
Training dates:
Friday 2nd May - Long Mynd
Sunday 4th May - Stiperstones
To book the training/more info: stiperstones.events@naturalengland.org.uk
#ShropshireBirding
Training dates:
Friday 2nd May - Long Mynd
Sunday 4th May - Stiperstones
To book the training/more info: stiperstones.events@naturalengland.org.uk
#ShropshireBirding
March 27, 2025 at 9:31 PM
Natural England are after volunteers to help look for three key species in the Shropshire Hills: Tree Pipit, Cuckoo and Stonechat.
Training dates:
Friday 2nd May - Long Mynd
Sunday 4th May - Stiperstones
To book the training/more info: stiperstones.events@naturalengland.org.uk
#ShropshireBirding
Training dates:
Friday 2nd May - Long Mynd
Sunday 4th May - Stiperstones
To book the training/more info: stiperstones.events@naturalengland.org.uk
#ShropshireBirding
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3... Reeves trotting out the entirely dehumanizing tropes about work giving you dignity and pride again.
Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg: Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirms plan to cut Civil Service running costs by 15%
The Chancellor says she is
www.bbc.co.uk
March 23, 2025 at 9:26 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c3... Reeves trotting out the entirely dehumanizing tropes about work giving you dignity and pride again.
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?
March 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Without downloading any new pictures, where are you mentally?