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Neil Chick 🏳️‍🌈🌹
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Humanist, retired IT Consultant, Unite Union Member, Secretary Bristol South Labour Party @BristolSouthLabour.org.uk.

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🤝 Pay Bristol’s bus drivers what they deserve

📣 Our statement
We're backing Bristol's Bus Drivers First Group made £204.3m in profit last year. Shareholder dividends were up by 45%. Yet, bus drivers have been forced to take industrial action to get the pay rise they deserve. The main sticking point in negotiations is First Group’s refusal to back date their drivers’ pay rise in full. Backdating it would cost around 0.15% of First Groups’s yearly profits. Doing so is clearly affordable and reasonable. Without our bus drivers, Bristol would grind to a halt. These strikes are causing severe disruption to Bristol’s workers. Senior management need to get back to the negotiating table with Unite and give our bus drivers the wages they have earned.
September 19, 2025 at 3:21 PM
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RIP Ozzy
www.theguardian.com/music/2025/j...
Ozzy Osbourne, Black Sabbath frontman and icon of British heavy metal, dies aged 76
The singer, who later became famous on reality TV show The Osbournes, dies less than three weeks after retirement concert
www.theguardian.com
July 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
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🚨 BREAKING: "New children’s homes in Bristol left empty for almost a year despite staggering costs"

🏘️ Under Green leadership, new homes are sitting empty - a bad situation for the children and costly for the taxpayer

📢 This needs urgent action 👇

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
New children’s homes in Bristol left empty for almost a year
There are almost 100 children from Bristol in care far away from the city, costing the council millions
www.bristolpost.co.uk
July 7, 2025 at 3:51 PM
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bristolsouthlabour.org.uk
This Labour government is investing to create good jobs, deliver economic growth and put more money in your pocket.
This Labour government is investing to create good jobs, deliver economic growth and put more money in your pocket.
June 11, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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🚨 BREAKING: The Green / Lib Dem council have put library closures back on the table

📚 On Friday, they set up a new subcommittee that will be tasked with making the library service 'financially sustainable’, refusing to vote to rule out closures

www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Save Bristol's Libraries
Libraries provide a crucial service to the city, not least for the worst-off. Our valued community spaces need to be protected and invested in. Libraries need more investment, not less. Sources: ...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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This cause is close to my heart - please sign: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/re...
Return Eagle House to the community
Eagle House Youth Club was shut down in 2014 before being leased to a church, which have the building until May 2026. Throughout this time, residents have been clear they want the building returned to...
you.38degrees.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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5 Years ago today 😢
Stay home poster from COVID from 2020
March 23, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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I missed this part
March 1, 2025 at 3:52 AM
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slava ukraini
slava ukraini
February 28, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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I've just signed "Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News" - Will you support the campaign too? actionstorm.org/petitions/ma... @StopFundingHate
Sign the Petition
Marks & Spencer - stop advertising on GB News
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February 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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Lord Ken Clarke: "Rachel Reeves is a perfectly intelligent, serious woman... so you can't blame the first 6 months of the Labour government for the problems we now face..."
January 14, 2025 at 4:33 PM
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bristolsouthlabour.org.uk
Last Week, while Elon Musk was Craving Attention, the Government Tackled The UK's Thorniest Problems
Cutting NHS waiting lists Child Exploitation Bill Deepfakes crackdown Early years funding boost Cheaper train tickets Highest deportations in five years Military housing back into public ownership Boosting profits for farmers Sending 30,000 drones to Ukraine Cap on gig ticket prices
January 12, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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This clickbait poll on Khan's knighthood was at 85/15, now it's down again to 73/27.

Set them straight. Link does not artificially inflate Express's traffic figures.

You can scroll down to see the results; no need to enter an email.

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Do you agree with Sadiq Khan’s knighthood?
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January 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
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So, Thames Water shamelessly lies and pays bonuses with money meant to mitigate the dumping of sewage in our rivers and seas. What is the point of OFWAT🤬
December 23, 2024 at 2:50 PM
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#MyLifeMyChoice
November 26, 2024 at 6:23 PM
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November 15, 2024 at 8:45 AM
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This is a fascinating read about some of the issues fuelling the knife crime problem in Bristol - and what some people are doing to stop it.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Bristol communities are 'stuck in a knife crime mire'
After the murders of Max Dixon and Mason Rist, community leaders say uniting people is taking time.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 16, 2024 at 7:38 PM