Phil M
@phillm.bsky.social
Manc, council house lad. Army vet (RCT), ExFirefighter (GMFRS), Fire Engineer (IFE) & fire data researcher (Leeds Uni). Medically retired (Menière’s). Vertiginous, going deaf. Pioneered fire risk determination by building type. INFJ. ADHD. @HRRBFireSafety.
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Phil M
@phillm.bsky.social
· Jun 7
Should we follow Putin out of the ECHR?
Or is it just another Brexit where we give up our rights in the vain pursuit of making migrants disappear?
Or is it just another Brexit where we give up our rights in the vain pursuit of making migrants disappear?
Remember how they lied about Brexit? Unsurprisingly, they're lying about ECHR too.
Don't give up your rights!! 👇
Don't give up your rights!! 👇
Deregulation kills consumers.
Deregulation - the dark path to poison in your lungs, excrement in your rivers, carcinogens in your food.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
A growing movement in Brussels is spreading the message that asking business to follow rules leads to economic death. They're working hard to destroy EU environmental + chemical protections.
November 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Deregulation kills consumers.
HOPE! 😍
November 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
HOPE! 😍
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What has the last ten years been if not an army of Cookie Monsters all screaming filthy abuse at you, insisting that only communist extremist lunatics would imagine anyone would *ever* want to eat your cookies, while spitting cookie chunks out of their big yapping mouths, huge googly eyes spinning.
November 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
What has the last ten years been if not an army of Cookie Monsters all screaming filthy abuse at you, insisting that only communist extremist lunatics would imagine anyone would *ever* want to eat your cookies, while spitting cookie chunks out of their big yapping mouths, huge googly eyes spinning.
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From the CWS Archives. June 2020.
October 29, 2025 at 6:37 PM
From the CWS Archives. June 2020.
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Even I thought this was one of mine!
November 6, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Even I thought this was one of mine!
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Patriotic Cross of St George White Dog Shit Bauble update. Thank you to everyone who ordered one! These have all been handmade in my kitchen - much to the bemusement of my children - and will now start to be posted out.
Still on sale here👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/patr...
Still on sale here👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/patr...
November 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Patriotic Cross of St George White Dog Shit Bauble update. Thank you to everyone who ordered one! These have all been handmade in my kitchen - much to the bemusement of my children - and will now start to be posted out.
Still on sale here👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/patr...
Still on sale here👇👇👇
coldwarsteve.bigcartel.com/product/patr...
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And now for the dodgy governance bit. All combined authorities need an equivalent of the London Assembly. There is a huge democratic deficit in the way they are set up.
Presumably where PCC duties will fall to new and existing elected Mayors, as happens now a police and crime oversight committee will be established as part of the combined authority which that Mayor leads. There'll need to be a new legislative framework for this (4/)
November 13, 2025 at 12:26 PM
And now for the dodgy governance bit. All combined authorities need an equivalent of the London Assembly. There is a huge democratic deficit in the way they are set up.
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"Abdullah expressed particular frustration over the 2022 inquest into Ishak’s death, during which Rochdale Boroughwide Housing — the housing association that owned the family home — blamed the mould that killed his son on “ritual bathing habits”." #UKhousing
hyphenonline.com/2025/10/28/a...
hyphenonline.com/2025/10/28/a...
Awaab’s Law: toddler’s dad tells of hope over law change - Hyphen
Lawyer for family of Rochdale toddler who died after mould exposure says next step is educating vulnerable families about their rights
hyphenonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:43 PM
"Abdullah expressed particular frustration over the 2022 inquest into Ishak’s death, during which Rochdale Boroughwide Housing — the housing association that owned the family home — blamed the mould that killed his son on “ritual bathing habits”." #UKhousing
hyphenonline.com/2025/10/28/a...
hyphenonline.com/2025/10/28/a...
"Infants who had not yet turned two were referred to Prevent 86 times between 2016-17 and 2023-24 — with more than two-thirds (59) of these referrals over so-called “Islamist” concerns". hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
Babies and toddlers referred to Prevent hundreds of times
More than 200 referrals made to counter-terror scheme for children aged three or under since 2016, most citing ‘Islamist’ concerns
hyphenonline.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
"Infants who had not yet turned two were referred to Prevent 86 times between 2016-17 and 2023-24 — with more than two-thirds (59) of these referrals over so-called “Islamist” concerns". hyphenonline.com/2025/11/12/b...
Because missing them repeatedly is a sure sign of failure?
“Why is there no annual targets in this plan?”
“Because we are focused on activation,” Minister for Housing James Browne says.
“We want to get away from yearly targets,” he adds.
@thejournal.ie
“Because we are focused on activation,” Minister for Housing James Browne says.
“We want to get away from yearly targets,” he adds.
@thejournal.ie
November 13, 2025 at 10:40 AM
Because missing them repeatedly is a sure sign of failure?
"The fire on a second-floor balcony of the Ammonite building in Brewery Square, Dorchester, broke out on 29 August shortly before 18:45 BST.
The fire spread up the exterior, leaving all 16 flats uninhabitable and forcing residents into temporary accommodation." www.aol.com/news/residen...
The fire spread up the exterior, leaving all 16 flats uninhabitable and forcing residents into temporary accommodation." www.aol.com/news/residen...
Residents back in flats after summer balcony fire
The flats in Dorchester were left uninhabitable following the fire.
www.aol.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
"The fire on a second-floor balcony of the Ammonite building in Brewery Square, Dorchester, broke out on 29 August shortly before 18:45 BST.
The fire spread up the exterior, leaving all 16 flats uninhabitable and forcing residents into temporary accommodation." www.aol.com/news/residen...
The fire spread up the exterior, leaving all 16 flats uninhabitable and forcing residents into temporary accommodation." www.aol.com/news/residen...
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Compare
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
Dermot Desmond: Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating the price of those homes, the profits of developers, and the value of the underlying land
www.irishtimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Compare
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
Dermot Desmond wrote about housing in @irishtimes.com (2020)
“Everyone has a right to a home. Here is how it can be done
We have allowed homes to become a globally traded financial asset, inflating price of homes, profits of developers & value of land”
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/derm...
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'Proximity to drilling wells, processing plants, pipelines + other fossil fuel facilities elevates the risk of cancer, respiratory conditions, heart disease, premature birth + death, as well as posing grave threats to water supplies + air quality, + degrades land.'
Other than that, great stuff
Other than that, great stuff
Exclusive by me: A quarter of the world’s population lives within three miles (5km) of operational fossil fuel projects, threatening the health of more than 2bn people as well as critical ecosystems, according to first-of-its-kind research.
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@amnesty.org
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Fossil fuel projects around the world threaten the health of 2bn people – report
Exclusive: ‘Deep-rooted injustices’ affect billions of people due to location of wells, pipelines and other infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 12, 2025 at 6:32 PM
'Proximity to drilling wells, processing plants, pipelines + other fossil fuel facilities elevates the risk of cancer, respiratory conditions, heart disease, premature birth + death, as well as posing grave threats to water supplies + air quality, + degrades land.'
Other than that, great stuff
Other than that, great stuff
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"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
November 12, 2025 at 5:39 PM
"the fossil fuel industry has been lobbying the climate negotiations for 30 years now"
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
~ a flotilla of Indigenous people travels 3000km to ensure their voices are also heard at COP30. See the full story at:
youtube.com/shorts/RAJRO...
Obviously, everything in his Stoke-On-Trent constituency is pucker and therefore he raises this in an important manner.
Is my fork British? 😂
Is my fork British? 😂
November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Obviously, everything in his Stoke-On-Trent constituency is pucker and therefore he raises this in an important manner.
Is my fork British? 😂
Is my fork British? 😂
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Heard Jon Sopel say something really dismissive about trans people on a clip of Jeremy Vine the other day, all matter of fact amongst some other stuff. A comment totally glossed over by Vine of course. Really disappointing all round.
November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Heard Jon Sopel say something really dismissive about trans people on a clip of Jeremy Vine the other day, all matter of fact amongst some other stuff. A comment totally glossed over by Vine of course. Really disappointing all round.