Shian
@shian22.bsky.social
Retired NHS nurse, book lover, Rambler, Brummie, and frustrated writer. Currently busy despairing about the state of world, its politics and climate. This might be why I drink too much.
There is so much to feel bad about the state of the world it is easy to lose track of the good things. Here are a gang of us from Birmingham Ramblers starting a walk in atmospheric mist. It got sunny later, and hours later we were in an amazing pub. It was a good day.
November 18, 2025 at 2:20 PM
There is so much to feel bad about the state of the world it is easy to lose track of the good things. Here are a gang of us from Birmingham Ramblers starting a walk in atmospheric mist. It got sunny later, and hours later we were in an amazing pub. It was a good day.
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Fifteen years of ideological choices to strangle & gut the public realm - NHS to schools to social services to local museums - is what underlies the anger "tearing our country apart"; immigration is simply the scapegoat that the far right are pushing people toward.
Why can't Labour just say this?
Why can't Labour just say this?
November 18, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Fifteen years of ideological choices to strangle & gut the public realm - NHS to schools to social services to local museums - is what underlies the anger "tearing our country apart"; immigration is simply the scapegoat that the far right are pushing people toward.
Why can't Labour just say this?
Why can't Labour just say this?
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"This is a real escalation in the dispute with agency workers now joining picket lines due to the terrible way they have been treated by Job&Talent and Birmingham council."
Birmingham agency bin staff to strike over bullying
Unite say the staff are not crossing picket lines, due to intimidation at the council's refuse section.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM
"This is a real escalation in the dispute with agency workers now joining picket lines due to the terrible way they have been treated by Job&Talent and Birmingham council."
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No, it's scumbag politicians and right wing grifters weaponising immigration who are tearing the country apart and she's just given them all a glorious victory.
November 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
No, it's scumbag politicians and right wing grifters weaponising immigration who are tearing the country apart and she's just given them all a glorious victory.
... while smoking a roll up, which he oviously rolled himself unlike that softie Farage who smoke fags with filters on.
Things are getting so bad for Labour that Starmer is going to have to post a photo holding a pint...
November 16, 2025 at 12:45 PM
... while smoking a roll up, which he oviously rolled himself unlike that softie Farage who smoke fags with filters on.
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Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.
November 15, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Refugees & asylum seekers are largely a vulnerable, traumatised & disadvantaged group of people so to keep demonising & scapegoating them for political gain is disgusting & despicable. The end doesn’t justify this punching down means & in any case the end here seems to be the propaganda itself.
Wow .... I am really SHOCKED ... who would have thought super efficient and very left wing Wes Streeting could be 'chaotic and incoherent'.
Wes Streeting accused of ‘chaotic and incoherent approach’ to NHS reform
Exclusive: thinktank report finds health secretary has failed to improve productivity, with the health service unlikely to meet its targets
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Wow .... I am really SHOCKED ... who would have thought super efficient and very left wing Wes Streeting could be 'chaotic and incoherent'.
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I'm in a meeting with NHS staff who are told they have to limit their leave over winter because they can't be spared but are likely to be losing their jobs in Wes Streeting's NHS reorganisation.
November 14, 2025 at 11:54 AM
I'm in a meeting with NHS staff who are told they have to limit their leave over winter because they can't be spared but are likely to be losing their jobs in Wes Streeting's NHS reorganisation.
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What a pathetic, weasley government this is (with the Tories and Reform being just as bad) www.inkl.com/news/apologi...
'Apologise to Trump,' Starmer Government tells BBC as president threatens $1 billion lawsuit over 'fake news'
The Conservatives said the Corporation should ‘grovel’ to the US president
www.inkl.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:45 AM
What a pathetic, weasley government this is (with the Tories and Reform being just as bad) www.inkl.com/news/apologi...
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Eight child abusers were jailed today.
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, & Margate jailed for a combined 100 years.
This managed not to be the top story on repeat for BBC, itv or sky News.
I wonder why.
#bbcbias #itvbias #skybias
8 child sexual predators who had been operating in areas such as Gravesend, Gillingham, Swanley, & Margate jailed for a combined 100 years.
This managed not to be the top story on repeat for BBC, itv or sky News.
I wonder why.
#bbcbias #itvbias #skybias
November 8, 2025 at 10:07 AM
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This is everything wrong with Starmer in one social media post. COP is about protecting the planet from becoming uninhabitable. It needs a coordinated international effort, yet Starmer is playing the nationalism and economic growth card, which is the opposite of what is needed on multiple levels.
November 6, 2025 at 10:14 PM
This is everything wrong with Starmer in one social media post. COP is about protecting the planet from becoming uninhabitable. It needs a coordinated international effort, yet Starmer is playing the nationalism and economic growth card, which is the opposite of what is needed on multiple levels.
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The last 24 hours have shown us what Britain is truly up against: a small phalanx of hatemongers who despise Britain so much they want to drag it down into the same filth they live in.
November 2, 2025 at 6:56 PM
The last 24 hours have shown us what Britain is truly up against: a small phalanx of hatemongers who despise Britain so much they want to drag it down into the same filth they live in.
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Intensely proud that we're now considered to be the main opposition to the neo-fascist Reform party.
Give us another 6 months, and we'll be outperforming THEM in the polls too.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Give us another 6 months, and we'll be outperforming THEM in the polls too.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Greens overtake Labour, Tories in latest poll to become leading opposition party
The Green Party overtakes both Labour and Tories in new poll — Zack Polanski leading a political surge that’s shaking up the establishment
www.thecanary.co
October 31, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Intensely proud that we're now considered to be the main opposition to the neo-fascist Reform party.
Give us another 6 months, and we'll be outperforming THEM in the polls too.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Give us another 6 months, and we'll be outperforming THEM in the polls too.
www.thecanary.co/skwawkbox/20...
Great news some brave people in public office do the right thing
Well done Brum www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Well done Brum www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Police and council reveal new decision on Maccabi fans ban
Breaking news as West Midlands Police and Birmingham City Council-led Safety Advisory Group came under extraordinary political pressure over their decision to ban fans of the Israeli club Maccabi Tel ...
www.birminghammail.co.uk
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Great news some brave people in public office do the right thing
Well done Brum www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Well done Brum www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
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So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
'Just getting started': Zack Polanski reacts as Greens SECOND in new poll
ZACK Polanski has welcomed a new poll putting his party in second place at Westminster.
www.thenational.scot
October 30, 2025 at 5:50 PM
So either Labour need to ask candidates to step aside for the Greens to take on Reform....
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
Or actually bring in a fair democratic process where everyone's votes count equally.
It's time for Proportional Representation.
www.thenational.scot/news/2558507...
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In the news “loads of NHS consultant posts empty, total crisis.” Also in news “workers striking for fair working conditions are terrible/ greedy/ v clear this is the final straw.”
When’s the penny going to drop, Starmer? You have to support NHS staff if you want to keep them.🚨
When’s the penny going to drop, Starmer? You have to support NHS staff if you want to keep them.🚨
October 30, 2025 at 8:11 AM
In the news “loads of NHS consultant posts empty, total crisis.” Also in news “workers striking for fair working conditions are terrible/ greedy/ v clear this is the final straw.”
When’s the penny going to drop, Starmer? You have to support NHS staff if you want to keep them.🚨
When’s the penny going to drop, Starmer? You have to support NHS staff if you want to keep them.🚨
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I've written for the Metro on how Starmer's latest attempt to look 'tough' on asylum seeker hotels has exposed him as a coward.
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
Keir Starmer tries to look tough - and exposes himself as a coward
The government's immigration policy is in desperate need of a bold change in direction.
metro.co.uk
October 29, 2025 at 5:08 PM
I've written for the Metro on how Starmer's latest attempt to look 'tough' on asylum seeker hotels has exposed him as a coward.
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
A government spending more just in order to inflict greater misery on refugees is beyond contempt - & that contempt is showing up in the polls. metro.co.uk/2025/10/29/k...
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Privileged economist gives his opinion about something that won’t affect him at all, but will plunge more people in to poverty and despair. When you’re not affected by the cost of living crisis, 1p tax increase is the same as a 3p tax rise apparently. We should all be willing to suffer 🤡
Lots of Labour despair on the timeline today.
The next election is likely more than three years away. The route to winning it starts by acknowledging that some more short term pain is probably required to get into a position where victory is possible.
This budget is going to be painful. But 1/3
The next election is likely more than three years away. The route to winning it starts by acknowledging that some more short term pain is probably required to get into a position where victory is possible.
This budget is going to be painful. But 1/3
October 28, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Privileged economist gives his opinion about something that won’t affect him at all, but will plunge more people in to poverty and despair. When you’re not affected by the cost of living crisis, 1p tax increase is the same as a 3p tax rise apparently. We should all be willing to suffer 🤡
Me too, Streeting you trechrous ball of slime
October 28, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Me too, Streeting you trechrous ball of slime
@edfreshwater.bsky.social
Hate to tell you this Ed, but that Mothin bloke got your Bald Politics slogan out before you!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
Hate to tell you this Ed, but that Mothin bloke got your Bald Politics slogan out before you!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
Today has been such an inspirational day in Gipton & Harehills, a full day of campaigning & networking with people from the community
Catching up with key people behind last years breakthrough for the Green Party in Gipton and Harehills!
You've heard of Bold Politics, get ready for Bald Politics
Catching up with key people behind last years breakthrough for the Green Party in Gipton and Harehills!
You've heard of Bold Politics, get ready for Bald Politics
October 27, 2025 at 10:04 AM
@edfreshwater.bsky.social
Hate to tell you this Ed, but that Mothin bloke got your Bald Politics slogan out before you!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
Hate to tell you this Ed, but that Mothin bloke got your Bald Politics slogan out before you!
bsky.app/profile/moth...
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I wonder if Sarah Pochin ever gets as worked up about the overrepresentation of multimillionaire, privately educated elites in her own party…
October 26, 2025 at 9:11 AM
I wonder if Sarah Pochin ever gets as worked up about the overrepresentation of multimillionaire, privately educated elites in her own party…
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What Sarah Pochin MP sees when the Chase is on.
October 25, 2025 at 10:11 PM
What Sarah Pochin MP sees when the Chase is on.
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By American fascism and their pathetic little puppets, like you.
October 23, 2025 at 7:33 PM
By American fascism and their pathetic little puppets, like you.