Steve Battlemuch
@stevebattlemuch.bsky.social
Husband/Dad. Socialist. Lab Cllr for Nottm City. Trade Unionist. #nffc #outlaws Optimist. Campaigner. Atheist. Republican. Live theatre & comedy. Books. Blogger on Tumblr on Forest(followingforest) & Life as a backbench Cllr (labourpainsandgains).
Solidarity with the people of Minnesota dealing with the horrific situation they find themselves in. The damage caused by this Trump presidency will take years to repair. I fear it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
I just spoke with the White House after another horrific shooting by federal agents this morning. Minnesota has had it. This is sickening.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
The President must end this operation. Pull the thousands of violent, untrained officers out of Minnesota. Now.
January 24, 2026 at 11:31 PM
Solidarity with the people of Minnesota dealing with the horrific situation they find themselves in. The damage caused by this Trump presidency will take years to repair. I fear it’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Ballot papers out now for @trentbridge.co.uk members - votes need to be received by 18/2. I’m 1 of 10 standing for 3 places on the Notts CCC General Committee. I’d welcome the opportunity to be a members voice on the committee.Life long fan with relevant committee experience. Welcome any questions.
January 24, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Ballot papers out now for @trentbridge.co.uk members - votes need to be received by 18/2. I’m 1 of 10 standing for 3 places on the Notts CCC General Committee. I’d welcome the opportunity to be a members voice on the committee.Life long fan with relevant committee experience. Welcome any questions.
Goodbye wet Braga. Was there for 44 hours & it never stopped 🌧️. 10 mins on the bus to the airport & the☀️ is out! Their ground was bizarre built into a mountain with only 2 stands. They managed to beat us without having a shot on target. Only Forest can do this. Play Offs rather than top 8 then #nffc
January 23, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Goodbye wet Braga. Was there for 44 hours & it never stopped 🌧️. 10 mins on the bus to the airport & the☀️ is out! Their ground was bizarre built into a mountain with only 2 stands. They managed to beat us without having a shot on target. Only Forest can do this. Play Offs rather than top 8 then #nffc
January 22, 2026 at 11:52 AM
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
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January 20, 2026 at 11:13 AM
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social's call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes
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www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... - anyone in the US who isn’t concerned about where Trump & his mates want to take the country should watch this. Yes it’s not there yet by any means but if you asked people in Germany in 33 if this would happen most would have said no too.
Schindler's List
Wheeler-dealer Oskar Schindler exploits the German confinement of Jews to build a business, but the cruelty of Nazi officers prompts him to acts of compassion and defiance.
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January 19, 2026 at 11:28 AM
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... - anyone in the US who isn’t concerned about where Trump & his mates want to take the country should watch this. Yes it’s not there yet by any means but if you asked people in Germany in 33 if this would happen most would have said no too.
Brilliant last night of the Panto @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social . #JohnElkington is an absolute legend as the Dame as he is every year. The last night is always special as the backstage crew join in & John ad libs hilariously causing mayhem on stage. Tickets already booked for next year.
January 18, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Brilliant last night of the Panto @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social . #JohnElkington is an absolute legend as the Dame as he is every year. The last night is always special as the backstage crew join in & John ad libs hilariously causing mayhem on stage. Tickets already booked for next year.
Breaking transfer news - Jenrick to Reform on a free. Expected to play wide right, but competition for places in that position with their other 5 players.
January 15, 2026 at 4:49 PM
Breaking transfer news - Jenrick to Reform on a free. Expected to play wide right, but competition for places in that position with their other 5 players.
Lovely tribute to Robbo in @wsc.co.uk magazine. We’ve lost the best player who wore the garibaldi, I’m lucky to be one of those who saw him in his prime. Hope the club follow through with the naming of the Bridgford End after him. Winning the Europa League would be a fitting tribute too! #NFFC
January 15, 2026 at 3:46 PM
Lovely tribute to Robbo in @wsc.co.uk magazine. We’ve lost the best player who wore the garibaldi, I’m lucky to be one of those who saw him in his prime. Hope the club follow through with the naming of the Bridgford End after him. Winning the Europa League would be a fitting tribute too! #NFFC
There should be a transfer window where all the Tories planning to join Reform can go - @theguardian.com could run a deadline day special - Big money move for Jenrick but will Johnson or Truss be next? Is there anyone Farage wouldn’t buy? Then someone can bring 115 charges against them?
💥Huge news in Tory/ Reform land
Robert Jenrick has been sacked from shadow cabinet and suspended from Conservative party after Kemi Badenoch said she was presented with “irrefutable evidence” he was planning.
Robert Jenrick has been sacked from shadow cabinet and suspended from Conservative party after Kemi Badenoch said she was presented with “irrefutable evidence” he was planning.
January 15, 2026 at 12:28 PM
There should be a transfer window where all the Tories planning to join Reform can go - @theguardian.com could run a deadline day special - Big money move for Jenrick but will Johnson or Truss be next? Is there anyone Farage wouldn’t buy? Then someone can bring 115 charges against them?
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Trump with a straight face: Denmark can't claim Greenland just because "they had a boat land there 500 years ago"
January 13, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Trump with a straight face: Denmark can't claim Greenland just because "they had a boat land there 500 years ago"
Excellent article in @leftlion.bsky.social by @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social about the importance of the play #Punch by @mrjamesgraham.bsky.social - bringing this story to the stage @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social - back for another run in March. Grab tickets while you can as suspect it will sell out
January 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
Excellent article in @leftlion.bsky.social by @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social about the importance of the play #Punch by @mrjamesgraham.bsky.social - bringing this story to the stage @nottmplayhouse.bsky.social - back for another run in March. Grab tickets while you can as suspect it will sell out
This is an excellent interview for those wanting an update on just how crazy the Trump administration is now. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social unpicks the current issues & shows how chaotic it is but also who is pulling the strings behind the scenes.
NEW: Weekend @newsagents.bsky.social
@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on America’s “neofascist” turn
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@mehdirhasan.bsky.social on America’s “neofascist” turn
Listen now
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Mehdi Hasan on America's 'Neo-Fascism'
Podcast Episode · The News Agents · 09/01/2026 · 43m
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January 13, 2026 at 11:24 AM
This is an excellent interview for those wanting an update on just how crazy the Trump administration is now. @mehdirhasan.bsky.social unpicks the current issues & shows how chaotic it is but also who is pulling the strings behind the scenes.
www.youtube.com/live/S4zSYGh... -
This is the full video of the city council meeting from yesterday. I made a couple of contributions- at 4 hrs 15mins on the need for a compassionate response to Asylum/Refugee issues & at 5 hrs 54 on the improvement in council finances & praising council staff etc
This is the full video of the city council meeting from yesterday. I made a couple of contributions- at 4 hrs 15mins on the need for a compassionate response to Asylum/Refugee issues & at 5 hrs 54 on the improvement in council finances & praising council staff etc
City Council 12 January 2026
YouTube video by Nottingham City Council
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January 13, 2026 at 9:25 AM
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This is the full video of the city council meeting from yesterday. I made a couple of contributions- at 4 hrs 15mins on the need for a compassionate response to Asylum/Refugee issues & at 5 hrs 54 on the improvement in council finances & praising council staff etc
This is the full video of the city council meeting from yesterday. I made a couple of contributions- at 4 hrs 15mins on the need for a compassionate response to Asylum/Refugee issues & at 5 hrs 54 on the improvement in council finances & praising council staff etc
Reposted by Steve Battlemuch
www.tumblr.com/followingfor... - my latest Forest blog looking at what’s been a quiet time over the past few games 😉 - seriously we need to keep some perspective from what’s been a disappointing season & realise what opportunities we still have ahead of us. Bring it on #NFFC
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Thanks for nothing Santa ... · I wrote my last blog after the Spurs victory, maybe our best performance under Dyche, certainly the best by Sangare. The Liverpool win for me was bet…
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January 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
www.tumblr.com/followingfor... - my latest Forest blog looking at what’s been a quiet time over the past few games 😉 - seriously we need to keep some perspective from what’s been a disappointing season & realise what opportunities we still have ahead of us. Bring it on #NFFC
www.tumblr.com/followingfor... - my latest Forest blog looking at what’s been a quiet time over the past few games 😉 - seriously we need to keep some perspective from what’s been a disappointing season & realise what opportunities we still have ahead of us. Bring it on #NFFC
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💬 0 🔁 0 ❤️ 0 · Thanks for nothing Santa ... · I wrote my last blog after the Spurs victory, maybe our best performance under Dyche, certainly the best by Sangare. The Liverpool win for me was bet…
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January 12, 2026 at 11:43 AM
www.tumblr.com/followingfor... - my latest Forest blog looking at what’s been a quiet time over the past few games 😉 - seriously we need to keep some perspective from what’s been a disappointing season & realise what opportunities we still have ahead of us. Bring it on #NFFC
Just read the latest @richardosman1.bsky.social book in the #ThursdayMurderClub series called #TheImpossibleFortune - full of the usual characters & plot twists linked by the lovely warm writing which makes them all seem so real. I did find a typo which could lead to a new career as a proofreader!
January 10, 2026 at 4:56 PM
Just read the latest @richardosman1.bsky.social book in the #ThursdayMurderClub series called #TheImpossibleFortune - full of the usual characters & plot twists linked by the lovely warm writing which makes them all seem so real. I did find a typo which could lead to a new career as a proofreader!
2025 - #NFFC
✅ Biggest win in PL 7-0
✅ Beating City & United
✅ Qualified for Europe
✅ FA Cup SF
✅ Anderson for England
✅ MGW & Murillo stay
❎ Don’t mention Nuno & Ange
✅ Welcome home DSW
✅ 3-0 win at Anfield
✅ On course for EL knock outs
🥲 Goodbye Robbo - Legend
✅ Biggest win in PL 7-0
✅ Beating City & United
✅ Qualified for Europe
✅ FA Cup SF
✅ Anderson for England
✅ MGW & Murillo stay
❎ Don’t mention Nuno & Ange
✅ Welcome home DSW
✅ 3-0 win at Anfield
✅ On course for EL knock outs
🥲 Goodbye Robbo - Legend
December 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
2025 - #NFFC
✅ Biggest win in PL 7-0
✅ Beating City & United
✅ Qualified for Europe
✅ FA Cup SF
✅ Anderson for England
✅ MGW & Murillo stay
❎ Don’t mention Nuno & Ange
✅ Welcome home DSW
✅ 3-0 win at Anfield
✅ On course for EL knock outs
🥲 Goodbye Robbo - Legend
✅ Biggest win in PL 7-0
✅ Beating City & United
✅ Qualified for Europe
✅ FA Cup SF
✅ Anderson for England
✅ MGW & Murillo stay
❎ Don’t mention Nuno & Ange
✅ Welcome home DSW
✅ 3-0 win at Anfield
✅ On course for EL knock outs
🥲 Goodbye Robbo - Legend
Lovely tributes to Robbo pre match from the fans & the club on the video screens. A battling performance against the richest team in the world where rules and (115) charges don’t apply. Need to take this spirit & performance into the Everton game. #NFFC
December 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Lovely tributes to Robbo pre match from the fans & the club on the video screens. A battling performance against the richest team in the world where rules and (115) charges don’t apply. Need to take this spirit & performance into the Everton game. #NFFC
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#NFFC 🌳🔴⚪🔴
GREATEST EVER - JOHN ROBERTSON - A TRIBUTE
@forestfocuspod.bsky.social TRIBUTE TO FOREST LEGEND JOHN ROBERTSON.
Contributions from Garry Birtles Darren Fletcher and @stevebattlemuch.bsky.social
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GREATEST EVER - JOHN ROBERTSON - A TRIBUTE
@forestfocuspod.bsky.social TRIBUTE TO FOREST LEGEND JOHN ROBERTSON.
Contributions from Garry Birtles Darren Fletcher and @stevebattlemuch.bsky.social
youtu.be/PQPVeV-fLYg?...
Nottingham Forest's greatest ever player John Robertson | A tribute
YouTube video by Forest Focus
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December 26, 2025 at 2:47 PM
#NFFC 🌳🔴⚪🔴
GREATEST EVER - JOHN ROBERTSON - A TRIBUTE
@forestfocuspod.bsky.social TRIBUTE TO FOREST LEGEND JOHN ROBERTSON.
Contributions from Garry Birtles Darren Fletcher and @stevebattlemuch.bsky.social
youtu.be/PQPVeV-fLYg?...
GREATEST EVER - JOHN ROBERTSON - A TRIBUTE
@forestfocuspod.bsky.social TRIBUTE TO FOREST LEGEND JOHN ROBERTSON.
Contributions from Garry Birtles Darren Fletcher and @stevebattlemuch.bsky.social
youtu.be/PQPVeV-fLYg?...
Some Robbo stats. Clough moved him from central midfield where he wore the 6 shirt to outside left 11. The rest is history-
In 3 seasons 77/80 he played every minute of 183 games in all competitions. Never even substituted. Scored 52 goals. Assisted loads. Our greatest player. Legend #NFFC
In 3 seasons 77/80 he played every minute of 183 games in all competitions. Never even substituted. Scored 52 goals. Assisted loads. Our greatest player. Legend #NFFC
December 26, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Some Robbo stats. Clough moved him from central midfield where he wore the 6 shirt to outside left 11. The rest is history-
In 3 seasons 77/80 he played every minute of 183 games in all competitions. Never even substituted. Scored 52 goals. Assisted loads. Our greatest player. Legend #NFFC
In 3 seasons 77/80 he played every minute of 183 games in all competitions. Never even substituted. Scored 52 goals. Assisted loads. Our greatest player. Legend #NFFC
Was delighted to meet him in 2018. He was as lovely off the pitch, as he was brilliant on it. The best player I’ve seen in a Forest shirt. Was unstoppable between 77-81. Hardly missed a game. When he got the ball everyone knew something special was about to happen. Legend. #NFFC #RIPROBBO
December 25, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Reliving my youth with the Madness night on BBC2. Oh the joy of being that age.
December 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Reliving my youth with the Madness night on BBC2. Oh the joy of being that age.