Joanna Booth
@stillawake17.bsky.social
“A thorn in the side of every bureaucrat apparatchik”
OU; UWE Data Science
Bristol. Joannab.substack.com
OU; UWE Data Science
Bristol. Joannab.substack.com
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For example: Try researching Gloucestershire Constabulary -'The Worst In The West' - any period but especially the last 50-70 years & see how far you get (likewise Avon & Somerset Constabulary).
@jemmywood.bsky.social @tballam.bsky.social @bristolcitizen.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
@jemmywood.bsky.social @tballam.bsky.social @bristolcitizen.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
September 25, 2025 at 10:48 AM
For example: Try researching Gloucestershire Constabulary -'The Worst In The West' - any period but especially the last 50-70 years & see how far you get (likewise Avon & Somerset Constabulary).
@jemmywood.bsky.social @tballam.bsky.social @bristolcitizen.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
@jemmywood.bsky.social @tballam.bsky.social @bristolcitizen.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
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Hear the celebrated broadcaster and historian Jonathan Dimbleby on his latest book, The #Palestinians on Nov 25 at
@designwest.bsky.social. 6.30pm. Please share. #Bristol #Palestine www.justaboutbooks.com
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1942256805...
@designwest.bsky.social. 6.30pm. Please share. #Bristol #Palestine www.justaboutbooks.com
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1942256805...
November 19, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Hear the celebrated broadcaster and historian Jonathan Dimbleby on his latest book, The #Palestinians on Nov 25 at
@designwest.bsky.social. 6.30pm. Please share. #Bristol #Palestine www.justaboutbooks.com
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1942256805...
@designwest.bsky.social. 6.30pm. Please share. #Bristol #Palestine www.justaboutbooks.com
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1942256805...
Well said, Paula O’Rourke.
“Councillors, unlike private citizens, do not have a right to be protected from offence. We are elected precisely to listen to those we represent, including when what we hear is difficult."
The cllrs who walked out should resign.
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
“Councillors, unlike private citizens, do not have a right to be protected from offence. We are elected precisely to listen to those we represent, including when what we hear is difficult."
The cllrs who walked out should resign.
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Former lord mayor resigns from Green group at City Hall
Paula O'Rourke's resignation puts the Greens back to 34 out of 70 seats at City Hall
www.bristol247.com
November 19, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Well said, Paula O’Rourke.
“Councillors, unlike private citizens, do not have a right to be protected from offence. We are elected precisely to listen to those we represent, including when what we hear is difficult."
The cllrs who walked out should resign.
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
“Councillors, unlike private citizens, do not have a right to be protected from offence. We are elected precisely to listen to those we represent, including when what we hear is difficult."
The cllrs who walked out should resign.
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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@yanksinbristol.bsky.social @yooge.bsky.social @bristolcitizen.bsky.social @uobrishistory.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social @adamchapman.bsky.social (& others)
1. Continuing the series of Men who were Shot at Dawn WW1:
Alfred Leonard Jeffries was born in 1886, Bristol. He was the son of Leonard George Jeffries and Georgina White.
Alfred joined the 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. Rank Private. Service No. 9970. #WW1 #shotatdawn
Alfred Leonard Jeffries was born in 1886, Bristol. He was the son of Leonard George Jeffries and Georgina White.
Alfred joined the 6th Battalion Somerset Light Infantry. Rank Private. Service No. 9970. #WW1 #shotatdawn
September 19, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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TC: This seems absent from todays' national media - ASP news management yet again?
'It was only an airgun' is unacceptable.
@bristolcitizen.bsky.social @thebristolcable.bsky.social @bristol247.bsky.social @bristolcopwatch.bsky.social @beardedjourno.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
'It was only an airgun' is unacceptable.
@bristolcitizen.bsky.social @thebristolcable.bsky.social @bristol247.bsky.social @bristolcopwatch.bsky.social @beardedjourno.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
Spent the afternoon in north Bristol where police are doing door to door inquiries after a 9 yr old girl was shot in a racially aggravated attack.
There was shock & disgust but also the community rallying round the family of the poor girl.
Read more here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
There was shock & disgust but also the community rallying round the family of the poor girl.
Read more here:
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Neighbours' horror at racist shooting of young girl in Bristol street
"It’s awful, such a violent attack on their family and our community"
www.bristolpost.co.uk
September 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
TC: This seems absent from todays' national media - ASP news management yet again?
'It was only an airgun' is unacceptable.
@bristolcitizen.bsky.social @thebristolcable.bsky.social @bristol247.bsky.social @bristolcopwatch.bsky.social @beardedjourno.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
'It was only an airgun' is unacceptable.
@bristolcitizen.bsky.social @thebristolcable.bsky.social @bristol247.bsky.social @bristolcopwatch.bsky.social @beardedjourno.bsky.social @stillawake17.bsky.social (etc)
I’m starting a PhD at the University of Bristol this month.
I'll be working on predicting higher education access rates for young people engaged with care, by local authority.
It’s easier to look at the numbers and statistical models than read of the heartache of generations being abandoned.
I'll be working on predicting higher education access rates for young people engaged with care, by local authority.
It’s easier to look at the numbers and statistical models than read of the heartache of generations being abandoned.
September 11, 2025 at 5:52 PM
I’m starting a PhD at the University of Bristol this month.
I'll be working on predicting higher education access rates for young people engaged with care, by local authority.
It’s easier to look at the numbers and statistical models than read of the heartache of generations being abandoned.
I'll be working on predicting higher education access rates for young people engaged with care, by local authority.
It’s easier to look at the numbers and statistical models than read of the heartache of generations being abandoned.
Three boys – Max, Mason and Darrian – lost their lives in just three weeks.
A review into youth violence was commissioned and it exposes how Bristol’s most vulnerable children are failed: SEND delays, parents spied on, South Bristol left behind, and Black boys excluded.
A review into youth violence was commissioned and it exposes how Bristol’s most vulnerable children are failed: SEND delays, parents spied on, South Bristol left behind, and Black boys excluded.
September 11, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Three boys – Max, Mason and Darrian – lost their lives in just three weeks.
A review into youth violence was commissioned and it exposes how Bristol’s most vulnerable children are failed: SEND delays, parents spied on, South Bristol left behind, and Black boys excluded.
A review into youth violence was commissioned and it exposes how Bristol’s most vulnerable children are failed: SEND delays, parents spied on, South Bristol left behind, and Black boys excluded.
The Green administration are complicit in not investigating Marvin Rees’ payments from companies he gave contracts to. They helped delete and hide his emails.
Thanks, Private Eye.
Thanks, Private Eye.
September 9, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The Green administration are complicit in not investigating Marvin Rees’ payments from companies he gave contracts to. They helped delete and hide his emails.
Thanks, Private Eye.
Thanks, Private Eye.
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It's embarrassing that, as a Brit, I'm better represented on the world stage by the Spanish PM than I am that contemptible sack of pink goo that was poured into Downing St.
#r4today #Israel #Gaza
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/08/m...
#r4today #Israel #Gaza
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/08/m...
September 9, 2025 at 6:24 AM
It's embarrassing that, as a Brit, I'm better represented on the world stage by the Spanish PM than I am that contemptible sack of pink goo that was poured into Downing St.
#r4today #Israel #Gaza
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/08/m...
#r4today #Israel #Gaza
edition.cnn.com/2025/09/08/m...
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Ofsted will push ahead with plans for a new "report card" system of inspecting schools in England, despite strong criticism from a coalition of school leaders, campaigners and former inspectors. One card will rate how inclusive a school is www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx...
Ofsted to bring in report card school inspections despite criticism
A new monitoring system will also be introduced, so schools can improve negative grades more quickly.
www.bbc.com
September 9, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Ofsted will push ahead with plans for a new "report card" system of inspecting schools in England, despite strong criticism from a coalition of school leaders, campaigners and former inspectors. One card will rate how inclusive a school is www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx...
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Now we know the timeline....
Was Darren Jones’ new role (which otherwise looks like a risky demotion from being Chief Secretary in the Treasury) actually created by Starmer as a kind of waiting room
- so that Jones can smoothly become Deputy PM for all domestic policies when Rayner has to go?
Was Darren Jones’ new role (which otherwise looks like a risky demotion from being Chief Secretary in the Treasury) actually created by Starmer as a kind of waiting room
- so that Jones can smoothly become Deputy PM for all domestic policies when Rayner has to go?
I think this is about where we are with regards Angela Rayner. The only doubt is, if the media has some more dirt on her.
September 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Now we know the timeline....
Was Darren Jones’ new role (which otherwise looks like a risky demotion from being Chief Secretary in the Treasury) actually created by Starmer as a kind of waiting room
- so that Jones can smoothly become Deputy PM for all domestic policies when Rayner has to go?
Was Darren Jones’ new role (which otherwise looks like a risky demotion from being Chief Secretary in the Treasury) actually created by Starmer as a kind of waiting room
- so that Jones can smoothly become Deputy PM for all domestic policies when Rayner has to go?
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Labour and Greens in Bristol are both complicit in keeping Marvin’s payments secret.
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Labour and Greens in Bristol are both complicit in keeping Marvin’s payments secret.
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
Labour and Greens in Bristol are both complicit in keeping Marvin’s payments secret.
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
September 4, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Labour and Greens in Bristol are both complicit in keeping Marvin’s payments secret.
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
Why is he still being paid by Ameresco?
What are they paying him for and was it before or after the company was handed a £1 billion contract with the council?
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Homelessness crisis in the UK.
Outcome of real wage/benefit cuts, never-ending austerity, sale of council homes, emasculation of local councils, lack of affordable/social housing, corporate profiteering, no rent controls, appeasing corporations/rich.
archive.ph/TV6JG
Outcome of real wage/benefit cuts, never-ending austerity, sale of council homes, emasculation of local councils, lack of affordable/social housing, corporate profiteering, no rent controls, appeasing corporations/rich.
archive.ph/TV6JG
September 3, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Homelessness crisis in the UK.
Outcome of real wage/benefit cuts, never-ending austerity, sale of council homes, emasculation of local councils, lack of affordable/social housing, corporate profiteering, no rent controls, appeasing corporations/rich.
archive.ph/TV6JG
Outcome of real wage/benefit cuts, never-ending austerity, sale of council homes, emasculation of local councils, lack of affordable/social housing, corporate profiteering, no rent controls, appeasing corporations/rich.
archive.ph/TV6JG
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US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio.
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio
Billionaire hedge fund boss says other investors are too scared of Trump to speak out
www.ft.com
September 3, 2025 at 6:49 AM
US sliding towards 1930s-style autocracy, warns Ray Dalio.
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
Neoliberalism blames minorities for problems, not corporate capitalism, inequalities, concentration of wealth or political corruption
In Farage, the UK has a Trump clone who will deprive people of human and workers rights.
archive.ph/xUeJ8
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No. Spying as in literally having staff physically following me around Bristol covertly to see what I say about the council. Then discussing it. And removing EHCP provision as a result. It’s the bit the press never mentions
August 21, 2025 at 6:09 PM
No. Spying as in literally having staff physically following me around Bristol covertly to see what I say about the council. Then discussing it. And removing EHCP provision as a result. It’s the bit the press never mentions
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A new Business Board representing the breadth of the West’s economy will build on the LEP's work.
Jo Dally and Nick Sturge will chair it, as my new Business Advisors.
Together we’ll back business, win investment, create jobs, and drive growth: tinyurl.com/WestBusinessBoard
Jo Dally and Nick Sturge will chair it, as my new Business Advisors.
Together we’ll back business, win investment, create jobs, and drive growth: tinyurl.com/WestBusinessBoard
July 23, 2025 at 2:59 PM
The Green administration should have set up enquiries on Bristol Energy, SEND spying, the arena, Stepping Up & the Barton House evacuation as a minimum.
Instead, they chose not to confront the potential misuse of power at all.
See video for refusal to pursue SEND spying.
youtu.be/R921fmE_iSQ?...
Instead, they chose not to confront the potential misuse of power at all.
See video for refusal to pursue SEND spying.
youtu.be/R921fmE_iSQ?...
Green Councillor who supported parent carers who were spied on by Bristol City Council changes tune
YouTube video by Joanna Booth
youtu.be
July 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The Green administration should have set up enquiries on Bristol Energy, SEND spying, the arena, Stepping Up & the Barton House evacuation as a minimum.
Instead, they chose not to confront the potential misuse of power at all.
See video for refusal to pursue SEND spying.
youtu.be/R921fmE_iSQ?...
Instead, they chose not to confront the potential misuse of power at all.
See video for refusal to pursue SEND spying.
youtu.be/R921fmE_iSQ?...
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The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting the enclave’s economy with a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone”.
www.ft.com/content/0b1b...
www.ft.com/content/0b1b...
Tony Blair’s staff took part in ‘Gaza Riviera’ project with BCG
Former UK prime minister’s institute participated in meetings on plan to turn shattered enclave into trading hub
www.ft.com
July 6, 2025 at 4:30 PM
The Tony Blair Institute participated in a project to develop a postwar Gaza plan that envisaged kick-starting the enclave’s economy with a “Trump Riviera” and an “Elon Musk Smart Manufacturing Zone”.
www.ft.com/content/0b1b...
www.ft.com/content/0b1b...
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🔑We wrote this no-nonsense guide for campaigners, community groups, journalists, and anyone curious to find out more about the local state right now researchforaction.uk/guide-local-... #LocalGov #LocalDemocracy #CouncilsInCrisis #Accountability #Governance #Devolution #Councils
GUIDE: Local councils in crisis and how Westminster intervenes – Research for Action
researchforaction.uk
July 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
🔑We wrote this no-nonsense guide for campaigners, community groups, journalists, and anyone curious to find out more about the local state right now researchforaction.uk/guide-local-... #LocalGov #LocalDemocracy #CouncilsInCrisis #Accountability #Governance #Devolution #Councils
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This is just getting silly. People are sending me copies of @quantick.bsky.social’s very excellent book on The White Album to give away. I have two earmarked for distribution but if anyone wants the third DM me.
July 17, 2025 at 6:53 PM
This is just getting silly. People are sending me copies of @quantick.bsky.social’s very excellent book on The White Album to give away. I have two earmarked for distribution but if anyone wants the third DM me.
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'Freedom of Information'? Me for Politics Home on FOI at 20
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
Freedom of Information: populist irritation or popular democratic tool?
Tony Blair thought it was one of his worst mistakes and many if not all his successors agree, but Ben Worthy says that for the most part Freedom of...
www.politicshome.com
March 4, 2025 at 1:41 PM
'Freedom of Information'? Me for Politics Home on FOI at 20
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
www.politicshome.com/thehouse/art...
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