Vince Barry-Stanners
@vbarrystanners.bsky.social
Carers rights activist. Community campaigner. Passionate about building fairer, Co-operative futures.
We've been back out speaking to local people in Westerhope this morning - even if it was a bit chilly outside 🥶
It was great to speak with so many people about the issues which matter locally and to get such a warm reception despite the weather!
It was great to speak with so many people about the issues which matter locally and to get such a warm reception despite the weather!
January 3, 2026 at 3:27 PM
We've been back out speaking to local people in Westerhope this morning - even if it was a bit chilly outside 🥶
It was great to speak with so many people about the issues which matter locally and to get such a warm reception despite the weather!
It was great to speak with so many people about the issues which matter locally and to get such a warm reception despite the weather!
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🎆Reflections on 2025. Hopes for 2026
A year of growth, confidence and impact for CCIN — more members, new toolkits, bold policy work and cooperators leading change locally and nationally.
Read our Chairs full reflections at: thenews.coop/2025-in-review…
A year of growth, confidence and impact for CCIN — more members, new toolkits, bold policy work and cooperators leading change locally and nationally.
Read our Chairs full reflections at: thenews.coop/2025-in-review…
December 31, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🎆Reflections on 2025. Hopes for 2026
A year of growth, confidence and impact for CCIN — more members, new toolkits, bold policy work and cooperators leading change locally and nationally.
Read our Chairs full reflections at: thenews.coop/2025-in-review…
A year of growth, confidence and impact for CCIN — more members, new toolkits, bold policy work and cooperators leading change locally and nationally.
Read our Chairs full reflections at: thenews.coop/2025-in-review…
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🎄 Christmas is about communities coming together - and across the country councils are helping communities achieve more.
Want to find out more about how your council can empower your communities?
Check out our Crowdfunding Toolkit today at 👇🏼
www.councils.coop/resources/to...
Want to find out more about how your council can empower your communities?
Check out our Crowdfunding Toolkit today at 👇🏼
www.councils.coop/resources/to...
December 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🎄 Christmas is about communities coming together - and across the country councils are helping communities achieve more.
Want to find out more about how your council can empower your communities?
Check out our Crowdfunding Toolkit today at 👇🏼
www.councils.coop/resources/to...
Want to find out more about how your council can empower your communities?
Check out our Crowdfunding Toolkit today at 👇🏼
www.councils.coop/resources/to...
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Over 1 in 4 women face domestic abuse. 97% of young women report harassment. Councils are acting: our report shows how co‑operative values can tackle VAWG & make communities safer. Read more at www.councils.coop/publication/...
December 18, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Over 1 in 4 women face domestic abuse. 97% of young women report harassment. Councils are acting: our report shows how co‑operative values can tackle VAWG & make communities safer. Read more at www.councils.coop/publication/...
Yesterday I joined volunteers from Nourish Food School and Church of the Holy Spirit, Denton to undertake a Level 2 Qualification in Food Hygiene.
I'm pleased to say I passed with full marks - so will be able to get further stuck in helping support the community.
I'm pleased to say I passed with full marks - so will be able to get further stuck in helping support the community.
December 16, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Yesterday I joined volunteers from Nourish Food School and Church of the Holy Spirit, Denton to undertake a Level 2 Qualification in Food Hygiene.
I'm pleased to say I passed with full marks - so will be able to get further stuck in helping support the community.
I'm pleased to say I passed with full marks - so will be able to get further stuck in helping support the community.
Standing in Solidarity This Hanukkah 🕎
Hanukkah is a story of resilience — light shining against overwhelming odds. May its flames be a beacon of comfort, and a reminder that love and community must always be stronger than hate.
Hanukkah is a story of resilience — light shining against overwhelming odds. May its flames be a beacon of comfort, and a reminder that love and community must always be stronger than hate.
December 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Standing in Solidarity This Hanukkah 🕎
Hanukkah is a story of resilience — light shining against overwhelming odds. May its flames be a beacon of comfort, and a reminder that love and community must always be stronger than hate.
Hanukkah is a story of resilience — light shining against overwhelming odds. May its flames be a beacon of comfort, and a reminder that love and community must always be stronger than hate.
If you've been watching the press you might assume it's all doom and gloom in Britain... but there are good things happening which will make a real difference to working people in our country. Here's 5 👇🏼
November 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
If you've been watching the press you might assume it's all doom and gloom in Britain... but there are good things happening which will make a real difference to working people in our country. Here's 5 👇🏼
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
We will remember them.
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
We will remember them.
November 9, 2025 at 9:58 AM
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
We will remember them.
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted;
They fell with their faces to the foe.
We will remember them.
I'm proud to have backed @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to be our next Deputy Labour Leader.
She's principled, has a track record of delivery as Education Secretary, and will be a powerful voice who will help unite our party and put members and our values at the heart of the cabinet.
#BackBridget
She's principled, has a track record of delivery as Education Secretary, and will be a powerful voice who will help unite our party and put members and our values at the heart of the cabinet.
#BackBridget
October 11, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'm proud to have backed @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social to be our next Deputy Labour Leader.
She's principled, has a track record of delivery as Education Secretary, and will be a powerful voice who will help unite our party and put members and our values at the heart of the cabinet.
#BackBridget
She's principled, has a track record of delivery as Education Secretary, and will be a powerful voice who will help unite our party and put members and our values at the heart of the cabinet.
#BackBridget
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Happy Pride Month from all of us at the Co-operative Party!
This Pride Month, and every month, we celebrate our LGBTQ+ Co-operators and stand with LGBTQ+ communities across the UK. 🏳️🌈✊
This Pride Month, and every month, we celebrate our LGBTQ+ Co-operators and stand with LGBTQ+ communities across the UK. 🏳️🌈✊
June 1, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Happy Pride Month from all of us at the Co-operative Party!
This Pride Month, and every month, we celebrate our LGBTQ+ Co-operators and stand with LGBTQ+ communities across the UK. 🏳️🌈✊
This Pride Month, and every month, we celebrate our LGBTQ+ Co-operators and stand with LGBTQ+ communities across the UK. 🏳️🌈✊
Love you @sbarrystanners.bsky.social - four years of people calling me Stanners bizarrely 😂
4 years as Mr Barry-Stanners, 4 years having to correct people that my name isn't Barry 😂 Happy Anniversary @vbarrystanners.bsky.social love you x
May 22, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Love you @sbarrystanners.bsky.social - four years of people calling me Stanners bizarrely 😂
A great afternoon yesterday at the litter pick I helped organise with the local church.
Over 20 bags of litter collected, a MUGA cleared up, and a lovely time getting to know other local people in the sun 🌞
#LoveWhereYouLive
Over 20 bags of litter collected, a MUGA cleared up, and a lovely time getting to know other local people in the sun 🌞
#LoveWhereYouLive
April 3, 2025 at 9:34 AM
A great afternoon yesterday at the litter pick I helped organise with the local church.
Over 20 bags of litter collected, a MUGA cleared up, and a lovely time getting to know other local people in the sun 🌞
#LoveWhereYouLive
Over 20 bags of litter collected, a MUGA cleared up, and a lovely time getting to know other local people in the sun 🌞
#LoveWhereYouLive
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Dan Burn starts for England at Wembley this evening and will make his international debut! 😍🏴
We’re buzzing for you, Dan! 🫶
We’re buzzing for you, Dan! 🫶
March 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Dan Burn starts for England at Wembley this evening and will make his international debut! 😍🏴
We’re buzzing for you, Dan! 🫶
We’re buzzing for you, Dan! 🫶
Geddon Lads! What a cracking goal - ending the first half on a high. Let's keep it up!
March 16, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Geddon Lads! What a cracking goal - ending the first half on a high. Let's keep it up!
It isn't a problem of "overdiagnosis", it's an issue of systemic lack of resources.
Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Wes Streeting: there is overdiagnosis of mental health conditions
Health secretary says too many people are being ‘written off’ and that is driving ministers’ changes to welfare
The health secretary, Wes Streeting, has said he believes there is an “overdiagnosis” of some mental health conditions as well as “too many…
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It isn't a problem of "overdiagnosis", it's an issue of systemic lack of resources.
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The Co-op is “not a business,” says a Conservative frontbencher. 🤨
The Co-op is a business owned by its customers, who support stronger rights for workers and know that looking after colleagues is good business sense.
Maybe one to learn from?
The Co-op is a business owned by its customers, who support stronger rights for workers and know that looking after colleagues is good business sense.
Maybe one to learn from?
March 11, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Co-op is “not a business,” says a Conservative frontbencher. 🤨
The Co-op is a business owned by its customers, who support stronger rights for workers and know that looking after colleagues is good business sense.
Maybe one to learn from?
The Co-op is a business owned by its customers, who support stronger rights for workers and know that looking after colleagues is good business sense.
Maybe one to learn from?
Council tax is a regressive tax and needs to be overhauled.
Low-income families now spend a significant proportion of their income on Council Tax, bringing back Poll Tax-style problems.
While the lowest income households spend 5% of their income on Council Tax (after discounts have been applied), for the richest households it is just 1%.
While the lowest income households spend 5% of their income on Council Tax (after discounts have been applied), for the richest households it is just 1%.
March 11, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Council tax is a regressive tax and needs to be overhauled.
The AfD underperformed in yesterday's federal elections in Germany.
Unfortunately, the reality is that despite the AfD not achieving the result they wanted, they remain a significant threat and will now likely form the first far-right opposition in Germany since Nazi's ascendancy in the 1920s.
Unfortunately, the reality is that despite the AfD not achieving the result they wanted, they remain a significant threat and will now likely form the first far-right opposition in Germany since Nazi's ascendancy in the 1920s.
February 24, 2025 at 12:57 AM
The AfD underperformed in yesterday's federal elections in Germany.
Unfortunately, the reality is that despite the AfD not achieving the result they wanted, they remain a significant threat and will now likely form the first far-right opposition in Germany since Nazi's ascendancy in the 1920s.
Unfortunately, the reality is that despite the AfD not achieving the result they wanted, they remain a significant threat and will now likely form the first far-right opposition in Germany since Nazi's ascendancy in the 1920s.
This isn't massively shocking; declining living standards caused by populist decisions and governments are bound to have left young people feeling worse off than their parents.
Gen Z Britons feel they are worse off than their parents were at their age
Career opportunities
Better off: 30%
About the same: 15%
Worse off: 43%
Happiness
Better off: 24%
About the same: 12%
Worse off: 51%
Finances
Better off: 15%
About the same: 25%
Worse off: 43%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
Career opportunities
Better off: 30%
About the same: 15%
Worse off: 43%
Happiness
Better off: 24%
About the same: 12%
Worse off: 51%
Finances
Better off: 15%
About the same: 25%
Worse off: 43%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
February 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
This isn't massively shocking; declining living standards caused by populist decisions and governments are bound to have left young people feeling worse off than their parents.
I spoke to the Neighbourhood Police in West Denton & Westerhope today about anti-social behaviour and motorbike disorder in the area.
If you have any concerns about non-emergency crime, make sure to report it to 101 so it can be logged and used as evidence to inform police operations.
If you have any concerns about non-emergency crime, make sure to report it to 101 so it can be logged and used as evidence to inform police operations.
January 25, 2025 at 6:07 PM
I spoke to the Neighbourhood Police in West Denton & Westerhope today about anti-social behaviour and motorbike disorder in the area.
If you have any concerns about non-emergency crime, make sure to report it to 101 so it can be logged and used as evidence to inform police operations.
If you have any concerns about non-emergency crime, make sure to report it to 101 so it can be logged and used as evidence to inform police operations.
Was a bit of a blistery #LabourDoorstep in West Denton today, but it didn't put us off!
This morning Cllr @dangreenhough.bsky.social and @chionwurah.bsky.social were joined by volunteers to speak with residents in West Denton.
December 21, 2024 at 9:25 PM
Was a bit of a blistery #LabourDoorstep in West Denton today, but it didn't put us off!
Preach 🙌🏼
The amount of games in my Steam library I haven't played is sad.
The amount of games in my Steam library I haven't played is sad.
buying video games to fill up your steam library is a different hobby to actually playing the games lol
November 27, 2024 at 2:20 PM
Preach 🙌🏼
The amount of games in my Steam library I haven't played is sad.
The amount of games in my Steam library I haven't played is sad.
It's that time of year again! #MerryWoofmas
November 24, 2024 at 5:55 PM
It's that time of year again! #MerryWoofmas
With America in retreat from the global stage & Germany/France too divided to lead, is this the moment Britain once again comes to the forefront as a global player and leader of the democratic world?
NEW: PM says he has no plans or speak to Putin in wake of Scholz call as he urges allies to “double down on shoring up support for Ukraine” and says must to that for “as long as it takes”. Here’s the exchange
November 17, 2024 at 6:06 PM
With America in retreat from the global stage & Germany/France too divided to lead, is this the moment Britain once again comes to the forefront as a global player and leader of the democratic world?
Couldn't ask for a better mam.
(Not to be confused with my mum 😉 - #NorthSouthDivide)
(Not to be confused with my mum 😉 - #NorthSouthDivide)
Give my wondeful mam a follow at @lilann1.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 8:02 PM
Couldn't ask for a better mam.
(Not to be confused with my mum 😉 - #NorthSouthDivide)
(Not to be confused with my mum 😉 - #NorthSouthDivide)