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Andy Westwood
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Public Policy Prof at University of Manchester. On a mission.
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…and talking of bonfires an unofficial one nearby recently put paid to another local landmark. Would be good to save Holbeche House from a similar fate.
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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More here about Holbeche House and association with Gunpowder Plot, Guy Fawkes and Bonfire Night.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...
Dudley mansion linked to Gunpowder plot added to at-risk register
Holbeche House in Dudley is known as the final hiding place for some of the 1605 plotters.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Spending circa £20m on education in deprived areas is a good idea. But think you’d get better vfm/impact from other projects? Last have proper competition open to schools, FE, HE and LA and find out?
November 3, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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And only a mile from Chequers…
November 3, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Wherever we looked for the prominent flaggers and leaders of this movement, we found people smugglers and sex doll salesmen, people with dubious criminal pasts and people willing to put in a good word for Adolf Hitler.

manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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I think Steve Hilton used to trot that line out?
October 28, 2025 at 6:11 PM