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Ian Blades
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Labour Councillor for Berwick Hills and Pallister, Middlesbrough Council.
Works for PD Ports.
My opinion not The Council, Labour group or PDPorts.
ian_blades@middlesbrough.gov.uk
GMB: UTB.
Very rich people sell their house so they can retire to the sun, get free advert from not one, but two publicly funded reporters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ripley Castle owners say retirement is behind reason for sale
Sir Thomas and Lady Ingilby say selling the estate will allow them to spend more time together.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 2, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Ironometers across the United Kingdom just violently exploded and satirists across the land put their pens down because there truly is no point anymore.
November 30, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Fake news headlines from the BBC!!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The savings will be retained in defence and all personnel will be redeployed or retrained"

So not quite "cuts"
£500m defence cuts as ships, drones and helicopters scrapped
Critics said the move would leave UK defence weaker, at a time of growing international tensions and after over a decade of funding pressures on the armed forces.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2024 at 8:20 PM
Reposted by Ian Blades
One of the biggest shifts in housing policy over the past 50 years: we went from subsiding bricks and mortar, to subsidising landlords
November 14, 2024 at 9:39 PM
Will Musk's desperate electioneering of #Trump prove to be the death of #Twitter?
Currently 1M people a day are joining #Bluesky.
November 14, 2024 at 7:44 PM
7 of us have had 2 days talking and listening to 6 really diverse and brilliant candidates for CEO of our council.
I'm extremely excited to announce that we've made the decision and have; subject to exec and full council approval, decided on our councils new CE.
Announcement due tomorrow morning.
November 13, 2024 at 10:54 PM
I don't want to live in a social media bubble. I don't want to follow only like minded people- we need to learn and understand all views.
I didn't think I'd ever say this.
True old fashioned Tories welcome to follow- I'll follow back.
November 13, 2024 at 10:36 PM
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Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!
November 13, 2024 at 11:26 AM
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Please use the hashtag #Teesside to find other Teessiders to connect with. There’s also a follow list I’m cultivating currently pinned to my page if you want to share outside of the platform too. I will keep updating as more people join. Let’s rebuild our online community 💖
November 13, 2024 at 5:33 PM
As we move away from the other place, this becomes our new home.
November 13, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Should I now sell the EV?
Anyone got a gas guzzler to sell or swap?
September 20, 2023 at 8:20 PM
This is a poor report, most of the real details have been deliberately missed out.

Government could step in to run Middlesbrough Council if it does not sort out its governance woes - Teesside Live (gazettelive.co.uk)
September 20, 2023 at 9:23 AM
Is #Houchen amongst us?
September 19, 2023 at 9:12 PM
With Twitter suggesting it might charge.

How much would you pay for a good social media site?
September 19, 2023 at 10:43 AM