George Ryall
@gryall.uk
Scout leading, ale drinking, tuba playing, astrophysicist, town councillor, @prospectunion.bsky.social NEC member, Gloucester Rugby fan. All views expressed are my own.
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November 28, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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'Unions secured stronger rights by returning to the negotiating table — delivering real protections for workers now' says Mike Clancy of @prospectunion.bsky.social
‘To deliver day-one rights, unions like mine chose strategy over stalemate’ – LabourList
Perhaps the strangest perception of trade unions that exists in the modern media landscape is that we are people who hate to negotiate. I have…
labourlist.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:47 AM
'Unions secured stronger rights by returning to the negotiating table — delivering real protections for workers now' says Mike Clancy of @prospectunion.bsky.social
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"It would mean more people could benefit from those frequent Central Line services. It is exactly what I hoped this Labour government might do.
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
The Weekly Howl
The British government just did something I agree with, and it feels almost gross to mention it. Also: who invented the week? And some Beeching-themed maps.
jonn.substack.com
November 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
"It would mean more people could benefit from those frequent Central Line services. It is exactly what I hoped this Labour government might do.
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
"And I almost missed it, because they instead won’t shut up about being horrible to foreigners."
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![Cartoon by Stephen Collins for The Guardian. Script as follows:
[scene is Winston Churchill in a bbc studio, giving his 'finest hour' speech]
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CHURCHILL:
The whole fury and might of the enemy must very soon be turned on us.
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CHURCHILL:
Hitler knows that he will have to break us in this Island or lose the war.
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CHURCHILL:
If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free
and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sun-
BBC PRESENTER:
Thank you prime minister
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BBC PRESENTER:
Mr hitler, your response?
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HITLER [in the studio]:
Vell zis is hysterical woke nonsense as usual from mr Churchill
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HITLER:
What we are proposing -
CHURCHILL:
Hang on
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HITLER:
Let me finish - what we are proposing eez a simple power-sharing arrangement -
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CHURCHILL:
What's he doing here
BBC PRESENTER:
It's important we hear both sides of the debate
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CHURCHILL:
This isn't a debate
You don't debate fascists
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HITLER:
Oh here we go with ze Godwins law!
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HITLER:
Why must you people always compare ze things you don't like to 'fascists, Nazis, Hitler'...
CHURCHILL:
Because you are a fascist Nazi Hit-
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HITLER [standing up, saluting]:
RAUSS!
BBC PRESENTER:
*Please* Mr Churchill let him speak
[ends]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreibw4ldc3fhslbvxgy2oqrof2oys5kpgh7zu6a5f3usmx3lf4547qm@jpeg)
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Not only is the 2.5% affordability setting concerning given inflation, but fundamental reform is also needed to introduce pay progression and respond to in-demand specialist skills recruitment and retention challenges. See my @prospectunion.bsky.social comments in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social
Cabinet Office recommends that the total increase in the paybill for the SCS for 2026-27 should be no higher than 2.5%
www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...
Senior civil service pay rise should be 2.5% or less, Cabinet Office says
Government asks Senior Salaries Review Body to prioritise measures from upcoming fundamental review of SCS pay
www.civilserviceworld.com
November 1, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Not only is the 2.5% affordability setting concerning given inflation, but fundamental reform is also needed to introduce pay progression and respond to in-demand specialist skills recruitment and retention challenges. See my @prospectunion.bsky.social comments in @civilserviceworld.bsky.social
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🚨 Prospect warns that Reform's plan to shift public sector pensions from defined benefit to defined contribution for new entrants could end up costing taxpayers tens of billions rather than saving money.
Read more in @theguardian.com
Read more in @theguardian.com
Reform’s public-sector pensions plan could cost billions extra, union warns
Prospect says proposals to make payouts less generous would damage public finances rather than save money
www.theguardian.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:06 PM
🚨 Prospect warns that Reform's plan to shift public sector pensions from defined benefit to defined contribution for new entrants could end up costing taxpayers tens of billions rather than saving money.
Read more in @theguardian.com
Read more in @theguardian.com
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OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
October 18, 2025 at 7:34 PM
OK guys, post your best signs from today for entry into my Top 15 No Kings Sign Contest.
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Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
October 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.
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Whoever filmed this is a genius.
French President Emmanuel Macron phoned President Donald Trump after being stopped at a New York intersection that was being blocked off for his U.S. counterpart's motorcade during the United Nations General Assembly.
September 23, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Whoever filmed this is a genius.
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The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.
September 22, 2025 at 7:43 AM
The true question right now is whether you believe in the moral character of the British public. If you do, you'll want to have the fight with Reform. You'll believe that the public will hate the idea of breaking up families, spying on & deporting people who've worked here for years.
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Do you know how badly things have to be going in America for us to be owned this hard by the Dutch? The Dutch of all people
September 19, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Do you know how badly things have to be going in America for us to be owned this hard by the Dutch? The Dutch of all people
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Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
September 15, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?
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Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
September 13, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sky News says police are "overwhelmed by the numbers". Met coped perfectly well with 2x as many at the pro-Gaza rally, 5x as many at the anti-Brexit march, and 15x as many at London Pride.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
They're not overwhelmed by the numbers. They're overwhelmed by the ratio of violent thugs in those numbers.
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it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to career armageddon
How Graham Linehan’s gender activism led to career armageddon
What began as a nasty Twitter spat seven years ago has led to a peculiar metamorphosis for the comedy writer
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September 4, 2025 at 6:23 AM
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
it's not gender activism, it's transphobia and bigotry
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IP addresses will soon become like flags of convenience in merchant shipping, with the registered country having no actual connection to the vessel used.
August 23, 2025 at 7:23 AM
IP addresses will soon become like flags of convenience in merchant shipping, with the registered country having no actual connection to the vessel used.
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In shocking news, there isn’t actually a war on allotments.
“The amount of sites being sold off in the last year amounts to less than 0.01% of all plots. At this rate, it will take Rayner and the Labour government 40,000 years to build over them.”
“The amount of sites being sold off in the last year amounts to less than 0.01% of all plots. At this rate, it will take Rayner and the Labour government 40,000 years to build over them.”
Labour's Angela Rayner has been accused of declaring war on allotments after selling eight sites in the last year. We dig into the details.
Is Labour really declaring war on allotments?
www.bigissue.com
August 12, 2025 at 11:05 AM
In shocking news, there isn’t actually a war on allotments.
“The amount of sites being sold off in the last year amounts to less than 0.01% of all plots. At this rate, it will take Rayner and the Labour government 40,000 years to build over them.”
“The amount of sites being sold off in the last year amounts to less than 0.01% of all plots. At this rate, it will take Rayner and the Labour government 40,000 years to build over them.”
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Very sorry to hear about the death of Tom Lehrer at age 97. The cleverest, funniest singer/songwriter of all time, even if he lost interest in the whole business pretty quickly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ...
Tom Lehrer - National Brotherhood Week
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July 27, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Very sorry to hear about the death of Tom Lehrer at age 97. The cleverest, funniest singer/songwriter of all time, even if he lost interest in the whole business pretty quickly? www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIlJ...
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We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…
July 14, 2025 at 5:10 AM
We at @instituteforgovernment.org.uk have coordinated a letter in @thetimes.com today in which numerous individuals and organisations call on the government to withdraw its mistaken rules which are having a serious chilling effect on civil servants speaking in public…
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One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
July 7, 2025 at 10:28 AM
One other 7/7 thread today. Because I think how the bus network got running again is a real testament to some serious heroes that day:
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
The bus drivers and staff who got that network running again and got London home that night.
And TfL/the Mayor disobeyed the Security Services to make it happen /1
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Energy secretary Ed Miliband says the government’s clean energy mission “means good, unionised jobs”
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
Prospect union secures recognition at Great British Energy’s nuclear section
Energy secretary Ed Miliband says the government’s clean energy mission “means good, unionised jobs”
www.civilserviceworld.com
July 7, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Energy secretary Ed Miliband says the government’s clean energy mission “means good, unionised jobs”
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
www.civilserviceworld.com/news/article...
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This is a fucking stupid idea.
Expert source: me.
Expert source: me.
Morgan McSweeney (UK Labour's Dominic Cummings knock-off) is reportedly experimenting with 'synthetic voters' – "essentially fake focus groups of AI voters who can tell ministers more quickly and cheaply what the public thinks of policies" www.spectator.co.uk/article/can-...
#govtech #govcomms
#govtech #govcomms
July 3, 2025 at 12:02 PM
This is a fucking stupid idea.
Expert source: me.
Expert source: me.
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Great to be joined by Cabinet Office Minister @georgiagould.bsky.social at our Public Service Sector Conference.
Georgia addressed conference and took questions from delegates, she thanked Prospect members for the technical expertise they bring which is key to the government's missions
Georgia addressed conference and took questions from delegates, she thanked Prospect members for the technical expertise they bring which is key to the government's missions
June 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Great to be joined by Cabinet Office Minister @georgiagould.bsky.social at our Public Service Sector Conference.
Georgia addressed conference and took questions from delegates, she thanked Prospect members for the technical expertise they bring which is key to the government's missions
Georgia addressed conference and took questions from delegates, she thanked Prospect members for the technical expertise they bring which is key to the government's missions
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I mean, I'm a republican - UK no-to-kings version not US simp-for-kings version - and even I love a good military parade.
Not one that looks like it was ordered on Temu though.
Nobody show the US president Charles III's Trooping of the Colour for his official birthday yesterday.
Not one that looks like it was ordered on Temu though.
Nobody show the US president Charles III's Trooping of the Colour for his official birthday yesterday.
June 15, 2025 at 7:15 AM
I mean, I'm a republican - UK no-to-kings version not US simp-for-kings version - and even I love a good military parade.
Not one that looks like it was ordered on Temu though.
Nobody show the US president Charles III's Trooping of the Colour for his official birthday yesterday.
Not one that looks like it was ordered on Temu though.
Nobody show the US president Charles III's Trooping of the Colour for his official birthday yesterday.