Jill Mannion Brunt
jillbrunt.bsky.social
Jill Mannion Brunt
@jillbrunt.bsky.social
Retired Educationalist and Health professional interested in politics, history, public health, community development.
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June 22, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Good for Darmstadt! Our (Chesterfield) twin town that always makes us welcome.
SV Darmstadt's ultras hold a banner commemorating the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, while also reminding that rejecting the far right is a current task rather than one that belongs in the past.

"80 years of being free from fascism. It's everyone's duty to keep it that way!"
February 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
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In the past 26 hours, the American national anthem has been booed at:

Ottawa Senators game
Calgary Flames game
Toronto Raptors game
Vancouver Canucks game

More to come. And it’s totally justified. We’re pissed.
February 3, 2025 at 1:39 AM
Howzat! Queens Park, Chesterfield 🏏🥶
January 12, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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Well done to Bradford for being recognised as the UK City of culture in 2025. And the launch and acceptance of it in the city centre this evening looks amazing.
January 10, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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Trump’s demands to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal, and his vague threats to annex Canada, are already setting governments on edge. Can the world cope with a US foreign policy of chaos?
@gavinesler.bsky.social talks to Amy Mackinnon of @foreignpolicy.com
📳 Listen linktr.ee/DrillPod
January 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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I visited the Avenue Flood Storage at Wingerworth to see how it protects Chesterfield and to discuss with the Environment Agency and Derbyshire CC what further measures are needed.

I will post a full update on this meeting and also write to everyone in the areas previously affected by flooding.
January 10, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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The BBC has rightly been criticised for false equivalence in its reporting of Musk’s malevolent smears and the Government’s rebuttal. Below is an example of BBC journalism at its best. If only it did this consistently, across all platforms... www.bbc.com/news/article...
How Elon Musk seized on baseless memo claim to create wave of misinformation
The X owner shared false claims that a Home Office memo urged police not to intervene in child grooming cases.
www.bbc.com
January 9, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Is there any other country where poor people shun labor unions, free healthcare and free education because rich people told them to?
January 2, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Nice to see these again 👍🏽
January 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Poignant ❤️‍🩹
Absolutely haunting yet moving statue of Canada bereft, Walter Alwards masterpiece looking over the former coalfields at Vimy ridge where 60,000 Canadian troops perished during WW1.
December 3, 2024 at 7:45 PM
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Covid corruption commissioner starts fraud probe

Well I hope he gets a lot of our money back after the Tories and their PPE corruption..

And I also hope some of the profiteering wrong 'uns go to jail

Let's see.

www.bbc.com/news/article...
Covid corruption commissioner gets to work
Tom Hayhoe's first task will be reviewing the £8.7bn of pandemic PPE that had to be written off.
www.bbc.com
December 3, 2024 at 8:00 AM
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Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...
Clarkson defies docs to lead 20,000 farmers protesting against 'tractor tax'
JEREMY Clarkson will defy health fears to join up to 20,000 farmers protesting in Westminster over the hated “tractor tax”. The Clarkson’s Farm star, 64 — recovering after a life-saving heart op — …
www.thesun.co.uk
November 19, 2024 at 7:00 AM