Rob Ritchie
@robritchie2.bsky.social
Between Marx & marzipan in the dictionary there was Mary
Pinned
Billy knows 🇪🇺🌹✊🏻 youtu.be/r5hEKq0u5I8?...
December 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Billy knows 🇪🇺🌹✊🏻 youtu.be/r5hEKq0u5I8?...
Time for a new flag? 🌹🇪🇺 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
British Museum’s plan for ‘red, white and blue’ ball sparks row
Exclusive: some staff claim the theme is ‘in poor taste’ following a rise in flag-hoisting across the UK
www.theguardian.com
December 28, 2025 at 5:27 AM
Time for a new flag? 🌹🇪🇺 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
To defeat darkness, just turn on the light 🌹✊🏻 #HaveringDeservesBetter
December 28, 2025 at 5:07 AM
To defeat darkness, just turn on the light 🌹✊🏻 #HaveringDeservesBetter
OOO on at last and highlights from a morning's walk in Collier Row, Romford ⛄️🎅🏻
December 24, 2025 at 4:46 AM
OOO on at last and highlights from a morning's walk in Collier Row, Romford ⛄️🎅🏻
You could not make this up if you tried, Orwell's Animal Farm is being performed live in Kent County Council, hope all the Faragists are watching 😞
Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants
Reform councillors in Kent condemned for spending thousands on political assistants
The party that pledged to cut waste and save money faces criticism after pushing through vote to employ advisers
Reform UK’s “flagship” local authority, Kent county council, has been condemned for pushing through plans to spend tens of thousands of pounds on hiring political assistants.
The move comes after councillors from Nigel Farage’s party in Warwickshire were accused of hypocrisy in July when they voted to spend £150,000 on the advisers, some of whom are being parachuted in by the national party to deal with a litany of issues at Reform-run councils. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
December 20, 2025 at 2:04 PM
You could not make this up if you tried, Orwell's Animal Farm is being performed live in Kent County Council, hope all the Faragists are watching 😞
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
And the top 10 is in!
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Remember, see my earlier post about how the list is created, via combined votes of many judges and every judges list will likely look different to the final outcome.
www.theguardian.com/football/ng-...
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Remember, see my earlier post about how the list is created, via combined votes of many judges and every judges list will likely look different to the final outcome.
www.theguardian.com/football/ng-...
The 100 best female footballers in the world 2025 – Nos 100-11
Chloe Kelly, Barbra Banda and Klara Bühl have made it between places 40 and 11 as we continue our countdown to the year’s best players
www.theguardian.com
December 4, 2025 at 10:07 AM
And the top 10 is in!
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Remember, see my earlier post about how the list is created, via combined votes of many judges and every judges list will likely look different to the final outcome.
www.theguardian.com/football/ng-...
Thoughts? Agree? Disagree?
Remember, see my earlier post about how the list is created, via combined votes of many judges and every judges list will likely look different to the final outcome.
www.theguardian.com/football/ng-...
30 years ago today, I remember the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia, as the forces of darkness and populism gain support in the UK and Europe, I vow to never forget #RememberSrebrenica
July 11, 2025 at 6:48 AM
30 years ago today, I remember the genocide in Srebrenica, Bosnia, as the forces of darkness and populism gain support in the UK and Europe, I vow to never forget #RememberSrebrenica
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
The UWCL qualifying round draws happen today but Arsenal, of course, are not involved because they won the Champions League and the team that wins the Champions League (aka the champions of Europe) goes straight into the league phase as the winners and defending champions of Europe.
June 24, 2025 at 9:58 AM
The UWCL qualifying round draws happen today but Arsenal, of course, are not involved because they won the Champions League and the team that wins the Champions League (aka the champions of Europe) goes straight into the league phase as the winners and defending champions of Europe.
June 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. It ends at 23.59 GMT on Friday 13 December. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and bsky.app/profile/nujo..., or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
bsky.app
December 12, 2024 at 8:42 AM
I will be joining my colleagues at the Guardian and Observer who are on strike for 48 hours. It ends at 23.59 GMT on Friday 13 December. For more information please follow bsky.app/profile/gonu... and bsky.app/profile/nujo..., or visit nuj.org.uk/savetheobserver
Had a fab few days in Norwich, highlight had to be the free guided tour by Ann on behalf of Norwich Cathedral, an education 📝🧘 #NorwhichCathedral 🟡🟢
December 14, 2024 at 8:39 AM
Had a fab few days in Norwich, highlight had to be the free guided tour by Ann on behalf of Norwich Cathedral, an education 📝🧘 #NorwhichCathedral 🟡🟢
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
Strike Day 3: going on strike isn’t meant to be fun. Yet here we are. Great colleagues, great craic & great @billybragg.bsky.social.
What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
December 12, 2024 at 7:20 PM
Strike Day 3: going on strike isn’t meant to be fun. Yet here we are. Great colleagues, great craic & great @billybragg.bsky.social.
What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
What’s going on inside that building is the opposite of all these things.
‘Solidarity forever for the union makes us strong’
✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊✊
If only everyday was like Sunday 🔴⚪️ #COYG #FootballIsLife
December 9, 2024 at 10:38 AM
If only everyday was like Sunday 🔴⚪️ #COYG #FootballIsLife
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
Hey gang! We’re so excited to be here!
Follow us for all things Women’s Football! You know we’ve got you!🫶
Follow us for all things Women’s Football! You know we’ve got you!🫶
December 9, 2024 at 10:18 AM
Hey gang! We’re so excited to be here!
Follow us for all things Women’s Football! You know we’ve got you!🫶
Follow us for all things Women’s Football! You know we’ve got you!🫶
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
RMT is devastated to learn that one of their members who was assaulted working at Ilford railway station on Wednesday, has tragically died.
The Customer Experience Assistant for MTREL was assaulted on Wednesday evening and police announced their death yesterday.
The Customer Experience Assistant for MTREL was assaulted on Wednesday evening and police announced their death yesterday.
December 7, 2024 at 10:31 AM
RMT is devastated to learn that one of their members who was assaulted working at Ilford railway station on Wednesday, has tragically died.
The Customer Experience Assistant for MTREL was assaulted on Wednesday evening and police announced their death yesterday.
The Customer Experience Assistant for MTREL was assaulted on Wednesday evening and police announced their death yesterday.
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
🧵1/5 5 PART VIDEO
We are only weeks away from releasing the interim report on the potential corruption around the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Birmingham Hotel & conference centre & Affiliated Services. When I became GS, I promised that I would uncover the truth no matter how difficult that was.
We are only weeks away from releasing the interim report on the potential corruption around the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Birmingham Hotel & conference centre & Affiliated Services. When I became GS, I promised that I would uncover the truth no matter how difficult that was.
December 7, 2024 at 7:23 AM
🧵1/5 5 PART VIDEO
We are only weeks away from releasing the interim report on the potential corruption around the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Birmingham Hotel & conference centre & Affiliated Services. When I became GS, I promised that I would uncover the truth no matter how difficult that was.
We are only weeks away from releasing the interim report on the potential corruption around the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Birmingham Hotel & conference centre & Affiliated Services. When I became GS, I promised that I would uncover the truth no matter how difficult that was.
Still feels surreal that after joining CPSA in 1986, almost 40 years later I get to attend PCS Union National Executive Committee, another eventful day and half this week which you can read about on PCS Broad Left Network bln.org.uk/%F0%9F%8C%B9...
December 6, 2024 at 9:04 AM
Still feels surreal that after joining CPSA in 1986, almost 40 years later I get to attend PCS Union National Executive Committee, another eventful day and half this week which you can read about on PCS Broad Left Network bln.org.uk/%F0%9F%8C%B9...
Reposted by Rob Ritchie
We wish all our friends and colleagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina best wishes on this, their statehood day. #bosnia #bosniaihercegovina🇧🇦 #dandržavnosti #25novembre #sretandandržavnosti
November 25, 2024 at 2:45 PM
We wish all our friends and colleagues in Bosnia and Herzegovina best wishes on this, their statehood day. #bosnia #bosniaihercegovina🇧🇦 #dandržavnosti #25novembre #sretandandržavnosti
Went to the Ideas festival in Whitechapel to hear author & Guardian journalist Andy Beckett in discussion with an 😇 @gigimaltese.bsky.social 📚 😍
November 24, 2024 at 4:48 AM
Went to the Ideas festival in Whitechapel to hear author & Guardian journalist Andy Beckett in discussion with an 😇 @gigimaltese.bsky.social 📚 😍
November 22, 2024 at 9:59 AM
New tactic devised by my local Waterstones in Romford as they seek to keep people away 😱
November 19, 2024 at 7:45 AM
New tactic devised by my local Waterstones in Romford as they seek to keep people away 😱