Councillor Tom Blenkinsop
@tsblenkinsop.bsky.social
Bristol City Councillor for Avonmouth and Lawrence Weston. Labour. Slowly migrating for now.
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🚞 The West of England has waited 25 years for the Portishead Line
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
'New chapter' as key Portishead Railway work begins
The railway which closed in 1964 is due to reopen by 2028
www.bristolpost.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 1:16 PM
🚞 The West of England has waited 25 years for the Portishead Line
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🌹 Under a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor, and a local Labour MP, it's finally being delivered
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Very old school at the Co-op party stand in Liverpool!
Legitimately cannot remember the last time I had a Polaroid of me...
If you're part of the Labour Party and you haven't joined, sign yourself up as soon as possible.
@coopparty.party.coop
Legitimately cannot remember the last time I had a Polaroid of me...
If you're part of the Labour Party and you haven't joined, sign yourself up as soon as possible.
@coopparty.party.coop
September 29, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Very old school at the Co-op party stand in Liverpool!
Legitimately cannot remember the last time I had a Polaroid of me...
If you're part of the Labour Party and you haven't joined, sign yourself up as soon as possible.
@coopparty.party.coop
Legitimately cannot remember the last time I had a Polaroid of me...
If you're part of the Labour Party and you haven't joined, sign yourself up as soon as possible.
@coopparty.party.coop
Really pleased to see this. I'm glad the Council backed this in full - even the Greens, to their credit. We should support our Armed Forces and our veterans.
We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant because we recognise the value of our veterans, and all our serving personnel and their families. 🇬🇧
August 15, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Really pleased to see this. I'm glad the Council backed this in full - even the Greens, to their credit. We should support our Armed Forces and our veterans.
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We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant because we recognise the value of our veterans, and all our serving personnel and their families. 🇬🇧
August 15, 2025 at 12:08 PM
We are proud to have signed the Armed Forces Covenant because we recognise the value of our veterans, and all our serving personnel and their families. 🇬🇧
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Jack Reacher fans! Author Andrew Child is speaking at Avonmouth in #Bristol - a @bristollibraries.bsky.social event.
Tuesday 22 July 6pm.
Pay as you can when you book.
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Tuesday 22 July 6pm.
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July 20, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Jack Reacher fans! Author Andrew Child is speaking at Avonmouth in #Bristol - a @bristollibraries.bsky.social event.
Tuesday 22 July 6pm.
Pay as you can when you book.
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#JackReacher #AndrewChild #Avonmouth #Bristol #Library #CrimeFiction
Tuesday 22 July 6pm.
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🇬🇧🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine
🤝 Odesa and Bristol have much in common – twinning our two cities would demonstrate our support and bring economic and cultural benefits with it 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🤝 Odesa and Bristol have much in common – twinning our two cities would demonstrate our support and bring economic and cultural benefits with it 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Councillor calls for Bristol to be twinned with Ukranian city
Could Odessa become the eighth city to be twinned with Bristol?
www.bbc.co.uk
July 14, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🇬🇧🇺🇦 Bristol stands with Ukraine
🤝 Odesa and Bristol have much in common – twinning our two cities would demonstrate our support and bring economic and cultural benefits with it 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
🤝 Odesa and Bristol have much in common – twinning our two cities would demonstrate our support and bring economic and cultural benefits with it 👇
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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My new Constitution Society report on compulsory voting has now been published.
I argue that low turnout has left the UK with an unrepresentative electorate. This is creating warped incentives for politicians, and contributing to low growth, high inequality, and rising democratic discontent.
I argue that low turnout has left the UK with an unrepresentative electorate. This is creating warped incentives for politicians, and contributing to low growth, high inequality, and rising democratic discontent.
Universal Suffrage? The problem of low and unequal turnout and the case for compulsory voting - The Constitution Society
An authoritative new report from Dr David Klemperer advocates for the introduction of compulsory voting at UK general elections.
consoc.org.uk
July 10, 2025 at 7:51 AM
My new Constitution Society report on compulsory voting has now been published.
I argue that low turnout has left the UK with an unrepresentative electorate. This is creating warped incentives for politicians, and contributing to low growth, high inequality, and rising democratic discontent.
I argue that low turnout has left the UK with an unrepresentative electorate. This is creating warped incentives for politicians, and contributing to low growth, high inequality, and rising democratic discontent.
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🚸 The cost of childcare is driving people into debt, out of work and into impossible choices
🌹 We're pushing for change
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
🌹 We're pushing for change
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Lack of affordable childcare forcing families into debt and out of work
Councillors have unanimously voted in support of Labour's motion aimed at improving holiday childcare provision in Bristol
www.bristol247.com
July 9, 2025 at 9:38 AM
🚸 The cost of childcare is driving people into debt, out of work and into impossible choices
🌹 We're pushing for change
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
🌹 We're pushing for change
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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🚉 25 years in the making. Now we have a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor and a Labour MP, it's finally being built.
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Government gives green light for Portishead railway line
The reopened line between Bristol and Portishead closed in the 60s is due to welcome its first passengers in 2028
www.bristol247.com
July 8, 2025 at 8:50 AM
🚉 25 years in the making. Now we have a Labour Government, a Labour Mayor and a Labour MP, it's finally being built.
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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Together, we elected a Labour Govt with a promise to deliver a New Deal for Working People.
A year on, they are delivering on that promise: the Employment Rights Bill will soon be law, they've just published their plan to implement it - and this is just the beginning.
#newdeal
A year on, they are delivering on that promise: the Employment Rights Bill will soon be law, they've just published their plan to implement it - and this is just the beginning.
#newdeal
July 4, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Together, we elected a Labour Govt with a promise to deliver a New Deal for Working People.
A year on, they are delivering on that promise: the Employment Rights Bill will soon be law, they've just published their plan to implement it - and this is just the beginning.
#newdeal
A year on, they are delivering on that promise: the Employment Rights Bill will soon be law, they've just published their plan to implement it - and this is just the beginning.
#newdeal
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Women in Business! Whether you’re new to networking or a seasoned entrepreneur, you’ll love #LadiesWhoLatte. All you pay for is a coffee. Join us at Ruby Jeans, 3-4 The Parade, #Shirehampton, #Bristol BS11 9TS on the first Wednesday each month, 10-11.30am.
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June 30, 2025 at 4:11 PM
Women in Business! Whether you’re new to networking or a seasoned entrepreneur, you’ll love #LadiesWhoLatte. All you pay for is a coffee. Join us at Ruby Jeans, 3-4 The Parade, #Shirehampton, #Bristol BS11 9TS on the first Wednesday each month, 10-11.30am.
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Community-led climate action is expanding, after Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership have worked across Bristol on projects with social and environmental benefits.
People in BANES, South Glos, and N Somerset will now take part too thanks to £1.75m of lottery funding: tinyurl.com/ClimateActionBCNP
People in BANES, South Glos, and N Somerset will now take part too thanks to £1.75m of lottery funding: tinyurl.com/ClimateActionBCNP
Community-led climate action expanding across the West - West of England Combined Authority
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June 30, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Community-led climate action is expanding, after Bristol Climate & Nature Partnership have worked across Bristol on projects with social and environmental benefits.
People in BANES, South Glos, and N Somerset will now take part too thanks to £1.75m of lottery funding: tinyurl.com/ClimateActionBCNP
People in BANES, South Glos, and N Somerset will now take part too thanks to £1.75m of lottery funding: tinyurl.com/ClimateActionBCNP
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Thank you to everyone who took part in the Spending Review.
I travelled across the country to listen to frontline workers and local people about our Plan for Change.
We’re investing in the renewal of Britain, and we’re only just getting started.
I travelled across the country to listen to frontline workers and local people about our Plan for Change.
We’re investing in the renewal of Britain, and we’re only just getting started.
June 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Thank you to everyone who took part in the Spending Review.
I travelled across the country to listen to frontline workers and local people about our Plan for Change.
We’re investing in the renewal of Britain, and we’re only just getting started.
I travelled across the country to listen to frontline workers and local people about our Plan for Change.
We’re investing in the renewal of Britain, and we’re only just getting started.
She really is shockingly bad at this.
Prime Minister attends to NATO? Attends to dssperate, urgent foreign policy? The bloody cheek of it.
Not getting into the stupidity and weapons grade hypocrisy as a caretaker opposition leader claiming "no-one cares what you think". Good God.
Prime Minister attends to NATO? Attends to dssperate, urgent foreign policy? The bloody cheek of it.
Not getting into the stupidity and weapons grade hypocrisy as a caretaker opposition leader claiming "no-one cares what you think". Good God.
Kemi Badenoch on Starmer in the commons. Elides welfare rebellion with Iran-Israel conflict.
June 26, 2025 at 2:24 PM
She really is shockingly bad at this.
Prime Minister attends to NATO? Attends to dssperate, urgent foreign policy? The bloody cheek of it.
Not getting into the stupidity and weapons grade hypocrisy as a caretaker opposition leader claiming "no-one cares what you think". Good God.
Prime Minister attends to NATO? Attends to dssperate, urgent foreign policy? The bloody cheek of it.
Not getting into the stupidity and weapons grade hypocrisy as a caretaker opposition leader claiming "no-one cares what you think". Good God.
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Young people across the West of England can access our £5 million support programme to get into work and training.
In Bristol, like Blake; South Gloucestershire; and Bath & North East Somerset, our Youth Guarantee trailblazer is there for you: tinyurl.com/WestYouthGuarantee
📺 BBC Politics West
In Bristol, like Blake; South Gloucestershire; and Bath & North East Somerset, our Youth Guarantee trailblazer is there for you: tinyurl.com/WestYouthGuarantee
📺 BBC Politics West
June 23, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Young people across the West of England can access our £5 million support programme to get into work and training.
In Bristol, like Blake; South Gloucestershire; and Bath & North East Somerset, our Youth Guarantee trailblazer is there for you: tinyurl.com/WestYouthGuarantee
📺 BBC Politics West
In Bristol, like Blake; South Gloucestershire; and Bath & North East Somerset, our Youth Guarantee trailblazer is there for you: tinyurl.com/WestYouthGuarantee
📺 BBC Politics West
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£150 million for the creative sector is a real vote of confidence in the West and other areas.
Culture is part of who we are, from Oscar-collecting Aardman to treble-winning Bath Rugby.
It’s a growing part of our economy. Now we can invest more in its future: tinyurl.com/150mCreativePlaces
Culture is part of who we are, from Oscar-collecting Aardman to treble-winning Bath Rugby.
It’s a growing part of our economy. Now we can invest more in its future: tinyurl.com/150mCreativePlaces
June 22, 2025 at 6:44 PM
£150 million for the creative sector is a real vote of confidence in the West and other areas.
Culture is part of who we are, from Oscar-collecting Aardman to treble-winning Bath Rugby.
It’s a growing part of our economy. Now we can invest more in its future: tinyurl.com/150mCreativePlaces
Culture is part of who we are, from Oscar-collecting Aardman to treble-winning Bath Rugby.
It’s a growing part of our economy. Now we can invest more in its future: tinyurl.com/150mCreativePlaces
Not normally fond of opining on foreign policy, given local councillors' influence on it is nonexistent, but we cannot allow ourselves to get drawn into the US attack on Iran.
Very reassured by the diplomatic pressure and the tone taken by the Prime Minister, but we must not support another war.
Very reassured by the diplomatic pressure and the tone taken by the Prime Minister, but we must not support another war.
June 22, 2025 at 11:46 AM
Not normally fond of opining on foreign policy, given local councillors' influence on it is nonexistent, but we cannot allow ourselves to get drawn into the US attack on Iran.
Very reassured by the diplomatic pressure and the tone taken by the Prime Minister, but we must not support another war.
Very reassured by the diplomatic pressure and the tone taken by the Prime Minister, but we must not support another war.
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🏛️ Hartcliffe has been left behind for too long
🌹 Labour is determined to change that. The Government is investing £20m into the community, which has often felt forgotten by those in power
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
🌹 Labour is determined to change that. The Government is investing £20m into the community, which has often felt forgotten by those in power
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
Inside the ‘forgotten’ estate where £20m of Labour funding promises to bring change
Families living in the deprived housing estate of Hartcliffe in Bristol say they’ve been let down by years of broken promises. But now there is fresh hope for much-needed investment with up to £20m of...
www.independent.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 9:11 AM
🏛️ Hartcliffe has been left behind for too long
🌹 Labour is determined to change that. The Government is investing £20m into the community, which has often felt forgotten by those in power
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
🌹 Labour is determined to change that. The Government is investing £20m into the community, which has often felt forgotten by those in power
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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🚨British Steel wins a £500m contract to supply track for Network Rail - securing thousands of jobs and protecting the UK’s last virgin steel site.
A massive win for workers👷🏻♂️👷🏾♀️, industry, and infrastructure✊https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k1jjkd9e0o
A massive win for workers👷🏻♂️👷🏾♀️, industry, and infrastructure✊https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k1jjkd9e0o
British Steel secures £500m contract to supply UK train tracks
The company will forge more than 337,000 tonnes of track in a deal safeguarding its future for the next five years.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨British Steel wins a £500m contract to supply track for Network Rail - securing thousands of jobs and protecting the UK’s last virgin steel site.
A massive win for workers👷🏻♂️👷🏾♀️, industry, and infrastructure✊https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k1jjkd9e0o
A massive win for workers👷🏻♂️👷🏾♀️, industry, and infrastructure✊https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2k1jjkd9e0o
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Council and school workers, time is running out to have your say on your pay!
You only have until midday, 20 June to vote in the pay consultation.
❌ Vote reject
✊ You deserve more than a 3.2% increase
🗳️ Vote online now
You only have until midday, 20 June to vote in the pay consultation.
❌ Vote reject
✊ You deserve more than a 3.2% increase
🗳️ Vote online now
Council & School Workers Pay
Our members working in councils and schools go above and beyond every single day. It's time to stand together and demand fair pay.
www.unison.org.uk
June 17, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Council and school workers, time is running out to have your say on your pay!
You only have until midday, 20 June to vote in the pay consultation.
❌ Vote reject
✊ You deserve more than a 3.2% increase
🗳️ Vote online now
You only have until midday, 20 June to vote in the pay consultation.
❌ Vote reject
✊ You deserve more than a 3.2% increase
🗳️ Vote online now
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Happy Father’s Day from all of us at the Labour Party!
Today we celebrate our dads and everything they do, and remember those who are no longer with us.
Today we celebrate our dads and everything they do, and remember those who are no longer with us.
June 15, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Happy Father’s Day from all of us at the Labour Party!
Today we celebrate our dads and everything they do, and remember those who are no longer with us.
Today we celebrate our dads and everything they do, and remember those who are no longer with us.
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🆕 Hartcliffe announced as one of the Labour Government's 25 new 'trailblazer neighbourhoods' set to receive long-term investment.
🌹 Labour is investing in Britain's renewal and delivering the change our communities need.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
🌹 Labour is investing in Britain's renewal and delivering the change our communities need.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Government announces 25 "trailblazer neighbourhoods" to receive long-term investment - details
www.gov.uk
June 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
🆕 Hartcliffe announced as one of the Labour Government's 25 new 'trailblazer neighbourhoods' set to receive long-term investment.
🌹 Labour is investing in Britain's renewal and delivering the change our communities need.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
🌹 Labour is investing in Britain's renewal and delivering the change our communities need.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
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🎉 Free bus travel for children and young people in the West of England over the summer holidays, thanks to Mayor Helen Godwin.
🌹 Labour is building the bus service that Bristolians deserve 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
🌹 Labour is building the bus service that Bristolians deserve 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Children to have free bus travel in west of England during summer holidays
About 150,000 under-16s will benefit across West of England combined authority and North Somerset
www.theguardian.com
June 10, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🎉 Free bus travel for children and young people in the West of England over the summer holidays, thanks to Mayor Helen Godwin.
🌹 Labour is building the bus service that Bristolians deserve 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
🌹 Labour is building the bus service that Bristolians deserve 👇
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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"Reform want to ‘scrap net zero’, and the blue-collar green jobs that come with it.
If you are making a living by installing heat pumps, fitting insultation, or working on wind turbines, tough luck: Farage would prefer you were on the dole."
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
If you are making a living by installing heat pumps, fitting insultation, or working on wind turbines, tough luck: Farage would prefer you were on the dole."
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
'We can’t afford to leave anyone behind in the race to net zero'
Councillor Kirsty Tait urges people to see beyond cost and uphold the benefits of decarbonisation
www.bristol247.com
June 9, 2025 at 3:46 PM
"Reform want to ‘scrap net zero’, and the blue-collar green jobs that come with it.
If you are making a living by installing heat pumps, fitting insultation, or working on wind turbines, tough luck: Farage would prefer you were on the dole."
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
If you are making a living by installing heat pumps, fitting insultation, or working on wind turbines, tough luck: Farage would prefer you were on the dole."
www.bristol247.com/opinion/your...
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Labour is massively expanding Free School Meals to half a million more children - including thousands here in Bristol - putting £500 back in parents’ pockets. That’s the Labour difference.
June 6, 2025 at 9:56 AM
Labour is massively expanding Free School Meals to half a million more children - including thousands here in Bristol - putting £500 back in parents’ pockets. That’s the Labour difference.