
John Warmisham
@CllrJWarmisham
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Independent Socialist Councillor Pendleton and Charlestown Ward. Follower of FC United and music lover. RT does not mean I always agree.
Salford
Joined February 2009
Following comments made by Robert Jenrick about the people of Handsworth, the TUC, together with 12 trade unions representing members who live and work in the area, have issued a joint letter calling for the Conservative Party to take immediate action https://t.co/lCHs5kRwYo
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WE, the undersigned, represent the trade unions whose members live and work in Handsworth. Robert Jenrick’s comments were aimed squarely at our members, and we stand together in calling out his...
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Tomorrow's front page: Britain braces for ‘budget of misery’ – Reeves points finger at Brexit and Truss as experts warn of more spending cuts, rising unemployment and removing vital environmental protections Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: https://t.co/IErMcVLkje
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With the rise of Reform and the flag-raising phenomenon, it’s hard not to recall my family’s struggles with racism, from Teddy Boys attacking my pregnant mother to me being told to ‘go back to the jungle’ at only five years old, writes ROGER MCKENZIE
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SOMETIMES I can’t help feeling that the more things change, the more they stay the same.I started school in Walsall, in the heart of the Black Country, just a few months after the infamous racist...
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Royal Mail’s job quality has plummeted, with gruelling hours, two-tier pay, intense surveillance, and poor work-life balance for postal workers — but our union is fighting back with significant success, writes CWU branch secretary JOHN CARSON
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IN MOST traditional workplaces, any new worker will usually hear those irrepressible words “this used to be a great job” — and nowhere is this truer than in Royal Mail.When I first started in Royal...
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The Starmer regime’s new protest laws are an attack on our democracy
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DEMOCRACY is endangered by the clampdown on the right to protest engaged in by governments across the world, with the British prominent among them, eager to arrest the progress of the movement of...
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Tomorrow's front page: Time for action to fight jobs slump Subscribe to the Morning Star newspaper: https://t.co/IErMcVLkje
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Labour's net zero plan is failing workers. It amounts to a jobless transition. The @GOVUK cannot simply wring its hands and say nothing can be done. They are in power and need to show workers whose side they are on. #Lindsey #Oil
🚨Rally to save Lindsey Oil Refinery!!!🚨 15th October, 11am | Lindsey Oil Refinery • Eastfield Road, Immingham, DN40 3LW GB https://t.co/kXT4lCa8Sr LOR supplies 25% of the domestic diesel market - which we'll now have to import. We need @UKLabour to step in and step up for
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📈 Rents are soaring... 📉 but housing support isn't keeping up. This is leaving people facing homelessness, or living in cold, mouldy, unsafe homes. It's so wrong. We're calling for urgent action to properly support people to access the homes they need. 💚
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REMINDER TO ALL MUSIC VENUES All venues should announce stage times for bands including support bands. It’s just getting the basics right. Don’t force gig goers to guess the stage times.
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Salford City Council has launched the Women and Girls Empowerment Fund⭐ Grants of £1,000 or £5,000 are available to support local VCSE projects tackling poverty, safety, and representation 📣 Who can apply? VCSE groups that are full members of @SalfordCVS
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Bluemould, whitewash and the ‘Battle of Bexley Square’ - MAT COWARD looks back to a 1931 protest against mass unemployment featuring a young Ewan MacColl https://t.co/LqvdyHNSEC
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HOW did they tell people about a forthcoming demonstration in the days when there was no internet or mobile phones, and most people didn’t have a landline?The answer — at least, in Salford in 1931 —...
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If you're protesting this weekend, it's vital you know your rights Save these bust cards, share with others, write phone numbers on your arm, look for legal observers if you need assistance and remember to say "no comment" without a lawyer Keep yourselves and each other safe
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Football going global for all of the wrong reasons - As La Liga and Serie A plan overseas fixtures, loyal fans are left behind in a capitalist power grab Uefa claims to regret, but enabled anyway, writes JAMES NALTON https://t.co/TXAJ3O1QwA
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THE inevitable happened last week when Uefa announced that league matches from two of its national associations have been given the go-ahead to be played overseas.A Spanish La Liga match between...
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‘We have to break the Tory-Labour duopoly and we will’ Jeremy Corbyn and Zarah Sultana discuss the formation of a new leftwing party https://t.co/2rWMFih7cD
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THE Tories and Labour’s grip on power must come to an end, people attending The World Transformed Festival 2025 in Manchester heard today.A massive queue wrapped around the Niamos Radical Arts Centre...
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START are recruiting volunteers This is a great opportunity to gain experience and develop your skills as a studio assistant or receptionist. Positions available Tues/Wed/Thurs Contact nicola@startinspiringminds.org.uk for an application pack and further details.
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Councils face £4.1bn funding shortfall next year, Unison reveals https://t.co/SfCGR4Fpl2
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COUNCILS face a funding shortfall of more than £4 billion next year, with vulnerable adults and children set to be hit hardest, Unison warned in a report today.Town hall finances remain in a “dire...
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Doubts over Labour promises as NHS waiting lists rise for third month https://t.co/Bpyh3dd2fb
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LABOUR’S NHS waiting list promises look increasingly unlikely after data published today showed a third consecutive rise in delays for planned hospital treatment in England.The number of treatments...
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When he tells you leaving the ECHR is to fix immigration - try some data checking
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