Head of History & Politics in County Durham. NEU school representative. Ethical vegan and ultra runner. All views my own.
Durham, England
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#OnThisDay 1984. The North East of England suffered the worst outbreaks of violence in the #MinersStrike
Violence flared after police smuggled a strike-breaking miner into Easington colliery via a back entrance.
#OnThisDay 1984. Riot police arrive into the mining village of Easington.
For the next two weeks the village would become under police occupation.
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We're itching to play live music for you again. Maybe three shows isn't quite enough. What do you think?
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I’m in Hiroshima and Nagasaki this week to mark 80 years since the atomic bomb.
It's been incredibly moving to listen to survivors and their descendants calling for a future free of nuclear weapons.
We are all human beings on one planet - let us build a world of peace for all!
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In 2009 Israel bombed Gaza over several days, killing over 1,300 people (including 460 children). The BBC refused to broadcast the Disasters Emergency Committees appeal for aid to Gaza.
This was Tony Benns response live on air.
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August 5, 1962 -- Apartheid: Nelson Mandela is jailed. He would not be released until 1990.
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According to @NatCen, fully three-fifths (60%) of the British public now support changing the voting system for UK general elections. Scrapping FPTP is more urgent than ever.
electoral-reform.org.uk/supp…
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🗳️ 18-24 poll average (with Corbyn party):
🟣 JCP – 27% (+27)
🔴 LAB – 23% (-18)
➡️ REF – 18% (+10)
🟢 GRN – 13% (-7)
🟠 LD – 11% (-5)
🔵 CON – 5% (-)
+/- vs GE2024
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#OTD 1945. Election Landslide.
Clement Attlee becomes first PM to lead a majority Labour government.
Winning a 146 seat majority, he says "It will give heart to all those all the world over who believe in freedom, democracy and social justice"
A thread 80 years on👇🏼
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ORGREAVE INQUIRY ANNOUNCED!
At last the government have announced an inquiry will take place into Orgreave. Please see and share our press release.
otjc.org.uk/orgreave-truth-a…
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As part of the railway centenary celebrations, the original Locomotion No. 1 hauls a replica of the train that ran at the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27 September 1825, following a horseman carrying a red flag - from the Illustrated London News, 11 July 1925.
© The British Newspaper Archives
#drthehistories
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#OTD 1948. Nye Bevan launches NHS in Manchester.
Overnight, the patchy provision of medical services - which left millions of people with little or no reliable health care - is ended.
“If you are ill you’ll have specialist services without worrying about the cost” 👇🏼
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Incredible interactions between humans & animals. ~A Thread 🧵
1. Chimp’s heartfelt reaction on seeing the careraker who rescued him years ago💕
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I utterly condemn the reckless attack on Iran by the United States that can only lead to further dangerous conflict in an already volatile region. There is no international legal basis for this unilateral action that poses a serious threat to international peace and security.
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🚨 Our #FundFairPay #SaveOurSchools consultation is LIVE!
📩 Check your email or text and vote now on how we should respond to the Government’s partly funded 4% pay rise.
Tell us what you think – your voice matters.
Vote here.👉 NEUActivate.com
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#OnThisDay 1984. The infamous police assault upon miners takes place at Orgreave.
At least 79 people were injured in the worst displays of police brutality seen during the #MinersStrike
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DMA statement on the @DurhamGala and Reform UK.
Reform chose to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the #DurhamMinersGala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...
Read more:
durhamminers.org/statement_d…
