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Was twice a councillor. Labour Party member for 40+ years - now estranged. My posts are therefore my own.
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'We are in danger of losing something fundamental to our democracy': MEN editor's stark warning to MPs manchestereveningnews.co.uk/…
It's not just lung cancer they catch. This fine team spotted my failing heart valve before it became a problem. It's not been painless, but my goodness it's worth it and I'm eternally grateful.
Greater Manchester diagnoses most lung cancers in the country as region hits national screening target four years early aboutmanchester.co.uk/greate…
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From today, unions will have the right of access to workplaces.
That means they can meet their members and organise to raise wages and improve conditions.
Now let's put that right to work.
theguardian.com/politics/202…
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Restoring democracy and members' rights in the Labour Party - John McDonnell MP labouroutlook.org/2026/10/24…
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“One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion... But the basis of morality is really very simple and doesn't require religion at all.”
— Arthur C. Clarke
Jonathan Swift would love the idea that City's owners are the bad guys and United's, saintly leaders of the cartel. – at Urmston, England
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Britain had about 30 million hedgehogs in the 1950s; we've got under 875,000 today. The population has dropped by about 97%. Shocking.
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If you do not take an interest in the affairs of your government, then you are doomed to live under the rule of fools.
— Plato (Aphoristic summary)
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Huge crowd at Boggart Hole Clough, Blackley, Manchester, early 20th century. Scene of many political meetings with speakers such as Keir Hardie and Emmeline Pankhurst.




























