Christian, married to Miriam, @ChristChurchSPk comms, #LibDems, #Remain. Active in #Stirchley and beyond. IG @philbantingbrum @philbanting.bsky.social
Birmingham, UK
Joined June 2011
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Phil Banting retweeted
you can block people on bluesky, and they won't be able to see your posts or interact with you
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ALT The meme format of someone pointing with the text "If nobody got me, I know Bluesky blocks got me. Can I get an AMEN?" with a screenshot of Bluesky blocks
Phil Banting retweeted
I don’t remember ever going to the town square and being asked to upgrade to premium for a better town square experience
Phil Banting retweeted
POV: You're on Mars, looking up at the night sky and you notice... 🌜⭐️
That's Phobos, one of Mars' two moons – and the tiny evening "star" to its right is Earth! It's the first time I've captured them together in a photo. #ObserveTheMoon
ALT A vertically long image shows the Martian sky as seen from the perspective of the Curiosity rover. In the foreground is a small portion of a hill along the bottom half, while the vast sky and hazy hills in the distance take up the background. Toward the very top center-right are two translucent dots, one a crescent shape and the other a tiny dot. The crescent is Mars' moon Phobos and the dot is Earth. Toward the far left is a white-bordered inset image that shows a much larger closeup of Phobos to the left and Earth to the right.
ALT A zoomed-in image shows the potato-shaped Martian moon Phobos alongside a tiny, pixelated whiteish-blue dot that is Earth against the blackness of space. These were as seen together in the Martian sky by the Curiosity rover.
Phil Banting retweeted
There needs to be an independent inquiry into @BhamCityCouncil with at least an interim report published before the 2026 local elections - Birmingham people have a right to expect this.
Phil Banting retweeted
Library love! Here’s a new poem by Brum poet Bradley Taylor celebrating Stirchley Library and all the librarians and library assistants who are at the heart of our public libraries. Yes, heart is definitely the right word… ❤️ @BrumLibraries @LibraryofBham
Phil Banting retweeted
A library is a “food bank for the brain” ❤️ Brilliant Brum author Lee Child championing his beloved Tower Hill Library which now faces closure by @BhamCityCouncil. Every Birmingham library contains a multitude of futures. Keep pushing back.
Listen at 2:23 bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0022km…
Phil Banting retweeted
British author Lee Child - creator of action hero Jack Reacher - has described libraries as 'food banks for the brain' 📚
The best-selling writer, who's sold 100 million books, spoke to #R4Today after news that his childhood library in Birmingham could close under planned cuts.
Phil Banting retweeted
In the 19thC, George Dawson said opening public libraries in Birmingham proved that 'a town like this' was more 'than a fortuitous concourse of human atoms' or 'a miserable knot of vipers struggling in a pot'.
What will closing them say about our civic life and standards?
ALT George Dawson
Phil Banting retweeted
My mother was a librarian many years ago. We visited our local library every week & I got through every book in my school. She passed her love of books
to me. Her grandson has become a journalist & I now read to her great grandson. She still has this quotation in her flat.
The final stage of @BhamCityCouncil consultation into the decimation of our Librarys has been released. Looks like Kings Heath Library is safe for now but Sparkhill & Hall Green Libraries face becoming part time or a mobile service only. Sad for our city. birminghambeheard.org.uk/bcc…
Phil Banting retweeted
Quite remarkable that I’ve been taken to task by @BrumLabour Chief Whip for tweeting my opposition to the closure of #Harborne Library and challenging the highly flawed consultation process. Apparently I can’t now speak without authorisation - a damaging culture of control.
Phil Banting retweeted
Agreed, truth shouldn’t be suppressed. Which is why it’s best not to dump it in a landfill site, pour over it a slurry of half-truths, misinformation, insults, blatant lies, random speculation and conspiracy, and then above that stinking mess type the word ‘True.’
Phil Banting retweeted
Please don’t leave Twitter, instead let’s reclaim it from the dangerous narcissist & the disinformation, racism & hatred.
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But good people, stay - and keep calling it Twitter!
Phil Banting retweeted
Drawing: Possible causes of your problems. I've been appalled at the scenes we've witnessed over the last few days. It's utterly unacceptable that people should have to live in fear because of the colour of their skin.
[Polite comments only, please.]
Phil Banting retweeted
Elon, forgive me, but there is no excuse for being such an utter berk about this. I’m white and a Christian. No one is chucking bricks at my church or telling me to go back to where I come from. I’m concerned about attacks on the communities that are actually *being* attacked.
Phil Banting retweeted
#BirminghamUK is a city of diversity & inclusivity. and is proud of its rich diverse culture - these riots that are looking to happen 2nite are just fuelled by mindless racist far-right thugs, who are nothg less than ignorant & extrem insensitive of what has caused all of this ⬇️
Phil Banting retweeted
Our statement of solidarity:
birminghamlibdems.org.uk/new… #Southport #HopeNotHate @LibDems @BrumPolice
