@brianwlaverywriter
Scottish writer, journalist & university lecturer based in Hull. Author The Headscarf Revolutionaries & The Luckiest Thirteen (barbicanpress.com) Website: brianwlavery.com Teaches Univ. of Leeds Lifelong Learning Centre Features writer Fishing News et al
Complaining about & blaming Keir Starmer for a long-scheduled, still uncertain, six month distant increase in fuel prices literally *hours* after calling for more war in the Middle East is quite the flex. These are not serious people.
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In contrast to the coverup of the EPSTEIN crimes here in America, there are ongoing investigations in the UK, France, Turkey, Poland, Latvia & Lithuania that is sure to expose his central, filthy role in the largest crimes against humanity case in world history. #AccountabilityIsComing
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Thank you Karen. I do appreciate it 👍
There will be more on this great mobile labour force in my next book due out Spring 2027 from #TheHistoryPress (all I’ve got to do now is get off the social media long enough to write it 😜)
Great piece Brian. I knew some of the story from the excellent Time and Tide Museum in Yarmouth, but you’ve added so much. Thank you.
I am frankly more concerned about the apathy of the American public and even more importantly the lack of leadership in the Democratic Party.
This is not a dress rehearsal. Every single American must speak out against this Facist administration.
Pete Kegsbreath is a real asshole.
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THESE ISLES: Aneurin Bevan (1897-1960), Welsh Labour politician, spearheaded the creation of the UK’s National Health Service in 1948 and was one of the most influential left-wing politicians in the Isles’ history. He overcame a speech impediment to become a renowned orator. 1/10
Yet more evidence that Reform's support has topped out
The Representation of the People Bill is a rare chance to renew our democracy - yet it ignores the voting system driving chaos and disillusionment.
We need MPs standing up for fair votes in this upcoming debate. Urge your MP to attend: actionnetwork.org/letters/repr...
Windows In The West, Glasgow, 1993, watercolour by Avril Paton, Scottish artist. Depicts 35 Saltoun Street, Dowanhill, from her attic flat in Athole Gardens (Kelvingrove Art Gallery).
It’s been a while but my good pals Yakub Qureshi, Chris Osuh and I are back with a second season of our Everything But a Beach Manchester history podcast. Mills: Love telling the story of the real lives of Manchester’s mill workers is available now from all major podcast outlets.
"As the journalists interacted with the migrants, uniformed police barged in and detained the lawyer and four journalists. Police confiscated their cameras, laptops and phones..."
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ICYMI — The FBI director flew there on the taxpayer dime on a private jet to do this…
Kash in 2023: “I’m just saying Chris Wray doesn’t need a government funded G5 jet to go to vacations. Maybe we ground that plane. $15,000 every time it takes off. Just a thought.”
Listen to this 13 year old who went to her city's council meeting.
She had some things she needed to get off her chest
The FBI Director, everyone. You paid for it.
Prior to 2015, if any candidate for elected office had begun a public statement or tweet with this sentence, he or she would have been laughed out of public life.
Now, Americans re-elect them as commander-in-chief. I will never allow myself to become numb to his insanity.
Couple of Reform rich twats in a guardian photo, headline reads ‘Reform would create ICE-style agency and end leave to remain.
No one can say they didn’t know.
Thank you, Mr. President.
No surprise that this statement, the best and most cogent advice I've heard in a while, comes from you.
Tactical voting groups say greens - not labour - will stop Reform in byelection.
On Thursday only Greens can beat Reform in Gorton and Denton. And we will beat their hate with a message of hope.
On Thursday help us make hope normal again.
'The reviews were true ... what a barnstorming first novel!' - ✭✭✭✭✭ - 'Toric', Amazon
Time's running out to catch 'How Soon Is Now?' for just 99p on Kindle, so you'd better be quick ... unless you can track down The Nostalgia Club...
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Taps the contempt of court sign again
A clairvoyant cover.
Andrew Wakefield is where all this anti-vaccine nonsense started, back in 1998. He is a proven liar and a fraudster. And now here we are with a measles outbreak in the UK. One man caused so much harm, yet still plays the victim.
