Ralph Berry

Pleased to see 600 new youth sessions as part of @bradfordcouncil.bsky.social budget tonight .
More investment in community and youth .
Positive futures in a young diverse city
#Bradford @judithcummins.bsky.social

Screeching 180 from Reform leader Farage who’s gone from Trumpian “Bomb the Islamists” to “We cannot get involved directly in another foreign war, we don’t have a Navy, we can’t even defend our own military base in Cyprus” overnight.

He’s seen the polling showing the public don’t support the war.

Notably absent .
Really a bit of misrepresentation here .
No evidence provided

Numbers matter .. eventually

And the last Shepherds Hey..
A life in the Morris Ring ..
4 years since he danced on ..
Still miss cleaning those Staffordshire Longswords...
#Dad

a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world . ALT: a group of men are standing in front of a large map of the world .

On balance I much preferred it when Dr Strangelove was fiction ....

Understated .
Yes.

Pleased to be invited to Naz Shah MP 's book Launch 'Honoured' at the Midland Hotel. #Bradford
Powerful insights and streignth in the face of mysoginy wrapped up as culture .
Any father of daughters would do well to listen to that speech ...
@nazshahbfd.bsky.social @alisonlowembe.bsky.social

Blair sparks row with Starmer after claiming UK ‘should have backed Trump’ in Iran The former prime minister told a private event that Labour ‘had better show up’ for Washington

Ye have disgraced this place .....
A Cromwellian quote moment
www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...

The phrase
' I prefer his early work '
Has never been more apposite.
Mr B ..a bad echo

The joy of artisanal retail.
#Leeds
#Blackandwhitephotography
#Streetphotography

One for @richardmortimer.bsky.social
A rare thing.
A Sam Smith's pub open ....
Quirky but rather good value and stout .. The Angel
No swearing..
#Leeds
@keithbeard.bsky.social

Loining .
#Leeds

The joy of Jewellery
#Leeds #BlackandWhitePhotography
@grimartgroup.bsky.social

the word holi is surrounded by colorful splashes ALT: the word holi is surrounded by colorful splashes

Happy #Holi to all celebrating.

Indeed the Exchange team won .
Life's little hinterland..

I thought I recognised that

Tuesday's #Vinyl moment
The fiddle legend Jackie Daly in fine form .
#FolkVinyl

Airedale Quiz league and a Barnsley dark Moor moment the Exchange.
Exquisite
Television on the jukebox ...
@richardmortimer.bsky.social

Love the stuff from my Massachusetts Cousin ...
#ToHellWiththeOrangeBaby

Starmer says UK will not join ‘regime change from the skies’ on Iran PM defends use of UK bases for defensive action but says Britain has learned lessons from Iraq on need for ‘thought-through plan’

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Good.

Please stick to this Labour 🙏🏼

The right call .
Oh but ......

Absolutely.
Oddly the farming of votes in sheltered housing and care homes doesn't hit this mark .

Northern Municipal moment.
#Bradford
#Yorkshire

Bradford navigation 🧭

Quiet wander in a northern city centre .
Glorious..
No Reformists harmed
#Bradford

Angles in red ..
The Northern glory of #Bradford City Hall .
Some have town halls ..
#Yorkshire

Another moment of awe at Lockwood and Mawson's finest creation .
#Bradford
@municipaldreams.bsky.social @sionedmair.bsky.social

Lunar moment in
#Bradford
#Yorkshire

Meanwhile Tory austerity legacy people die younger ....
Trends in local healthy life expectancy.
Compared with 2019 to 2021, healthy life expectancy at birth decreased in a large majority of the UK's local
areas (83% of areas for males, 88% for females) ....