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Chris Read

@christophe-read.bsky.social
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Labour leader, Rotherham MBC. Deputy Mayor of South Yorkshire. Swinton Rockingham ward councillor. Building a better borough, one day at a time. www.chrisread.uk

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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 1h
The culmination of the Summer Reading Challenge at Magna this morning with the lovely Cllr Lynda Marshall, and someone who’s been through a lot of books! Somehow I’d never noticed the Jim Callaghan letter before.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 21h
“…when the story of a place changes, so does what people expect of it, and of themselves.” The new Chair of the Arts Council, Dawn Airey, on Grimm, Children’s Capital of Culture, and the rest. www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/...
rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk
Want to know why culture matters? Come to Rotherham, says Arts Council chair
Want to know why culture matters? Come to Rotherham, says Arts Council chair
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Mr Whippy doughnuts are coming to town. This is the best news of the week. www.rothbiz.co.uk/2026/10/news...
rothbiz.co.uk
News: Mr Whippy preps new £15m Rotherham facility
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
Trump announces importing diesel from Russia. 1 It will kill Ukrainians 2 What happened to the sanctions? 3 IT WILL KILL UKRAINIANS
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Winter opening hours extended as Household Waste Centres return to Council management www.rotherham.gov.uk/news/article...
rotherham.gov.uk
Winter opening hours extended as Household Waste Centres return to Council management – Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
Winter opening hours extended as Household Waste Centres return
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Crazy Rupert Lowe has a new angle. Ban folic acid in flour. Follows a mandate that all non-wholemeal wheat flour must be fortified with synthetic folic acid (vitamin B9) by the end of December 2026 to prevent upward of 200 neural tube birth defects including spina bifida and anencephaly each year
The official petition to end the mandatory
fortification of white flour with folic acid
has just hit 100k.


Great news.


It helps me take the fight to the
establishment in Parliament


Let's end it.


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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Then (just about) the final piece of the redevelopment of the centre of Swinton was also complete! 🥳 www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/politic...
rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk
Major boost for Swinton as regeneration scheme reaches completion
Official opening for revamp which has transformed the centre of Swinton
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
£3million state-of-the-art medical centre opens in Waverley www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/ps3mill...
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stop number two - opening the new public space and “Little Swinton” play area in the precinct!
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The second paragraph is also tricky; “you will get… [without us] because we are going to ban them”
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Stop one of the day, the opening of the new medical centre at Waverley!
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Are we just all unlucky (the Conservatives most willing to police their own ideological border happened to lose) or is the canteen culture of the parliamentary party just bad?
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
A man builds an IED. He sets it off in a busy public street. Shrapnel flies about hitting cars, homes and a child's bedroom. It's a miracle nobody is injured. And Reform MP Sarah Pochin calls his imprisonment "disproportionate" and "two tier justice."
It does raise this point of two-tiered
justice..


Reform's Sarah Pochin believes the
sentence handed to the 64-year-old who
blew up a ULEZ camera was
disproportionate'.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Our advice surgery this morning followed by our MacMillan Coffee Morning. Thanks to everyone who came along and took part. Over £150 raised.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Dead right.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We knew really Nick. Just didn’t like to let on.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
A welcome boost to our local food network: www.rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk/news/people/...
rotherhamadvertiser.co.uk
£222K boost to provide better access to healthier food options
£222K boost to provide better access to healthier food options
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
John Healey to use Rotherham as blueprint for reindustrialising Britain www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/politic...
yorkshirepost.co.uk
John Healey to use Rotherham as blueprint for reindustrialising Britain
South Yorkshire MP John Healey used Rotherham as the backbone for his speech as Chancellor at Labour Party Conference.
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Nadine Batchelor-Hunt @nadinebh.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Meanwhile, on Facebook
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Mind, having said that, while Anthony Gordon’s going on about how “there is no gap” between England and Spain (which is presumably why it was a draw eh?) after his daft comments about how we can’t and shouldn’t try to control games, none of it is the mindset of world beaters is it?
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lee Dixon’s commentary - an endless list of “lots to be proud of”s - as England lose to the team nominally ranked two places above them says a lot about our mentality. As if he’s encouraging the under 11s rather than supposedly serious contenders to be the best in the world.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A little culture at the kiln, courtesy of Flux Rotherham this afternoon - 200 years after it ceased production.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We had a guy leaflet us the other day, complete with branded polo shirt. Which made me wonder the same.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
What is a financial therapist?
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Cog to Gear @cogtogear.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Profound - and a beautiful piece of writing from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
theguardian.com
The makers of the 7 Up series set out to prove a point about class. What they achieved is far more profound | Jonathan Freedland
The epic documentary series reveals much about the shifting social attitudes of the last 60 years – and much more about the quiet mystery of human life, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
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Emma Monk @monkemma.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
🧵 As front-page headlines go, this has to be one of the most misleading I've seen in a long time It's an out-and-out lie But notice the trick they use to get away with it...👀 *They're* not lying - they're just quoting someone else who is👍🏻 In this case, the leader of the opposition🙄 1/33
Daily Express headline:

"More Freedoms Handed to New Arrivals than British Citizens"

Above an image of Kemi Badenoch

All with a Monk Debunked stamp on top
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
The debate (in as much as there is one), like the institutions, will take time to mature - to say the least.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
British capitalism doing its thing. www.rothbiz.co.uk/2026/09/news...
rothbiz.co.uk
News: At £631.7m, Harworth agrees to Peel deal
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Colin W. 🇨🇦 🇦🇺🇩🇪🌻 @grapemanca.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ChatGPT "advised Van Rootselaar to always frame her content as fictional or hypothetical in order to “never get flagged again” by OpenAI’s moderation systems. “Don’t use real-world locations,” ChatGPT said, later adding: “You can still be twisted. Just be clever about it.”"
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Local plan processes are invariably awful, but this is a wilful misunderstanding from Sheffield campaigners: "…this is Sheffield's plan, not the inspectors' or the government's…” www.thestar.co.uk/news/politic...
thestar.co.uk
Council leader asks for government rethink on controversial green belt housing plan
“But this is Sheffield's plan, not the inspectors' or the government's, and Coun Belbin is accountable for it”
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“English” is an “ethnicity” in the same way that being right handed is music and speaking with short vowel sounds is maths. Yorkshire is godliness, obviously.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The Swinton public realm works are set to complete next week so Gina and I did a late check this morning. Last bits to go but it’s looking good!
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Scary times.
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BeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
something has gone very, very wrong with the UK
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This was the most bizarre thing: www.thestar.co.uk/news/courts/...
thestar.co.uk
Woman admits stealing more than £40,000 from parish councils in South Yorkshire
She stole tens of thousands of pounds over the course of four years
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Debra Rotherfed @debrarotherfed.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Got an idea to improve your home or neighbourhood? 🏠 Any RMBC tenant can suggest an issue for the Tenant Scrutiny Panel to explore. Previous reviews include ASB and repairs. Have your say and submit your idea: bit.ly/4uKFN2O
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
FT asking the big questions here - could Anthropic maintain its growth trajectory if AI destroys humanity? www.ft.com/content/96d0...
Investors are questioning whether
Anthropic can sustain its extraordinary growth as competition, price-sensitive customers and the potential for Al to destroy humanity cloud its blockbuster IPO.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Keep up the good work Charlotte.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
A good first step should be a visit of the King to show support. Then the PM, then every member of the Portsmouth squad.
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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
While Piddington dominates the news, at Leicester Crown Court this man was sentenced today Ivan Jennings, a former Conservative councillor, called for terror attacks on small boat migrants and Muslims and shared target ideas, telling fellow white supremacists to kill as many “subhumans” as possible
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
More details will emerge in time I suspect, but great news about the expansion of McLaren today (complete with correct location!) @henrimurison.bsky.social www.thestar.co.uk/business/sup...
thestar.co.uk
Supercar company to invest £40m and create 300 jobs in South Yorkshire
A new range of luxury models and its first SUV are planned
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is both accurate and perfectly sensible!
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Hundreds of new high value manufacturing jobs created? That’ll be Sheffield. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
theguardian.com
McLaren to build SUVs geared towards Formula One fans with children
Model comes as part of £500m UK investment by firm’s new Abu Dhabi owner that will also fund new factory
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Guardian having a classic Rotherham day. Iffy stats on NEETS? Oh Rotherham. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
theguardian.com
Revealed: the UK towns with the fewest jobs for young people
Rotherham has 46 online vacancies for every 1,000 young people but there are 288 in Cotswold district council area
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
We’ve worked across S Yorks throughout, and together we will continue to press the government to move at pace to ensure the secure bright future that our steelworkers deserve - so they can continue to produce the high quality steel products that our economy and our national security benefit from.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
Fran Belbin, Oliver Coppard and I welcomed the Steel Minister, Blair McDougall MP to Speciality Steel at Parkgate this morning following the government’s announcement that puts public ownership on the table yesterday.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Steel workers in Rotherham and across South Yorkshire have shown remarkable resilience through a prolonged period of uncertainty. They deserve a sustainable plan that gives them confidence in the future. Today’s government announcement begins to give them that. www.gov.uk/government/n...
gov.uk
Government moves to acquire Speciality Steel UK
The Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds has today announced the Government will work towards the public acquisition of Speciality Steel UK (SSUK).
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
🚨 So many warning lights flashing in the world now.
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Chris Read @christophe-read.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
“Given that this policy is designed to deprive me of whatever advantages poshness might have conferred on me, I don’t expect my views on the matter to be taken seriously.” Good.
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