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Shian

@shian22.bsky.social
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Retired NHS nurse, book lover, Rambler, Brummie, and frustrated writer. Currently busy despairing about the state of world, its politics and climate. This might be why I drink too much.

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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We need to show rightwing newspapers that actions have consequences. Add your name: goodlawproject.org/s/abb8a1
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Jason Arday: Demand a public inquiry now | Good Law Project
Commission an immediate public inquiry into how to ensure a responsible press given its contribution to Dr Arday’s tragic death.
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Joe Peacock @brumgreenjoe.bsky.social · 27/06/2026
Especially at the moment, it's not just fast cars, but noisy ones which are causing a real nuisance. When people have to sleep with windows open to cope with the heat, more needs to be done to get them off the roads so people can live peacefully: www.change.org/p/require-ac...
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Sign the Petition
Require action on excessively noisy vehicles in Birmingham
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
I hope people have given up on the idea that the Green Party should stand aside for this man. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Burnham to back Shabana Mahmood’s immigration changes, allies say
Exclusive: Greater Manchester mayor understood to support home secretary’s push to limit legal and illegal migration
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Statement by our Stirchley and Bournville and Cotteridge councillors on "Raise the colours" birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/15/s...
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STATEMENT BY OUR STIRCHLEY AND BOURNVILLE & COTTERIDGE COUNCILLORS ON ‘RAISE THE COLOURS’ - Birmingham Green Party
We are very troubled by violent incidents that took place in Stirchley last night (Thursday 14th May)  in which one Stirchley resident was allegedly attacked and hospitalised and another was apparentl...
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YouGov @yougov.co.uk · 13/05/2026
NHS staff increasingly believe Wes Streeting is doing a bad job as health secretary and that the Labour government is handling the NHS badly Streeting as health secretary Good job: 22% (-3 from 19-28 Feb 2025) Bad job: 53% (+13) Labour handling of NHS Well: 24% (-6) Badly: 66% (+13)
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. We can't let them. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division. goodlawproject.org/s/4ca10b
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Misan Harriman Handraiser | Good Law Project
Far right newspapers are trying to run a smear campaign against Misan Harriman. Add your name to the open letter, and stand against hate and division.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
Well I thought Shabana Mahmood chances of winning her Birmingham seat at the next election was about zero. After this it must be less than zero www.birminghamdispatch.co.uk/exclusive-sh...
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Exclusive: Shabana Mahmood’s postal ballot was investigated in a 2004 vote-rigging scandal in Birmingham
The future home secretary submitted two postal ballot documents with very different signatures
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Over a year of rubbish piling up in our streets, now a week before the election the Labour leader announces a deal to end the strike. Isn't that suspiciously timed - and also 10 months too late? birmingham.greenparty.org.uk/2026/04/27/w...
Text says "10 months too late" with an image of bin bags piled up on a Birmingham street
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Anti-Reform @antireform.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
"The Far right is on the decline across Europe...... we must all stand up to Reform UK here in the UK . ..." via We Demand UK
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
And this is the same fascist owned, genocide enabling company that our government is going let into the NHS and the Defence Department
A socail media post from Donald Trunp sying Panantir have great war fighting capablilities and equipment.
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
I'd love to be a fly on the wall as Labour big wigs discuss how little canvassing they're getting done compared to previous years, and how awful the feedback they are getting is. Who could've predicted that rabidly targeting your base to prove how hard you are to people who hate you, could backfire?
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
I am one of our candidates in Handsworth Wood. Back when the party made sensible plans 2 years ago it wasn't any kind of target seat, now it might be winnable. Fingers crossed.
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Chris Smith @ledredman.bsky.social · 29/03/2026
I don't blame Jews for Israel's war crimes and I don't blame American Christians for Trump's war crimes. I don't blame the Saudi people for 9/11 and I don't blame Palestinians for October 7. All of these atrocities were carried out by criminals who don't represent their people or their faith.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Louis really enjoying the sun this afternoon.
A tabby cat stretching out in the bright su6
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Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
You know the best way to kill AI? Don't use it. Don't buy it. Don't share it. Don't give the people who use it your labour or your money.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Louis gave me real fright at the beginning of the week doing a great impression of a cat with a broken leg. Had a rush to the vets and but it all turned out well. Three days of painkillers and he is as fit as ever, running, climbing ... and sleeping.
A tabby cat asleep on it's back, legs akimbo looking very soft and fluffy
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Sylvia @sylvia-suffragette.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
There is no disguising it now. Mahmood (and the Labour party) are just evil bastards
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Ed Poole @edpoole1975.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
It is absolutely heart breaking watching years of relationship building, interface and quality monitoring NHS work just recklessly binned (along with many of the staff) by this government for no good reason.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Reacting to Labour's devastating loss to the Green Party in Gorton and Denton, Keir Starmer claims that only Labour can unite communities. I agree. He convinced Muslims to vote for a white working class woman representing a party led by a gay Jewish man.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Considering the endless rain we've had all year the Birmingham Ramblers have a lot of luck with the weather. A great day walking around Shrawley yesterday.
Sun shining in pale blue sky over an empty green field surrounded by trees.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 15/02/2026
Louis really liked sitting in the sun yesterday. So did I ... shame about today's weather.
Louis, my tabby cat bathed in sunlight looking out of a window.
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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Just going to leave this here
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Not sure that the ‘we aren't corrupt, just gullable’ is such a great defence when you are the government.
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Phil Sturgeon 🌳🚵⚓️ @philsturgeon.com · 01/02/2026
What Labour want to do looks and sounds a bit like railway nationalisation if you’re unfamiliar but mostly its just taking some Train Operators back into public ownership. Unless it tackles ROSCOs and Open Access it’s just a new colour-way on trains we don’t even own. weownit.org.uk/public-owner...
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Railways
Privatisation has failed
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Brian Candeland @briancandeland.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
If Labour claim that Gorton and Denton is between Labour and Reform, people need to think about that very Caerphilly.
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
Labour say a Green win would be "existential." Sounds like an invitation.... Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Green Elects @greenelects.world · 25/01/2026
Electoral Calculus has Greens gaining Gorton and Denton from Labour. If this transpires to be the case, it will be the first and biggest by-election th Greens would win. Earthquake incoming? 👀
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
It's clear that the Green Party are the way to keep Reform out of Manchester. We are already on the ground in Gorton and Denton - and we are going to be campaigning for every single vote. A new Green MP representing the community. Let's go! Join.greenparty.org.uk
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Join the Green Party from just £6 a year. Become a member today - join the only party standing up for people and planet.
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Greymane 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 @greymane54.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Why can Polanski see the danger but Starmer / Streeting cant? Oh wait a minute i forgot, they are major sponsors of Streeting et al. youtu.be/gQAsV4mIKgA?...
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Zack Polanski Tells Palantir To “Get The Hell Out Of The NHS”
YouTube video by Novara Media
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Recycling tired old lies from the dispicable Sun, that is what the once mighty Labour Party has fallen too.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
I am being told I spend to much time on-line.
A tabby cat sprawled over the keoyboarf of a laptop, blocking the screed and starring at the camera
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
BIG NEWS, the Greens take a council by election from Reform in Derbyshire with an impressive 16.7 % vote increase
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
This headline leaves out the key points: Closer alliances with Europe. We are becoming the weak link against Donald Trump. A defence strategy not dependent on the USA. And ending the billions wasted on Trident - which doesn't work & leases the warheads from...the USA.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Much like breaking both your legs could be an opportunity for marathon runners .... is this the most stupid bunch of cowards we have ever had in government?
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Reeves to try to turn Trump tariffs into an opportunity for UK business
The chancellor and business secretary will both be attending Davos with a message that the UK ‘offers the stability’ that businesses need to invest amid increasing global volatility
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
My new flat mate Louis is a keen explorer. I am not sure if he really is planning to take up reading thoigh
A tabby cat is perched on a shelf peering out from rows of books
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Richard Murphy @richardjmurphy.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Did anyone else note that Starmer says he spoke to Trump yesterday and said he welcomed the role he is playing in Gaza? Pardon? What? He welcomes the post genocidal rebuidling of Gaza as a playground for the rich? Either Starmer is a fool, or he is very dangerous. He might, of course, be both.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
I have a new flat mate ... Louis! He was adopted on Wednesday and has settled in really well. His main hobby is sitting on the window sill bird watching. As we are on the 5th floor he sees a lot of birds!
Close up of a tabby cat looking out of a window
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Ali Haydor @alihaydor.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Waiting for Starmer to grow a moral backbone is like waiting for a goldfish to grow a photographic memory.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
#faj365challenge2026 Building in Lyon's Confluence District March 2026.
Very modern office block about 20 stories high, bright orange with a large indented ball shaped feature in the corner.
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Wouldn't you love to see this ...
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
You see it is possible to be a Prime Minister and have a moral compass and a backbone. www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260106-spa...
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Spanish PM says Gaza, Venezuela and Ukraine territorial unity is not negotiable
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez said on Monday that the territorial unity of Ukraine, the Gaza Strip and Venezuela is not open to negotiation. In a post on the X platform, Sanchez said that “r…
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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
via Middle East Monitor
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
YES ... reduce our human rights, that is the way to fight fascism! Starmer - evil or stupid? Hard to tell. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...
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Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
That's because you're in Dubai.
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Birmingham Green Party @brumgreens.bsky.social · 30/11/2025
Some paint roundabouts. We pick litter. join.greenparty.org.uk
Green party members from Birmingham picking litter... and not painting roundabouts with St George crosses
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Sian Berry MP @sianberry.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Since 2011 the fuel duty freeze has cost the Treasury £133 billion. This huge amount could have paid for lower train and bus fares, better stations, safer walking, wheeling and cycling and much more! www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
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Rachel Reeves will freeze fuel duty to dodge ‘political suicide’
The chancellor will also highlight a rise in the minimum wage and plans to cut energy bills as she tries to win over voters by focusing on cost of living
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Diane Messias @comedywriter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I'm speaking as a woman here, Rachel, and someone who encounters mansplaining on a daily basis... ...it's not because you're a woman, it's because you have no bloody clue about what you're doing, either economically or politically. Hope this helps. #RachelReeves
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Shian @shian22.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
There is so much to feel bad about the state of the world it is easy to lose track of the good things. Here are a gang of us from Birmingham Ramblers starting a walk in atmospheric mist. It got sunny later, and hours later we were in an amazing pub. It was a good day.
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Dr Rebecca Wragg Sykes @lemoustier.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Fifteen years of ideological choices to strangle & gut the public realm - NHS to schools to social services to local museums - is what underlies the anger "tearing our country apart"; immigration is simply the scapegoat that the far right are pushing people toward. Why can't Labour just say this?
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