@davidah.bsky.social
Husband, trade unionist, socialist, anti-racist, reader, gig goer, football supporter. Lincoln born and raised, now in Wigan.
Something compelled me to make this
10.02.2026 10:57 — 👍 3651 🔁 1066 💬 74 📌 36
Leaflet issued during the May 1926 General Strike in support of the government: The General Strike. MESSAGE FROM THE PRIME MINISTER. Constitutional Government is being attacked. Let all good Citizens whose livelihood and labour have thus been put in peril bear with fortitude and patience the hardships with which they have been so suddenly confronted. Stand behind the Government, who are doing their part, confident that you will co-operate in the measures they have undertaken to preserve the liberties and privileges of the people of these Islands. The laws of England are the people’s birthright. The laws are in your keeping. You have made Parliament their guardian. The General Strike is a challenge to Parliament and is the road to anarchy and ruin. STANLEY BALDWIN.
Front page of the Daily Graphic, 13 May 1926. It includes photographs of strike breaking activities, including medical students and soldiers moving goods.
The Leeds Citizen, a special strike bulletin published on behalf of the local strike committee. This edition dates from 8 May 1926 and includes the Trades Union Congress' statement that the General Strike was an industrial dispute (rather than a revolutionary challenge to the constitution), information about the local situation, and a report on debates in the House of Commons.
Leaflet issued by the Trades Union Congress during the May 1926 General Strike: TRADES UNION CONGRESS CONSTITUTION NOT CHALLENGED The General Council of the Trades Union Congress does NOT challenge Constitution. It is not seeking to substitute unconstitutional government. Nor is it desirous of undermining our Parliamentary institutions. AN INDUSTRIAL DISPUTE The sole aim of the Council is to secure for the miners a decent standard of life. The Council is engaged in an Industrial dispute. THERE IS NO CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS. THE ONLY ISSUE In any settlement, the only issue to be decided will be an industrial issue, not political, not constitutional. Printed and Published by the General Council of the Trades Union Congress, 33 Eccleston Square, London, S.W
As the General Strike centenary gets closer, we've been boosting our digitised content!
560 original documents have now been digitised & are free to access, including strike bulletins, radio transcripts, union communications & more... #GeneralStrike100
cdm21047.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...
23 years in the making, 16 months in the planning and finally the day is here… #weddingday
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50.9% goth, I’ll take that…
08.07.2025 12:08 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Currently sat on my to be read pile. May have just moved up the list
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Flute teacher to appeal WRC ruling he was not a whistleblower Tribunal rejects claim of alleged 'waste of public funds' at Cork ETB School of Music
And there it is... the greatest header in modern history.
02.06.2025 20:20 — 👍 1047 🔁 239 💬 50 📌 16
Myself and my partner stood outside a large set of black doors. I’m wearing a long purple velvet dress and a long velvet cloak that fades from black at the top to purple at the bottom, with a circlet of red roses on my head and holding a sheaf of red roses. He is wearing a suit with a purple waistcoat and a long black cloak lined with purple. We have just been hand-fasted
It was 20 years ago today…
#Handfasting #anniversary
2024: Nigel Farage tells the people of Clacton that he will fight for them
2025: The TUC interview Clacton voters and point out that Nigel Farage voted against the Employment Rights Bill going through parliament, they were not impressed
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If you read one piece about Axel Rudakubana today, it should be this extensive and meticulous investigation by my colleagues @benhaslm.bsky.social @paddyedrich.bsky.social and @adameverett.bsky.social
www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpo...
Merry Christmas to all
25.12.2024 00:09 — 👍 19396 🔁 4584 💬 179 📌 106Discworld QOTD, from Feet of Clay
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Happy Hogswatch! Ho! Ho! Ho!
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Teachers at Xaverian College in Manchester are out on the picket line again today to tell the government to Pay Up!
Sixth form NEU members across the country are campaigning for pay justice today. #PayUp24
“We are all teachers doing the same job at the end of the day. For us to give ourselves funding, this would affect the students and come out of the budget meant for staff and equipment.”
Time for government to end the clear pay injustice. #PayUp24
www.theboltonnews.co.uk/news/2476773...
Thank you to every NEU member standing on a chilly picket line today. Members at Xaverian Sixth Form College in Manchester are making a stand for pay justice!
We need the government to take action now to end the injustice and support our sixth forms #PayUp24
"The exceptionally strong turnout for the strike action last Thursday should have been a wake-up call to government that our members will not back down on this issue." #PayUp24
www.sthelensstar.co.uk/news/2476811...
The TUFAC Big Night Out will be in Manchester next year:
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We’ve now had Lady Gaga, Undertones and tracks from Moulin Rouge. If I’m not breaking an algorithm somewhere I’ll be disappointed
13.10.2023 17:28 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Together in Electric Dreams is an all-time classic and this is a hill I’m prepared to die on
13.10.2023 17:15 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0Tonight’s journey home has so far been brought to you in association with Frank Wilson, The Mighty Wah! And Giorgio Moroder & Phil Oakey…
13.10.2023 17:13 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0This isn’t just numbers on a spreadsheet, it’s people’s jobs and pupils’ life chances
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