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Ian Blades

@cllrianblades.bsky.social

Labour Councillor for Berwick Hills and Pallister, Middlesbrough Council. Works for PD Ports. My opinion not The Council, Labour group or PDPorts. ian_blades@middlesbrough.gov.uk GMB: UTB.

295 Followers  |  432 Following  |  15 Posts  |  Joined: 10.09.2023  |  1.7475

Latest posts by cllrianblades.bsky.social on Bluesky

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Ripley Castle owners say retirement is behind reason for sale Sir Thomas and Lady Ingilby say selling the estate will allow them to spend more time together.

Very rich people sell their house so they can retire to the sun, get free advert from not one, but two publicly funded reporters www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

02.02.2025 12:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Headline reading:

BORIS JOHNSON: Starmer picked a fraudster for his Cabinet because he is fraudster-in-chief.
And he knows, in his heart, that the whole government is a fraud.

Headline reading: BORIS JOHNSON: Starmer picked a fraudster for his Cabinet because he is fraudster-in-chief. And he knows, in his heart, that the whole government is a fraud.

Ironometers across the United Kingdom just violently exploded and satirists across the land put their pens down because there truly is no point anymore.

30.11.2024 12:23 β€” πŸ‘ 723    πŸ” 174    πŸ’¬ 61    πŸ“Œ 10
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Β£500m defence cuts as ships, drones and helicopters scrapped Critics said the move would leave UK defence weaker, at a time of growing international tensions and after over a decade of funding pressures on the armed forces.

Fake news headlines from the BBC!!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"The savings will be retained in defence and all personnel will be redeployed or retrained"

So not quite "cuts"

20.11.2024 20:17 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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One of the biggest shifts in housing policy over the past 50 years: we went from subsiding bricks and mortar, to subsidising landlords

14.11.2024 21:39 β€” πŸ‘ 328    πŸ” 156    πŸ’¬ 11    πŸ“Œ 5

Will Musk's desperate electioneering of #Trump prove to be the death of #Twitter?
Currently 1M people a day are joining #Bluesky.

14.11.2024 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I thought all Acklam dwellers were Tories or worse......

14.11.2024 09:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was strange that he would say this, as this was the plan when he was mayor, he passed it and supported it a that time.

We stopped it, well before he complained about it.

Still, in the interest of not showing him up, I never posted it....

13.11.2024 23:01 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

7 of us have had 2 days talking and listening to 6 really diverse and brilliant candidates for CEO of our council.
I'm extremely excited to announce that we've made the decision and have; subject to exec and full council approval, decided on our councils new CE.
Announcement due tomorrow morning.

13.11.2024 22:54 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I don't want to live in a social media bubble. I don't want to follow only like minded people- we need to learn and understand all views.
I didn't think I'd ever say this.
True old fashioned Tories welcome to follow- I'll follow back.

13.11.2024 22:36 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please.

13.11.2024 22:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please, add me. πŸ’—

13.11.2024 21:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Hello everyone. I am now on this platform for social media. Do please repost this message so that more people can find me!

13.11.2024 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 5503    πŸ” 4183    πŸ’¬ 538    πŸ“Œ 151
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Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X from its official accounts Platform’s coverage of US election crystallised longstanding concerns about its content, says Guardian

Some big news this morning

www.theguardian.com/media/2024/n...

13.11.2024 11:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5009    πŸ” 1028    πŸ’¬ 113    πŸ“Œ 142

Please use the hashtag #Teesside to find other Teessiders to connect with. There’s also a follow list I’m cultivating currently pinned to my page if you want to share outside of the platform too. I will keep updating as more people join. Let’s rebuild our online community πŸ’–

13.11.2024 17:33 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

As we move away from the other place, this becomes our new home.

13.11.2024 20:48 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Should I now sell the EV?
Anyone got a gas guzzler to sell or swap?

20.09.2023 20:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Oh, didn't realise that we can't link on this site.

20.09.2023 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This is a poor report, most of the real details have been deliberately missed out.

Government could step in to run Middlesbrough Council if it does not sort out its governance woes - Teesside Live (gazettelive.co.uk)

20.09.2023 09:23 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Is #Houchen amongst us?

19.09.2023 21:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

With Twitter suggesting it might charge.

How much would you pay for a good social media site?

19.09.2023 10:43 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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