Ralph Berry

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) ....

The tax exiles and avoiders looking to be rescued by the tax payers .

Being rescued by the taxes they moved to #Dubai avoid to paying.
Irony is off the scale....

8 cost of living boosts for families starting next month as support rolls out Families will see £150 off energy bills, a minimum wage rise, rail fare freeze and Universal Credit changes from April 2026. Here’s what support…

Meanwhile
www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/nationa...

Come on up for the Rising...
Sunday rituals in #Yorkshire
#Puds

Refusing Trump permission to use British bases in Fairford Gloucestershire, Cyprus and Diego Garcia to mount a unilateral attack on Iran against international law takes a lot of courage. We know Starmer has been threatened by Trump, particularly over Chagos.

International Law, upheld. 👏👏

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Sadiq is getting it right here.
Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Labour must stop channelling Reform and unite with progressives. That’s the lesson from Gorton and Denton | Sadiq Khan The threat to the party in some parts of our country is now existential. But we can progress, as we have in London, by being bold and strong in our core beliefs, says London mayor Sadiq Khan

Sadiq gets it right www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Rule based order ..
Anyone remember that ?

Cromwell's speech to the rump parliament comes to mind. vice.

At the dark end of the street....
#Saltaire
#Northern

It's not about the rights Iranians is it ..
Two indicted kleptocrats who seek distraction ....

It's not about the rights Iranians is it ..
Two indicted kleptocrats seek distraction

The coal holes of #Bradford
As spring edges nearer ...
@grimartgroup.bsky.social

A good moment to remind people that there are excellent Council staff .
@bradfordcouncil.bsky.social Housing standards 24hr on site response re roof damage and damp errant landlord made to act You won't see the news or social media .
Good casework outcome ...
www.bradford.gov.uk/housing/advi...

Why have I been doing local politics for over 40 years and never seen two people in a vote booth ...except for a visually impaired voter with a returning officer
Might be because the far right playbook is at work ....?