Cllr Scott Brerton 🌹

Will we see Corbyn set up his own "Me me me" party?

Or the "Me me me" party

I doubt either Corbyn's or Sultana's egos will cope with not being leader, so could we see splinter parties to add to this already disastrous movement? It's rapidly turning into a Pythonesque Peoples Front of Judea, Judean People's Front moment.

Great Harwood's fantastic Town Crier Rawden Kerr delivering the Lancashire Cry outside Churchfield House for Lancashire Day 🌹

Thanks too to the Civic Society and the volunteers at Churchfield House. 🙏

#lancashire #lancashireday #lancashireday2025 #hyndburn #greatharwood

Happy Lancashire Day 🌹

Their rallies were violent. Their slogans were hateful. Their legacy? Shameful

So when a modern political party chooses black shirts as its uniform — in a climate of rising nationalism, anti-migrant rhetoric, and culture war politics — it’s not just provocative. It’s dangerous.

They marched through Jewish neighbourhoods. They beat up trade unionists. They disrupted elections and glorified racial purity. They wanted to dismantle democracy and replace it with dictatorship.

In the 1930s, Britain’s Blackshirts weren’t a football team. They were Oswald Mosley’s fascist militia — a uniformed mob that idolised Hitler and Mussolini, copied their salutes, and called for a one-party state.

⬛ Fascism Isn’t Fashion
Reform UK is selling black football-style shirts with “Farage No.10” on the back. They call it cheeky. Patriotic. Just a bit of fun.

But history isn’t laughing. 🧵

Thank you to the Great Harwood Branch of the Royal British Legion for a very poignant Armistice Day Service today on the Town Gate.

An impeccably observed two minutes silence from all who attended.

Lest we forget

Basically, we need to be finding Traitor viewers that would rather be Faithfuls than Traitors to get the Labour vote out for the next set of elections. 🤷‍♂️

Lee Anderson boasts about “gaming the system” at Citizens Advice—then uses it to justify slashing support for anxious young people.

This isn’t a critique of CAB. It’s a dubious confession from a Reform MP who sees compassion as weakness and lived experience as fraud.

I think she's been absolutely brilliant and great to see her through to next week.

With every single day, it becomes more and more apparent that Brexit was the biggest act of self-sabotage in British history, where we chose to follow a rose-tinted non-existant nostalgia over national interest.

Voting Reform just doubles down and accelerates this disaster.

💪 We won't be shaken. We won't be poisoned. We stand firm against fracking and its dangers. Fracking isn't welcome here in Lancashire.. Not now. Not ever. ❌
🧵END

This vote wasn’t just a rejection of a motion. It was a rejection of Lancashire’s voice, safety, and future.

📢 We deserve better. We deserve cllrs who listen, who lead, and who protect—not parties chasing outdated, dangerous myths to make profits for billion pound companies and corporations. 🧵5

‼️ The science is settled. Fracking risks:

🌍 Earth tremors and structural damage
💧 Toxic water pollution
🌫️ Airborne pollutants and noise
🚛 Heavy traffic and land degradation
📉 Zero meaningful impact on bills or jobs 🧵4

🏭 Shale gas sits under much of Lancashire, including Hyndburn and the east of the county. It seems clear that Reform's long-term goal is to turn Lancashire's beautiful 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗼 𝗴𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱𝘀 for Reform UK's billionaire, big business paymasters. 🧵3

👎 At yesterday’s Lancashire County Council Full Council meeting, Reform UK councillors voted down a motion calling for a permanent ban on fracking across Lancashire. That’s right—the party of “drill baby drill” chose corporate profits over community safety.🧵2

💥 𝗟𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗮𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗲 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗖𝗹𝗹𝗿𝘀 𝗝𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗱 𝗙𝗥𝗔𝗖𝗞𝗜𝗡𝗚 💥

Ignoring the dangers to:

🫵 YOU
🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 YOUR FAMILY
🏠 YOUR HOME
👭 YOUR COMMUNITY

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Corbyn & Sultana back on speaking terms—cue the Gallagher comparisons. But let’s be honest: we’re not at the 2025 stage of the Oasis journey. We’re still in the early albums era. A couple of bangers, then a messy fallout.

✅ We want libraries that are visible, vibrant, and valued. Not diluted. Not dismantled.

🚚 And not driven off in a van.

🌹 Lancashire deserves better.

#SaveOurLibraries #LancashireLibraries #CommunityNotCuts #LibrariesMatter #ReformUKFail 🧵End

🕳️ Reform UK might be comfortable with hollowed-out services and disappearing public spaces. I'm not—and neither are the people of Lancashire.

👀 We want libraries that are visible, vibrant, and valued. Not tucked away in a corner. Not diluted. Not dismantled. 🧵3

❤️ Libraries aren’t a luxury—they’re lifelines. They’re warm spaces, places of learning, imagination, and connection. You don’t build community by shoving books into a back room or sending a van round twice a month. 🧵2

🔷 𝗥𝗲𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝗨𝗞 𝘁𝗼𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗿𝗲𝗳𝘂𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝘂𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗰𝗹𝗼𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀... 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝗳 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝘂𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘃𝗮𝗻-𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀.

❌ Both of course mean...CLOSING LIBRARIES

📉 Let’s be clear: this isn’t innovation. It’s austerity. It isn’t modernisation. It’s managed decline. 🧵1

They're asked to smile, participate, adapt, and show gratitude-while the rest of society rarely reflects on its own biases, barriers, or responsibilities.

It's something I've always thought about a lot of "community cohesion" projects. Too often, projects meant to "bring people together" end up placing the burden on immigrant communities to prove they belong.

I've just voted for @lucympowell.bsky.social to be Deputy Leader of the Labour Party.

This.

NEW: @mainstreamlabour.bsky.social
endorses @lucympowell.bsky.social for Deputy Leader of the Labour Party. In a special ballot, 82.2% of Mainstream members voted to endorse Lucy. Labour’s Mainstream wants the party and government to be reset in line with pluralist, democratic socialist values.