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Ray Ellis retweeted
We remember what he did.
Show him you remember too; sign our petition to remove @MattHancock from the Privy Council:
c.org/xWgPym5KR7
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After months of FBU campaigning, the government and DEFRA have announced a combined funding uplift of £70m to build wildfire resilience.
The FBU will continue to fight for the recruitment of thousands more firefighters.
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Max Dowman 👏👏👏
So much to love about his blatantly wrongful dismissal:
1. Heavy tackle but doesn't throw himself to ground or roll about to get a player booked
2. Stands up to him & without aggression for me e.g. look at Palmer yellow on Saturday
Should never have been a red, not even close & its a lesson for him but I love the way hes went about it.
Ray Ellis retweeted
“We know how it feels to be a child and have a ball at your feet. Every time I have the opportunity to help another kid have that feeling again, that's important to me.” ✨
Bukayo and his family's work has funded emergency housing and shelters for families affected by the devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Morocco and has also helped children in Nigeria, and all over Africa with transformative surgeries.
A star on and off the pitch. Congratulations, Bukayo ❤️
ALT Sócrates Award. The best humanitarian work done by a footballer worldwide.
ALT Bukayo and his family have worked with multiple charities, providing medical care and humanitarian aid for children and families in need in London and around the world.
ALT "For me, it's an honour to be here, and it's an honour to receive this award on behalf of all the children we've been able to help."
ALT Bukayo Saka with his Sócrates Award.
Ray Ellis retweeted
Evidence from the Covid Inquiry is now overwhelming — @MattHancock's failures during the pandemic led to thousands of avoidable deaths.
Removing Hancock from the Privy Council would be a small step towards accountability.
Sign our petition if you agree: c.org/xWgPym5KR7
Ray Ellis retweeted
The privatised Royal Mail is in crisis. It should be brought back into public control to deliver for the people, not for profiteers.
It's welcome that a range of colleagues including @darrenpjones spoke up on the issue this week.
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On Tuesday 20th October, the union leadership held a meeting with Royal Mail's owners to address the issues with DM26 and agree a way forward.
The full joint statement, which is available on our website, commits the company to:
• A new delivery model, shaped by an independent fatigue study and listening sessions with frontline staff;
• 8,100 temporary uplifts made permanent by 31st January 2027;
• 195 struggling Delivery Units prioritised and stabilised;
• Immediate negotiations on equalising new entrants’ terms and conditions.
We believe these measures will help the current burden at Royal Mail in the short term - but we still believe government intervention is the only way forward to resolving the deep issues that threaten the company's future.
Ray Ellis retweeted
I'll be deadly honest with you.
This country's cultural lens and identity on football should be seen as a shame to the world.
Still fundamentally a neanderthal level of mindset in regards to football.
And they wonder why they don't win anything on the international level.
Ray Ellis retweeted
#YourVoiceMatters
#JasonArday has been cleared of plagiarism for a fourth time. Why is the media silent about it?
As another investigation ends without substantiating plagiarism claims, @richardsudan asks who will hold the British media accountable for its treatment of the pioneering Black academic?👇🏿
voice-online.co.uk/opinion/c…
@aljhlester @SholaMos1 @misanharriman @BellRibeiroAddy @GoodLawProject
Ray Ellis retweeted
Madeley: "Do you think welfare spendings out of control?"
Maguire: "I don't think its out of control if you look at the total figure.. its only 10.6% of the economy, which is low by European standards"
Singh: "And over half of the welfare budget is pensions, the state pension"
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80% of the Reform UK political donations came from persons/companies based abroad.
People not permanently resident in the UK or paying taxes subverting UK politics.
What have they been promised in return?
Political donations are bribes, must be banned.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/po…
Ray Ellis retweeted
Basic human decency wouldn't permit me to be "very happy" if I was nominated for some trinket, knowing that it very needlessly costs someone their life.
When the story of Jason Arday is told in full and remembered in history, the British "Journalism" Awards will be ashamed.
Very happy to have been shortlisted in the Specialist Journalism category in this year's British Journalism Awards for my investigation into Cambridge University professor Jason Arday and the extensive plagiarism in his PhD thesis #BJA2026
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A passionate case made by Darren Jones for the renationalisation of the Royal Mail.
A postal service isn’t a nice to have luxury, it’s an essential, critical public service.
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Ofcom has investigated Royal Mail seven times since 2015 and fined them four times.
And yet last year they lowered the targets and cut second class delivery days, saving the company £425 million pounds.
A regulator that rewards failure is not fit for purpose. We need an Ofcom with teeth.
Chris Bloore MP in the House of Commons on Monday.
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This is why England haven’t won anything since 1966 and always fall short, technical players are still never protected and allowed to be assaulted on the pitch without punishment. Physicality over technicality is STILL the identity & it’ll hold us back from getting over the hump.
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I dunno man, I think referees should probably be sanctioning the dangerous, out of control tackle as much -- if not more -- than they should the petulant but unimpactful swing out in response.
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English culture where less talented players try to ruin talented players careers. Full of envy
