Jane Haynes
@janerockhouse.bsky.social
Journalist, Birmingham. Politics, social affairs, campaigns. https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/authors/jane-haynes/ Also Substack https://insidebirmingham.substack.com/ 07471025568 jane.haynes@reachplc.com
Labour party members have selected the council leader, Sagal Abdi-Wali, to be the party's candidate in the Holborn and St Pancras by-election, from a shortlist of three local councillors. She grew up in Camden, after coming to the UK as a young child refugee, over 35 years ago
Lots of reaction to @bhamcitycouncil.bsky.social injunction bid against Raise the Colours chiefs over flagging. Reform UK oppose the move; anti racists support it. What about you…keen to hear all thoughts www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Anti-hate group backs council court bid over 'thuggish behaviour' of flaggers
Brmmies United Against Racism and Hate Crime are involved in Birmingham City Council's court action against prominent flaggers
birminghammail.co.uk
🎬 On Tuesday 15 Sept, Sarah Chaundler’s award-winning City of Cars will be screened at Birmingham Council House before Full Council. Please ask your councillor to attend: www.birmingham.gov.uk/councillors/... @sarahchaundler.bsky.social
When will the US media stand up to Trump’s bullying and hectoring and walk out when he launches his disgusting #fakenews nonsense? It’s so embarrassing how they all immediately clamour for his attention after this exchange www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
White House launches personal attack on CNN reporter over question to Trump
CNN says attack ‘beneath the office’ after Kristen Holmes asked president about Jon Ossoff’s comments on key aide
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This is the coverage of Arday **just in the Telegraph** in the UK. This is only the first four pages of results, just in one outlet.
christ, what a depressing story all round, and what a series of failures of responsibility to get to this.
Chris Berez@chrisberez.bsky.social · 2mo agoHoly fucking shit Jason Arday found dead
I’ve spoken to every PM of last 7 years, always tightly controlled access, regionals usually sidelined, BBC and lobby given precedence even when it’s in our ends. Looked like a repeat today until this unplanned chat @andyburnham.bsky.social Nice one. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
PM Andy Burnham meets fire-hit Stourbridge families and pledges emergency funds
Andy Burnham was in Stourbridge today meeting 'gutted' families as he pledges urgent action
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So proud of @birminghamlive.bsky.social response to the fires crisis - our small team has been all over region covering the impact. My small contribution was to get a few mins with PM @andyburnham.bsky.social amd @richardparkerwm.bsky.social in #Stourbridge www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
PM Andy Burnham meets fire-hit Stourbridge families and pledges emergency funds
Andy Burnham was in Stourbridge today meeting 'gutted' families as he pledges urgent action
birminghammail.co.uk
Obvs I'm biased but blimey. The gov's emergency alert team needs a copywriter. Way too much text! Break it up! You need a 1-2 word headline (Wildfires!), then an obvious call to action ("do not use..."). THEN you can go into the whole "even a small flame" thing.
We are devastated to learn about the death of 9-year-old Kyron following last month’s crash in Kings Norton. We send our sincerest condolences to his family and friends. Kyron’s death fell shortly after the second anniversary of the road safety emergency. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...
Call for action after schoolboy's death following crash
A road safety group has called for 'further interventions' following the death of nine-year-old Kyron
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Stop considering it. Just ban them. Do it now. Disposable barbecues are (a) useless as BBQs, take ages, food often still raw in middle, (b) environmentally horrible, (c) incredibly good at starting massive fires. There is no good argument for them. Bin them off www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Burnham to consider ban on disposable barbecues as wildfires rage in UK
PM to look at imposing restriction in public spaces, though campaigners fear it does not go far enough
theguardian.com
Really? Is that it? If this is all that’s come from COBR, it’s pitifully inadequate. As crisis deepens, it beggars belief that there aren’t eg plans to increase resources for the fire service, support for farmers, max workplace temperature, funded community cool spaces & obvs ban on new fossil fuels
Andy Burnham warns of summer ban on disposable barbecues
Andy Burnham said he would consider if a restriction on purchasing the products during the summer months could be justified
independent.co.uk
Petition: Social media algorithms can strongly influence what people see online, including news, political content and material affecting mental health or public safety. Users often cannot understand why content is being shown to them or how to control it. petition.parliament.uk/petitions/77...
Petition: Compel social media companies operating in the UK to make algorithms transparent
Introduce legislation requiring social media companies operating in the UK to make their content recommendation, ranking and amplification algorithms transparent to users, regulators and approved inde...
petition.parliament.uk
Every cabinet member announced so far represents a constituency in the North (plus 2 from West Mids). So far the most “southerly” cabinet members announced are Birmingham’s Shabana Mahmood and Pat McFadden in Wolverhampton #HitTheNorth
love them or loathe them, there's one thing you can't deny about the Argentinian football team: they're a bunch of cunts
Cynical, scheming, boring and then - finally, inevitably - violent. Properly shameful operation which shouldn't be whitewashed by being called 'streetwise'.
Scrap the Romesh thing just clip Wayne Rooney saying he thought the half time show was crap and the licence fee QR code
Would be quite funny if, after all this, Burnham was like "OK sure I'll take Defra".
The Times and Sunday Times@thetimes.com · 4mo agoSir Keir Starmer has suggested he would promote Andy Burnham to the cabinet if the Labour mayor wins Thursday’s by-election in Makerfield
On @cllrmajidmahmood.bsky.social resignation from @brumlabour.bsky.social one insider's take: "He has spent best part of his political career undermining colleagues and Labour...complaints have been made about his conduct from colleagues...he jumped before he was pushed". Meeting was due tomorrow 1/
Every single rotten far-right grifter saw the death of Henry Nowak as a recruitment opportunity #FarageRiots
Daniel Devine@danjdevine.bsky.social · 5mo agoThe total line up is at least Laurence Fox, Tommy Robinson, Nick Tenconi, Paul Golding, and Luke Jahn. This was not community anger at policing. It was an organized, national far-right riot.
What Reform did today was an incitement to rioting and an insult to a grieving family. This bloke should have hung his goddamn head in shame.
Trev@caerleonite.bsky.social · 5mo agoWell done @iandunt.bsky.social for not letting Reform cllr Alex Wilson take the high ground for what Farage did.
Really enjoyed this episode, great insights from @joshih.bsky.social @janerockhouse.bsky.social and @davehillonlondon.bsky.social
Centre for Cities@centreforcities.bsky.social · 5mo agoHow are narratives about cities formed? Why do they matter? Do they shape investment?🎙️ @andrewcities.bsky.social is joined on the podcast by Joshi Herrmann of @manchestermill.bsky.social, @janerockhouse.bsky.social of Birmingham Live and @davehillonlondon.bsky.social of OnLondon👇 buff.ly/ytwC8uh
Tragic that after months of warnings about these violent men, a man is now dead. But Billy Allison was not a founder of RTC - @janerockhouse.bsky.social of Birmingham Mail has the right of it "An activist member of flagging group Raise the Colours has appeared in crown court charged with murder."
Raise the Colours activist in court charged with murder of pub boss
Raise the Colours campaigner Billy Allison has appeared in court over Lichfield incident
birminghammail.co.uk
If you read the work of one journalist who really gets what has happened in Manchester the last few years, and Burnham’s part in it, make it @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social
Jennifer Williams@jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 5mo agoI’ve seen some poorly understood summaries of the Manchester story, so I thought I’d explain what was going on when Burnham arrived, the politics of it, and a little about what’s happened since as.ft.com/r/d7e11a31-2...
