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Richard Servian

@serwianski.bsky.social

Sometime Social Worker, voyager, County Cricket fan, Labourist, 60/70s Rock Gods concert goer,old fogey, inhabitant of the Black Country…. Read lots of fiction…

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Richard Servian@serwianski.bsky.social · 9h ago

Today is Anniversary of the 910 Battle of Wodensfelde, sometimes known as the Battle of Tettenhall, both now in Wolverhampton, in which the Mercian Anglo Saxons led by Lady Aethelflaed defeated the Vikings.

Oxford Clarion@oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 2d ago

Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.

Flags on the Abingdon Road
The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2w ago

Birmingham council accused of giving ‘free rein’ to group erecting England flags

Birmingham council accused of giving ‘free rein’ to group erecting England flags

Campaigners call for injunction against Raise the Colours, which is accused of spreading anti-immigration rhetoric Birmingham residents have accused the local council and police of “dragging their heels” and giving “free rein” to a group responsible for erecting flags across the city. Raise the Colours, which describes itself as a grassroots movement, has been placing union jack and St George’s cross flags on lamp-posts, roundabouts and other public infrastructure since last summer. Continue reading...

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Judd Legum@juddlegum.bsky.social · 2w ago

I took a hard look at the financial donors to ICE’s biggest supporters in Congress. These are people who want to significantly expand ICE’s power and have sponsored or co-sponsored legislation to do so. Here are the top 25 consumer brands bankrolling the biggest ICE supporters in Congress:

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Richard Servian@serwianski.bsky.social · 3w ago

So The Supplementary vote returns to Regional Mayor contests. Fair chance Andy Street would have won in the West Mids if his Party hadn’t abolished it…. Labour’s Richard Parker’s Majority was only 0.25%…

Josiah Mortimer@josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 4w ago

A six-month investigation by Byline Times reveals that with the support of Palantir's Peter Thiel, Reform's policy chief James Orr has used the University of Cambridge as a student recruitment ground for a hard-right, theocratic political project aimed at bolstering talent in Farage’s party

Palantir Co-Founder Peter Thiel and Reform UK's Cambridge University Recruitment Pipeline Project Revealed

The world-renowned academic institution has nothing to say in response to a six-month investigation by Byline Times raising serious concerns about the safeguarding of students and foreign influence at...

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Richard Servian@serwianski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Remembering my Dad. An old photo from the 1950s, where he looked , maybe, a little like Harold Wilson in the same era. Remembering this as HW winning in 1964 is my first political memory as was Dad’s pleasure at this.

Dad in the 1950s Harold Wilson in the 1950s
Richard Servian@serwianski.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Verbally abused by Local Carvery staff member for asking whether some veg mix was Bubble & Squeak. Carvery packed. Now have no sympathy for tax position of carveries if they can just swear at you, even if it was very hot.