Tracey Briggs
@traceybriggs1.bsky.social
Happy long time dyslexic actor👵🏻 love being part of brilliant stories ❤️ brilliant writers. ❤️ Dancing singing and campaigning. Known for Calendar Girls #DavidPughLtd, BBC Archers. Spotlight: https://app.spotlight.com/6215-7869-5146
In the Green Party any member can propose a policy - it's part of our constitution & the rest of the membership decide to debate it or not. When the media present that as the Green Party "proposing" a policy they're misleading you - worth asking why the billionaire press constantly attack us.
In today's @yorkshirepost.co.uk 📰: Vice Chair @jazz072.bsky.social makes clear that, even after #Brexit, the UK can't afford to ignore #EU rules & regulations. "Rather than 'take back control', Brexit has robbed us of our influence and seat at the decision-making table." #RejoinEU
📢 VERY MUCH THIS ➡️ "It’s not the foreigners, legal or illegal, who are pissing on us; it’s the billionaires who own the media and the internet and can pay the debts of the political parties they want to control, and fuck the rest of us." www.theguardian.com/culture/2026...
‘The country of my birth has lost its heart’: Miriam Margolyes on how to fix broken Britain
At 85, the actor has lived through much political upheaval. But, she writes, today’s hostile times feel like ‘the worst yet’. She reflects on her journey from teenage Tory to full-throated leftist – a...
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A bit more on moving from campaigning into research. 👀
Four years campaigning for Birmingham's streets. Now I'm researching why they're so hard to change.
After four years campaigning Birmingham's streets, Martin Price researches how design thinking could improve the deliverability of urban transport projects.
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Birmingham artist Barbara Walker uses her art to explore race, identity and history, asking questions about who gets seen, who gets heard and whose stories are remembered. www.instagram.com/p/DbsNKUOCCV... #KnowHerName #SayHerName #WomenWhoRock #ArtIsLife #Justice4Windrush
Night night sweet dreamies Today has been one of those days that reminds you just how much goodness there is in the world Kindness, generosity and thoughtfulness may seem like small things, but to someone who needs them, they can mean absolutely everything.
This: “It would be even better if the council bought them as social housing & rented them out, seeing as they're empty.” Quite! Presume “the Council” lacks ability to finance purchase, despite assets gained paying for themselves in long run. Economics of the madhouse we’ve put up with since 1980.
Paul Sandars🏴@paulsandars.bsky.social · 2d agoBBC News - People who want to live on this almost-empty estate aren't allowed to buy the homes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Reform ex-Tory UK leaders were in "The party of law and order. Closed 23 prisons, Cut 12,500 prison places, Privatised probation services, Cut 20,000 experienced police officers, Released thousands of prisoners early, Brought the criminal justice system to the brink of collapse" via We Demand UK
It’s not just the msm it’s social media with its own bloc of oligarchs controlling the algorithms. We also need to stop the control of the debate by the oligarchs.
Could this be the beginning of the end for the billionaire-owned media propaganda blitz? A campaign to free our national press from foreign billionaires like Rupert Murdoch is gaining momentum and attracting big-name support westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/media/c...
Could this be the beginning of the end for the billionaire-owned media propaganda blitz?
A campaign to free our national press from foreign billionaires like Rupert Murdoch is gaining momentum and attracting big-name support
westenglandbylines.co.uk
"Ministers must ‘get a grip’ and block AI data centres from receiving special planning permissions, Green Party says morningstaronline.co.uk/article/mini...
Welcome to the ‘Youth Hunger Games’: the brutal NEET race for shrinking pickings Young people are being exhorted to keep chasing the elusive prize of employment, even as our work-centred world is diminishing westenglandbylines.co.uk/news/educati...
Welcome to the ‘Youth Hunger Games’: the brutal NEET race for shrinking pickings
Young people are being exhorted to keep chasing the elusive prize of employment, even as our work-centred world is diminishing
westenglandbylines.co.uk
Joining us on Tuesday is Casting Director 𝗘𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗹𝗹𝘆𝗲𝗿-𝗕𝗿𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝘄! She'll be introducing her Audition Day with us and answering your questions!
I think we still underplay how much this has to do with X. It remains the main platform used by politicians, commentators and journalists, it was bought by Musk precisely for this purpose, and it's worked
Pete Fraser@petefrasermusic.bsky.social · 3d agoI know it’s not very cool and I-told-you-so of me, but I never thought we’d see this level of open racism in the dead mainstream of the UK in my lifetime. Of course we were aware of The Warning From History and stuff, but it’s so jarring to see it unfold.
Food companies wanted deregulation. Now there are dozens of recalls across the country. Mining companies wanted deregulation. Now the black lung rate is at a 45-year high. Financial companies wanted deregulation. Now financial losses to fraud are the highest on record. Noticing a pattern?
I was on a date with a very nice looking guy. He was mean and nasty to the nerdy waiter who was serving us, obviously thinking it would make me laugh or something. I didn't laugh. I dumped him at the table and ghosted him. Been married to that nice, nerdy waiter for 6 years now.
It seems that those taking the British Citizenship test should be advised to prepare by tuning into TalkingPictures TV.
Jonathan Coe@jonathancoe.bsky.social · 3d agoApparently this is the list of British films included in the booklet accompanying the British Citizenship test. Unfortunately, if familiarity with the films on this list is one of the criteria for being a British citizen I think we're going to have to deport everyone under the age of 50.
Solar panel prices have fallen 90% since 2010, making solar the cheapest form of energy on Earth. oilprice.com/Alternative-...
How Solar Panel Prices Fell 90 Percent In 15 Years | OilPrice.com
Solar power outpaced every other energy source in 2025, driven by falling costs, early policy bets and a global push for energy security.
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"How has Nigel Farage built his fortune?" 💰 'This documentary follows the money trail behind the Reform UK leader's wealth' Nigel Farage: Where Does the Money Come From? This Saturday. Watch | Stream on 5
Hi Reform UK "While we're on the topic and producing leaflets for men in order to help reduce crime - let's not forget the quickest way to reach criminals & reduce crime in the UK would be to produce a leaflet for wh|te Br|t|sh men reminding them of their civil responsibilities" via Expose Racism
🚨 I appear to be in trouble. I sent the FC a helpful little educational post entitled “Annual Competency Assessment” Apparently she did not appreciate my commitment to staff development. I have been summoned for a meeting without treatos. 😬🐾 George
Night night sweet dreamies Self care isn’t always bubble baths drink more water or an early night Sometimes it’s saying no resting when you need to asking for help without guilt & stepping away when life gets too loud Sometimes self care is simply finding your way back to you
“People are standing up and saying, ‘Sorry, we don’t want these data centers in our communities for a number of reasons. If you can’t have the guts to stand up to some large corporation, you should not continue serving in office.’” www.nytimes.com/2026/08/19/t...
Voters Aren’t Waiting for November to Try Ousting Officials Over Data Centers
As a backlash grows over data centers, more local officials are facing recall elections for their support of the computing sites.
nytimes.com
Cat takes down stuck toy so kitten can play with it again