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Gay, semi-freelance film maker living and working in Birmingham. Oh - and I also bake awesome bread, croissants, cakes and buns!

Birmingham
Joined June 2009
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There is something unsettling about two Londoners on @bunker_pod totally failing to realise the limitations of their perspectives about London. Some unconscious bias training required I think.
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Really shocking customer services from @powered_by_pod. 5 out of 4 charging posts at @sainsburys Selly Oak not working and they don’t care at all.
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Hey @David4BKH, aren’t you on the planning committee?
Incredibly frustrating to see this playing out at Smithfield. Yet again art/culture slips off the planning agenda. We have the chance to be Birmingham’s Bilbao and a gallery of national importance could transform the city. When will we learn? birminghammail.co.uk/news/mi…
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The crazy thing about this post is that Sandie Peggie would probably try and get Melanie Ward kicked out of the ladies.
This morning @clairebakermsp & I met with Sandie Peggie, who I have spoken in support of in Parliament. Sandie has 30 years’ service as a nurse at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy & should never have had to take legal action to uphold her right to change in a single sex space.
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Tice is a grade A cunt.
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The ‘media training’ of politicians has fucked up everyone. It’s gamified political discussion, meaning that no one ever answers a question, leading to the collapse in trust in politics and politicians.
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The self-delusion of @JoPhoenix1 is wild. On her entirely unchallenging and one sided #bbcwato interview, she mentioned vulnerable people while failing to acknowledge the damage her ‘gender critical’ beliefs have on vulnerable LGBTQ+ students.
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Apparently the new tram money will extend Brum’s trams to the ‘sport quarter’. Where the fuck is that exactly?
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Isn’t it funny that not a single gender critical ‘defender of women’s sport’ has spoken out about the treatment of women’s tennis at @rolandgarros? It’s almost as if it’s transphobia, rather than actual women’s sport, that is the real motivation.
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The weirdest thing about @johnboyne’s deeply stupid article is that, while claiming with pride (natch) that he doesn’t visit gay bars or attend Pride marches, he states as a fact who does. How the fuck does he know if he doesn’t go?
So much bizarreness in this anti-Pride piece from Vichy Gay John Boyne, but my favourite bit is his reference to the “universally praised Cass Review”.
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In contrast, I was at the free Brum pride event on Friday with my friends and colleagues. So unlike him, I actually do know who goes to pride.
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Hey, @BirminghamPride - why are the tickets for the free event tonight no longer available?
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The @bbcr4today interview with @UNITE about the #Birmingham bin strikes is a classic example of the ‘what happens outside London isn’t serious’ genre. If London was being held to ransom so that a union could attack the government, the questioning would have been very different.
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How is it legal to discriminate based on age for Youth Mobility? Age is a protected characteristic. @UKLabour #eu #brexit
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Why are @BBCNews running a puff piece about Israel’s Eurovision entrant? The news story is how Israel’s government exploited the televote last year and how they will do it again this year. By all means cover her, but don’t pretend she is there as a singer. She is propaganda.
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Jenrick’s interview on @BBCr4today shows how dim @UKLabour’s reform cosplay really is. Most Labour supporters are appalled by the tack towards racism, while the actual racists don’t believe it’s racist enough.
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This speech by Starmer feels like the death of @UKLabour as a party of liberal values. It’s shocking in how racist it is, how regressive it is and how fundamentally stupid it is.
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It’s pretty wild that @bindelj defends her right to self id as a lesbian despite not actually fancying women while claiming that the concept of gender is homophobic. Gender critical ideology is hardcore bullshit.
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The brilliant @JonNeale has another weekend read for you today. In just two decades during the 20th century, the Birmingham region went from the wealthiest outside London, to the poorest. Why? Because of a forgotten 1940s policy that killed industry. birminghamdispatch.co.uk/the…
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Oli Clark retweeted
You may have seen the latest Crown Pub news that Tokyo Inn have submitted an application to extend their temporary use of land behind the pub as a car park. (Planning application 2025/00942/PA) Here’s why you should submit objections. 1/n
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