Delyth Chambers

Higher education consultant. Wife. Mother. Wine drinker. Singer. Jewellery maker. Travel.

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

@RadioTimes Perfect

[David Fisher @DavidFisherFolk]

My folk duo's debut album, Old Tall Stories, is out today!

Give it a listen wherever you listen to things, or order the CD from Bandcamp.

Launch gig is TONIGHT at the Kitchen Garden Cafe in Birmingham

All relevant links here:

https://t.co/RylbtGsicw

[David Fisher @DavidFisherFolk]

Have you got your tickets for our album launch yet? It's in 3 days! We're excited

https://t.co/wmFtxWfvtO

"Kings Heathens are a vital force in not only keeping the tradition alive but contributing to it... a hugely impressive debut album" (https://t.co/tr4Jrn49hK)

[David Fisher @DavidFisherFolk]

Every now and then I stop arguing about football/cricket/politics on twitter and post something genuinely relevant to folk music.

This is one of those times.

You should all come to our album launch in Birmingham on Monday the 22nd July. Tickets here:

https://t.co/wmFtxWeXEg

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

@theAliceRoberts Gorgeous!

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

@PaulJLayzell And to you Paul. Enjoy your sprouts!

[Goblin Theatre @GoblinTheatre]

Only 1 week left to join us at the North Pole Jazz Lounge for The Ballad of Rudy @TheOldTownHall https://t.co/K8rHXSXVuC 📸 @GretaZabulyte

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

@hughjconsulting @MyBCU Very wise

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

@hughjconsulting @MyBCU It’s raining…

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

I've signed.

Rishi Sunak said this week that "nobody wants a general election".

Well it seems that more than 110,000 people do so far.

If you'd like to, then add your signature here ⏬️ to
CALL AN IMMEDIATE GENERAL ELECTION

And RT🙏🏼👍🏼 https://t.co/hKPUhwCcK3

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

@hughjconsulting @unibirmingham Vandalism! I think the round colonnaded building was the city library- also long demolished.

[Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward]

Brexit Fears

In early 2019, I crowdsourced a long list of top Brexit fears from 100s of Twitter responses. (This was before the final deal was signed, and long before we actually left.)

See how many still look valid today. You may be shocked.

THE ECONOMY
- Short-term economic shock
- Long-term economic damage
- Job losses
- Loss of existing trade deals
- Collapse of the pound
- Lower direct investment
- Destruction of UK manufacturing sector
- Rising cost of living
- Increasing national debt
- Loss of single market benefits
- Complex customs procedures
- Higher tariffs
- VAT and customs charges on shipments from the EU
- Burden of extra customs clearances
- Additional red tape for companies dealing with the EU
- Departure of large foreign firms
- Erosion of service sector following loss of financial passporting and transferable qualifications
- Collapse of UK agriculture
- Rise in bankruptcies

PRIVATIONS AND SHORTAGES
- Food shortages
- Disrupted medical supplies
- Rationing and substitution of pharmaceutical products
- No money to reverse cuts in public services
- Return to austerity

EROSION OF FREEDOMS AND PROTECTIONS
- Loss of freedom of movement (in both directions)
- Loss of rights for UK citizens living in the EU
- Loss of rights for citizens of EU countries living in the UK
- Loss of EU citizenship (which we all have by default as UK citizens now)
- Lower environmental standards
- Loss of worker protections
- Erosion of human rights
- Possible NHS privatisation
- Lower food hygiene standards (especially, but not exclusively, vs the USA)
- Families counting both UK and EU citizens torn apart
- No ECJ oversight

SOCIAL CHANGES
- Rise of fascism and the far right
- Increasing fear of the “other”
- Normalisation of racism
- Rise in hatred and division
- Legitimisation of nationalism
- Xenophobia, homophobia and intolerance becoming more mainstream
- Marginalisation of minorities
- Widening gap between rich and poor, as the well-off ride out Brexit, while everyone else suffers
- Deepening inequality between London/SE England and the rest of the UK.
- Permanent lack of respect for experts
- Diminution of the rule of law
- Increasing anti-intellectualism
- Permanent Leave/Remain antagonism

NORTHERN IRELAND AND IRELAND
- Hard border between NI and Ireland
- Collapse of the Good Friday Agreement
- Return to violence in Northern Ireland
- Calls for Irish reunification
- Reawakening of anti-Irish rhetoric

THE UNION
- Huge increase in support for independence in Scotland
- Calls for Welsh independence
- Breakup of the UK

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION
- Isolation from medical research
- Loss of the Erasmus student exchange programme
- Collapse of our world-leading higher education sector

POLITICS
- Power vacuum replaces the normal functions of the British state
- Focus on Brexit continues to sideline vital legislation and initiatives
- Extreme tactics (prorogation of Parliament, etc.) become the norm
- Erosion of democracy
- Slide towards autocracy
- Deeper entrenchment of partisan politics over the national interest
- Increasing corruption in politics (dark money, foreign power interference etc.)
- “Remain purge” at all levels of politics i.e. only Leave politicians have a role in shaping our future

OUR PLACE IN THE WORLD
- Weakening of European alliances that have helped keep the peace
- UK turning into a global outcast
- Becoming a puppet of the USA
- Loss of influence in Europe
- Destabilisation of Europe
- Little influence over world affairs
- Isolation in an increasingly global world
- World will see us as a racist country
- Irrelevance on the global stage
- Loss of our European identity
- Less national security cooperation
- Cultural isolation

EVERYTHING ELSE
- Fear of the unknown: what happens after Brexit day?
- Rise in mental health issues
- Increasing suicide rate
- Inability to recognise or admit to Brexit being the key contributor to all the problems listed above

As you can see, a few concerns were overblown, but most feel eerily accurate.

That's the real tragedy of Brexit: the problems it has and is causing were both predictable, and predicted. And yet we shot ourselves in both feet anyway.

[Tom Rogers @RogersHistory]

More vintage Obama, this time some careers advice for young ppl…

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

@MulberryCorfu Toula’s - not at all envious (I am!). One of our favourite places. Give Toula my love!

[David Fisher @DavidFisherFolk]

A new song written today about the burning down of the Crooked House. Terrible business. Hope the words of @andy4wm are heeded and they are forced to rebuild brick by brick

(2nd half of the song in the 2nd tweet)

#CrookedHouse

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

See this for a more measured view of the actual situation with the wild fires in Corfu - rather less hysterical than the news reports. @BBCNews @SkyNews @itvnews @SimonCalder

https://t.co/3NZx8JulgO

[Delyth Chambers @DelythChambers]

Stop the planned closure of the BBC Singers - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/7cmjGVIbx7 via @UKChange

[Bradán Theatre @BradanTheatre]

Only couple tickets left for tonight so get them while you can to our ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ show 🐟

[Bradán Theatre @BradanTheatre]

“My Lover was a Salmon in the Climate Apocalypse requires a submissive sinking into the absurd, and it packs a chaotic, informative punch. The show is joyous nonsense with an evocative undercurrent of truth.”
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

https://t.co/JQlUbOK06e