Rob Crute

Socialist▫️Member of Durham County Council, representing the people and communities of the Blackhalls & Hesledens Division▫️DMA▫️Sunderland AFC

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

Stephen Guy and Steve Terrance represented the DMA at the Orgreave rally in Sheffield at the weekend.

We will continue to support the @orgreavejustice campaign. We look forward to welcoming campaigners to the 139th #DurhamMinersGala on Saturday 12 July.

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

DMA statement on the @DurhamGala and Reform UK.

Reform chose to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the #DurhamMinersGala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain...

Read more:
https://t.co/Ivk3C1HeMO

[Miners Strike @Miners_Strike]

“The very presence of police in massive numbers in villages not only in Yorkshire but throughout Britain has caused problems.”

Arthur Scargill reacts to the violence seen in Yorkshire #OnThisDay 1984.

[Miners Strike @Miners_Strike]

“You will be able to look and say with pride that in 1984 you took part in a struggle, not only to save your pits and your jobs and your communities and your culture, but in the process you retained your dignity as human beings.”

Arthur Scargill at a rally in Newcastle #OTD 1984

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

On #ArmisticeDay, we remember the 40,000 Durham miners who served during the First World War.

We remember the 10,000 who never returned home, and all of the fallen.

Pictured are recruits gathered on the Racecourse - the site then and now of the @DurhamGala.

[RS Archer @archer_rs]

It's just been announced Nigel Farage is once again in the USA on another jolly. The good people of Clacton however are still waiting for their MP to set up a constituency office, to agree times and places for a surgery or even establish an email address or phone number.

[Carol Vorderman @carolvorders]

Ah the MP for Clacton who's never there
Too busy earning more money with his second jobs I guess
@ByDonkeys ⏬

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Yesterday there was another wave of council by-elections.

Reform UK have won just 2 seats from 114 council by-elections since the General Election. 🗳️

Where’s that momentum?

[Miners Strike @Miners_Strike]

"If this lot were seals or whales, you'd all be up in bloody arms. But they’re not, are they? No, no they're not. They're just ordinary common-or-garden honest, decent human beings"

Pete Postlethwaite in Brassed Off. Released #OnThisDay 1996.

[Orgreave Justice @orgreavejustice]

After very productive & positive meetings at the @ukhomeoffice & with MPs this week, we are moving nearer to an #Orgreaveinquiry Please contact your MP & the #HomeSecretary to emphasise that an inquiry needs to start soon https://t.co/EW83prFPeV - https://t.co/Uz9plj1ig0

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

The much-loved film Brassed Off was released #OnThisDay 1996.

It depicts the struggles of colliery brass band members and their community as their pit faces closure in the years following the #MinersStrike.

It premiered 28 years ago today.

[Rob Crute @BlackhallRob]

The government has committed to release the Mineworkers’ Pension Scheme Investment Reserve Fund of £1.4bn for the benefit of retired miners and their families.

A manifesto pledge to repay a debt of gratitude to the people who powered the nation has been delivered.

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

We don't need more cuts. We need wealth taxes on the super-rich.

A Wealth Tax of 2% on assets over £10 million would raise £24 BILLION per year.

Tonight in Parliament, I'm presenting a petition for wealth taxes backed by 50,000 people.

🔴 Sign below
https://t.co/v2i5xrXRpw

[. @jdpoc]

Remember, clocks go back tonight.

If you're a Tory, back to 1953.
If you're Reform, back to 1932.
If you're Jacob Rees-Mogg, back to 1741.

And if you're Nigel Farage, you just demand that 'Clocks Should Go Back Where They Came From."

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Nigel Farage off on U.S trip no4 for speaking gig with Trump felon

#AnywhereButClacton

https://t.co/Y1Dpp6iIw2

[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

The week ALL the Reform MPs voted AGAINST giving workers extra job security and better rights after being kicked around by bad bosses for far too long.

And the Tories’ former Party Chair attacked me for backing a 2% tax on all assets above £10 million.

They’re not on your side.

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Reform UK won 0 seats out of 13 council by-elections held yesterday.

They have just 1 seat from 107 council by-elections since the General Election.

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

It was very fitting to see a portrait of Michael Doyle on the Lambton Banner as part of the new miners banners exhibition @durhamcathedral.

Michael was the miner who carved the wonderful wooden nativity scene that is so popular with cathedral visitors every Christmas.

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[Richard Burgon MP @RichardBurgon]

Those with extreme wealth should be the ones made to pay for fixing the mess the Tories left behind.

A Wealth Tax of 2% on assets over £10 million would raise £24 billion per year.

I've signed this letter, backed by dozens of MPs, calling for the Government to do this.

[Durham Miners' Association @DurhamMiners]

Wonderful to see @durhamcathedral adorned with miners banners from across the coalfield.
The ‘Solidarity Forever’ exhibition opened today, marking 40 years since the Miners' Strike. It runs until November 7.

Here's a selection of the banners on display…

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