Ian Crow Multimedia

Ian Crow Multimedia Limited. Local media company observing the stuttering Midlands Engine! Quote and Retweets NOT an endorsement.

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

Tom Watson bullied a jewish man right up to his death with false allegations. Let's rejoice that he says he isn't anti-semitic! #justathug @UKLabour @WMLabour @LBC @JewishChron @RachelRileyRR @lucianaberger @PrivateEyeNews @GMB_union @UsdawUnion @ExpressandStar

[JQ Food, Events & Things @24_carrots]

🚨 The countdown is officially on! #TheRedLion is reopening its doors in the heart of the #JQ on 14th July 2026. Get ready to welcome back a neighborhood favorite! 🍻
Details: https://t.co/rbo0sKbDiU
https://t.co/frXluK1PxA

#JQLife #JQGraph #JQVenue #JoulesBrewery

[Tim Shipman @ShippersUnbound]

EXCLUSIVE: Darren Jones
🔥 praised Mandelson the day he was fired
🔥was rude about Reeves
🔥took several swipes at Jonny Reynolds
🔥bemoaned the influence of the trade unions
BUT none of these messages made it into the public disclosure on Monday. Fancy that! https://t.co/BFIKlQR2Gt

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

@WestBromEL

[Scott Wortley @Scott_Wortley]

Via https://t.co/ZzfdxVOAW8

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

Actually many people would like to run their own businesses. Only a small minority of dead-beats strive to be average.

[Simon J Dixon @WoodinRivers]

Always with the "hard working"

It's not an identity people aspire to. People want to do a regular amount of properly renumerated work & do it well.

They don't want to "work hard" because they are underpaid & have to do more hours, or 2, 3 jobs in order to make ends meet.

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

BBC News - Britain's onboard train wi-fi is one of Europe's worst. This is how people manage
https://t.co/Gum28Xt7Vj

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

Another talk shop! @UKLabour is hollowing out the hospitality sector. Simpsons went yesterday. Parker was an accountant and knows this and so he is simply trying to con people that #Labour is doing something. @GrBhamChambers @BrumCAMRA

[The Anchor Digbeth @anchordigbeth]

Lots of good people and good work at yesterdays West Midlands Night Time Economy Report with @RichParkerLab giving us a mention!

Taxi in with @lylebignon , lift back with the one and only @ChungYingRest James Wong.

Government must do more to support hospo, starting with VAT.

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

Oh no - another one? Good to see state subsidy and student fees being used so sensibly [sic]
BBC News - Bostin' Black Country dictionary to be compiled - BBC News
https://t.co/KsJIihss8F

[Mike O'Brien KC @mikeobrienqc]

Polanski admits he did not vote & Green Party lied about him voting by post. He wasn’t even registered. Then they said it was for security reasons. But public figures are able to vote whist excused giving public address. So why all the lies?

https://t.co/VpEqYoGwlD

[Andrew Neil @afneil]

British politics will reach a new reductio ad absurdum in the Makerfield by election:
Vote Labour to destroy the sitting Labour Prime Minister.
Support Labour PM Starmer but NOT voting Labour.
We are having a by-election not because there’s any demand or need in the national interest but entirely to suit the convenience of the byzantine politics of the ruling party and the political pygmies in whose interest it is run.
We are no longer a serious nation. No wonder the bond markets are squiffy.

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

Bin strike?

[Shuranjeet Singh @shuranjeetsingh]

how can landlords get away without providing proper bins for their tenants? 😵‍💫

no bins for tenants means more rubbish on the streets - all because a landlord doesn't care to do the right thing

[Darryl Magher 🔱 @DarrylMagher]

Sandwell’s problem was NEVER just Labour.

It was the culture they built:
❌ rubber-stamp politics
❌ managed debate
❌ endless paperwork
❌ weak scrutiny
❌ scripted meetings
❌ selective outrage
❌ consultation theatre
❌ and councillors too frightened — or too comfortable — to challenge anything.

I sat through the Extraordinary Council, Full Council, Cabinet and Petitions meetings.

What I witnessed was staggering.

Hundreds of pages…
major decisions…
rent rises…
budget pressures…
safeguarding…
air quality…
housing failures…
all rushed through with barely any scrutiny at all.

At times it felt less like democracy and more like a corporate audiobook with voting buttons attached.

And now Reform controls Sandwell.

This is their warning too.

Because if they inherit the same culture of officer-led complacency, procedural arrogance and managed democracy… residents will turn on them exactly the same way they turned on Labour.

This is probably one of the most important political pieces I’ve written on Sandwell in years.

Read it. Share it. Challenge it.

👉 https://t.co/jMvX1NzBcX

#Sandwell #SandwellCouncil #ReformUK #Labour #Governance #Accountability #Scrutiny #LocalPolitics #Democracy #CSE #PublicParticipation #WestMidlands

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

They are not "free'. They are paid for by the taxpayer! @CutMyTaxUK @the_tpa

[Bridget Phillipson @bphillipsonMP]

Enjoyed Kemi’s quip about free breakfast clubs being a defining legacy of this Labour government.

When the Tories deride breakfast clubs, it shows how out of touch they still are.

A £450 saving is a lot for working families. Easing the morning rush makes a big difference.

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

@Jim5875
As the Crow Flies!: Brum Airport investigating director's (?) outburst https://t.co/1rbaMKXd6A

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

Are you, by definition, attacking all the people who voted for the biggest party in #Brum? Isn't that sowing hate and division? Where is the positive view of our future here? @Bozzers @brumdispatch @cllralexyip @BrumLabour

[Shuranjeet Singh @shuranjeetsingh]

Surprise surprise... a racist who ran and won for Reform in Essex has left the role and been suspended by the party 🤦‍♂️

Reform are now the largest party in Birmingham City Council - we must continue calling out their hate, chaos and continue to promote unity in our city. 🏙️

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

@DarrylMagher @eldiablo0786

[Alex Dale @typofoto]

Wow. Who’s going to do nothing about safeguarding now?

[Paul Johnson @PJTheEconomist]

Starmer and Reeves are not kidding when they say this political uncertainty causes economic damage. The only “reset” being achieved at the moment is higher borrowing costs. Result? We’re all worse off. So deeply depressing.

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

BBC News - 'Our assault case has been postponed five times'
https://t.co/AkxiTI5210

[robert shrimsley @robertshrimsley]

My government will get back to you shortly. Thank you for holding.

[Ian Crow Multimedia @CrowMultimedia]

BBC News - US inflation jumps to 3.8% as energy costs surge from Iran war
https://t.co/jmbfLBYA5l

[Izzy Knowles 🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺 🌎🕊️ @gardensinboots]

Another challenge not yet picked up in the media is that @BhamCityCouncil is now a male dominated council. 75% of the declared seats are to male candidates.
The Tories only have one female Councillor 😧
Ratio by party:
Lab 9/8
Con 15/1
LD 7/5
Reform 17/5
Green 15/4
Indy 10/3