Have to feel sorry for M&S’s marketing team who were trying to get “Picky Bits” going as the vibe for summer 2026, when instead it’s actually going to be “Starmer Going Full Ceaușescu on the Balcony”
A lot has changed in 40 years.
But we’re still celebrating #JamesConnolly.
In the city of his birth, on his birthday, at his birthplace.
Including wreath laying ceremony plus great speakers & musicians highlighting international solidarity & working class struggles at home.
There should be no attempt by political opportunists to claim some grand victory with the taxi outing going ahead. The fact it had been relegated to such an inconvenient afterthought disgraces our entire council administration.
IFK Goteborg from Sweden were regulars in the later stages of the European Cup for a while. Anderlecht of Belgium, Dynamo Kiev, Dinamo Tbilisi etc
So many great European clubs, all ruined because UEFA wants Real Madrid vs Man City every year
Photo on the left is a glorious window to a brilliant time to be young. A brilliant range of foreign teams and nations on display, but no matter what area/scheme you were in, there was always a boy with a Marseille one 😂 fuck knows why
@FreddyAarpoon@VoteBPB Was working at the city chambers at the time, taken by my pal who ran the cafe at the time in her back garden in Lochend at 9AM 😂 If only we knew the day ahead
Taken 10 years ago to the day, almost to the very minute, my first drink of the day on Saturday the 21st of May 2016, on Marionville Road. The rest is written in the stars.
The second image is the pub we set off from that day, reduced to rubble and cleared a decade on.
#GGTTH
Where else were you going for a pint tonight?
A drink to the heroes, the friends and sadly now, many ghosts, too.
A moment in time, a moment in history.
#GGTTH
Absolutely can’t beat the night before a wedding. Like the night before a cup final, almost. Outfit curated weeks prior, hung up and immaculate. Music on, a few beers but nothing mental, sat looking at the drinks menu PDF’s of the venue and the food options again. Love it.