Sean Purcell

Teacher. Trade unionist.
🇻🇦by faith.🌹by politics.
⚽️ referee. Used to chuck a 🏉.
Education, work, sport, politics and the occasional random.
Views my own.

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

We need more workplace trade union reps.
But to achieve that, we need to talk much more about what becoming a rep gives people: training, confidence, negotiation, representation, organising and leadership skills.
And we need employers to recognise that value too.
Being a rep develops people.
My thoughts 👇
#TradeUnions #UnionReps #NASUWT

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

I am starting to reach that time of Autumn where my tan is fading quickly...that always makes me feel a little sad knowing that the summer is gone and the darkness is drawing in.

Anyone else notice the same?

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

Disappointing if true. We need to be very clear about how we get to 3.5%

This is not just for our security as a nation, but for the security of the British companies and workers that make up our defence industry.

[Steven Swinford @Steven_Swinford]

EXCLUSIVE from @oliver_wright

Andy Burnham is considering delaying a decision about when the government will increase defence spending until the autumn of next year in the hope that Britain’s economy improves

The government had been expected to hold the spending review, which would set out a timetable for increasing defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP, in the spring. The review will set out plans for all government spending up until 2030

However, ministers are now considering delaying the review so it can take place alongside the next budget, enabling the government to raise taxes or cut spending to fund the increase. Hitting the Nato defence spending target would cost an extra £10bn a year

One Whitehall source said the “working assumption” was that the spending review would be pushed back until next October, pointing to the decision by Rachel Reeves to hold only one fiscal event a year

A government source said it would be wrong to characterise it as a delay as ministers had never set a date for the spending review

https://t.co/aEoWvVJlLV

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

I can't wait for my sixties, I am going to look so fit!

[The Times and Sunday Times @thetimes]

The wellness expert Liz Earle is ‘fitter than ever’ at 63, and she’s not alone. Alison Cork, also 63, on what’s involved, and why it’s worth it

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

My bedtime activities are slower now I'm getting old, and I can't read as much in one sitting as I used to, but this book is fascinating!

#tradeunion #education #book #BookRecommendation

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

The day we start listening to the pronouncements of @amanda_spielman is the day we all need to pack up and go home...

[Times Higher Education @timeshighered]

Many degree programmes do no more than “eat three years” of students’ lives, according to the shadow minister for work and pensions #highered #education #CPC26
https://t.co/UEnfvfuuyM

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@TomLucking Same...

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

Great to chair my first @nasuwt Local Association OGM as Secretary.

✅️Nominations for National Officials done.
✅️Motions for National Conference finalised.
✅️Plans for reps in every workplace agreed.

Lots to still get done!

[Keith Burge @carryonkeith]

"Hi Kemi, it's Michelle from Iron Dome Services."

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@MathewHulbert @petercardwell @TalkTV Great to see you on the TV again! Nice to see you building up a track record of getting on TV...you will have to give me tips! 🤣

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@PolitlcsUK I thought that was GB News?

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@griffitha Lovely to see you impersonating Iain Duncan-Smith today. The quiet man is back!

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

Oh dear @Conservatives...

[LBC @LBC]

- Empty seats
- Bored audiences
- Ridicule from journalists

@IainDale is reporting from the Tory party conference... and he isn't impressed.

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

Poor @griffitha.

[Robert Hutton @RobDotHutton]

Andrew Griffith delivers one of the all time rhetorical stinkers. My Tory conference SKETCH. https://t.co/M9tZg1bhvE

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

Thanks to all those who have sent kind messages about my debut, whether they listened or had the misfortune to look at my face on YouTube, either way it is appreciated!

[Political Frenemies @PolFrenemies]

📺 WATCH!!

"When you look at the proposed change, actually people go 'that's a reasonable change to make.'"

@nasuwtsean discusses Andy Burnham's proposal to scrap the triple lock.

Full ep on YouTube and podcasting platforms.
https://t.co/WrH8KFJiHS

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@Euan_A_C Is it the robe and posh hat that tempt you...?

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@lucas_haslam 100%

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@Pyrrrhos The speed at which he has dumped his constituency to chase a pipedream is breathtaking

[Action for Happiness @actionhappiness]

Sometimes progress doesn’t feel like progress until you look back

Image: https://t.co/0WWiXbPOaq

[Sean Purcell @nasuwtsean]

@breeallegretti More concerning is the speed at which he is willing to dump his existing constituency...