Steel City Democrats

Dedicated to reviving the popular democratic spirit for a post-Brexit British government of the citizens, by the citizens, for the citizens #CP4G

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

Our next meet-up will be on Thurs 12 March at 7.30pm in Sheffield. In the tradition of the Leavers groups it’ll be an informal get-together over a drink or two. With such a politically diverse membership, it’s always good to talk! Inbox us for details.

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

@AdamWood_UK Oh there's too many clues in there mate
😂😂

[English Radical History @EnglishRadical]

“First they ignore you, then they say you’re mad, then dangerous, then there’s a pause and then you can’t find anyone who disagrees with you.”

Tony Benn, Labour politician, died #onthisday 2014.

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[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

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[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

Our next meet-up will be on Thurs 12 March at 7.30pm in Sheffield. In the tradition of the Leavers groups it’ll be an informal get-together over a drink or two. With such a politically diverse membership, it’s always good to talk! Inbox us for details.

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

Our next meet-up will be on Thurs 12 March at 7.30pm in Sheffield. In the tradition of the Leavers groups it’ll be an informal get-together over a drink or two. With such a politically diverse membership, it’s always good to talk! Inbox us for details.

[English Radical History @EnglishRadical]

#OnThisDay 1811: The first major Luddite riot took place in Arnold, Nottingham as framework knitters, objecting to the popularity of automated textile equipment, destroyed 60 stocking frames between dusk and dawn. The movement spread across England over the following 2 years.

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[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

@RavinAnend @manick62 Agree with @manick62 here. ‘Clean bills of health’ are not compatible with free and open discussion. People can be wrong but also be able to debate and discuss without being judged to be somehow toxic, infectious or unclean.

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

Some important observations from Kenan Malik here on the supposed ‘bigotry’ of Trevor Phillips. Well worth a read.

[Kenan Malik @kenanmalik]

A few thoughts on the Trevor Phillips controversy. I’m in two minds as to whether to post this on Twitter as the very nature of Twitter discussions serves only to exacerbate the polarised character of the debate, and erase nuance. But here goes (and it may be a long thread). 1/

[English Radical History @EnglishRadical]

#OTD 1817: 5,000 spinners & weavers set off from St Peter's Field, Manchester, to present a petition to the Prince Regent over the poor state of the textile industry. Marchers carried blankets to sleep under at night, giving the march its nickname: 'The March of the Blanketeers'.

[𝕍𝕠𝕚𝕔𝕖𝕆𝕗𝕋𝕙𝕖𝔽𝕠𝕣𝕘𝕠𝕥𝕥𝕖𝕟 🇬🇧 🇿🇼 @GiftCee]

One civil servant said they had witnessed officials openly undermining Ms Patel in meetings, having apparently “disagreed with what she was trying to do”.

⁦@DavidLammy⁩
⁦@jessphillips⁩
⁦@y_alibhai⁩
⁦@jeremycorbyn⁩
Take note https://t.co/IMe3KERzfy

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

Some great Sheffield historical resources here for the gobby Dee Dar democrats of today!

[Dan Collis @d_collis]

Gobby Dee-Dahs; chuffin' kickin' things off ageey'n?!🍴👩‍🏭

Think of any issues of our time we could trailblaze today, fellow #Sheffield ers?🤔

#VoteforaChange in the #SheffRef20 on 7 May! 🌄🗽

#DemocracyFromTheBottomToTheTop #CP4G #ChangePoliticsforGood
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[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

Best wishes to Tameside Independents from Steel City Democrats, Sheffield. This is how we take it forward!

[spiked @spikedonline]

Mike Bloomberg spent $60million on Facebook ads in the Democratic primary and got nowhere. So can we put to rest this idea that Russians spending $100,000 pushing memes around Facebook swung the 2016 election for Trump?, writes @Tom_Slater_
https://t.co/6lG1XUqbve

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

Sheffield’s referendum in May when we have the chance to break up the cabinet and ‘strong leader’ system which has been such a blight on our city.

[It's Our City #ItsOurCity @ItsOurCitySheff]

Sheffield Council's democratic bypass. 74 out of 84 councillors are excluded when most decisions are made!
You have the legal power to change this.
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#VoteForAChange in #SheffRef20

[Dan Collis @d_collis]

#VoteforaChange #SheffRef20
#itsourcity #Sheffxit
#ChangePoliticsforGood #CP4G

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

@DrTeckKhong Ugly Stalinist-inspired brutalism is being rapidly replaced by ‘aspirational’ hi-rise rabbit hutches for the young childless middle classes. The city council remain clueless about the values of community and sense of place.

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

@DrTeckKhong It’s a city without a medieval heart. Its centre changes unrecognisably every 50 years or so. It’s not as brutally ugly as it was. But it’s lost a lot of the industry that made it a great community and possibly the most democratically civic-minded city in UK.

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

@DrTeckKhong ‘Even Wigan is beautiful compared with Sheffield. Sheffield, I suppose, could justly claim to be called the ugliest town in the Old World: its inhabitants, who want it to be pre-eminent in everything, very likely do make that claim for it.’ George Orwell, March 1936

[Steel City Democrats @SteelDemocrats]

@DrTeckKhong Of course it is still the pre-eminent city in the entire universe ;-)