Staff and bosses at Royal Society of Arts accuse each other of threats and lies in pay row theguardian.com/society/2024/a…

If you're in Bristol Central, the polling shows the Greens' Carla Denyer ahead.

It's voting for Labour there which will risk the Tories winning.

Turns out you can vote according to your conscience - and have your candidate win!

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'Take immigration, I feel like Labour offers more of the same as the Tories but slightly more politely done'

- Simon, a #BristolCentral voter talking to The Observer journalist Tom Wall when I took him out door-knocking with me & Bristol Green Party

Read more:
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Keir Starmer's shift rightwards has boosted the Greens chances of a historic breakthrough in Bristol. My piece for last weekend's Observer Carla Denyer Bristol Green Party theguardian.com/politics/2024/…

The audio version of my The Guardian Long Read investigation into one of the harshest ever state responses to a protest in the UK. Read with a fantastic Bristol burr by Sasha Frost theguardian.com/news/audio/202…

Breaking! The mystery plaque in Clifton appears to be a rip off. You can see the original by @themisfortunerteller on Insta theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Tom Wall Hey Tom! That plaque you reported on in Bristol is not Banksy - it's a COPY of work by TheMisfortuneTeller, who originally did this in March 2020. You can see it on their Instagram, @themisfortuneteller

Idk, but maybe the collapse in health and care services, low pay, poor housing, unaffordable public transport, and no child care might have *something * to do with it…?

Essential reading, esp for those who believe nimbys or planning controls are the problem. No it's landlordism. theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

The Guardian has published letters from parents in response to the Tom Wall's article last week. Join us on 3rd Anniversary demo, 21 March , 5.30pm outside Bridewell police station! theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…
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'Elected officials say they are no longer in control of financial decisions affecting hundreds of thousands of people'

- true not just in Nottingham but in many town halls across England. Local democracy is being killed off by austerity.
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Councillors warn of ‘threat to local democracy’ in England after budget cuts forced on Nottingham theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

Councillors warn of ‘threat to local democracy’ in England after budget cuts forced on Nottingham theguardian.com/society/2024/m…

Nearly three years on. Tom Wall's recent article in the Guardian is a must read: theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…
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Keeping planned growth in day to day spending at 1% p.a. real over next parliament.
Key point is that, with bigger increases nailed in for health, defence, and childcare, other public services will need to be cut - by c£20bn p.a. by 2028 on our calculations.

“When I started out, there used to be some recognition that protesters are different to football hooligans. They are there for a social issue,” said one criminal lawyer. 'But that understanding seems to have gone.”

Today's The Guardian Long Read by Tom Wall theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

''It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?' theguardian.com/world/2024/mar…

Roger Ball's meticulous research for Bristol Radical History Group partly inspired my Guardian long read. Check it out 👇