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Birmingham’s Flag Fiasco: Labour’s Suicide Note in Lamppost Form
The Weoley Warriors have lit a fuse. They’ve tapped into something deep: the ordinary man and woman’s desire to feel proud, to see their flag, to know…
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Mike Olley
Labour’s Flag Fiasco: A Test of Leadership in Birmingham
I doubt Birmingham Council leader John Cotton is behind this Union Jack fiasco - but he needs to sort out who is...
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Mike Olley
The Bomb, the Song, and My Dad
Over 200,000 Japanese civilians perished in the two Atomic Bomb blasts. Horrific. Planners estimated 400,000 to 800,000 American dead, millions more…
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Mike Olley
Stop the Hit-and-Run Capitalists
From Erdington to every town, city, county, we can fix capitalism by backing the companies that stay, invest, and grow with us.
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Mike Olley
The People’s Uprising: By the People, For the People… or Against the People?
"Years of loyal service as a councillor? Doesn’t count. You might be replaced by someone who’s never attended a meeting but waves their certificate in…
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Mike Olley
Why Do We Keep Sending £60 Billion Abroad for Cars?
That money could be paying British wages, funding British suppliers, and building British factories.
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Mike Olley
DEAR WES STREETING, HEALTH MINISTER: WHY DO THESE WOMEN HAVE TO DIE?
We’re told Black women in the UK are 3.7 times more likely to die during pregnancy or within a year of giving birth than White women.
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Mike Olley
Wayne Brown is dead. Cllr Greg Brackenridge isn’t talking.
Wayne Brown, Greg Brackenridge, and a Fire Service That Stayed Silent
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Mike Olley
Labour is Taxing the Poor Harder Than the Rich
and calling it fairness. Robin Hood but backwards...!!
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Mike Olley
Kerry Jenkins Kept Politics Decent. Let’s See Who Doesn’t
Kerry Jenkins – A Life Well Lived, A Seat Soon Contested
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Mike Olley
Stabbed in the Street, Suspended by the Party
But What Happens Next?
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Mike Olley
Bare Roofs - But Big Promises
Birmingham City Council is pushing solar panels for residents - but with only 1 in 20 council homes fitted, its own rooftops remain mostly untouched…
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Mike Olley
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