in Hebden Bridge : 𝐕𝐢𝐯𝐚 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 !

 

The Dreaming Room.

 

After month's of very little , suddenly all sorts of stuff has been happening these past days...

 ◙   It was Cath's Birthday today.

 ◙  I had my second Covid jab on Wednesday.

◙    I have also seen the Practice Nurse at my GP's about a goiter-type thingy on my neck.

 ◙   I am having blood tests next week and the week after  ( 2nd June) I have a 30 minute  appointment at the EN&T Department at Calderdale Royal Hospital  . I'm thinking...maybe even hoping, it's 'just' a thyroid affair...I mean it's not hurting or any other symptoms...I only went to the GP because of the vanity of how it looked..saying that , i have felt  a bit ' rundown ', but that's about it.

◙    The day afterwards ,Thursday 3rd June, i have booked a session at  Harrogate Turkish Baths . My first sweat in 15 months!

◙    On Friday 4th June I go to this gig ( again my first since covid lockdown) .It's run by Richard Walker , who i used to work with at Calderdale MBC,

Hebden Bridge Today.

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Hebden-Bridge-Protest-115-May-2021/ 

The manoeuvres look the same to me........and also throw The Warsaw Ghetto in, just for good measure... 

(one of Roger's fine photos)

Todmorden Today

https://zimnoch.smugmug.com/Todmorden-13-May-2021/ 

Manchester

 

Is this what we dreamed of?

meeting up in Manchester the end of next week

 

in Halifax

 

Lucinda Williams :San Francisco 1989

 

This week : a haircut, some gyms & swims , and a Manifesto !

A Todmorden Bookshop

 

Audio: Jerry Jeff Walker : Texas 1991 

As I have already said here , I am no longer in The Labour Party . 

I am , currently, much taken with the new Northern Independence Party .

 How they  pan out is unclear. It's very early days. 

They only have 5 candidates standing in the coming local elections ,plus Thelma Walker the former Labour MP for Colne Valley, who is standing for them in the Hartlepool by-election .( who will be lucky not to lose her deposit)

They are (like me) Corbyn Refugees .Socialists. I can't fault their logic. I hope they establish themselves and ( at the very least) give the Starmeristas a sharp nudge and stand candidates in every Northen seat ( they even talking of standing a candidate in Holborn , Starmer's seat)

Anyway ,its a long-term thing .Much will change before 2024 

They pubished their Manifesto this week.Read it  here .Personally, I can find no fault here https://www.freethenorth.co.uk/ourfuture

Newcastle ,during the minute silence for Prince Philip.

 

Thelma Walker campaigning in Hartlepool this week.

Thelma's CV https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Walker

The Northern Independence Party

 

More Info : The Northern Independence Party (NIP)