Jo Bird
No Need For Cuts To Libraries, Swimming Pools and Golf Courses
Bromborough loves our library. Over two thousand people of all ages have signed a petition to save it. Other communities feel very...
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A socialist candidate’s guide to winning hearts, minds and votes
Hundreds of thousands of people across the country are outraged about the way traditional political parties are behaving. One of the best...
Jo Bird
A No Cuts Balanced Budget is Possible
1. Money coming in and money going out Wirral Council’s budget is like a large unruly household - with money reliably coming in and...
Jo Bird
Wirral Council’s income under-forecast by 10% (£27.1m) each year
Council income has gone up every year since 2017 Working with hundreds of democratic co-operative businesses since 1993 has taught me to...
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Wirral Labour vote to unfairly exclude only 1 of 66 councillors from Council policy decisions
All Tory councillors also voted to single out only myself. Green and Liberal Democrat councillors did the right thing and voted to...
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Cuts to Council services are a political choice
1. Evidence from Wirral Council's published accounts shows: There is no budgetary justification for cuts to front line services nor...
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Pension investments in companies trading in the Occupied Palestinian Territories
As a result of questions from myself and members of the public, Merseyside Pension Committee decided to consider a full report at its...
Jo Bird
Rarely a better way to promote policies for the many, than to be a candidate
Crispin Flintoff: You’ve written a powerful post on social media about how positive you feel about this expulsion. Can you tell us how...
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Labour Party expels Cllr Jo Bird for speaking at a meeting 3 years ago
I'm delighted that the Labour Party have expelled me. They say its because I spoke at a meeting (more than three years ago) and signed a...
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Labour Party harassment of a Jewish councillor
The Labour Party sent me yet another bullying letter on 24 August - the fourth disciplinary action against me by head office in two and a...
Jo Bird
Three years a local Labour councillor
Its three years ago today since I was first honoured to be elected as Labour Councillor for Bromborough. I’ve reported back from my first...
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IPSO Standards Investigation into the JC
Update: 5 January 2022 BY ITS REFUSAL TO TAKE ACTION AGAINST THE JEWISH CHRONICLE, IPSO HAS PROVED IT IS A SHAM Statement by victims of...
Jo Bird
Peace for Palestine
"Thank you to all the organisers for this protest for Peace for Palestine today. We are cross-community, we are cross-party and we are...
Jo Bird
National Day of Reflection
Wirral Council remembers one year ago, the first reported covid death on the Wirral on 23 March 2020. We mourn over 950 covid related...
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We reclaim these streets every time we walk on them
We're here in memory of all the women who've been raped or murdered. All our sisters. We won't let it be forgotten. Diane Sindall was...
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Imagining if people come before profit
Wirral Council should not be in this situation today. [Budget meeting 1.3.21] This cruel Conservative government promised local...
Jo Bird
Don't exclude Israel from standard measures of human rights
It’s clear that the recommendations before us are not about BDS or divestment. I’m sorry if talk of divestment has caused any...
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Extend the ban on home eviction orders
Cllr Jo Bird takes action on homelessness. “In addition, Wirral Council Housing Committee notes that the most common cause of...
Jo Bird
No place for Injustice in our Labour Party
I’m speaking in a personal capacity. I am a Jewish woman. My Jewish great grandparents fled fascism in Europe and my grandad’s cousins...
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