Jo BirdMar 13, 20226 min readNo Need For Cuts To Libraries, Swimming Pools and Golf CoursesBromborough loves our library. Over two thousand people of all ages have signed a petition to save it. Other communities feel very...
Jo BirdFeb 16, 20225 min readA socialist candidate’s guide to winning hearts, minds and votesHundreds of thousands of people across the country are outraged about the way traditional political parties are behaving. One of the best...
Jo BirdFeb 8, 20224 min readA No Cuts Balanced Budget is Possible1. Money coming in and money going out Wirral Council’s budget is like a large unruly household - with money reliably coming in and...
Jo BirdJan 3, 20225 min readWirral Council’s income under-forecast by 10% (£27.1m) each yearCouncil income has gone up every year since 2017 Working with hundreds of democratic co-operative businesses since 1993 has taught me to...
Jo BirdDec 7, 20218 min readWirral Labour vote to unfairly exclude only 1 of 66 councillors from Council policy decisionsAll Tory councillors also voted to single out only myself. Green and Liberal Democrat councillors did the right thing and voted to...
Jo BirdDec 5, 20213 min readCuts to Council services are a political choice1. Evidence from Wirral Council's published accounts shows: There is no budgetary justification for cuts to front line services nor...
Jo BirdDec 1, 20212 min readPension investments in companies trading in the Occupied Palestinian TerritoriesAs a result of questions from myself and members of the public, Merseyside Pension Committee decided to consider a full report at its...
Jo BirdNov 28, 20214 min readRarely a better way to promote policies for the many, than to be a candidateCrispin Flintoff: You’ve written a powerful post on social media about how positive you feel about this expulsion. Can you tell us how...
Jo BirdNov 22, 20211 min readLabour Party expels Cllr Jo Bird for speaking at a meeting 3 years agoI'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...
Jo BirdSep 6, 20215 min readLabour Party harassment of a Jewish councillorThe 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 BirdAug 23, 20212 min readThree years a local Labour councillorIts three years ago today since I was first honoured to be elected as Labour Councillor for Bromborough. I’ve reported back from my first...
Jo BirdJul 29, 20214 min readIPSO 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 BirdJun 6, 20212 min readPeace 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 BirdMar 22, 20211 min readNational Day of ReflectionWirral Council remembers one year ago, the first reported covid death on the Wirral on 23 March 2020. We mourn over 950 covid related...
Jo BirdMar 17, 20211 min readWe reclaim these streets every time we walk on themWe'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...
Jo BirdMar 3, 20212 min readImagining if people come before profitWirral Council should not be in this situation today. [Budget meeting 1.3.21] This cruel Conservative government promised local...
Jo BirdFeb 23, 20213 min readDon't exclude Israel from standard measures of human rightsIt’s clear that the recommendations before us are not about BDS or divestment. I’m sorry if talk of divestment has caused any...
Jo BirdJan 28, 20211 min readExtend the ban on home eviction ordersCllr Jo Bird takes action on homelessness. “In addition, Wirral Council Housing Committee notes that the most common cause of...
Jo BirdNov 4, 20202 min readNo place for Injustice in our Labour PartyI’m speaking in a personal capacity. I am a Jewish woman. My Jewish great grandparents fled fascism in Europe and my grandad’s cousins...
