Colin Turbett🧡 Ground Floor Left
@ctur282388
Socialism and a Green Future, International Solidarity. Writings on radical social work, social history & bikes. Promoting community social work. 🇺🇦 🇵🇸
This is an attempt at summing up where Social Work should be, where it's gone wrong, and how to get back to useful and socially rewarding practice - and not just in Scotland! commonweal.scot/policies/strug…
An Arran resident on why the Glen ferries are better than catamarans heraldscotland.com/opinion/252690…
'Frontline is a children’s charity. Everything we do aims to make life better for children at risk of harm.' thefrontline.org.uk/who-we-are/ Unless you're a child in Gaza. In which case you don't count and it's fine to keep partnering with an org linked to war crimes against you.
Damning stuff from FT investigation into Boston Consulting Group's (founding partner of English social work qualifying programme, @FrontlineSW) involvement in Gaza, and specifically the controversial Gaza Humanitarian Foundation. linkedin.com/posts/christia…
Beam, maker of the Magic Notes AI tool currently in 100+ LAs, admits that it could actually lead to MORE work and urges social workers to 'challenge the business case put forward by commissioners for using AI.' All while taking public £££ off the back of those business cases.
Beam's Magic Notes AI tool is now in 'over a hundred councils' (careshowlondon.co.uk/exhibitor-prod…). Last available accounts for this private limited company & 'social enterprise' show a near-100% increase in capital & reserves from Feb-Dec '23 - £2.1M to £4.1M (…te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/106373…). 1/
Great response in @heraldscotland letters yesterday to the "ferry expert" Roy Pederson attacking Cal Mac ferry crews and shore-based staff and blaming them for current debacle. Islanders value @RMT_Scotland & other staff TU members for their service.
Another pic from @DurhamMiners gala at weekend. Edinburgh No 1 Branch @RMT_Scotland showing solidarity with workers in Ukraine @UkraineSol @USCScotland
This is a wonderful example of nonsense around the ferry crisis - blaming the staff and their representative trade union reaches new heights of vested interest arrogance
The RMT union’s influence over CalMac ferries is facing renewed scrutiny ✉️
Farewell to Arran after 37 hrs - Diana pointing to all our worldly goods in the two vans. New pastures and adventures to come....
When I published a book on increasing fascism in young Russians’ lives in 2023, some people thought I was exaggerating. Things are just getting worse and worse, in exactly the ways I described.
Russia sentenced a 66-year-old teacher Natalya Taranushenko to 7 years in prison. She told her 8th-graders in Protvino: Russia is the aggressor. We act like Nazi Germany. A student filmed her. A former pupil in Rosgvardia turned her in. She fled Russia with a suitcase, Times. 1/
Great to see friends from @RMT_Scotland at @DurhamMiners gala yesterday - and to see one of their member activists showing solidarity with Ukraine!
This clown clearly does not understand the concept of a lifeline service.
CalMac reduces ferry sailings by only 5.9% to cut costs of typically half empty vessels massively subsidised by SNP Government and the rest of us: talkingupscotlandtwo.com/2025/02/15/ent…
Just took screenshot of this air raid map showing attacks tonight on all but the most western regions of Ukraine - more mayhem right now. Ukraine needs our support and those who argue otherwise in the name of an abstract 'peace' are acting as Putin's agents . Слава Україні 🇺🇦🏴
I’d seriously consider taking a good look at Seumas Milne (Valdai club member and Putin soft questioner) and Andrew Murray (Morning Star writer and Stop the War driver) - both U.K Stalinists and architects of the Stop the War’s 2014 > pro Russian ‘NATO made Russia invade’ stance.
While war rages on, Ukraine is quietly dismantling hard-won workers’ rights. A new labour code tips the balance in favour of employers — weakening unions, protections, and job security across the board. rosalux.de/en/news/id/535…
When will the Irish Government take a leaf out of Scotland's book and apologise for the abominable treatment of Irish Travellers? It should act promptly and decisively to remedy the historical injustices suffered by so many. @Minceirbeoir
Thought it was a very well balanced letter from @ctur282388 against the relentless negativity of the Herald and its doomsayer Martin Williams
At the meeting of international network @EuropeanWith this morning building solidarity with Ukrainian rail workers through rail unions across Europe was discussed. We'll be focusing on such positive work But we need to be on record about the record of RMT gen sec Eddie Dempsey🧵
This is a Roma unit fighting Russian fascists in Ukraine - part of the Ukrainian army. Comrades on the right side of history
Much the same as Scotland, then. Irish Travellers have been woefully treated by the Irish State - remember the Commission on Itinerancy that was like a twin vertex to the Tinker Experiments, in Scotland. They should get a formal apology forthwith...
55% wouldnt have Travellers as Community Members. 35% Avoid Travellers 75% wouldnt have a Traveller as a co-worker. 78% wouldnt have a Traveller as a Neighbour. 83% wouldnt employ a Traveller. 91% wouldnt have a Traveller as a family member. 85% wouldnt have a Traveller as friend