Prof David Bailey

New ⁦@UKandEU⁩ report on ‘Manufacturing after Brexit’ just out co-authored by ⁦@UoB_Business⁩ @dgbailey & Ivan Rajic ukandeu.ac.uk/research-paper…

This is This is Simmons Drive B32 in Quinton opposite the old bus depot leading onto Woodgate Valley. Our area is being flooded with flytipping because @BrumLabour cannot end the Birmingham Bin Strike. Is this what ‘fighting for Quinton’ looks like @QuintonLabour 😏

The Supreme Court will hand down its decision at 1635 on Friday after the stockmarket in London has closed. Rare if not unique timing instead of normal 0945. Whichever way it goes it will be huge for the banks involved bit.ly/4kXZVsY

This is turning into another scandal that needs rectifying immediately. All further cuts to public services need to be put on hold until this is sorted then re-evaluate the finances. On a personal level, Harborne Day Centre could and should have stayed open.

Congratulations to @BarbaraDring & @Jane4labour (!) on making the break from a discredited @BrumLabour Party. Proud to have stood beside them fighting cuts affecting our most vulnerable citizens, and look forward to working with them more closely.

So £0.7billion represents 23% of Net Assets or 17% of Revenue/Expenditure. That’s a lot. Isn’t it? That’s using Corporate Bond Rate of 5.8% for accounting liabilities. If Funding Liabilities were valued using a discount rate nearer 7% (which the Government Actuaries’…

2 very good local councillors who were deselected by @BrumLabour. It appears decency, compassion and honesty do not exist with this current Labour council.

Defamation of character 😉 brilliant work from you and @johnclancy much of which is well over the head of me! But I’m glad you’re both shining a light on it

birmingham.gov.uk/downloads/file… Please read our previous blogs Tim - context until the cows come home. In the meantime here are some parts of the unaudited accounts.

Birmingham City Council finally 'fesses up in its own just-published accounts: its Pension Fund surplus is almost £0.7B. Probably the reason Max Caller had to go - he caused it. john-clancy.com/blogsfromthebl… @dgbailey 's &my long-form blog: why it happened, & how to bring it home.

The slow invasion of Palestine, this part called the West Bank (of the River Jordan) bit.ly/3IPAnRv

This is the best ever true news BBC ever made about Israel, 4 minutes but every minute is extremely important

So many supportive comments. Thank you so much. I’ve been asked why I was sacked, so a quick explainer. We as Guardian journalists overwhelmingly opposed the deal & went on strike & we needed a union spokesperson to talk to the media, which I took on. On the day of the…

You can’t make this up. Recycling collections have been suspended across the city for several months but ‘recycle any flower packaging responsibly’

Rising number of doctors among hundreds of medical staff detained in Gaza, say rights groups. theguardian.com/global-develop…

Water chiefs’ pay rises to average of £1.1m despite ban on bonuses and outrage over pollution theguardian.com/business/2025/…

Really good clean up of Edison Grove Play Area this morning doing some cross ward work in Quinton with Independent Councillor @samatquinton

Sometimes the simplest questions are the most revealing …

It's amusing when $TSLA bulls counter the criticism of some of Robotaxi's limitations with: "Isn't that exactly how Waymo started?" Yes, which is precisely the point that Tesla critics are making: Tesla is about 5 years behind Waymo.

Starbucks’ CEO made 6,666 times more than his workers in 2024 whilst workers languish in poverty. Corporations are private fiefdoms. Starbucks has a complex corporate structure and has long been known for profit shifting and tax dodges. theguardian.com/us-news/2025/j…

"Are they still the 'folk cathedrals of modern Britain'...Or are the newer stadia simply places where financial transactions take place?" Still available via @PitchPublishing #WhentheCircusLeavesTown pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/when-circ…