Lee Tallant
@leetallant1
MD Alternative National Treasure. A jumped up pantry boy, who never knew his place.
RIP Ozzy Osbourne Jarvis Cocker performing 'Paranoid' at Rock en Seine, 2007.
#OnThisDay 1984. The first national conference of Women Against Pit Closures is held at Northern College.
In July 2025, 70.5% of players in the Premier League are non-UK nationals registered overseas. This is the story of the first one to become a star in his adopted homeland. 'Postcards From Santiago - The George Robledo Story' by @SpencerVignes, available now from @BitebackPub
Everything you could ever want to know about why I decided to write 'Postcards From Santiago', my biography of George Robledo, the first overseas star of English football, out now from @BitebackPub. Click on the pic below to read: theguardian.com/football/2025/…
I'm looking for 1 extra @oasis ticket for Sunday Heaton Park if anyone can help. Scammers don't bother replying! Cheers
"Water companies ‘to impose surge pricing’ in summer." Oh dearie me, it's finally come to this. In an attempt to deflect from their own greed, incompetence and mismanagement water companies have come up with what they no doubt will think is an utterly brilliant strategy, blame…
By some considerable distance, the thickest senior British political figure of the last 20 years. Maybe more.
Britain should keep the Elgin Marbles. Those trying to undermine our national culture should be taken on, not appeased. news.sky.com/story/british-…
Like we needed telling. Barnsley is a reight place. Share if you agree. youtu.be/M3T9s2eWyGo?si…
When it comes to work-life balance, the 5-day week is a 20th-century solution to a 21st-century problem. Let’s stop living in the past. It’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰
Spike Island Unseen: Exhibition Launch at SEVENSTORE Friday 11th July - 5-9pm Open invite, free entry. Register using the link in bio. Complimentary drinks provided by Black Lodge Brewery. Ltd ed Mani signed books for sale on the night @sevenstoreHQ
Can the BBC do wall to wall coverage of the Lib Dem’s win from Reform because if it was the other way round it would be reported as a seismic shift & an excuse to invite Tice & Farage on to everything 😵💫…
❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform Benfieldside (Durham) council by-election result: LDEM: 28.0% (+17.0) LAB: 27.2% (+0.6) REF: 25.4% (-6.8) IND: 15.6% (-8.1) CON: 2.6% (-4.0) GRN: 1.4% (+1.4) +/- 2025 andrewteale.me.uk/previews
Is it too hot to work? Many are working in sweltering conditions in around the country. But what happens when it’s unbearable and dangerous? What can employers do? What are your rights? tuc.org.uk/blogs/it-too-h…
The end of an era - the very end of the very last gig at the @Leadmill on Leadmill Road in Sheffield 😔 @MilesKaneMusic took the roof off with an absolutely incredible performance, for an audience who were so up for it - the atmosphere was electric all night ⚡️ #Sheffield
UK workers put in longer hours (36.5 avg.) than our European neighbours… for a worse result. Why? 🤷♀️ It’s time to change that - it’s time for a 4-day week. ⏰
Word of the day is ‘immiseration’: the act of making people progressively more miserable.
The movement grows. The BFAWU joins the long list of unions building campaigns for a shorter week. Councillors in Edinburgh seek to replicate South Cambs’ successful pilot. They’ve seen the evidence and they know it’s an idea whose time has come. It’s time for a 4-day week.⏰
Big names heading to city for Festival of Ideas bbc.in/4egOpHB
DMA statement on the @DurhamGala and Reform UK. Reform chose to criticise us publicly for not inviting them to the #DurhamMinersGala. They obviously don’t understand how this works, so we will explain... Read more: durhamminers.org/statement_durh…