People talk a lot about restoring trust in policing. I think trust begins with honesty about the past. Glad to see this from @SimonFosterPCC.
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…
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David Barker
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David Barker
@David4BKH
Former Councillor for Brandwood & Kings Heath, Birmingham City Council
Birmingham, England Katılım Ekim 2021
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West Midlands Police and Crime Commissioner @SimonFosterPCC has today repeated his call for West Midlands Police to apologise for historic discrimination against the LGBTQ+ community.
It comes as he is set to take part in the Birmingham Pride parade.
Read more: westmidlands-pcc.gov.uk/pcc-calls-on-w…
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West Midlands emergency services have confirmed they won’t be participating in Birmingham Pride this weekend, citing legal uncertainty following a High Court ruling on uniformed attendance at Pride events. I want to be clear about where I stand.
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@jordanbhx Literally the nicest councillor you'll ever meet, Bushra Bi. And it used to be far more common to dress up for the AGM / Lord Mayor's dinner after. I would love to see more people bring some glamour to the place.
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It's Birmingham Pride on Saturday and Pride Month in June. Do you think residents and businesses would support hanging pride flags (legally) out of windows or something to show you can put up flags in a way that welcomes and accepts people in the community?
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I've been thinking a lot about the people attacked in Stirchley by those coming to Birmingham to put flags on lampposts and how the community has stood up to them again and again taking the flags down. But... what if we started putting different flags on display instead?
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David Barker retweetledi
I got a shout out on @podsavetheuk
- although it should be (former) councillor.
I am concerned about some of the views we are seeing surface in candidates and new councillors.
After the scenes in the Stirchley this week, we need leadership.
open.spotify.com/episode/31qotT…
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Birmingham is absolutely not ungovernable. There are many, many deals that could be agreed. Some of my best and favourite work came from cross-party working, where we often had unanimous agreement. It's difficult, but politics isn't meant to be simple or easy.
Max Kendix@MaxKendix
Ungovernable Birmingham is coming true - Labour and Reform rule out any coalitions - Tories won't work with Greens, nobody wants to work with Independents - Leaving Green/LD as the best option, and they only have 31 seats between them - Government intervention feels inevitable
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David Barker retweetledi
Experts warned it would take nearly 200 years for London’s air pollution to fall within legal limits.
We did it in 9.
From cleaner air to greener neighbourhoods, and nature restored across the city. We're celebrating 10 years of bold climate action
theguardian.com/politics/2026/…
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@David4BKH It's been helpful that you posted about ward matters on here. It would be useful if they continued that. And your visibility/accessibility.
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Congratulations to Jordan and Hamzah who won last week's election to represent Brandwood and Kings Heath ward. Commiserations to my ward partner of 4 years @LisaTrickett41, her running mate Ben and the other candidates who spoke kindly of me during the campaign.
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@Sabr33 @David4BKH I think David is due a break from the LTN for a few years 🤣
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Appreciate David putting the residents first, as always. Will be a very hard act to follow. 👏
David Barker@David4BKH
I offered to do a handover with any new councillors and I'm pleased that Jordan and Hamzah are taking me up on my offer. We will be meeting within the next week, so please let me know if there is anything you would like passed on for them to sort out over the next four years.
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I offered to do a handover with any new councillors and I'm pleased that Jordan and Hamzah are taking me up on my offer. We will be meeting within the next week, so please let me know if there is anything you would like passed on for them to sort out over the next four years.
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For residents, you can now reach your new councillors with any questions or concerns at: jordan.phillip@birmingham.gov.uk and hamzah.sheikh@birmingham.gov.uk
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Ultimately residents expect whoever they elect to get on with it and work with each other. A lot of us saw this result coming. And while there is no two-party coalition that gets over 50%, I remain hopeful that most parties could find ways to work together for stability.
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What makes Birmingham different to other councils, isn't just its size but our diversity of politics. Unlike other councils, where there's one insurgent party, we had arguably three if not four. Our results may well reflect the next general election if nothing changes.
PollCheck@poll_checker
Birmingham Full Result NoC, Reform largest party Green: 20.8% (+15.7) 19 seats (+17) Labour: 20.4% (-31.3) 17 seats (-48) Reform: 19.6% (new) 23 seats (+23) Con: 15.5% (-11.8) 16 seats (-10) LD: 11.2% (-3.6) 12 seats (=) Ind: 9.5% (+8.5) 13 seats (+13) WPB: 2.0% (new) 1 seat (+1) Others: 1.0% (+1.0) 0 seats Changes w/2022 (Reposted due to a mistake in the map)
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Well point 1 excludes quite a few of the newly-elected councillors. But residents expect whoever wins to get on with it and work together. The numbers are absolutely there for positive, progressive partnerships in many forms.
I'm free and happy to help mediate any discussions 🤣
Lewis Warner@LewisJWarner
NEW: Lib Dems are the first party to make a public bid for “like-minded” parties and independents to work together at Birmingham City Council after elections left no overall control. Roger Harmer says groups should unite around a six-point plan, including ending the bin dispute.
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