Richard Dickson
@dickson2902r.bsky.social
Former Project Manager of www.rboc.ac.uk at Coventry University, now local councillor and lover of Warwickshire. Views expressed here are personal and not necessarily those of Warwickshire County Council, Warwick District Council or Kenilworth Town Council
Once staff go, so much expertise is lost. It'll take years to get back to supporting the most vulnerable communities in the world. Our International Development policy needs to be seen as part of our National Security policy, just like our Energy policy. committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
Government must pause FCDO staffing cuts or risk exodus, Committee Chair says - Committees - UK Parliament
Plans to cut 2,000 UK staff at the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) may breach the department’s obligations to its workforce and cause an exodus of staff, the Chair of the Int...
committees.parliament.uk
November 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Once staff go, so much expertise is lost. It'll take years to get back to supporting the most vulnerable communities in the world. Our International Development policy needs to be seen as part of our National Security policy, just like our Energy policy. committees.parliament.uk/committee/98...
Warwickshire County Council mentioned in this list @markpackuk.bsky.social
By popular request, have added a new section to my list of Reform councillors who have gone - those who have left council posts but remained a councillor.
Additions to the list very welcome!
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Additions to the list very welcome!
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November 29, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Warwickshire County Council mentioned in this list @markpackuk.bsky.social
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The government must stop blaming Brexit and step up to fix our broken relationship with Europe.
November 29, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The government must stop blaming Brexit and step up to fix our broken relationship with Europe.
An investigation has started at @warwickshirecc.bsky.social kenilworth.nub.news/news/local-n...
External investigation launched into council leader’s comments on child rape case
Warwickshire County Council appoints solicitor to probe Cllr Finch's child rape case comments, assessing potential code breaches; investigation ongoing.
kenilworth.nub.news
November 28, 2025 at 9:25 PM
An investigation has started at @warwickshirecc.bsky.social kenilworth.nub.news/news/local-n...
Excellent news - pleased to work on this with @leamingtonphil.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk
Very pleased that the motion, proposed by @dickson2902r.bsky.social and I, has had such a clear-cut result!
At their Cabinet meeting last night, councillors confirmed the suspension of the Council’s social media platform X (formerly Twitter).
From today, we will no longer use that channel to promote the council’s news or respond to comments or questions on that platform.
https://orlo.uk/bXsoX
From today, we will no longer use that channel to promote the council’s news or respond to comments or questions on that platform.
https://orlo.uk/bXsoX
November 28, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Excellent news - pleased to work on this with @leamingtonphil.bsky.social @libdems.org.uk
Well said JPIT urc.org.uk/jpit-churche...
JPIT churches respond to asylum reforms
Leaders of the Baptist, Methodist and United Reformed Churches have issued the following statement in response to the government’s announcements this week on proposed changes to its asylum and returns...
urc.org.uk
November 23, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Well said JPIT urc.org.uk/jpit-churche...
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Kenilworth has two great switch ons!
🎄 Kenilworth Warwick Road - Sunday 30 November, 1pm to 8pm
🎄 Whitnash - Sunday 30 November, 3pm to 6:30pm
Find out more - https://orlo.uk/J8Tzw
🎄 Whitnash - Sunday 30 November, 3pm to 6:30pm
Find out more - https://orlo.uk/J8Tzw
November 22, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Kenilworth has two great switch ons!
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... well said @maxwilkinson.bsky.social no to government plans to confiscate asylum seekers’ jewellery but we would lift the ban on asylum seekers working and use “Nightingale-style” processing centres to clear the backlog within six months.
Parliamentlive.tv
House of Commons
parliamentlive.tv
November 22, 2025 at 1:10 PM
parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... well said @maxwilkinson.bsky.social no to government plans to confiscate asylum seekers’ jewellery but we would lift the ban on asylum seekers working and use “Nightingale-style” processing centres to clear the backlog within six months.
Monthly update on the A46 Bridge To Nowhere
November 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Monthly update on the A46 Bridge To Nowhere
Distinctively Brummie. The West Midlands is no longer bushelised. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Birmingham City's Powerhouse stadium plans revealed
Club chairman Tom Wagner reveals the design for his club's new 62,000-capacity stadium in Bordesley Green.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 20, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Distinctively Brummie. The West Midlands is no longer bushelised. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Cllrs Jennifer McAllister and Richard Dickson celebrating #warwickshire libraries this week
November 20, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Cllrs Jennifer McAllister and Richard Dickson celebrating #warwickshire libraries this week
At last a completion date of spring/summer 2027. It's taken six months to get this information from the Reform UK administration at @warwickshirecc.bsky.social www.warwickshireworld.com/news/politic...
Date to finish A46 'Bridge to Nowhere' near Kenilworth has finally been set
Warwickshire County Council has finally set a fresh target to complete the overdue and over-budget A46 ‘Bridge to Nowhere’ – albeit five years later than initially planned.
www.warwickshireworld.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:43 PM
At last a completion date of spring/summer 2027. It's taken six months to get this information from the Reform UK administration at @warwickshirecc.bsky.social www.warwickshireworld.com/news/politic...
Crisis in local authority funding.
Special needs services in England face ‘total collapse’ from increasing demand
Special needs services in England face ‘total collapse’ from increasing demand
Councils warn that authorities could go bankrupt by March 2028 without urgent structural reform
Special educational needs services in England face “total collapse” with councils on course to have run up debts of £18bn by the end of the decade as a result of increasing numbers of children requiring extra teaching support in schools.
Without urgent structural reform of the system, the cost of accelerating demand for Special Educational Needs and Disability (Send) support could push about 59 of upper tier authorities into effective bankruptcy by March 2028, councils have warned. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Crisis in local authority funding.
Road safety action needed in Kenilworth.
Yesterday I met with a group of local residents. Thanks to everyone who's signed the petition so far. Anyone of any age who lives, works or studies in Warwickshire can sign. The link is below. democracy.warwickshire.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...
Yesterday I met with a group of local residents. Thanks to everyone who's signed the petition so far. Anyone of any age who lives, works or studies in Warwickshire can sign. The link is below. democracy.warwickshire.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...
November 8, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Road safety action needed in Kenilworth.
Yesterday I met with a group of local residents. Thanks to everyone who's signed the petition so far. Anyone of any age who lives, works or studies in Warwickshire can sign. The link is below. democracy.warwickshire.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...
Yesterday I met with a group of local residents. Thanks to everyone who's signed the petition so far. Anyone of any age who lives, works or studies in Warwickshire can sign. The link is below. democracy.warwickshire.gov.uk/mgEPetitionD...
Nine years on, still missed.
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November 7, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Nine years on, still missed.
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As a member of my local SACRE, this week's announcement about the RE curriculum is good news. But Daniel Moulin is right. @theconversation.com theconversation.com/making-re-pa... @munirawilson.bsky.social
Making RE part of the national curriculum will promote tolerance – but only if it’s taught in the right way
Until now religious education teaching has been compulsory but patchy in quality.
theconversation.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:41 AM
As a member of my local SACRE, this week's announcement about the RE curriculum is good news. But Daniel Moulin is right. @theconversation.com theconversation.com/making-re-pa... @munirawilson.bsky.social
Dispiritingly slow. @andrewgraystone.bsky.social www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
All Makin recommendations to be implemented, three of them partially, says C of E interim report
Church’s Makin Recommendations Task and Finish Group, which has met four times, is due to deliver a final report in summer 2026
www.churchtimes.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 10:10 AM
Dispiritingly slow. @andrewgraystone.bsky.social www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/202...
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Three men — Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos — now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
October 27, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Three men — Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and Jeff Bezos — now own more wealth than 165 million Americans combined.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
They own the media.
They own the algorithms.
They own politicians in both parties.
The system is rigged — but We the People can take it back.
Another missed opportunity windeurope.org/news/low-auc... @libdems.org.uk @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @juergenmaier.co.uk
Low auction budget puts UK offshore wind at risk
The UK Government has announced a low budget for its next offshore wind auction round (Allocation Round 7, “AR7”). This is disappointing. It undermines the growth of offshore wind in the UK – and the ...
windeurope.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:23 AM
Another missed opportunity windeurope.org/news/low-auc... @libdems.org.uk @eddavey.libdems.org.uk @juergenmaier.co.uk
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If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.
October 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
If racism has no place in his party, then Nigel Farage should prove it by withdrawing the whip from Sarah Pochin immediately.
www.facebook.com/share/p/1ZwH... Jerry Roodhouse always looking forward @markpackuk.bsky.social
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October 19, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Brexit impact on UK economy
'negative for foreseeable future’, Bank of England chief says
news.sky.com/story/brexit...
'negative for foreseeable future’, Bank of England chief says
news.sky.com/story/brexit...
Brexit impact on UK economy 'negative for foreseeable future,' Bank of England chief says
The bank's governor, Andrew Bailey, said for nearly a decade he had been careful to "take no position on Brexit" but when asked directly about its impact on economic growth he "had to answer that ques...
news.sky.com
October 18, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Brexit impact on UK economy
'negative for foreseeable future’, Bank of England chief says
news.sky.com/story/brexit...
'negative for foreseeable future’, Bank of England chief says
news.sky.com/story/brexit...