Rev Steve Openshaw

Rev Steve Openshaw

@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Husband, dad, grandad, priest, trade unionist, socialist, descendent of Irish immigrants & lover of jazz, funk & soul. Boltonian living in Chorley. Views are my own & don't necessarily reflect the views of the Church. Not always able to chat I'm afraid.

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Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Breaking international law with the collective punishment of innocent Palestinians, in the occupied West Bank, Netanyahu is a war criminal & Israel is a pariah State lacking any morality whatsoever... #Israel 🇮🇱 #Palestine 🇵🇸 #Netanyahu #WestBank #BreakingNews www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.com‘It’s collective punishment’: nearly 2,000 Palestinians in Hebron displaced as Israeli forces take over homesFamilies forced to flee as Netanyahu tries to prove security credentials after two Israeli soldiers killed days before election
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Reform UK failed to take a seat in any of the by-elections yesterday... again! The bubble 🫧 has popped. Nigel Farage our next Prime Minister 😂😂😂 #ReformUK #Farage #UKPolitics #ByElection

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

With high energy soul, funk, gospel, & even a little bit of jazz at Band on the Wall, Manchester, last night, Mica Paris did not disappoint. Great engagement with her audience & her band and backing singers were fantastic. Smashing night. #Soul #Gospel #Funk

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Completely contrary to British values & Christian teaching... the teaching of Jesus... Reform pledges to suspend asylum system for up to five years & deport claimants - BBC News 😠 #ReformUK #Farage #UKPolitics #BritishValues #Jesus #Bible #Christianity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukReform pledges to suspend asylum system for up to five years and deport claimantsAll asylum applications would be rejected and existing ones voided, with all claimants marked for deportation.
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

I think we all know it's the USA🇺🇸 that needs a new President. Come on dear folk of the USA... do the business in the mid-terms. Do yourselves & the world a favour. Stop Trump with your votes. #USPolitics #Trump #MidTerms #GOP @donaldjtrump-maga.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/world/2026/o...

theguardian.comTrump says Ukraine needs a new leader after diesel deal with RussiaUS president suggests Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, has not done enough to end war
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Trump agrees deal with Putin which will fund Russia's illegal war with Ukraine... & will, he hopes, cover up his own inadequacies in his vanity war with Iran 😡 #DonaldTrump #USA #Russia #Iran #UN #USPolitics #MidTerms #Oil #Diesel www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

theguardian.comZelenskyy furious as Trump announces deal to buy Russian dieselPresident says deal essential to lower US fuel prices but move set to create fresh crisis with Ukraine and Nato allies
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Council by-elections yestetday: Newcastle:Labour gain from Reform 😂 Lambeth: Reform came 5th 😂 Aberdeen: Reform came 5th 😂 Parliamentary by-election yesterday: Holburn & St Pancras: Reform came 4th 😂 Nigel Farage our next PM 😂🤣😂🤣😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 #ReformUK #Farage #UKPolitics #ElectionsUK

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Six more local council by-elections yesterday and Reform UK didn't win one ... again! 😂🤣😂🤣 Farage... the next PM? Who's he kidding? 😂🤣😂🤣 #ReformUK #Farage #UKPolitics

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Bossa Nova, Samba & Love Songs .... What a great Latin Jazz set from @Baiana fronted by Laura Doyle on vocals & featuring the legendary Snowboy (Mark Cotgrove) as well as the The Haggis Horns... in the humble West Pennine town of Ramsbottom. Memorable night. Thanks to all. #Latin #Jazz #Samba

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Billykaren Beaufort 🎶
@billykaren.com

The White House is airing taxpayer-funded ads that recycle 47's campaign video weeks before the midterms, and warning about communists in the same week Xi Jinping got a state dinner. thedemocracyadvocate.com/trump-watch/... #TaxpayerFundedAds #Midterms2026 #47Watch

thedemocracyadvocate.comTaxpayer-Funded Ads Put 47's Campaign Pitch on the Public's Tab | The Democracy AdvocateThe White House is running taxpayer-funded ads that recycle 47's campaign pitch weeks before the midterms, warning of communists while Xi gets a state dinner.
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Netanyahu 👿 at the United Nations General Assembly 🥱 😴 🥱 😴 🥱 😴 🥱😡 Same old lame excuses for racism, genocide, ethnic cleansing, apartheid & war crimes against the Palestinians! Netanyahu is a #WarCriminal! #Israel 🇮🇱 #UNGA #UnitedNations

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Dr Keith 🎃 Wilson
@keithwilson.eu

UK politics is moving towards the US model where government is available to the highest bidder. Labour urgently needs to legislate on this, but the Reform horse has already bolted. #UKPolitics

Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social

Harborne has given Reform £36 million to match Delo's £36 million. The Telegraph describes it as a "show of force" from Reform's donors. The two men's £72 million is greater than all of the spending by all political parties on the 2024 GE www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/202...

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Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Why is @skynewsrss.bsky.social talking to & quoting Trump's son,Eric, when he hold no position at all in Trump's administration & has never been elected to any position by the US people. In fact the only position he holds is vice president of Trump's businesses! news.sky.com/story/trump-...

news.sky.comTrump arrives in Ireland as major security operation under wayAmong his engagements, the US president is attending a series of events at Deerfield, the residence of the US ambassador to Ireland.
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Is this what Farage mean when he says he's anti-establishment? #Farage #ReformUK #Delo #CryptoBillionaire #ConvictedCriminal www.reuters.com/world/uk/cry...

reuters.comCrypto investor pardoned by Trump donates £36 million to Farage's Reform UKCrypto investor Ben Delo said on Friday he would donate a ‌record £36 million ($48.7 million), or £1 million a month before the next national election, to Britain's populist Reform UK to help the part...
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

- Crypto billionaire. - Convicted in the US in 2022 for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls in his crypto business. - Granted a pardon by Donald Trump. This says it all about Nigel Farage & Reform UK. #Farage #ReformUK #UKPolitics www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comReform UK given record £36m donation by British crypto billionaireBen Delo was convicted in US for failing to implement adequate anti-money laundering controls but pardoned by Trump

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Elizabeth Warren
@warren.senate.gov

NEW: U.S. diesel prices have hit an ALL-TIME HIGH of $5.97/gallon. Remember: higher diesel prices mean higher delivery and heating costs. Your energy bill, your groceries, packages at your door— all of it will cost more. Donald Trump’s war with Iran did this.

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Nate Bowling
@natebowling.com

The US President collected billions in illegal tariffs, the cost of which were passed on to consumers. Then when the tariffs were ruled illegal he refunded $166 billion to corporations. That's wealth transfer equivalent to the total GDP of Slovakia. And it's not even a scandal.

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democracy4u.bsky.social
@democracy4u.bsky.social

-$5000 stimulus checks via "DOGE dividend" -$2000 stimulus checks via "tariff dividend" -$1000+ checks via "savings" from expiring ACA subsidies -$5000 "dividend" if Rs win midterms No checks have been issued

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

USA... You can't believe Trump and the $5,000! Trump makes promise but never delivers. He doesn't care about the man or woman on the street. He only cares about himself. Don't be taken in by this fraudster,he's playing you for a fool. #USPolitics #MAGA #GOP #Trump

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Reform UK spokesperson on BBC Radio 4s 'World at One' just tried to justify the disgraceful racist cowards from Portsmouth. 😡😡😡 #Pakistan #Cricket #ReformUK #Portsmouth #Racism BBC News - Group entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrants - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

bbc.co.ukGroup entered hotel of Pakistan cricketers mistaken for migrantsProtesters congregated at a Portsmouth hotel after false rumours that a coach of migrants had arrived.
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

The Chief Rabbi doesn't speak for all Jewish people in the UK. Many Jewish people support the sanctions on illegal Jewish settlements in the occupied West Bank & are against the ethnic cleansing of the Palestinian population taking place. #Israel #Palestine www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

theguardian.comSenior UK rabbis come out in support of sanctions on Israeli settlementsSpiritual leaders stress diversity of views within Jewish community and warn against inaction on settler violence
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Morally & ethically this is the right thing to do. It's a bit late in coming & it's not enough but.... This is the right & just thing to do. #Israel 🇮🇱 #Palestine 🇵🇸 #WestBank #Sanctions ##LabourParty #EthnicCleansing #UKPolitics BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...

bbc.co.ukUK announces sanctions on Israeli settlements and accuses settlers of 'ethnic cleansing' in West BankForeign Secretary Ed Miliband accuses "settler terrorists" of driving Palestinians from their land in the illegally occupied West Bank.

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Patricia Pino
@patriciapino.bsky.social

I saw Reform’s official statement refers to climate activists as “foreign funded”. I think Politicians should refer to Reform Uk as “the foreign-funded Reform Party”

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Alastair
@as-j.bsky.social

I'm generally happy to give someone like Burnham a bit of time to get things in order but I'm already pretty impatient for an explanation why an octogenarian holding a small protest placard gets a criminal record but 200 people dressed as paramilitaries blockading Dover can just get the train home.

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scotfi1.bsky.social
@scotfi1.bsky.social

Where is Andy Burnham? Where is our Prime Minister, so full of hope and positivity? Far right thugs rampaging across the country unchecked, Reform voters physically assaulting protesters. Has anyone actually seen our PM? Where is Mahmood? Sarah Jones, minister of policing? Where are they?

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Channel 4 News
@channel4news.bsky.social

Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:

channel4news.substack.comExclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donationsUndercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Smashing jazz funk & soul set, last night, from British band The Real Thing, at the Bolton Food and Drink Festival 2026. Great atmosphere, brill songs, wonderful musicians & lots of fun. Thanks Bolton Council!

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Mark Hamill
@markhamillofficial.bsky.social

Be Careful What You Wish For Dept. You ARE on the ballot. You are the ONLY thing on the ballot. The investigations of your criminal regime begin November 4th. You are going DOWN because... Justice Matters. ⚖️ #AccountabilityIsComing...Soon

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Israel 🇮🇱 attacks United Nations 🇺🇳 compound in occupied Palestine 🇵🇸 & the world stands by to watch 😡 #Israel #Palestine #WestBank #Netanyahu is a #WarCriminal

Al Jazeera English@aljazeera.com

Far-right Israeli minister Itamar Ben-Gvir celebrated after Israeli forces raided a UN-operated facility in occupied East Jerusalem, expelling UNRWA employees and hoisting an Israeli flag in the courtyard. The UN agency and experts say it’s a direct breach of international law.

Rev Steve Openshaw
@steveopenshaw.bsky.social

Very sad to hear that Dolly Parton has died. Strong, caring & generous woman of faith, as well as talented song writer & performer. The world could do with more people like Dolly. Rest in peace, rise in glory. #DollyParton www.theguardian.com/music/2026/a...

theguardian.comDolly Parton, country star, actor and philanthropist, dies aged 80Songwriter of I Will Always Love You, Jolene and 9 to 5 also invested millions in child literacy, Covid-19 vaccine development and other causes