Anne-Frances Hayes
@anne-frances
𝗔𝗻𝗻𝗲-𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗛𝗮𝘆𝗲𝘀, Public speaker, writer, political commentator, activist, socialist, trade unionist, gobby northerner, former county councillor.
𝑯𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒀𝒐𝒓𝒌𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒆 𝒅𝒂𝒚! 'Ear all, see all, say nowt an' if tha ever does owt for nowt, do it for thissen!
Aw aye, who amongst us hasn't ever tripped up and found ourselves goose-stepping the international stage and making Nazi salutes while killing off welfare programs that supplied food, housing & healthcare to ordinary Americans?
My take on the England team's heart-breaking - if inevitable - exit from the World Cup semis, free-to-read on Substack via the link below and in comments: open.substack.com/pub/annefran...
Today carrying the @unitetheunion.bsky.social Equalities banner for @uniteneyh.bsky.social alongside my lovely Union sister, Janine, at another fantastic #DurhamMinersGala. Best day of the year - solidarity! ♥️
Yay! Me and my Unite sister, Janine, made the cut on Donkey Dave's annual Durham Miners' Gala vid. youtu.be/8XxIRSht2Jo?...
Farage announces he will quit as an MP, force a by-election and stand again in Clacton, in an attempt to avoid scrutiny.
Andy Warhol famously said that one day “everyone will be famous for 15 minutes”. Since it now looks likely that everyone in the UK will get to be prime minister for 15 minutes, I am setting out my manifesto below:
He did not have an 'incestuous relationship' with his daughter Daily Mail - he raped her, she then took her own life and he got sod all for doing it. Very soon your disgusting excuse for a 'newspaper' will go bust and women will dance on its ashes.
Saw this doing the rounds for women in other professions and thought I’d share my top "Don'ts" for women who want to get into politics – local or otherwise:
Yay! Lil ol' me on the front row as featured on the Unite newsletter, listening to Sharon Graham's fantastic speech at this year's With Banners Held High.
He's gone. Just sorry he took so many good, hard-working local councillors with him.
My two penn'orth on the state of the Labour Party leadership, free to read on Substack via the link in comments.…
Great weekend in Wigan with the unitetheunion.bsky.social National Labour Party Liaison Committee on which I serve for @uniteneyh.bsky.social. Polished off with a trip to the Labour Unions rally this morning - with a visit by Mr Burnham.
With colleagues from @unitetheunion.bsky.social at The University of Sheffield for today's Staff Network event. Now more than ever, it's important for working people to #JoinAUnion. It was great to catch up with our neighbours in @unisonyh.bsky.social too. @uniteneyh.bsky.social
Not the biggest fan of Jess Phillips, but can 100% believe that in her remit as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Safeguarding and Violence Against Women and Girls, she was badly let down by the inaction of this government and left to carry the can for said inaction.
It's all well and good Labour MPs calling for everyone to get behind Keir Starmer "for the sake of the country" - but it's not the job of left-leaning voters to make themselves support Keir Starmer - it's his job to win us over
The Labour Party was created to fight gross inequality. One job. Pure and simple.
On a day when the worst of us are celebrating, let's take time to celebrate the best of us. Happy 100th birthday Sir David Attenborough. Perhaps it's time we started to listen to you.
Reform UK is a racist party. If you're voting today, please don’t vote for a racist party.
Oi oi! Me and Donkey Dave - twice in one week - this time at the legendary Chesterfield May Day:
During the commemoration of the General Strike today in Barnsley, it was my pleasure to hand out flyers about Chesterfield's legendary May Day event on behalf of Chesterfield TUC. Interesting that many comrades there were aware of our TUC's success in marking May Day over the years.
Lovely to see our inspiring General Secretary, Sharon Graham, today in Barnsley at the centenary celebration of the General Strike. @unitetheunion.bsky.social
Wonderful day of solidarity in Barnsley today commemorating the centenary of the #GeneralStrike. I was very proud to carry Unite North East Yorkshire & Humber's Equality banner with my friend and Unite sister Janine. @unitetheunion.bsky.social
How sh*t a candidate do you have to be if your runner up is George-frigging-Osborne?