Robyn Vinter [email protected] @RobynVinter
North of England correspondent @guardian, council estate dweller, injustice complainer, joke attempter. Fellow @risj_oxford 🏳️🌈 robynvinter.com Leeds, England Joined January 2010-
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He did. Here's a screenshot I took before I wrote the article. He deleted the post after the article was published
He did. Here's a screenshot I took before I wrote the article. He deleted the post after the article was published https://t.co/MYpxDW5Y3p
I have migrated myself to the other app and I have no friends over there! I have the same handle :)
I LOVED Dear Evan Hansen at @GrandTheatreLS1 @DearEvanHansen tonight. It's really worth seeing especially if, like my mum, you love to cry your eyes out
"My Yorkshire garment-worker ancestors would probably have something to say about my wonky seams" This is a delight from @RobynVinter theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…
Former miners celebrate ‘hard-fought’ win in pension scandal. - @RobynVinter theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/o…
“I’ve heard people say, ‘Why are our councillors getting involved in things that are going on abroad?’, but without mentioning that UK has historically always put their fingers in every single thing that’s gone on abroad." w/ @RobynVinter theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
This is an amazing piece. This particularly resonates: “There is no one and nothing in my life to step in and catch me if my career goes tits up.”
This is an amazing piece. This particularly resonates: “There is no one and nothing in my life to step in and catch me if my career goes tits up.”
When the Southport mosque was targeted by far-right rioters, imam Ibrahim Hussein feared for his life. Now, he said the community is still reeling from its impact, with worshippers requesting counselling to cope. 1/8🧵 w @aamnamohdin + @RobynVinter theguardian.com/politics/2024/…
The queen has spoken 💪 theguardian.com/media/article/…
Disinformation after a knife attack in the UK transformed a local tragedy into nationwide upheaval. @guardian's @RobynVinter explains how it got to this point. open.spotify.com/episode/2NU5PA…
Important piece by @RobynVinter on the danger faced by journalists at far-right marches. One veteran photographer, who has covered global conflict, said it was “equally scary” as being in a warzone: “It was a situation like no other in the UK" theguardian.com/media/article/…
We’ve had reporters in both Rotherham and Middlesbrough today as far-right riots spread across England. Here’s @RobynVinter and @Emine_Sinmaz on the terrifying attempt to set a hotel housing asylum seekers alight in Rotherham: theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…
Kerry-Ann Knight was an instructor at the Army Foundation College in Harrogate. Her colleagues would shout “watermelon” whenever she came in the room; they’d play the film Django Unchained on repeat. She was forced out of her job, & has now sued the Army: theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…
‘We’re in it together’: how unrest in Leeds escalated – and was defused @RobynVinter the best report I’ve read theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…
The Bellingham hate is doing my head in, mad how people turn on black players - the man has done more with his 21 years than his haters will do in their whole lives And if it weren’t for his bicycle kick with 80 seconds to go at the last 16 we wouldn’t have even SEEN the final

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