Cllr Sam Easterby-Smith

@samsterby.com

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Green Party councillor for Old Moat, Manchester. Active travel troublemaker. Wizened software engineer. Own views. He/Him Promoted by Sean Duggan on behalf of Sam Easterby-Smith (Green Party), at 36 Manchester Road, Manchester. M21 9PH

A stone marker at the entrance of a section of a holiday park. It has a silhouette of a flying duck at the top and or reeds at the bottom, picked out in black. The is a single word… “THE”
Screenshot of an online form: Step 7 What do you want to report? A vehicle blocking a public road and posing imminent danger to the public A vehicle blocking my car in my driveway, preventing my exit A vehicle blocking my entrance to my driveway; parking in my designated space
A silver Honda, completely blocking a pavement. (Number plate blanked, because that is my policy)
A hedgehog in my back garden
A Mac G4 Cube. Somewhat grubby but otherwise in immaculate condition. Still has the transparent plastic stuff on the top. Background of a bright floral tablecloth.
A yellow flowering ragwort with yellow and black stripy caterpillars crawling on it.
Madame Gazelle from Peppa Pig.
The nationwide annual voting pack. A whole bunch of bits of paper with candidate profiles etc.
A laser printer is printing something - pages emerge. The paper is white on one side and green on the other side. We can’t see what is being printed…
A lift lobby in an office building. The walls are a fetching green colour. There are some missing ceiling tiles. The scene is lit by a single tube light on a tripod, making it look eerie and liminal. To the right is a bright red dry riser outlet hatch thing.
Selfie. I am standing in the bright sunshine wearing a blue jumper with a rainbow stripe on it and a black cap. Behind me is fencing and a road is being torn up for a re-modelled junction. There is a gaping hole beneath the carriageway.
Two middle aged white men in front of a small suburban shopfront. The sign above says “Lentils and Lather” in green text. Shelves in the window are stacked with healthy produce.
A small child wearing shades sitting on a small red bike. She looks super-cool.
A pair of headphones with (replacement) purple ear pads, resting on a furry leopard print blanket.
A pair of temporary signs obstructing a bike lane. One is yellow and says “Diversion Ends” and the other is red and says “Cycle Lane Closed”
A box hedge, mostly stripped of leaves and covered in silky caterpillar webbing.
I am standing in an alleyway next to some green bins, lifting the lid to reveal mixed stinky rubbish.
Picture of me, a middle aged white man with short hair. I am standing in the Manchester Town Hall council chamber, behind me are fancy wooden desks, projection screens, and the coat of arms thing. I am wearing a green blazer, a t-shirt with things written on it, green shorts and green DMs.
Mandatory selfie with Hannah Spencer MP. We are grinning happily. I’m wearing a blue floral pattern shirt, a green rosette, and am bedangled by lanyards. She is wearing a green waistcoat and spotty shirt. In the background, a big hall with tables set out for counting votes.
A black and grey spaniel looking towards us from a distance. In the background, a grass verge, tarmac pavement, and someone’s wheelie bin.
Detail of a kids climbing frame. Four ropes meet at a junction, except that one rope and the junction are all covered in black gaffer tape.
A group of people all jumping in the air and waving their arms! Thirza, a black woman, our candidate for Moss Side, is at the front wearing a green rosette and holding a big “VOTE GREEN” sign. We are in a park, the sky is blue with scattered clouds. In the background is a brick built park gatehouse with a clock tower. There is someone directly behind Thirza but you can only see their shoes.
Two donut charts showing: How people voted in the 2023 local election in Manchester - 65% Labour, 12% LD, 14% Green, 7% Tory, 1% others What you got: 30 Labour, 2 LD, 1 Green.
A vintage era Apple keyboard connected to a modern MacOS setup with a large monitor. Various desk detritus, including the USB Wombat, in the background.
A leaflet with the Face Of Zack on it! Text: “Stop Reform. Replace Labour. Vote Green.” Background of a brightly coloured flowery tablecloth.
A single carriage diesel train (class 153) painted in bright blue. It has the words “Inspection Train” and various logos along the length of it. It’s on the rails of the west coast mainline at Nuneaton, wires and blue sky above. At the near-end of the train are some cleverly mounted cameras/sensors. And the word “Special” in the destination window.
Canada geese and a couple of ducks on the pond in Fog Lane Park in suburban Manchester.
A street market on a suburban high-street. People are milling around the stalls and buying things. Bright sunshine and blue sky.
A splendid ginger and white bicolour cat. They are looking slightly to the side with one paw lifted. In the background, tarmac pavement and a hedge.
Selfie. I am standing at a suburban traffic intersection. It’s a big wide crossroads - sea of tarmac. There are traffic lights and… no pedestrian crossing whatsoever. I am making a disappointed face.
A big stone gatepost, fallen across a suburban pavement. Mottled sunshine.
A grotesque purple plastic toy. It’s mostly face, with green eyes, a big open mouth full of soil, and a pair of white trainers which join on where it neck should be.
A plastic dinosaur monorail thing at Peppa Pig World.
A map of Manchester, roughly the area within the M60 ring. Road deaths are marked with little black markers. There are a lot of them.
Screenshot of Openrailwaymap showing the area between Chester and Ellesmere Port. I have drawn a new line exiting Chester station to the East, running north (past the Zoo, Cheshire Oaks, the aquarium) joining up to the east of Ellesmere Port station, forming a loop.
A tiny little monkey with a grumpy black face, white fur on its top half, and orange behind. I think it’s a tamarin, but wasn’t paying attention.
A crop of the bit of the data tables from the poll. It shows separate results for England, Wales, Scotland, with the parties hastily highlighted in their respective colours because the headings are all cropped off. In Scotland, greens are second on 11, to the SNP’s commanding lead on 22.
Screenshot of Beech Road on street view. There are lots of parked cars. There’s a pretty tapas bar with orange frontage to the right, and other cute shops and bars further along the street.
A blue sign showing a silhouetted car and an arrow. With a white border.
Fish supper (battered fish, chips and mushy peas) on a pink plate.
Two recently hatched little ducklings in an enclosure. One is a mid-brown and the other is black. Sawdust stuff underneath them.
A poster on bright green paper, black text: VOTE SAM EASTERBY- SMITH 7 MAY (Logo) Green Party <tiny imprint>
Bar chart showing the local election vote share change between 2023-2024 for Withington. Labour down 10%, Greens up 10%, other parties basically unchanged.
A hand made greetings card, with a red pained background and stuck on lettering saying “HAPPY EID”, plus a few stars. Beneath it is a box of chocolates for our lovely neighbours.
A brown Rapha cycling hat, that I wear all the time. It is stained, wonky, and fraying. Background of a palm-print tablecloth and assorted tablejunk.
The interior of my shed. A pair of floor standing speakers bracket a drop-leaf table and folding purple garden chair. A rag rug with colourful diamond patterns. Intense tiger-pattern wallpaper in green on one wall and pink on the other. To the left is shelving full of storage tubs.
A mid-size OKI laser printer. It is stacked on a second paper tray unit and coasters. Beside it is a box of 2500 sheets of A4 with a bright pink lid. It is tucked into a set of basic ikea wooden shelving.
Seat projection based on the latest yougov poll. Lab 45 Con 51 Rfm 254 Ldm 86 Grn 124 SNP 46 PLC 17 Min 8
Bar chart showing serious road casualties in Manchester from 2015 to 2024. We start around 100/year. There is a dip in 2020 for the pandemic. And then it climbs to 180 in 2024.
A front room. A compact upright piano. Wallpaper in green with jungly ferns. Orange sofa. A red rug. Bookshelves with books on. A weird plywood hump thing which I wish I could get rid of but none of the rest of the family will let me. Ironing board propped up in a corner. Slatted wooden blinds.
John Peel at the mixing desk, wearing headphones, tweaking knobs. Caption: That was Net Zero Dubai Hotel And now The Fall
A graph showing a typical git-flow branching strategy. Except it’s AI generated and makes very little sense. The vertical axis is labelled Tinm and has an upward arrow. A label says “Bugfixes from rel, branch may be continvoucly morged back into develop”. Pure nonsense.
The curved bay window of a suburban house reflecting the house across the street. It’s a sunny day and the sky is blue. In the window is a fluorescent green poster: VOTE GREEN
Hannah Spencer, a white woman with long blonde hair, wearing a green jacket. She is holding up a finger, to make a point. Behind her, a crowd of people, some holding signs saying VOTE GREEN and REAL HOPE REAL CHANGE. A serious looking TV camera, and microphone are aimed at her.
Photograph of Denton railway station. An island platform with unelectrified tracks. It’s a cloudy day. Captions: [BR logo] Denton Two trains per week? SERIOUSLY WTF? VOTE GREEN
Metal barriers across a pedestrian path. My bike is in the middle of being squeezed through them.
A suburban shopfront. Green Party sign above the front window. Posters in the window. The shop is full of people and there are a few more milling around outside. My longtail bike is standing in front.
A bridge over a path, on the Fallowfield Loop, a former railway. The bridge and retaining walls are covered in graffiti. On the parapet of the bridge is the word STAN.