Rosemary Sexton
@DrSextonGreen
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Mainly health and health policy; especially mental health, health inequalities, autism advocacy. Previously local politics. PhD, not MD. Also @rosisexton .
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Bit nervous about sharing this one, but here we go.
If you've always thought that I'm a bit odd - well, now you know why.
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When I was in hospital recently, I had an abscess the size of a grapefruit & couldn't even get any painkillers for over 8 hours because of understaffing.
I want politicians who prioritise fixing the real problems, not worrying about the chromosomes of the patient down the hall.
Starmer states he will segregate trans people into 'side rooms' in hospital
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Bullying trans people has nothing to do with women's rights.
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"Cures" for autism are ALWAYS about reducing its impact on other people. Never about improving life for autistic people.
"Reversing autism" should reasonably be expected to mean improving sensory sensitivities, improving access to social connection, improving interception and control of hyper focusing. It's weird for researchers to use it to mean reducing its impact on other people.
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I'd quite like to be able to have a discussion about policies that actually affect women.
Who benefits, I wonder, from turning "women's rights" into code for attacking trans people, so that issues that actually affect women are not being talked about?
The BBC is so riddled with transphobia they think "women's rights" are synonymous with attacking trans people.
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Next up: Labour offers to meet Tommy Robinson to discuss his concerns about brown people.
Very on brand for Labour to offer to meet with someone who has an unhealthy obsession with bullying a minority group rather than trans people themselves to discuss "concerns" about their rights.
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This, from a white man, dictating to ethnic minority MPs what their position should be on representation *from within their own community* is appalling. Exceptionally patronising and tokenistic.
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Controversial opinion: Greens and LDs costing Labour some seats in this election is good, actually.
If you keep giving Labour your votes for free, how are you going to influence them to give you policies that you want (like PR)?
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Dear leftie friends - I appreciate your intentions are good, and I agree with the point many of you are trying to make which I've seen best expressed as "immigration enriches us". But the focus on Raducanu's background and heritage is making me a tad uncomfortable.
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Dude. (I assume you're a dude, right?)
I was LITERALLY a professional UFC fighter. 😂
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People look at the politicians the UK and US produce and wonder "is this really the best we can do?"
Of course it isn't: it's our dysfunctional voting system that puts them there. We're not short of talent, we have a broken system.
@MakeVotesMatter
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Very on brand for Labour to offer to meet with someone who has an unhealthy obsession with bullying a minority group rather than trans people themselves to discuss "concerns" about their rights.
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You've got to ask why Labour are quite so desperate to stop the Greens winning in just a couple of seats, when the polls are predicting an unprecedented landslide? 🤔
Honestly I have lost all patience with this nonsense. Given Labour is headed for a landslide, calling for people to vote against the Greens in the handful of seats they have a good chance of winning, is just wrecking tactics, Dale.
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Perhaps Starmer telling progressives and "tree-huggers" that he doesn't want or need their vote wasn't the best plan? 🤷♀️
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(1/6) With huge regret, I have resigned from Solihull Green Group and will for the time being be sitting as an Independent Cllr on Solihull Council.
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Possibly unpopular opinion: turning the Green Party into the political wing of XR* is a really, really bad idea.
*Even if only in public opinion.
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Labour activists asking other parties' supporters to "lend" them their votes has a real "that one mate who keeps asking to borrow money, but never pays you back" vibe.
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I think making a point of going after Brighton, rather than focusing on Tory held seats, will put a LOT of Green voters in the rest of the country off the idea of voting tactically for Labour.
A Starmer campaign stop to try and boot out the Greens from their only seat in Brighton 👀
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If you're worried about votes for other parties helping the Tories, perhaps you should look at changing the voting system that causes the problem.
No? Not THAT worried, then...
Complacency about the inevitability of a Labour win terrifies me.
In so many Labour v Tory races, a vote for smaller parties is a vote that helps the Tories.
You only get change if you vote for Labour.
Out on the campaign trail with
@jessicaelgot
👇🏻
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Tory MPs please note: “A person who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter*, is not a nice person.” (Dave Barry)
*Also civil servants and parliamentary staff
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Anyone thinking they can vote Labour and then "pressure them on PR afterwards" is kidding themselves. Labour will be the LAST party in this country to support electoral reform.
This is why I’ll never ever vote Labour. Only in it for themselves
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As the deluge of tactical voting recommendations hits my timeline, one more reminder.
Labour are going to win. They are not a progressive party.
Unless they lose votes to progressives as well as the right, we are allowing Reform to set their agenda for the next five years.
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I have the privilege of working alongside
@KathrynBristow
on the Green Party Women committee, and I've found her to be a wonderful, brave, compassionate woman who is committed to fighting for the rights of all women and girls. She also happens to be trans.
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There's no such thing as "lending" a vote. It's nonsense designed to manipulate you.
If Dale had wanted to help Labour win and get rid of the Tories, there are any number of Tory/Lab marginals he could have campaigned in.
He's quite deliberately gone after Greens instead. 🧐
I’ve written a piece for
@bristol247
about why I’m asking people thinking about voting Green in Bristol Central to lend Labour their vote and judge them on their first term. Why? Because only Labour can deliver a green government.
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I'm informed that Tim Hodgson has now made a complaint about my previous tweet to Solihull Council.
Apparently it may be against the code of conduct to accuse someone of sexual harassment *even if true*. 🤯
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@bristol_pip
All of us 40-something year old neurodivergent adults must have just appeared out of nowhere then, I guess... 😂
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Stop complaining about candidates standing and "splitting the vote" and start complaining about the Labour Party continuing to back a ridiculous electoral system that makes vote splitting possible.
#MakeVotesMatter
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Seriously...? What does
@TheGreenParty
need to do to get an invite?
#InviteTheGreens
🆙 COMING UP on tomorrow’s
@RidgeOnSunday
…
@SophyRidgeSky
will be reacting to elections in 🏴 🏴 and 🏴 with:
🔵
@michaelgove
🔴
@IanMurrayMP
🌹
@HackneyAbbott
🟠
@EdwardJDavey
🟡
@KeithBrownSNP
📺
@SkyNews
⏰ 8.30am
#️⃣
#Ridge
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So... all the politicians who were tweeting about football last week now think that footballers shouldn't tweet about politics...? 🤔
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Psst - the NHS isn't being privatised.
It's under threat, certainly - largely from underfunding and workforce shortages - but let's not cry wolf. Plenty of genuinely awful things going on under this government without need to exaggerate.
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I'd ask one of my NHS followers to explain to Huw why eliminating
#COVIDrestrictions
will definitely NOT help them to clear the elective surgery backlog - but I'm absolutely sure he's had this explained to him already. Ignorance is not a plausible defence at this point.
I voted against extending
#COVIDRestrictions
because we need to get back to normality and allow the NHS to clear the elective surgery backlog 1/3
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If you insist on looking at it that way, Starmer is on the same side of the argument as Johnson, Truss and Sunak. 🤷♀️
Daft argument.
🗣️“Do they really want to be on the same side of an argument as Farage?” 🫣
@campbellclaret
questions whether the Lib Dems will join Reform in pushing for proportional representation in UK elections.
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This is absolutely bananas. Rise in demand not expected? In what world can someone responsible for a public health operation on this scale not realise that demand would increase in September, with schools and universities going back & normal bugs going around as well as COVID?
Coronavirus: Head of Test and Trace says rise in demand for COVID tests wasn't expected
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If you ever struggle with imposter syndrome - just remind yourself that this woman is an actual cabinet minister.
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Dear Greens, when extolling the benefits of home working and zoom, please acknowledge:
(1) many people can't work from home & assuming most can is elitist,
(2) many are struggling with mental and physical health issues from having to work at home (I'm seeing lots in my day job)
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@dr_musgrave
Deeply disappointed. Nobody with a mental health condition thinks it's a "badge of honour". When reaching out to find people who understand difficult experiences gets labelled "social contagion" - is it surprising that trust in healthcare professionals is so low?
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@ShahrarAli
@TheGreenParty
This is highly inappropriate. A political party should not be interfering with the actions of
@CareQualityComm
in an individual case; regulation of healthcare providers must be independent of politicians.
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@BootstrapCook
This is something that too many people forget on social media. Thanks for everything you do - although the negative voices can be loud, there are many, many more of us who appreciate you and your work.
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Labour: "why won't the Lib Dems stand down to help us win?"
LDs: "where are you standing down for us?"
Labour: "We can't work with them! We're totally different parties - what would our voters think?"
The yawning chasm of self-awareness here is quite spectacular.
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As long as it remains riskier to speak out about sexual harassment and abuse than it is to commit it, this sort of thing will continue to happen.
I have in my possession some relatively recent screenshots in which Nick Cohen offers to go to the toilet at the newsroom at the Observer, strip off, take a naked photo of himself and send it to a junior female freelancer.
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It's been an... interesting 24 hours. Some backlash, as expected, but also lots of support, for which I'm very grateful.
Several more people have now contacted me with their experiences of this person. Awful.
My only regret is not speaking out sooner. Abuse thrives on silence.
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Suggesting families should get rid of a kid or two if they fall on hard times seems even more heartless than usual.
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I keep trying to have an informed & civilised discussion in the party about this area of transport policy.
It's really incredibly disappointing when leaders resort to hurling insults and soundbites at some of our own members instead of engaging with the arguments in good faith.
It’s probably the usual trainspotters.
@AnothervoiceWB
is amazing. Thanks
@ChrisGPackham
💚
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Congratulations to
@sianberry
and
@jon_bartley
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Full statement to follow!
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If you think XR are "silencing the media" then oh boy do I have a bridge to sell you.
What they are doing is drawing attention to the narrow range of interests represented by our mainstream press.
Whether or not you agree with XR's actions, this is a discussion we need to have.
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This young woman has just pulled off what will go down as one of the all time greatest sporting performances in history, but people on both sides are weaponising her heritage to make a political point. Could we just stop?
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(6/6) This is making me incredibly uncomfortable and I need now to publicly distance myself from it.
I wish the other Green Councillors well. They are good people, and I hope and trust they will get to the right outcome.
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1/ Since the various announcements, I've had a number of people ask me whether I'm going to be standing again for leader. I'm not.
I'm not the right person for the party at this point in its history; but also, it's not the right job for me at this point in mine.
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By focusing on where she was born & her parents' heritage & asking "why is it we only accept immigrants as British when it suits us?" you're implicitly marking her out as a different kind of British compared to those born here to British parents.
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@truesolicitor
Ordinarily yes, but I think we can consider twitter trolls a renewable resource.
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What about the unaffordability of childcare? The inadequacy of social care and the unpaid caring burden that disproportionately affects women? A criminal justice system so dysfunctional it takes years for cases to come to trial? Misogyny and racism in NHS maternity services?
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We might not be in your weight class, but we know how to punch up.
@SolihullGreens
@westmidlandsgp
@TheGreenParty
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Nothing but love and support for
@sianberry
, who remains one of my favourite Green politicians.
A personal statement from me on the upcoming Green Party leadership by-election.
Read as pdf here, and find alt text in images:
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He's talking about how great it is to be a person of colour in Britain whilst literally silencing people of colour.
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The abuse and harassment she's had to put up with - aided and abetted by some from within the party - is absolutely shocking. If people are leaving because of her election then, quite frankly, I'm happy to see the back of them.
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Is it surprising that so many people in this country get away with sexual harassment and abuse for so long?
As anyone who's tried to raise concerns about someone knows, there's huge pressure to just shut up and sweep it under the carpet.
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Three ways not to respond to a tragic murder of a woman.
(1) Criticise the victim's behaviour, and talk about how she could have prevented it.
(2) Weaponise it to push an entirely irrelevant transphobic agenda.
(3) "As a husband and father..."
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Senior Green Party members trying to cover up serious failings in the party's handling of sexual harassment allegations by blocking an emergency motion calling for a review will *not* be a good look when the full story comes out.
I'm keeping receipts.
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The most rewarding thing to come out of my leadership election campaign has been the people who have contacted me to say that they've been inspired by it to join the Green Party, or to get more involved. Those messages have put a real smile on my face! 💚
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Exactly what
@beccavane
said. PLEASE can we stop behaving as a lifestyle movement for middle class vegans, and more like a serious political party? This is exactly the sort of thing that perpetuates unhelpful stereotypes about
@TheGreenParty
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(2/6) Last year, Cllr Tim Hodgson sexually harassed a friend of mine. I don't say this lightly, and have seen and can supply evidence. I have reason to believe this is not an isolated incident, and in fact the accounts I have heard (and believe) go further than harassment.
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Shahrar once again suggesting that women who disagree with him don't count.
#GreenLeadershipHustings
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You legend! Thanks Femi!
Until Labour commits to an Electoral Pact based on Electoral Reform, they're just contributing to the political stranglehold that lets the two big parties rob people of their democratic choice.
So yeah, I
#Voted
...
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Some Labour folks in Solihull upset that their votes get squeezed by our unfair voting system. I genuinely sympathise (it happens to us regularly) but solution is not to complain when we point out how FPTP works. Join us in campaigning for
@electoralreform
@MakeVotesMatter
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This seems like a strange way to write "we're totally out of touch with the modern British public".
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The undignified spectacle of the Mayor of London pretending he doesn't understand how elections work in order to stop people in Bristol from voting Green.
The Tories have as much chance of winning Bristol central as I have of becoming an olympic gymnastics champion.
London mayor
@SadiqKhan
was campaigning in Bristol Central today. "The two words nobody in Bristol must say on July 5 is 'if only'," Khan said. "'If only I hadn't taken the risk and voted Green to allow the Tories back in.'"
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1/ Now the results have been announced, I want to say a few words.
First of all, congratulations to
@sianberry
,
@jon_bartley
and
@Amelia_Womack
& to all the successful candidates for GPEx. I look forward to working together now to move forward as a party.
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So I take it Labour will commit to introducing PR for all elections so you won't have to keep asking for favours? <Crickets>
Thank you to the Lib Dem and Green supporters who lent their vote to a Labour mayoral candidate due to the unfair shift from PR to FPTP elections. Your support has brought us closer to the change our country needs and the loan of your vote is appreciated. Thanks, once again.
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There are lots of good reasons to rethink how we as a country treat and think about immigrants. But coopting the successes of foreign born and first generation British people, and othering them in the process, in order to make this point... really isn't very cool.
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Ah yes, what the NHS needs now is more "efficiency savings". Because after 14 years of Tory austerity, there hasn't been enough of that. 🙄
"... the general group think in think tank world at the moment, that the answer to every single problem must be more money. We never talk about the £170bn we already spend on the NHS and how it could be spent better"
The man soon to be in charge of our NHS.
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A month ago,
@TheGreenParty
posted this. 👇
Today, senior members of GPEx led calls *against* an independent review of the party's failure to address serious sexual harassment allegations.
#ItsNotOk
On Sexual Abuse & Sexual Violence Awareness Week, we're sharing some of the support available to those affected by sexual violence.
#ItsNotOk
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"Bad news, folks... turns out we can't afford to save the planet. Enjoy it while you can!"
The protection of our natural world is part of the reason I’m a Conservative.
But Net Zero cannot come at the expense of people’s jobs and livelihoods.
That’s just common sense.
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And to anyone who would seek to make political capital out of my recent decision: I suggest that the world would be a better place if we all spent more time addressing the problems in our own back yard, and less time tutting over the fence at other people's.
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Officially fully vaccinated. 🎉
Had my second jab today for the Janssen trial, and (because I'm already eligible for a vaccine) found out that I had indeed been given the trial vaccine, not the placebo. Nice to know!
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But we're not talking about any of those things, because "women's rights" has become "what do you think about trans people?"
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Building new roads is not compatible with addressing the climate emergency. We need better joined up transport planning that allows people to move away from dependency on cars.
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The Green Party is a political party, not a lifestyle movement.
We need to be serious about inclusion, serious about evidence, and serious about winning elections.
#rosi4leader
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I understand that TH is now suspended from the party, pending full investigation.
Thank you to everyone who contacted me to tell me about your experiences with TH, and to send evidence. It's overwhelming. I'm so sorry this happened, and I'm sorry we didn't do more, sooner. (1/8)
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It's been a full on few months & one thing and another, I'm hitting burnout. So, time to scale back and (especially) take a bit of time off twitter.
If you catch me here in the next week please ask me what the hell I'm doing. Still contactable in the usual ways if you need me.
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How do we become more inclusive? In Solihull, we have the safest Green ward in the country, with a massive 84% vote share at the last election. It doesn't fit the stereotype many have of Green Party voters. Here's what we've learned.
#ROSI4LEADER
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Building new roads is not compatible with addressing the climate emergency.
Here we go! Highways England submits application for
#LowerThames
Crossing DCO:
@CPREKent
@HighwaysSEAST
#Gravesham
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This is a hill I'm prepared to die on. (Metaohorically, I hope).
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By Jove! I think he's got it!
1. Guaranteeing salary backfill for those who lose wages as a result of self-isolating. Expensive…but loss of earnings seems to be the biggest cause of non-compliance and the overall cost is much cheaper than another lockdown.
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Calling environmentalists "tree huggers" is so 1990s.
Who really does that any more? Have you any idea how hard it is to get bark out of a hemp cardigan? 😆
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People tweeting that there's only a fuel shortage because everyone thinks there's a fuel shortage are going to go wild when they find out about this thing called the "stock market".
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(3/6) I initially hoped this would be dealt with via appropriate channels, but the national party have so far failed to act & the local party appear to be struggling with process.
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I'm seeing Greens commenting on Pincher-gate, so I'm just going to remind you that in a very similar case, your party allowed a councillor to continue representing you for 5 mths after becoming aware of the allegations, until I spoke out...
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If you ask an average person in the street about the Green Party, they think vegan, hippie environmentalists. There's a limit to the electoral appeal of that. We must be more inclusive, and communicate about all the issues that matter to people.
#GreensBeyondGreens
#Rosi4Leader
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I'm just going to observe that Labour won NO seats in Solihull (out of 18), but the Conservatives won FOUR where the margin of victory was less than the size of Labour's vote.
If any Labour folks talk about other parties splitting the "Labour vote", feel free to point this out.
With all the results now in the make-up of the council is now as follows:
Conservative: 30
Green: 15
Liberal Democrat: 3
Labour 2
Independent 1
#MySolihullMyVote
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(5/6) In good conscience, I'm no longer able to wait quietly hoping that this will be resolved, whilst TH continues to abuse his position, gaslight his victim & cause problems for those around him.
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It shouldn't need saying, but apparently it does: trans people exist, and need healthcare.
While we're at it: autism isn't caused by bad parenting, COVID is not "just the flu", and climate change is real.
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(4/6) What's more, it's become clear that there are a few individuals locally who are still happy to cover for TH and enable his increasingly manipulative behaviour. Amongst other things, this has led to hostility being directed towards me for being unwilling to work with him.
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This is disingenuous. Having a close family member who clearly benefits from rules that you have decision making power over is by definition a conflict of interests, regardless of the genders of the respective people involved.
I really thought that we had moved on from the notion that wives are merely an extension of their husbands.
Seems that Labour didn’t get the memo.
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What kind of sick ideological extremist transparently weaponsises the horrific murder of a young woman - a crime committed by a man; one that has nothing whatsoever to do with trans people - to further his agenda of peddling hate & discrimination towards a marginalised minority?
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It seems nobody has learnt anything from the fate of the Tories.
The trouble with implementing populist policies is that they don't work as advertised. And when they don't, the populists will blame you for doing it wrong.
—
@joshsimonsmp
says Lab ignore Reform voters at their peril: “They can see things about our politics that many of us can’t”
— some aides pushing for offshore processing of asylum seekers and to be unafraid of linking irregular migration to rising crime
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I've always had a lot of time for
@ZackPolanski
but it's been great to see him really grow into the leadership role.
One of the most impressive politicians in any party at the moment, IMO, with a rare ability to express nuanced positions clearly and concisely.
.
@ZackPolanski
responding to accusations of antisemitism directed at Green Party candidates.
And well done to Zack for making it clear the right wing are attacking & smearing the Greens because progressive Green policies are challenging power and wealth.
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