Op done, in recovery and all fine, huge thanks to all for your kind words and special thanks to our irreplaceable
#NHS
. In US my treatment (chemo/mastectomy/radiotherapy) would coat around $100k; we can’t let Johnson/Trump profiteers get their hands on our NHS
#VoteLabour
#JC4PM
My treatment finished in December so (hopefully🤞) I’m now cancer free.
My family and I have been overwhelmed by the kindness and solidarity shown by so many over the last 9 months and I would like to thank you all from the bottom of my heart for your support ❤️🌹
She did nothing to protest against apartheid, she didn't boycott S African goods, she didn't challenge Thatcher & other Tories calling
#NelsonMandela
a terrorist. To those of us who did all those things it's nauseating to see
#TheresaMay
visiting Robben Island for a photo op
"I think you know full well I didn’t go on protests."
@Theresa_May
is questioned by
@MichaelLCrick
about her stance on apartheid ahead of her visit to Robben Island, where Mandela was imprisoned.
If only everyone thought like
@grahnort
: “These people who go to incredible lengths to dodge tax would be just as rich if they paid the tax - and would be living in a much nicer country”.
#Respect
The best tribute we can pay to this remarkable, warm, inspirational man is to continue his relentless fight for justice.
RIP Harry 💔
@Harryslaststand
Well
@BorisJohnson
, if you really want to 'protect the NHS', give it the investment it needs and stop giving billions to companies owned by your mates for contracts they can't deliver. Oh yes, and while you're at it, give NHS staff a decent pay rise.
Some reflections as I sit here having a bloood transfusion:
- huge gratitude to all those who give blood;
- (as always) ditto for all our wonderful, underpaid NHS workers;
- determination to keep fighting for a
#LabourGovernment
that will reverse
#NHS
privatisation
#JC4PM
My message to staff, NEC and PLP this morning. I’m feeling very positive thanks to our brilliant NHS.
Only Labour will end privatisation and outsourcing and improve our health service for everyone.
#VoteLabour
Yes
@OmarSalem
is a Labour activist but much more importantly, he's the father of a 7 day old baby who is desperately concerned about lack of staff available to care for his daughter. He has every right to criticise Johnson's shameless use of the NHS as a photo-opportunity😠
The Labour Party, which I’ve been a proud member of for 40 yrs, is not institutionally racist. To suggest it is shows no understanding of either the work or the history of our party
My statement on standing down as General Secretary. Thank you to everyone who has given me such incredible support over the last two years and in particular to our members. You are the backbone of our movement and you make a huge difference with all that you do every day.
Stopped by on way to chemo to give
#solidarity
to striking
@unitetheunion
security guards employed by
@mitie
at Southampton Hospital
No proper PPE or sick pay to do vital job. No NHS contract should be in private hands.
NB: they were happy for me to go in!
Johnson didn't bother to mention Universities in his announcement tho' it's been confirmed learning will be online. But that doesn't resolve the issue of accommodation. Students must be released from accommodation contracts immediately; MPs should be demanding this now.
Thank you to everyone for your wonderful messages of support and solidarity; they were overwhelming and lovely, and very much appreciated by me and my family. Now back to business as usual - doing whatever we can to kick this failed & chaotic Government out of office
#VoteLabour
'I'm not interested in Jeremy Corbyn, I'm interested in YOU'.
#Marr
challenging Johnson over and over about the total failure of the Tory Government in the last ten years. Johnson as ever refusing to answer and continually deflecting to Labour. Rude, dishonest, no integrity
I learned from an early age that unions are often the only barrier between safety and injury, life & death, when bad employers (public & private sector) don't protect workers. It would be a betrayal of all I believe in not to support the teaching unions' call to close schools now
Will everyone please stop this constant ‘trial by Twitter’ of individuals both left and right. If you have a complaint, send it to us and then let’s all concentrate on fighting the Tories!
This is total fabrication. More people are joining Labour every week than resigning. I’m proud to be GS of a mass membership party that is building a social movement for change
This is huge - Labour will scrap Universal Credit with £3bn rescue plan for the poor.
Jeremy Corbyn labelled UC an “unmitigated disaster...behind schedule and over budget...inhumane and cruel, driving people into poverty and hardship”
#JC4PM
#VoteLabour
🌹
It's a huge honour to be chosen as
@UKLabour
's next General Secretary. I will do everything in my power to repay that honour by working tirelessly with all in our great Party to elect a Labour Government led by
#JeremyCorbyn
at the earliest opportunity
#ForTheMany
PM's statement gives bad employers carte blanche to force workers to return to work without any risk assessment or safety guarantees.
Also total lack of clarity about what restrictions remain; it's no wonder Scotland/Wales don't support the meaningless 'stay alert' slogan.
Ferrero Rocher CEO gets £542m dividend for him and his family but only pays £110k tax in the UK despite UK sales of £419m. But hey, he’s only worth £24bn so clearly needs the cash more than our NHS/schools/police etc
I cannot see how expelling members for being 'guilty by association' in any way makes Labour more electable. Just look at the popularity of the 2017 election manifesto, imagine it without the PLP/media attacking the leadership and imagine what where we could be as a party.
Theresa May’s
#Brexit
deal rejected by a huge majority 242-391. Failing Prime Minister, failing Cabinet, failing Government. We need a
#GeneralElection
now
#JC4PM
No exodus Mike, in fact 2,075 new members in the last two weeks which is great news. But we're never complacent and will keep organising to grow and win. Anyone not yet a member can join here:
#JC4PM
Privatised water companies have failed to invest, lose billions of litres of water every day (when they're not polluting our rivers) at the same time as imposing hosepipe bans and charging extortionate rates.
They should be immediately returned to public ownership
Sorry to disappoint but this is not a 'gotcha' moment:
- The searches were authorised & legitimately carried out. The information used in the internal report into the handling of antisemitism complaints came to light when searches were undertaken in response to EHRC requests 1/2
Shocking story about Goverment-funded ‘charity’ run by military intelligence specialists that has used social media to launch attacks on Corbyn and Labour.
8 months ago the whip was removed from
@jeremycorbyn
'for three months' despite having been reinstated by the NEC. Since then he's behaved impeccably, continuing to spend his time fighting for peace and justice for all. There is no excuse not to
#RestoreTheWhip
straight away.
52 years today since Labour decriminalised homosexuality by passing the
#SexualOffencesAct
A better record than any other party, always fighting for equality for LGBT+ people:
- equal age of consent
- civil partnerships
- GRA
- repealed Sec 28
#Proud
🌹🏳️🌈
Over 2,000 people have joined Labour already this month and thousands have been out campaigning for a fairer society.
Know anyone who isn’t a member? It’s easy to join our movement, just click the link 👇
Must-read from
@OborneTweets
&
@davidahearst
: “Lie after lie was told about Corbyn, day after day, month after month. For the last 4 years very few journalists have bothered to do their job to fact-check the claims and report fairly on him”
Jayne Rae, a passionate Labour Party member and campaigner for a Corbyn-led Labour Government, doesn’t let her terminal diagnosis stop her. What a legend ❤️🌹
Come on
@BorisJohnson
, what are you scared of? Surely you can defend your record of supporting austerity, inflicting huge cuts on public services, police and armed forces and letting your big business mates into our NHS? And as for your lies...
#VoteLabour
God I love Labour Party members/supporters! Over £1million in donations already, with an average gift of £26. We don’t need billionaires or hedge funds, this is
#peoplepowered
politics in action ❤️🌹
#VoteLabour2019
#JC4PM
Labour Party members are incredible. You knock on doors, stuff envelopes, develop policy, spread the word. Tomorrow is the most important election I’ve ever fought. I’m so proud to know I’ll be fighting alongside every one of you to secure a Labour Government. Let’s do it.
#JC4PM
#ThomasCook
staff turning to food banks while directors feast off the £47million they took out of the company.
No wonder Labour’s policies on workers’ rights are so popular, including giving workers a say in how their company is run.
#VoteLabour
#JC4PM
My response to Chief Rabbi Mirvis setting out the decisive actions we’ve taken (and continue to take) under Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership to tackle antisemitism in the Labour Party.
Just finished delivering food to struggling families. It’s terrible how relieved people are to see the baskets; our system is broken. We desperately need a government that genuinely rules
#ForTheMany
.
Fat chance of that with this corrupt Tory administration 😡
Surviving a motion of no confidence by just 19 votes is hardly a ringing endorsement of this failed Government/Prime Minister - and Nigel Dodds rubs it in by openly bragging about the £1bn bung that secured DUP support.
Britain deserves better than this.
#JC4PM
Theresa May is 'warning' that if her deal is voted down we will get
#JeremyCorbyn
as Prime Minister. Excellent, that's exactly what's needed by the millions suffering from the impact of Tory policy. Move over Theresa and let us rebuild Britain
#ForTheMany
#JC4PM
Agreeing to handing the control of Liverpool to the Tories is a huge kick in the teeth to the people of Liverpool. It's wrong, pure and simple and should be opposed.
Massive news. Jeremy corbyn exposes unredacted documents proving Johnson has put our
#NHS
up for sale. “These uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson’s denials in tatters...It’s not only a plot against the NHS, it’s a plot against our whole country”.
I have today declared my candidacy for the post of
@UKLabour
GS. If chosen I will focus on uniting and organising our Party to build on our ground-breaking manifesto and to elect
@JeremyCorbyn
as PM at the earliest opportunity
#ForTheMany
The appropriate punishment for politicians who lie is not to elect them. Plain and simple. Boris Johnson has a clear history of telling blatant lies and is not fit for office - check
@OborneTweets
for details.
#VoteLabour
#JC4PM
#BBCLeadersDebate
Partial lockdown that ended too soon. Unions ignored and schools and unis kept open with disastrous results. Failure to provide adequate support/safety for workers. Late information causing misery for millions. How many more lives will be lost as a result of Tory Govt bungling?😡
Devastating to hear that Jayne died this morning. Even when she knew she was dying she never stopped raising money for her community, campaigning for Labour and our NHS, and helping others. A truly inspirational woman. Sending lots of love to Emma and the family 💔🌹
Jayne Rae, a passionate Labour Party member and campaigner for a Corbyn-led Labour Government, doesn’t let her terminal diagnosis stop her. What a legend ❤️🌹
I've been active in the movement for 40 yrs, a trade union official for 30 years, served as Regional Officer, National Officer, Political Director and now Regional Secretary responsible for over 80 staff and 100,000 members.
Just saying,
@NickCohen4
#everydaysexism
What a disgrace.
4.1 m UK children living in poverty, 70% in working families. 13% live in families who are getting into debt to pay for school kit, 17% cutting back on basic essentials, including food, to dress children for school
#VoteLabour
Incredulous listening to Johnson saying he has a record of campaigning against prejudice of all kinds. And his great-grandfather knew the Koran off by heart. So that's ok then, all the documented evidence of his own personal racist sexist & homophobic statements don't count
#Marr
“Like many women, I did not check my breasts. I thought, ‘it’s not going to happen to me - I’m a breast cancer surgeon’.”
I didn’t check either, I only found my lumps by accident, so sisters, please check your breasts, it could save your life
#bcsm
I’d just finished speaking, Len was up next, Jeremy and John on the platform as Leader and Shadow Chancellor – I only pointed out that the right might not be best pleased…..
#CorbynPhotoBomb
Poll shows majority of Britons agree that we should have a general election when new PM is in place.
Only Labour has the policies to rebuild Britain for the many; time for this failed Government to move over.
#GeneralElectionNow
#JC4PM
🌹
Appalling optics from all angles to give Farage a free pass by removing a young black candidate.
Someone needs to re-read the Forde report…
“Labour officials said to be upset that Jovan Owusu-Nepaul was gaining traction for viral social media posts”
#Carillion
, well known for
#blacklisting
trade unionists, runs:
- 50 prisons
- 8,675 schools
- 200 operating theatres
- 11,800 inpatient beds
Private companies have no business running our essential services;
#Labour
's policies on public ownership & control the only answer
#JC4PM
So much love in the room tonight for the indomitable
@Harryslaststand
,I was so proud to pay my own tribute. Harry your legacy lives on in all of us; we’re here to carry on the struggle. We’ll never forget you.
#IstandwithHarry
This is huge; only Labour supporting
#WASPI
women. There’s a (wasp) sting in the tail for the Tories who have betrayed them at every turn
#OnYourSide
#VoteLabour
🌹🐝
If only Britain had progressive trade union laws and sectoral collective bargaining. If only the Labour Government that you served in had cared enough about trade union rights when they had the opportunity.
@adrianlitvinoff
I’m voting Green, not perfect but much more transformative agenda. And people can’t just keep voting Labour ‘because we’ve got to get the Tories out’. They’re out anyway so we should vote for parties that genuinely represent what we believe in - which may well be Independents.
#Marr
"Why are you avoiding being interviewed by Andrew Neil? It's a different audience, different time." Straight-forward question, Johnson absolutely refuses to answer. Arrogant, entitled, incompetent and a coward to boot.
#NotFitForOffice
#VoteLabourDecember12
Jeremy Corbyn articulate, clear and robust on
#Marr
on
#SyriaStrikes
, in stark contrast to Boris Johnson. Theresa May WRONG not to consult Parliament, WRONG to go ahead with airstrikes without UN authority.
Beautiful film with
#JeremyCorbyn
:
“As we remember the fallen, let’s strive for a world where we truly honour the words ‘never again’ through a real commitment to peace and justice”
#Remembrance100
As a lifelong trade unionist I absolutely defend the right of teaching unions to take industrial action in the face of Government's refusal to listen to their concerns over the safety of schools reopening. They deserve our full support.
Brilliant new broadcast from Labour debunking the austerity myth.
We will rebuild Britain
#forthemany
with common sense economic policy.
Please watch and share widely - and
#VoteLabour2May
🌹🌹
"My kind of socialism means you don't leave people behind, you don't ignore the fact that there are 4 million children living in poverty, you don't ignore the fact that there are thousands of people sleeping on the streets of our country"
#MyKindOfPrimeMinister
#LeadersDebate
Unbelievable. Labour commission Forde to write an 'independent' report following the vile Whatsapp msgs then threaten him for his independent findings - and of course have done virtually nothing to address the major concerns about racism that he raised.
Powerful message from JC:
Labour will give Service Personnel:
- a fair annual pay rise
- decent housing
- end privatisation/outsourcing of key services
- a voice to air concerns
- ensure all service children have access to good education
#ArmedForcesDay
'Please understand the anger of so many people in this country who feel the political elite in this country has let them down and ignored their communities. It's Labour that will speak for them' Jeremy Corbyn on
#marr
#JC4PM
I’m proud that Labour’s NEC adopted the working definition of
#Islamophobia
produced by the APPG on British Muslims. We must tackle Islamophobia, build a common understanding of its cause and consequences and express solidarity with Muslim communities.