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One of the most awful things about all this is that the 'exception' Cummings is pointing to was included to cover women taking their children away from violent relationships. With domestic violence sky rocketing at the moment, this is unseemly at best.
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Feel so terribly sad about the death of lovely Alistair Darling. A giant of our movement & a politician of huge national significance, but I will remember him best for gently helping my 4 year old (bored by being dragged to a ‘party for grown ups’) search for frogs in his garden
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So now we *are* meant to be worried about the people Labour MPs meet with before they take on leadership roles?
#confusedface
Great scoop in today’s Sunday Times.
While Lisa Nandy was co-chair of the Owen Smith campaign in 2016 to beat Corbyn she met with Blair. Most members would find that deeply discouraging.
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...this on the day the Health Secretary claims some NHS may be wasting protective equipment is so damning.
#NHSheroes
deserve so much better.
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Disgusting, sad, unnecessary. This was a vigil for a murdered woman.
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BREAKING: exit polls predict a rare electoral setback for the far-right AfD, which is ousted from the Hamburg parliament.
SPD: 37.5 per cent
Greens: 25.5 per cent
CDU: 11.5 per cent
AfD: 4.7 per cent
FDP: 5 per cent
Die Linke: 9 per cent
(infratest dimap, ARD)
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Latest polls show
@UKLabour
may just be edging it in Chipping Barnet. We’re here to give it an extra push! Would be great to see
@EmmaWhysall
in parliament (& see the back of Theresa Villiers)!
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Team Cooper out in force in Rother Valley for
@JakeBenRichards
campaign launch. Highlight was obvs this extraordinary postbox topper of
@YvetteCooperMP
. 👇
In the words of one man I met on the
#LabourDoorstep
: “It’s time to get rid of this Tory Shower.”
🌹
#Win2024
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We got married today and it was pretty bloody amazing. How’s everyone else’s Friday going?
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There's been quite a lot of handwringing about diversity in politics, let's try to make something happen!
@UKLabour
is recruiting for some Political Advisors. I was a PAd once. If any women or POC want to find out more about this kind of work or discuss applying, drop me a line.
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This is a brilliant and thoughtful thread from Stewart. If you don't follow him already, now is the time to start.
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GET IN! The absolute hardest working and most organised candidate Labour will produce (I’m biased but it’s true…). Let’s turn Livingston red again. 🌹🌹🌹
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And just like that… I’m a graduate of the
#jocoxleadership
programme. Big shout out to the brilliant women of cohort 5. I look forward to seeing the change you’ll make in the world.
A huge thank you to the amazing
@LabourWomensNet
trainers & the ever fabulous
@jessphillips
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This would be a fair point if you ignore the fact polls consistently show voters want to see more cross-party collaboration because they see it as the best way to reach agreement & get things done. This is not about clinging onto fusty traditions, it’s about doing politics well
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Very important and powerful thread here 👇. From a teacher who sees the impact hunger has on children.
#ENDCHILDFOODPOVERTY
1. I turned the kitchen clock back 1 hour this morning. Watching the hand wind backwards brought home how easy it is to regress.
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So delighted the brilliant
@DannyShawNews
is joining the team! Sounds like it’s going to be a quiet first week… 👀🤯
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The best people on the
#LabourDoorstep
in beautiful Dechmont yesterday evening.
Change will only happen if you vote for it.
Vote Labour on 4 July for the change Scotland needs.🌹🌹🌹🏴🏴🏴
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This is so disingenuous. Criticise the Remain campaign all you like, but don't pretend it focused on au pairs & Erasmus. It was about jobs, living costs and clout on the global stage. It did not win the day. But not because an elite spent too long banging on about their nannies
This is why Remain lost. And would lose again. This accounts for 0.16% of families but because they are over-represented in London/media it gets overblown. (See also Erasmus and inter-railing) A very very small 🎻 needed
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So proud. 😍😍😍🌹🌹🌹
Scottish Labour has a superb candidate for Livingston in Gregor Poynton. 🌹
Good job I put on my dancing shoes on to join the dazzling team here today. 🪩
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Feeling profoundly depressed at the confluence of a day where women are celebrated for being mums and the images of women being violently arrested at a protest against the murder of a woman who just wanted to get home safely. Only some ways of being women are acceptable.
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I know there's a lot going on at the moment, but stand by for 📢BIG NEWS FROM MILAN📢 as judges prepare to deliver a verdict in the
#Shell
&
#Eni
OPL245 case, aka "The corporate corruption trial of the century". Follow
@barnabypace
&
@Global_Witness
for more updates and reaction.
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Jack Dromey was a lovely and utterly principled man. Labour to his core, absolutely devoted to
@HarrietHarman
and so proud of his family. His death is so very sad. We will all miss him.
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Have you even been outdoor swimming unless you post about going outdoor swimming?! For anyone considering giving it a go, I can highly recommend
@WestReservoir
. Absolutely freezing but lovely atmosphere with very kind and reassuring team looking on!
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PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. If you do one thing today listen to this interview with the brave and brilliant
@Nataliefleet
(cameo in picture of the amazing
@leoniemathers
)
@UKLabour
members.
In the cut and thrust of a campaign, it's so easy to forget that candidates are human beings too. Listen to this from
@Nataliefleet
- clearly cares so much about Ashfield and devastated to have lost it
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EVERYONE STOP SHARING THE FRONTPAGE OF THE SUN. It is appalling journalism designed to create "controversy". But it will also traumatise millions of women who see their abuse re-played in this casual way. Solidarity and love to all of them.
#endviolenceagainstwomen
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Extremely challenging
#BigLabourQuiz
tonight raising £££ for
@gregorpoynton
&
@blairmcdougall
. Star turns from
@Keir_Starmer
@bphillipsonMP
@jreynoldsMP
@wesstreeting
&
@YvetteCooperMP
so far… What more could you ask for on a cold Friday night in January! 🌹
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Really powerful interview here from the brilliant
@wesstreeting
. Imagine his zeal for ending child poverty driving policy at this moment of crisis instead of a bunch of MPs happy to vote against providing FSM for the poorest. Politics Matters.
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It's always been the case that
@UKLabour
advisors have largely been white&male. It's a shame because I think it contributes to an atmosphere where we keep doing what we've done before because we've done it before despite it, obviously, not working (see 4x election defeats)
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I'm recruiting! If you want to be part of an exciting campaigning organisation exposing corruption, fighting climate breakdown and supporting some of the bravest environmental activists in the world, this may be the job for you...
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#refugeecrisis
is bigger than Labour leadership contest. Wrong to politicise. We all stand together on this
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... some people will go to any lengths *not* to vote for a woman. 🤷♀️
3,979 votes transferred from Ian Murray to Richard Burgon. Who are these people???
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Our family (all supporting
#England
) getting ready for the big game. Amy, Gregor and Lachlan.
#itscominghome
@SkySportsNews
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THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU LEAVE! You no longer get to play a role in making decisions as part of the collective you are leaving. WHAT DID YOU THINK WOULD HAPPEN?! 🤦♀️
Anyone finding the whole EU27 grilling UK PM then deciding fate of Britain behind closed doors thing making you feel really no dealy?
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Congratulations to the brilliant
@HarrietHarman
for 38 years as an MP. The mother of the Labour sisterhood, a true inspiration, and a lovely woman. Here's to many more years bringing down the patriarchy! 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻
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Feel privileged beyond words to be involved in this amazing event for
@Global_Witness
alongside
@vanessa_vash
,
@AlokSharma_RDG
and many others. Do join us tonight & tomorrow to hear about how we can deliver a real
#ClimateRevolution
.
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Always a pleasure to take my little boy along to vote with me. *Totally amazing* to be able to tell him that this year - for the first time in a long time - it feels like change is coming.
#VoteLabour
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There is at least one small child on this boat. Thank God they made it safely.
EXCLUSIVE FOOTAGE OF BEACH LANDING BY MIGRANTS
Shocking invasion on the Kent Coast taken this morning.
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🔴 ROTHER VALLEY: local Labour Party has picked Jake Richards as candidate for next election.
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Get behind this group. 👇 Taking the message of this Government's incompetence and hypocrisy to marginal seats across the country.
#OneRuleForThem
THANK YOU - WE’RE JUST GETTING STARTED.
A message from
@adammcnicholas
founder of
@OneRuleForThem_
:
We’ve had a few people getting in touch wanting to know more about what the plan is. I’m really excited to share this update.
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WHAT.A.CREW.
Vote Labour on Thursday for change in Rother Valley. 🌹🌹🌹
Maximise the vote!
If you want change, you must vote for it. 🌹
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Happy 70th birthday to a true hero
@OfficeGSBrown
. I remember the day
@leoniemathers
and I played this every hour, on the hour for about 12 hours...
#changewechoose
When people try and tell you New Labour achieved nothing in power....
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Sign up! Organise! Get involved!
#Win24
🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️
Britain has had 14 years of chaos under the Tories.
Watch
@Tony_Robinson
in our latest party election broadcast on Labour’s plan for Britain’s future.
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Out in force today in a very windy East Calder. Lots of people telling us how fed up they are with both the Tories and SNP. They’re looking to
@UKLabour
to deliver the change Scotland so desperately needs. We’re ready!🌹🌹🌹
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Getting the band back together to campaign for the FANTASTIC
@YvetteCooperMP
in Pontefract today
#VoteLabour2019
#VoteYvette
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Fantastic to meet with feminist powerhouse
@cmcanea
at today’s
#UNISON
Health conference for
#JoCoxLeadership
@LabourWomensNet
scheme. Amazing to hear reflections on leadership, the inspiration she draws from her members & memories of her mum (who sounded incredible)
@OanaOlaru92
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Lovely - and classy - endorsement here.
NEW: Sen. Elizabeth Warren: "As our vice presidential nominee, Kamala is making history...And I'm SO looking forward to seeing Kamala take on Mike Pence on the debate stage."
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After 5 years (!), I am no longer working
@Global_Witness
. It is a real wrench to leave such a brilliant, high impact and innovative organisation, but I am so proud of all the work I was involved in during my time there. 🧵
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Right. Voting over. Now we wait for results. Well done
#TeamYvette
. You've all been amazing!
@YvetteForLabour
#YvetteForLabour
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Wonderful thread about
#ChrisWhitty
@CMO_England
whose honest and sober performance at the press conference today was so at odds with that of the PM.
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This is such a brilliant way of bringing the stories from communities up & down the country into people's living rooms, showcasing the huge contribution. of local government & Labour in action, delivering for people. Bravo.
EXC
Today
@skynews
joined Keir Starmer as he spoke to 100 council leaders. Via the magic of Zoom, we heard and filmed some startling tales from the Coronavirus frontline.
Every hour from 7pm
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Alf Dubs is a true hero.
Alf Dubs summoned to meet three Home Office ministers and seven officials hoping he will drop his Lords amendment which seeks to force the government to maintain protections for child refugees.
Curiously large government delegation.
He refuses.
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Yay! So pleased this amazing woman is standing. 🌹🌹🌹
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Here is a link to the recruitment page: . Sure others would also be up for helping
@ayeshahazarika
@BevaniteEllie
@Balshen
& many many more! 🌹
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Could not be happier for this absolute heroine of our movement. Liv is everything you’d want in a Labour MP - full of integrity, empathy, intelligence, creativity and kindness. Looking forward to knocking on doors for her! 🌹🌹🌹
I am so proud to have been selected to stand for Labour in my home seat of Reading West and Mid Berkshire.
The Tories have let our community down and it is time for a fresh start.
I’m ready to give it all I’ve got to turn this seat red 🌹
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What a remarkable man Marcus Rashford is. Making a huge difference to so many families.
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First
@UKLabour
family canvas for the fab
@rosieduffield1
- who has stood up for women’s rights & better public services & fought against a damaging Tory
#Brexit
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Cold water swimming Take 2... and I'm starting to see why people bang on about it so much! Great start to the weekend
@WestReservoir
with
@AnnaBryn
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George Eustice on
@BBCr4today
describing the negotiations on border checks in Northern Ireland as "minor technical details" is so disingenuous, it's almost laughable. This government totally out of its depth.
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As everyone absorbs the details of the utterly catastrophic failure in leadership during Britain's withdrawal from
#Afghanistan
, worth revisiting this compelling account of chaos and cluelessness from
@tortoise
@MatthewdAncona
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So many journalists based in England give the SNP an easy ride. Important to hear them held to account for their appalling record and the negligence that has contributed to the disaster in Scotland's care homes on
@BBCr4today
. Bravo
@bbcnickrobinson
.
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It's
#Pride2015
!
@YvetteCooperMP
marks progress made but so much more still to come.
http://t.co/y3o0c7pN2r
#YvetteForLabour
@pinknews
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Felt incredibly lucky to speak alongside this panel of amazing, inspiring, impactful activists. We came together to honour the memory of the 1,005 land & environmental defenders killed since
#ParisAgreement
. They will not be forgotten. We continue their struggle.
#COP26Glasgow
THANK YOU!
@AlexandriaV2005
@YACAPhilippines
@SumakHelena
@bnfcio
@FFFMAPA
@billmckibben
and everyone who joined our calls on world leaders in Glasgow to act now and put the rights of Land &
#EnvironmentDefenders
front and centre at
#COP26
✊
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🥁🥁🥁Roll up! Roll up! New book from
@steverichards14
out today. Looks at the 11 politicians who missed out on the top job. Intrigued?! Order now!
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Tired of the Tory psychodrama? Frustrated that everything wrong with the country is always someone else’s fault? Time for a government focused on improving lives and local communities, rather than fighting amongst themselves.
@UKLabour
🌹
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At last, some positive news! Hope Louise Casey is given the tools - and the money - to make a real difference. The numbers sleeping rough are appalling. It is not inevitable but a result of political choices by successive Tory / Coalition Governments.
Boris Johnson has recruited Dame Louise Casey to lead a review into the causes of rough sleeping.
Dame Louise led the govt's Rough Sleepers Unit from 1999 to 2003 and she spoke to
@DAaronovitch
for The Briefing Room, exploring why homelessness is rising.
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She was also one of the most creative and imaginative people I have ever met. She could relate to children in particular in a really special way. We were lucky to have her in our lives for so long.
My grandma died on 1st December.
She was an author, teacher, poet, painter, scholar, psychotherapist, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.
She was an advert for life-long learning, intellectual curiosity and kindness.
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.
@MattHancock
says Gavin Williamson "has done his best". Hardly a resounding vote of confidence...?
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Please join us to honour all those
#climatedefenders
who have been killed for their activism since
#ParisAgreement
. Starts at 4.30pm opposite the SECC: . We will be joined by
@mitzijonelle
&
@billmckibben
too!
#COP26
It's Day 2 of
#COP26
& the 2nd day of the World Leaders Summit. Its also a day for making urgent demands, which I'll do while speaking at events hosted by
@WorldResources
@Global_Witness
@climateparl
@salesforce
and
@abcnews
. Time to shout some massive teenage climate angst here!
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Flashback to the 1990s - tassled waistcoat 👋, floral headband 👋, extremely youthful
@GaryLineker
👋
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🤞🤞
LATEST SEAT PREDICTION: LIVINGSTON
LAB
@gregorpoynton
GAIN FROM SNP
@HannahB4LiviMP
MAJ: 7.1%
[UKPR Default]
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Back to work after having a baby and I've penned a few thoughts on why we should all be worried by the effect of
#COVID
ー19 on the media. On
#WorldPressFreedomDay
do give it a read if you can.
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.
@YvetteCooperMP
- ever the slayer of incompetent, weak and misleading politicians. No one does it better.
If you’d like a preview of what a shitshow the inquiry is going to be
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Garden view for incredibly inspiring conversation about how we galvanise a
#ClimateRevolution
by ending greenwashing & the empty promises of financial institutions funding climate breakdown, incl amazing
@AlexandriaV2005
@seemabhr
@AdamMcGibbon
@sosofancy
@Global_Witness
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... and he's off! Please take a minute to look at the website and video of Jake who is standing to be
@UKLabour
candidate in Rother Valley.
#labourgain
#JR4RV
I am standing to be Labour's candidate in Rother Valley at the next election.
I have the experience to beat the Tories and will be the strong voice our communities need in Parliament.
Visit my website, and watch my campaign video, to find out more.
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One popular thing the Government could announce is two extra Bank Holiday days once this is all over, to replace the lockdown Easter weekend we're all about to have. Would be a boost for retail & hospitality sectors!
#holidaysforheroes
#Covid_19
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This is a really brilliant and powerful report from
@Channel4News
. Would recommend watching it to get fresh insight into what is happening in
#Myanmar
and how it's linked to control of the jade trade. Incredible investigative skill from
@Global_Witness
colleagues to uncover this
Our investigation into the
#Myanmar
🇲🇲 military's control of the country's lucrative jade trade featured in a powerful
@Channel4News
report by
@millerC4
.
📺 Watch here:
#WhatsHappeninglnMyanmar
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... start 'em early.
Family time at the Lord Stanley - the best pub in London (
@steverichards14
book out soon in paperback!)
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The warm weather is disappearing this weekend. But don't worry! You can get hot, sweaty, burn calories AND raise money for
@womensaid
to support survivors of domestic abuse. Join a free workout on Saturday led by amazing
@becscronshaw
. Sign up:
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Really enjoyed this morning’s guest edited
@BBCr4today
- and learnt a lot about the chaos and overly bureaucratic fostering system. Such an underreported issue. Well done
#MessyFostering
for bringing it to light in such an insightful way.
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An absolute icon. Harriet will be so missed, but what a political career!
After nearly 40 years in Parliament I won't be standing again at the next election. It's been a great honour to be an MP and to represent Camberwell & Peckham since 1982. I will do that with complete commitment and enthusiasm up until the last day! My email to C & P Lab members👇
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This kind of statement worries me. Would we react differently if she hadn't been "just walking home", if, for example, she'd been heading to meet a man or to a party? I suspect we might, which is part of the problem. Women's behaviour judged and policed.
There are five words that will stick with us all: ‘she was just walking home’.
This must be a turning point.
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This is a really vile misogynistic comment from someone whose profile pic is him speaking at
@UKLabour
conference. If he's a member, surely a case for disciplinary procedures?
Can I please ask everyone a huge favour today, can you all please check in your sheds. We have lost our Home Secretary and we are becoming increasingly worried. It’s now 3 weeks since we’ve seen her and it’s not like her. She answers to ‘Pretty’ and is not wearing a collar
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Truly grim.
James Cleverly joked about giving wife date-rape drug hours after announcing new spiking law
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YES! This Girl Can! 💃🏻
#WestYorkshire
#EXCLUSIVE
: First candidate for
#WestYorkshire
Mayor is
@paulasherriff
who wants to be selected for
#Labour
.
She wants to emphasise wellbeing and her slogan is "Kindness is the new currency"
You can hear the full interview
@BBCLeeds
here
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This from
@PaulJSweeney
is a powerful account of how tenuous most people's financial stability is. Too many live with anxiety & despair of unemployment compounded by a mad & cruel benefits system. Cutting Universal Credit now would be unbearable.
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Today’s the day! The future’s in our hands.
If you want change, if you want an end to the Tory chaos, incompetence and corruption, and a brighter future for all of us, vote
@ScottishLabour
and
@gregorpoynton
today.
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Anyone involved in trying to get people out of
#Afghanistan
in August will recognise the chaos at the heart of UK Gov depicted in this brilliant piece. What may shock is the utter failure to respond to intel&expert advice &how far Britain has fallen on the global diplomatic stage
Both episodes of my
@tortoise
audio essay on the fall of Kabul - 11 days of global infamy - are now free-to-air on your favourite podcast platform. Do listen in.
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If you're interested in *real solutions* to address the
#ClimateEmergency
, please take the time to watch this brilliant video, explaining why one of the key energy alternatives being peddled by fossil fuel companies is not all it's cracked up to be... 👀👀👀
🗣️ What is 'natural' gas?
🗣️ Is gas a fossil fuel?
🗣️ Is gas a clean alternative to oil and coal?
Let us explain:
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What a parliamentary career. What a legacy. What an inspiration. 🌹🌹🌹
After 42 yrs, today was my last in Commons. It’s been indescribable privilege to represent C’well & P’ham. So grateful to my constituents, colleagues and all who work in Commons. Best wishes to MPs on those green benches from July. The future of our country is in your hands!
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Last night I posted a card from London to a house down a farm track on the cliffs outside St Ives in Cornwall. This morning, the card arrived. The postman even had to climb over a broken gate to deliver it. Thank you
@RoyalMail
!
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At
#kellingley
fighting to save pit with
@YvetteCooperMP
@leoniemathers
@LGSMpride
NUM & actors from
@PrideMovie
http://t.co/M9fNO6S68K
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THIS 👇I won't hold my breath but it would be amazing to think this crisis could help us show more compassion to others caught in appalling situations outside of their control.
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