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15 MINUTE CITIES
I spoke in Parliament today to ask the Government to hold a debate on the international socialist concept of so called 15 minute cities and 20 minute neighbourhoods.
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I spoke in Parliament today to ask the Government to hold a debate on the international socialist concept of so called 15 minute cities and 20 minute neighbourhoods.
🧵1/7 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy
Ultra Low Emission Zones (ULEZ) in their present format do untold economic damage to any city. However the second step after ULEZ is this so called 15 minute cities or 20 minute neighbourhoods.
🧵2/7 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy
🧵2/7 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy
These will take away your personal freedoms as well. Bristol, Oxford, Canterbury are signed up for them as is now @SheffCouncil. See their minutes of 2 February 2022. ➡️ democracy.sheffield.gov.uk/mgAi.aspx?ID=2…
🧵3/7 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy
🧵3/7 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy
NATIONAL APPRENTICESHIP WEEK
I did an apprenticeship. I have also employed many apprentices over my working life and it’s a joy seeing their skills progress and watching them progress as individuals too.
🧵1/4 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #education
I did an apprenticeship. I have also employed many apprentices over my working life and it’s a joy seeing their skills progress and watching them progress as individuals too.
🧵1/4 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #education
I’m doing all I can to promote apprenticeships and I am lobbying those in Government when I can.
🧵2/4 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #education
🧵2/4 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #education
This week I met with @GillianKeegan the Secretary of State for Education to press the case for apprenticeships. Being on the @CommonsEd has enabled me to raise questions of her before.
🧵3/4 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #education
🧵3/4 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #education
CANCER RESEARCH
Very happy to meet Sue and Shannon from Cancer Research and attend this event today in Parliament. I fully support @CR_UK who do such great work. 🧵1/4
cancerresearchuk.org
#doncasterisgreat #health
Very happy to meet Sue and Shannon from Cancer Research and attend this event today in Parliament. I fully support @CR_UK who do such great work. 🧵1/4
cancerresearchuk.org
#doncasterisgreat #health
Cancer affects us all. In particular breast cancer affects far too many women. Please check yourself for anything unusual and if you’re worried then seek advice from @BreastCancerNow and your GP. 🧵2/4
breastcancernow.org
#doncasterisgreat #health
breastcancernow.org
#doncasterisgreat #health
As Chair of the @APPGMenBoys (All Party Parliamentary Group for Issues affecting Men and Boys) I have also become very aware of @ProstateUK and how prostate cancer affects so many men. 33 men die every day. 🧵3/4
prostatecanceruk.org
#doncasterisgreat #health
prostatecanceruk.org
#doncasterisgreat #health
SMALL BOATS
I am meeting the Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman this evening. I have made it very clear that I fully support the Government in using the full extent of the law to stop these small boats. 🧵1/6
#StopTheSmallBoats #Doncasterisgreat #controlledimmigration
I am meeting the Home Secretary @SuellaBraverman this evening. I have made it very clear that I fully support the Government in using the full extent of the law to stop these small boats. 🧵1/6
#StopTheSmallBoats #Doncasterisgreat #controlledimmigration
I can assure you that my Conservative colleagues have the same view as me on this. It is unacceptable for economic migrants to jump the queue and then claim asylum and be fed and housed whilst their claims are investigated. 🧵2/6
#StopTheSmallBoats #controlledimmigration
#StopTheSmallBoats #controlledimmigration
They could have claimed asylum in France. That is not a war zone. It is a perfectly safe country to be in. 🧵3/6
#StopTheSmallBoats #Doncasterisgreat #controlledimmigration
#StopTheSmallBoats #Doncasterisgreat #controlledimmigration
UCAS & APPRENTICESHIPS
Today, the Government is launching plans to allow young people to use @ucas_online to search and apply for apprenticeships alongside degrees.
🧵1/6 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #apprenticeshipweek
Today, the Government is launching plans to allow young people to use @ucas_online to search and apply for apprenticeships alongside degrees.
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This will give them a better understanding of all the options available to them so they can get the best possible start in life.
I’m really pleased as apprenticeships are something I feel are not used enough.
🧵 2/6 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #apprenticeshipweek
I’m really pleased as apprenticeships are something I feel are not used enough.
🧵 2/6 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #apprenticeshipweek
Both my son and I served apprenticeships and gained so much from the experience. New skills. Salary. No debt. A real launchpad to get ahead in life.
🧵 3/6 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #apprenticeshipweek
🧵 3/6 #Doncasterisgreat #stronglocaleconomy #apprenticeshipweek
AIRPORT CLOSURE - DAY 108
My day started with preparation for the weekly zoom meeting for all MPs hosted by @olivercoppard . It’s held at 10 am on a Friday to brief all MPs as to latest developments on @DSA_Airport & @PeelLandP .
🧵 1/18 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
My day started with preparation for the weekly zoom meeting for all MPs hosted by @olivercoppard . It’s held at 10 am on a Friday to brief all MPs as to latest developments on @DSA_Airport & @PeelLandP .
🧵 1/18 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
It’s an opportunity to ask questions re @DSA_Airport and to probe to try to find out what’s going on. The meeting started shortly after 10 and was stopped shortly after 11. Some people had other commitments so couldn’t stay past 10.30 am.
🧵 2/18 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
🧵 2/18 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
I wanted to know why @MayorRos had said the bid out to @PeelLandP was credible and why Peel said it wasn’t. There was a detailed explanation given by the CEO of @MyDoncaster about it.
🧵 3/18 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
🧵 3/18 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
I have just come off a Zoom meeting about @DSA_Airport .
@PeelLandP have received a bid and @MayorRos says it is a credible offer. Peel on the other had put out a press release to @BBCLookNorth saying they have had no credible bids.
🧵 1/4 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
@PeelLandP have received a bid and @MayorRos says it is a credible offer. Peel on the other had put out a press release to @BBCLookNorth saying they have had no credible bids.
🧵 1/4 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
I have now been given further information about this bid to @PeelLandP. On the basis of what I have been told this morning, this bid is absolutely credible.
🧵 2/4 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
🧵 2/4 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
I have been in touch with both the Secretary of State for Transport @Mark_J_Harper and the Aviation Minister and made that crystal clear to them.
🧵 3/4 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
🧵 3/4 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat
AIRPORT CRISIS - DAY 59
Being back in Parliament has been really helpful in our campaign to Keep @DSA_Airport open. This is a long post but one with reason for real hope and optimism.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 1/12
Being back in Parliament has been really helpful in our campaign to Keep @DSA_Airport open. This is a long post but one with reason for real hope and optimism.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 1/12
It’s given me the opportunity to meet again with the Aviation Minister @robertcourts and discuss the situation with him. I’ve been hoping that Robert is not moved in any reshuffle and to date it looks that he will remain in post.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 2/12
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 2/12
.@robertcourts has been really helpful to date & has really impressed me with his attention to detail and his motivation to work with @olivercoppard to keep @DSA_Airport open.
On Wednesday it was PMQs and I was able to speak in the Chamber.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 3/12
On Wednesday it was PMQs and I was able to speak in the Chamber.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 3/12
Today I asked this question of @PennyMordaunt MP the Leader of the House of Commons in Parliament:
“The Prime Minister yesterday agreed with the Father of the House that local authorities should be allowed ….
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 1/5
“The Prime Minister yesterday agreed with the Father of the House that local authorities should be allowed ….
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 1/5
….to protect what matters most to them and that applies as much to @DSA_Airport as it does to green belt.
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has planning consent for use as an airport……
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 2/5
Doncaster Sheffield Airport has planning consent for use as an airport……
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 2/5
….,Does the Leader agree with me that Owners like Peel Holdings should not be allowed to use that land for anything else.”
I was pleased to hear @PennyMordaunt say that if there is anything she can do to assist me in securing….
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 3/5
I was pleased to hear @PennyMordaunt say that if there is anything she can do to assist me in securing….
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 3/5
AIRPORT CRISIS - DAY 57
It’s been a whirlwind day here in Parliament. We have a new PM now the Queen has invited @trussliz to form a government. A cabinet reshuffle is taking place.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 1/14
It’s been a whirlwind day here in Parliament. We have a new PM now the Queen has invited @trussliz to form a government. A cabinet reshuffle is taking place.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 1/14
My job in Parliament is to promote Doncaster so I have made it my mission to get to know as many MPs as I can. So I’m confident that our City & @DSA_Airport is known to every Cabinet appointee.
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 2/14
🧵 #SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 2/14
This is particularly helpful in times of need. @DSA_Airport is in that category. I have written to our new PM on that front.
I have asked her to meet with or write to @olivercoppard to remind him he has devolved powers and he can and should use them to save DSA
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I have asked her to meet with or write to @olivercoppard to remind him he has devolved powers and he can and should use them to save DSA
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1. Harriet Maria Vernon (nee Whitehouse). Biography
Harriet Vernon (9 October 1858–11 July 1923) was an English actress and singer of the Victorian era who appeared regularly in music hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime in the 1880s and 1890s. #doncasterisgreat
Harriet Vernon (9 October 1858–11 July 1923) was an English actress and singer of the Victorian era who appeared regularly in music hall, Victorian burlesque and pantomime in the 1880s and 1890s. #doncasterisgreat
2. In a career that spanned five decades, her final appearances were in 1923. Vernon also toured internationally, appearing in New York, Johannesburg and Berlin. #doncasterisgreat #doncasterhistory #mydoncaster
3. Life and career
Born in Lambeth in London in 1858 as Harriet Maria Whitehouse, the daughter of George Hickman Whitehouse (1837–1908), a printer, and Caroline (née Newport, 1840–1887), she was one of the leading music hall stars of the 1880s and 1890s. #doncasterisgreat
Born in Lambeth in London in 1858 as Harriet Maria Whitehouse, the daughter of George Hickman Whitehouse (1837–1908), a printer, and Caroline (née Newport, 1840–1887), she was one of the leading music hall stars of the 1880s and 1890s. #doncasterisgreat
1. History of St. Leger, Doncaster.
Established in 1776, the St Leger is the oldest of Britain's five Classics. It is the last of the five to be run each year, and its distance is longer than any of the other four.
Established in 1776, the St Leger is the oldest of Britain's five Classics. It is the last of the five to be run each year, and its distance is longer than any of the other four.
2. The St Leger is the final leg of the English Triple Crown, which begins with the 2000 Guineas and continues with the Derby
The event was devised by Anthony St Leger, an army officer and politician who lived near Doncaster.
The event was devised by Anthony St Leger, an army officer and politician who lived near Doncaster.
3. It was initially referred to as "A Sweepstake of 25 Guineas", and its original distance was two miles. The rules stipulated that colts and geldings were to carry 8 st, and fillies would receive an allowance of 2 lb. #doncasterisgreat
AIRPORT CRISIS - DAY 33
So where are we this Sunday & what’s the ask?
2 working groups have been set up by @olivercoppard . A 3rd working group has now started, which will next week look at a further way forward. Extremely late in the day but still good.
#SaveDSA 🧵1/10
So where are we this Sunday & what’s the ask?
2 working groups have been set up by @olivercoppard . A 3rd working group has now started, which will next week look at a further way forward. Extremely late in the day but still good.
#SaveDSA 🧵1/10
I have a meeting with John Whittaker agreed in principle. I need to get this meeting fixed & brought forward. I will try.
@TUI are happy to operate from @DSA_Airport which is as busy as ever taking flights from other airports that cannot cope.
#SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 🧵2/10
@TUI are happy to operate from @DSA_Airport which is as busy as ever taking flights from other airports that cannot cope.
#SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 🧵2/10
.@DSA_Airport is a very busy airport at this moment which shows it’s potential and capability.
This is all good.
#SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 🧵3/10
This is all good.
#SaveDSA #Doncasterisgreat 🧵3/10
1. Charlie Williams MBE was born on 23rd September, Royston, a small mining village in Barnsley, West Riding of Yorkshire. His father, also Charles, had come to Britain in 1914 from Barbados, and enlisted in the Royal Engineers.
2. After the First World War, his father settled in Royston, where he sold groceries from a horse and cart, and married a local woman, Frances Cook.
3. His father had been forced to give up his job as a greengrocer as a result of trench foot acquired in France, and depended on National Assistance.
