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It's nearly here, tomorrow is going to be the day, the voice you've been shouting into the abyss will finally be heard, let's show the Nasty Party how we feel about the abhorrent way they have treated nurses, teachers, junior doctors.
It's nearly here, tomorrow is going to be the day, the voice you've been shouting into the abyss will finally be heard, let's show the Nasty Party how we feel about the abhorrent way they have treated nurses, teachers, junior doctors.
every day proving none of us have value to them unless your a big business or a donor.
Please vote, every vote counts.
Vote tactfully, a quick google search will show you who best to vote for to get the Nasty Paty out of your town.
I don't know about you but I've had
Please vote, every vote counts.
Vote tactfully, a quick google search will show you who best to vote for to get the Nasty Paty out of your town.
I don't know about you but I've had
Enough.
#TimeForChange #ToriesOut300 #EnoughIsEnough #ToriesDestroyingOurCountry #ToriesMustGo #VoteLabour #VoteLibDems #VoteGreen
#DontVoteTory think of your children and grandchildren
#TimeForChange #ToriesOut300 #EnoughIsEnough #ToriesDestroyingOurCountry #ToriesMustGo #VoteLabour #VoteLibDems #VoteGreen
#DontVoteTory think of your children and grandchildren
It's the last few days before the election, so here's a thread of threads - a Tapestry of Disappointment, if you like - about the two Salford Lib Dem councillors and the way they've conducted themselves.
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A couple of points first, though.
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A couple of points first, though.
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1) I have no doubt that some will say this is "sour grapes", that I'm "bitter" or a "sore loser."
I say I just care about the city I've called home for over 20 years and don't like to see it exploited for the sake of the political ambitions of some Johnny-come-lately.
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I say I just care about the city I've called home for over 20 years and don't like to see it exploited for the sake of the political ambitions of some Johnny-come-lately.
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2) The Lib Dems pride themselves on being the "only true opposition to Labour" (even when they had zero councillors), so...
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With only days to go to the local elections, it has been noted that the "hard working" Salford Lib Dem councillors have barely shown up to meetings at all.
Let's take a look at what we mean 🧵
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Let's take a look at what we mean 🧵
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Take this tweet from the Lib Dems councillors' leader, Cllr Alex Warren, in June last year.
This looks very much like Children's Scrutiny which took place on 8 June.
But...
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This looks very much like Children's Scrutiny which took place on 8 June.
But...
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...according to the records, Cllr Warren - who is on the committee - did not attend that meeting. (This has been confirmed by someone who was there.)
Nor has he attended *any* Children's Scrutiny meeting all year.
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Nor has he attended *any* Children's Scrutiny meeting all year.
sccdemocracy.salford.gov.uk/documents/s528…
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lnkd.in/epJfpPvf NHS WINTER CRISIS ERUPTS AFTER 12 TORY YEARS OF INCOMPETENT TORY GOVERNMENT ‘I’m afraid A&E will collapse’: The NHS winter crisis erupts after years of warnings.
lnkd.in/epJfpPvf EXTRACT
'Whatever happens this winter, the paramedics i spoke with hopes the public will understand why NHS staff are striking.
'Whatever happens this winter, the paramedics i spoke with hopes the public will understand why NHS staff are striking.
lnkd.in/epJfpPvf "A year ago, we were clapping for nurses," he says.
lnkd.in/eAsmByKe CLAIMANTS UNABLE TO AFFORD PHONES HAVE BENEFITS CUT
lnkd.in/eAsmByKe ‘We’ve got a basic subsistence benefit here… if you’re then lopping off money, you really are pushing people into destitution’.
lnkd.in/eAsmByKe Universal credit claimants punished because they cannot afford mobile data and miss their appointments.
lnkd.in/ejwGMRPR 12 YEARS OF TORY MISRULE WHAT A MESS NHS
lnkd.in/ejwGMRPR What is Rishi Sunak most worried about as he mulls the Tories’ chances at the next general election?
lnkd.in/ejwGMRPR The Prime Minister took over from his predecessor with a promise to steady the ship after the economic turmoil caused by Liz Truss’s disastrous “mini-Budget”.
I think the best thing the Tories could do right now is to bring back Theresa May, as a caregiver PM, and call a snap election.
Clement Attlee 2.0: It's time; for Keir Starmer to win that electoral mandate, and get the country recovering.
Clement Attlee 2.0: It's time; for Keir Starmer to win that electoral mandate, and get the country recovering.
D'oh! Caretaker PM is the term I meant to use above, not caregiver PM, lol. See, I am informally a kind of caregiver for elderly family and I'd been reading about the subject when I happened to write the tweet. I don't even like the term. "Assistant" is more empowering...
The language we use for disability, impairment, and healthcare matters. I can (and do) tweet about it all the time.
But back to British and world politics.
#Brexit was a terrible idea. I see that now...
But back to British and world politics.
#Brexit was a terrible idea. I see that now...
Can we please stop this #NowPlaying long drawn out past decade of pushing #BlackPeople out there as if #BlackLivesMatter @ukblm now have the #Blackpower who will make that change who are listening to their own @Blackbirds to #Brainwashing you into thinking,
well if #BlackWomen #blackmen #LeadersDebate are seen to be in talking #StopRacism in the @churchofengland @ECB_cricket that must put an end to #PoliceBrutality #policecorruption #RacismReckoningMed22 as the rest of those like @mjtward19 who loves #football along with
the rest of @GREATBritain as @wabbey @UNESCO ?refuse to see the real reasons #ToryCorruption #ToryCriminalsUnfitToGovern #BorisJohnsonMustGo, being the very same reasons @Keir_Starmer #StarmerOut who should never ever have been the #LeadershipDevelopment for @UKLabour
1/5 Sunday night thread. Why we get the politicians and politics we deserve. Theres always an hashtag trending on twitter with something like #BorisJohnsonOut or #KeirStarmerout or #VoteLabour but in truth the rotten politicians and the poor political discourse we have we deserve
2/5 when you vote for a political party its as useful in changing the system as using an hashtag on twitter its performative. Let me explain Westminster's key function is to reproduce itself & hold political power within it. When you vote for whatever Mp that sits you sanction it
3/5 There has never been a radical Mp or political party sitting in Westminster the system doesnt let them in it sieves them out over many different processes. Corbyn wasnt radical, Skinner wasnt radical niether was Benn & Atlee definitely not. They behaved accordingly within
Let’s talk about PAID ADVOCACY, AKA #PoliticalCorruption, AKA #PoliticalBribes
I'm going to attempt a Twitter Thread, so please bear with me; this might take some time. Maybe wait till I've finished before responding. 1/?
I'm going to attempt a Twitter Thread, so please bear with me; this might take some time. Maybe wait till I've finished before responding. 1/?
Today, we have witnessed our elected Govt try to protect one of their own MPs from an outrageous and illegal #CashForLobbying scandal, similar to that which destroyed John Major’s Govt in 1997 when Labour finally wrested back control from Thatcher’s appalling legacy. 2/?
I am talking about Owen Paterson, Conservative MP for North Shropshire who (incidentally) only marginally held his seat against New Labour in 1997. 3/?
1/ Yesterday was my last day working in the #NHS. I loved my job and my team but we need to stop normalising working for stat services being a lifestyle choice and not just a job. We deserve a life outside of work too. (a thread)
2/ The NHS recruits the best people. Passionate people who care about others. With the best values. And they give their heart, their soul and their life to their work because of that. They will do what it takes to keep their NHS and the people they support afloat.
3/ this year I learnt it doesn't matter. It will never be enough. They will see you suffer, pat you on the back (or give you a clap) and tell you to crack on. It doesn't matter how resilient you are (though they'll make you think it does), how much you care or how hard you work
My voting history. First #GeneralElection I was eligible for was 1992. That was just after the poll tax & I think I wasn't on the register. In 1997 I voted for @Lisa_Lovebucket of the Rainbow Referendum Dream Ticket Connection Party (I had to Google that to get it right)...
... & put a Reclaim The Streets "Never mind the ballots" sticker up in the polling booth. Thru the rest of the New Labour years I spoiled my vote as referenced in the @cartoonkate 'Blame me, I voted Lib Dem" cartoon cartoonkate.co.uk/this-is-actual… In 2015 I looked at how UKIP had...
... shifted the Overton window rightwards, even without winning a seat, so I decided I would vote for a party rather than writing what I thought & felt on the ballot. I voted Green. Neither them nor Labour had a chance in our constituency at that point
After that election...
After that election...
Today, via proxy vote from my home in Brazil, I will vote with pride, joy and hope for the Labour Party
Here’s why…
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Here’s why…
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Because climate change is the defining issue of our time and if we carry on as we are, our planet will die. It’s as simple as that
Only Labour has a plan for rapid decarbonisation that can secure the livelihoods of ordinary people
We need a Green Industrial Revolution NOW
Only Labour has a plan for rapid decarbonisation that can secure the livelihoods of ordinary people
We need a Green Industrial Revolution NOW
Because we need to break the 30+ year consensus that says we can’t have properly funded universal public services, affordable housing and dignified pay and working conditions
These are the basis of any civilised and cohesive society
Only Labour defends these principles
These are the basis of any civilised and cohesive society
Only Labour defends these principles
Unlike the many previous elections I've experienced, this election is pivotal for the course of our country and maybe its very soul. #GE2019 #VoteLabourOnThursday #VoteLabour #VoteTactically
A Tory government led by an habitually lying, incompetent & cowardly man, who is at ease with the use of racist language, trying to push through a ultra laissez faire Brexit, could mean the start of a slow erosion of progressive non-racist values within the UK, which I dearly…
…cherish as an ethnic minority.
Just think if the United Kingdom had given into fear and not had hope after World War II, and voted in a Tory government opposed to the NHS, how things might have been much worse for ordinary people.
Just think if the United Kingdom had given into fear and not had hope after World War II, and voted in a Tory government opposed to the NHS, how things might have been much worse for ordinary people.
If I recall the story correctly, last night Boris Johnson should have been visited by David Cameron and Theresa May, shackled in the chains of brexit, warning him not to make the same mistakes that they did, and if he doesn't change his ways, 3 spirits will visit tonight...
The ghost of christmas past (Jacob Rees Mogg) shows him a picture of Victorian england, with children freezing to death in the snow. Johnson is pleased with this memory and eagerly awaits the next spirit...
The ghost of christmas present (Donald Trump) shows him a picture of immigrant children, separated from their parents, living in cages. Johnson is practically erect at the thought of their suffering.
Hello twitter, I'm a retired gardener, 63, and my son has just set me up this twitter so I can get news that isn't from the BBC/ITV. I'd like to say I used to vote Conservative out of ignorance, unfortunately i never really thought about it and just saw it as my duty to vote and
have voted the same as my late mother and father all my life. I had a well off family background growing up and am lucky enough to own my own home. I have seen how hard it has been for my grand kids to afford their own homes and it breaks my heart as I feel partly responsible
for the situation we are currently in. I am now however voting Labour with all my heart because I have been shown how manipulative the media is in this country. I always had suspicion of it but the election coverage of Jeremy has opened my eyes to it. I even voted Brexit
Thank you Potrika for this! With 61% child poverty in parts of #Poplar & #Limehouse we cannot take any more cuts. We need #RealChange. I am ready to fight like George, and Minnie, Lansbury if elected to parliament this week. #VoteLabour2019 #GetTheToriesOut #SocialistSunday
The #LabourParty manifesto commits to measures towards genuine equality. I met with Dr. Laura Schwartz, to discuss Minnie Lansbury, the suffragette movement in #Poplar & #Limehouse, and our hopes for the future. #Feminism2020 #VoteLabourDecember12th
Policies for #RealChange
🌹Reverse cuts to Sure Start and open 1,000 new Sure Start children's centres
🌹150,000 additional early years staff, including SENCos, employed on a national pay scale
🌹A new Workers Protection Agency to address gender and racial pay gaps #VoteLabour
🌹Reverse cuts to Sure Start and open 1,000 new Sure Start children's centres
🌹150,000 additional early years staff, including SENCos, employed on a national pay scale
🌹A new Workers Protection Agency to address gender and racial pay gaps #VoteLabour
Wow Jolyon Maugham wants to keep the #ToriesOut by supporting the Green candidate in #Stroud take a look at the 2017 result bit.ly/2LyiXbI Now think about this! Maugham is an advisor for a #Tory Think Tank Bright Blue bit.ly/2roWgQp
Scroll down the list of names and you find Matthew Elliott the Former Chief Executive of Vote Leave! Molly Scott Cato might be a principled person but why support a party that only achieved 2% of the vote? A slight increase in that vote could give #Stroud a #Tory #VoteLabour
Is it possible that a remain supporter who advises a Tory Think Tank is trying to split the vote in #Stroud in favour of a #Tory Is that not a question Journalists should be asking? #VoteLabour #JC4PM2019 @RespectIsVital @shaunjlawson @silverrich39 @threadreaderapp "Unroll"
Remember:
1. The Land is toxic
2. The Plants are sick
3. The Air is poisonous
4. The Seas are polluted
5. The Birds are starving
6. The Trees are being killed
7. The Water is contaminated
8. The Animals are endangered
The Ecological Emergency should be front page news every day
1. The Land is toxic
2. The Plants are sick
3. The Air is poisonous
4. The Seas are polluted
5. The Birds are starving
6. The Trees are being killed
7. The Water is contaminated
8. The Animals are endangered
The Ecological Emergency should be front page news every day
The BBC says:
Labour is 'devoting the top section of its manifesto to tackling the environment crisis.'
'Conservatives far behind'.
~ Roger Harrabin @RHarrabin BBC environment analyst
* #VoteLabour #VoteTactically *
General Election 2019.
bbc.com/news/election-…
Labour is 'devoting the top section of its manifesto to tackling the environment crisis.'
'Conservatives far behind'.
~ Roger Harrabin @RHarrabin BBC environment analyst
* #VoteLabour #VoteTactically *
General Election 2019.
bbc.com/news/election-…
The planet we think we're living on no longer exists.
Read this insane thread to learn about mass extinction, climate breakdown & ecological collapse, all caused by the destructive madness of colonial, corporate capitalism.
Total system change required:👇
Read this insane thread to learn about mass extinction, climate breakdown & ecological collapse, all caused by the destructive madness of colonial, corporate capitalism.
Total system change required:👇
1/4 The #Tory government has put #disabled & chronically ill people through hell the past 10 years. The reason? To stop fraudulent benefit claims and reduce cost. The outcome? Thousands of us died and thousands more suffered humiliation, #poverty & devastating health implications
2/4 The kick in the teeth is; the benefit reforms and #DWP errors actually cost more than the original fraud. On top of this, the Tory's removed all funding for vital services that many vulnerable people in society relied upon. #ToriesOut #Tories #Health #Benefits
3/4 Austerity measures were supposed to reduce debt and save the UK from financial crisis, yet National #debt is the highest it's ever been. The #NHS is on it's last breath, and many of us fear we will not survive another 4 years of #Tory lies, neglect and abuse. #VoteLabour
Remember:
1. hottest June ever: 2019
2. hottest July ever: 2019
3. hottest August ever: 2016
4. hottest September ever: 2019
5. hottest October ever: 2019
6. hottest November ever: 2019
7. world record hottest month: 2019
The planet you think you're living on no longer exists.
1. hottest June ever: 2019
2. hottest July ever: 2019
3. hottest August ever: 2016
4. hottest September ever: 2019
5. hottest October ever: 2019
6. hottest November ever: 2019
7. world record hottest month: 2019
The planet you think you're living on no longer exists.
Hottest ever recorded months:
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What can we do?
Vote for decarbonisation in the 2020s (a Green New deal which sticks to the principles of Climate Justice #VoteLabour).
And then take action to push for even more.
See threads:
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What can we do?
Vote for decarbonisation in the 2020s (a Green New deal which sticks to the principles of Climate Justice #VoteLabour).
And then take action to push for even more.
See threads:
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Sources start here:
Today on the UN's International Day of Disabled People I attended a ceremony organised by @APASENTH and talked with them about their work in #Poplar & #Limehouse. The UN has reported that Tories have committed “systematic violations” of the rights of disabled people #IDDP2019
@APASENTH Austerity has made existing inequalities so much worse. Labour's manifesto for disabled people launched today begins to address these issues. Working to the principle ‘nothing about you without you’ it offers #RealChange. #IDDP2019 labour.org.uk/breaking-down-…
@APASENTH Breaking Down Barriers means:
✔A new benefits system designed by disabled people
✔Mandatory disability pay gap reporting for companies with over 250 employees
✔Disability leave, paid and recorded separately from sick leave ... (continues)
✔A new benefits system designed by disabled people
✔Mandatory disability pay gap reporting for companies with over 250 employees
✔Disability leave, paid and recorded separately from sick leave ... (continues)
You may have heard that the @UKLabour Labour Party plans to scrap the Married Couple's Tax Allowance if they get into power. Attack ads are being shared on Facebook by the Conservative Party arguing that people will be worse off because of this. Here are the facts:
Maximum tax allowance available through the Married Couple's Tax Allowance is £250 a year. BUT…
Every Married Couple will be BETTER OFF under @UKLabour Labour - because: - and here are just five of the ways:
Every Married Couple will be BETTER OFF under @UKLabour Labour - because: - and here are just five of the ways:
1. People on the #MinimumWage wage will get a minimum of £3,400 more a year,
labour.org.uk/press/labours-…
labour.org.uk/press/labours-…
After yesterday's #channel4news I've been trying to think why some might see Johnson as a 'lovable baffoon':
- his premiership (and personal life) is based on lies & lying is his default position.
- he has made it clear, again & again, that he sides with the richest...1/4
- his premiership (and personal life) is based on lies & lying is his default position.
- he has made it clear, again & again, that he sides with the richest...1/4
...& the bankers at the expense of us all.
- his intense dislike and distain for women, for working class people & his racism, his homophibia are clear for all to see.
- he has failed again and again in parliament, is generally ill-prepared & is often hardly coherent. 2/4
- his intense dislike and distain for women, for working class people & his racism, his homophibia are clear for all to see.
- he has failed again and again in parliament, is generally ill-prepared & is often hardly coherent. 2/4
- he avoids tough questions - from voters, from the media, from colleagues - whenever he can.
So, nasty, incompetent coward seems a far better description.
We can blame long-believed historical ideology that the #Tories are born to rule & voting for them shows our...
So, nasty, incompetent coward seems a far better description.
We can blame long-believed historical ideology that the #Tories are born to rule & voting for them shows our...
