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8 Jun, 4 tweets, 2 min read
The Environment Bill is in the Lords - cue lots of hyperbole re species at risk, nature spoiled, deforestation etc. But who decides what takes priority? Economic development or regulations to protect wildlife/biodiversity?... (1/4)
Conflict is obvious when it comes to eco qualms relating to mass house building and infrastructure. There should be a debate about these things, but cross-party consensus on all things green and a widespread demonisation of any critical thinking as denialism is a problem... (2/4)
There is much to argue over - should the precautionary principle be enshrined in law? Are plastics always bad - what about PPE? And will the Bill penalise developing countries, or are Greens the new neo-colonialists?... (3/4) #EnvironmentBill
We should remember to challenge this misanthropic view - humanity is not destructive. Human progress has helped us overcome nature's ravages, and got us from the caves to modernity. (4/4) #EnvironmentBill

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17 Mar
My thoughts on amendment 87b to the #DomesticAbuseBill (making misogyny a hate crime). We shouldn't allow the tragedy of last week and the outrage over Sarah Everard's brutal murder to be exploited in a way that won't help women... (1/5)
While it's understandable that many have demanded action, we have to dispassionately consider the details of this law. We've been told that the police are institutionally misogynistic - do we really believe that the police hate women? Has misogyny become a catch-all term?...(2/5)
We're told that this is about accurately collecting data - but how do you quantify or record 'hate' reliably when it is based on the perception of the victim, rather than an understanding of the motive of the accused?...(3/5)
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A late-night speech yesterday on an amendment in the #DomesticAbuseBill relating to smacking and children. There has been a rather grotesque conflation of 'battery' and 'smacking' - suggesting that every parent who smacks their child is committing a heinous criminal act... (1/4)
Violence and abuse against children is already against the law. Blurring the lines between what is intended to harm and injure and what is intended to discipline out of love is hugely damaging for families and denies the importance of intent and context...(2/4) #DomesticAbuseBill
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A few things I wanted to say but no time, that genuinely baffle me. A short thread. Prime Minister has stressed data not dates (although I confess those dates are firmly written in my dairy). But if they insist on data, there's lots of good news (see tomorrrow's front pages). 1/5
There's robust data on vaccine roll-out, which is way ahead of original timetable. The data on efficacy of even one jab is brilliant news; cases, hospitalisations and ICU beds are falling quite dramatically. Yet too many in SAGE/ Gov seem to want us to ignore THAT data. Why? 2/5
Using their own logic, shouldn't Ministers be keen to sell us idea that changes in data must mean changes in dates? So, if over 50s are all vaccinated by end of March - a full month ahead of schedule - why on earth won't they start lifting restrictions a month ahead too? 3/5
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Yesterday, I argued that this Maternity Allowances Bill is a step forward for women’s rights (even if too narrowly focused on women in Westminster). But the words ‘she’, ‘her’ or ‘women’ don’t appear once in the bill... (1/4)
One person suggested it was fine - a bit like saying ‘chairperson’. But giving birth is not like chairing a meeting. These language rows are not technical issues - we have to consider the political context. These new language codes are forcing us to engage in doublespeak... (2/4)
Language matters. I’m a woman, not a cis-woman. How will doctors & nurses talk about mastitis accurately while using language like chest feeding? How will official documents like the census be accurate while mangling gender identity and biological sex?... (3/4)
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9 Nov 20
Tonight, I tried to remind the majority of Lords declaring they will do whatever is necessary to remove part 5 from the #InternalMarketBill, that this was an affront to democracy... (1/5)
I pointed out that the majority in the unelected Lords seem happy to give preference to binding sovereignty of an international treaty over honouring democratic sovereighty at home... (2/5)
Guess what, a debate which was presented to be about international law was really a struggle at the heart of Brexit... (3/5)
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1 Aug 20
On peerages: a short thread. Thank you all so much for many wonderfully generous messages of support. It seems positive that the historic significance of Brexit has been recognised via so many of those offered peerages. It feels as much a recognition of voters as individuals 1/
I'm thrilled that many people I admire are joining #TheLords, especially some feisty women: @GiselaStuart @CatharineHoey @MorrisseyHelena. The irony is: having more democrats in the unelected #HoL at least might make the cause of democratic accountability harder to side-line 2/
For those reminding me that I've always argued to abolish the Lords: well spotted. I stand by that. But as w @TheGreenParty peers, I'll argue that in #HoL while it exists. I have some recent experience as an MEP of participating in an undemocratic body, which I disagree with 3/
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