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Mar 16, 2021 9 tweets 6 min read
Hi @FCDOGovUK @10DowningStreet, there appears to be something missing from your #IntegratedReview, did you forget something? PM spinning that he'll use the review to make a 'personal commitment' to restoring the 0.7% aid target doesn't cut it. The wording of the #IntegratedReview says it'll return 'when fiscal situation allows' - not a firm commitment, another promise to be broken
Mar 15, 2021 5 tweets 3 min read
Today marks 10 years since brave protestors took to the streets in Syria demanding democracy and dignity.

Since then over half a million have been killed by Assad and Putin, many more have fled as refugees, and thousands have been tortured.

What happened to 'Never Again'? Jo Cox MP, Syrian activists and others called for a proper strategy to protect civilians, including a No Bombing Zone, which couldve saved many thousands of lives. Instead such calls got put in the 'too difficult' column, red lines were set and crossed, and the conflict got worse