If you plan on reading the #CaseyReport, you should know that it makes for very painful reading. As a Black, bisexual woman I found it even harder. Here’s why [THREAD]:
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bbc.co.uk/news/uk-650154… The Met has been telling us for years that they are prioritising ending violence against women and girls. Every time a scandal happens or charging rates plummet, politicians and police leaders say “we’re on it.” But they weren’t.
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There is a catalogue of evidence that misogyny is baked-in to the CULTURE of the Met. Alongside others, I have been calling this out for a long time. Yet police leaders and politicians have insisted on burying their heads in the sand. 1/14 Bibaa Henry & Nicole Smallman's dead bodies were photographed by officers and shared in a WhatsApp group with the caption "dead birds" - it is bone-chilling (and indicative of a toxic culture) that they felt comfortable enough to do this. 2/14
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The more the #budget and its implications sink in, the more I feel my anger rising.

Our Govt has learned nothing from last year. Think about it. When everything else was stripped back and stripped away, what remained? What, in the end, was essential?
1/5 We relied on our NHS and care homes, the schools and nurseries that look after our children and enabled key workers to keep going. The supermarkets and the chemists.

Our caring economy, built on the labour of women, never stopped working for a moment. Because it couldn’t.
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This conviction marks a significant milestone for the #MeToo movement. We must honour the tireless campaigning & extraordinary bravery of the women who spoke out against Weinstein. His monstrous abuse of power spanned decades and wrecked lives. 1/6
bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-… The #MeToo movement was vitally important. It created a feeling of solidarity among women, and when it went viral the awareness and outrage it generated massively raised the profile of the appalling prevalence of rape and sexual harassment worldwide. 2/6

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Two-thirds of the 149 women murdered in 2018 were killed by their partner or ex-partner, domestic abuse and sexual violence is on the rise. Male violence against women is a national crisis. Yet, a concerted political response remains elusive. 1/8

theguardian.com/commentisfree/… Despite more than half a century of campaigning and activism this crisis continues to deepen.

We are a seeing "...a high degree of normalisation of men’s violence against women..." said @K_IngalaSmith, a co-founder of @FemicideCensus 2/8

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The points system will disproportionately affect women.

Women are more likely to work part-time or in low income roles because unpaid caring responsibilities for children and older and disbled relatives still disproportionately fall to women. 1/9

bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politi… The classification of what counts as 'skilled' is gendered. The govt has said it will expand the category of skilled workers to include carpentry & plastering but not social care, a profession that is overwhelmingly female because of the gendered expectations set by society. 2/9

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Full text of my speech from today's Reject Brexit, Restore Democracy rally:

Together we have rallied, marched, demonstrated, and protested against Brexit for 3 years while parliament hit deadlock again and again. 1/

#StopBrexitSaveDemocracy @WEP_UK @SholaMos1 @Hugodixon @PeterTatchell @mikegalsworthy @sianberry @JennSelby @BestForBritain @women4PV @OFOCBrexit Like Jacob Rees Mogg, the govt continues to sink lower & lower.

Boris & his bully boys have shown us their true colours. Just today we have seen reports of a potential Tory & Brexit Party alliance. That’s how desperate the PM is to shore up his own power. 2/

#StopBrexit