Maria D #ChosePeace Profile picture
Member of the incredible TU movement, lifetime working with NHS, working class & proud #ceasfirenow
Dec 8, 2021 12 tweets 2 min read
Imagine living in a rent free home that is so huge you don’t know your ‘downstairs’ staff are holding a Christmas bash. 1. 2. Imagine sneering with a group of elite ‘upstairs’ staff at the downstairs - cleaners, catering staff, low paid staff - at their audacity in having secret Santa gifts.
Jul 22, 2021 12 tweets 2 min read
If you are going to comment on labours finances then please do so with fact. In 2015 labour had outstanding loans from elections under Tony Blair of £25 million. Plans were in place to move HQ from Southside due to the financial position of the party. 1. 2. From 2015 labour saw a mass increase in membership making it the largest political party in Europe. The loans were repaid & membership fees were sufficient to enable investment in member services & staffing including staff for the leaders office. All bought & paid for no loans
May 7, 2021 5 tweets 1 min read
Welsh labour has won our 6th general election with our highest number of seats, a working majority and our highest vote share. We have the most popular party leader, a socialist that cares for all not his career & image but the people & ending poverty. 1. 2. On the doorstep we didn’t hear independence, we heard respect for Mark Drakeford. There was no slagging off of Keir starmer but a great deal of disappointment expressed.
Jan 12, 2021 4 tweets 1 min read
After Sunday’s correction in Mail on Sunday I want to thank, with every bit of my heart, all my colleagues, friends & family who stood by me & with me over the past 14 months, in what has been an awful experience that no one should have to go through but sadly many do. 1. 2. Every day for the past 14 months I have sought to clear my name. There were days I couldn’t face it, days I had to force myself to keep going. My nights haunted as I sought over & over to make sense of how & why. The support of the real fellowship of labour kept me going.