Green MP for Bristol Central.
Co-leader of @TheGreenParty.
Engineer. Bi 🏳🌈. She/Her.
Nov 15, 2022 • 11 tweets • 6 min read
Do non-binary people belong in women’s organisations? I think yes -- if they want to be. This is a thread about why… 🧵
#TransAwarenessWeek1/ Many non-binary people were assigned female at birth (afab) and in many cases lived as a woman for 20, 30 or more years before realising they were non-binary. They have usually experienced all of the same challenges as women. Some have had children...
May 10, 2022 • 4 tweets • 3 min read
Why @TheGreenParty surge is more than a protest vote
Thread 🧵 newstatesman.com/politics/elect…
“We've broken onto 21* council this year - councils often dominated by Labour or the Tories. A single seat breakthrough is usually followed by multiple seat gains in future elections"
*now 23!
In Bristol, for example, @TheGreenParty now has 24 councillors, an equal number to Labour. This was how we paved the way for our first parliamentary seat in Brighton Pavilion, and it’s how we will do so again and send more MPs to Westminster. newstatesman.com/politics/elect…
