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I have voted to decriminalise abortion. The 1967 Act really only set out grounds for exceptions from what stayed a criminal offence. Today we start to treat abortion rightly as a regulated healthcare choice. It should be a clear human right to access abortion when you need it.

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The climate crisis isn't some distant threat. It's here and it's now. Both around the world and in the UK. As Chair of the Fire Committee - I spoke to the Financial Times about wildfires. www.ft.com/content/fe84...

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I had an abortion in my 20s - I know how important it is that women have control over our own bodies and don't face criminalisation for our choices. I am so glad to be 1 of 379 MPs who successfully voted to decriminalise abortion today - an historic vote to protect a woman's right to choose.

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70,000 more Britons to lose disability benefits than originally expected. Estimates up from 370,000 to 440,000, could lose £4,500 a year each. How many die? Govt averse to taxing corporations and the rich. Tell your MP to oppose cuts. 1% have more wealth than 70% of the population combined.

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Of course asking someone what genitals they had at birth is a breach of the right to privacy. They’re called “private parts” not “private unless you suspect the person is transgender and then be as invasive as you want parts”

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🔴Reform UK Councils Are Facing Protests After Cancelling Climate Change Preparations Nigel Farage’s party is culling anything to do with tackling climate change, including local planning for rising sea levels bylinetimes.com/2025/06/17/r...

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Durham Miners Gala organisers issue Reform UK update ahead of event www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/2524693...

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No government or party should ever be beyond criticism, that's an integral part of democracy

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NHS 999 staff quitting and suffering burnout due to ‘relentless pressure’ of calls, research finds www.lbc.co.uk/news/health/...

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🎉 Huge welcome to Michael who joins the @greenparty.org.uk after 13 years in Labour. 🙌🏼 Really exciting. 💚 Brilliant time to join the party: join.greenparty.org.uk

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I have no love for the Iranian regime but the western media trying to claim that they are more of a threat to peace than the Israeli regime, who are actively committing genocide in Palestine and launching unprovoked attacks on other states, is farcical

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🚨New report! As co-chair of the APPG on Poverty and Inequality, I've heard evidence of the unacceptable level of hardship Disabled people currently face. The Govt's planned benefits cuts will only deepen inequality and force people further into crisis. www.bigissue.com/news/social-...

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Poundland restructure: #Usdaw to enter into consultation talks about the proposed closure of stores and distribution centres www.usdaw.org.uk/latest-news/...

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70,000 people marched through Seattle at the No Kings rally. It was loud, it was huge, and it was only a start. While downtown swelled with speeches, ICE tear-gassed protesters in Tukwila. Showing up once isn’t enough. The fight doesn’t end when the march does.

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@zackpolanski.bsky.social has demonstrated his grasp of the first rule in politics: knowing when to seize the initiative. In pledging #EcoPopulism, he has made a bold claim to the form of politics our chaotic times demand #BackZack www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

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Renting is the most expensive and least secure type of housing tenure. Zoopla's latest analysis: "Rents have grown 21% over 3 years compared to 4% for house prices" concluding "more affordable rental supply needed" More evidence that we need rent caps and rent controls now.

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The UK is failing fathers and families with its derisory paternity leave policies. 2 weeks is out of step with other countries and modern realities. A minimum of 6 weeks would allow families to bond and support one another through life-changing events without worrying about bills.

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Largest trans survey ever finds the top reason transgender people stop transitioning is transphobia “In almost every single case, the reason was anti-trans discrimination in the form of pressure to ‘detransition’ from one’s family, friends, or community,” the survey found.

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Please add your voice to the >16000 people who have emailed their MPs asking, begging, them to fully decriminalise abortion by backing NC20. This moment may not come again

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The only positive thing I can say today is: 1. Join the @greenparty.org.uk 2. Vote for @zackpolanski.bsky.social as @greenparty.org.uk leader #BackZack

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We've put down our placards for the day. Time now for a quick lunch before a Durham UCU social. From 1pm at The Half Moon. Come along if you're free!

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@zackpolanski.bsky.social thinks Greens can offer a left-wing populist alternative to Farage’s party & a natural home for progressive voters The biggest job we have is to make sure Starmer is more scared of losing votes & seats to #GreenParty than Reform #BackZack www.bigissue.com/news/politic...

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Help if you can folks x

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Wes has no experience of healthcare. I wouldn't expect him to make a good decision about it. Must be embarrassing for him though, other MPs writing healthcare law because of his ineptitude

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“If ex-Labour people are gonna start voting Green…guess what? Ex-Labour members are gonna come with that too.” Cllr Benali Hamdache on the Greens becoming a mass movement, Taken from our 3rd and final What next for the Greens? event, all available via our YouTube now! @greenbenali.bsky.social

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Applications close Monday - please share with anyone likely to be interested. Post will be 50% in HQ, 50% @greenparty.org.uk House of Lords team greenparty.org.uk/get-involved...

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I'm backing @zackpolanski.bsky.social for Green Party leader. Politics is at a dangerous crossroads and we desperately need to be getting our Green message across more effectively. Zack - one of our top communicators - is best placed to do this. #BackZack

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RMT calls for lasting peace in the Middle East Transport union, RMT has called on the British government to uphold the UN Charter and international law by calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the region. rmtunion.org/4e1dCG1

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Amazing to get out in #WestPark this morning with our Green Team. Green Party Councillor Nicky Gynn and the team work hard for local residents all year round. If you see our volunteers out and about today, please say hi 👋 If you want to get involved, visit join.greenparty.org.uk

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(UK) “Light-sensitive people need safe non-LED lightbulbs, say health charities” lightaware.org/lightaware-u... Image is screenshot from the MCS-Aware June email bulletin

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Shrink from it? He can hardly wait to deliver for his investors.

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🏳️‍⚧️ FAQs 🏳️‍⚧️ Based on legal advice from a team of equalities lawyers, including a KC, we answer some of the pressing questions raised by the Supreme Court. The law is uncertain – but it’s almost certainly been misstated by the EHRC and ministers. goodlaw.social/bf2d17

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Freedom of speech doesn't extend to expressions of support? Free speech absolutists really don't understand free speech do they?

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It may be Saturday, but we're out on strike during today's Open Day. 08:30-11:00 Pickets at the "What Lies Beneath" map opposite Whitechurch. 08:30-10:00 Leafletting at the train station. 13:00 onward: Branch social at the Half Moon. See you there!

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Union membership in rising in Reform-led councils @gmb.org.uk says leftfootforward.org/2025/06/work...

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🙌🏼 Huge win for the security guards at the museums. 🎉 They have received pay increases of 12-23% ✊🏽Collective organising works. 💚 Huge well done to the guards and to their union @uvwunion.bsky.social

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Firm tied to Tory peer and millionaire Michelle Mone told to repay £122m for faulty covid gowns leftfootforward.org/2025/06/firm...

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Unpaid and family carers work tirelessly and prop up the care sector and NHS, yet many struggle financially and emotionally due to their responsibilities. We owe carers a system that truly supports them—no one should have to choose between providing care and making ends meet. #CarersWeek2025

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“Tories secured most donations of any UK party in first quarter of 2025, data shows…single biggest donation of £1mn from gaming entrepreneur and new donor Jeremy Elliott San” Big donors are buying our democracy in the UK - much greater regulation needed. archive.ph/2025.06.10-1...

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Stroud Greens win Severn Ward by-election by 14 votes on a 26.8% turnout. Moya Shannon is the new councillor. Severn is a 2 seat ward & in the District elections in 2024 Labour and the Tories won a seat each. The by-election was called following the death of Richard Maisey (LAB)

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#academic papers: Gender Critical Ideology, Binary Sex Obsessives & co-travellers #3 "Agitation against trans people has become a central point of mobilization and normalization for the far right."

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