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Andy Burnham āgagsā Cabinet on rejoin EU plot as Labour braces for Brexit civil war
gbnews.com/politics/andy-burā¦
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Itās London Poppy Day!
From 10 veterans raising Ā£500 in 2006 to over Ā£1.4M last year.
Letās show what London is made of and smash that number today š¬š§
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@DavidIsaacUK1 asks Dermot Kehoe (@AllianceLGB) and Dennis Kavanagh (@MensNetwork1) about the prevalence and nature of conversion practices.
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Dennis , Helen and Dermot packed a lot into the time they were given, highlighting just how dangerous and badly thought through this bill is.
It will harm children and families.
š§µ Second panel at the Joint Committee on the draft Conversion Practices Bill:
Dennis Kavanagh, Gay Menās Network
Helen Joyce, Sex Matters
Dermot Kehoe, LGB Alliance
Watch live: parliamentlive.tv/Event/Indeā¦
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šJohn Healey contradicts Andy Burnham on rejoining the EU
Channel 4: Just finally, I mean Andy Burnham has been very clear he wants Britain back in the European Union in his lifetime. Do you?
Healey: I'm older than Andy Burnham. I don't expect to see that
[Healey is 66; Burnham is 56]
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I mean every word of this.
This bill is beyond repair.
If it passes I confidently expect it to be struck down on human rights grounds.
š¬š§ Strong interventions from Gay Men's Network lead, former criminal barrister Dennis Kavanagh, during today's Conversion Practices Bill committee evidence session:
"It makes it a crime to say to your teenage daughter, I want you to love your body, I want you to grow up to be a happy lesbian, I don't think you're a man."
"A chilling effect of the most tyrannical kind."
"So poorly drafted, and so incoherent that it cannot be rescued."
"This Bill is ripe for a definition of incompatibility."
"That won't be a chilling effect, that will be a deep freeze"
Watch the full evidence session on Parliament TV
š½@MensNetwork1 @Jebadoo2
parliamentlive.tv/event/indeā¦
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Baroness Browning asks the panel - @HJoyceGender (Sex Matters), @Jebadoo2 (@MensNetwork1) and Dermot Kehoe (@AllianceLGB) - if the difference between abusive and non-abusive practices is clear in the draft bill.
So No 1 gay icon @joshxhowie do you think might work on a spring/summer tour next year around the country maybe 6 Sunday shows in Scotland, Wales, NI, Midlands, North East and North West???? Great to hear from an audience around there.
Getting down to sorting this weekās Free Speech Nation @GBNEWS - the brilliant @HJoyceGender will be talking how the Conversion bill threatens all the gains Terf Island has made.
If you missed last weekās show with Lionel Shriver, @MaajidNawaz, @HFreemanauthor, @drianpace, @TheCriticalDri2, a truncated @sophielouisecc, and the worst linguistic slip on telly, hereās the link. youtube.com/live/oLdmasjySCoā¦
Also a link to free tickets to be with us in the studio is in next post, or drop me a message. More the merrier!
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Getting down to sorting this weekās Free Speech Nation @GBNEWS - the brilliant @HJoyceGender will be talking how the Conversion bill threatens all the gains Terf Island has made.
If you missed last weekās show with Lionel Shriver, @MaajidNawaz, @HFreemanauthor, @drianpace, @TheCriticalDri2, a truncated @sophielouisecc, and the worst linguistic slip on telly, hereās the link. youtube.com/live/oLdmasjySCoā¦
Also a link to free tickets to be with us in the studio is in next post, or drop me a message. More the merrier!
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Q: How do you balance these definitions of āserious harm/distressā with a parent bringing up a stroppy teenager?
Just watch:
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āWe could amend this Bill here, there and everywhere, carve out this, tweak that, but at the end of the day the government would still be passing a Bill that says thereās one area, and one area only, of medical practice where you could get prosecuted if you put a foot wrong. That wonāt be a chilling effect, thatāll be a deep freezeā
Magnificent from @Jebadoo2 #BinTheBill
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āThese words are taken from a statute designed to deal with adult relationshipsā¦ā
āSafeguarding your child sometimes involves saying ānoāā¦ā
Very, very powerful section of @Jebadoo2 and @HJoyceGenderās evidence towards the end of the committee hearing today:
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Brilliant questioning here from @NazShahBfd of Professor Ilias Trispiotis: she forces him to concede that - yes, ordinary parental conversations with their children will fall under the scope of this Bill and they will be criminalised
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BREAKING: The Treasury confirms Healeyās words here are accurate and that the government will NOT bring the welfare bill down during this Parliament
They say it will come down in 2030-31, in the next Parliament
NEW: John Healey tells @krishgm the government will NOT bring the welfare bill down during this Parliament
Chancellor says: āit's not correct to say that we're going to bring this welfare bill down in this Parliamentā
But in the same interview he says the system is ābrokenā
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āIf my husband takes my phone away from me because he doesnāt want me contacting people, thatās coercive control. If I do that to my child, that maybe responsible parentingā
Well said @HJoyceGender! #BinTheBill
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Healey told Channel 4 News this afternoon: "It's not correct to say that we're going to bring this welfare bill down in this Parliament"
It comes after he told the BBC this morning that he would cut the welfare bill before the election, comments that were slapped down by No 10
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NEW: John Healey tells @krishgm the government will NOT bring the welfare bill down during this Parliament
Chancellor says: āit's not correct to say that we're going to bring this welfare bill down in this Parliamentā
But in the same interview he says the system is ābrokenā
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šØNEW: Footage from the Commons shows Nigel Farage and MP Caroline Voaden making their way down from their benches together to secure a place in the procession of MPs to the King's speech
The Lib Dems allege Farage "shoved her out the way" and "sent her flying"
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Good luck to our brave and articulate soldiers, @HJoyceGender and @Jebadoo2, who are giving evidence on the evil Conversion Practices draft Bill in parliament today. Thank you šŖ
