Striving to stay kind, curious and sane on this mad and beautiful earth. This tends to involve climate activism and a fascination with human psychology.
Joined December 2020
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🚨 An undercover sting just exposed alarming loopholes in Westminster’s weak lobbying system: a fake Chinese company bought meetings with ministers and MPs, and it may not have even broken any rules! ✍️ Sign & share: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
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@wfcouncil - this may have happened a little while ago, but can you explain why there’s been significant cutting down of trees and habitat destruction to make what looks like another path right next to the existing maintained path by Horseshoe Bridge in the marshes?
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Between Theocracy and Monarchy: The Silencing of Iran’s Democratic Voices firenexttime.net/between-the… via @siashahabi
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#ISupportPalestineAction
The UK government’s moral compass is off the charts wrong! Non-violent protesters are branded as terrorists for trying to prevent deaths, whilst UK provides IDF with surveillance intel and weapons that kill civilians.
Anti-democratic hypocrisy.
Sharing This Video Could Get You 14 Years in Prison
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I've just signed this petition. Will you add your name and share too?
you.38degrees.org.uk/petitio… via @38degrees
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as a jewish student at columbia i can say without a single doubt in my mind that mahmoud is one of the kindest, safest, most welcoming people i have ever encountered at this university. his presence brought an instant calm no matter how intense things were. #FreeMahmoudKhalil
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Dear @RachelReevesMP, please support a wealth tax on billionaires at the G20. The super-rich shouldn’t get richer while the rest of us struggle — Labour must deliver on its promise of economic justice.
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I've joined the biggest global debt movement in 25 years!
Thousands are calling out private lenders and rich countries who put profit before people lives
#CancelDebtChooseHope and help win debt justice once and for all
Add your name act.debtjustice.org.uk/cance…
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I just signed a petition: Tell Keir Starmer to deliver a Big Climate Plan. Sign here: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
Tell Keir Starmer to deliver a Big Climate Plan
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I just wrote a letter to my MP about the dire humanitarian situation in northern Gaza. Please email your MP too to put as much pressure as we can for our government to do something
thecorbynproject.com/north-g…
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Toxic pesticides that cause cancer are in our air, food, and water. If we act quickly, we can get the EU to ban them. Urge the EU to protect us from these deadly chemicals – sign the petition now! #BanPesticides action.wemove.eu/signup/2024…
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Fascinating observation on archaic practices in the Commons, and how reform to be more democratic and inclusive is overdue.
Must watch on House of Commons reform @EllieChowns
Dr Ellie Chowns, "As a newly elected member, I'd like to offer observations on three elements on how this house operates: sitting, speaking and voting"
➡️ Sitting
- Chamber is too small
- In Council and in European parliament we had own seat, desk, plug in devices
- Extraordinary there aren't enough seats for every MP
There is a practice of Christian prayers, as a daughter of preachers I am familiar with this. But in this day and age where we are a mix of all faiths and none, it might be time to represent a range of faiths
➡️ Speaking
- If we have more time limits more MPs would be incentivised to speak
- Trying to get a slot, bobbing up and down, last week I did for five solid hours without getting attention of the speaker
- This is not good for a democracy
- Find a better way of allocating speaking time
- The culture in this house is everything from excessive deference to braying, we need to clean to clean up politics, we are here to debate in as positive a spirit as possible
➡️ Voting
- It's extraordinary we do not have electronic voting
- While I've been here I've participated in 5 votes, that's taken 1.25 quarter
- If you add up all the votes thats 1.5 months of MPs time, totally unproductive
- If we got rid of the voting lobbies we could double the physical size of the chamber (everyone could then have a seat)
"My final point, if we want to be a truly modern house of commons: proportional representation"
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💥 BREAKING: Goldsmiths University bans all fossil fuel, mining and arms recruitment after Student Union-led campaign!
🎉 This is the 8th victory for Fossil Free Careers and the result of students fighting to reclaim their university from the clutches of destructive industries!
ALT Photo of Goldsmiths university. Text overlaid reads: Victory! Goldsmiths bans oil, gas, mining and arms industry recruitment.
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Fresh evidence implicates the leadership of the Syrian Olympic team in torture and other war crimes. I just signed the petition calling on the International Olympic Committee @iocmedia to ban war criminals from attending #Paris2024. Will you join me? act.thesyriacampaign.org/sig…
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Stop Barclays funding Fossil Fuels secure.avaaz.org/community_p…
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I just wrote to my MP candidates, asking them to pledge to end new oil & gas.
For a safe climate and affordable energy, we need to stop expanding oil & gas production. Our leaders must stand up to big oil.
Take a few mins to write to yours here. actionnetwork.org/letters/em…
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Doctor Muhanna and his team stayed behind to keep the last hospital in North Gaza running. While caring for patients they were abducted by Israeli forces. Health carers must never be a target in war. Help free them. #FreeAhmedMuhanna #FreePalestine action.wemove.eu/sign/2024-2…
Protesters target fossil fuel giant singing ‘Shell kills’ inside its AGM thecanary.co/trending/2024/0…
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