Rebecca Lewis
@lewisrebeccac.bsky.social
Vice Chair Wycombe Labour. Teaching for twenty years - secondary History and now primary. Love the Chilterns and the Thames. Pro Ukraine.
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Two-thirds of English councils have not prosecuted a single rogue landlord in past three years despite 300,000 separate complaints.
Less than 2% of complaints led to any action.
2010-2020 Austerity: 41% cut in enforcement funding, staff cut by a third.
Law without enforcement is a cruel hoax.
Less than 2% of complaints led to any action.
2010-2020 Austerity: 41% cut in enforcement funding, staff cut by a third.
Law without enforcement is a cruel hoax.
Two-thirds of English councils have not prosecuted a single landlord in past three years
Exclusive: Councils prosecuted just 64 landlords despite receiving 300,000 complaints from tenants in unfit homes
www.theguardian.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Two-thirds of English councils have not prosecuted a single rogue landlord in past three years despite 300,000 separate complaints.
Less than 2% of complaints led to any action.
2010-2020 Austerity: 41% cut in enforcement funding, staff cut by a third.
Law without enforcement is a cruel hoax.
Less than 2% of complaints led to any action.
2010-2020 Austerity: 41% cut in enforcement funding, staff cut by a third.
Law without enforcement is a cruel hoax.
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This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
November 14, 2025 at 6:37 PM
This man was trafficked into Britain, in ways which the government would now use to make him subject to deportation. According to a leading political pundit, he brought with him ancestral violence, which means that he *and his British-born children* should be expelled.
This man.
This man.
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May the odds be ever in your favor
November 1, 2025 at 6:02 PM
May the odds be ever in your favor
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Wow the Greens got permission from the late, great poet Benjamin Zephaniah’s family for Zack Polanski to perform ‘British’
What an honour
What an honour
October 16, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Wow the Greens got permission from the late, great poet Benjamin Zephaniah’s family for Zack Polanski to perform ‘British’
What an honour
What an honour
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Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Who benefits from the abolition of stamp duty land tax?
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
The first answer: people buying very expensive homes. Average saving for someone buying a £10m+ home is £1.7m. Average saving for someone buying a £250k-£500k home is £5k.
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Few people saying "actually she's right" about media obsession w Farage, but 1) it would OBVIOUSLY come up in interviews; 2) there are better answers than "SorryWhatPardon I don't understand"; and 3) it actually wasn't true here - first half was about her poor performance with no mention of RefUK.
Among the worse interviews I've seen a politician give. There is no way Badenoch can (or should) survive until May.
- Do you admire Nigel Farage?
- On what basis?
- Do you admire him?
- I don't understand your question.
- What do you think of him?
- Why don't you ask me about Ed Davey?" 😱 ~AA
- Do you admire Nigel Farage?
- On what basis?
- Do you admire him?
- I don't understand your question.
- What do you think of him?
- Why don't you ask me about Ed Davey?" 😱 ~AA
October 7, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Few people saying "actually she's right" about media obsession w Farage, but 1) it would OBVIOUSLY come up in interviews; 2) there are better answers than "SorryWhatPardon I don't understand"; and 3) it actually wasn't true here - first half was about her poor performance with no mention of RefUK.
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We all hoped the Windrush scandal would be shame enough. But no. The Tory party plumbs new depths with its vile rhetoric. Nothing good comes from their prejudice. But our communities prove them wrong every day.
Important response to Jenrick from @sathnam.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/3af4...
Important response to Jenrick from @sathnam.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/3af4...
October 7, 2025 at 5:02 PM
We all hoped the Windrush scandal would be shame enough. But no. The Tory party plumbs new depths with its vile rhetoric. Nothing good comes from their prejudice. But our communities prove them wrong every day.
Important response to Jenrick from @sathnam.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/3af4...
Important response to Jenrick from @sathnam.bsky.social
www.thetimes.com/article/3af4...
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I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
October 7, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I know statistics are poorly understood and are misused. But facts matter
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
Between the 1991, 2001, 2011 and 2021 Census *every* ethnic group in the UK has become *less* geographically segregated and *all* groups, majority and minorities, are more likely to interact with people not like them
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Sadiq Khan's team on Trump's comments about London crime
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
September 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Sadiq Khan's team on Trump's comments about London crime
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
The homicide rate in the US is seven times that of London
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Sadiq Khan’s response to Farage’s deportation plan 👏
September 22, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Sadiq Khan’s response to Farage’s deportation plan 👏
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There were no education events at Reform conference. Their only policies appear to be giving private schools their tax breaks back and changing the history curriculum to trumpet the benefits of empire.
September 7, 2025 at 11:19 AM
There were no education events at Reform conference. Their only policies appear to be giving private schools their tax breaks back and changing the history curriculum to trumpet the benefits of empire.
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Outstanding.
August 29, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Outstanding.
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The snake oil salesman got his way once - the result was a disaster. Don’t let him do it again
August 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
The snake oil salesman got his way once - the result was a disaster. Don’t let him do it again
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Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
August 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Just for perspective, a few weeks ago roughly 100,000 turned up for the London Trans+ Pride march. By contrast fewer than 3,000 ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, have turned up to anti-asylum "protests". Yet we are meant to take the latter as "the voice of the people" and the former as "the minority".
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When we were in the EU we were 5th from bottom for food prices out of 28.
Now we are in the top 3.
Now we are in the top 3.
August 16, 2025 at 6:52 PM
When we were in the EU we were 5th from bottom for food prices out of 28.
Now we are in the top 3.
Now we are in the top 3.
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This short Twitter exchange illustrates perfectly just how far the Tories have fallen compared to even a few years ago...
August 15, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This short Twitter exchange illustrates perfectly just how far the Tories have fallen compared to even a few years ago...
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US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
August 15, 2025 at 7:23 PM
US army rolling the red carpet to murderer’s plane. I will never forget this image.
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Good to see Rosie Holt MP going after these dangerous terrorists.
MP claims Surrey Care home is a “hot bed of terrorist activity” filled with Palestine Action supporters.
August 8, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Good to see Rosie Holt MP going after these dangerous terrorists.
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Brexit dividend: our swimming waters are MUCH more polluted than any EU country's because we no longer have to follow EU environmental law since Brexit so water companies can get away with just about anything.
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
August 8, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Brexit dividend: our swimming waters are MUCH more polluted than any EU country's because we no longer have to follow EU environmental law since Brexit so water companies can get away with just about anything.
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
(Just one of many pesky EU rules Brexiters hated.)
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Chocolate rations.
(Nineteen Eighty-Four)
(Nineteen Eighty-Four)
August 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Chocolate rations.
(Nineteen Eighty-Four)
(Nineteen Eighty-Four)
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the depravity is boundless
Aid groups report that Israel is refusing to allow any olives or other “fruits or vegetables with pits or seeds that could be planted” into Gaza. They will only allow in pitted olives.
Israel’s new measures do nothing to stop the starvation crisis in Gaza, say aid workers
Humanitarian workers say airdrops and corridors to allow trucks into region have done little to stop the rising death toll
www.theguardian.com
July 30, 2025 at 8:18 PM
the depravity is boundless
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Labour's Polly Billington MP responds to Reform's letter:
"Reform UK can't just go around writing unhinged letters threatening investors with reprisals for growing our green economy and creating good, well-paid jobs. Here's my response and the questions they need to answer - signed by 58 Lab MPs."
"Reform UK can't just go around writing unhinged letters threatening investors with reprisals for growing our green economy and creating good, well-paid jobs. Here's my response and the questions they need to answer - signed by 58 Lab MPs."
July 18, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Labour's Polly Billington MP responds to Reform's letter:
"Reform UK can't just go around writing unhinged letters threatening investors with reprisals for growing our green economy and creating good, well-paid jobs. Here's my response and the questions they need to answer - signed by 58 Lab MPs."
"Reform UK can't just go around writing unhinged letters threatening investors with reprisals for growing our green economy and creating good, well-paid jobs. Here's my response and the questions they need to answer - signed by 58 Lab MPs."
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It is the vastly overcharged rents that are driving house prices, because something is only worth what it can earn.
July 13, 2025 at 7:04 PM
It is the vastly overcharged rents that are driving house prices, because something is only worth what it can earn.