Livi Elsmore
@liviels.bsky.social
Campaigning for fairness + liveable communities @ the Healthy Air Coalition. I post my own and others' views on politics, clean air, housing, legal and social justice issues. #pwME and #AssistedDying advocate.
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🚨BREAKING NEWS
The Isle of Man has passed its assisted dying law - the first part of these islands to do so. It will be available to those with 12 months or less to live (much better than the six months proposed in Westminster). A big step forward for choice and compassion. Well done IOM! 🎉
The Isle of Man has passed its assisted dying law - the first part of these islands to do so. It will be available to those with 12 months or less to live (much better than the six months proposed in Westminster). A big step forward for choice and compassion. Well done IOM! 🎉
March 25, 2025 at 11:16 AM
🚨BREAKING NEWS
The Isle of Man has passed its assisted dying law - the first part of these islands to do so. It will be available to those with 12 months or less to live (much better than the six months proposed in Westminster). A big step forward for choice and compassion. Well done IOM! 🎉
The Isle of Man has passed its assisted dying law - the first part of these islands to do so. It will be available to those with 12 months or less to live (much better than the six months proposed in Westminster). A big step forward for choice and compassion. Well done IOM! 🎉
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"We must tread lightly on people's final moments." Powerful words from @kitmalthouse.bsky.social on why assisted dying must be accessible, compassionate & free from unnecessary stress. A choice, not an ordeal. Watch his speech 👇 #AssistedDying
March 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
"We must tread lightly on people's final moments." Powerful words from @kitmalthouse.bsky.social on why assisted dying must be accessible, compassionate & free from unnecessary stress. A choice, not an ordeal. Watch his speech 👇 #AssistedDying
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We’ve been so moved seeing the #FundThePlan videos over the past few weeks.
Now, we want to get our call to #FundThePlan out far and wide. Here’s a little something we’ve put together for the campaign.
We’d love your help making some noise with it 🙏
Now, we want to get our call to #FundThePlan out far and wide. Here’s a little something we’ve put together for the campaign.
We’d love your help making some noise with it 🙏
March 12, 2025 at 9:04 AM
We’ve been so moved seeing the #FundThePlan videos over the past few weeks.
Now, we want to get our call to #FundThePlan out far and wide. Here’s a little something we’ve put together for the campaign.
We’d love your help making some noise with it 🙏
Now, we want to get our call to #FundThePlan out far and wide. Here’s a little something we’ve put together for the campaign.
We’d love your help making some noise with it 🙏
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The thing about trying to cut PIP by making the assessments harder is that's exactly what the last government tried to do by introducing PIP (replacing DLA) in the first place. And it didn't work - costs went up.
So why is this going to work?
So why is this going to work?
March 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
The thing about trying to cut PIP by making the assessments harder is that's exactly what the last government tried to do by introducing PIP (replacing DLA) in the first place. And it didn't work - costs went up.
So why is this going to work?
So why is this going to work?
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ULEZ works. It’s that simple.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
March 7, 2025 at 7:34 AM
ULEZ works. It’s that simple.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
Expanding the Ultra Low Emission Zone wasn’t a decision I took lightly, but the latest figures show that it was the right one for the health of millions of Londoners.
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One year on from the expansion of the ULEZ in London, we are delighted to see significant progress made in cleaning up the capital’s air!
This progress will protect the health of everyone who lives and works in the capital, and future generations of Londoners. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This progress will protect the health of everyone who lives and works in the capital, and future generations of Londoners. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Ulez: Cleaner air for Londoners after expansion, study finds
London pollution has reduced after the controversial expansion of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, a report finds.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 7, 2025 at 9:47 AM
One year on from the expansion of the ULEZ in London, we are delighted to see significant progress made in cleaning up the capital’s air!
This progress will protect the health of everyone who lives and works in the capital, and future generations of Londoners. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This progress will protect the health of everyone who lives and works in the capital, and future generations of Londoners. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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NEW: Car manufacturers want to hide the truth about their dirty diesel emissions. Along with MPs, over 50 major charities & organisations and hundreds of individuals, we demand court documents are made public. #Dieselgate #AirPollution
Biggest class action ever in court as campaigners demand Dieselgate documents
It comes a decade on from ‘dieselgate’ - the 2015 scandal Volkswagen admitted as many as 11 million of their cars had ‘defeat’ software to manipulate the tests
www.mirror.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 8:06 AM
NEW: Car manufacturers want to hide the truth about their dirty diesel emissions. Along with MPs, over 50 major charities & organisations and hundreds of individuals, we demand court documents are made public. #Dieselgate #AirPollution
The level of willfully incorrect info in the media about @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social UK #AssistedDying Bill and its process through Parliament is astonishing.
Exhibit A: This article in @thetimes.com by a commentator whose writing I've previously admired: www.thetimes.com/article/eeda...
Exhibit A: This article in @thetimes.com by a commentator whose writing I've previously admired: www.thetimes.com/article/eeda...
https://thetimes.com/article/eeda48…
March 4, 2025 at 8:00 PM
The level of willfully incorrect info in the media about @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social UK #AssistedDying Bill and its process through Parliament is astonishing.
Exhibit A: This article in @thetimes.com by a commentator whose writing I've previously admired: www.thetimes.com/article/eeda...
Exhibit A: This article in @thetimes.com by a commentator whose writing I've previously admired: www.thetimes.com/article/eeda...
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are opponents of the Leadebeater bill really trying to improve it - or just creating attack points for the media ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...
Assisted dying bill: what’s the point of all these amendments?
Opponents of the bill are debating at length amendments that they know will be defeated. There’s a reason for this
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk
March 2, 2025 at 9:18 AM
are opponents of the Leadebeater bill really trying to improve it - or just creating attack points for the media ? www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/a-good...
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“A rail replacement bus service”
February 28, 2025 at 8:29 AM
“A rail replacement bus service”
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Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
#netzero #cimatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
#netzero #cimatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
www.theguardian.com
February 24, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Britain’s net zero economy is booming, CBI says
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
#netzero #cimatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Green sector growing at triple the rate of the UK economy, providing high-wage jobs and increasing energy security
#netzero #cimatecrisis
Story by me
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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🎥 Today we’re launching our #FundThePlan campaign!
With over a month until the delivery plan is finalised, ministers can still reconsider the resources behind it.
We want to show them why it is important to #FundThePlan.
Share a video on social media using our template ⬇️
With over a month until the delivery plan is finalised, ministers can still reconsider the resources behind it.
We want to show them why it is important to #FundThePlan.
Share a video on social media using our template ⬇️
![“Script: Dear Wes & Ashley, My name is [...] and I have ME. I used to [...]. Now I can’t [...] The Delivery Plan for ME is an opportunity to invest in our future and reverse generations of neglect. So please, fund the plan.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wjbaponwuqichcsh2fiwono5/bafkreiabltmz3fvjbcanakfzgyloxps5wjyzrvmgqw67mzkwte6dkyp6tu@jpeg)
February 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
🎥 Today we’re launching our #FundThePlan campaign!
With over a month until the delivery plan is finalised, ministers can still reconsider the resources behind it.
We want to show them why it is important to #FundThePlan.
Share a video on social media using our template ⬇️
With over a month until the delivery plan is finalised, ministers can still reconsider the resources behind it.
We want to show them why it is important to #FundThePlan.
Share a video on social media using our template ⬇️
This is rage-inducing :(
NEW: Pregnancy became far more dangerous in Texas after the state banned abortion, according to ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis, which found the sepsis rate for women hospitalized as they miscarried in the 2nd trimester shot up by more than 50%.
https://propub.li/43487Tj
https://propub.li/43487Tj
Texas Banned Abortion. Then Sepsis Rates Soared.
ProPublica’s first-of-its-kind analysis is the most detailed look yet into a rise in life-threatening complications for women experiencing pregnancy loss under Texas’ abortion ban.
propub.li
February 20, 2025 at 5:27 PM
This is rage-inducing :(
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Delighted to see my LD colleague @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social write in The Times that the forthcoming government Delivery Plan for ME must has ambition, clear targets and resources to make a meaningful difference. As a member of the APPG ME I’ll do what I can. #pwME have waited too long.
"Thousands of patients in dark rooms are looking to the government to prove it is on their side." Writes @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social
With no further funding for the ME delivery plan, will it just be more tokenism & dismissal for #pwME?
To read more: archive.ph/a3iYo
With no further funding for the ME delivery plan, will it just be more tokenism & dismissal for #pwME?
To read more: archive.ph/a3iYo
February 19, 2025 at 10:16 AM
Delighted to see my LD colleague @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social write in The Times that the forthcoming government Delivery Plan for ME must has ambition, clear targets and resources to make a meaningful difference. As a member of the APPG ME I’ll do what I can. #pwME have waited too long.
Is the assisted dying bill really in danger? Smart take on why we keep hearing that lately:
'Journalists find it more interesting to ask whether the bill is in trouble, even on scant evidence, even if the answer is pretty straightforwardly: Not really, no'
@markmardell.bsky.social #AssistedDying
'Journalists find it more interesting to ask whether the bill is in trouble, even on scant evidence, even if the answer is pretty straightforwardly: Not really, no'
@markmardell.bsky.social #AssistedDying
February 17, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Is the assisted dying bill really in danger? Smart take on why we keep hearing that lately:
'Journalists find it more interesting to ask whether the bill is in trouble, even on scant evidence, even if the answer is pretty straightforwardly: Not really, no'
@markmardell.bsky.social #AssistedDying
'Journalists find it more interesting to ask whether the bill is in trouble, even on scant evidence, even if the answer is pretty straightforwardly: Not really, no'
@markmardell.bsky.social #AssistedDying
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'Don’t be taken in. Campaigners [opposed to assisted dying] try to create an impression that the herd is moving their way... only in the pages of the Tory press are MPs stampeding: actual MPs seem to be moving little, and if anything in favour.' Polly Toynbee 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
The concerted attack on assisted dying won’t stop the public supporting this bill | Polly Toynbee
A forceful campaign is trying to make Kim Leadbeater’s committee look as if it’s on the edge of failing. The opposite is true, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
www.theguardian.com
February 14, 2025 at 1:15 PM
'Don’t be taken in. Campaigners [opposed to assisted dying] try to create an impression that the herd is moving their way... only in the pages of the Tory press are MPs stampeding: actual MPs seem to be moving little, and if anything in favour.' Polly Toynbee 👇
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
February 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Cars are getting 1cm wider every two years. That may not sound much, but over time it adds up, and they're showing no signs of slowing down 😬
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
That's #carspreading. Our new campaign is calling on city leaders to make parking policies fairer by varying costs based on the size of a car.
Why? 🧵1/8
This is a welcome change and would improve the proposed system in terms of safeguards and workability.
By introducing an Assisted Dying Commission led by a High Court Judge & expert panels to oversee every decision, the safeguards of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill are enhanced further with a multidisciplinary layer of protection⬇️
I’m changing my bill to ensure people have the right to a dignified death – here’s how | Kim Leadbeater
February 11, 2025 at 9:11 AM
This is a welcome change and would improve the proposed system in terms of safeguards and workability.
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✏️ New studies show that toxic air pollution is responsible for the most common form of lung cancer 🫁
In the words of our campaigns manager, these "devastating findings should be a wake-up call for ministers"❗ @theguardian.com
In the words of our campaigns manager, these "devastating findings should be a wake-up call for ministers"❗ @theguardian.com
Air pollution causing 1,100 cases a year of main form of lung cancer in UK
Exclusive: Health experts and cancer charities say findings should serve as wake-up call to ministers
buff.ly
February 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
✏️ New studies show that toxic air pollution is responsible for the most common form of lung cancer 🫁
In the words of our campaigns manager, these "devastating findings should be a wake-up call for ministers"❗ @theguardian.com
In the words of our campaigns manager, these "devastating findings should be a wake-up call for ministers"❗ @theguardian.com
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As someone who was supportive of the so-called 'Ming Vase' strategy for Labour to win power in 2024, it's probably worth saying now that the point of that wasn't supposed to be so you could carry the vase over the same floor for another four years.
February 10, 2025 at 11:37 AM
As someone who was supportive of the so-called 'Ming Vase' strategy for Labour to win power in 2024, it's probably worth saying now that the point of that wasn't supposed to be so you could carry the vase over the same floor for another four years.
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it truly is mind boggling the number of times musk has retweeted literal nazi accounts, promulgated nazi theories, done the nazi salute, supported neo-nazi parties around the world, all in plain sight, yet i still haven't seen an article titled: "elon musk is an actual nazi and here's the evidence"
February 7, 2025 at 10:37 PM
it truly is mind boggling the number of times musk has retweeted literal nazi accounts, promulgated nazi theories, done the nazi salute, supported neo-nazi parties around the world, all in plain sight, yet i still haven't seen an article titled: "elon musk is an actual nazi and here's the evidence"
Hello! Looks like this is the place.
Photo for context for why I'll be spending more time here going forward. Hoping Bluesky can be a useful, informative and respectful mix of views and ideas.
Photo for context for why I'll be spending more time here going forward. Hoping Bluesky can be a useful, informative and respectful mix of views and ideas.
February 3, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Hello! Looks like this is the place.
Photo for context for why I'll be spending more time here going forward. Hoping Bluesky can be a useful, informative and respectful mix of views and ideas.
Photo for context for why I'll be spending more time here going forward. Hoping Bluesky can be a useful, informative and respectful mix of views and ideas.