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Important clarification- I've had emails from constituents saying that I had legalised abortion up to birth (which isn't true)
No, MPs haven't legalised abortion up to birth. That lie was spread on X by many who should know better. The change is about saving a handful of vulnerable women from trauma and prison. Women about whom those people do not even think.
New writing from me
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New writing from me
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No, MPs have not legalised abortion to birth
The USification of British political discourse continues apace
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June 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Important clarification- I've had emails from constituents saying that I had legalised abortion up to birth (which isn't true)
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No, MPs haven't legalised abortion up to birth. That lie was spread on X by many who should know better. The change is about saving a handful of vulnerable women from trauma and prison. Women about whom those people do not even think.
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
No, MPs have not legalised abortion to birth
The USification of British political discourse continues apace
open.substack.com
June 19, 2025 at 1:42 PM
No, MPs haven't legalised abortion up to birth. That lie was spread on X by many who should know better. The change is about saving a handful of vulnerable women from trauma and prison. Women about whom those people do not even think.
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
New writing from me
open.substack.com/pub/goodalla...
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Government should honour its promise to Hong Kongers to gain settled status after five years - not a proposed 10 years, MPs have urged.
PM announced in May he would be doubling the time immigrants have to be in the UK before they can get settled status
news.sky.com/story/govt-u...
PM announced in May he would be doubling the time immigrants have to be in the UK before they can get settled status
news.sky.com/story/govt-u...
Govt urged to keep citizenship promise to Hong Kongers - after threat to double timeline
Sir Keir Starmer announced in May he would be doubling the time immigrants have to be in the UK before they can get settled status.
news.sky.com
June 19, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Government should honour its promise to Hong Kongers to gain settled status after five years - not a proposed 10 years, MPs have urged.
PM announced in May he would be doubling the time immigrants have to be in the UK before they can get settled status
news.sky.com/story/govt-u...
PM announced in May he would be doubling the time immigrants have to be in the UK before they can get settled status
news.sky.com/story/govt-u...
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Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
June 13, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Private Eye exposing again the utter idiocy of our politics.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
This sums up *exactly* how Farage and Reform get rocket-boosted by a media, drunk on sensationalist nonsense. Unserious and irresponsible but it’ll be up to us to prove them wrong.
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Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲
As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.
So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.
So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
June 7, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Hop on, ride off! 🚆🚲
As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.
So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
As of today, bikes are welcome on-board of EU trains. All new and upgraded trains in the EU will have dedicated spots for full-sized bicycles.
So, you can ride wherever the train takes you!
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It’s clear when some wish to divide us.
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Badenoch launches review into possible ECHR exit
A review by the shadow attorney general will examine whether the UK should exit certain domestic and international agreements.
www.bbc.co.uk
June 6, 2025 at 8:17 AM
It’s clear when some wish to divide us.
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Let’s steer away from scare tactics and undermining human rights - and actually focus on protecting and upholding human rights that help us all.
That includes the European Convention on Human Rights. 👏
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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It's amazing how the same politicians can describe VAT on public school fees as an attack on aspirational parents and then argue that free school meals for poor kids are a waste of money
June 5, 2025 at 11:11 AM
It's amazing how the same politicians can describe VAT on public school fees as an attack on aspirational parents and then argue that free school meals for poor kids are a waste of money
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France urgently needs to stop fucking about on this. This is a time for European unity and European leadership, not petulant self-interested game-playing.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
UK faces weapons fund shut out despite softer Brexit deal with EU
'Wounds of Brexit' are still hampering relations, EU foreign affairs chief says
inews.co.uk
May 21, 2025 at 7:16 AM
France urgently needs to stop fucking about on this. This is a time for European unity and European leadership, not petulant self-interested game-playing.
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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Pissing off all the worst people is invariably a good sign.
May 18, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Pissing off all the worst people is invariably a good sign.
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The people kicking off about resetting relations with the EU, screaming betrayal and crying about sovereignty are the very same people who sold you Brexit on a pack of lies and would prefer you to continue suffering under their madness.
We’ve had a decade of shit, ignore them.
We’ve had a decade of shit, ignore them.
May 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
The people kicking off about resetting relations with the EU, screaming betrayal and crying about sovereignty are the very same people who sold you Brexit on a pack of lies and would prefer you to continue suffering under their madness.
We’ve had a decade of shit, ignore them.
We’ve had a decade of shit, ignore them.
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We are a couple of years behind the US. People better wake the fuck up.
The U.K. police have had guidance on how to search you after a miscarriage incase someone wants to accuse you of an illegal abortion. I can’t say it enough, we need this abortion decriminalisation amendment to pass this time observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 10:24 AM
We are a couple of years behind the US. People better wake the fuck up.
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The U.K. police have had guidance on how to search you after a miscarriage incase someone wants to accuse you of an illegal abortion. I can’t say it enough, we need this abortion decriminalisation amendment to pass this time observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Police could search homes and phones after pregnancy loss | The Observer
New national guidance suggests officers look for menstrual tracking apps or abortion drugs
observer.co.uk
May 18, 2025 at 10:23 AM
The U.K. police have had guidance on how to search you after a miscarriage incase someone wants to accuse you of an illegal abortion. I can’t say it enough, we need this abortion decriminalisation amendment to pass this time observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
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Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 63 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 63 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
May 17, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Andry José Hernández Romero, I remember you, even if I do not know how to articulate my horror, rage, & sorrow at your treatment by my government.
No one has heard from you in 63 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
No one has heard from you in 63 days.
As vigil, I’m posting a photo of you every day until you are returned from El Salvador.
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Via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on insta, the most accurate use of this meme ever
May 15, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Via @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social on insta, the most accurate use of this meme ever
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UK politics at the moment
May 13, 2025 at 5:05 PM
UK politics at the moment
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Yes, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were refugees, according to biblical accounts and the modern definition of refugees.
The story of the Flight into Egypt, where they fled from King Herod's persecution, fits the criteria of fleeing violence and seeking safety in another country.
See the similarities??
The story of the Flight into Egypt, where they fled from King Herod's persecution, fits the criteria of fleeing violence and seeking safety in another country.
See the similarities??
May 13, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Yes, Mary, Joseph, and Jesus were refugees, according to biblical accounts and the modern definition of refugees.
The story of the Flight into Egypt, where they fled from King Herod's persecution, fits the criteria of fleeing violence and seeking safety in another country.
See the similarities??
The story of the Flight into Egypt, where they fled from King Herod's persecution, fits the criteria of fleeing violence and seeking safety in another country.
See the similarities??
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Lurching to the right on immigration will never get Reform supporters to vote Labour again but it will push progressive voters towards the Greens and Lib Dems. As well as being morally grotesque, truly baffling Starmer’s team don’t get the electoral maths of today’s speech.
May 12, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Lurching to the right on immigration will never get Reform supporters to vote Labour again but it will push progressive voters towards the Greens and Lib Dems. As well as being morally grotesque, truly baffling Starmer’s team don’t get the electoral maths of today’s speech.
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Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
May 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Starmer's anti-immigrant speech today wasn't just a moral and political embarrassment. It was also an intellectual embarrassment.
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
inews.co.uk/opinion/star...
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Labour is declaring war on.... That's right, social care workers.
How on earth is this helping anybody other than Farage-fan extremists?
How on earth is this helping anybody other than Farage-fan extremists?
Foreign care workers will no longer get visas under immigration crackdown, says home secretary
Foreign care workers will no longer get visas under immigration crackdown, says home secretary
Care workers will no longer be recruited from abroad under plans to "significantly" bring down net migration, the home secretary has said.
news.sky.com
May 11, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Labour is declaring war on.... That's right, social care workers.
How on earth is this helping anybody other than Farage-fan extremists?
How on earth is this helping anybody other than Farage-fan extremists?
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I wish I believed these issues had been thought through. But it shows every sign of half-arsed-flappy-hands-Westminster-headline-panic thoughtlessness.
Cooper’s full answer suggested they are pairing this with increased pay with care workers. Which sounds good in isolation but…will there be more money for local government to fund higher care worker pay? And if there isn’t then won’t this deepen already acute local govt funding crisis?
BREAKING: “We will be closing the care worker visa for overseas recruitment” - Home Secretary Yvette Cooper
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
Don’t we have a desperate shortage of care workers?
May 11, 2025 at 8:36 AM
I wish I believed these issues had been thought through. But it shows every sign of half-arsed-flappy-hands-Westminster-headline-panic thoughtlessness.