Clive Lewis MP
@labourlewis.bsky.social
MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
1/3 It's being trailed in the media that the chancellor won't, after all, break the manifesto pledge on income tax. If that holds, I welcome it. Breaking the pledge would drive yet another nail into the coffin of political trust.
November 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
1/3 It's being trailed in the media that the chancellor won't, after all, break the manifesto pledge on income tax. If that holds, I welcome it. Breaking the pledge would drive yet another nail into the coffin of political trust.
In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
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How Palantir infiltrated the state
At a moment of national emergency, the government handed our data to Peter Thiel’s controversial company
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November 12, 2025 at 10:49 AM
In an interview about Palantir's creeping involvement in the British state and the NHS, I told @prospectmagazine.co.uk: “Its business is death and destruction. This is not an organisation you want running the democratic jewel of the postwar period.”
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/politics/dem...
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1/4 This is how leading housing and homelessness charity Shelter welcomed a major win for renters yesterday.
Last night, the Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent and, thanks to this Labour government, it’s now law.
Last night, the Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent and, thanks to this Labour government, it’s now law.
October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
1/4 This is how leading housing and homelessness charity Shelter welcomed a major win for renters yesterday.
Last night, the Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent and, thanks to this Labour government, it’s now law.
Last night, the Renters’ Rights Bill received Royal Assent and, thanks to this Labour government, it’s now law.
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Why isn't my government in favour of public ownership of water?
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why isn't my government in favour of public ownership of water?
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
Why isn't my government in favour of public ownership of water?
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
October 24, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Why isn't my government in favour of public ownership of water?
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
I don't mince my words answering this and many of your most pressing questions on water.
Watch the full video: youtube.com/watch?v=s3Lb...
Support the campaign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
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Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. But public ownership is being blocked by misleading figures.
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. But public ownership is being blocked by misleading figures.
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
What an absolute cluster.
Private companies in effect alleging the Thames Water bidding process is rigged. Who’d have guessed!
Ministers should just fess-up. This charade has never been about the public interest.
It was always about keeping water in private hands at any cost.
Private companies in effect alleging the Thames Water bidding process is rigged. Who’d have guessed!
Ministers should just fess-up. This charade has never been about the public interest.
It was always about keeping water in private hands at any cost.
October 20, 2025 at 3:55 PM
What an absolute cluster.
Private companies in effect alleging the Thames Water bidding process is rigged. Who’d have guessed!
Ministers should just fess-up. This charade has never been about the public interest.
It was always about keeping water in private hands at any cost.
Private companies in effect alleging the Thames Water bidding process is rigged. Who’d have guessed!
Ministers should just fess-up. This charade has never been about the public interest.
It was always about keeping water in private hands at any cost.
The hospitality sector is under threat. Ahead of the November Budget, I have joined other MPs to urge the Chancellor to act now to protect an industry that employs millions nationwide, provides vital spaces for connection, and creates a vibrant local life here in Norwich.
October 20, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The hospitality sector is under threat. Ahead of the November Budget, I have joined other MPs to urge the Chancellor to act now to protect an industry that employs millions nationwide, provides vital spaces for connection, and creates a vibrant local life here in Norwich.
On 4 October 2025, Trafalgar Square saw the Lift The Ban protest, where hundreds were arrested for showing support for Palestine Action after the government banned it under terrorism laws. 1/4
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October 17, 2025 at 2:39 PM
On 4 October 2025, Trafalgar Square saw the Lift The Ban protest, where hundreds were arrested for showing support for Palestine Action after the government banned it under terrorism laws. 1/4
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Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. But public ownership is being blocked by misleading figures.
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
October 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Clean, affordable water belongs to all of us. But public ownership is being blocked by misleading figures.
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
Can you ask the Environment Secretary to act on real evidence for public ownership and put people, not profiteers, first?
actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...
It’s time to take back what’s ours.
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
October 15, 2025 at 4:20 PM
It’s time to take back what’s ours.
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
At the #BlueEarthSummit I joined Feargal Sharkey and @cleanilkley.bsky.social to call out the scam of privatised water, and show how public ownership can become a reality.
If you agree it’s time to bring our water home, sign: actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
For years, the political centre has comforted itself with a story: that public mistrust is irrational.
But this mistrust is not irrational at all. It's rooted in the lived experience of a public that has seen too much.
Read my piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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But this mistrust is not irrational at all. It's rooted in the lived experience of a public that has seen too much.
Read my piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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October 13, 2025 at 9:22 AM
For years, the political centre has comforted itself with a story: that public mistrust is irrational.
But this mistrust is not irrational at all. It's rooted in the lived experience of a public that has seen too much.
Read my piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
But this mistrust is not irrational at all. It's rooted in the lived experience of a public that has seen too much.
Read my piece for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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Another day, another water price hike.
Yes, these are new increases.
By 2030 you’ll be paying an average of 35% more for your privately-owned & polluted water.
Sign below if you think it’s time for water to be publicly owned.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
Yes, these are new increases.
By 2030 you’ll be paying an average of 35% more for your privately-owned & polluted water.
Sign below if you think it’s time for water to be publicly owned.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Another day, another water price hike.
Yes, these are new increases.
By 2030 you’ll be paying an average of 35% more for your privately-owned & polluted water.
Sign below if you think it’s time for water to be publicly owned.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
Yes, these are new increases.
By 2030 you’ll be paying an average of 35% more for your privately-owned & polluted water.
Sign below if you think it’s time for water to be publicly owned.
actionnetwork.org/forms/water-...
My postbag has been filled with letters from constituents asking me to sign the #StopRosebank pledge. It's something I'm happy to back, because I support a just transition and fixing the UK’s broken energy system so we can mitigate climate breakdown through real solutions.
October 8, 2025 at 10:13 AM
My postbag has been filled with letters from constituents asking me to sign the #StopRosebank pledge. It's something I'm happy to back, because I support a just transition and fixing the UK’s broken energy system so we can mitigate climate breakdown through real solutions.
If Labour is serious about stopping the authoritarian right from filling the vacuum, it must rebuild trust by breaking with the very culture that is feeding public cynicism.
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The Integrity Gap: How We Built the Authoritarian Future We Fear
Labour MP Clive Lewis argues that the collapse of public trust in Government is the product of corporate power being wired into the architecture of the state
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October 6, 2025 at 12:06 PM
If Labour is serious about stopping the authoritarian right from filling the vacuum, it must rebuild trust by breaking with the very culture that is feeding public cynicism.
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1/2 I've written to the Health Minister and Norfolk & Suffolk ICB about concerns raised during the merger of our local NHS boards. This reorganisation affects how care is delivered across both counties.
October 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
1/2 I've written to the Health Minister and Norfolk & Suffolk ICB about concerns raised during the merger of our local NHS boards. This reorganisation affects how care is delivered across both counties.
I am deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific attack outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur. My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones, and the entire Jewish community. We must stand together, resolute against antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.
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Counter-terror police to give update after two die in Manchester synagogue attack
A third person, the suspect, was shot dead by police - video showed a man with items strapped around his waist. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.
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October 2, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I am deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific attack outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur. My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones, and the entire Jewish community. We must stand together, resolute against antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.
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20 years on from the passing of Robin Cook, I delivered the Robin Cook Memorial Lecture.
You can read the published version of my speech here.
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You can read the published version of my speech here.
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2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture - Compass
20 years on from his passing, it is as important now just as it ever has been to remember Robin Cook's life and reflect on his political commitment to democracy, environmental justice and internationa...
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October 1, 2025 at 9:16 AM
20 years on from the passing of Robin Cook, I delivered the Robin Cook Memorial Lecture.
You can read the published version of my speech here.
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
You can read the published version of my speech here.
www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...
Public disillusionment with the political class isn’t a passing phase.
It's the reality of a system where the dividing line between the state - and wealth, oligarchs and corporate power - has been systematically erased.
Read my article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
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It's the reality of a system where the dividing line between the state - and wealth, oligarchs and corporate power - has been systematically erased.
Read my article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
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September 30, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Public disillusionment with the political class isn’t a passing phase.
It's the reality of a system where the dividing line between the state - and wealth, oligarchs and corporate power - has been systematically erased.
Read my article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
It's the reality of a system where the dividing line between the state - and wealth, oligarchs and corporate power - has been systematically erased.
Read my article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...
One million people have already signed a petition against ID cards.
If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.
It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.
If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.
It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.
September 26, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One million people have already signed a petition against ID cards.
If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.
It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.
If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.
It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.
Along with 60 parliamentarians, I've written to the Prime Minister calling on him to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
This policy continues to inflict severe and avoidable hardship on families across the country. Its abolition must be central to any credible child poverty strategy.
This policy continues to inflict severe and avoidable hardship on families across the country. Its abolition must be central to any credible child poverty strategy.
September 26, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Along with 60 parliamentarians, I've written to the Prime Minister calling on him to abolish the two-child benefit cap.
This policy continues to inflict severe and avoidable hardship on families across the country. Its abolition must be central to any credible child poverty strategy.
This policy continues to inflict severe and avoidable hardship on families across the country. Its abolition must be central to any credible child poverty strategy.
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You can now watch 2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture on Youtube, delivered by Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social).
Robin was a fierce friend to Compass and a torchbearer for the human, alliance-based, radical social democracy that we need so desperately today.
youtu.be/uB7wXawsgaU
Robin was a fierce friend to Compass and a torchbearer for the human, alliance-based, radical social democracy that we need so desperately today.
youtu.be/uB7wXawsgaU
2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture
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September 26, 2025 at 1:22 PM
You can now watch 2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture on Youtube, delivered by Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social).
Robin was a fierce friend to Compass and a torchbearer for the human, alliance-based, radical social democracy that we need so desperately today.
youtu.be/uB7wXawsgaU
Robin was a fierce friend to Compass and a torchbearer for the human, alliance-based, radical social democracy that we need so desperately today.
youtu.be/uB7wXawsgaU
"Farage & Tommy are fuelled by cheques from billionaires & promotion across their media empires." 🤜
Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.
This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.
September 16, 2025 at 9:52 AM
"Farage & Tommy are fuelled by cheques from billionaires & promotion across their media empires." 🤜
Rosebank remains the UK’s largest undeveloped oil field. In January, the Edinburgh court ruled that its approval was unlawful due to the scale of the emissions involved. The Labour government now faces a decision on whether to re-approve the project under a revised regime.
September 12, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Rosebank remains the UK’s largest undeveloped oil field. In January, the Edinburgh court ruled that its approval was unlawful due to the scale of the emissions involved. The Labour government now faces a decision on whether to re-approve the project under a revised regime.
The Prime Minister needs to clarify what legal advice has been received about the visit by Israel's President Isaac Herzog to the UK, and whether his entry is compatible with our obligations under the Genocide Convention.
September 10, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Prime Minister needs to clarify what legal advice has been received about the visit by Israel's President Isaac Herzog to the UK, and whether his entry is compatible with our obligations under the Genocide Convention.