We should strive to be an inclusive community that stands up to those wanting to stoke divisions in our society. Wishing a happy Pride to all our LGBTQ+ residents, friends and families! ๐โค๏ธ
With solidarity,
Green Councillor Al Al-Maghrabi for Frome Vale
๐ณ๏ธโ๐ Happy Pride Month Frome Vale! ๐ณ๏ธโ๐
June is a reminder that everyone deserves to live openly, safely, and with dignity whoever they are and whoever they love. Our community is stronger when everyone feels welcome and accepted.
This is a really grim decision alongside Cenk.
People often talk about dangerous road we'd go down under a Reform government - this is another clear warning we're down there already.
A Labour government doing everything possible to silence criticism of the Israeli Government.
Banning Cenk Uyghur and Hasan Piker from entering the UK is an absurd and cowardly decision from an increasingly authoritarian government.
Let us call this what it is: an attack on the freedom to criticise Israel, as well as the UK governmentโs own complicity in genocide.
Migration is part of what makes this country great.
We're not an island of strangers - we're an island of neighbours.
The Green Party will always support fair & managed migration.
The 1% thrive on keeping us divided, blaming those with the least so we never look up at whoโs really benefiting. Unity is what they fear most. Credit to Jeremy Corbyn for putting his ego aside and backing cooperation with the Greens in the national interest, this is integrity.
There is only one way we will defeat Reform: together.
Thatโs why Iโm backing the Greens in the Gorton and Denton by-election.
We are a mass movement of all ages, backgrounds and faiths โ united in a belief that things can, and will, change.
The police have setup "Talk to us" events for anyone concerned about local crime or want to hear what is being done in terms of prevention, after care ect.. They have set up a few dates in advance if anyone wants to speak to their local officers. Details below ๐
Huge thanks to Cllr George for bravely volunteering his story to emphasise the need for wider structural change.
Read my full speech below ๐
https://t.co/xjcNqrNaxz
It was an honour noting the final annual report of Bristol's Disability Equality Commission and approving the Disability Equity Action Plan at Full Council today during my first speech since I joined the Green Party. 1/2
Being a disabled person myself, I am delighted to see the progression Bristol is making towards it's goal of being the most accessible city in the UK however I recognise the challenges ahead and massive amount of work the commission has already put in.
Horrified to see that British democracy is apparently up for sale to the highest bidder. Crypto millionaire Christopher Harbourne's donation to Reform is the largest single donation ever given by an individual to a British political party, a shocking ยฃ9 million pounds! 1/4
We need strict donation limits and we need to ban lobbying which is in essence legalised bribery by the rich for access to our policians to push policy which would benefit them financially or otherwise. 3/4
On the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Green Party reiterates our commitment to justice for the peopleย ofย Palestine.
Mamdaniโs victory is a powerful reminder that we can build something better, and that real change is coming - hope has returned. The establishment knows it, and they are afraid of it.
Green Councillor Al Al-Maghrabi for Frome Vale
Massive congratulations to Zohran Kwame Mamdani on his historic election as Mayor of New York City! ๐
This is a truly landmark moment and a shift in the Overton window of American politics towards a more progressive, people-powered future.
The British public are exhausted by a political class that blames ordinary people for the problems created by its own policies. The government chooses to make cuts that hurt the most vulnerable while protecting the profits of the wealthy and we have had enough.