Bridge-builder, Xenophile, Host, Community Organiser, Omi (Swiss for Grandma), Linguaphile: favourite word Hesed (Hebrew for loving-kindness), Christ-follower.
While people point out Greta was on the ship, it needs to be screamed louder that there was also a member of the European Union’s Parliament aboard: Rima Hassan
Israel just kidnapped a foreign government official in international waters on humanitarian aid to a sovereign people.
I've just written to my MP to support the Crime and Policing Bill so that we can protect young people who are criminally exploited and give them a fair chance to rebuild their lives. Can you write to your MP too? https://t.co/nnDQ56GVyF
In which, as Christians on the left of politics, we dare to have an opinion on the biggest social policy change in a generation. Proud of the work, grace and good disagreement that went into this.
“Fatima should have been among us this evening.”
During the opening of the 77th Cannes Film Festival on Tuesday, French actress Juliette Binoche honoured Palestinian photojournalist Fatima Hassouna, who was killed in an Israeli air strike in Gaza
I’m SICK of saying it, but I’ll say it again. Asylum seekers can’t claim benefits. You need an NI number to do that. Asylum seekers aren’t staying in 5* hotels. Asylum seekers get £49.18p a week to live on. Could YOU live on that? NOPE. So stop pretending they’re living it large.
Yesterday, Dame Esther Rantzen wrote to all MPs, accusing those of us with concerns about the Assisted Dying Bill as having "undeclared religious beliefs".
Many of us found this distasteful and disrespectful.
Baroness Warsi: "we have now got to a point where we cannot say that Israel has a right to defend itself without saying the Palestinians have a right to defend themselves. We cannot say Israel has a right to exist without saying Palestine has a right to exist" #GMB
My friend Ruth Herbert is fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/Xvaw57ZlOY
My friend Ruth Herbert is fundraising for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGiving https://t.co/Xvaw57ZlOY
We are delighted to share that one of our LGBTIQ+ siblings has received their grant of refugee status and a life of security, congratulations Temitope! 🌈
💬 Temitope says: “I am so happy! I am so grateful for the support of the African Rainbow Family during my journey.”
Two million people trapped with no access to aid or assistance. Tens of thousands of dead people. The wounded. Orphans. This is the reality in Gaza today.
Nearly 1,000 Israel Air Force personnel published a letter on Thursday morning calling for the return of all captives and for an end to the fighting in Gaza https://t.co/r3R4YSHI8M
Hunger in South Sudan’s northeast has reached a critical tipping point, with nearly 7.7 million people facing severe food insecurity as conflict escalates. https://t.co/LjLDN4JrOE