helen

[HMRCsick @HCsick]

@KemiBadenoch When you and @MelJStride have finished honouring each other, you might want to spare thoughts for bereaved families of #LoanChargeSuicides. As you know, the #LoanCharge legislation was deliberately muled through by Mel, without due process scrutiny or impact analysis. 11 dead.

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

In a debate discussing Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs), @AlexSobel MP thanked Index, the UK Anti-SLAPP Coalition and the brave targets of SLAPPs who have spoken out against abusive legal tactics.

#StopSLAPPs

[CIoJ @CIoJournalist]

Bureau of Investigative Reporting: "From environmental campaigners, to abuse survivors, to customers leaving negative reviews, the remarkable range of ordinary people who have faced spurious legal threats was the subject of a parliamentary debate." See: https://t.co/EGNM13MaBO

[NUJ @NUJofficial]

“SLAPPs stifle free speech and the public's right to know," said @johnmcdonnellMP, NUJ parliamentary group secretary.

“The previous PM committed to legislation; unfortunately, that was not in the King’s speech. Now is the time to pick up the pace.”

https://t.co/dbs6agZpep

[Rael Braverman @raelbrav]

Small examples of Broken Britain.

I land back in the UK after flying @British_Airways - The WiFi on the plane does not work. Then I wait over an hour for the bags. No updates. No explanation. No idea when they will arrive. @British_Airways customer service is rude and utterly unhelpful.

People travelling with very young children are simply told to wait or leave their bags at the airport. It is now 1am. I’m told these delays have been happening all summer because there aren’t enough baggage handlers working at night.

Then, as if to complete the experience, the airport lifts go down because of a power cut. I can’t even access the floor where the car is parked. None of the staff seem to know what to do. Their only suggestion is to find some stairs somewhere and carry all the bags up five flights of stairs.

None of these things, individually, is a national catastrophe. That is precisely the point.

They are small, everyday examples of a country where increasingly nothing works properly, nobody seems accountable and the public is simply expected to put up with it.

This is what Broken Britain looks like. Not one spectacular failure, but thousands of small failures becoming normal.

[Jennifer McAdam @JenMcAdamUK]

In 2017, I received a legal threat from Carter Ruck after I spoke out about #OneCoin

Yesterday, an MP raised my experience in the House of Commons, UK Parliament during the debate on SLAPPs

9 yrs later,it is now on the parliamentary record

#SLAPPs #FreeSpeech #UKParliament👇

[Jennifer McAdam @JenMcAdamUK]

Interested in viewing the full UK Parliament House of Commons Back Bench SLAPPs debate then click the link below and watch from 21:15 onwards; 👇

https://t.co/LnGHQzNe5X

[Camilla Tominey @CamillaTominey]

Andy Burnham is now committing to spending 3pc of GDP on defence by 2035, rather than 2030. Shouldn't John Healey resign again? #PMQs

[Dan Bruce @dannybster]

Elephants are yellow and have fluffy noses.

[Henry Jackson Society @HJS_Org]

Our response to the Government confirmation it will continue with the Chagos deal.

[House Of The People @HoTPOfficial]

Parliament returns today after summer recess.

First up in the Commons: a backbench debate on SLAPPs, the lawsuits used to drain critics of time and money until they give up. Three private member's bills already propose stronger protections.

Government's position so far: monitor the existing rules, don't legislate further.

Track how every MP votes on this and everything else at https://t.co/WVi7iKrI6t

[Index on Censorship @IndexCensorship]

This evening in the House of Commons, MPs from across Parliament will show the human impact of SLAPPs and the need to #StopSLAPPs. Tune in to UK Parliament TV to follow the urgent conversation

[Dan Bruce @dannybster]

Come talk to me at 53 Agar Grove!

[Dan Bruce @dannybster]

We do. The problem is people who love him have never had to engage with him.

I have and he’s been awful. He made huge demands in opposition but abandoned us once he took power.

I value people who do what they say, Keir is not one of those people!

[Dan Bruce @dannybster]

@Valhalla51 His constituents are over the moon! He avoided us like the plague.

[helen @HelenX678]

Totally agree with you Dan. The way Keir Starmer treated you and the others at Agar Grove is appalling. I'm pleased for you he's gone. Hopefully, you'll now get an MP who will try to help those at Agar Grove, rather than making politically expedient promises and then ghosting you.

[Welsh Cladiators @WelshCladiators]

@PhilH23 @dannybster I know he has and the sheer number of them testify to how impotent his constituency MP was. @UKLabour @TheGreenParty @LondonLibDems @LdnConservative #Starmer

[Dan Bruce @dannybster]

How out of touch can you be?

He avoided his constituency like the plague and stumbled from unforced error to unforced error as PM.

He did his utmost to avoid any sort of fight that would’ve bettered the country.

[Welsh Cladiators @WelshCladiators]

@emmadentcoad Indeed any reporters should pop around to Agar Grove & speak to long suffering Starmer constituent @dannybster - his life has been wrecked by building safety defects & toxic 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏠industry. He’ll give an insight into the effectiveness of KS - @LBC @NickFerrariLBC

[Welsh Cladiators @WelshCladiators]

Mixed blessings for long suffering constituent @dannybster. He’ll hopefully get an interested MP but will have to start again in educating them. No end to his nightmare. Keir Starmer announces he is standing down as MP https://t.co/mFV1QJU2OG