On the exhausting task of trying to enact change at established organisations: "If you are going the wrong way in a crowd, you have to push harder than any of those who are going the right way." Sophia Hoosein and Jessica MacQueen talking at #DCCSix
"Too many lives - and the fate of the entire region - hang in the balance."
-- @antonioguterres calls for an immediate humanitarian ceasefire in the Middle East to ease epic human suffering.
Hospitals in Gaza are at a breaking point.
Without immediate entry of aid, essential health care services will come to a halt.
I visited Gaza in 2018. Access to care was already difficult. I know firsthand that a mass evacuation to the enclave's south would be disastrous - for patients, health workers and other civilians left behind or caught in a dangerous and maybe a deadly mass movement. We appeal for the reversal of the decision.
I’m lost for words at how incredibly callous this is. Quote from Robert Jenrick, the minister who ordered their removal: “It wasn’t age appropriate”.
Home Office had murals for children removed at second asylum centre https://t.co/dhAGuunITw
@Critsmitter @Yourallypally@FourTet@squidsoup@EatYourOwnEars Just for completeness, I called and there is a bag drop run by security for larger bags at a cost of £10 per bag which is very expensive imo. These measures are in place because of the recommendations from the enquiry into the Manchester Arena bombing.
“@SuellaBraverman...has failed to act on the repeated warnings she has been given about totally inadequate safeguards for children in their care." https://t.co/oEojtw177z
I appreciate not everyone is a massive nerd. So I'm going to attempt to explain what just happened in parliament.
Because it is BEYOND batshit levels of foot-shooting by Team Truss. /1
The government promoted 'Local Democracy Week' yet across England and Wales councils look nothing like the way we vote. Add your name to @electoralreform's call for real local democracy https://t.co/eQqd9O9dDF
Dear Commonwealth leaders, the UK's Rwanda scheme is cruel, colonial and an affront to Africa.
YOU have the power to change this. Do not stay silent.
Letter from over 20 celebrities to you today. #CHOGM2022. Read full letter here.
https://t.co/drHJilb4a1
Make no mistake – women are going to die as a result of this decision. But we will not stop fighting until until every women in every state has the right to an abortion.
Our Summer of Rage has just begun. We'll see you in the streets.
Indefinite immigration detention is inhumane & unjust. Thousands are denied basic rights. We stand together against institutionally racist systems & the denial of human rights. Add your voice here >>> @DetentionAction#BlackLivesMatter https://t.co/EuPx9LQowx