Excellent debate last night at the Durham Union Society on "This House would rejoin the European Union". The motion, which I proposed, was carried by a substantial majority.
More important than the result was the fact that the issue was being debated. Our national politicians who are burying their heads in the sand as our economy and well being flatlines should be doing the same.
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🧵 This week - under a Labour government - NHS community services for the entire population of Wilshire (half a million people), were handed to a private equity backed company, @HCRGCareGroup, formerly known as VirginCare. 1/n
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Wow. A local NHS consortium bid for this contract - yet it’s just been awarded to @HCRGCareGroup, the private company that was once Virgin Care.
@HCRGCareGroup will now - for profit - provide community care across all of Bath, Swindon, NE Somerset & Wiltshire.
Heartbreaking 😔
Such a relief that there’s no climate crisis so these developments can go ahead without concern & without undermining commitments to being the greenest government ….
Dreadful decision. Serious holding to account journalism. And @stephensackur one of the very best. Do read the whole thread where he explains what an error it is.
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The new bill to remove the hereditary peers from the House of Lords is a very welcome. The next step should be to remove the Lords Spiritual. There should be no reserved seats in Parliament for any one religion.
https://t.co/a6nG0wQAPZ
It would cost £6bn/year for 10 yrs to bring housing standard up to decent level in UK. More than 50 places across England & Wales acting on #SDH in spite of central government inaction, with Scotland now working with @MarmotIHE. I am optimistic & hopeful @KeirStammer will act.
“When civil disobedience is punished more severely than racist rioting, something has gone badly wrong” - spot on from @GeorgeMonbiot👇 https://t.co/1ZRdhLOIfz