I will always be grateful to John for facilitating my last Commons speech on contaminated blood, which in turn allowed me to meet a promise to your dad who fought relentlessly for the victims. Just like Paul, someone of true compassion & humanity. Twice the man of his critics.
⚠️Serious violence⚠️ was the topic of today’s Reform Board; and Alysha and Stevie from @mahdloyz and @Louis_Tweedale from @youthforum_rys shared their views and experiences of how Greater Manchester can take a more community-led approach to tackling it.
@theresa_may@theresa_may how much has funding for mental health shrunk by under you? In particular for young people? Don't tell me you sincerely mean what you said here
@KTHopkins How about we talk about the austerity policies imposed by the Tory regime that has led to this. The 21k police across the country we lost. The youth services that can target those at risk of being brought into that way of life decimated. And let's skip over the racist Londonistan
1/2 - Tommy Robinson has shared a video of his debates over the past few days and believe it or not - I don’t feature. My answers mustn’t have fit his agenda so I’ll take that as job done.
@MyieshaAmani @AcekingNorris @YouthforiaNW @TylerEverallJ This was something mentioned in our workshop. Police certainly need to be able to effectively deal with people with special needs, especially as these are often vulnerable people.