Tess Gill

Previous Chair of New Economics Foundation and Commissioner with Sustainable Development Commission, Chair of Cross to Axbridge Safe Path Campaign.

[Tess Gill @Tess_Gill27]

Demand the new government stands up for Palestine! Use @PSCupdates latest e-action to email the Foreign Secretary https://t.co/JjGZ4EJDyB

[Christiane Amanpour @amanpour]

“They're seeing life being lost… in front of their eyes in the most dramatic fashion… This is about human survival.”

@rescueorg calls the imminent famine in Gaza “a profound failure of humanity.”

Here's my conversation with its CEO @DMiliband

[NEF @NEF]

More oil and gas licenses will only increase our energy bills. Even the secretary of state acknowledges this, but this government is willing to sacrifice the safety of our climate to appease the fossil fuel industry. 2/3

[Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis]

“We can’t turn away from what is evidently a moral failure in the face of the international community.” #Gaza

[Peter Oborne @OborneTweets]

essential viewing

[Thomas Fazi @battleforeurope]

This testimony from Paul Ley, a doctor at the European Hospital in Khan Yunis, Gaza, is absolutely sickening:

“I have worked in hospitals in Afghanistan, Uganda, Ethiopia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Cambodia... but I have never operated on so many injured children as I am now in the Gaza Strip. In the burns unit of the European Hospital we now have 78 patients, nearly two-fifths of them children under five. I have never seen anything like it. I have been in many war contexts where the type of wounds are the same but the number is huge. We never leave the hospital. We work round the clock. We do operations with minimal anaesthesia. If we run out, we can’t operate but there is no clear line. There are a lot of people crying, screaming with pain, but we don’t have enough analgesics. We keep them for the kids or very severe cases. Normally we would change dressings on patients with 40% burns with them under sedation and minimise the time by using more attendants... Now it has to be done with a lot of pain. We try to keep our heads cool and steady, but for local staff this is their families, friends, their people. They never want to amputate. They say: ‘I can’t do it any more’ and so I say: ‘OK I will do it, don’t worry,’ and you can feel the relief”.

[Tess Gill @Tess_Gill27]

Countless refugees will continue to face life-threatening journeys until the government establishes #RoutesToSafety.

Today, I choose to fuel hope, not smugglers.

Join me: https://t.co/a0IrTfSZzh

[Tess Gill @Tess_Gill27]

Can you see the avocado? https://t.co/6B7xEUKeV8

[Richard Burden @RichardBurden27]

I have just received this message from a doctor at a hospital in Rafah. Israeli forces told him at 11.49 UK time that they have two hours to get out before the hospital is targeted. Rafah is in the far south of Gaza.
Please share as widely as possible to stop this outrage

[Owen Jones @owenjonesjourno]

Gaza has been subjected to years of siege and murderous Israeli military action.

When Israel was bombing Gaza 11 years ago - and dozens of Palestinians were killed - I said this on BBC Question Time.

This is what they are desperate to eliminate: context.

[Caroline Lucas @CarolineLucas]

It’s possible to totally condemn actions of Hamas, as I do, & still believe humanitarian emergency in Gaza is appalling. UK Govt must call on Israel to show restraint, lift blockade, allow aid to reach civilians & guarantee safe passage out for medical care #ceasefire #Palestine

[The Wildlife Trusts @WildlifeTrusts]

UK Gov has just confirmed complete ban on horticultural #peat will not come into effect until 2030. A huge disappointment considering the destruction of our irreplacable peatland habitats should have been outlawed long ago. More info here 👉https://t.co/2pe9TlG9KU

[Tess Gill @Tess_Gill27]

Refugees need safe passage, not to be punished for seeking asylum. I've emailed my MP via @safepassageuk telling them I support refugees 🧡
https://t.co/dcmxetjtHd

[Tess Gill @Tess_Gill27]

Everyone, no matter where they live, should have the chance to discover that sense of freedom you can only feel in the outdoors. That is why I'm supporting the @RamblersGB petition calling on the government to expand the #FreedomToRoam: https://t.co/7dnLf7jCLO

[Trades Union Congress @The_TUC]

BREAKING 🚨 | The High Court has GRANTED permission for our legal challenge against strike-breaking agency worker regulations.

This a major blow for the government's attempts to undermine the right to strike.

[Ben Phillips @benphillips76]

Just so well done. Watch the whole thing.

[Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana]

Since Thatcher privatised water companies:

- Bills up 40%
- Shareholders paid £72,000,000,000
- Bosses handed £58,000,000 (just in the last 5 years)
- Around 3,000,000,000 litres of water lost to leaks every single day

It's time to bring water into public ownership.

[NEF @NEF]

France has a state-owned energy provider @edfenergy and bills have only risen by 4%.

In the UK energy is controlled by private companies and the increase is 54%.

Why don't we have the same levers to protect people over profits?! @Miatsf on #BBCPapers

[Miatta Fahnbulleh @Miatsf]

Fantastic news that the government will finally have to come up with a credible plan for getting to #netzero 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[Haaretz.com @haaretzcom]

Findings show that Israeli security forces fired the bullets that killed Shireen Abu Akleh in May, and not indiscriminate firing from Palestinians, a UN human rights office spokesperson said on Friday
https://t.co/LI7eFURptD