Trish O'Rourke

Oxfam Head of News. Much injured hockey player. Views my own.

[Richard Gaisford @richardgaisford]

Powerful image of a mocked up Israeli bomb outside @UKParliament today, as @Oxfam reminds MPs how many people will die in Gaza during parliamentary recess. Flowers represent dead and injured. Magnus Corfixen tells me what @oxfamgb hopes to achieve. @GMB

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

BREAKING NEWS: Oxfam has applied to intervene formally in a judicial review of the Government’s continued approval of arms sales to Israel - Court hearing today ➡️ https://t.co/hGL2eCeweB

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

REACTION: Oxfam's @KTChakrabortty responds to Gaza vote in UK Parliament this evening: https://t.co/jFJWSazw67

[Trish O'Rourke @TrishORourke1]

Home Office says Rwanda is unsafe for #AsylumSeekers Surely we must stop the immoral #immigration bill now? https://t.co/G0gqqSY8wz

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

Oxfam: “The humanitarian situation in Yemen remains dire with almost 21 million people in desperate need of food, water and life-saving aid. It is vital that peace is restored and further suffering prevented.”
https://t.co/gQ4eTZqshu

[Leo Hickman @LeoHickman]

Striking frontcover of today's Guardian:

"The 1% polluter elite"

Reports on new Oxfam findings:

"Richest 1% account for more carbon emissions than poorest 66%"

https://t.co/0UvZXBpbP3

[Oxfam International @Oxfam]

ALERT: Oxfam's colleagues in #Gaza have worked tirelessly with international media for past three weeks, giving hundreds of eye-witness accounts. They are now uncontactable and forced silent.

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

Never in Oxfam's history have we seen a humanitarian crisis like the one in Gaza - @dhnnjyn
https://t.co/gNRG0wd3wW

[BBC Newsnight @BBCNewsnight]

‘World leaders, including Biden I think, have to have the courage to step in and force all parties into a ceasefire’

Dr Danny Sriskandarajah, CEO of Oxfam GB explains that a humanitarian corridor will not be enough and calls on those with power to end the war

#Newsnight

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

REACTION: Oxfam is horrified by the bombing of a hospital in Gaza. Bombing of hospitals is against basic humanity and a war crime. https://t.co/RowZcwPEsM

[BBC Politics @BBCPolitics]

Joining Victoria Derbyshire, standing in for #BBCLauraK

Foreign Sec James Cleverly
Scottish FM Humza Yousaf
Labour's David Lammy
Former Israeli ambassador Mark Regev
Head of Palestinian Mission to the UK Husam Zomlot

Sunday 9am @BBCOne

https://t.co/CkTHGcuwTS

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

"We try to keep ourselves mentally sane as much as possible ... the fear at night is indescribable."
@Oxfam's country relations manager Najla Shawa in #Gaza on @BBCWomansHour
Listen from 08:35 - https://t.co/yWlBeDinbt

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

Laila Barhoum, @Oxfam policy and advocacy manager, speaking on the current situation in #Gaza on @BBCNews

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

Oxfam's @KTChakrabortty on @BBCNewsnight discussing our latest discussion paper, Radical Pathways Beyond GDP.

https://t.co/cJfX4cbqga

[Trish O'Rourke @TrishORourke1]

'Extracting more fossil fuels from the North Sea will send a wrecking ball through the UK’s climate commitments' @LyndsayWalsh4 @oxfamgb
https://t.co/W9rHe7spFC

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

REACTION: Oxfam response to the government’s decision to approve at least 100 new gas and oil licenses for the North Sea

Full reaction here: https://t.co/RofUQodiL9

[Trish O'Rourke @TrishORourke1]

@Kelly_Campaigns @LiverpoolWomens Congratulations Kelly - gorgeous addition to Oxfam campaigns 💞

[Danny Sriskandarajah @dhnnjyn]

Oxfam’s job is to end poverty – we refuse to be distracted by the toxic culture wars. Here are some reflections on the reaction to the @oxfamgb Inclusive Language Guide
@guardianopinion
https://t.co/cTyfhh569g

[Trish O'Rourke @TrishORourke1]

@MattGrainger0 @KateRaworth Matt was probably craving sugar between his incessant cans of coke - you are lucky he didnt suggest a coke ring😉 Excellent discussion on Monday @KateRaworth Wonderful to see the concept spread throughout the world.

[Oxfam News Team @oxfamgbpress]

Oxfam has sent a large shipment of aid to help provide people with safe water after devastating earthquakes in Syria and Turkey. https://t.co/LzIZ3HY7sd