JELH

Forest fan, local government policy geek, political nerd. All (original) views my own

[JELH @ForestRedEd]

@SafeCycleLDN @Labourstone @wfcouncil @WeSupportWFMH @London_Cycling @allpartycycling Subject to Covid impacts, I believe this is due to start construction wb 1st March! Supporting modal filters going in this week

[Ros @RosalynFlowers]

To see what we really value in society, follow the money. The pandemic has shown us just how much value is created by our carers, our nurses, our bus drivers, our teachers, our doctors, our rubbish collectors, our social workers and more. Now lets reward and recognise this! 💛

[Labourstone @Labourstone]

Thanx to @TfL #LDNStreetSpace funding @wfcouncil will be looking to deliver 2.15kms- in each direction- of light segregated #CycleTrack- #Wands etc- along #ForestRdE17 from #WilliamMorrisGallery to #WoodFordNewRd. More info to come. @WeSupportWFMH @willnorman @London_Cycling

[Kevin Fenton @ProfKevinFenton]

As Londoners we can all play our part in reducing #Covid19 cases in the city by following @PHE_London's #TopSixTips:

1. Stick with six 6⃣
2. Mask up 😷
3. Wash your hands 👋🏽
4. Keep your distance 🧍🏽🧍🏽‍♀️
5. Check your symptoms 🌡️
6. Pull together 😀

#KeepLondonSafe

[JELH @ForestRedEd]

Really excellent performance from @vaughangething on Newsnight earlier. Clear, calm and balanced take on the challenges we face and the actions needed to get on top of the virus. The sort of leadership we desperately need in England.

[stellacreasy @stellacreasy]

In a pandemic involving a deadly virus when it benefits you directly for someone else to have easy access to testing so that it can be traced, this is possibly the perfect embodiment of why you don’t want the private sector ethos in charge- an unjust and ineffective proposal.

[Rock'n'Rollbookclub 📚 @e17RnR_books]

20 minute neighbourhoods. Pioneered, here: #Walthamstow in @thesundaytimes today @Labourstone 🚲 🚶‍♀️

[JELH @ForestRedEd]

Absolutely brilliant news. It was a pleasure to nominate the inspirational @ShamaTatler. Looking forward to seeing a strong local government team on the NEC providing the new leadership this country so desperately needs.

[Walthamstow Labour Party @stowlabour]

🚨NEC NOMINATIONS NEWS🚨 Walthamstow CLP has nominated @AnnBlackLabour @gsjosan @JermainJackman @JohannaBaxter @lukeakehurst @MichaelPayneUK @ShamaTatler @TerryPaul_NEC & @TheresaEurope for the NEC CLP division. Congratulations all!

[JELH @ForestRedEd]

All hail the Lord of Chaos!

[Sir Michael Marmot @MichaelMarmot]

Inequalities in mortality from #COVID19 - the social gradient - are similar to inequalities in mortality from all causes, suggesting that the the general causes of health inequalities as laid out in #Marmot2020 apply to COVID19 plus some extra in more deprived areas.

[JELH @ForestRedEd]

“What was toppled on Sunday was not just a statue, but also the historical myopia and wilful amnesia that had enabled Colston’s protectors and defenders to turn a man who had done monstrous things into a secular saint.”

[David Olusoga @DavidOlusoga]

I shared my home with Edward Colston for more than 20 years. Good riddance.

https://t.co/HhA8SWkHYi

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

"We have to make this a moment of lasting change."

- @DavidLammy

https://t.co/FPhoVZ60Qt

[The Health Foundation @HealthFdn]

Tuning into #CogX2020 today?

At 14.00 @JenniferTHF joins @_futureofwork, @MichaelMarmot and @tom_watson to discuss why work is such a key influence on health.

For more on how work affects health, check out our long read ⬇️ https://t.co/hiUPfhVsPh

[David Olusoga @DavidOlusoga]

He thinks a slave trader who's actions killed thousands of black people was a hero and by chance also likes racist toys. It's almost as if there's a pattern there? https://t.co/68XfR5ZfBy via @MetroUK

[Jon Burke 🌍 @jonburkeUK]

“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.”

[JELH @ForestRedEd]

👋 Good riddance to bad rubbish #BlackLivesMatter

[Sadiq Khan @SadiqKhan]

UPDATE: The statue of slave trader Robert Milligan has now been removed from West India Quay.

It’s a sad truth that much of our wealth was derived from the slave trade - but this does not have to be celebrated in our public spaces.

#BlackLivesMatter

[David Olusoga @DavidOlusoga]

They're not a lynch mob. He's not real. He's made of bronze. The real Colston died at home 299 years ago, a very old man, unlike the 19,000 Africans who died on the ships of the Royal African company when he was a board member.

[David Olusoga @DavidOlusoga]

I began today with trolls telling me I was making a false comparison with the US and that there is no racism here in Britain. Proving the nonexistence of racism in Britain through the medium of racism was always an ambitious strategy...

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

What’s striking about this moment is that when you look at the protests it’s black and white, young people, old people, all kinds of people. All saying enough is enough.

[David Lammy @DavidLammy]

Justice for George Floyd means making this moment a turning point, where we address racism in the US, the UK and across the world #BlackLivesMatter