I'd like to put on record my thanks to @HullTrades for presenting me with one of their limited edition International Brigades memorial badges last week. I will wear it with pride. ¡No pasarán!
It was a privilege to address tonight's meeting of Hull and District Trades Council, speaking about anti-fascism and Labour Party democracy.
It was also an incredible honour to visit the monument for Hull's International Brigades volunteers. ¡No pasarán!
#ChangeIsComing
3 years ago today, Jo Cox was murdered by a white supremacist. Today we honour her legacy and her compassion for all. We will continue to honour her legacy for a fairer, more tolerant world. #LoveLikeJo
Comparison of NHS data for 9th year in power, Labour vs Tories:
Patients waiting 4+ hours in A&E:
Labour 2005/06: 340,617
Tory 2018/19: 2,975,637 (+774%)
Patients waiting 4+ hours for admission:
Labour 2005/06: 54,187
Tory 2018/19: 625,578 (+1054%)
Truly horrifying Tory chaos.
A hungry child cannot learn properly and it is a disgrace that in one of the richest countries in the world so many children are being held back because of the Tories’ ideological obsession with austerity. https://t.co/y0fB6BC31l
Tory Leadership Contender Dominic Raab's wish list:
✔️Fully privatised NHS
✔️Sell off ALL social housing
✔️Workhouses
✔️Abolishments of workers rights
✔️Abolishment of workers sick pay
✔️Abolishment of workers holidays
✔️13hr days and 48hr working weeks
1 in 5 children in the East Riding are living in poverty. This affects all aspects of their lives, and probably for the rest of their lives. It's not right, it's not fair. Something has to change. Vote Black, Gallant and Langcaster on May 2nd!
Tory NHS
1️⃣ Worst performing NHS EVER
2️⃣ 100,000 NHS vacancies including 42,000 nurses & 10,000 doctor vacancies
3️⃣ Introduced 2012 Health & Social Care Act driving privatisation
4️⃣ NHS Trusts £7.3 Bn in debt
5️⃣ Worst performing A&Es EVER
6️⃣ 1 in 6 A&Es face closure or downgrade
Making people work longer before they can collect their state pensions risks exacerbating social inequalities and threatens to create new gender inequalities, says analysis by think-tank International Longevity Centre UK (ILC)
https://t.co/VIHr5OsfzA
The Tories have slashed funding to East Riding of Yorkshire
Your Council has lost:
A total of £30.56 million since 2010
That's £268.59 per household the Tories have stolen from you & your family
You get what you vote for
A vote for the Tories is a vote for more cuts
#IDontUnderstandPeopleWho vote for austerity. How anyone can vote for something so cruel is beyond me. In our constituency alone 1 in 5 children live in poverty. That figure is too high for one of the richest economies. #SocialistSunday#VoteLabour