Okay fine for the literally thousands of people asking about my opinion on the new album: The Fate of Ophelia and Opalite have me on a new plane of existence and this whole album is washing over me in euphorically quenching waves of pop
These protestors are not stupid
They KNOW they are going to prison for this, but they are doing it anyway
They're doing it to show that repression won't work, and the climate movement is not going away
It's an act of incredible courage and heroism. THANK YOU!
Climate protestors Phoebe Plummer & Anna Holland: jailed for 2 years & 20 months respectively after throwing soup at art covered in protective glass.
Huw Edwards: convicted of making indecent images of children & got a suspended sentence.
Sentencing laws aren’t fit for purpose.
Sally Nugent, "Did you know you would be kicked out if you rebelled?"
Zarah Sultana, "No, I wasn't informed that was going to happen if I rebelled"
SN, "How does that feel now then?"
ZS, "I'm disappointed the party has taken the decision.. They should be able to tolerate a difference of opinion.. Actually a lot of the parliamentary Labour party want to scrap the two child benefit cap"
SN, "You have just won a general election on a manifesto that did not contain scrapping the two child benefit cap"
ZS, "The manifesto I stood on committed to reviewing universal credit and causes of poverty, and having an ambitious strategy to tackle poverty, which includes the two child benefit cap"
"All eleven of the trade unions, support scrapping the two child benefit cap.. This is also supported by the TUC, which represents 6 million workers.. As well as Keir Starmer himself for his 2020 leadership bid.. Also charities like Save the Children.. The Archbishop of Canterbury."
"The cap is seen as a key driver of child poverty in this country.. If the Labour party have a moral mission it should be to eradicate child poverty"
SN, "Do you feel you have achieved anything?"
ZS, "10,000 children live in avoidable poverty in my constituency.. 1/3 in are facing this reality.. Going to sleep hungry at night, learning on an empty stomach, going back to cold homes.. And long term impacts on health, well being and life expectancy"
SN, "Chancellor Rachel Reeves says no unfunded commitments will be made, so you accept there just isn't the money?"
ZS, "Fiscal responsibility at this moment in time means that 330,000 children are living in poverty.. We are the sixth largest economy in the world.. We have enough wealth"
"UK billionaire wealth tripled to just under £700 billion under the Tories.. A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million would raise £24 billion.. Equalising Capital Gains with Income Rate thresholds you'd raise £16 billion.. When people say there isn't the money to fund this, they aren't looking in the right place"
On behalf of the people of Bristol, a @CityofSanctuary, I just asked Home Sec @YvetteCooperMP to take @UNHCRUK's advice: #LiftTheBan on asylum seekers working
It would lift them from destitution, bring in more tax, and get much-needed specialists in our economy.
She said no.
This is not an attempt to justify what happened at Stonehenge today, or even to change anyone’s mind about it. I’d simply like to add some context that I feel has been missing from some reports, statements and tweets.
will somebody PLEASE think of the middle aged snooker fans during this global ecological crisis, it’s just not their fight and it’s not fair that they’re being dragged in to it!!!!!
🎱 NEW OIL AND GAS WILL SNOOKER US
🦺 At around 7:20pm, two Just Stop Oil supporters have disrupted the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, interrupting play. The pair proceeded to cover the tables in orange powder paint before being removed by security and arrested.
🛢️ They are demanding that the Government immediately stop all new UK fossil fuel projects and are calling on UK sporting institutions to step into in civil resistance against the Government’s genocidal policies.
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