Ellie Chowns MP + photo of Ellie, a woman with brown bobbed hair, in white top and teal green jacket with a hedge behind her. Greens Against Covid logo. "Today I am taking time to remember the hundreds of thousands of people in Britain who lost their lives in the pandemic, and to pay tribute to all those in the NHS and public health fields who worked tirelessly to manage the disease and save lives. I also want to draw attention to the may ways Covid is still affecting us today - from effects on health such as Long Covid to lasting financial and emotional strain, the impact of the pandemic is still being felt by many. If we are to prevent another devastating pandemic, the government must act. Implement the recommendations of the Covid Inquiry, invest much more into our NHS and pandemic preparedness, and ensure corruption and private profit do not stand in the way of public health." #COVID-19DayofReflection Imprint: Promoted by Covid and Long Covid Campaign Working Group (Green Party), c/o PO Box 78066, London SE16 9GQ.

Thanks @elliechowns.bsky.social , @greenparty.org.uk MP for this reflection and the understanding that the harms are ongoing. #Covid-19DayOfReflection

#CovidIsNotOver

How Reform UK’s ‘family friendly’ agenda threatens women and girls With Reform UK still polling highly, we take a hard look at what the party’s politics could mean for abortion, contraception and motherhood

How Reform UK’s ‘family friendly’ agenda threatens women and girls | With Reform UK still polling highly, we take a hard look at what the party’s politics could mean for abortion, contraception and motherhood | Lisa Burton

Card with image of Starmer and Louis Mosley ‘It beggars belief’: MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security By Charlie Young and Carole Cadwalladr

NEW

MoD sources warn Palantir’s role at heart of government is threat to UK’s security.

One said: "Ministers clearly have a lack of understanding of Palantir’s technology"

Investigation by Charlie Young @charlienotold.bsky.social
Report by Charlie Young and @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

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Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies Communities displaced and destroyed while death toll rises faster than during any previous war in Lebanon For Batoul Hamdan and her two children, seven-month-old Fatima and Jihad, three, Monday’s iftar, the evening meal that breaks the daily fast during Ramadan, was special. For a week, they had eaten to the sounds of bombs in their home in Arab Salim. Hamdan eventually decided to leave for Al-Nimiriya, the sleepy town where she had grown up. Surrounded by her parents and siblings in the family home, she hoped they could finally enjoy the festive mood of Ramadan. Continue reading...

Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel’s war on Lebanon intensifies

Maybe this might change their minds?

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Unions demand second employment rights bill Workers’ groups say new labour reforms leave major gaps, as campaigners plan a rally in London calling for stronger legal protections

Unions demand second employment rights bill | Workers’ groups say new labour reforms leave major gaps, as campaigners plan a rally in London calling for stronger legal protections | Tony Burke

Israel kills 12 medics in attack in southern Lebanon as war ravages nation Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.

Israel's attack, echoing similar carnage it wrought in Gaza, kills doctors, paramedics and nurses who were on duty.

​​​​Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock​ – CCC  - Climate Change Committee The independent, statutory body tested its cost and energy security conclusions against different scenarios. It found that the total additional cost of a single fossil fuel price spike of 2022 magnitu...

The additional cost of ONE fossil fuel price spike on the scale of 2022 = the ENTIRE COST of Net Zero by 2050. We get precisely nothing in return for the first cost, and a whole new, more secure and cheaper energy system from the second one.
#NoBrainer
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Two US Air Force B-1 bombers take off from RAF Fairford in England.

Fairford is one of two bases that the UK has given the US permission to use for "specific defensive operations into Iran", British Defence Minister John Healey has said

Bold Politics Live in London with Zack Polanski and Cody Dahler 👇

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Ukraine finds new role as protector of US, Gulf allies amid Iran war

Ukraine finds new role as protector of US, Gulf allies amid Iran war https://aje.news/bpz70b

Why an American-style health-care system would be bad for Britain A US style healthcare system may be politically desirable for some, but it is a far from perfect system, even for the insured

Politicians on the right laud the US healthcare system. Yet medical bills is the single biggest cause of bankruptcy – having insurance doesn’t mean you're covered.

Read now to see why the NHS is by far the better option.

@eastangliabylines.co.uk

Britain’s economy is flatlining - but we have the defibrillator. It’s time to use it. "The politics and the economics are pointing in the same direction. This doesn’t always happen so when it does, you move."

Great article by @pimlicat.bsky.social and @bestforbritain.org

Couldn't agree more.

Have a read..

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Ella Baron @EBaronCartoons on #Trump #Netanyahu and the victims of the war in the Middle East #PeteHegseth #WarOnIran #IranWar @Guardian – political cartoon gallery in London original-political-cartoon.com

A Green perspective on the Planning and Infrastructure Act Everyone agrees that Britain needs to get building houses – urgently. However, does the new Act enable this at the cost of the environment?

Everyone agrees that Britain needs to get building houses – urgently. However, does the new Act enable this at the cost of the environment? | Adrian Ramsay MP

Solidarity 💚💚💚

The General, Pizzagate and the Ballad of Edgar Welch The end of Book 8 of Trojan Horses takes us through the Broligarch and Russian backed information warfare that led to Trump’s first victory. Two more books to come

The General, Pizzagate and the Ballad of Edgar Welch

The end of Book 8 of Trojan Horses takes us through the Broligarch and Russian backed information warfare that led to Trump’s first victory. Two more books to come

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Why Gas-Powered Data Centres Could Soon Be Coming To Britain Are UK data centres preparing to use gas-powered generators as a short-term energy fix? And what is the government’s view on whether they should? N...

At @commonseac.parliament.uk we're launching an inquiry into the environmental impact of UK data centres, which seem likely to be gas-powered. Brits shouldn't have to face higher bills and accelerated climate change in Starmer's bid to become an “AI superpower”
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The Iran War Could Collapse the United States in the Next Six Months 47,900,000 Americans are already food insecure and our food supply chain is at risk in a way Americans have never known

A very serious problem.

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The Government must publish the risk assessment of the Trump Drug Deal.

Support the campaign here: hey-mp.uk?c=USphar

Another Green Win!!!!! 🎉

Huge congratulations to the Liverpool Greens.

We're making hope normal again. Join us: join.greenparty.org.uk

Very important. 👇

We cannot allow political subservience to Trump and Netanyahu to lead Britain into a dangerous, illegal, expensive war.

It's time for Starmer to show some genuine backbone on the international stage.

‘Nowhere near enough’ being done to tackle misogyny among young boys Estimates reveal one in five girls aged 16-19 in England and Wales have experienced domestic abuse

The definition of a national crisis: almost one in five girls aged 16-19 in England and Wales have experienced domestic abuse, estimates show.
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Is the Green Party on the march? Membership 'quadruples' under Zack Polanski A stalwart of West Cumberland Green Party has said membership has quadrupled due to popularity of Zack Polanski and frustrations with Labour.

Love that Cumberland's Green Party membership has *quadrupled* in the last 6 months. 🚀

This is happening all over England & Wales. Join us! 💚

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Green MP Siân Berry applauded for critique of ‘illegal war’ in Iran on Question Time 'This war has been no help at all to the people of Iran'

Green MP @sianberry.bsky.social was applauded for her contribution on #BBCQT last night on the war in Iran

A vertical bar chart titled “London has one of the lowest rate of road traffic deaths in the world.” The chart compares average road‑traffic deaths per 100,000 daytime population for multiple international cities from 2018–2020. Bars run horizontally from 0 to 8 on the x‑axis. At the top of the chart, Oslo has the lowest value, followed by Inner London highlighted in yellow at 0.8, then Zurich, Copenhagen, Stockholm, and Greater London highlighted in yellow at 1.1. Below these are Brussels, Bristol, Barcelona, Dublin, Montreal, Paris, Edmonton, Calgary, Warsaw, Milan, Vancouver, Greater Manchester, Lisbon, Melbourne, New York City, Auckland, Buenos Aires, Accra, Rome, Bogotá, Belgrade, Guadalajara, São Paulo, and Fortaleza. Cities at the bottom of the chart show the highest values, approaching 8. Footnote: “Daytime population is the sum of the resident population and the net influx of commuters.” Source: ITF Safer Streets Database.

London is proving that sustained action on road safety delivers real change.

By investing in better junctions, safer speeds and HGV safety standards, we’re building a city you can move around with confidence.

Low rates are a start, but our goal is zero. Because every journey should end safely.

Taco is an increasingly unhelpful way of looking at the Trump administration open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...

For shame