Diane Abbott
@HackneyAbbott
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Re-elected as Labour MP for Hackney North & Stoke Newington. https://t.co/B33IyD9QZA
Hackney, London
Joined June 2010
Prisoners have been jailed for direct action by Palestine Action. Some have been on remand for over a year. 8 people have gone on hunger strike in protest. The government should drop these anti-democratic terrorism charges, and prisoners should be bailed before trials for damage.
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Justice for the Cammell Laird 37.
Our message is clear: justice for the Cammell Laird 37. These men were not vandals, nor criminals - they were workers fighting for their rights & livelihoods. Jobs, not jail, must guide us. We won’t rest until justice is done - these men deserve their names cleared.
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Wes Streeting wants t blame the flu, or blame doctors for the current crisis in the NHS. The reality is the NHS is being underfunded, and operations are being cut back to save money. NHS orders hospitals to cut back on operations to save money https://t.co/GTTGv7snuE
bbc.co.uk
Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.
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This is a grossly illegal act. It shows it has nothing to do with any alleged drugs trade. It is piracy in US interests, robbing oil and an attempted prelude to regime change. Venezuela denounces act of piracy after US seizes oil tanker off the coast https://t.co/gDBxplxeD6
theguardian.com
Grainy footage uploaded to X by the attorney general shows US forces landing on the helicopter – in a major escalation of Trump’s pressure campaign
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Fundamental rights being stripped from people in secret. 9 million potentially vulnerable. Black and Asian people 12 times more likely to be victims. A draconian, abusive and racist policy. Revealed: Britain racist system of stripping citizenship https://t.co/LbfM8Gs418
independent.co.uk
‘Secretive’ system means citizens are not even informed they have lost their rights, says damning report
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The answer is it will just feed the far right and racists' demands, and will deter Labour voters. We know this because it is what all the previous reactionary policies have done. Will curbing ECHR undermine the far right or deter progressive voters? https://t.co/1UpVXy3H5N
theguardian.com
Previously sceptical MPs now want to modernise human rights law to prevent an overreach of the law and losing to the far right
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The Guardian editorial is essentially correct. The standard advice to all victims of abuse is, get out of the relationship. Trump and Europe: More of an abusive relationship than an alliance https://t.co/UJwOt945UU
theguardian.com
Editorial: The White House is aggressively seeking to weaken and dominate the United States’ traditional allies. European leaders must learn to fight back.
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No-one who has followed all the police scandals is surprised. Police chiefs were told that the technology discriminates against women and Black people and replied, "Let's have it." Police forces lobbied for adoption of biased facial recognition technology https://t.co/x56oQqUYHe
theguardian.com
Exclusive: System more likely to suggest incorrect matches for images of women and Black people
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Like all the other reactionary manoeuvres under this government, this is not fighting the far right. It is pandering to them. Starmer urges European leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right https://t.co/aLRgGqyUu6
theguardian.com
Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders
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Six prisoners on hunger strike are facing a very serious situation regarding their safety and well-being. There should be widespread media coverage about their plight. Ask your MP to sign the EDM demanding urgent action from the Justice Secretary, here: https://t.co/7HoA5uYDIB
edm.parliament.uk
That this House expresses its extreme concern that six prisoners associated with Palestine Action have felt that they had no other recourse to protest against their prison conditions but to launch a...
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The interim report into maternity services paints a familiar picture of systemic failings. The number of women dying in childbirth is increasing across the board. We need urgent action to address this and deliver the high level of personalised care that every woman deserves.
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Business and their media lobbyists have pushed hard against the package of workers' rights. The government has already caved on day 1 protections. There should be no more dilution of rights. Rayner blames vested interests in delay of workers' rights Bill https://t.co/NPM2HGyrvs
thetimes.com
The former deputy prime minister, the architect of the reforms, urged the government to press on with the Employment Rights Bill
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The British and French governments have both whipped up hostility to asylum seekers. They are also turning a blind eye to racist attacks on vulnerable people. France and Britain failing to tackle anti-migrant racist activists https://t.co/BRyYefdBEg
theguardian.com
Migrant support groups in France say lack of action over British activists is ‘encouraging violent and xenophobic practices’
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These are terrible failings. Mothers and babies lives are traumatised and sometimes lost. It is even worse for poor women and Black women. The Health Secretary should prioritise this crisis. NHS maternity failings leave women feeling blamed for poor care https://t.co/Ktgn4ypfIF
thetimes.com
Baroness Amos, who is leading a national investigation, said the situation was ‘much worse’ than she had anticipated
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The housing policy is doomed to failure because it relies on a private sector driven solely by profits. We need homes built for social need - council housing. Steve Reed admits Labour falling behind on house building target https://t.co/mIDiaqRWyK
bbc.co.uk
Housing Secretary Steve Reed tells the BBC's Build Baby Build ministers are "pulling every lever" to increase building.
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Asylum policy is brutal, as well as being unworkable. UK asylum policy causes more violence and deaths, say rights groups https://t.co/Y0w4Bc2XZJ
theguardian.com
Home Office drive to stop small boats crossing Channel is handing more power to people smugglers, report finds
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The main victims of racism are those people targeted by the racists, including government policies on immigration. But we all lose out from their reactionary rubbish. Rising racism blamed for collapse in numbers of foreign nurses coming to work here https://t.co/hP3nV10Kpo
theguardian.com
Number of overseas nurses and midwives registered between April and September was half that of a year ago
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My piece: These asylum reforms must be opposed Shabana Mahmood’s draconian asylum proposals fuel racist scapegoating and risk demoralising Labour’s base – potentially paving the way for Farage to No 10. https://t.co/64W2hXEm1w
morningstaronline.co.uk
THE Labour Party is in dire straits in the polls, and yet there are some in the Cabinet who clearly feel that the answer is still chasing Reform UK into the sewer on immigration and asylum. Unfortu...
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It would be better for the Health Secretary to prioritise people's health. But Wes Streeting does not do that. I realise now my view on mental health overdiagnosis was divisive, says Streeting https://t.co/h3lc8kEU9P
theguardian.com
The surge in mental ill health is hugely distressing. That’s why I’ve commissioned a review to find out what’s driving it, says health secretary Wes Streeting
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Keir Starmer knows that membership of the customs union would boost the economy and improve living standards. And yet refuses to do it. Starmer rejects idea Britain could rejoin the customs union https://t.co/je9qRMldUS
thetimes.com
The prime minister’s chief economic adviser told him the move would increase exports to the EU and reduce costs for businesses
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