Very disappointing.
Cannabis being illegal ruins countless more lives than the plant alone ever could. Labour's chest-puffing stance of bashing users at every opportunity to show they'd be 'tough on crime' is embarrassingly out of touch and outdated. 🧵
Happy Birthday to this one!
The man who gave me green fingers. Always an inspiration, never once worried he'd have my back. He should be PM right now but he'll always be DAD.
#HappyBirthdayJeremyCorbyn
It was Dad's last PMQs as Labour leader today. People will never know how close we came to having a truly decent man, who would've looked out for every single one of us, in the top job and the possibilites for a better world that would have come with it.
I've known this guy a long time...
Britain, this is your chance to elect the most decent, honest, fair, hard working Prime Minister we've ever had.
Do it.
Sickening.
Say what you like about my old man but you'd never catch him talking about letting "the bodies pile high"
More to the point, he would have done everything he could stop the bodies piling high
#BorisTheButcher
20 years ago, nine year old me sat and watched my Dad tell the biggest gathering of people I've ever seen exactly what would happen if we invaded Iraq.
20 years later, every word has been proven right.
20 years ago, we organised the largest demonstration in UK history to oppose the Iraq War.
We warned it would set off a spiral of conflict, death and desperation.
We were vilified. We were deceived. We were ignored. But we will never stop striving for a more peaceful world.
A young Nazi sympathiser who downloaded bomb-making instructions has been sentenced to read classic novels including Pride and Prejudice instead of being given a prison sentence
Interesting day ahead I'm sure.
Whatever anyone writes in any report, this man is the furthest thing from a racist as it's possible to be.
I've spent my entire life watching him relentlessly fight every form of racism and oppression across the globe.
#IStandWithJeremyCorbyn
“Drugs are horrific,” says Rishi Sunak.
“There is nothing recreational about them. I have never taken them and I will be incredibly tough on anyone who does.”
My entire life I've watched this man tirelessly fight for a better world, starting with Islington North.
Proud doesn't even begin to cut it. Socialism is about a lot more than a Labour rosette.
Remember when Sajid Javid lists "seeing off the threat of Corbynism" as one of Johnson's biggest achievements in office, he's talking about a threat to homelessness, poor living conditions, unlivable wages and the destruction of our health service
Just had a call from the Mail. Apparently they've 'discovered' the handyman ads I put up a while back when we needed money to finish the shop.
The idea one of Murdoch's minions thinks he can job shame me because I can use my hands is fucking hilarious.
Look forward to this one!
Huge respect to
@vicderbyshire
, the number on her hand is for a domestic abuse helpline.
Being in lockdown is bad enough, now imagine doing it with someone who terrifies you.
For anyone who needs it - National Domestic Abuse Helpline: 0808-2000-247
18 years ago today I sat and watched my Dad tell the world what would happen if we invaded Iraq.
"It will set off a spiral of conflict, of hate, of misery, of desperation, that will fuel the wars, the conflict, the terrorism ... of future generations"
So
@lisanandy
wants to come to Islington North and tell people not to vote for their MP of nearly 40 years?
Let me tell you why that's not going to work...
Seriously, hats off to Rosie who's been furiously tweeting for 4+ years saying that I'm getting a healthy salary as dads "chauffeur". I think it's time to come clean and say I don't actually have a drivers licence.
Gobsmacked anyone could say Sarah Everard was making a poor decision by WALKING HOME.
Women should not be scared to walk home in this day and age.
My heart goes out to Sarah's family and all women who've been victims of violence at the hands of men.
Yesterday
@archiemanners
and I convinced anti-vaxxer Piers Corbyn to take £10,000 he thought came from AstraZeneca to stop criticising their vaccine. Except it was monopoly money and we recorded the whole thing.
I wouldn't have a Dad today if Darren Osborne had been successful. Is it any surprise that happened when there were headlines like this and obscene comments from politicians flying round on a regular basis for years?
Dan Hodges has some nerve lecturing 'the left' on hate speech
Do we seriously live in a world where the artwork of children living under occupation is seen as more offensive than the occupation itself? Shame on you
@ChelwestFT
This takes me back! 😲
I think I was about 10 but I remember it like it was yesterday.
Me, my Dad, the great Tony Benn and millions of people opposing the war on Iraq ✌️
"The occupation must end. The settlement policy must end. As we promised in our manifesto there must be unconditional recognition of the state of Palestine"
#FreePalestine
Solidarity with all the incredible people who appeared in last night's
#Panorama
and are now getting the most horrendous abuse for speaking out. I hope they know the majority of us watching were filled with nothing but respect and admiration for what they do
#ThankYouNHS
#PPENow
Just been invited to have my covid jab! 💉
I wasn't expecting to get one for months. Hats off to our incredible NHS for this unbelievably fast rollout! 💙
Compared to the clusterfuck that privately run Test and Trace is. We can NEVER allow the NHS to be privatised.
For nearly 30 years I've had to put up with this geezer photobombing me and I'm just glad the rest of you have finally caught up with the
#CorbynPhotoBomb
I'll let him off today though... Happy fathers day old boy!
This government truly are scum. Every last one of them. Punishing over a million kids to go hungry because they have an ideological hatred for anyone who isn't well off.
Meanwhile the PM complains about having to live on £150k.
#ToryScum
Respect to Harry and Meghan for speaking out about what they've had to endure.
The monarchy is as dysfunctional as it is out of touch.
More concerned about what an unborn baby's skin tone will be than having a nonce in their ranks.👎
#AbolishTheMonarchy
#MeghanandHarryonOprah
Scottish Labour’s national recovery plan is so important because it puts Scotland’s recovery above all else.
We must focus on what unites us, not what divides us.
Solidarity with the family and friends of the 96 people who lost their lives at Hillsborough 32 years ago today.
Never, ever buy the Sun.
#JFT96
#DontBuyTheSun
The reason they try so hard to destroy him has nothing to do with the man himself (he's just a nice bloke with a nack for growing veg) it's what he represents, empowering the many at the expense of the few that has them terrified.
#WeSupportCorbyn
Watching
@realDonaldTrump
declare war the American people live on TV is one of the most surreal and terrifying things I've ever seen.
Power to all those standing up for what is right.
#BlackLivesMatter
#AmericaOrTrump
HAPPY to RT this for you Paul!
Glad you're facing the consequences of your actions.
Maybe in future you should spend a little more time serving your community and a little less time making libellous posts 🤡
Socialist Gabriel Boric has just won the election against the far right in Chile! 🇨🇱🥳
A victory against the same fascism that once drove my family from the country. I'll be on the pisco tonight 🍹
#ChileElige
One of the proudest moments of my life was watching this speech.
Afterwards one of the Glastonbury staff tapped me on the shoulder and said "you know he just got a bigger crowd than Rihanna"
#WeSupportCorbyn
There was a lot to get used to when Dad became leader but this shit was by far the worst.
Literally a gang of the most obnoxious people you could imagine camped outside day and night. (1/3)
Doorstepping politicians and public figures is pretty shitty behaviour, don’t care who it is. If you want an interview, call or message them. Their neighbours and their families haven’t chosen to be in the public eye. Was an utter joke when Corbyn was leader and a security risk
Today’s NEC vote and Keir Starmer’s ongoing decision to bar me from sitting as a Labour MP is disappointing.
I am grateful for and humbled by the support I've received, especially from my Islington North constituents.
The struggle for peace, justice and sustainability goes on.
Huge respect to
@DawnButlerBrent
There's something broken in a system that punishes someone for calling out lies and protects someone else for repeatedly lying.
Boris Johnson is a liar. Reality is a minor inconvenience to him.
Breaking:
Courageous Labour MP
@DawnButlerBrent
has just been told to leave the Chamber by Deputy Speaker for raising my film which public have sent to 27 MILLION VIEWS in protest at Prime Ministers rampant lying in Parliament & calling PM a lier
Thank you for your courage Dawn
Bernie keeping it real today with his classic coat and mittens 👌
The mittens are made by a school teacher in Vermont from repurposed woolen jumpers and recycled plastic bottles 💚
Slow news day? These were taken last May (the last time I wore an ironed shirt) and it was a totally legal CBD strain of Spring Haze.
@TheSun
come along to the
@NatHempServ
when we open, I'll gladly educate you on things a bit if you're struggling... 😘
Mr Free Speech wants his followers to "hound these twats out" for... exercising their freedom of speech?
The Left needs to reclaim the freedom of speech argument fast. It can't be left to idiots like this and GB News.
This is beyond words.
On the left: what
@Chartwells_UK
are giving private school kids.
Compared to a fucking coin bag with a few flakes of tuna and some slithers of veg?
The reality of having a government that quite literally only caters for the rich.
Love it. Living his best life and championing ethical businesses as he goes
How people were convinced this guy is a 'danger to Britain' I'll never know
Yesterday
@jeremycorbyn
visited the fantastic
@GreenCityCoop
in Glasgow, a worker-owned cooperative who have been sustainably feeding the people in this incredible city since 1978.🌱
Lol a few days ago he was the Mexican president's guest of honor at their daily press briefing... But yeah, Labour are bringing out the big guns, Mary Creagh is going to "end his career". 🙃
Staggeringly delusional people.
I beg you Mary, come to Islington North, tell ten ramdom people you want to get rid of Jeremy Corbyn as their MP and let me know the responses you get... 🤡
The sheer arrogance of anyone thinking that turning up for a day with clipboards and nothing to offer will do anything but piss people off is laughable.
It's a lot bigger for people round here than the colour of your badge.
Now that we've blatantly seen from the
#LabourFiles
how disgusting and purposeful the smears and lies against him and so many others were, this *should* be a no brainer.
Mind you, if Labour want to get their arses handed to them on an Islington North shaped platter, be my guest
Disgraceful. Nadia Whittome MP has been sacked from the job she took on as a care worker, for daring to speak about the lack of protective equipment those heros are given while on the frontline battling COVID-19.
Clap em every week but give em the boot if they talk out of line?
Boris Johnson found an extra £16bn for military at a time when 1.4 million people have no recourse to public funds and Rashford had to force him to feed children.
How much of that will go to BAE Systems? a company already massively subsidised and only worth 0.6% of British GDP.
This is a small slice of what happens when the establishment comes together to smear someone as a 'danger to Britain' when all he wanted was for people to have roofs over their heads and be able to eat.
Glad it didn't even stop him going on his bike ride.
Turns out all you need to do to get the PM and Chancellor to come in and dress up for a promo shoot is fire 2,000 highly skilled workers and replace them with low paid apprentices
Prime Minister Boris Johnson and Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak during a visit to a British Gas training academy in Leicestershire.
📷Rui Vieira/PA Wire
#BorisJohnson
#IStandWithKenLoach
Ken Loach is not "controversial" or antisemitic. He's a legendary film maker and national treasure who isn't afraid to say it how it is.
Solidarity Ken ✊
(
@KenLoachSixteen
)
Now the ceasefire is in effect there needs to be a full investigation into the war crimes committed against Palestinians, an end to the illegal occupation and international recognition of the state of Palestine
#PalestineWillBeFree
My heart goes out to this poor woman and her family but she was not consuming cannabis. Awful headline.
'SPICE' (synthetic cannabis) is worlds apart from actual cannabis.
This is a prime example of how prohibition of a very safe plant has led to something infinitely worse. 🧵
God I wish I was there...
I'll always bloody love Liverpool. The place knows solidarity like nowhere else. Hope everyone had a wicked night 🍻
#OhJeremyCorbyn
✌️
This has made my day! You’d think it was 2019 in Sefton park yesterday.
The boy
@jeremycorbyn
is always welcome in Liverpool!
Thanks for sharing this moment
@ScouseBirdBlogs
!
"If you love this country and you love its people, then you should love the freedoms that go with it, the freedom of speech, the freedom to organise, the freedom to demonstrate.
Patriotism isn't about flag waving, its about supporting each other"
"We've lost almost the grandfather of the nation"
Prince Andrew describes the Duke of Edinburgh as a "remarkable man" and says his death has left "huge void" for the Queen
No one should be in prison for cannabis.
No one has ever died from ingesting cannabis, but millions of lives have have been ruined by its prohibition, disproportionately from working class and minority communities.
It's time to legalise.
#APlantIsNotACrime
#Happy420
When Dylann Roof massacred nine innocent people cops took him to Burger King.
When someone accused George Floyd of paying with a fake note officers murdered him in broad daylight.
Be angry. This is not okay. Solidarity.
#JusticeForGeorgeFloyd
For longer than I've been alive he's lived and breathed Islington North. You can't get two steps down the road with him without people stopping him, not just for selfies but 9/10 want to say thank you for something he's done to help them or a family member or friend.
Jeremy Corbyn tries to raise a point of order in the House, after Rishi Sunak mentioned him again during
#PMQs
.
Shadow Health Secretary Wes Streeting can be heard saying "he's gone senile".
I’m making an announcement tomorrow about a new project we’ve been working on since the Spring.
I’m excited about it and hope you will be too.
Posting here at 2.30pm Sunday🕰️
Devastating to see Isreali forces bombing civilian homes in Palestine yet again. Reports suggesting many people have been killed including multiple children.
Sending my love and solidarity to the people of Palestine tonight and always.
#EndTheOccupation
#FreePalestine