Who can answer the English Question? “Centuries of imperial primacy have produced a fused identity: British on the outside & English within”. Great article on English national identity from @AnthonyBarnett 👇 https://www.newstatesman.com/ideas/2024/12/who-can-answer-english-question
Who can answer the English Question? “Centuries of imperial primacy have produced a fused identity: British on the outside & English within”. Great article on English national ...
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/CarolineLucas/status/1867227250732515682#m
New study shows majority of people who voted to leave EU would now accept a return to free movement in exchange for access to the single market - plus similar support for a reciprocal youth mobility scheme.
So when will the government catch up? @euromove https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/dec/12/majority-of-brexit-voters-would-accept-free-movement-to-access-single-market-uk-eu
New study shows majority of people who voted to leave EU would now accept a...
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/CarolineLucas/status/1867165505360109848#m
RT by @CarolineLucas: Trade barriers are hurting UK businesses and households, but the tide is turning. The European Movement, led by Caroline Lucas & Dominic Grieve, is amplifying voices for closer EU ties and opportunities for trade, culture, and youth.
Trade barriers are hurting UK businesses and households, but the tide is turning. The European Movement, led by Caroline Lucas & Dominic Grieve, is amplifying voices for closer EU ties...
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/euromove/status/1866491844978266354#m
RT by @CarolineLucas: ICYMI: Watch our latest webinar, The Role of National Identity in the Journey Back to Europe, with @CarolineLucas and @JYDenham on YouTube now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yh3deJ14Hw&t=116s&pp=ygUUZXVyb3BlYW4gbW92ZW1lbnQgdWs%3D
ICYMI: Watch our latest webinar, The Role of National Identity in the Journey Back to Europe, with @CarolineLucas and @JYDenham on YouTube now: youtube.com/watch?v=7yh3deJ1…
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/euromove/status/1866835125960577336#m
RT by @CarolineLucas: Climate change is making extreme weather more frequent and more severe.
But - as Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, says - the UK is not ready for its impacts.
Government must make adaption a national priority.
Climate change is making extreme weather more frequent and more severe.
But - as Emma Pinchbeck, CEO of the Climate Change Committee, says - the UK is not ready for its impacts.
Government must make adaption...
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/EllieChowns/status/1866495865990287441#m
RT by @CarolineLucas: Very pleasing to see the Greens getting into the politics of adaptation - this is where *everything* is going to end up now.
Very pleasing to see the Greens getting into the politics of adaptation - this is where *everything* is going to end up now.
nitter.privacydev.net/AdrianRamsay/status/1864747223394762890#m
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/meadwaj/status/1864985063865073989#m
RT by @CarolineLucas: .@Keir_Starmer, don't make a scapegoat out of bats.
Please meet environmental charities soon & let's make sure that nature restoration and planning reform go hand-in-hand.
@_BCT_ @Natures_Voice @WildlifeTrusts @nationaltrust @ChrisGPackham @HugoSAS
.@Keir_Starmer, don't make a scapegoat out of bats.
Please meet environmental charities soon & let's make sure that nature restoration and planning reform go hand-in-hand.
@_BCT_ @Natures...
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/RSBenwell/status/1864963984870256827#m
RT by @CarolineLucas: The Prime Minister was wrong to blame nature protection & regulators for stopping development🏡
Read our joint letter to @Keir_Starmer calling for an urgent meeting to discuss how #nature & sustainable development can go hand-in-hand👇
https://www.wcl.org.uk/docs/2024/letter_to_sir_keir_planning_reform_december_24.pdf
📷Cassie Crocker
The Prime Minister was wrong to blame nature protection & regulators for stopping development🏡
Read ...
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/WCL_News/status/1865039413425721518#m
Looking for a wonderful environmental charity to support this Christmas? Look no further - the Joliba Trust does great work in Mali. The Big Give offer expires on Tuesday - so great if you’re in a position to give now and double your impact @HelloJoliba👇
Looking for a wonderful environmental charity to support this Christmas? Look no further - the Joliba Trust does great work in Mali. The Big Give offer expires on Tuesday - so great if you’re in a positio...
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https://nitter.privacydev.net/CarolineLucas/status/1865767833944100898#m
I hope MPs will vote today to give power back to those who feel powerless at end of life. Yes we need better palliative care, but best chance of that is by passing this bill. Whatever happens, big shout out to
https://nitter.privacydev.net/kimleadbeater
for a good & compassionate campaign
https://nitter.privacydev.net/dignityindying
[2024-11-29 09:29 UTC]
Any undecided MPs out there should watch this👇
https://nitter.privacydev.net/dignityindying
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[2024-11-28 16:57 UTC]
RT by @CarolineLucas: “Although I’m a great believer in hospice care, sadly there are limits to what palliative care can achieve.”
Hospice CEO Mark Jarman-Howe supports assisted dying because ‘it will make things safer, better and more compassionate for patients and families’ at the end of life.
[2024-11-27 12:05 UTC]
RT by @CarolineLucas: The fur trade isn't only cruel. It's also a public health risk because of the way wild animals are caged & treated
Scientists warn that zoonotic diseases from fur farms could trigger the next pandemic
It's time for a #furfreeBritain
@FOURPAWSUK @HSIUKorg
[2024-11-27 15:12 UTC]
“I don’t believe anyone should be forced to endure terrible suffering that could be prevented, & I also believe in arguing for increases in resources …to help everyone to have the freedom to choose what their lives & deaths look like”
https://nitter.privacydev.net/sianberry
👏👏👏
https://leftfootforward.org/2024/11/sian-berry-mp-why-im-voting-for-the-assisted-dying-bill/
[2024-11-27 18:01 UTC]
RT by @CarolineLucas: Very Well Done!
Green Party takes control of Lancaster City Council https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20nr47d00zo
[2024-11-26 15:18 UTC]
RT by @CarolineLucas: The words we use are so very important.
Dying people want to live. And they want to have autonomy at the very end.
This is NOT about suicide. The title of the bill: Terminally Ill Adults end of life bill.
#AssistedDying #AssistedDyingBill
[2024-11-27 09:12 UTC]
RT by @CarolineLucas: Following last week’s COP29 in Azerbaijan, Caroline Lucas, former leader of the Green Party, thinks it’s time for the cultural community to get their voices heard @CulturalPhilFdn https://buff.ly/4g1kbrK
[2024-11-26 14:30 UTC]
RT by @CarolineLucas: This Friday, MPs will vote on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill.
This is a historic opportunity. MPs must remember that dying people are depending on them to do the right thing; to vote for choice, for safety, and for compassion.
https://www.dignityindying.org.uk/bill
[2024-11-25 10:49 UTC]
The question is - raising tax on whom? Wealth tax, anyone?
https://nitter.privacydev.net/PatMillsUK
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[2024-11-25 10:25 UTC]
RT by @CarolineLucas: The voice of experience.
Catherine Sonquist Forest, based in Santa Cruz where assisted dying was legalised eight years ago, says proposed British law is ‘impressive'.
[2024-11-24 10:36 UTC]
Unofficial automated mirror. No copyright asserted. ∎ Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, former leader and co-leader of @TheGreenParty, Mum of two. A better world is possible. Let’s make it happen