Gina Dowding @GinaDowdingMEP@respublicae.eu

RT by @GinaDowding: I am reluctant to say anything about events in the middle east due to the way that some people immediately use anything you say as a stick to beat you with.

Like every sane person in the UK I am appalled by the ferocity of the Hamas attack on Israel. The images coming out of the tragedy are quite sickening, and self-defeating. If Hamas thinks this makes them heroes then they are mistaken and they will pay a high price for it (and with every justification). However, the Palestinians in Gaza, many of whom oppose Hamas and and live in fear of them (much as thoses in NI lived in fear of the paramilitaries) will pay an even higher price when Israel continues the cycle of violence on both sides that stretches back generations now.

I am no great expert on the history of the struggles between Israel and the Palestinians, but I have travelled widely in the region and almost all of the ordinary Jews, Arabs and Palestinians I have spoken to over the years were very reasonable about wanting to live in peace with their neighbours and pinned the blame on the politicians and radicals on both sides.

There is a dangerous tendency to treat this as a simple matter of picking sides but those who point out it is more complicated than that tend to be the target of shrill attacks from the fanatics on both extremes. Being disgusted by Hamas' massacre of innocent Israeli civilians does not mean condoning Israel shelling of innocent Palestinian civilians. Being critical of Israeli policy is not the same as being anti-semitic, though some do all that they can to conflate the two. Being disgusted by Hamas does not preclude being sympathetic to the plight of Palestinians. The victims of both sides are the victims of those higher up the political food chain.

I am sickened by images of people on the UK's streets demonstrating in favour of Hamas. I am equally sickened by t…

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RT Natalie Bennett
#GoodNews on #fracking
As @GinaDowding says: "“Finally, the fantasy and tragedy of the pursuit of fracking in Lancashire is in its last stages."
https://www.blogpreston.co.uk/2023/08/deadline-set-for-cuadrilla-to-plug-preston-new-road-fracking-site/

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/natalieben/status/1690988475544199168

RT Mike Galsworthy: 63% for Rejoin now… The tide is turning- and fast.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/mikegalsworthy/status/1691356214737719296

RT Dr Louise Raw
Re to properly grieve, and they needed to heal.
So today Rog would have been 55. He adored kids: I’m sure he’d have become a loving dad.
But all that was stolen from him, & them, for nothing.
RIP #RogerSylvester.
THANK YOU for reading: if you can, please remember him 🙏
13/13

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/LouiseRawAuthor/status/1692127771739164687

RT Matt Edwards 🟢
🚘 For too long we have allowed streets in our urban areas to be built around cars and motor vehicles.
🚸 We must change that to make them spaces for children to play, people to meet and local businesses to thrive.
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Cycling Professor 🚲: Our public space is way too precious to let its design be dictated by traffic engineers and their manuals.
—Camden (via @davidlois_UNED)
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/greenmattbfd/status/1689197241083265024

RT Wild Moors
Hen harriers and grouse moors are a deadly mix.
Ahead of the shooting season opening on 12 August, we're calling on @DefraGovUK to bring this damage and destruction to an end.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/wildmoorsuk/status/1689707437048102913

Point well made by Areeba Hamid and Will McCallum, Co-executive directors, Greenpeace UK.
Don’t ignore the will of the people PM Sunak !
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Greenpeace UK: Dear ⁦@RishiSunak⁩ - whether you continue to engage with Greenpeace or not, burying your head in the sand will not make the climate crisis go away. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/10/you-have-adopted-a-bunker-mentality-greenpeace-letter-to-rishi-sunak-in-full?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GinaDowding/status/1689711333946580994

Thames Water is collapsing. Tell the government to take it into public ownership PERMANENTLY and protect the public interest @we_ownit https://weownit.org.uk/act-now/bring-thames-water-into-public-ownership

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GinaDowding/status/1688574531709902848

Fabulous show! Loved it as much as the 7 and 10 year olds we took with us. Highly recommend..
(and Williamson Park is just the perfect venue - each scene so magically suited to different locations)
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The Dukes Lancaster: Shhhhh🤫 It's a sneak peak of the show🤭
Come see the magic for yourself😍
📆 21st July - 27th August
🎟️ https://loom.ly/Km0u9eg
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GinaDowding/status/1683149383385096193

RT Sewing Bee
Re "The only thing that's really kept me going and kept me balanced in life, and especially in the last few years, has been sewing. It's my escape, my way to forget about all the troubles in the world and at work." – Asmaa, the winner of The Great British Sewing Bee 2023.#SewingBee

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/sewingbee/status/1684310631929839616

RT Chris Packham
Hello @Shell @exxonmobil @bp_plc @centricaplc et al . Just to say that I’ll be working harder than ever to influence the shut down your ecocidal and genocidal practices and curb your obscene profits . . . @XRebellionUK @JustStop_Oil @Greenpeace
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Novara Media: In a leaked document, BP lamented being seen as ‘one of the bad guys’ and said it would pay influencers to help rebrand the oil company as more ‘relatable, passionate and authentic’.
@WritesBright reports.
https://novaramedia.com/2023/07/27/fossil-fuel-companies-are-paying-influencers-to-do-their-pr/
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/ChrisGPackham/status/1684521218374770690

RT Deborah Meaden 🇺🇦
Even if you don’t believe climate change is man affected… the actions we need to reduce it leave us with clean air, less pollution , clean waters and cheap secure energy? Why the anger against that?

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/DeborahMeaden/status/1684841587245776896

RT The Green Party
⌛️ The science is clear. We need quick, decisive action and a just transition to avoid climate chaos.
💚 Only the Green Party has the solutions and the political will to tackle the climate and cost of living crises.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/TheGreenParty/status/1684888691938869248

RT Aaron Bastani
Great that Tories keep being walloped by the Greens like this across the south.
A quiet revolution (started in Suffolk). Sure, lots of it is about nimbyism, but it is also driven by deep organising, community activism &amp; people genuinely caring about nature and the environment.
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Green Elects: Heathfield &amp; Mayfield (East Sussex) council by-election result:
GRN: 61.54% (+46.04) 🟢
CON: 38.46% (-20.74)
No Lab (-11.6) or Lib Dem (-10.4) as previous.
Green GAIN from Conservative
Changes w/ 2021.
#GreenGain #GreenParty
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AaronBastani/status/1684899617861685248

RT Adrian Ramsay
Pleased to support protests against proposed railway station ticket office closures in Norfolk and Suffolk.
#Diss and #Stowmarket stations are vital transport hubs and the ticket office staff are often the only source of advice for people trying to navigate the ticketing system.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/AdrianRamsay/status/1684945338224812032

Re @adamvaughan_uk @thetimes Please focus your valuable skills and resources on industry and business waste and recycling .
Domestic waste pales in comparison.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GinaDowding/status/1685048258547138561

Re @adamvaughan_uk
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Victoria Frausin: "Recycling allows us to make room for more" from Rag and Bone by Lisa Woollett
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GinaDowding/status/1685049228760850432

OMG !
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Jo ❤️ Balham: This photo will be shown to our great-grandchildren to teach them how a minority of rich white men led a fight against clean air. @JamesMelville this isn’t what you really want for my kids is it?
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GinaDowding/status/1685053719048601600

Excellent article ….
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Matthew Pennell: @ChrisGPackham @Shell @exxonmobil @bp_plc @centricaplc @XRebellionUK @JustStop_Oil @Greenpeace I'll just leave this here
https://returnoftheliberal.wordpress.com/2023/07/23/just-stop-oil-why-do-they-exist/
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🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/GinaDowding/status/1685060415120674816

RT Chris Jarvis
Utterly depressing to be returning to the UK to see the Tories trying to open a new culture war front over transport.
Our transport system is decades behind other European countries and yet the Tories are undermining even the babiest of steps to make it fit for the future.

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/chrisjarvisdiy/status/1685630208492085249