Anyone know if train companies eg. @GC_Rail are obliged to refund if train cancelled due to strikes? @thetrainline app says not refundable 😩
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UK as a victim of this hideous crime?
It is sad those Tory MPs who had the backbone to stand up against this repugnant bill didn’t vote against it last night, but chose to abstain.
Is he proud to support a bill condemned by the UN as undermining human rights and refugee law?
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“The UK’s action and leadership on this subject matters and has proven to be world leading,” he said.
Yet how can it be ‘world leading’ to support an initiative to prevent sexual violence in conflict, yet actively work to criminalise any woman who wants to seek safe haven in the
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and the violent, and the consequences have such long and far-reaching impacts on the individuals, their families and their communities.”
He spoke of how this is happening in Tigray, in Myanmar and in Iraq – whose residents have no legal route to claim asylum in the UK.
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A law that will mean women who are the victims of rape and sexual violence in war will be forbidden from seeking sanctuary here.
Yet this is the MP who said in the House in March last year: “Rape and sexual violence have become weapons of war. They are the tools of the vicious
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Last night @AnthonyMangnal1 voted for the Illegal Migration Bill – a law that will block people coming to the UK by boat to seek asylum, but provides no safe and legal routes for them.
A law that will mean victims of trafficking are criminalised and deported, not supported.
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RT @Care4Calais: Parliament square now #StopTheBill #RefugeesAreWelcomeHere
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There's a difference surely between 'impartiality' and 'slavishly towing the party/state line'?
#GaryGate #GaryLinekar #BBCBias
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RT @LallyLangford: This is dynamite from Kaveh Solhekol on Sky Sports News. Absolutely nails it. He has the Tories and BBC on toast. Well done!! 👏 Take 2 mins and watch👇#garylineker #ImWithGary #MOTD #ToryFascists
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RT @PeteTheRef: The real criminal is the UK Government Home Secretary, Suella Braverman.
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@thekitchentabl Back already?! That went so fast...
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@paulcotswolds @BBCr4today @SuellaBraverman Only one, ever, to me here in Devon. It says a lot about the people they mix with / speak to / listen to
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It's time to fix the #GenderPayGap
It's time to fix the #IWDPensionGap
Equal pay for equal work - equal opportunities - affordable childcare - better social care
Not women's issues - they affect us all - but it's women who lose out
One reason I'm standing for election
#IWD2023
RT @ScottishWidows: This #InternationalWomensDay, our research shows that on average, women today retire with £123k less than men. The gap has widened with persistent imbalances in pay, c…
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RT @wendychambLD: It is shocking that there is no specific safe route for women and girls fleeing Afghanistan to come to the UK. I raised the case of Torpiki Amrahkil, an Afghan journalist who drowned while trying to reach Europe, with the Home Secretary who gave a frankly derisory response.
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What has politics ever done for women?
Why should we care?
Why does it matter?
Come and discuss with me, @francesnorthrop and others including a v important teen voice, on Saturday 11th, 2.30 at Totnes cinema. Can’t wait! (The bar will also be open).
#Totnes #TotnesX #IWD_2023
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@anneapplebaum How horrendous. Unimaginable for his mother
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RT @CeliaRichards0n: 'It means a huge swathe of moorland near Sheffield will be restored for the benefit of nature, climate and people' @nationaltrust ends grouse shooting on High Peak moorland. https://t.co/ZfXrlgq9HV
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RT @_Brewer_: Just watch since 2016 the country has had no real growth!! It’s clear #BrexitHasFailed #PoliticsJoe #ToryBrexitDisaster #GeneralElectionNow #RejoinTheEU
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RT @timfarron: Yesterday, I spoke in a debate about food poverty.
I highlighted the vital role of farmers in producing the food we eat.
Sadly we have a Conservative Government hellbent on undermining farmers and driving them out of business - a disaster for food production and also nature.
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