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  1. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Tampon Tax rip off

    The woman behind the #EndTamponTax campaign - Laura Coryton - has started a new petition, calling on retailers to do the right thing (at last) and pass on the benefit of the VAT cut to their customers

    You can sign here👇

    #UKPolitics #TamponTax

    change.org/p/drop-period-price

    #tampontax #ukpolitics #endtampontax
  2. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Tampon Tax rip off

    The woman behind the #EndTamponTax campaign - Laura Coryton - has started a new petition, calling on retailers to do the right thing (at last) and pass on the benefit of the VAT cut to their customers

    You can sign here👇

    #UKPolitics #TamponTax

    change.org/p/drop-period-price

    #endtampontax #ukpolitics #tampontax
  3. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Tampon Tax rip off

    Remember the sexist absurdity that was the #TamponTax? ✅

    Remember when campaigners successfully fought for its abolition? ✅

    Remember when retailers passed on the benefit of the VAT cut to customers? ❌

    Wait. They didn't? Well, they bloody well should (pun intended)

    #UKPolitics

    on.ft.com/3G3HAdg

    #tampontax #ukpolitics
  4. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Tampon Tax rip off

    Remember the sexist absurdity that was the #TamponTax? ✅

    Remember when campaigners successfully fought for its abolition? ✅

    Remember when retailers passed on the benefit of the VAT cut to customers? ❌

    Wait. They didn't? Well, they bloody well should (pun intended)

    #UKPolitics

    on.ft.com/3G3HAdg

    #ukpolitics #tampontax
  5. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Tampon Tax rip off

    The woman behind the #EndTamponTax campaign - Laura Coryton - has started a new petition, calling on retailers to do the right thing (at last) and pass on the benefit of the VAT cut to their customers

    You can sign here👇

    #UKPolitics #TamponTax

    change.org/p/drop-period-price

    #tampontax #ukpolitics #endtampontax
  6. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Kwasi Kwarteng

    If I had crashed the British economy with my first ever speech as chancellor, I simply would not attempt a comeback tour within a month of being sacked

    (This is all I really needed to say. I’m going to try to ignore him from now on)

    #UKPolitics #Kwarteng #MiniBudget

    #minibudget #kwarteng #ukpolitics
  7. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Kwasi Kwarteng

    The thing that strikes me most about the #Kwarteng interview is his complete lack of humility

    He takes almost no responsibility for the chaos he and Truss caused

    If I had been so utterly, humiliatingly, devastatingly, publicly terrible at my job, I would just… go away. Probably forever

    This guy’s attempting a comeback tour within a month! His arrogance is off the charts 🤯

    #UKPolitics

    bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-635

    #ukpolitics #kwarteng
  8. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Kwasi Kwarteng

    Kwarteng reckons “The only thing that [Sunak & Hunt] could possibly blame us for is the interest rates and interest rates have come down and the gilt rates have come down”

    Because he was sacked and she resigned!

    Meanwhile, the chaos has meant higher mortgage costs for millions

    #UKPolitics #MiniBudget #Kwarteng

    thetimes.co.uk/article/802a395

    #kwarteng #minibudget #ukpolitics
  9. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Child Poverty

    There are 800,000 children in England living in poverty who don’t currently qualify for #FreeSchoolMeals

    The Food Foundation’s #FeedTheFuture campaign calls for the urgent extension of free lunches to all children from families on Universal Credit

    There is a template letter to send to your MP & other campaign resources on their website👇

    Please do share 🙏

    #UKPolitics #ChildPoverty #Austerity #FoodPoverty

    foodfoundation.org.uk/news/fee

    #foodpoverty #austerity #childpoverty #ukpolitics #feedthefuture #freeschoolmeals
  10. Gemma Abbott @gem_abbott ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    Labour’s commitment to onshore windfarms is particularly notable on the day that the chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, told ITV that Govt must change its policy on onshore windfarms to achieve net zero

    (Lord Deben is a former Tory party chairman & MP)

    itv.com/news/2022-11-10/govern

    #netzero #onshorewindfarms #renewableenergy #ukpolitics #climatecrisis
  11. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    Labour’s commitment to onshore windfarms is particularly notable on the day that the chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, told ITV that Govt must change its policy on onshore windfarms to achieve net zero

    (Lord Deben is a former Tory party chairman & MP)

    #NetZero #OnshoreWindfarms #RenewableEnergy #UKPolitics #ClimateCrisis

    itv.com/news/2022-11-10/govern

    #climatecrisis #ukpolitics #renewableenergy #onshorewindfarms #netzero
  12. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    Labour’s commitment to onshore windfarms is particularly notable on the day that the chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, told ITV that Govt must change its policy on onshore windfarms to achieve net zero

    (Lord Deben is a former Tory party chairman & MP)

    #NetZero #OnshoreWindfarms #RenewableEnergy #UKPolitics #ClimateCrisis

    itv.com/news/2022-11-10/govern

    #climatecrisis #ukpolitics #renewableenergy #onshorewindfarms #netzero
  13. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    Labour’s commitment to onshore windfarms is particularly notable on the day that the chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, told ITV that Govt must change its policy on onshore windfarms to achieve net zero

    (Lord Deben is a former Tory party chairman & MP)

    #NetZero #OnshoreWindfarms #RenewableEnergy #UKPolitics #ClimateCrisis

    itv.com/news/2022-11-10/govern

    #netzero #onshorewindfarms #renewableenergy #ukpolitics #climatecrisis
  14. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    Labour’s commitment to onshore windfarms is particularly notable on the day that the chair of the Committee on Climate Change, Lord Deben, told ITV that Govt must change its policy on onshore windfarms to achieve net zero

    (Lord Deben is a former Tory party chairman & MP)

    #NetZero #OnshoreWindfarms #RenewableEnergy #UKPolitics #ClimateCrisis

    itv.com/news/2022-11-10/govern

    #climatecrisis #ukpolitics #renewableenergy #onshorewindfarms #netzero
  15. Gemma Abbott @gem_abbott ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    “A Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of as part of a plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower”

    This is in stark contrast to Sunak’s reinstatement of the ban on new onshore projects earlier this week

    Good. We haven’t got time for NIMBYism

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #onshorewindfarms #ukpolitics
  16. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    “A Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of #OnshoreWindfarms as part of a plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower”

    This is in stark contrast to Sunak’s reinstatement of the ban on new onshore projects earlier this week

    Good. We haven’t got time for NIMBYism

    #UKPolitics

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #ukpolitics #onshorewindfarms
  17. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    “A Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of #OnshoreWindfarms as part of a plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower”

    This is in stark contrast to Sunak’s reinstatement of the ban on new onshore projects earlier this week

    Good. We haven’t got time for NIMBYism

    #UKPolitics

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #ukpolitics #onshorewindfarms
  18. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    “A Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of #OnshoreWindfarms as part of a plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower”

    This is in stark contrast to Sunak’s reinstatement of the ban on new onshore projects earlier this week

    Good. We haven’t got time for NIMBYism

    #UKPolitics

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #onshorewindfarms #ukpolitics
  19. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Net Zero; Onshore Windfarms

    “A Labour government would rip up the planning rules restricting the expansion of #OnshoreWindfarms as part of a plan to make the UK a clean energy superpower”

    This is in stark contrast to Sunak’s reinstatement of the ban on new onshore projects earlier this week

    Good. We haven’t got time for NIMBYism

    #UKPolitics

    theguardian.com/environment/20

    #ukpolitics #onshorewindfarms
  20. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK News; Tampon Tax rip off

    To be clear, the #EndTamponTax campaign was not about cost (IMO) - it was about ending the sexist absurdity of taxing menstrual products as if they were ‘non-essential’ items

    But retailers cheering equality publicly whilst ripping off consumers secretly is Not On

    #TamponTax #UKPolitics

    #ukpolitics #tampontax #endtampontax
  21. Gemma Abbott @gem_abbott ·
    CW: UK News; Tampon Tax rip off

    To be clear, the campaign was not about cost (IMO) - it was about ending the sexist absurdity of taxing menstrual products as if they were ‘non-essential’ items

    But retailers cheering equality publicly whilst ripping off consumers secretly is Not On

    #endtampontax #tampontax #ukpolitics
  22. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK News; Tampon Tax rip off

    It takes a pretty wicked cynicism to pocket the change from the #EndTamponTax campaign win - but it looks like that's what retailers have done

    Time to stop profiteering from our periods 🤬

    Great research from @danneidle to uncover this scandal 💪

    #TamponTax #UKPolitics

    theguardian.com/society/2022/n

    #ukpolitics #tampontax #endtampontax
  23. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; House of Lords

    Can we discuss the #HouseOfLords?

    It feels like we’ve been at it forever - I'm sure I did a debate on abolition at school, some 30 years ago

    It’s a bloated, anti-democratic anachronism, where cronyism & grubby politicking are clad in robes and given life-long powers

    Johnson’s #ResignationHonours list, packed with donors, lackeys & ‘bootlickers’ only emphasises this

    But from a pragmatic perspective, what does the future look like? Abolition or reform?

    #UKPolitics

    #ukpolitics #resignationhonours #houseoflords
  24. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; PMQs

    “I obviously regret appointing someone who has had to resign in these circumstances” has pretty strong “I’m sorry you caught me cheating” vibes, doesn’t it?

    #RishiSunak #GavinWilliamson #UKPolitics #PMQs

    bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-635

    #pmqs #ukpolitics #gavinwilliamson #rishisunak
  25. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Right To Protest

    Did Suella Braverman misrepresent the law in her speech to the police today? 🤔

    She said “Free speech and the right to protest do not entitle people in a democracy like ours to break the law”

    But I don’t believe that is what the Court of Appeal said, when she referred the point of law to them as Attorney General following the acquittal of the Colston 4 …

    #UKPolitics #RightToProtest #SuellaBraverman #Colston4 #HumanRights #JustStopOil

    #juststopoil #humanrights #colston4 #suellabraverman #righttoprotest #ukpolitics
  26. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Industrial action

    When you read the news about forthcoming nurses’ strikes - worth remembering this 👇

    Nurses are currently earning 2% LESS in real terms than they did in 2010

    Solidarity ✊

    #NursesStrike #IndustrialAction #Strikes #PublicSectorPay #UKPolitics

    newstatesman.com/chart-of-the-

    #ukpolitics #publicsectorpay #strikes #industrialaction #nursesstrike
  27. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Resignation honours

    The Times is reporting that all 4 MPs on Johnson’s resignation honours list - Nadine Dorries, Alister Jack, Nigel Adams, Alok Sharma - are all planning to “defer” their peerages until the next election

    But this is totally unprecedented - how can you be both a member of the Commons *and* the Lords at the same time?

    If Sunak lets them do this, but the King objects, well - we’ll have ourselves a little constitutional crisis 🚨

    #UKPolitics #ResignationHonours

    #resignationhonours #ukpolitics
  28. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Resignation honours

    Have you seen the leaked #ResignationHonours list by #BorisJohnson?

    It apparently includes peerages for:

    🙄 4 MPs - #NadineDorries #AlokSharma #AlistairJack #NigelAdams

    😱 4 Johnson aides, including 2 who would become the youngest life peers IN HISTORY

    😡 Paul Dacre, former Daily Mail editor

    💸 Tory donors, David Ross & Stuart Marks

    😫 Shaun Bailey, failed London mayoral candidate

    thetimes.co.uk/article/red-box

    #nigeladams #alistairjack #aloksharma #nadinedorries #borisjohnson #resignationhonours
  29. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics; Resignation honours

    Johnson’s #ResignationHonours list is packed with cronies, lackeys & ‘bootlickers’ (to use the word of one Tory MP)

    These people will enter the Lords FOR LIFE

    They will join our legislature; they will form part of our constitutional fabric

    And why? Because our disgraced former Prime Minister says so?

    Once again, our unwritten constitution, with its reliance on “good chaps”, has shown just what happens when the people with power are anything but

    #UKPolitics

    #ukpolitics #resignationhonours
  30. Gemma Abbott @[email protected] ·
    CW: UK Politics

    Sunak/ No 10 didn’t want to be seen to be sacking Gavin Williamson in response to political or media pressure - worrying that “setting a precedent by sacking Williamson would have difficult implications when future ministers were in a tricky spot”

    Let’s hope so, eh? Maybe it’s just the lawyer in me but I LOVE a good precedent 👀

    #UKPolitics #GavinWilliamson #RishiSunak

    theguardian.com/politics/2022/

    #rishisunak #gavinwilliamson #ukpolitics
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