What has Bill Esterson been up to today?
Bill Esterson is MP for Sefton Central and a member of the Labour party.
Bill Esterson has 39276 followers on Twitter.
Providing yet more proof that Ministers are making the wrong choices for our economy these figures underline both the absence of a serious plan to accelerate exports & just how poor a deal @BorisJohnson negotiated with the EU; our key trade partner https://www.ft.com/content/a31b4b8e-f9fc-4f1e-84c1-3632f194d05a
Bit mean of you to point this out Nick 🤔
After everything we did for them, its a bit mean to put this in the bullets at the top...
My dad played for Workington Town under the pseudonym Angus McCoatup *because you got banned from playing rugby union if you played rugby league*. Honestly, Nadine stop digging 🤦♀️ https://twitter.com/nadinedorries/status/1542508834278612993
Like Jason Robinson I may have switched codes in my speech... Both league & union have a rich heritage in the UK. Obviously I've followed rugby league much less in my lifetime, but I'm looking forward to watching England (& all the home nations) in the RL World Cup this Autumn
The Conservatives are soft on rape, soft on rapists and they don’t like to face the fact that they’re letting sex offenders off and letting survivors down. No-one is going to stop me from standing up for victims. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/30/minister-complains-speaker-labour-remarks-convictions?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
I’m honoured to receive the Politician of the Year at this year’s Civility in Politics Awards. The award comes with a £1500 donation to my choice of charity which will be Mabon Trust.
Attended my first #PMQs today with @AngelaRayner wiping the floor with a winking Deputy Prime Minister, who once said people using food banks are not in poverty but have “a cash flow problem” He's spent over a million pounds on private jet flights in 9 months!
Enough is enough.
My thoughts are with Marie McCourt & her family.
They haven't been able to lay Helen to rest. They should never have had to see her killer released.
Even now, if anyone has information that could help locate Helen's remains, please come forward.
Today I have written to the French Sports Minister to ask her to present evidence of her repeated claim that up to 40K fans with fake tickets tried to enter the Stade de France at the UEFA Champions League final in May or retract her comments and issue a full apology to fans.
People being threatened with arrest for protesting noisily against this government outside Parliament. Tory MPs screaming at @AngelaRayner inside Parliament. Chipping away at freedom of speech and undermining of democracy on display for all to see. #PMQs
Another example of government doing nothing to help with the cost of living crisis and expecting everyone else to solve the problem. This government has failed the country for 12 years and it will continue to fail the country. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-61965785
My speech to the #SMMTSummit today - http://www.jonathanreynolds.org.uk/2022/06/28/read-my-smmt-keynote-speech/
The reply from @UEFAcom to my letter about what happened to my constituents at @ChampionsLeague final. There must never ever be a repeat of what happened in Paris on 28 May 2022.
UEFA say "we care about football".
Time to prove they care about football fans.
Come on @O2 I was promised a call back on Saturday and yesterday to help me get online access to my account. I was promised a call back today to help with billing. Come on, it can't be that difficult can it? Please?
Huge waits for passports and driving licences, long queues at airports and massive waiting lists for healthcare and court dates.
Sign our petition if you’ve had enough of Boris Johnson’s backlog Britain. 📝
Brandon Lewis talks to Trevor Phillips about helping with the cost of living by cutting National Insurance. So why has his government just put National Insurance up?
I am an oncologist. I have had patients that needed to get an abortion to allow safe treatment of their cancer. Abortion absolutely is a part of healthcare.
Thanks to Spin Monkey Maghull for hosting today’s craft market. Brilliant work from Hayley Brennan from Betty’s Coffee for organising. Lovely to meet everyone and for the fab products which you all make!
Here's what school funding looks like in Southport: cuts along with below average funding.
What's the opposite of Levelling Up?
🧵I just want to say thank you.
Thank you for putting your trust in me to be your Member of Parliament.
This has been a historic result for Wakefield and for Labour, with a swing not seen for Labour since we were last in Government.
Forced birth in a country that doesn’t have mandatory maternity leave or universal healthcare…
The new chair of the tory party "Elliot is the co-founder of Quintessentially Group...The company has boasted about how it serves wealthy Russian clients.... After Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, the company deleted its webpage that boasted about serving Russian elite clients"
The 🇬🇧 needs to wake up to what’s happening in 🇺🇸 and the nature of some 🇬🇧 MPs. https://twitter.com/ayocaesar/status/1540362402155433984
Conservative MP Scott Benton celebrates the Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade. In 22 states, that means near-immediate abortion bans.
There are men in our Parliament who’d take women’s rights back to the Victorian era if they could.
Under the Tories, the UK is the only G7 country hiking taxes in the middle of a cost of living crisis.
Labour would scrap the national insurance hike and cut taxes for small businesses now.
Never take women’s rights for granted! Never take LGBT+ rights for granted! - Fight to preserve civilising progress from the forces of reaction across the world - The alternative is #Theocracy https://twitter.com/AP/status/1540337296473526272
BREAKING: U.S. Supreme Court overturns the landmark Roe v. Wade case, ending nearly 50 years of constitutional protections for abortion.
Bans are expected in roughly half the states. http://apne.ws/LjY3m25
This is a devastating step backwards for women's rights in the United States.
Every woman who needs one should have the right to a safe and legal abortion.
Solidarity with every woman affected by this cruel decision. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-61928898
Meanwhile Oscar has also decided he likes his new home
Another cute picture of Felix…. https://twitter.com/welshpoppy2/status/1540321364552437760
Another cute picture of Felix….
@Bill_Esterson @Freshfieldsresc A Freshfields alumnus. AKA Susie. Sending greetings, from a rather small box.
@Bill_Esterson @Freshfieldsresc A Freshfields alumnus. AKA Susie. Sending greetings, from a rather small box.
And here’s Felix very much settled in his new home after his adoption for @Freshfieldsresc
Meet Presley. He doesn't wear blue suede shoes but he's looking for someone to "Love me tender, Love me true"...1 year old Presley is a cool kitty with bags of energy. Please contact us at cattery@freshfields.org.uk. You'll find you "cant help falling in love"😄 #FridayFeeling
As polls close in a few minutes can I as both Ward Chair and Councillor for #WakefieldNorth day a massive thank you to everyone in the @UKLabour family who has come to #Wakefield over the past few weeks to make sure @simonlightwood wins.
Your help will not be forgotten 🌹
New realities of life of Ukrainians in 2022
Video from #Dergachi, #Kharkiv region. The enemy missile break through the ceiling and the corner of the table, but the owner stay positive. Strong #Ukrainian people.
Interesting article on BEIS and Treasury. One thing I can promise is the current set of problems will not be repeated under @UKLabour.
Both @RachelReevesMP and I are as one on need to get the UK out of the cycle of low growth, low wages and high tax we’ve had under the Tories https://twitter.com/tom_sasse/status/1539970711170691075
I’ve taken a deep dive into the tricky relationship between BEIS & the Treasury for @politicshome, w/ thoughts from @gilesyb @duncanweldon, David willetts ++ — treasury brain, the real economy dept, whatever happened to industrial strategy, energy, Brexit: https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/why-cant-beis-and-the-treasury-get-on
Enjoying the sunshine reminding people it’s Election Day in #Wakefield Looking very promising for @simonlightwood
Amazing response out on the #LabourDoorstep in the #Wakefield by-election.
Plenty of support for @UKLabour and @SimonLightwood!
Polls close at 10pm if you haven't voted already! 🗳️🌹
Just six weeks ago Ministers feigned outrage at the illegal and unsafe decision to replace P&O workers with agency staff.
Now they’re adopting their playbook.
This senseless plan is a recipe for disaster.
https://news.sky.com/story/agency-workers-to-be-allowed-to-fill-in-for-striking-staff-as-government-tries-to-end-1970s-era-restrictions-12638732
This is a Tory recipe for disaster⚠️
Not just undermining pay, rights and conditions, but risking public safety and ripping up ministers’ own words.
They’ve learned nothing from the P&O scandal, which led to safety failures and grounding of vessels.
https://news.sky.com/story/agency-workers-to-be-allowed-to-fill-in-for-striking-staff-as-government-tries-to-end-1970s-era-restrictions-12638732
Once again your reminder. Johnson and Shapps refuse to meet the unions. They refuse to lift a finger to help stop the strike. They want the travelling public to lose out and are fanning the flames of division.
The Tories won't lift a finger to resolve the rail strike this week.
Under their government, passengers lose out.
Thousands of holiday flights cancelled.
People unable to renew their passports.
Biggest rail strike in a generation.
The Tories simply aren’t doing their job.
#PMQs
On #WindrushDay, we celebrate the Windrush generation, who helped rebuild Britain.
But the Tories’ hostile environment left many homeless, jobless and without healthcare - and victims are still waiting for compensation.
@DavidLammy shares their story.
“Pay rises for City bankers. Pay cuts for district nurses. I didn’t see that in leaflets on Wakefield.” @Keir_Starmer #PMQs
High tax, low growth, low wages. Bankers bonuses going up. That’s Boris Johnson’s Britain. #PMQs
Pay cuts for nurses. Pay rises for banking executives. That’s Boris Johnson’s policy #PMQs
Who’s right? Boris Johnson’s treasury minister who says every worker needs a pay cut or his chief of staff who says bankers need a pay rise? #PMQs
Johnson says he’s doing everything he can to stop the strikes. So why has he refused to meet the unions? #PMQs
Boris Johnson says he’s going to build Northern Powerhouse Rail. No he’s not. He’s scrapped it! #PMQs
The cost of living crisis is being made worse by @BorisJohnson ‘s poor trade deal with the EU new research from @resfoundation finds today with workers on av £470 a year worse off & long term damage to Britain’s openness and competitiveness https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/22/brexit-is-making-cost-of-living-crisis-worse-new-study-claims?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
Six years ago our friend and colleague Jo Cox was tragically murdered. As Jo said in her maiden speech in 2016 “we have far more in common than that which divides us.” That's why I'm supporting Jo's sister @kimleadbeater and the Great Get Together.
All you need to know about why the rail strikes are happening.