What has Clive Lewis been up to today?
Clive Lewis is MP for Norwich South and a member of the Labour party.
Clive Lewis has 117093 followers on Twitter.
Ideas like Free Basic Energy; a #4DayWorkWeek;Universal Basic Income & Services; A#GreenNewDeal; mass council house building programmes; democratic control of schools & healthcare systems; voting reform - NONE of them are ‘radical’. They’re simply popular, practical & necessary
📢New polling by ICM shows 75% of British public support the right to FREE energy, to meet basic needs. Only 10% oppose.
Currently, the LESS energy you use, the MORE it costs per unit. Millions have to choose between eating & heating. But it doesn't have to be this way...🧵1/7
I messaged Clive Lewis MP 5 hours ago about a doctor who’s being treated appallingly by the Home Office. Messaged him 5 hours ago. His team have already picked up the case. THAT’s a good MP 💙🌟👏
Bet Tory MPs don't act so quickly, if at all 😠
👏 #Labour should be proud of Clive @LabourLewis
#bbcqt https://twitter.com/JujuliaGrace/status/1542545515375640577
I messaged Clive Lewis MP 5 hours ago about a doctor who’s being treated appallingly by the Home Office. Messaged him 5 hours ago. His team have already picked up the case. THAT’s a good MP 💙🌟👏
Thank you @labourlewis for introducing @AngelaRayner to the work of @RestituteUk tonight.
1/ "The union is getting results!"
BIG VICTORY for our riders in Dalston following their boycott of @WingstopUK a few weeks ago. Listen to our members Debora, Ueder, and Ana Thais talk about how they organised against the mistreatment of riders!
..’and the system that enables it’
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If you're not ready to take a radical stance against the far right and the system that enables it, then I'm afraid you are at this stage passively complicit in its mainstreaming as the last few dams are crumbling and it is clear the status quo won't save us
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Was very proud to join @gndmediauk at the @PEF_online in Greenwich and speak with such a range of great thinkers and doers including, to name a few, @labourlewis, @AnnPettifor and my fab daytime colleague @tweetingantonia 🎙️ https://twitter.com/gndmediauk/status/1541808641606438912
“Neoliberal hegemony has cracked.”
@labourlewis in conversation with @SeanBenstead on democratising society and fighting climate breakdown @PEF_online, alongside @AnnPettifor, @graceblakeley, @DantonsHead, @tweetingantonia and @glassyeti 📺
Watch here 👇
https://youtu.be/o5DBQfiiAJM
I've been raising concerns about how the Home Office treats LGBTQ+ people for months and now we hear this terrible news. @pritipatel you CAN stop this now. A mans life is in real danger. They have been publicly outed. @VotePursglove https://twitter.com/leilazadeh/status/1542210158474018817
Flight leaves Birmingham airport at 2230. Please continue sharing 👇 https://twitter.com/leilazadeh/status/1542198654081040387
Macron’s party has drawn up an alliance with Le Pen’s far right in the French legislature rather than working with the Left.
If you’re surprised, you probably haven’t been paying attention to who Macron really is. https://twitter.com/aquatennens/status/1542183059944087554
🔴 L’alliance LREM/RN/LR est en marche !
Jour funeste à l’Assemblée nationale révélant l’accord de la macronie avec l’extrême-droite et la droite dans la répartition des postes.
C’est donc cela la « nouvelle méthode » de #Macron ! 👏
La #NUPES, seule force d’opposition.
This is what a principled stand and simply making the argument can achieve.
NEW: Opinium poll shows how @RMTunion has turned the tide of public opinion in favour of the rail strike
Support - 45% (+7)
Oppose - 37% (-6)
.@labourlewis asking @sajidjavid to meet with our members (many are bereaved) on 5th July when we go to London to lobby our MPs. We need all Norfolk and Suffolk MPs to work together for their constituents and ensure @NSFTtweets delivers safe care. https://fb.watch/dXUlupYVOY/
“Neoliberal hegemony has cracked.”
@labourlewis in conversation with @SeanBenstead on democratising society and fighting climate breakdown @PEF_online, alongside @AnnPettifor, @graceblakeley, @DantonsHead, @tweetingantonia and @glassyeti 📺
Watch here 👇
https://youtu.be/o5DBQfiiAJM
Not to be missed, join this live conversation tomorrow to celebrate how far the movement for a global #GreenNewDeal has come, and discuss where we go next.
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Join incredible politicians @CarolineLucas @JoeniaWapichana @MPJulian @IlhanMN + the movement leaders making change happen @DeirdreShelly @fortuashla @FarzanaJhumu @chilledasad100 to find out what next for the #GreenNewDeal
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“The rail strikes are arguably the canary down the coalmine. You cannot dodge this. Labour has to be supportive of those seeking to defend their living standards.”
#Labour must support rail workers in their pay dispute and all those seeking to defend their living standards. @ObserverUK
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/26/jon-cruddas-labour-party-must-support-rail-workers-in-pay-dispute
Yes 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 @labourlewis is spot on.
It's time to #RebalanceTheWorkplace https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1541317437085425664
We have some of the most draconian, anti-trade union legislation in the world. Time to rebalance the system and commit to repealing it. Let’s build a more balanced industrial relationship and end the gross extremes of income the last 50 years has seen https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1539914891456385025
We have some of the most draconian, anti-trade union legislation in the world. Time to rebalance the system and commit to repealing it. Let’s build a more balanced industrial relationship and end the gross extremes of income the last 50 years has seen
Solidarity with workers striking today and those balloting for industrial action.
It's about time people stood up for themselves to take on the millionaires & billionaires & bosses, who like to award themselves pay rises but not the workers who make our services run.
@RMTunion
@johnharris1969 @CompassOffice Thank you @johnharris1969 - it’s taken all of us, you @CarolineLucas @labourlewis @LaylaMoran and many others to put pluralist politics in the map. It’s the only way we really rebuild our country
Essential services at risk. Education at risk. Road maintenance at risk. @NorfolkCC tinkering on the verge of bankruptcy. This can all be avoided. Just scrap this unwanted road and do it now. @labourlewis @JeromeMayhew
Solidarity with workers striking today and those balloting for industrial action.
It's about time people stood up for themselves to take on the millionaires & billionaires & bosses, who like to award themselves pay rises but not the workers who make our services run.
@RMTunion
GND Norwich banging the drum 🥁 in solidarity with rail workers at #Norwich station. #DemandBetter #publictransport
#fairpayforall
250+ mass shootings in the US alone, and a woman’s body is more regulated than a gun. get fucking real.
Given how this govt has consistently aped the US rights extreme agenda, (voting restrictions, racism, anti-trans & more) we should prepare. They’re coming for every human right won since ‘45.
Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights
https://apple.news/AQBBSaf7wSUiy9uaE7bcwXg
Saturday 25 June at 10am GND Norwich will be showing solidarity with the RMT strikers in front of Norwich railway station. Come and join us on this rally. Bring your banners, flags, placards supporting the strike or just come as you are. #DemandBetter
Govt: Yeah, let’s open some fresh oil wells… what could go wrong?
The more I think about it ‘45’ should have meant ‘1845’…
Given how this govt has consistently aped the US rights extreme agenda, (voting restrictions, racism, anti-trans & more) we should prepare. They’re coming for every human right won since ‘45.
Roe v Wade: US Supreme Court strikes down abortion rights
https://apple.news/AQBBSaf7wSUiy9uaE7bcwXg
Great to see climate activists standing in solidarity with striking workers.
There's no worthwhile Green New Deal without democratically owned public services powering a fossil free economy, and justice for the workers who run those services.
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/23/climate-justice-groups-join-british-rail-strike-picket-lines
“How different might things have been if Blair’s government had used its post-1997 majority to enthusiastically promote PR? Labour could have fully modernised our electoral systems.”
@danbdennis @sandyofipswich @AnthonyBarnett @oli_ward_1 @Labour4PR @labour_history @MakeVotesMatter @electoralreform @labourlewis @JohnSmithCentre @AndyBurnhamGM @MileEndInst @JohnRentoul Have a look at the mixed member proportional system in New Zealand. It is described briefly by me here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocracyuk/how-keir-starmer-can-save-uk-elective-dictatorship/
Here’s @labourlewis showing that at least some Labour MPs can make the clear and unambiguous case for collective action in the cause of collective interests. https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1539914891456385025
Solidarity with workers striking today and those balloting for industrial action.
It's about time people stood up for themselves to take on the millionaires & billionaires & bosses, who like to award themselves pay rises but not the workers who make our services run.
@RMTunion
Abusers use institutions to perpetuate their abuse, whether the courts or even political parties.
The Labour Party must not be complicit.
As @womensaid urged, Apsana must be protected from further harm, and the process must be immediately suspended and allegations investigated. https://twitter.com/apsanabegummp/status/1539679904039673857
A statement:
Solidarity with workers striking today and those balloting for industrial action.
It's about time people stood up for themselves to take on the millionaires & billionaires & bosses, who like to award themselves pay rises but not the workers who make our services run.
@RMTunion
He's right. If you want what the climate justice movement wants, you need the @RMTunion to win this strike. And that means you need to do all you can to make it happen. https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1539575377122787329
This is a call to action to everyone campaigning for action on the climate crisis and a just transition:
Join a @RMTunion picket line tomorrow if you can. This is our fight and your solidarity is needed. #RailStrikes
If we’re to have any credibility as a party that upholds a commitment to decency & equality, the Labour Party authorities must intervene to address the serious issues raised by Apsana & other CLP members & halt the trigger ballot being held in this intimidatory climate. https://twitter.com/ApsanaBegumMP/status/1539679904039673857
A statement:
We need more Labour MPs like Clive Lewis and others who support workers in struggle! https://twitter.com/labourlewis/status/1539231161846845441
Sorry to @NorwichRMT that I can't join you on the picket line today. A number of factors (including no trains!) prevents me from being there. I did join the closest @RMTunion picket line to me to support striking workers, alongside @CWUnews members who were there in solidarity.
"In fact, reporting on unions is much worse in 2022 than it was in the 70s because after the slow extinction of the industrial correspondents through the 80s and 90s, disputes are seen entirely through the framing of government and 'business leaders'." https://brokenbottleboy.substack.com/p/kay-burleys-super-sounds-of-the-70s
A statement:
This Saturday we'll be demonstrating at the Russian embassy to demand freedom for #AidenAslin, #ShaunPinner + #BrahimSaadoun
And on Sunday we'll be joining the protest in Nottingham, the area Aiden is from: 10.30am, Old Market Square: http://www.facebook.com/events/s/campaign-for-the-safety-and-re/470189491579335
#StandWithUkraine
This is a call to action to everyone campaigning for action on the climate crisis and a just transition:
Join a @RMTunion picket line tomorrow if you can. This is our fight and your solidarity is needed. #RailStrikes
Today the Govt published it's bill to abolish the Human Rights Act.
They've already come for our trade union rights, our right to vote, and our right to protest. Now they've come for our human rights.
If we were playing authoritarian bingo, we'd have a full house.
This is a call to action to everyone campaigning for action on the climate crisis and a just transition:
Join a @RMTunion picket line tomorrow if you can. This is our fight and your solidarity is needed. #RailStrikes
Once again, workers on low pay are being told to bear the brunt of an economic crisis.
Collective bargaining through a trade union is how working people can stop bad bosses and the Tory’s race to the bottom on pay, working conditions, and living standards. @RMTunion
#JoinAUnion
Once again, workers on low pay are being told to bear the brunt of an economic crisis.
Collective bargaining through a trade union is how working people can stop bad bosses and the Tory’s race to the bottom on pay, working conditions, and living standards. @RMTunion
#JoinAUnion
115,000 postal workers will be balloted for industrial action next week. Get behind them.
https://news.sky.com/story/amp/royal-mail-pay-row-heads-to-ballot-that-could-lead-to-strikes-later-this-summer-12637853
If anything, I hope those watching this dispute and who are not in a trade union will feel emboldened to join one themselves and demand exactly the same.
For far too long the working people of this country have been exploited by sucessive Govts and employers.
Enough is enough.
Sorry to @NorwichRMT that I can't join you on the picket line today. A number of factors (including no trains!) prevents me from being there. I did join the closest @RMTunion picket line to me to support striking workers, alongside @CWUnews members who were there in solidarity.
Sorry to @NorwichRMT that I can't join you on the picket line today. A number of factors (including no trains!) prevents me from being there. I did join the closest @RMTunion picket line to me to support striking workers, alongside @CWUnews members who were there in solidarity.
@NorwichRMT @greateranglia @NetworkRailAng members solid this morning at the station and at depots on the Lower Clarence Road. Thanks to @cwuEastern__No5 members and other Trade Unions and Organisation for your support!. #ToryRailStrikes
Hi Oliver 👋
- Thousands of transport workers are losing pay today (including low paid cleaners & other staff)
- Millions of passengers have been disrupted due to your Govt’s failure to settle this dispute
You should go back to supporting your lawbreaking PM.
#RailStrikes 🪧 https://twitter.com/OliverDowden/status/1539166106870591488
Nothing to see here, just a Labour whip joining a picket line as millions of people have their lives disrupted.
When we say these are Labour’s strikes, this is exactly what we mean.
#StopLaboursStrikes https://twitter.com/NavPMishra/status/1539155350934413312
I’m not sure what’s more concerning - the sheer, mind numbing drivel this govt, daily comes out with or the grim possibility they really believe their own dogshite? #RailStrikes
The people really hit with this Labour supported rail strike are those who cannot work from home.
They tend to be lower paid workers. The kind of people Labour used to care about.
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