What has Kim Johnson been up to today?
Kim Johnson is MP for Liverpool, Riverside and a member of the Labour party.
Kim Johnson has 17657 followers on Twitter.
And Black British people are 4 times more likely to be detained under the Mental Health Act than White people. We need reforms that address this inequality too.
The @DHSCgovuk's draft Mental Health Bill does not go far enough to address the wait times people in crises face when they present themselves to A&E to be treated.
@sajidjavid told me it was one of his priorities for NHS, I'll believe that when I see it...
The @DHSCgovuk's draft Mental Health Bill does not go far enough to address the wait times people in crises face when they present themselves to A&E to be treated.
@sajidjavid told me it was one of his priorities for NHS, I'll believe that when I see it...
☎️ 470,000 mental health 999 calls each year.
🚑 Thousands going to A&E in a mental health crisis.
⏳ Some children stuck in A&E for days waiting for a mental health bed.
The Government needs to get a grip of the mental health crisis across our country.
It is now down to the trade unions to defend working people. We are their only voice.
https://youtu.be/GyWVr2QTvb4
Violence keeps impacting those who strive for social justice in Colombia.
Juan David Ochoa, a young activist, was killed today in Antioquia.
He had campaigned for @PactoCol, the coalition of new president @petrogustavo.
Juan’s partner and father were badly hurt in the attack.
"@petrogustavo's victory...should provide new impetus towards full implementation of the peace agreement."
@FabianLeedsNE says Colombia's election result will strengthen the peace process but questions govt minister @vickyford over the UK's approach to human rights there.
Starmer talks about unity but instead he and his front bench create divisions.
Workers rights should be the bread and butter of the Labour Party. Supporting the @unitetheunion, @GMB_union @RMTunion fights should be unconditional! https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1540991059718819840
Labour's David Lammy says he doesn't support BA workers at Heathrow taking strike action, which may disrupt summer holiday plans for passengers
http://bbc.in/3u2EcZt
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/in-praise-of-mick-lynch
Praise indeed from @spectator. Because Mick Lynch unequivocal in defence of his members, tells the truth, inspires the labour movement. Simple as.
Barristers striking outside Manchester Crown Court this morning #barristerstrike
We have mapped over 5⃣0⃣0⃣ strikes in >2 years.
⛱️The summer of discontent has meant our map is struggling with the amount of action and visitors.
🆘We need your help to save strike map🆘
Donate now to save our map here>>https://actionnetwork.org/fundraising/save-strike-map-uk/
#strikemapuk #savestrikemap
This is a deeply unhelpful intervention.
The Labour Party is the political wing of the labour movement and it's incumbent on every Labour MP to stand side by side with working people fighting for their rights.
Solidarity with BA workers! https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1540991059718819840
Labour's David Lammy says he doesn't support BA workers at Heathrow taking strike action, which may disrupt summer holiday plans for passengers
http://bbc.in/3u2EcZt
Today 1-3pm - bring the little ones for a lovely midsummer play session in the Grapes Community Food Garden with @familyhivejive
- harvesting - cooking - eating - music bash - mini procession !!!
#family #arts #toxteth #Liverpool8 #garden #summersolstice #gardenparty
Starmer talks about unity but instead he and his front bench create divisions.
Workers rights should be the bread and butter of the Labour Party. Supporting the @unitetheunion, @GMB_union @RMTunion fights should be unconditional!
Labour's David Lammy says he doesn't support BA workers at Heathrow taking strike action, which may disrupt summer holiday plans for passengers
http://bbc.in/3u2EcZt
Incredible turn out at the @RMTunion picket at Lime St today. Proud to speak in solidarity with the fantastic strikers. Spirits are sky high with massive support from the public!
Victory to the RMT ✊
Fantastic support for @RMTunion at Liverpool Lime Street & in my own constituency. Great to be out with members of @WavertreeCLP & friends @KimJohnsonMP @IanByrneMP @DanCardenMP
It’s a pity @LivEchonews has failed to mention for the second time that I turned up and spoke in solidarity with the RMT in their valiant leadership against a decade of attacks on the working class.
A shame how invisible you become as a Black woman MP!
https://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/large-rally-takes-place-outside-24323534#ICID=Android_EchoNewsApp_AppShare
Excellent speeches from @IanByrneMP and @KimJohnsonMP at Lime Street today.@RMTunion #EnoughisEnough
On Armed Forces Day I thank our dedicated forces and veterans for their service, sacrifice and commitment.
We must take this opportunity to renew our fight for better support and services for our veterans - particularly housing and mental health.
Incredible solidarity again today at Liverpool Lime Street with @RMTunion ✊🪧
Incredible turn out at the @RMTunion picket at Lime St today. Proud to speak in solidarity with the fantastic strikers. Spirits are sky high with massive support from the public!
Victory to the RMT ✊
Thank you to everyone who has been part of our journey and who has given our #community a voice #ThisIsOurLand #MadeInBritain
Tonight we showcased 👇
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2022/may/11/made-in-liverpool-this-land-is-our-land-video
@JohnDomokos @NaomiPMaynard @jencanjump @guardian @churchpoverty @myKFCA @cinemanation @goodfoodlpool
Thank you Zarah, what a delicious irony! https://twitter.com/zarahsultana/status/1540365396573839362
On Wednesday, the Daily Mail printed a photo of me on this nasty anti-worker front page.
They’ve now agreed to pay just short of £1,000 for using the photo.
I’ll be sending that money from the Mail straight to the @RMTunion strike-fund.
Victory to the rail workers ✊🏽
Join the @RMTunion rally in Liverpool tomorrow in support of our railway workers 🪧 Let’s come together, bring the flags & banners and stand in solidarity together ✊
🗓 Saturday 25 June, 12 noon
📍 Lime Street station
Join us and let’s #DemandBetter
Wow what a night - thank you to everyone who came along to tonight’s film screening and panel discussion - missed it? Watch the film on youtube @bbcmerseyside @IanByrneMP @JohnDomokos @jencanjump https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=0mT41YhJquo
Fantastic news for Labour! Congratulations @simonlightwood
Congratulations to @simonlightwood!
The new Labour MP for Wakefield. 🌹
Fantastic news for our community organisations!
#News: #Liverpool is about to land a major transfer coup potentially worth tens of millions of pounds.
No, this is not an exclusive on Jurgen Klopp’s next signing!
This is a transfer policy of a different kind...- https://liverpoolexpress.co.uk/liverpool-to-land-major-transfer-coup/
#ImprovingLiverpool
#TheNextChapter
Another nail in the coffin for our disastrous Prime Minister.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/24/oliver-dowden-resigns-as-conservative-party-chair-in-wake-of-byelection-losses
Great to meet with the LCR race equality team yday.
@LCRMayor has allocated £3m to improve opportunities for the Black community. Including boosting the recruitment, retention and progression of Black staff.
This is what putting your money where your mouth is looks like.
We @Kuumba_Imani @L8abetterplace are super excited that we are only 2 days away from our #CelebrateL8 event over 35 community orgs, 6 cultural caterers and many super performances under one roof @FireFitHub 25th June 2022
Proud to again join striking rail workers on the picket this morning in Liverpool.
They’re leading the fight back against the attack on jobs, wages and conditions at a time when profits are soaring and working people are being squeezed.
Solidarity with the @RMTunion ✊🏽
NEW: Demand Labour Supports the Strikes 🌹
Use our lobbying tool to demand your Labour MP stands with rail workers and @RMTUnion 👉 https://mtm.is/rmt
#RailStrikes
ANNOUNCING: Time to #SpeakUpforPalestine 🇵🇸
Mon. 18 Jul, 19:00 ⏰
Our online rally at @arise_festival with:
@BellRibeiroAddy
@KimJohnsonMP
@PSCupdates
@LabourPalestine
@Yasmine_Dar & more including Palestinian guests.
Register & RT 👇
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/time-to-speak-up-for-palestine-tickets-360579632387
Lovely afternoon out celebrating the 10th anniversary of @EvertonSchool.
Great to talk to the incredible staff and students and hear about all the work they’re doing!
The earthquake in Afghanistan is deeply devastating news.
With Afghanistan’s infrastructure crippled by decades of UK-backed war and sanctions, we have a responsibility to urgently step up and send financial and medical aid to help with emergency response and recovery efforts.
“Giving businesses freedom to access temporary workers.”
Isn’t that practice exactly what you and your lying, cheating Prime Minister condemned @POferries over, only three months ago?
You’re a disgraceful hypocrite, @KwasiKwarteng. https://twitter.com/KwasiKwarteng/status/1539847978235711488
Today, I will table legislation that will give employers the freedom to recruit skilled, temporary staff to plug vital roles during strike action.
This new law will help protect the British public from future disruption caused by militant trade unions👇🏿
http://www.gov.uk/government/news/government-acts-to-make-it-easier-for-businesses-to-use-temporary-staff-to-help-ease-disruptions-caused-by-strike-action
Proud to again join striking rail workers on the picket this morning in Liverpool.
They’re leading the fight back against the attack on jobs, wages and conditions at a time when profits are soaring and working people are being squeezed.
Solidarity with the @RMTunion ✊🏽
👍🏽 Rail workers in #Liverpool have successfully secured a 7.1% pay rise, which unions have hailed a "new benchmark".
🤔 Union boss says new agreement shows government are blocking routes to end other rail worker disputes❗
🔗 http://liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/merseyrail-staff-vote-accept-71-24291585
@RMTunion #ToryRailStrikes
Yesterday we met with lots of organisations in the community which @CALiverpool_ @CentralLpoolPCN have funded to deliver health wellbeing projects @SaveraUK @GSWG_charity @CentrePal @LivArabicCentre looking forward to attending again to see the outcome of the projects.
Dear fans!!!
Difficult to find the right words for this. I just want to thank you from the bottom of my heart, I'm so pleased to be a very small part of this incredible success we'd together during the last 6 years.
You were there in good and bad times. I'll never forget. #YNWA
If the last few days of Mick Lynch media smack downs have made you think "I want to buy him a pint" - go one better.
Throw in the cost of a pint to the @RMTunion dispute fund, used to financially support the strikers. It's what Mick wants.
https://www.rmt.org.uk/about/national-dispute-fund/?fbclid=IwAR0q-oaIdAb2QlkzRIlFjg1sU6qh5sNMn6fiWgUA7euRnoi3vz_W_8EwkV8
#News: To mark #WindrushDay, we will be lighting up some of the city's most iconic civic buildings - St George's Hall, Town Hall and the Cunard Building.
The buildings will be bathed green and yellow from 10.30pm.
Proud to join with my CLP to celebrate #WindrushDay2022 & remember the contribution those proud men & women made to our country. https://twitter.com/WavertreeCLP/status/1539592120507449344
#Windrushgeneration arrived 74 years ago today.
We at @WavertreeCLP take time today, and everyday, to celebrate the role they played in rebuilding Britain after WW2 and continue to fight the injustices they face. ❤️
#WindrushDay2022
Everyone should be paying attention to Masafer Yatta right now. The UK government must speak out and use its friendship with Israel to stop these cruel and unnecessary evictions from happening.
If you support peace and want to see a resolution, we’re watching it slip away: https://twitter.com/BtSIsrael/status/1538889536272486400
What’s tomorrow going to look like in Masafer Yatta? Children will wake up for school, parents will get up for work, and massive and aggressive military training exercise will begin right next to their homes, completely ignoring the over 1,000 Palestinians living there.
Solidarity with @ApsanaBegumMP. Look after yourself, sister.
Too true @NgunanAdamu. "Time" was a thought-provoking drama from the BBC brilliantly written by the incomparable Jimmy McGovern and superbly acted by Stephen Graham & Sean Bean.
Can't help but smile seeing fellow Scousers win award 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Well deserved 🥂🎉 https://twitter.com/sandfordawards/status/1539686062750064640
I would like to thank @lpoolcouncil for agreeing to light up council buildings tonight in honour of Windrush Day, when the first Caribbean citizens responded to the call to rebuild post-WW2 Britain, faced appalling racism while doing do, but contributed so much #WindrushDay2022