What has Daisy Cooper been up to today?
Daisy Cooper is MP for St Albans and a member of the Liberal Democrat party.
Daisy Cooper has 27090 followers on Twitter.
Lovely to visit the MD, chairman and other staff of @FellsWine in Kings Langley in my constituency yesterday! Sadly, I didn't get to take this home...๐พ
Great to visit @ImaginationTech to talk about semiconductor shortages, digital skills, and the global โwork from anywhereโ policy. Good to meet the staff, including senior lead for #WomenInSTEM & have a look around your office in #KingsLangley in #StAlbans ๐
Those in care settings need a legal right to an Essential Care Giver: government guidance isn't enough. I, @DanCardenMP @tracey_crouch & other MPs have applied for a debate on this @relresuk @CareUnlock @rightsforresid2
The so-called 'war on drugs' is failing - we need to take a public health approach. I'm happy to work with other MPs to bring about much-needed change in law and people's lives, as I said at @anyoneschild's Parliamentary lobby
Iโve been fighting for improvements to this line for years, so this decision is deeply disappointing for me, the Watford MP & campaign group @abflyers. I've written to @hertscc to ask how it'll be addressing the issues identified by @transportgovuk
https://tinyurl.com/mr3nemz2
The #NIProtocolBill breaks international law, could trigger a trade war which would be awful for #CostOfLivingCrisis and trash our global reputation. My words on #PoliticsLive ๐
The #MentalHealthBill proposal of a 'nominated person' instead of a 'nearest relative' is a positive step forward. But we need to know what rights that person has, as I brought up yesterday using an example from a #StAlbans constituent
Help me beat Dominic Raab! Iโm looking for a Campaign Organiser. If youโve got what it takes to have a big impact on politics in this country then come and join one of the most exciting campaigns of the next General Election. ๐ช๐ โฆ@LibDemsโฉ https://www.libdems.org.uk/campaign-organiser-ewld
Balloons & bricks are just one of the ways @LibDems get media coverage, but lots more goes on in Lib Dem HQ's media dept. Want to get involved? They're hiring at the moment - go here to apply & help us keep smashing the blue wall ๐ https://tinyurl.com/2p9c9vs6 ๐๐๐งฑ
The 6 weirdest Liberal Democrat election victory stunts https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/by-election-results-tiverton-lib-dems-blue-wall-stunts-b2108708.html
Hi #StAlbans here are some of the things Iโve been up to this week๐
By-election polls have closed!
Thanks to everyone involved in our campaigns, especially our fantastic candidates @RichardFoordLD in #TivertonandHonitonByElection and @jamie_needle in #Wakefield ๐ถ๐ช
Be like Nick #TivertonandHonitonByElection
Out canvassing in sunny Devon. Just had a lovely chat with Nick Sleeman, manager of the Honiton Conservative Clubโฆ who is voting Liberal Democrat tomorrow! Thanks Nick.
Scarce GP appointments, burnt-out staff, missing paperwork and disappearing dentists - our health & care system is in chaos. In this speech today ๐ I used examples from #StAlbans residents, and urged the Govt to make a strong plan to fix this mess now
Great news! @libdemdaisy, St Albansโ MP & Liberal Democrat deputy leader, will be on our panel
Speakers inc. @GreenRupertRead, @climatemum22 & @GreenishMumStA
Join us on Sat 25 Juneโก๏ธhttp://bit.ly/3N1iAn2
Inspire #Herts residents on #ClimateAction and #resilientcommunities
๐จAt 10am Nicky Campbell is joined by MPs:
๐ต@tomhunt1988
๐ Daisy Cooper [@libdemdaisy]
๐ดand @IanMurrayMP
๐ฌThey'll be discussing the big political topics of the day.
โผ๏ธWhat do you want to ask themโ
๐งListen to the @NickyAACampbell phone-in on the @BBCSounds app๐ฒ
Deaf & disabled people should be able to compete on a level playing field in elections but disability-related costs are often prohibitive. Govt needs to re-create the national fund that tackled this. That's why I've presented the Access to Elected Office Fund (Report) Bill ๐
Cervical screening saves lives, preventing up to 7 in 10 incidences of cervical cancer. To learn more about the test & #CervicalScreeningTips that might make it easier, ask @JoTrust #CervicalScreeningAwarenessWeek
Train strikes: latest info for #StAlbans commuters
Hey @VodafoneUK, what do I need to do to urgently speak to someone who can explain why youโve taking unauthorised payments from the account of a vulnerable adult? Not one person Iโve spoken to can help explain it.
Hi #StAlbans here are just some of the things Iโve been up to this week ๐
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The Government have said that neither @grantshapps or his Ministers have met with RMT union officials since before 13th May.
That is 35 days without a meeting, and a clear dereliction of duty to prevent these strikes.
I have written to demand an explanation.๐ https://twitter.com/sarahjolney1/status/1537832442081513474
Rail strikes next week are going to wreak havoc across the UK.
Where is Grant Shapps in all this? His lack of leadership is going to cost the country millions.
He must get of his hands and intervene to prevent this disaster occurring.
If he does not, he should resign.
Canvassing going well today! @dogsofsald #TivertonandHonitonByElection
It was great to meet you & have a natter, Lucy! ๐
Just met @libdemdaisy in #bampton, campaigning for @RichardFoordLD for the #TivertonandHonitonByElection seat. Poor lady got an earful of questions from me but so good to speak to someone who understands #healthandsocialcare and is passionate about grassroots campaigning.
Really looking forward to seeing @StAlbansMusical's production of Rent at @OVOtheatre next week. Best of luck to all the cast members - I'm sure you'll be great! ๐ญ๐ถ
2 weeks until we open at @ovotheatre Roman Theatre Festival, and weโve got something for everyone!
๐ญ RENT - Jonathan Larsonโs legendary musical. 21st - 26th June.
๐ฅ You Canโt Stop the Beat - Our award winning, family show! 22nd & 26th June
๐ http://ovo.org.uk
Lots of my constituents have spent weeks chasing #passportdelays
Yesterday I asked the Minister to help one specific constituent who's waited 13 weeks and now stands to lose ยฃ3,500 if she doesnโt receive it in time ๐
Interim statement from GTR & Network Rail about the likely impact of train strikes on trains to and from #StAlbans City @AlbanTLAction next week ๐
Govt funding for dentists in Feb created ZERO new dental appointments in #StAlbans. ๐ฆท
I wrote to this minister about this in April after her office cancelled a drop-in meeting with her three times.. so I was a bit cheesed off today to be told I should have contacted her! ๐คทโโ๏ธ
Today marks 5 years since the #Grenfell Tower Fire, which tragically resulted in 72 needlessly lost lives. But 5 years on, the bereaved families are still waiting for justice, and people are still living in death traps. /1
Having to wait 9 mins for your 999 call to be answered in an emergency is unthinkable. I said in @MailOnline - again - that the Govt must take urgent action to fix this crisis
https://tinyurl.com/yc3ux57b
Yesterday, the Govt published its national food "strategy" & revealed that they have absolutely no plans to feed an extra 1.5 million children in low income families.
I urged the Minister to think again and provide #FreeSchoolMeals to every child w/ a parent eligible for UC.
The Governmentโs plan to ship asylum-seekers to Rwanda for โprocessingโ and forced re-settlement is simply immoral. Iโve signed the letter organised by @JCWI_UK to oppose it
Great to hit the doors in #Wakefield with @jamie_needle & @WakefieldLibDem team today: lots of voters disillusioned with Johnsonโs Conservatives. ๐ถ
Hi #StAlbans, here are just some of the things Iโve been up to this week๐
Local environmental groups - like those in #StAlbans - know and care a lot more about rivers than sewage-dumping water companies do. They need a voice on the boards of these companies, as I said in my Commons debate speech today @VerValleySoc @StAlbansFoE

Housing associations provide genuinely affordable rents. Force them to sell at a discount under Right to Buy & this is what happens:
Av. ยฃ70k lost in discounted sale
40% of homes sold end up in unaffordable private rented sector
Less genuinely affordable social housing
๐๐ป https://twitter.com/RevRichardColes/status/1534837101757358083
It costs us cยฃ70k to discount a house for Right To Buy. 40% end up as buy-to-lets, with a significant cost to us in housing benefit. Why not use those ยฃ70ks to build new social housing for genuinely affordable rents? Fairer, and better value for money in the long run.
"If the Prime Minister had any clue how to help families and pensioners heโd cut VAT, ditch the National Insurance hike and tackle the housing crisis.
"Instead heโs going on a jolly to spout more hot air."
@libdemdaisy
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jun/08/boris-johnson-lancashire-speech-housing-economic
Thanks for having me yesterday morning, @Wheatfields_ Junior School! I enjoyed meeting all the members of your school council ๐ซ and answering your excellent questions!
I was pleased to drop into the Parliamentary event for #CarersWeek today to talk to carers & charities about the challenges #carers are facing. I'll continue to champion support for unpaid carers @carersweek
Weโre at @HouseofCommons today with @CharlotteV and @libdemdaisy at our first event here since 2019. Thank you to @nationalexpress for sponsoring. Looking forward to it!
Best way to start the day.
Little girl in a Spider-Man suit: โI like your suit!โ
Me: โI like your suit too!โ
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A huge thank you to @libdemdaisy for visiting today's launch event for our joint report into the experiences of doctors' during the pandemic with @HCSANews, and for pledging to support our key recommendations ๐
Thank you so much for standing up for NHS staff ๐
A whopping 41% of Johnsonโs own Conservative MPs donโt want him as PM anymore. He might still be in place - for now - but he is sorely wounded & weakened. #NoConfidenceVote
Yesterday on @LBC I was asked โwhatโs the first thing you would do to help fix the NHS?โ This was my answer
๐๐ป @LBC
As I said to @BBCNews ๐ this is a prime minister who puts his own personal interests above the interests of the country - and that's why tonight, Tory MPs need to vote no confidence in him. #NoConfidence #ConfidenceVote
And there we have it. In a fit of blue-on-blue rage, Nadine Dorries - having a go at Jeremy Hunt - admits that the Conservative Government weren't prepared for the pandemic. #covidinquirynow
3/4 Your pandemic preparation during six years as health secretary was found wanting and inadequate.Your duplicity right now in destabilising the party and country to serve your own personal ambition, more so.
I havenโt seen this much underlining since my own panicked revision for A levels....
Tory MPs have been sent this fact sheet, urging them to back the Prime Minister.
Well done #StAlbans! ๐ฌ๐ง #Jubilee #JubileeWeekend