What has Joanna Cherry QC been up to today?
Joanna Cherry QC is MP for Edinburgh South West and a member of the Scottish National Party party.
Joanna Cherry QC has 120231 followers on Twitter.
Congratulations to my sister @alicherryanders & @_KateForbes for getting this important work off the ground & taking it forward. #NetZero
A real pleasure for @ReNew_TheWorld team to be joined by some of our young female voices for change (& more experienced, inspiring professionals!) at Holyrood today to discuss plans, ideas & actions with @scotgov Cabinet Secretary for Finance & the Economy, @_KateForbes #NetZero
"The #HumanRightsAct is functioning as intended as it enables human rights to be enforced effectively in the UK with little recourse needed to the ECHR."
"The Government has failed to make the case for repealing and replacing the HRA with a Bill of Rights"
#RightsRemovalBill https://twitter.com/HumanRightsCtte/status/1542454267738472448
đ˘We believe the Government has failed to make the case for repealing and replacing the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights in the form proposed. We've written to @DominicRaab with our concerns.
Read the full letter: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22880/documents/167940/default/
Not sure @DominicRaab would have been prepared for a 14 page letter from the @HumanRightsCtte on the #BillOfRights but I guess that's what you get when your acting chair is a QC (in this case @joannaccherry) https://twitter.com/HumanRightsCtte/status/1542454267738472448
đ˘We believe the Government has failed to make the case for repealing and replacing the Human Rights Act with a Bill of Rights in the form proposed. We've written to @DominicRaab with our concerns.
Read the full letter: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/22880/documents/167940/default/
In a newly-published letter, @joannaccherry and @HumanRightsCtte say the government "has failed to make the case" for axing the Human Rights Act
https://www.holyrood.com/news/view,rethink-regressive-bill-of-rights-joanna-cherry-mp-tells-dominic-raab
Why on earth would a party founded to gain independence "go straight back to talking about independence?" https://twitter.com/itvpeston/status/1542267244553637888
âFor the SNP to just go straight back to talking about independence is really not fair on the countryâ
@kimleadbeater rejects new calls for #indyref2, saying Scottish people need the same help that those in the rest of the UK needs.
#Peston
Julie Bindel @bindelj is a voice for a generation and an inspiration for lesbians who wonât be silenced. Join us in celebrating Julie by checking out her brilliant book. Available in all good libraries.
Great meeting @ScotParl with @ReNew_TheWorld @_KateForbes @re_blade @ScotGovNetZero @StMungosFalkirk @WoodmillHigh @TechnipFMC @alicherryanders @ACWhyteLtd @poons21 @EwanHunter @DougChapmanSNP - promoting the voices of young women post @COP26 & opening up career opportunities
Not sure which Iâm enjoying more tonight - the satisfaction of seeing my ideas finally adopted despite all the nastiness or watching wrong-footed unionist politicians & others still clinging to totally redundant lines about illegal referendums. #Indyref2
This afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom received a reference by the Lord Advocate under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 under the Supreme Courtâs devolution jurisdiction. More information is available on our website: https://www.supremecourt.uk/news/reference-by-the-lord-advocate-to-the-supreme-court-28-june.html
Pleased the strategy Iâve advocated for has now been adopted & the legality of a @scotparl #indyref2 bill will be tested in court with a fallback position. Important to note that the political mandate to hold #indyref2 is already won. https://www.heraldscotland.com/politics/20241840.uk-supreme-court-proceed-nicola-sturgeons-indyref2-case/?ref=twtrec
In 1970, as spokesperson for the UK Gay Liberation Front at our first march, I said to the Times: âIt is important to know we are not ashamed to be homosexual.â I never dreamed Iâd have to say the same thing over 50 years later, opposed by some of those who marched with me. https://twitter.com/alliancelgb/status/1541704321947127809
#LGBHistory
@BevJacksonAuth, our co-founder, was the only woman of 20 attendees at the first meeting of the UK GLF.
Aged 19, Bev was also made spokesperson at the first march.
GLF understood we had to fight sexism and the patriarchy - alongside the womenâs movement.
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Today I put to @trussliz one of the many gaping holes in the U.K. Govtâs so called âlegal positionâ on the breaking of international law by the #NorthernIrelandProtocolBill. As with all the other points raised on this she had no answer. #RuleOfLaw
Julie Bindel to sue Nottingham council after talk cancelled | Nottingham | The Guardian (shows how long it is since I wrote for the Guardian. 15 year old byline pic) https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/jun/27/julie-bindel-to-sue-nottingham-council-after-aspley-library-talk-cancelled?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
A pleasure to host the founder & CEO of @TheCountessIE at Westminster to discuss issues of mutual interest re #WomensRights & similarities between Ireland & Scotland. Here we are beside the portrait of Countess Markiewicz in my office. #WeWillBeHeard
Matt Hancock has been âthinking hardâ about the Northern Ireland Protocol Bill and has concluded it doesnât breach international law. He needs to think harder still. Heâs wrong; his argument grossly oversimplifies and misrepresents the legal position. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/fc0a4686-f56b-11ec-ad14-7b04276f4c1f?shareToken=30b769a72029a7f393621b08955046d0
Was pleased to attend the launch of the Independent Commission of Inquiry into Asylum provision in Scotland to be headed by Baroness Helena Kennedy. An important development and congrats to @refugee4justice for making possible.
The Sea, The Sea with @joannaccherry starts in 15 MINUTES.
Make your tea. Grab your teacakes. đđâ¤ď¸đđĽ
Thank you. For everything. #IStandWithJKRowling
25 years ago today, I saw Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone in a bookstore (Waterstones, Prince's Street, Edinburgh) for the very first time. It was one of the best moments of my life. Thank you, @BloomsburyBooks, for taking a chance on a total unknown. 1/2
Fantastic âŚ@Martina interview by âŚ@bindelj⊠in âŚ@ObsNewReviewâŠ
âIâve always tried to do the right thing rather than the popular thingâ. That, Martina, is why we love you. Same goes for you Julie. #LesbianVisibilty https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2022/jun/26/martina-navratilova-do-the-right-thing-interview?CMP=share_btn_tw
Looking forward to joining @JKRsBarmyBooks today at 4pm to discuss my favourite novel The Sea, The Sea by @IrisMurdoch. Jump on twitter at 4pm & join our chat
JKRâs Barmy Book Army brings you JOANNA CHERRYâS CHOICE: The Sea, The Sea by Iris Murdoch.
Twitter, Sunday 26th June, 4-5pm, UK time.
Who better to kick off our pleasure picks than the redoubtable QC and politician @joannaccherry!
https://twitter.com/JKRsBarmyBooks/status/1527978894095224832?s=20&t=a4Fjx3OzDr33qmqbBPDBlg
How can you say you support LGBT rights when youâre silencing a lesbian whose beliefs are protected in law?
You are a public body charged with managing services for ALL. You are the one demonstrating prejudice in this matter & your failing in you PSED.
#WomenWontWheesht
#WeSeeYou https://twitter.com/MyNottingham/status/1540610180920008704
Read our statement on why we are not allowing an event to go ahead at one of our libraries today here: https://www.mynottinghamnews.co.uk/statement-on-aspley-library-event-cancellation/
This does look like a fairly straightforward violation of Art 10 ECHR. https://twitter.com/luluchops1/status/1540638424444665856
Just watched this & it was great but it made me sad that there arenât any #lesbian only bars or clubs any more. These were such important spaces to me when I first came out. Sad that younger lesbians donât have this. #LesbianVisibility.
The Gateways gals are on BBC4 tonight at 9pm!
Abortion is a woman's right. Nothing to do with gender.
Same sex marriage is a right of people who are same *sex* attracted. Nothing to do with gender.
Nothing says louder that Stonewall could not care less about women than this crass and opportunistic tweet. âŹď¸ https://twitter.com/stonewalluk/status/1540374185293189121
Abortion. Contraception. Same-sex marriage. All are under dire threat.
The global anti-gender movement is a very real risk to the hard-fought rights of women and LGBTQ+ people.
We need to stand together to fight these attacks on our lives. #RoeVsWade https://www.epfweb.org/node/551
Very bad day in the global fight for womenâs rights.
Women in the USA will still seek to end unwanted pregnancies. However safe abortion will be harder to access and disproportionately so for women with low incomes.
For all those that have sought to erase women and their rights, well done. #WomensRightsAreHumanRights https://twitter.com/nytimes/status/1540338221367918593
Breaking News: The Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, eliminating the constitutional right to abortion after almost 50 years in a decision that will transform American life. https://nyti.ms/3OHEhcL
Devastating news for women in the US.
This comes days after Malta - a European country where abortion is illegal in all circumstances - was held up as a model of human rights in @SP_EHRCJ session.
#RoeVsWade
#WomensRightsAreHumanRights https://twitter.com/DalgetySusan/status/1540343278276677632
The 13 states where abortion is now illegal:
Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming, #RoeVsWade #WomensRightsAreHumanRights https://twitter.com/Telegraph/status/1540339413611315201
We are proud to have the indomitable @joannaccherry as a good friend of JKRâs Barmy Book Army. We love an âawkward sodâ around here.
Joanna joins us this Sunday, 4-5pm on Twitter, to discuss Iris Murdochâs The Sea, The Sea. https://twitter.com/bindelj/status/1540272420342603776
https://www.newstatesman.com/comment/2022/06/why-we-should-celebrate-joanna-cherry-snp-mp
If the UK Govt wants to stay in the #ECHR it cannot pick & choose which #HumanRights it wants to observe or for whom. Their #BillOfRights will also necessitate amendment of the Scotland Act against the will of the âŚ@ScotParlâŠ. https://www.thenational.scot/politics/20232266.tory-attack-human-rights-will-help-drive-support-scottish-independence/
Women: know your place 2022 edition. https://twitter.com/LilyLilyMaynard/status/1540105725401341952
@WstoneIslington does your Pride display really featuring NO books centering lesbians? There are 8 âtransâ books, 3 drag books, loadsa gay books⌠just ONE book about a lesbian- and itâs about her looking after men!
While it remains a signatory to the #ECHR the UK Govt canât pick & choose which rights they want to observe or for whom they should be observed. Remaining in the #ECHR needs to be done with integrity. My comments on #BillOfRights on behalf of @HumanRightsCtte
This is rather unfair donât you think?. I have been very clear that @theSNP needs to reflect on the contrast between the treatment of different âoffendersâ and to review our arrangements for the pastoral care of complainers. My public statement is attached.
The SNP has legitimate questions to answer about how it deals with harassment but the entire Westminster party appears to have gone to ground. Some statements but no one speaking publicly. Joanna Cherry the only SNP member we could find today and even she had nothing to sayâŚ
@joannaccherry of the @HumanRightsCtte: "If we are going to stay in the #ECHR, it needs to be done with integrity, and we can't pick and choose which Convention rights we want to observe nor for whom we want to observe them." #PoliticsLive https://twitter.com/BIHRhumanrights/status/1539556819353444352
The Government has stated that we will remain committed to the European Convention of Human Rights.
Ask your MP: what does this mean in practice if our means of accessing these rights (i.e. our Human Rights Act) is taken away? https://bit.ly/3QHKDe3
I know what itâs like to be bullied in your place of work & itâs horrible. Bullying is unacceptable and nobody, especially children, should have to face it alone. Find out what you can do to help: http://dontfaceitalone.com #SpeakOutAboutBullying @DianaAward
We welcome this clarification and hope the committee will take this further detail on board in considering the evidence. https://twitter.com/murdo_fraser/status/1538870698114011136
Interesting to see this letter of apology from Rev Karen Hendry @churchscotland for her evidence to @ScotParl Equalities Committee on GRA reform. I know that her earlier comments caused widespread concern within the Kirk https://www.parliament.scot/-/media/files/committees/equalities-human-rights-and-civil-justice-committee/correspondence/2022/letter-from-reverend-karen-hendry-to-the-ehrcj-committee.pdf
Thank you Alexandra MacRae of Forfar for this courteous & measured response to my comments in my @scotnational column last week re the road to #Independence & thank you for your many years of service to @theSNP & our movement. https://www.thenational.scot/politics/20226176.referendum-route-independence-full-legal-potholes/
In Strasbourg last week the @HumanRightsCtte were told that UK Govtâs threats to disengage from the #ECHR give succour to Eastern European states like Russia who donât support #HumanRights or the #RuleOfLaw so today I asked @trussliz to wind down the rhetoric
Key workers told to tighten their belts.
City executives told to help themselves.
Britain deserves better.
Angry men shouting abuse at women trying to meet peacefully. At the end of this frightening clip, the man in black roars: âGo home and look after your kids!â This is no progressive movement - itâs the same misogyny of decades past. Letâs drop the âboth sides are toxic nonsenseâ. https://twitter.com/thewomencov/status/1538516264821325824
#LetWomenSpeak @StandingforXX Speaker's Corner event in #Bristol. Some of us were there and took this video. Aggressive men rage-shouting at women. For speaking up for our rights. These #PoundShopNinjas will not silence us.
Today I asked
@PritiPatel
to withdraw her intemperate comments about the European Court of #HumanRights after they halted #Rwanda deportation flights. She declined. - Patel criticises âscandalousâ ECHR ruling on Rwanda deportations. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/29b1c23c-ee8f-11ec-b47a-cf598c451bbb?shareToken=13e591868466674752a3f1799ffe82cb
Today I asked
@PritiPatel
to withdraw her intemperate comments about the European Court of #HumanRights after they halted #Rwanda deportation flights. She declined. - Patel criticises âscandalousâ ECHR ruling on Rwanda deportations. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/29b1c23c-ee8f-11ec-b47a-cf598c451bbb?shareToken=13e591868466674752a3f1799ffe82cb
Today I asked @PritiPatel to withdraw her intemperate comments about the European Court of #HumanRights after they halted #Rwanda deportation flights. She declined. - Patel criticises âscandalousâ ECHR ruling on Rwanda deportations.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/29b1c23c-ee8f-11ec-b47a-cf598c451bbb?shareToken=13e591868466674752a3f1799ffe82cb
đ§ľI wasnât at the SNP Westminster group meeting last week. I donât condone the covert recording or leak. However, for some time the SNP has had significant problems in how it handles complaints. 1/2
With the #Rwanda cases & threats to water down the #HumanRightsAct & even to withdraw from the #ECHR the role of the courts in our constitution has never been more topical. Looking forward to participating in this conference on Thursday 23 June. Join here đ
@JulianSmithUK @MaryCMurphy @Clare_Rice_ @alanjrenwick @ScotlandDunlop @LauraMcAllister @sarahsackman @CCC_Research An expert panel will address the role of the courts on Thursday morning:
Register for free to follow online:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-state-of-the-constitution-ucl-constitution-unit-conference-2022-tickets-342108454597
Hi Bob, here are some factsâŚ1) when I was #1 in the world, I struggled to beat Renee.She was 43âŚ2)Renee has said if she had been 25, she wouldâve wiped everyone off the court 3) Martina is no hater and Renee is awesome⌠https://twitter.com/bsatawake/status/1538634597411573763
@MikeSington I remember when Rene Richards competed at Wimbledon against @martina and @ChrissieEvert but I honestly donât remember her having an advantage over either of them. This is nothing more than hate, to live in a country with so much claimed Christian value, clearly #hate prevails!
Really excellent clip of the two mild mannered lesbians whose advocacy for gay rights has the New Misogynists and Homophobes frothing with rage https://twitter.com/GBNEWS/status/1538593514279292929
âOnce upon a time, Stonewall represented freedom of expression, now itâs sadly all changed.â
LGB Alliance founders Bev Jackson and Kate Harris speak to Andrew Doyle about accusations of being âanti-transâ and disagreements with Stonewall.
Watch the lesbians who founded @ALLIANCELGB explain why. And please donât tweet me criticising @GBNEWS. Iâm not a fan either but the fact is the likes of @BBCNews etc. have been unwilling to cover this issue fairly. These women deserve a platform.
âOnce upon a time, Stonewall represented freedom of expression, now itâs sadly all changed.â
LGB Alliance founders Bev Jackson and Kate Harris speak to Andrew Doyle about accusations of being âanti-transâ and disagreements with Stonewall.
This is what happens when there is a vacuum in leadership, when people in positions of power turn the other way because it suits their career prospects. This is what happens when you give misogynists the green light. This is shocking aggression. This is not progressive. https://twitter.com/thewomencov/status/1538516264821325824
#LetWomenSpeak @StandingforXX Speaker's Corner event in #Bristol. Some of us were there and took this video. Aggressive men rage-shouting at women. For speaking up for our rights. These #PoundShopNinjas will not silence us.
The âright side of historyâ strikes again https://twitter.com/thewomencov/status/1538516264821325824
#LetWomenSpeak @StandingforXX Speaker's Corner event in #Bristol. Some of us were there and took this video. Aggressive men rage-shouting at women. For speaking up for our rights. These #PoundShopNinjas will not silence us.
Worth a watch tonight if you want to hear the truth about @ALLIANCELGB from the lesbians who founded it. Itâs time mainstream media including @BBCNews & @SkyNews gave these women a platform.
Kate Harris & I will be talking to @andrewdoyle_com on @GBNEWS this evening between 7 and 9 pm. Weâll be talking about why we founded LGB Alliance, our activities and our plans. Also: how LGB teens are suffering from the imposition of gender identity theory.