Ben Cooper @BenCooper86 Twitter profile

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Ben Cooper

1 year

So here's a thing, not only have Dartmouth and East Dart elected me - I've only gone and topped the poll! 💪🏽🌹 #Ben4Dart #Dartmouth #StokeGabriel #Kingswear #Hillhead #Townstal #Labour

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Ben Cooper

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2 years

My mate caught this video of a Lancaster Bomber flying up the River Dart last weekend, just awesome... #Dartmouth #Devon #RAF

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Ben Cooper

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10 years

Whenever my niece sees David Cameron she says: "He's the silly man who looks like a train" - this is said train: http://t.co/cl8fNzPkfP

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Ben Cooper

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4 years

Morning @jeremycorbyn , own it. Morning @LenMcCluskey , own it. Morning @PeoplesMomentum , own it. Morning @JennieGenSec , own it. Morning @OwenJones84 , own it. Morning @johnmcdonnellMP , own it. Morning @RichardBurgon , own it. Morning @AaronBastani , own it.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

5 years

Remember when Ken Livingstone was kicked out within a couple of days for campaigning against @UKLabour in Tower Hamlets? No, me neither... Solidarity @campbellclaret !

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@antmiddleton That's exactly what you did - you equated the BLM movement and the far-right EDL, then went on to call them scum and said they weren't "welcome on our steets" - it's here in black and white 👇🏾

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

6 months

Hi @JamesGilesRBK , regarding your email today threatening to name me if I don't sign your letter - crack on, because I won't be signing it. Hostages need to be released, all civilians protected and Hamas destroyed so a two state solution and lasting peace can become a reality.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

Chelley Ryan #WeAreCollective

@chelleryn99

3 years

Jeremy Corbyn did more in four years of opposition to challenge the neoliberal dogma that's infected out political system since Thatcher, than Blair did in 13 years of government

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Do not forget @10DowningStreet told journalists that Cummings isolated in LONDON!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

1 year

@StuartAndrew Afternoon Stuart, what evidence is there of voter fraud in the UK?

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

I was attacked tonight at my CLP meeting for calling this Facebook post antisemitic... If anyone would care to explain how this post isn't antisemitic I'm all ears! So so angry right now!

Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

This is also a post from a CLP member tonight regarding Rebecca Long-Bailey and the action @Keir_Starmer rightly took, and I quote: "Israel has its tentacles deep within the Labour Party." Truly sickening! @LabourAgainstAS @EuanPhilipps @lukeakehurst

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

We're currently witnessing the best Labour opposition we've seen since 1996 aren't we?

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

10 years

This statement from the Dutch government is remarkable, how can the British government look flood victims in the eye? http://t.co/BgyHX6Dvcn

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Morning @SeumasMilne , own it. Morning @IanLaveryMP , own it. Morning @HackneyAbbott , own it. Morning @AyoCaesar , own it. Morning @RichardJMurphy , own it. Morning @jonlansman , own it. Morning @graceblakeley , own it. Morning @ParkerCiccone , own it.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

10 years

So @Nigel_Farage was racist because he was tired? Nige, look - I've worked 41 hours since Thursday and I'm still not a racist!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

“Tory-lite policies that held our party back before Jeremy” - @RLong_Bailey

Rebecca Long-Bailey

@RLong_Bailey

4 years

With the climate crisis spiralling and the far-right on the march, we must regroup urgently for the struggles ahead. Our task is to build a winning vision of a socialist future.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

10 years

Here's the Yazidis flag, you know - if any councils are interested... http://t.co/KiR2hALHg8

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Young people were told to go back to University... Young people were told to go back to the pub... Young people were told to Eat Out to Help Out... You can't blame them for doing what they were told was safe!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

7 years

Assisted dying is less about ending a life and more about ending an inevitable, often painful death. Give the terminally ill a choice.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

7 years

If you don't want an assisted death, then don't have one - but don't deny those who want the choice of a dignified end! #c4news #ImwithNoel

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

5 years

Just me, donating some stem cells...

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2 years

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

Imagine being a Labour MP or activist and thinking restoring the whip to an antisemite is something you should be campaigning on right now? Labour won't win until this nonsense is stamped out!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

7 years

Don’t usually need a reason to give @StopFundingHate a shout out, but yeh his sexuality has nothing to do with this horrific crime!

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@DailyMailUK

7 years

Gay father is found GUILTY of murdering the 18-month-old daughter he adopted

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

Dear @YoungLabourUK , Isn't this the kind of content you should be retweeting and sharing? Best wishes, The rest of the Labour movement 🌹x

Keir Starmer

@Keir_Starmer

3 years

These talented, motivated and ambitious young people need opportunities to thrive. With Labour, that's what they'll get.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

8 years

If only Lindsey Lohan had intervened sooner.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

@Gibbo4Darlo @BorisJohnson @10DowningStreet Nice 3,294 majority you've got there, would be a shame if something happened to it... #Darlington #VoteLabour

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

7 months

Can't wait to be told that only the Lib Dems can win in #Weilingborough ... #PeterBone

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

Good grief, pass the sick bucket! 🤮

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

5 years

@EuropeElects “If a democracy cannot change its mind, it ceases to be a democracy" - @DavidDavisMP

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

Credit to @jwgilland for the footage 📽️

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Morning @michaeljswalker , own it. Morning @SalmaYaqoob , own it. Morning @GeorgeAylett , own it. Morning @DerbyChrisW , own it. Morning @paulmasonnews , own it. Morning @MissEllieMae , own it. Morning @novaramedia , own it. Morning @ken4london , own it.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@francisobrienUK He did wrong, he should just resign - it’s that simple. The journalists are just doing their job!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

6 years

I wish I hadn't, but I just came across tomorrow's @TheSun front page... Disgusting, vile, bigoted, hateful, shameful. Ps. Congratulations to the happy couple, I hope you have many special years together! #LGBT #TransRightsAreHumanRights #Transgender #DontBuyTheSun

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

I can't stop watching this... RT @xtophercook :

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

5 years

On #Brexit , noone says it better than Tony Blair... Great interview with @maitlis on @BBCNewsnight ! #newsnight

BBC Newsnight

@BBCNewsnight

5 years

"This government is in a state of dysfunction" - former Prime Minister Tony Blair tells Emily Maitlis @maitlis | @InstituteGC | #newsnight

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

"The only thing that's boring is opposition" - @Keir_Starmer 👏🏽👏🏾👏🏼👏🏿👏🏻

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@RobertJenrick Resign.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

10 years

Assisted dying wouldn't result in more people dying, just fewer people dying in agony and without dignity. Remember that. #dignityindying

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

5 years

Listening to someone on #5livebreakfast say that being gay or lesbian "is a choice", we still have so so far to go... Bravo to @NickyAACampbell for holding him to account! #LGBT #Section28

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

@ElectionMapsUK @FindoutnowUK

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

7 years

Unity defeats evil. #Westminster #London #UnitedKingdom

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

6 years

“Yeh, but blue passports...”

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

So @michaelgove just cited #Denmark as a country who are sending their children back to school - spot the difference from yesterday: Denmark: New cases 67 New deaths 6 United Kingdom: New cases 3,450 New deaths 468 Why didn't @AndrewMarr9 pick him up on this fact? #Marr

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

The attacks on Keir Starmer are beyond tiresome and hypocritical! Has he been perfect? Absolutely not, but he's done a fairly decent job in dealing with some of the worst legacies of the previous leadership and he should be allowed to finish the job... 1/3

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@MarxMedia @hendopolis There are 8 seats in Leeds, the three Tories who voted to allow children to go hungry are... Pudsey’s @StuartAndrew Morley and Outwood’s @andreajenkyns & Elmet and Rothwell’s @AlecShelbrooke

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@FraserNelson That's partly because 42% of British adults don't earn over the £12,500 personal allowance, which I'm sure you'll agree is a disgrace...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@markdanielll @kiramadeira Those responses, wild...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Dear second home owners of London and the SE, Please do not come down to Devon and Cornwall this weekend - we have an elderly population, poor public services, an overstretched NHS and our shops are already empty. Thanks.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

7 years

"The sheer incompetence of @jeremycorbyn 's leadership means Labour is effectively giving up the game of opposition…"

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

7 months

All of this 👇🏽

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

6 months

But me, as the District Councillor for Dartmouth and East Dart, has no influence over the policies of Israel or the terrorist organisation of Hamas. Threatening to name me for not signing something I have no control over is dangerous and reckless.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

@GarySambrook89 @BorisJohnson Nice 1,640 majority you've got there, would be a shame if something happened to it...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@LaurenM0ss You're right to caution comparing, but probably worth mentioning that Italy (with its smaller population) has done around 1m more tests... Total Tests: Italy - 2,246,666 United Kingdom - 1,291,591

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

@BorisJohnson @DUPleader You're next Boris... Who made the initial payment? It's a simple question! 🧐

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

@DailyMailUK 🧐

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

#Milibrand RT @SophyRidgeSky : Google searches since that Russell Brand interview... http://t.co/4ttNeofXu8 #Labour #GE2015

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

Why is @KayBurley being so much harder on Ed then David, oh wait... #BattleForNumber10

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

10 years

A banker, a Daily Mail reader and a benefit claiment... A brief story on how we debate the poorest in our society: http://t.co/RUFV47PopV

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

@aliarouzi One of the many reasons @BorisJohnson should not be Prime Minister...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@MRadclyffe @RLong_Bailey But it was a conspiracy theory, and Maxine Peake has even retracted it...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

#SRB , this is pretty fabulous! #Eurovision2015

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

@SeanWhite15 @UKCovid19Stats Or those who care about protecting the people around them... In the South West we are currently experiencing the highest number of people being admitted to hospital with Covid at any point during the pandemic.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

8 years

Clinton wins Central Falls, the Rhode Island Municipality which is 65% Hispanic & has the lowest median household income 59-40%. #PrimaryDay

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Oh dear...

Rt Hon Nadine Dorries

@NadineDorries

4 years

No one who knew anything about the pathology of #Covid19 ever said it would be over by Christmas.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

1 year

So I designed my own leaflet and I have to say, I'm pretty damn happy with it… Being printed locally, I'll be hitting the streets and delivering them by hand - wish me luck! 🤞🏽 #Ben4Dart #LocalElections2023 #VoteLabour #Dartmouth #Kingswear #Hillhead #StokeGabriel #SouthHams

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

'They wanted to bring France to its knees. They brought Europe to its feet' #JeSuisCharlie #ParisMarch http://t.co/lKNKDCWXEv

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

@madebygoogle Been trying to order a Pixel 6 Pro but it's now out of stock and been removed from my basket, rubbish.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

5 years

I'm fed up of being told by usually, straight white men, that homophobia is no longer an issue - this is why education matters @EstherMcVey1 , this is why children should be taught that #LoveIsLove no matter if it's between a 💑, 👨‍❤️‍👨 or 👩‍❤️‍👩!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

@slp111111 @lpatz80 @jburnmurdoch UK daily update only includes those who have died in hospital, unsure how those who are dying at home/in care homes are being included.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

I hope @UKLabour members are waking up and seeing the incredible result @nzlabour is achieving, this is what can happen when you have a credible leader... Oh how we have wasted 10 years!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

Still the best argument against #Ukip & their promise to end the free movement of people I've seen... #UKIP100Days http://t.co/BdmH84RdIQ

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

This is a great policy, has Labour considered something like this @jreynoldsMP ? A miscarriage can have a devisiting impact on couples, paid leave would help those affected.

The Female Lead

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3 years

New Zealand just approved a new measure allowing for paid leave after miscarriage. The legislation is believed to be among the first in the world, applying to couples who lose a baby at any point.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

10 years

The image used on tomorrow's @guardian front page is hard to comprehend, Syrian refugees queuing for food at Yarmouk: http://t.co/TJwtaYeIpE

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

1 year

Trans women are women. Trans men are men. All non-binary identities are valid. #TransRightsAreHumanRights

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

Least I now know what it was like to be a Labour supporter in the 1980s...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

10 years

You sir, can do to me what ever you like... #MrNetherlands http://t.co/Zc1MOmdIxZ

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

1 year

Just finished watching #Mayflies , the time for assisted dying in the UK is now... "An assisted dying law would not result in more people dying, just fewer people suffering." - @dignityindying #dignityindying #assisteddying

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

🤷🏽‍♂️

James Cleverly🇬🇧

@JamesCleverly

4 years

If you want to see how a Labour government would be dealing with the current COVID-19 situation just look at how they’re doing in Wales.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Today is a good day, just read that Kate Hoey is no longer a member of the Labour Party! 🍾🥂🌹

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

@EuropeElects Not now France...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 years

@StefanEvans @ne_al_ He sacked her for refusing to take down a tweet which linked to an anti-semitic trope - all she had to do was take it down and apologise. She didn't and had to go.

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

6 months

So after threatening to name those councillors who don't sign his letter, Cllr James Giles has now blocked me for calling him out... @RBKingston @ContactKingston

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

Jesus @KayBurley , at least TRY to be balanced! #BattleForNumber10

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

1 year

@AndrewRTDavies Making sanitary products freely available has no negative impacts, it just means trans men and dads out with their daughters can freely access them when needed. Grow up, a trans child has just been murdered, your culture war is not wanted and not needed!

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

5 years

Great night with #Plymouth 's incredible LGBT+ asylum seeker and refugee community, the work @PrideinPlymouth do with them is amazing! No-one should be forced to return to a country they could face persecution, imprisonment or even death! #wearethem #theyareus #LGBT #loveislove

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

6 years

@SharkDevocean @AdamLikesTheSea 🐜🐜🐜=army 🦋🦋🦋=flutter 🦉🦉🦉=parliament 🐼🐼🐼=embarrassment 🐆🐆🐆=coalition 🐸🐸🐸=knot 🦎🦎🦎=lounge 🦊🦊🦊=skulk 🐧🐧🐧=waddle/raft My favourite is a smack of jellyfish, no emoji though. #WorldEmojiDay

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

1 year

Off for a cold shower... #Eurovision

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

Lee Anderson is a vile bigot, him losing his Ashfield seat will be a highlight of election night...

Tory MP under fire for transphobic comments about Eddie Izzard

‘Playground bully’ Lee Anderson’s remarks described as ‘vile and disgusting’ by MPs from his own party

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

Conservative councillor @wildman_adam has deleted his Twitter, can't think why...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

I'll mark this down as a win...

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

4 years

Assisted dying wouldn't result in more people dying, just fewer people dying in pain or taking their own life far too early. It is time to change the law and give people the choice to die with dignity.

Dignity in Dying

@dignityindying

4 years

Paul Blomfield’s terminally ill father ended his own life, afraid that if he didn’t act quickly, then he would lose the opportunity to act at all. It is UNACCEPTABLE that anyone should have to die in these tragic circumstances. Change the law.

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5 years

Woke up about an hour ago, having a coffee and thinking about what an incredible team of people @PlymouthLabour have - its councillors, candidates and activists - all did an incredible job, made easier by @CouncillorTudor and his team delivering so much of our 2018 manifesto! 🌹

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

3 months

@AdamBienkov Hello, @Ofcom - anyone there?

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

9 years

Umpque Community College joins a depressingly long list of mass shootings since Sandy Hook. #Oregon

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

8 months

64 The number of countries where LGBT+ people face persecution and imprisonment. 12 The number of countries where the death penalty can be imposed for same-sex sexual activity. 1.5 The percentage of UK asylum applications where sexual orientation was part of the claim.

The Times and The Sunday Times

@thetimes

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Fearing discrimination on the basis of being gay or a woman should not by itself be enough to qualify for protection under international refugee laws, Suella Braverman will say in a speech on Tuesday

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Ben Cooper

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9 years

Best so far tonight 👏🏽 #SRB #Eurovision2015

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Ben Cooper

@BenCooper86

2 years

@Survation

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