Vice Pres
@ALDE
since 2019. 👨🦼Lib Dem Health & Social Care spokes House of Lords 2020-22. Lib Dem President 2015-19. Retweets/likes not endorsement. She/Her
Discrimination against LGBT+ people is still far too commonplace - particularly against the trans community.
LGBT+ rights must not be taken for granted. The fight for equality goes on.
#IDAHOBIT
🏳️🌈❤️💜💙🏳️⚧️
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia and Transphobia🏳️🌈. Founded in 2004,
#IDAHOBIT
is now celebrated in more than 130 countries around the world. It reminds us that there is still a long way to go until all LGBTQ+ people are free and safe from harm.
Pleased to see Govt listen to our calls to reform the ULS Scheme, but this change will make little difference to victims, who still have an absolute 28 days to apply, and who are often never even told about the scheme. The rights of offenders and victims must be equal here.
At our synod meeting in Amman we heard an incredibly moving testimony from Suheila Tarazi, Director of our Al Ahli Hospital in Gaza City. She summarised the traumatic experience of these past eight months. What she is doing with the remaining staff is nothing short of a miracle.
As we warned, the early release scheme is "undermining good, safe release planning & risk management". Freeing high risk offenders with a history of DA and stalking early, without adequate probation services, will put victims and the public at risk.
BREAKING: Commons back Lib Dem amendment to exclude MPs arrested for serious offences.
MPs have voted to back amendments by
@wendychambLD
, ensuring MPs accused of serious offences are excluded from the Parliamentary estate at the point of arrest, rather than only when charged.
The arbitrary cancellation of
#HS2
still makes my blood boil.
The arrant stupidity of Sunak’s shortsighted decision is laid bare in this lament by
@DavidShirres
HS2 offered so much - Rail Engineer
This was always why they really were not bothered by the strikes. There was always a plan and like everything else it was done with neither consultation nor consent
We are now in the insane situation of having GPs available to work but unable to find it - because the govt financially pushes practices into hiring non-doctors.
Absolute madness.
With inexplicable buy-in from
@NHSEngland
😔
Internationalists. Champions of human rights. Environmentalists. Supporters of diversity. Reformers. Hope over fear.
Just a few of the many reasons we're proud to call ourselves
@LibDems
.
I had the privilege of starting my floor management career at the BBC with
@FloellaBenjamin
in Playschool & Play Away in the mid 1970s, & now to work alongside her in
@UKHouseofLords
to protect children. She is still totally extraordinary! An absolute honour, Flo! ❤️
We remain extraordinarily proud that our very own
@FloellaBenjamin
is to be awarded the BAFTA Fellowship at the TV BAFTAs tonight for her exceptional contribution to television over decades.
Many congratulations to her!
#BAFTATVAwards
What about parents of
#disabled
children?
I’ve waited nearly 17 years to go back to work and now
@BhamCityCouncil
are taking away my son’s school transport, I will have to give up work, again.
Where is the support for our families?
The Times - Tainted blood victims used for ‘secret research without consent’
New evidence suggests that some patients were monitored for hepatitis C without their knowledge
Sam Roddick, the daughter of the Body Shop founder Anita Roddick, backs The Sunday Times’
#bloodydisgrace
campaign. She writes movingly about the death of her mother from hepatitis C and says she is haunted by the question: Have I done enough to fight on her behalf?