Last night I attended and spoke at a great event in Coventry with
@zarahsultana
to raise money for
@MedicalAidPal
I also had the privilege of meeting this fantastic group of FBU members who had helped organise it. Brilliant work.
#Cease_fire_In_Gaza_Now
I've long campaigned for universal free school meals, guaranteeing every primary school pupil gets a healthy meal each day.
So I'm really pleased Labour's West Midlands Mayor candidate
@RichParkerLab
backs the call, making it a priority for his mayoralty.
Let's make it happen💪🏽
In the West Midlands, 66,000 children in poverty don’t qualify for a free school meal. As Mayor, I want to fix that.
And with
@zarahsultana
I’ll campaign for universal free school meals for our children.
The British labour movement has a proud history of internationalism and in speaking-out for the Palestinian people.
Standing in that tradition, I was very pleased to be invited to speak at the Communication Workers Union conference last weekend to talk about a free Palestine 🤝🏽
Privatisation has been a disaster for rail.
Prices are sky-high, services are poor and private companies cream-off the profits.
That's why Labour's pledge today – to bring rail into public ownership – is so welcome.
Let's run services for the public good, not private profit 👊🏽
Where is the outrage now that mass graves have been found in Gaza?
Why don’t we know more about the bodies found with hands tied & clothing stripped?
Where is the wall-to-wall coverage of this?
Where is the international condemnation?
It’s worth reminding those critical of the student protests raging across the US: Gaza no longer has universities. Every single university in Gaza has been bombed into oblivion. Hundreds of academics, scholars, professors, & students have been killed since Oct. 7.
#scholasticide
Today marks 11 years since the
#RanaPlaza
disaster in Bangladesh that killed at least 1,132 workers & injured over 2,500.
It remains one of the worst industrial incidents on record.
I pay tribute to those seeking justice & trade unionists organising in the garment industry. 🧵