Ellie Cumbo
@EllieCumbo
Law/justice policy specialist, former special adviser, councillor. On the @labourwomensnet executive. Strong views on good food & bad law.
On the basis it's going to be useless, annoying and short-lived, let's just combine its founders' names and call it Cortana.
NEW: A source close to the party confirms the name will be decided by a vote at the conference referenced in the launch letter
"minister your party has said it supports your party can you confirm if you support your party on the your party issue and if your party were to refuse support from your party how would your party respond d"
Wait til the Supreme Court realise they missed the Equality and Human Rights Commission Act. thetimes.com/article/3bc4f0…
This morning @clairebakermsp & I met with Sandie Peggie, who I have spoken in support of in Parliament. Sandie has 30 years’ service as a nurse at the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy & should never have had to take legal action to uphold her right to change in a single sex space.
[laughs in Planning Law]
Nigel Farage to build ‘Nightingale prisons’ if he wins election thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
' In my garden' by Mariann Johansen-Ellis, contemporary printmaker #ReframingWomenPrintmakers
The campaign against Mary-Ann Stephenson as potential chair of the EHRC is a standard and easily recognised TRA tactic. The questioning of her skills and experience, when comparing her to previous post holder is standard sexism. thetimes.com/uk/politics/ar…
I met Larry today. Didn't manage it while actually working in govt, & had begun to think I might have missed my chance. But no. I found him dozing in the sun, & was permitted to stroke the royal chin, getting thoroughly moulted on in the process. You CAN achieve your dreams.
It’s universal that when Mom wants to relax the babies still wanna have fun.
Mary-Ann Stephenson’s crime appears to be that she knows what the law is and, indeed, that she has been right about it for years. Idiot MPs can’t accept that! >>>>> MPs oppose Starmer’s gender-critical pick for equality watchdog thetimes.com/article/5cc666…