Lloyd Russell-Moyle 🌹🏳️‍🌈

The concessions on the Welfare Bill are welcome. The promise to scrap of PIP changed are the right thing to do even if at the last moment. However, it is now not clear what the bill even stands for, the government should withdraw it and place a new bill in front of Parliament.

The concessions on the Welfare Bill are welcome. The promise to scrap of PIP charges are the right thing to do even if at the last moment. However, it is now not clear what the bill even stands for, the government should withdraw it and place a new bill in front of Parliament.

You cannot say statehood is an inalienable right and then put conditions (ceasefire) on that right. Let’s recognise Palestine now, stop the famine, stop the genocide.

I understand many LGBT+ folks distrust of the police but the demand for "no cops on pride" is cheered on by anti-trans and reform types. Seeing them taking the police to court to stop officers supporting pride & banning LGBT+ officers from marching, is surly not progress.

🚨Breaking: Kent Police have doubled down after pro-Palestine protesters were questioned for holding flags and placards. A spokesperson told Declassified: "It is a criminal offence to carry or display items that may arouse reasonable suspicion" of support for Palestine Action.

Have now heard what the new PIP deal is. It's for others to disclose and every MP must make up their own mind, but to me it's insufficient when better options have repeatedly been put forward and ignored. I will be voting for the amendment/against the bill, alone if necessary.

Terrorism powers should never have been used to aggravate criminal charges against Palestine Action activists and they certainly shouldn't be used to ban them.

🚨BREAKING: We’re deeply concerned at the use of counter terrorism powers to target protest groups. This is the latest in a succession of measures taken by the UK government to clamp down on protest in the UK.

Interesting

I'm delighted the government has accepted my amendment to make hate crimes against LGBT+ and disabled people aggravated offences, and will now table an amendment in the House of Lords to make it happen. Here's a bit of my speech on why this change is so important:

My response to the Casey report into Grooming Gangs:

The UK Government is currently training soldiers from an army which is committing war crimes and genocide, from a country of which we have just sanctioned ministers - we would not train any other army of a country we have sanctions against.

The UK Government is currently training an soldiers from an army which is committing war crimes and genocide, from a country of which we have just sanctioned ministers - we would not train any other army of a country we have sanctions against.