Dad, lover, racing sailor, roadbiker, wave addict.
Joined March 2018
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24 May 2021
Nic Douglass On Deck with Stan Honey - Chatting with the sailing legend about his career and the Mixed Offshore event - @sailorgirlhq yachtsandyachting.com/news/2…
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24 May 2021
Fun times in the river after a failed attempt to go to sea - it was just too bumpy and windy. Thanks to everyone that made it happen and Helen for the great photos.
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24 May 2021
Britain is the only G7 country refusing to back plans for a global minimum corporation tax.
Why would our millionaire Chancellor, who married into a family of billionaires & has concealed his financial interests in the past, be trying to block a plan to tackle tax avoidance? 🤔
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24 May 2021
I'm backing this rule change for this year's Labour Party Conference that, if passed, could see the whip returned to Jeremy Corbyn
The change would make the Parliamentary Labour Party accountable to Conference on decisions to withdraw the whip.
Details👇
clpd.org.uk/campaign/lets-ma…
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Ben retweeted
20 May 2021
Don’t be fooled into thinking the Tories’ ‘Make British Trains Great Again’ idea is the carefully thought out plan from our Labour manifesto. Bringing railways back into public ownership requires real investment to create a reliable, safer, greener & more #accessible service.
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23 May 2021
Yup.
22 May 2021
• A 15% pay rise for our NHS health workers would cost £5bn, annually.
• UK Billionaires added £100bn to their wealth during the pandemic
Clearly, a wealth tax is needed.
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22 May 2021
Today hundred of thousands marched through London in support of Palestinians to end the occupation, the seige of Gaza and West Bank settlements.
The ceasefire is welcome but permanent peace can only be achieved with a free and independent Palestine.
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22 May 2021
"In our thousands, in our millions, we are all Palestinians"
#SaveSheikhJarrah #FreePalaestine
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22 May 2021
Palestine has the right to exist.
Today at the national demonstration, I called on the British Government to take action to help force Israel to end its illegal occupation of Palestine.
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Ben retweeted
7 May 2021
Tory gains are bad news for jobs, the environment & public services for the many not the few. With millions not voting, these results show a loss of hope. We must offer a bolder vision to transform people’s lives & give them the confidence to strive for a more equal world.
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Ben retweeted
8 May 2021
Where Labour's had bold, progressive leadership, advancing policies rooted in our radical socialist tradition we have made sound progress in these elections, showing that people want to be part of Labour's story when we lift hearts and minds and point to a better alternative.
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Ben retweeted
30 Apr 2021
1 million food parcels handed out to children in the UK last year. £41 billion of profit made by billionaires during the same time.
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Ben retweeted
29 Apr 2021
When hearing about "donations" to the Tory Party, let's remember why the rich and powerful do this.
It's to get favours, contracts and influence.
Over £800m in Covid contracts went to donors who'd given the Tories £8m
They've got a cosy club and you're not in it.
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Ben retweeted
29 Apr 2021
"The fact that we are still having this discussion & subsidizing fossil fuels using taxpayer money is a disgrace. It’s a clear proof we have not understood climate emergency at all."
@GretaThunberg, you are saying what we are all thinking
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Ben retweeted
26 Apr 2021
What a comeback! #BermudaSGP
🍾What a feeling
🔥What a day of racing!
🇧🇲 Thank you Bermuda!
#SailGP #BermudaSGP
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Ben retweeted
28 Apr 2021
Last week, the US announced it would reduce emissions from overseas fossil fuel funding – yet it’s letting gas investments slide by calling it a “bridge fuel” to renewables.
@JohnKerry, gas is not a climate solution. Stop making excuses for it. news.trust.org/item/20210421…
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Ben retweeted
25 Apr 2021
For too long, the fossil fuel industry has been happily frolicking along without facing the effects of their toxic pollution. It's time to end that.
"There will be consequences. The bare minimum step towards accountability is ending government support of fossil fuels." @RepCori
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23 Apr 2021
When I first got into Gü puddings, I didn't fully understand the ramekinifications.
Ben retweeted
23 Apr 2021
The fundamental flaw in PM’s approach to tackling the #ClimateEmergency is the G word - Growth. We need economy based on wellbeing of people & health of planet instead.
Me in @guardian - do please sign #WellbeingEconomy petition👇
petition.parliament.uk/petit… theguardian.com/environment/…
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