Member of the House of Lords. Passionate about health, digital and horseracing, not all together. Views my own
Joined January 2010
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Jan 28
The House | We cannot let a small group of peers delay the assisted dying bill forever politicshome.com/opinion/art…
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dido harding retweeted
Jan 28
My fellow peers hell bent on stopping this Bill need to wake up and smell the coffee.
Assisted dying backers could use archaic procedure to bypass ‘undemocratic’ block by peers | Assisted dying | The Guardian theguardian.com/society/2026…
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dido harding retweeted
28 Jul 2025
🚨 British racing faces an unprecedented threat – a tax raid which could see it lose £66 million a year and tip it into irreversible decline. We need to stop the racing tax before it's too late.
✍️ Click below to sign the petition to #AxeTheRacingTax and help save our sport ⤵️
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6 Jul 2025
What a fantastic video. Great work @arenaracingco ! This brilliantly captures what 85k people working in racing across the UK know about the positive impact horses and racing have on our country.
5 Jul 2025
This video, by Arena Racing Company, highlights the horse racing industry's social impact and the employment it generates within society.
@arenaracingco
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2 Jul 2025
Very sad news. David was a huge racing fan, advocate for the sport & a good friend. Despite our different political backgrounds, I really enjoyed working with him on the Lords Digital committee and talking about racing whenever we could. He will be much missed by many.
2 Jul 2025
Lord Lipsey was a staunch supporter of British horseracing and formerly an APPG member. Our condolences to his family at this incredibly sad time.
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dido harding retweeted
1 Jul 2025
Time for the Government to #BackBritishRacing and #AxeTheRacingTax
1 Jul 2025
🤝 Our thanks to @SallyJameson for highlighting the potential impact on British racing and her Doncaster constituency of the Treasury's gambling tax harmonisation proposals.
We look forward to further discussions with @hmtreasury.
#BackBritishRacing #AxeTheRacingTax
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dido harding retweeted
16 Jun 2025
The Racing and Bloodstock All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has today published a new report on the state of British Racing calling for the Government to act urgently to protect the sport.
Our message is clear. Click to read ⤵
#BackBritishRacing
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dido harding retweeted
16 Jun 2025
Later today, the Racing and Bloodstock All-Party Parliamentary Group will release a report on the state of British racing, and what the Government must do to safeguard the future of our sport.
Keep an eye out for the full report launching this afternoon.
#BackBritishRacing
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16 Feb 2025
RIP Michael 🖤
16 Feb 2025
Michael was hugely popular with his weighing room colleagues both in Ireland and the UK and our thoughts are with them, his family and friends at this unimaginably difficult time.
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dido harding retweeted
11 Feb 2025
All our thoughts are with Joe Saumarez Smith's family, friends and colleagues at the British Horseracing Authority.
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dido harding retweeted
3 Feb 2025
British horse racing is the best in the world, but its funding model is broken. Securing a levy deal in racing’s favour and setting out a plan to significantly increase prize money are essential to the industry’s future success.
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30 Jan 2025
Sending all love and support to @JoeSaumare90813 and his family. On behalf of everyone in the Jockey Club thank you Joe for all you have done for racing. You have always put the sport you love first and today is no different. You will be sorely missed!
30 Jan 2025
Joe Saumarez Smith steps down as Chair of the British Horseracing Authority
Full details: britishhorseracing.com/press…
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dido harding retweeted
17 Oct 2024
Horse racing is a £4.1 billion British success story, and derives much of its income from responsible gambling. Today I asked the Secretary of State if she will reform the Betting Levy and disproportionate affordability checks.
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Flying the flag in Paris ✨🇬🇧
@lucy_shuker will lead out ParalympicsGB during the Opening Ceremony alongside Wheelchair basketball player Terry Bywater! 👏
ALT Graphic showing Lucy Shuker is a 2024 ParalympicsGB flag bearer
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dido harding retweeted
10 Jul 2024
And while the country celebrate, spare a thought for John Hunt. I can’t remember feeling so utterly horrified in years. Those poor girls. Truly horrific💔
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dido harding retweeted
13 Jun 2024
Parliamentarians made it clear social media companies should enforce Ts&Cs banning under-13s.
Filth, predators and algorithms that screw with your head.
It's baffling and wrong that @Ofcom is giving them a pass.
Peers' letter asking for a re-think.👇
telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/06…
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dido harding retweeted
22 Feb 2024
Two inspiring women clear on the need for urgent action to #FixTheDigitalDivide. Episode 1 of our new conversation series with Baronesses Dido Harding @didoharding and Anna Healy.
Launch event on March 7th at 1pm bit.ly/3T42CyI
By @GoodThingsFdn support from @VMO2News
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dido harding retweeted
24 Feb 2024
It’s time the Government stopped harming racing with intrusive meddling & gave the Sport of Kings backing it deserves — my article in @TheSun thesun.co.uk/sport/26147769/…
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dido harding retweeted
Generative AI will introduce epoch-defining changes. A multi-billion dollar race is on to dominate the market. The UK must prepare quickly.
👇Read our report.
📰Press release: committees.parliament.uk/com…
🔍Interactive summary: ukparliament.shorthandstorie…
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