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Max McLoughlin @midlandmax

Councillor for Shirley South and Green Group Leader on @SolihullCouncil For: PR, support for communities and environment Against: Prejudice 🗳=💚 ⚽️= #AVFC

Joined October 2017
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It’s important to remember that we learn, we unlearn and we relearn - both positively and negatively.

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AI slop to promote Farage. Many won’t be taken in by it, but some will. This is what we’re up against. If you want to fight for a fairer society then join.greenparty.org.uk

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Dr Jay Watts@Shrink_at_Large
Jun 5
One of the grimmest political tricks of the last 15 years has been convincing the public that disabled people are a bigger economic threat than tax avoidance, private outsourcing failures, or housing costs.
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Harry Eccles
@Heccles94
Jun 5
Blaming asylum seekers for homelessness? What about the 720,000 empty homes in England, and the 1,627,450 second homes in England alone. Blaming asylum seekers for expensive food shops? What about the ÂŁ3,100,000,000 profit Tesco made last year? Blaming asylum seekers for expensive energy bills? What about the ÂŁ438,000,000,000 made by just 20 energy companies in profit? Blaming immigrants for not getting an NHS appointment? What about the 260,000 migrant workers keeping the NHS going? And what about the 25% real term cut in NHS funding, think that could do it? Blaming people on welfare for a lack of money to fund the NHS? What about the ÂŁ36,000,000,000 tax gap due to avoidance and evasion by the elite? It's time to realise it's not immigrants, asylum seekers or people on welfare causing you any harm, it's capitalism and the mega rich hoarding all the wealth.
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Oxford Union
@OxfordUnion
Jun 1
A statement from the President, Arwa Elrayess:
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The Green Party
@TheGreenParty
Jun 1
Labour’s Palantir scandal. Emails appear to show Peter Mandelson using his position to arrange access to government ministers for Palantir - the US military tech company with access to NHS Data. We demand to know what access was arranged, what meetings took place, and what was discussed?
Ethan Shone
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And seems Mandelson attended this event with Louis Mosley, boss of Palantir UK and his client at Global Counsel. Noteworthy as we were told that mitigations on Mandelson’s appointment included no one-on-one meetings with former clients.
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Nahel Belgherze
@WxNB_
May 31
Hard to believe I’m even writing this. Meteorological summer hasn’t even begun, yet Paris, France has already logged more days above 32°C (89.6°F) than its annual average.
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Historians will look back and marvel at the patience and decency of a generation that was failed. The evidence is out there for why living standards have fallen and inequality has risen. The genie won’t go back in the bottle till the issues are resolved

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David__Osland
@David__Osland
May 29
Britain has the dirtiest rivers, the most expensive energy, the least reliable trains, the most overcrowded prisons, the worst access to healthcare and the widest gap between rich and poor in all of Europe. If you want a verdict on 40 years of neoliberalism, there it is.
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Zack Polanski
@ZackPolanski
May 28
It would be bad for public confidence if there was a suspicion that large corporate interests are buying access to the Government via the Tony Blair Institute. My letter to the cabinet office. 👇🏼
Dear Chris, Tony Blair's essay published by the Tony Blair Institute yesterday contained some important points, notably, a call to switch to an AI focussed economy with more government investment in AI, which he argued would be facilitated by cuts to welfare spending, reductions in the minimum wage and reduced workers’ rights. It has been widely reported that Larry Ellison the owner of Oracle, which specialises in AI, funded the Tony Blair Institute with over £250m, and also that the Tony Blair Institute has significant contacts and influence within the government. We are sure you will agree that it's important for the public to know whether there is a link between Larry Ellison's donations and Tony Blair's public advocacy for more government funding of AI. We therefore request that all formal and informal contacts between representatives of the Tony Blair Institute and government departments (officials and ministers) are disclosed. It would be bad for public confidenc

ALT Dear Chris, Tony Blair's essay published by the Tony Blair Institute yesterday contained some important points, notably, a call to switch to an AI focussed economy with more government investment in AI, which he argued would be facilitated by cuts to welfare spending, reductions in the minimum wage and reduced workers’ rights. It has been widely reported that Larry Ellison the owner of Oracle, which specialises in AI, funded the Tony Blair Institute with over £250m, and also that the Tony Blair Institute has significant contacts and influence within the government. We are sure you will agree that it's important for the public to know whether there is a link between Larry Ellison's donations and Tony Blair's public advocacy for more government funding of AI. We therefore request that all formal and informal contacts between representatives of the Tony Blair Institute and government departments (officials and ministers) are disclosed. It would be bad for public confidenc

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Trades Union Congress
@The_TUC
May 26
Reform-led Durham council cut off funding to the annual Pride celebrations. So trade unions launched a fundraiser to save it, eventually raising more money than was cut. Which means this year's Pride will be bigger than ever. In the 1980s, the LGBT community raised thousands of pounds to help striking miners and their families. When we stick up for each other, we can achieve anything.
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Hi @KemiBadenoch Thought you might like to know a little history about water in the West Midlands. Worked pretty well before privatisation. Also, please stop breaking things and blaming others. Thanks bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-bi…

Why Birmingham's water comes from Wales

Every day 320 million litres of water travels 73 miles from Wales to Birmingham to fill kettles, baths and boilers. But why does it come so far?

bbc.co.uk
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The Green Party
@TheGreenParty
May 20
Today's Climate Change Committee report warns our way of life is under threat from heat, flooding, and drought. The Government must take concrete steps to protect people's lives and introduce a Climate Protection Unit in Number 10.
Quote graphic, quoting Green MP Adrian Ramsay saying "The most fundamental duty of any government is to keep the public safe, and yet today’s CCC report shows we are sleepwalking towards catastrophe and the government is failing to meet the moment. That is why today I am calling on the Prime Minister to establish a dedicated Climate Protection Unit in Number 10, with the sole purpose of working cross-department to drive forward the recommendations in this report."

ALT Quote graphic, quoting Green MP Adrian Ramsay saying "The most fundamental duty of any government is to keep the public safe, and yet today’s CCC report shows we are sleepwalking towards catastrophe and the government is failing to meet the moment. That is why today I am calling on the Prime Minister to establish a dedicated Climate Protection Unit in Number 10, with the sole purpose of working cross-department to drive forward the recommendations in this report."

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Jamie Kay
@TheRealJamieKay
May 15
The far-right love shouting about “British values” until those values involve respecting others, tolerating differences, following the rule of law, or defending individual freedoms. You know… the actual British values.
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For anyone in any doubt about @TRobinsonNewEra…

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Dr Ellie Chowns MP
@EllieChowns
May 14
Despite it being obvious that the time of two-party politics is over, the govt laid out no plans to introduce a fairer voting system in the King's Speech. That's why Green MPs tabled an amendment on the need to bring in proportional representation and make every voice heard.
A screenshot of the Parliamentary Order Paper for 14/5/26. Text reads "1. King’s Speech (Motion for an Address): Adjourned Debate [13 May] Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3)) Proposed subject for debate: Getting Britain working again That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as follows: Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament." Underneath that further text reads "Amendment (b) Dr Ellie Chowns Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Hannah Spencer At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to include measures to introduce proportional representation for all national and local elections before the next General Election.’"

ALT A screenshot of the Parliamentary Order Paper for 14/5/26. Text reads "1. King’s Speech (Motion for an Address): Adjourned Debate [13 May] Until 5.00pm (Standing Order No. 9(3)) Proposed subject for debate: Getting Britain working again That an humble Address be presented to His Majesty, as follows: Most Gracious Sovereign, We, Your Majesty’s most dutiful and loyal subjects, the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, in Parliament assembled, beg leave to offer our humble thanks to Your Majesty for the Gracious Speech which Your Majesty has addressed to both Houses of Parliament." Underneath that further text reads "Amendment (b) Dr Ellie Chowns Siân Berry Adrian Ramsay Carla Denyer Hannah Spencer At end add ‘but respectfully regret that the Gracious Speech fails to include measures to introduce proportional representation for all national and local elections before the next General Election.’"

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Ben Phillips@benphillips76
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Translation: A group of housemates split the rent on a multi-room house in which he has a room. In the same sense he travels in a 10 million pound vehicle (he takes the tube).
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