Writer of words and thinker of things.
Joined March 2009
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pat cannon retweeted
28 Nov 2023
As part of my work on the Markievicz Award I’m looking to speak with people from all over Ireland who were at houses dances, crossroads dances & dances in halls from roughly the 1930s - 60s period. Particularly those that might have stories from the impacts of the 1935 Dance🧵
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pat cannon retweeted
27 Nov 2023
Hello , I’ve written another letter to @antanddec about the ongoing appalling abuse of animals on @ITV programme @imacelebrity . I’ve tried to be polite but my patience has run thin . If you agree with what it says please RT . #ImACeleb
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pat cannon retweeted
13 Nov 2023
Babies are #NotATarget.
Schools are #NotATarget.
Children are #NotATarget.
Civilians are #NotATarget.
Hospitals are #NotATarget.
Humanitarians are #NotATarget.
Healthcare workers are #NotATarget.
They must be protected.
At all times.
Everywhere.
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pat cannon retweeted
7 Nov 2023
We played with Explosions In The Sky @EITS at their first ever Irish shows in 2002. Was anyone there?
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pat cannon retweeted
6 Nov 2023
Charles III opens Parliament for the first time on Tuesday . This is the #KingsSpeech we need to hear .
This our last , best chance for legislation – the #CEBill – to restore nature & deliver a just transition that leaves no one behind .
Back @cebill_now zerohour.uk/back-the-bill
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pat cannon retweeted
28 Sep 2023
Rishi Sunak approving the Rosebank oil field = moral and economic madness:
❌ won't bring down our bills
❌ won't improve energy security
✅ will make Norwegian oil giant Equinor billions
✅ will wreck the climate
Equinor's profit, our loss.
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pat cannon retweeted
27 Sep 2023
🚨 BREAKING: The UK government has just approved Rosebank, the biggest undeveloped oil field in the UK. We won’t let this stand.
Together we will #StopRosebank bit.ly/StopRosebank
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pat cannon retweeted
5 Sep 2023
Big 4 bank profits were up 700% in first half of this year compared to 2020, so I’ve just asked the Chancellor to introduce a windfall tax on banks’ excess profits, to fund support for households struggling with energy & housing costs
If you agree he should please RT! 🙏
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pat cannon retweeted
17 May 2023
Gen-Z dunks hard on Climate Deniers
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pat cannon retweeted
15 May 2023
There was a time when a former Cabinet Minister openly admitting gerrymandering would have been enough to bring down a government.
Not now it seems.
But surely, if nothing else, this pernicious voter ID law now needs to be repealed? 🤷🏻♂️
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pat cannon retweeted
1 May 2023
A little reminder for those with amnesia who blame nurses instead of the Tories for putting patients at risk
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24 Apr 2023
I stand with refugees and people seeking safety.
@CatherineWest1, as your constituent I urgently call on you to uphold the right to asylum, and to support new #SafeRoutes to the UK for refugees and people seeking safety.
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pat cannon retweeted
22 Mar 2023
😡 On 1st April, social rents & service charges rise at least 7%.
😮More & more HA tenants & residents are signing a pledge to withhold payment of the increase.
📢We demand a rent & service charge freeze.
#FreezeRentsAndServiceCharges
Join us shaction.org/pledge-page/
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pat cannon retweeted
10 Mar 2023
The BBC's shocking cowardice on this issue is itself highly political. theguardian.com/media/2023/m…
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pat cannon retweeted
22 Feb 2023
An illuminating answer to one of the more common questions on refugees
22 Feb 2023
“If they really are refugees, why don’t they have to stay in the first safe country they reach?”
“Why don’t they just claim asylum in France?”
Here is my answer, once & for all. To Jonathan Gullis, and to everyone else who ever wondered.
#RefugeesWelcome
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pat cannon retweeted
27 Jan 2023
retweet if you think the government should just stop oil
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17 Jan 2023
This would be great in @haringeycouncil too! @AJogee !
17 Jan 2023
It was clear a two-speed London had emerged for sustainable travel when a handful of boroughs doubled down on their covid LTNs. It now looks like @lambeth_council have found a third speed. Who’s joining them? 👀 @hackneycouncil
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pat cannon retweeted
13 Jan 2023
Calling all #lifeguards @ParkRoadLido @PR_PoolsFitness needs lifeguards in order for their fabulous #lido to be open for longer in winter months. Great job/fab pool @CrouchEndBiz @future_lidos @inmuswellhill @CrouchEndPH @WEARECROUCHEND
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