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Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, former leader and co-leader of , Mum of two. A better world is possible. Let’s make it happen
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OMG she’s only gone & done it 😱 has put fossil fuel loving, deregulation-obsessed Jacob Rees Mogg in charge of both energy & climate crises -he is not a serious person & this is not a serious Government. Can only hope he wakes up in time to recognise scale of emergency
The BBC asked me if Trump's actions can be explained by a lack of experience.
No, it's because he's a racist bigot. #StandUpToTrump
Body language speaks volumes
I’d spent nearly 3 hours watching him in a prone position & it got too much!
Plus - how dare he label those of us trying to stop No Deal “undemocratic”
His Government has no mandate for this vicious Brexit - and is trying to bypass parliament
I certainly won’t miss Suella Braverman‘s culture war-stoking, protest-bashing draconian legislation when I leave this House...
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Suella Braverman - "I'll miss Caroline Lucus' doom-mongering when she leaves this house." 
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. saying he'll "fight on" makes me wince
Who does he think he's fighting? People who missed funerals, NHS staff who lived away from family, people who didn't see loved ones in harrowing circumstances
And what's he fighting for? Himself
Every day he makes it worse
Whatever your views on monarchy, arrest of anti-royalist campaigners for exercising right to peaceful protest is chilling. Many of us warned about exactly this when govt rushed thro the illiberal public order bill. This is not what democracy looks like
Around 100,000 Tory party members have inflicted on us a prime minister with a record of bigotry, racism, lying and incompetence #BorisJohnson
This is not democracy
This is #NotInOurName
From one racist liar to another ...
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Congratulations to Boris Johnson on becoming the new Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He will be great!
That was vile from who actually just said "for too long in this country we've indulged in a fight over redistribution"
Indulged?
Dealing with inequality is somehow over-generous? Does he think people choose to be poor & face disadvantage? Disgusting
#MiniBudget
Can’t believe what I’ve just heard in this #QueensSpeech
Housing: plans dropped
Human rights: stripped
Conversion therapy ban: half-baked
Levelling up: hollowed out
Climate emergency: utterly ignored
This is a Tory Government with no purpose
I’ve written to the Speaker to ask that he facilitate a process whereby MPs can hold PM & Chancellor to account for misleading parliament over #partygate. Knowingly to lie to parliament & public & to do so with impunity undermines our democracy - there must be consequences
This is big! Labour members just overwhelmingly backed PR 👏👏
Great news - a real sea change! Yet has his fingers in his ears. People are crying out for fresh, progressive politics where votes count & voices are heard. And it’s coming, whether leaders agree or not
Arron Banks’ vile tweet about makes me sick to the stomach
I have made a formal complaint to Twitter.
Our 5th Prime Minister in 6 years must be elected NOT selected #GeneralElection2022
This is parliament at its sickening worst
From Tory benches, the braying & bullying, the shouting & jeering is just disgusting
This isn’t a game - it’s about real people’s real lives, about the rule of law & about democracy
If you’re watching at home, I can only apologise
WTF? *Please* BBC, stop capitulating to this cynical, divisive, populist Tory Government - stop letting yourselves be used to stoke these culture wars
It’s a serious misrepresentation of our democratic system for PM to keep referring to his personal mandate - our system doesn’t confer such a thing so he doesn’t have one. He’s not a president. He’s PM because he leads party with most MPs. He’s dependent on them & they’ve turned
So that’s it. Who are the winners from this budget? Bankers, city fatcats, fossil fuel giants, the extremely wealthy. Who are the losers? Everyone else. And not one word about climate & nature protection, on which all wealth ultimately depends #Bankersbudget
If this exit poll is right, it’s a devastating blow for our climate, for future generations and for our democracy.
It’s not just our relationship with the EU that will dominate the next few months, it will be our relationship with Scotland too
No Boris Johnson, you do *not* have a “powerful people’s mandate” for your miserable Brexit deal
A majority of people voted for parties which opposed that deal and were pledging to put it back to the people in a second referendum
Watching #C4Debate, hearing so many pledges about righting wrongs and so many promises about tackling injustice, makes me wish that these men had been in government so they could have had a chance to implement them
Oh, wait .....
“No-one leaves home unless home is the mouth of a shark… No-one puts their child in a boat unless the water is safer than the land”
Warsan Shire’s words never more important. Priti Patel’s #Rwanda plans are vicious & grotesque - utterly shameful. Britain is better than this
2015 - Banned onshore wind projects
2015 - Scrapped warm homes standards
2016 - Shafted solar energy
2017 - Flogged off Green Investment Bank
2018 - Forced fracking on local communities
2019 - Refused to meet the climate strikers
That is this Government’s true record on climate.
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We are one of the world’s leading nations in tackling climate change. 
We share people’s passion to address this issue and protect our planet for future generations. 
We share people’s passion to address this issue and protect our planet for future generations. 
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How dare blame the EU for problems with N.Ireland Protocol. Your Government made it. Own it. #SundayMorning #Raworth #Brexit
Did really say it’s the *PM* who will decide how much of the Sue Gray report will be published?! That would be utterly unacceptable. There can only be justice on this if *all* the evidence is put in the public domain - not just the bits the PM chooses #SundayMorning
If I hear saying he’s ‘saving lives’ one more time - I think I’ll scream. Think he’ll find it’s doctors, nurses, care workers, scientists and others doing that, & they are actually being hindered by him, the PM and the rest of this careless & incompetent Government
Imagine being convicted of an offence but instead of serving a sentence, your mates *arrange* a review of the justice system to let you off scot-free
That's what Tories are trying to do. It's a shameful undermining of an independent system of scrutiny to save one of their own
Government succeeds in overturning attempt to stop them imposing ban on “noisy” protests, 288 to 238. But noise is how citizens make their voices heard - literally. That’s the point of protest. Giving police such exhaustive & unspecified powers undermines both democracy & protest
Johnson’s police dress-up might look comical but it’s deeply dangerous, signalling breakdown of vital separation of power in any democracy, placing PM in a directly dictatorial role, undermining both the independence of police & the integrity of his office. It must be called out
Just received letter from PM - sent to all MPs - assuring me we’ll get Australia-type arrangement & “with high hearts & complete confidence” will “prosper mightily”
But EU doesn’t have trade agreement with Australia & only people to prosper will be portaloo companies in Kent
So a serial liar, racist and one of most incompetent ministers ever leads the poll in the #Toryleadership contest
Conservative MPs should hang their heads in shame
Getting rid of Thérèse Coffey as Health Secretary was essential. She was dangerous with her shocking and reckless comments on antibiotics, and her total inability to do the job. But making her Environment Secretary?? No!! 😱😱
😳 Now Chief Whip has resigned. Her Govt is dissolving. This is really dangerous: we’ve got a rabble of a Govt fighting like rats in a sack - whilst people up & down the country are under unbearable economic strain.
Liz Truss needs to go to the King tomorrow morning
After the meeting, the Chair took me to task for “badgering” the Minister
Ah yes, of course - men “cross-question”, women “badger”🙄
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Watch this refusal by Minister to answer me on why flights are cheap & trains so expensive - not helped by patronising substitute Tory Cttee Chair shushing me when I dare to do my job holding Govt to account
Share if you think we need answers, not obfuscation from the boys 
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Is that it?
Sanctioning 5 banks and 3 oligarchs suggests the Government cares more about protecting Tory party donations and London’s laundromat than it does about imposing meaningful sanctions against Moscow
#Ukrainecrisis
Nadine Dorries as culture secretary? Satire is dead
#Reshuffle
If only...
If I were in charge instead of #BritainTrump, you’d be one hell of a lot angrier, believe me😉
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This country voted for Boris Johnson and ended up with Caroline Lucas. twitter.com/BorisJohnson/s…
“We support the right to peaceful protest” says Minister on #Marr - as long as it isn’t “noisy” & doesn’t have an “impact”
In other words as long as it isn’t protest
#PoliceCrackdownBill
Hugely anti-democratic #PoliceCrackdownBill just passed 365 votes to 265. Peaceful protest is a fundamental right in our democracy but now criminalised – I voted against this Bill because it’s an attack on civil liberties & major extension of state power that is threat to us all
The unbelievable obtuseness of those who choose not to understand that checking that people are content with a #Brexit deal that bears no resemblance to what they were promised nearly 3 years ago is an extension of democracy not a denial of it
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The unbelievable hypocrisy of Green Party leader @CarolineLucas just now on @skynews, demanding we revoke Article 50 & hold a 2nd Referendum, then saying: “We shouldn’t be afraid... of the democratic process.”
This is turning out to be a terrifyingly ultra right wing government. Where is the “competence, compassion and integrity” the new PM pledged just a few hours ago?
How dare PM claim to have got all the “big calls” right? 186,094 deaths & he missed 5 COBRA meetings, late into lockdowns, PPE preparedness fiasco, contracts to mates, £96.35 UK sick pay amongst worst in Europe; multiple school free-meal and exam fiascos #PMQs
Our law-breaking PM has seen 50 Ministers resign, but still refuses to leave office for another 2 months
Now he's blocking Parliament's right to vote down his crumbling Govt
It's not a procedural nicety - it's a constitutional outrage with serious consequences for our democracy
Disastrous #NHS Bill passes 3rd reading 294 to 244. Only hope Lords do better - services must be delivered publicly not by US health giants with an NHS logo. Let’s #scrapnhsbill & replace with laws to protect NHS forever & bring social care into NHS family where it belongs🌈
. making disgusting speech trying to cover up cruel one-way ticket to Rwanda refugee plan as "quid pro-quo for generosity" and an "innovative approach...made possible by Brexit freedoms"
He’s multiplying human misery & degrading our country's values. It's just vile
Watch this refusal by Minister to answer me on why flights are cheap & trains so expensive - not helped by patronising substitute Tory Cttee Chair shushing me when I dare to do my job holding Govt to account
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This was meant to be #Brexit day
Reasons to (try to be) cheerful:
- we’ve not left yet
- majority want a #PeoplesVote
- more MPs supported public vote than any other option
- there’s growing understanding that UK needs massive democratic & economic reform
- we can do it
Oliver Dowden says we need to “address” the culture of Downing St - but *is* the culture - the culture of entitlement, the culture of carelessness & the culture of lies. The culture is set at the top. has to go.
Sunak knew about Zahawi's tax affairs - still appointed him. He knew Suella Braverman had already broken Ministerial Code over leaks - still appointed her. He knew about Dominic Raab's bullying - still appointed him. How on earth can anyone trust Sunak's judgement? #PMQs
Everyone knew he was not fit to hold public office before he was even an MP. Yet Tories made him their leader & look what happened. Evading scrutiny to the last & choosing to quit just hours after gifting gongs & peerages in atrocious act of patronage & sleaze.
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Former UK PM Boris Johnson to step down as a Conservative MP with immediate effect after receiving Partygate report bbc.in/3P7kK9c
Boris Johnson's extreme right-wing government
- blackmails its own MPs
- thinks it can suspend democracy
- threatens to ignore the law
This is not normal. This is why we must #StopTheCoup
Utterly bewildering Govt attack on solar farms. Solar is a win-win for energy & food security - it's *9 times cheaper* than climate-wrecking oil & gas (and much faster to deploy too), and fields with solar panels can still produce food. Who's behind these nonsensical Govt plans?
Tory MPs even more boorish than usual - they clearly don’t like scrutiny. There are important questions to be asked about why PM refuses to investigate “credible evidence” of Russian interference in our elections & shouting me down doesn’t make them (or me!) go away #PMQs
Excellent - because the biggest problem with our economy right now is definitely that bankers aren’t paid enough
PM: “I’m going to get on with the job” - judging on past performance, that would be the job of lying, blaming others, evading responsibility, and destroying trust at a time when it is needed most #PMQs
I think the PM really did just say that schools are safe but people mixing inside schools isn’t safe - what’s that supposed to mean? That the buildings are safe as long as no-one’s in them? #ClearAsMud
So disappointing to hear pretend those of us voting against the Deal are voting for No Deal.
The Government has a majority of 80. This Deal will go through - but by supporting it, Labour is taking joint responsibility for it - now and in the future
Government just voted with majority of 53 to strip amendment 16 from #AgricultureBill, which would have safeguarded food standards in trade deals - demonstrating beyond doubt that their promises are totally utterly & completely worthless - even when enshrined in their manifesto👇
One thing that *must* change as result of all this is parliament’s utterly dysfunctional rules. It’s beyond ludicrous that only person who can recall parliament is the PM himself. And the only person who can police Ministerial Code is the PM who’s broken the bloody code #farce
Boris Johnson is being forced to resign for being unfit for office as a reckless, untrustworthy, lying, law-breaking rogue Prime Minister with no regard for rule of law or our democratic systems. He must not be allowed to stay on for 3 months after resigning and must go now
Hunt smoothly says he'll take "whatever tough decisions are necessary" after saying there'd be public service cuts - why are such “difficult” decisions always on the backs of poorest & public services, when instead he could take the "difficult" decision to up taxes on wealthiest?
Utterly shameless & shocking speech from a bullying & bombastic PM - completely at odds with his claims that he wants to bring the country together - whipping up hatred, pedalling lies, & undermining parliament. This is seriously dangerous stuff.
We need urgent investigation into both evidence in Russia Report of Russian interference in UK elections & about PM's decision to ignore security advice and cosy up to Russian oligarchs
When brave people of #Ukraine are dodging bullets & bombs, we should not be dodging the truth
The problem with Johnson’s announcement on #Covid restrictions is that we don’t know if he’s doing this because it’s appropriate for public health or to ingratiate himself with his backbenchers to save his own skin
One of the many depressing consequences of having a PM who is corrupt, venal & deceitful is that it infects all around him. Ministers who were once presumably pretty decent are sent out every day to defend the indefensible & they do it. Where’s their self respect? #r4today
Outraged watching at #PMQs when he should've resigned. He's crossed line after line, including breaking the law - a law he made and we followed. It's not a line he can apologise away and he should not be at that dispatch box
I’m still trying to get action on PM’s systematic lying in parliament
The BBC asks whether people care about it
Please RT if you do
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Alastair Campbell - “Peter Stefanovic’s video has had 12 million views. Every day he asks BBC why will you not play these clips of Johnson in Parliament lying at dispatch box. PM’s are meant to resign if they lie at dispatch box”
BBC interviewer “Do people care?”
YES @BBCNews
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This has been an amazing night for - we’ve now broken through onto 26 new councils!
And brilliant launchpad for European elections in 3 weeks under a PR system where message of bold action on #ClimateEmergency & Remain in EU is getting even more support #GreenWave
Overwhelming message from tonight - there is NO mandate for a hard Brexit
This *has* to be the message that goes out loud and clear
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UK: 99% counted.
Remain parties: 40.4%
Hard Brexit parties: 34.9%
Conservatives/Labour: 23.2%
#EP2019 #Brexit #EuropeanElections2019 #EUelections2019
Jacob Rees Mogg was obviously dozing when renewables became *9 times cheaper* than gas - why on earth is he so desperate to lock business into further dependence on costly, climate-wrecking fossil fuels? He needs to wake up & offer support for energy efficiency & decarbonisation
🚨BREAKING ‼️ Excellent news that Court of Appeal has ruled Braverman's utterly inhumane, grotesquely immoral & totally unworkable #Rwanda scheme to be illegal too - & in clear breach of human rights law. Time for an asylum policy which treats people with respect & dignity.
Michael Gove on #Marr - a masterclass in blame-shifting, obfuscation, weasel-words and evasion - and with his insulting suggestion that teachers don’t care about their students, a heavy dollop of emotional blackmail too.
. : “I understand the anger that people feel”
No. You definitely don’t – you’d be gone if you did
#suegrayday #SueGrayReport
Where’s the political support? Gary is right to call out this morally repugnant policy, express solidarity with refugees fleeing oppression & learn lessons from the 30s which started with language that dehumanised minorities. Footballers showing more backbone than MPs #ImWithGary
So this is what “humble” means to - filleting Ministerial Code of principle & consequence, weeks ahead of investigation into him lying to the House - just so he can avoid requirement to resign for deliberately misleading us all
His lack of principle knows no bounds
Day 1 of #Toryleadership and so far it's
* one rule for the rich, one for the poor, on illegal drug use
* tax cuts for the better off
* restrictions on abortion rights.
The Conservative party's true colours.
Minister tells me that if I want to get rid of the PM, I need a General Election - fine, bring it on. If Tory MPs are incapable of growing a spine & getting rid of him, let the country do it
It's right that Owen Paterson has gone because of the egregious way he broke the rules & lobbied Ministers whilst getting paid £££
But what really matters is that Johnson was never out to save Paterson's skin but to attack the Standards Commissioner to protect his own
Anything other than a #GeneralElection2022 is undemocratic. It’s not just Liz Truss’ breathtaking incompetence, it’s the chaos & division amongst the Tory MPs behind her and anyone else they pretend is a “unity” candidate to replace her. 3 Tory PMs & 4 chancellors in 1 year? No.
Just watched #DontLookUp & it’s bloody brilliant - perfectly captures humanity’s capacity for denying the blindingly obvious, the absurdity of an economic system which puts profit above survival of life on earth & a media mostly choosing to ignore the reality of nature’s collapse
WTF?! The UK is one of the world’s richest countries & we’re really going to tell our kids we can’t “afford” to pay for a liveable planet for them?? And we’re going to betray some of the poorest countries? This Govt’s moral bankruptcy is truly sickening
The more you look into PM deal, the worse it is
It trashes environment, dumps workers’ rights & stokes tension in NI.
And when transition ends in Dec 2020, likely no trade agreement agreed & hard right will get their dream of crash out No Deal Brexit
I’ll be voting against
This is so depressing.
obviously doesn't care that dragging this out is insulting everyone, but what about his MPs - not even 54 out of 359 of them? Really?
Liz Truss seems to keep saying how bad it was when she was growing up in the 80s….that’ll be a decade when we had a Tory govt led by the person she keeps impersonating #leadership #BBCOurNextPM
PM: “I’m proud that Britain did everything within our power to help #Ukraine to prepare for this onslaught”.
But we didn’t - Govt introduced puny sanctions before invasion, spent years encouraging dirty Russian money in London & showed no interest in interference in UK elections
In 2010 #Brighton Pavilion made history by electing me UK’s 1st Green MP & it’s been the honour of my life. My open letter to residents & friends explains why I’m not standing at next General Election. With love & gratitude, I hope I've done you proud 👇
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Former education secretary Gavin Williamson, who was sacked last year, to get knighthood
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Tory MPs just voted *again* to ban protests which are "too noisy" - a direct assault on our democracy & precious #RightToProtest. Just hope it gets reinstated in the Lords (who ironically seem to be doing a much better job at defending civil liberties than Commons) #PolicingBill
PM's new Ministerial Code:
S̶e̶l̶f̶l̶e̶s̶s̶n̶e̶s̶s̶ Selfishness
̶I̶n̶t̶e̶g̶r̶i̶t̶y̶ Deceit
̶O̶b̶j̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶i̶t̶y̶ Prejudice
̶A̶c̶c̶o̶u̶n̶t̶a̶b̶i̶l̶i̶t̶y̶ Irresponsibility
̶O̶p̶e̶n̶n̶e̶s̶s̶ Secrecy
̶H̶o̶n̶e̶s̶t̶y̶ Lies
̶L̶e̶a̶d̶e̶r̶s̶h̶i̶p̶ Cowardice
A stain on our democracy.
U OK hun? twitter.com/KTHopkins/stat
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Welcome to morally bankrupt Britain. Where bankers can earn eye watering bonuses, fracking companies are allowed to bribe local communities, tax system works for richest & punishes the poorest, & growing corporate profits at any cost is seen as virtuous #Shameful #BankersBudget
At 3.12pm, Britain went 2 weeks without burning coal for power.
It was only 2 years ago that we went 24 hours without coal.
That's how quickly a transition can happen.
Now we need to move faster, across all sectors, to tackle the #climatecrisis.
