Caroline Lucas
@CarolineLucas
Green MP for Brighton Pavilion, former leader & co-leader @TheGreenParty, Mum of 2. Published & promoted by Caroline Lucas, Green Party, c/o PO Box 78066 London
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Just breathtaking - Conservatives want to split up families. So do the Labour Party.
Have to say: #GetGreensElected - #VoteGreen
Fossil fuel giants ask why can't we rely on carbon capture & storage to tackle #climateemergency ? And continue with pollution-pumping business as usual? Well, fossil fuel giants, here's just one more reason why: relying heavily on CCS will cost global economy *$1 trillion* more👇
Russian & Chinese hackers involved at #Sellafield nuclear site is just one aspect of this scandalous story. The other is nuclear power's astronomical costs. Why is Govt greenlighting new nuclear, when decommissioning costs are an estimated *£263 billion*?
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Banning bonuses for sewage-dumping water firm bosses is a start, but only a start. Water privatisation has utterly failed & the whole system needs an overhaul - water should be back in public hands. Labour motion today doesn't go anywhere near far enough.
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How can Labour say it will put 'huge constraints' on spending - just when public services need mending, #climateemergency needs tackling & NHS needs funding - while also refusing to even consider wealth taxes which could raise tens of billions? I despair.
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So very sorry to hear of the death of Glenys Kinnock. She was so kind when I was elected to the European Parliament, warm, irreverent & funny and 100% committed to international development & global justice - my love & thoughts are with her family RIP theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/d…
So much damage was done to this country by the divisiveness and inequality caused by Thatcherism
Deeply depressing to see The Labour Party chasing after this awful legacy
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Brilliant from Anthony Barnett on 25 extraordinary years since the conception of pioneering
openDemocracy - do give it a read 👇 opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…
Some excellent photos from the AIDS Memory UK vigil earlier tonight by Alice Cotterill. It was an honour and a privilege to be there.