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Hard working trade unionist and MP. So grateful for your endorsement, Josh Fenton-Glynn MP

We have a once in a generation opportunity to reset Britain’s relationship with Europe so we can deliver for the British people.

I see this Tory peer is criticising a judges ruling on the equal pay act, a law that’s been on our books since 1970. While they’re out of power we might not hear as much from them. But this version of the Tories are as extreme as it gets.

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Overgate is a special place. Support them to help more families with their big build. Oh and the price is pretty good too.

Join me on Times Radio 1-2pm. Lots to chew over. Westminster comes back. Ofsted inspections. Racism in schools. Israel. Rise of the AFD in Germany. Tory leadership. Plus labour MP Josh Fenton-Glynn MP & Tory MP Jerome Mayhew join me for a chat.

The House of Commons is packed for the passenger railway service (public ownership) bill third reading. Except for the tories. Not a single Conservative is sat behind their ministers for this important debate.

I have just put my name in the Private Members Bill Ballot - I got number 408. Private members bills are a way none government MPs can try to bring in legislation. The successful numbers will be drawn tomorrow morning. 🤞 💪🌹

Yesterday I had the honour of meeting Holocaust survivor Eve Kulger. A woman now in her 90s who survived the Holocaust and has dedicated her life to helping others understand what happened. I found the story of her and her family incredibly moving. From lucky escapes and the

I owned this single. There was an absolutely banging trance version of the song as a B side. This makes me feel very old.

Who has time between votes? Not the biggest problem I know, but it seems impractical.

The use of the phrase “joyless managerialism” as a critique to abolishing hereditary peers implies that someone making our laws because of an accident of their birth and an ancestor’s cronyism is somehow joyful to him! 🙄

“Who has benefitted from the serial neutering of the House of Lords?” Is the answer our democracy and the rights of minorities?