Zarah Sultana MP
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Proud to be the Labour MP for Coventry South | Co-chair of the Socialist Campaign Group of MPs | ๐ง: [email protected] | she/her
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Israeli protesters attack and block aid trucks bound for enclave.
Sky's John Sparks witnessed the Israeli protesters and Jewish settlers blocking aid trucks as well as vandalising the trucks bound for Gaza.
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Let that sink in 3.1 million foodbank parcels from The Trussell Trust alone.
The figure will be much larger if you include independent pantries like the 6 FANS SUPPORTING FOODBANKS #RightToFood run in Liverpool.
When will Westminster finally realise that we need a #RightToFood now.
#HungerIsAPoliticalChoice
Fantastic to hear speeches from young people in Parliament last night, as part of a Speakers Trust programme to promote political engagement and activism.
Congratulations to all the students that took part and did themselves so proud! ๐๐ฝ๐
Labour's commitment to repealing anti-strike laws is crucial for workers' rights.
In March, Natalie Elphicke MP defended these draconian laws with a disgraceful attack on firefighters.
Matt Wrack has raised alarm at Elphicke's defection in a letter to Keir Starmer this weekend
'Iโm a woman, Iโm young, Iโm Muslim, Iโm left-wing. When people attack me, itโs usually for one โ or all โ of those reasons.'
I spoke to @ElleUK about dealing with racism and abuse โ and how I won't let that stop me from fighting for social justice:
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Every child should get a healthy meal each day, but that's being denied to millions of kids.
Universal free school meals are an answer to this injustice.
In Parliament, I welcomed support for this call from newly elected mayors, including the West Midland's Richard Parker ๐๐ฝ
๐จThis is beyond appalling
As Gaza is starving, & the ground incursion into Rafah will only suffocate humanitarian provision further, our Foreign Sec David Cameron is meeting ppl in Parl about defunding UNRWA
This while many incl ๐ฉ๐ช have lifted the suspension on UNRWA funding