Boris Johnson saying Labour wants to mark its own homework on lobbying takes some beating #pmqs
https://twitter.com/TheGreenParty/status/1381952126818136066
๐ Heavy investment in national rail networks is what made this possible.
๐ This is the climate leadership we need to see!
https://www.independent.co.uk/climate-change/news/france-bans-domestic-flights-train-b1829978.html
Today hundreds of British Gas key workers are being sacked - despite years of service for a highly profitable company.
No redundancy pay.
No apology.
Nothing.
Why? Because they refused to sign a worse contract.
British Gas should be ashamed of themselves.
UK govt spokes on @rtenews report that London has sought more time to respond to legal action:
โIn line with precedent that typically allows two mths to respond to proceedings of this kind, we have agreed with the EU that we will respond to the Letter of Formal Notice by mid-May
New round of judgments today, dismissing more challenges by Ryanair to State aid granted to other airlines in light of the pandemic
#EUGeneralCourt: Aid measures introduced by #Sweden and #Denmark for @SAS for damage resulting from the cancellation or rescheduling of flights in the wake of travel restrictions caused by the #Covid19 pandemic are compatible with #EUlaw @Ryanair
๐https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/jcms/Jo2_7052/
In this piece, @CVar_Sil @BethRobertson55 and I explore challenges & possible response to the end of freedom of movement for British farming [1/3]
Follow our project on seasonal workers @FeedingNation
@UKRI_News @SSPLeeds @COMPAS_oxford
#immigration #Brexit #Covid19UK https://twitter.com/UKandEU/status/1382215796487753731
![In this piece, @CVar_Sil @BethRobertson55 and I explore challenges & possible response to the end of freedom of movement for British farming [1/3]
Follow our project on seasonal workers @FeedingNation
@UKRI_News @SSPLeeds @COMPAS_oxford
#immigration #Brexit #Covid19UK https://t.co/lzltUKEt7L](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Ey6d8RkWgAIx-3w.jpg)
Without freedom of movement who will pick the fruit?
@roxanabarbulesc @BethRobertson55 @CVar_Sil @FeedingNation @UniversityLeeds @SSPLeeds
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https://zcu.io/CtQs
Thank you @JMPSimor for a report that if implemented by the #EU could take millions of #garmentworkers out of poverty. https://twitter.com/jmpsimor/status/1381892671023747072
@TheCircleNGO releases its legislative proposal to deal with the structural market failure in relation to wages for garment workers. Thank you to all those who made this happen especially @SharonOlivia100 & @liviafirth. You can read it here. https://thecircle.ngo/living-wage/
This is an interesting report and set of recommendations from @matrixchambers' @JMPSimor for @TheCircleNGO, and well worth a read in light of the profits recently announced by online fast-fashion retailers such as Asos and Boohoo... https://twitter.com/IEL_reports/status/1381905606890684416
New EU legislation is needed to end the injustice of โpoverty wagesโ in the global garment and footwear industry, which causes entrenched poverty, prevents development, and negates human dignity, a new report authored by @JMPSimor for @TheCircleNGO finds https://www.internationalemploymentlawyer.com/news/pay-global-garment-workers-living-wage-ngo-report-argues
Hugely exciting project. Here's the Report: https://thecircle.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The_Circle_Fashion_Focus_Living_Wage_Report_2021.pdf
Thank you to all the incredible panellists, @TheCircleNGO founders, Ambassadors & more on such powerful launch of a new EU proposal to ensure a living Wage for garment workers http://www.thecircle.ngo/living-wage
My first experience of drafting legislation. Hoping very much that one a day we can wear clothes confident they are not the product of exploitation. Report here: https://thecircle.ngo/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/The_Circle_Fashion_Focus_Living_Wage_Report_2021.pdf Please send comments on the detail to: livingwage@ngo.org. The draft law starts at p. 36..
Jessica Simor QC (@JMPSimor) has authored a report arguing for the payment of a living wage for garment workers working in the supply chain, published by @TheCircleNGO, an organisation which aims to support women and girls globally.
https://www.matrixlaw.co.uk/news/report-published-calling-for-new-eu-legislation-to-ensure-garment-workers-are-paid-a-living-wage/
This is astonishing. It's not even a revolving door. It's the same room. https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1381979320105775117
Breaking
Bill Crothers, govt's former head of procurement, became an adviser to Greensill Capital while he was a civil servant
The Cabinet Office gave him permission to take on a 'part-time advisory role' in Sept 2015
He didn't leave civil service until Nov '15
This is frankly extraordinary. What on earth is/was going on? Any and all pretence of propriety abandoned. Surely somebody with some sense of principle needs to get a grip? Given this governmentโs and this prime ministerโs and this cabinetโs appalling record, the question is who? https://twitter.com/Steven_Swinford/status/1381979320105775117
Breaking
Bill Crothers, govt's former head of procurement, became an adviser to Greensill Capital while he was a civil servant
The Cabinet Office gave him permission to take on a 'part-time advisory role' in Sept 2015
He didn't leave civil service until Nov '15
A clear defeat by the government in its attempt to limit the prosecution of British soldiers for war crimes in the Lords tonight. Torture is absolutely prohibited in international law, so it's only right the Lords voted down the Overseas Operations Bill.https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2021/apr/13/peers-seek-to-block-limit-on-uk-soldiers-accountability-for-war-crimes
Telegraph's plain political spin & bias is expected, but sad to see it spreading Covid-19 misinformation with a misleading headline which hides the truth behind a paywall
Quarter of Covid deaths not caused by virus - LAST WEEK - *not during the surge which necessitated Lockdown*
Landungsboote der kaspischen Flotte auf dem Don bei Rostow unterwegs zum schwarzen Meer.
Bei Landungsbooten geht es nicht um Landesverteidigung, sondern um einen Angriffskrieg.
#Ukraine https://twitter.com/taxfreelt/status/1381965496078110729
ะะพะตะฒัะต ะบะพัะฐะฑะปะธ ะะฐัะฟะธะนัะบะพะน ัะปะพัะธะปะธะธ ะฟัะพัะปะธ ะฟะพ ะะพะฝั ัะตัะตะท ะ ะพััะพะฒ ะบ ะงะตัะฝะพะผั ะผะพัั (ัะพัะพ): https://www.rosbalt.ru/russia/2021/04/13/1897079.html
u know when some body tells u to make sure to 'watch until the end'
well let me tell u
https://twitter.com/cheembeam/status/1381669042772193283
The way I screamed after watching the end of this video! ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐
An 8 hour marathon of fawning Prince Philip sycophancy in the House of Commons today, when they only bothered to have a 5 hour debate on Boris Johnson's Brexit shambles before it was rushed through.
The Westminster political system is completely dysfunctional.
"This train will not be stopping at Eltham. Just as our brave Prince Philip didn't stop that one time he rolled his range rover" https://twitter.com/PipsFunFacts/status/1381530321745772544
@garius "This train has not been cancelled, it has simply failed to make it just as Prince Philip so sadly fell short of his 100th birthday. Long may we remember his steadfast service."
imo this requires more than a chat between the two people holding the offices in question. This is an existential matter for EU governance.
Following #Sofagate, Presidents Michel and von der Leyen (who haven't spoken since) will today discuss a 5-point plan in how to work together better.
Who does what has been ill-defined since Michel's position of Council President was created in 2009.
From Politico Playbook:
That Patrick Harvie causes outrage for introducing a note of honesty into an royal obituary simply highlights what a servile, fawning, sycophantic nation the establishment demands we be & how unbalanced obituaries have been thus far.
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