I hope whether you’re seeing more family & friends or just relaxing after #ChristmasDay, that you have a #HappyBoxingDay. #BoxingDay2025

Part of my #ChristmasDay tradition will always be watching the #KingsSpeech. “The strength to make sure right triumphs over wrong.” #KingsSpeech2025

A very #MerryChristmas one & all! #Christmas2025

Congratulations on the election of the new General Secretary of my union @unison.org.uk, @andrea4gs.bsky.social.

Beyond proud as a proud @unison.org.uk, @coopparty.party.coop & #LabourParty member to see the #EmploymentRightsBill pass yesterday, giving biggest boost in workers rights in a generation.

Had an amazing night yesterday with some lovely food at #AshfordLabour’s #ChristmasDinner fundraiser with their brilliant MP @sojanjosephmp.bsky.social & the fantastic #LabourParty Chair @annaturley.bsky.social. #Christmas2025

Was great to catch up & have a nice #ChristmasLunch yesterday with members & friends of the Maidstone And West Kent @coopparty.party.coop. #Christmas2025

Interesting discussions yesterday with former @greenparty.org.uk MEP @greenpartymolly.bsky.social & former EU Ambassador @valedealmeidaeu.bsky.social with @europeanmovement.co.uk.

Was lovely yesterday to have such fun & see so many at the #SevenoaksWelcomesRefugees #ChristmasCelebration with great food & brilliant music.

So many brilliant speakers & panel discussions yesterday at the @coopparty.party.coop Conference. #CommunityBritain #CoopParty #VoteCoop #InternationalYearofCooperatives2025

Very interesting & informative session yesterday with the @obamafoundation.bsky.social about the @barackobama.bsky.social Presidential Center/ OPC design, programs, & vision chaired by Nnena Okuagu.

Yesterday on #ArmisticeDay on behalf of #SevenoaksLabourParty & Maidstone & West Kent @coopparty.party.coop I paid my respects to the service & sacrifice of all those who died during war with #Sevenoaks Mayor Tony Clayton & other members of the local community.

Yesterday on behalf of the Maidstone And West Kent @coopparty.party.coop branch I laid a wreath & I paid my respects to those that gave lives to defend our values & freedoms at the #RemembranceSunday service in #Sevenoaks. #WeWillRememberThem #LestWeForget

Proud to say I’ve voted for @christinamcanea.bsky.social for @unison.org.uk General Secretary! She’s always stood up for members fighting for fair pay, defending public services & putting working people first. #VoteChristina

Had a brilliant time at the weekend at Vicci Skinner & Nick Sands’ wedding. Was lovely to see them so happy together & to catch up with close & old friends like Pierre Jalon, Michael Robinson, James Andrews & Danielle Jalon.

Very interesting & heartfelt moments during @andyburnham.bsky.social & @metromayorsteve.bsky.social’s discussion with @mirror.co.uk’s @roswynnejones.bsky.social organised by #SME4Labour & #LabourHome on devolution, urban renewal & #Hillsborough. #HeadNorth #KeepTheFaith

Congratulations @lucympowell.bsky.social, very much looking forward to working with you to champion the @coopparty.party.coop’s voice & policies, & to work with you to spread #LabourParty’s message of renewal & getting #Swanley & #Sevenoaks the MP it deserves & needs.

Very interesting discussions & debates yesterday at the #SevenoaksDebatingSociety on Tax & Digital ID, with some fun spooky motions from the cauldron to end the evening.

Was a great privilege yesterday to attend my first #PMQs of a #LabourParty & @coopparty.party.coop Govt, to see #KeirStarmer in action, see the whole Parliament & public gallery laugh multiple times at Badenoch & the Tories, & to see #DartfordLabour’s fantastic @jimdickson.bsky.social speak.

Brilliant answers from @lucympowell.bsky.social yesterday in her #LucyListens meeting, & thank you for your insightful response on my question of what role you see the @coopparty.party.coop, #unions & societies have in securing a second general election win? #PowellPower #LucyforDeputy

Was great to hear from @christinamcanea.bsky.social yesterday at the #VoteChristina campaign @unison.org.uk #Southeast rally. #Vote4ChristinaMcAnea

Was very interesting to hear @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @lucympowell.bsky.social insightful answers in @thefabians.bsky.social’s hustings yesterday chaired by Chair @drsarahyde.bsky.social, General Secretary @joedromey.bsky.social & Chair of Fabian Women’s Network @mmasters21.bsky.social.

I think both @lucympowell.bsky.social & @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social are brilliant candidates & I’d be proud to have either as #LabourParty Deputy Leader but I have decided to support Lucy. #PowellPower #LucyForDeputy

Very interesting questions & insightful answers yesterday’s at the #LabourParty Deputy Leader hustings at #Lab25 with @lucympowell.bsky.social & @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social.

Great speeches today & yesterday by #LabourParty Leader & Prime Minister Keir Starmer & @coopparty.party.coop General Secretary @fortunejf.bsky.social at #Lab25 on having a Britain built for all. #RenewBritain

Happy & proud to have voted for Fatima Kamara n the #UnisonLabourLink committee elections.

Was interesting to hear from both @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social & @lucympowell.bsky.social on Monday at @labourbusiness.bsky.social’s #LabourParty Deputy Leader hustings, which decided to nominate Bridget.

Very interesting Q&A & panel discussions at yesterday’s 4th annual @coopparty.party.coop #CooperativePartyDisabilityNetwork #CoopEqualitiesConference with many brilliant speakers including keynote speaker Minister for Equalities & Minister for Citizenship & Migration @seemamalhotra-mp.bsky.social.

I understand why Angela Rayner has taken the decision to resign but I have & will always have great respect for her as a person & political force. She can & must be proud of her role in delivering the biggest upgrade in workers’ rights in decades with the Employment Rights Bill.

Happy to say yesterday my branch, Kent Unison Local Government branch, voted to nominate @christinamcanea.bsky.social for @unison.org.uk General Secretary.

Was nice to catch up with fellow supporters & volunteers at #SevenoaksWelcomesRefugees’ AGM yesterday & to watch the great presentation by Lynda & Pippa of @refugeecouncil.bsky.social.

Good Interesting & informative call yesterday with Southeast @youngunison.bsky.social & Louise Barter from Southeast Unison Labour Link on #UnisonLabourLink & #LabourParty Government’s #EmploymentRightsBill.

Proud & happy to say I support @christinamcanea.bsky.social & her manifesto for every @unison.org.uk member. #Vote4ChristinaMcAnea

Our General Secretary @christinamcanea.bsky.social has been an amazing General Secretary that has been credible, honest, reliable, authentic & for the @unison.org.uk members. Make sure you lend her your support & vote to make sure she gets re-elected. votechristina.org.uk?fbclid=PAZXh...

Can’t believe yesterday marked 5 years since I got my Cypriot citizenship, & my #Cypriot ID card & passport. #Cyprus 🇨🇾

🇬🇧 #VJDay | Lest We Forget 🇬🇧 Today we remember the end of WWII in the Pacific & honour those who served, suffered, & sacrificed. A time to reflect on the courage & resilience of those who fought. We will remember them. #VJDay80

Had a brilliant fun filled evening yesterday at Chatham and Aylesford #LabourParty Fundraiser with their fantastic MP Tristan Osborne & their special guests MP for Sefton Central @billesterson.bsky.social & former Cabinet Minister Alan Johnson.

Back to back Euro Champions! Well done lionesses! #FootballsComingHome. #WEURO2025 #Lionesses

Had a brilliant time yesterday at #AshfordLabour’s Fundraiser event with their amazing MP @sojanjosephmp.bsky.social & their fantastic guest speaker, #ChathamAndAylesford MP Tristan Osborne on behalf of #SevenoaksLabour & Maidstone And West Kent @coopparty.party.coop.

Interesting discussions yesterday by Minister of State for Local Government & English Devolution, & @coopparty.party.coop Chair, @jimmcmahon.co.uk, on the #LabourParty & #CoopParty Government’s English Devolution & Community Empowerment Bill.

Another classic good interesting #SevenoaksDebatingSociety session yesterday with some interesting discussions & points on if the USA was right to attack Iran & if artificial intelligence is a force for good.

Yesterday I attended the commemoration of the 51st anniversary of the invasion of #Cyprus at St Mary’s Cathedral with Bishop Iakovos, Cyprus High Commission in the UK High Commissioner @kyriacoskouros.bsky.social, National Fed of Cypriots in the UK Pres Christos Karaolis & MP @bambosmp.bsky.social.

To mark #InternationalDayOfCooperatives, alongside the brilliant Terry, I held a street stall this morning. Co-operatives build stronger, fairer economies, sharing power & wealth. Me & the Maidstone And West Kent @coopparty.party.coop Team are proud to be part of the cooperative movement.

Can’t believe it’s been 1 year since the election of the #LabourParty & @coopparty.party.coop Government.

Was good to hear & reflect yesterday on how our party candidates did at the #LocalElections2024, on our now #LabourParty & @coopparty.party.coop Government & how our party is growing & achieving our co-op priorities at the #CoopParty AGM.

Some lovely & amazing food, stalls & music yesterday at the #UzbekFestival in #PottersFieldPark by @towerbridge1894.bsky.social.

Even though I didn’t quite get the result I hoped for in the @unison.org.uk NEC election yesterday, I’m very proud to have stood, to have met & have a chat with many fantastic members, & to get to know many of my fellow brilliant @memberstogether.bsky.social candidates.

Interesting & informative discussions yesterday at the Southeast @youngunison.bsky.social Forum meeting about organising young @unison.org.uk members & strategic organising.

98 years ago today, @coopparty.party.coop & #LabourParty signed the Cheltenham Agreement, creating the historic partnership between the two Parties. I’m proud to be a member of both #SevenoaksLabourParty & Maidstone & West Kent #CoopParty.

Was good yesterday to join @ladylolaoyewusi.bsky.social in representing the Maidstone & West Kent @coopparty.party.coop at the South East of England @coopparty.party.coop meeting & to hear from #CoopParty NEC Rep for England South Lucy Naylor.