I always bring this one forward:

It didn't come up but I did get all the income tax brackets right...

It's our local Labour Party Christmas quiz tonight and you have no idea how much I'm hoping this comes up.

Anyone have recommendations for trainers in Citizen Science? It’s something I touch on but don’t have specific sessions on.

only in the small print of this article do they make clear that the pensioners paying an extra £2,500 of tax would have to have “earnings over £125,140” I know many pensioners are asset rich but how many have income at that level?

Al Carns does properly silly physical stuff (a dip in the Liverpool docks at conference is one of the least challenging things he's done...) and he brings that can-do energy to being a minister. He's exhausting tbh 🤣

I am relieved to hear that the mistakenly released prisoner was apprehended today. This is clearly a failure in our prison system. Watch my response to this news and my thoughts on the broken prison system that we inherited from the Conservatives.

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What we see online doesn’t stay online. Violent pornography is putting young people in danger - that’s why we’re banning it. @womensaid.bsky.social @evawuk.bsky.social @whiteribbonuk.bsky.social @mollyroseorg.bsky.social #ukpolitics #uklabour #onlinesafety #violenceagainstwomen #choking #psa

Palliative Care Minister Stephen Kinnock MP told Peers the assisted dying Bill has been a ‘catalyst’ for palliative care, pushing it up the political agenda and said there will be a plan to strengthen services. This mirrors countries where legalising assisted dying has boosted funding and access.

Yesterday, the Lib Dems & Reform tried to weaken protections against exploitative zero-hours contracts & unfair dismissal. I voted with Labour to strengthen your rights & deliver secure, well-paid jobs for all. Lib Dem & Reform MPs sided with vested interests & rogue employers.

The Employment Rights Bill will improve your rights at work. Reform, Tories and Lib Dems have tried to rip-up those rights. But we will deliver on our promise to you.

Please see my statement on the fire at Knowsley Heights and the totally unacceptable attack on Firefighters @fbunational.bsky.social

Progress in the Isle of Man! Let's hope this news brings energy to addressing the same problem in Westminster, where 26 Anglican bishops also enjoy reserved places & voting rights – the only denomination (& of one religion) to have such a privilege.

Bees?? The Middle English word ‘bede’ meant “prayer.” People started to keep track of their prayers with a string of little balls. We now call those little balls “beads.”

This thread is giving me flashbacks...

Our military personnel put their lives on the line to keep Britain safe. This Labour Government is upgrading 9 in 10 military residences across the UK with a £9 billion investment through the Defence Housing Strategy. Homes fit for heroes. Delivered by Labour. 🇬🇧

Which one is more English?

If you are in the UCL /Euston area & you have a calculator that I can borrow this morning, please get in touch urgently!!! I have a maths exam (10am), and my two have both just died! Needs to be NOT internet connected; just old simple one. Oh my life....

Remember, remember The 5th of November, Sparklers and hotdogs and hats. Go watch an organised display, And stop scaring dogs, you twats.

Suella Braverman has every right to make her own choice for herself about her own identity If her argument is to refuse to accept that Ian Wright & Michelle Agyemang, Rishi Sunak, David Lammy and Priti Patel are English - their identity & birthright - on grounds of race, she should lose the whip

Oh wow! When I shared the clip of the PM taking time out from answering climate question from young people to tell us about COP30, I had no idea the young people didn't know the PM was going to be part of the session. Here is a clip from the wider discussion - look at the surprise on their faces!

I am glad for the opportunity to catch up in Parliament this week with Donna Ockenden, affected families and and fellow MPs, all working together to push for safer maternity care. I’m deeply grateful to the affected families who have courageously shared their experiences.

I am so excited for tomorrow evening's @humanists.uk event with Anthony Pinn and SI Martin - two incredible thinkers, great speakers, and also lovely human beings humanists.uk/events/black...

We welcome this further clarity that the Bill, in its current form, strikes the correct balance between safety and autonomy. The status quo is unworkable; it leads to unnecessary suffering, painful suicides, and people fleeing their own country. humanists.uk/2025/11/05/a...

The thing I keep coming back to is how once Reform have to actually run a council they end up coming into contact with reality and have to do exactly the things they complain about.

He emphasised a key strength of Australia’s approach is the use of specific medications for the option of self-administration, allowing people to die at home surrounded by loved ones. The Westminster Bill requires self-administration, combining personal autonomy with carefully designed safeguards.

Earlier this year, Professor Michael Dooley, Director of Victoria’s assisted dying pharmacy service, gave an interview on Australia’s robust approach, highlighting that Westminster's assisted dying Bill appears to include even more safeguards. healthcaretoday.com/article/the-...

“We'd probably relish the challenge of setting up a service like this.” Laura Wilson of the Royal Pharmaceutical Society told the Lords Select Committee that pharmacists can draw on international experience, showing that strong safeguards ensure both safety and choice in assisted dying services.

Today at PMQs, I asked the Deputy Prime Minister to pay tribute to the staff on our railways - who are often maligned in the press - for the vital role they play in keeping us all safe, from averting suicides on the rail network to dealing with emergencies like we have seen this week in Huntingdon.

Congratulations to Zohran Mamdani on such a clear win in New York. His victory shows that boldness and a story of economic change in the interests of the many not the few, defeats the politics of division and despair. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

"I have had six landlords, nine flatmates, [and] two section 21 eviction notices....It is the first moment in my lifetime that I am aware of a piece of legislation materially impacting my life in a positive way. I think this is what enfranchisement is supposed to feel like."

Our expert-led Curriculum and Assessment Review has concluded. Its recommendations will support this Labour government to build a system where every child can achieve and thrive. A renewed system, fit for the future. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mamdani: "New York will remain a city of immigrants, a city built by immigrants, powered by immigrants, and as of tonight, led by an immigrant."

Samir Zitouni, 48, remains in critical condition after the LNER rail employee heroically risked his life to save others from the attempts at murder on the Peterborough/Huntingdon train news.sky.com/story/train-...

I genuinely love fireworks but they cause so much harm, particularly as it's not one or two nights, in many areas it's weeks on end.

Another hero.

Hero. Wishing Samir a speedy recovery. Thoughts and prayers with Farage et al. in these difficult times following the death of their racist narrative.

So a weird thing happened to me in Aldi that I cdn't quite place until I was listening to Gabby Bertin talking about choking in porn on the radio this am. (NB: this is 100% not a sex thing). Having the usual polite chitchat with the cashier who is tired from working extra shifts to make £ for xmas..

My letter in the Guardian about why the Equality and Human Rights Commission's guidance on sex and gender is unworkable and goes far beyond what the Supreme Court judgement actually said.

We used to agree on climate change, but now the Conservatives are turning their back on future generations. They’re becoming more radical by the day.

#OnThisDay, 75 years ago, the European Convention on Human Rights was opened for signature in Rome.    The European Convention on Human Rights impacts over 700 million people in Europe, safeguarding our fundamental freedoms. Happy anniversary, #ECHR!

Treated myself to a takeaway after an emotional debate, but of course forgot to say no chillies. Bets on whether I can actually eat it without making myself ill?

Every word of Rachel's letter is correct & the essential problem with the guidance is it goes much further than the court ruling:'businesses could choose to exclude trans people from single-sex spaces when it is a “proportionate means of achieving a legitimate aim”, not that they must exclude them.'

Chris Philp opens by gymnastically framing the train attack with relation to asylum seekers, concludes that the reason for knife crime is foreigners in prison, then LOSES HIS RAG when LibDem Home Affairs spox @maxwilkinson.bsky.social pulls him up on it. "Withdraw! Withdraw!" Utter clown. 🤡 ~AA

Being our MP is about getting things done for our community ✅ As well as working on your priorities locally and in Westminster, an important part of my job is having your back on individual issues and challenges. Here’s some of what we were able to help with over October 👇

I supported Becky and Alex's campaign - gambling giants should be sharing the burden to relieve child poverty.

The online baying mob shouting "Vote Reform" after Saturday's train stabbing attack may wish to note that not a single Reform MP has turned up for the Home Secretary's statement on the incident.

The Public Accountability Bill is a testament to the courage of the Hillsborough families. I welcome it's duty of candour. I called for a full, judge-led inquiry into the tragedies at TEWV NHS Trust, so those families too can find truth and justice. #HillsboroughLaw

He’s not really trying to hide it. It’s open, unapologetic racism; let’s be plain about it.