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Michael Calderbank

@calderbank

In Parliament for Trade Unions - Solidarity Consulting (tweets p/c); Democratic Socialist, Roman Catholic. PhD in critical theory; married to Seema

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Trussell (@trusselluk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🚨 NEW: Today, the Chancellor said that the cost of living is a ‘constant challenge’. She’s right. But cutting vital support for disabled people is not the way to fix it. #SpendingReview

🚨 NEW: Today, the Chancellor said that the cost of living is a ‘constant challenge’.

She’s right. But cutting vital support for disabled people is not the way to fix it.

#SpendingReview
Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union (@benclaimant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Citizen's Advice say 900,000 people could lose £9,000-10,700 per year from the govt's cuts. They say at the top of the executive summary that govt is not consulting on it because they do not want to know the answers. These cuts will be devastating and wide-reaching.

Richard Burgon MP (@richardburgon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It's truly sickening news that the UK is training Israeli soldiers. It’s also a clear breach of international law. The ICJ ruled that ALL states must end any cooperation that aids Israel’s illegal occupation Britain must end all arms sales and military cooperation with Israel.

It's truly sickening news that the UK is training Israeli soldiers.

It’s also a clear breach of international law.

The ICJ ruled that ALL states must end any cooperation that aids Israel’s illegal occupation

Britain must end all arms sales and military cooperation with Israel.
Michael Calderbank (@calderbank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

How can it possibly be right for the UK army to still be training the IDF in view of all the international condemnations? 😱 🇵🇸

How can it possibly be right for the UK army to still be training the IDF in view of all the international condemnations? 😱

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Brian Leishman (@brianleishmanmp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There must be a public inquiry into the UK’s role in the genocide Netanyahu’s government is carrying out against the Palestinian people.

Neil Duncan-Jordan MP (@neilforpoole) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is not a concession - these proposals were in the Green Paper. I hope colleagues will see that £7 billion in cuts will make disabled people poorer. No amount of warm words mask the reality - cuts don’t create jobs they create austerity. I’m voting NO.

Brian Leishman (@brianleishmanmp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

A complete insult to disabled people and against everything a Labour government should ever do to people that need help. I’ll vote against welfare cuts.

Chronically Vexed ♿🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ she/they (@chronicallyvex) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This afternoon I will be riding with Amnesty UK and their giant billboard around my constituency in Leicester West. We're currently outside Liz Kendall's office in Leicester West.

This afternoon I will be riding with <a href="/AmnestyUK/">Amnesty UK</a> and their giant billboard around my constituency in Leicester West. We're currently outside Liz Kendall's office in Leicester West.
Richard Burgon MP (@richardburgon) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This is in no way an ‘olive branch’ - it still strips disabled people on PIP of the vital support they currently get. Delaying poverty by a few weeks will still see so many disabled people thrown into poverty. This is nowhere near the scale of change that MPs are looking for.

John McDonnell (@johnmcdonnellmp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

I raised this point of order in Parliament today expressing my and Jeremy’s concern about the Police behaviour. We will continue to demonstrate for Gaza until the genocide is halted & peace and justice is secured for Palestine.

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP (@bellribeiroaddy) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Delaying the removal of PIP by a couple of months doesn't change the fact that you are still removing it from people who need it. Or the fact that these cuts will push disabled people deeper into poverty and ill health. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Michael Calderbank (@calderbank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

If you don’t want people to be put under pressure to end their lives early, ask your MP to vote against the #assisteddyingbill We need significant investment in palliative care not assisted suicide

Ben Claimant 💚 Join a Union (@benclaimant) 's Twitter Profile Photo

"The DWP work coach ‘made me feel ashamed’": Lung cancer patient told they should ‘get a job and support the nation’. "I worked and paid taxes for about 25 years [before becoming ill]..." thecanary.co/uk/analysis/20…

Michael Calderbank (@calderbank) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s entirely possible to be a critic of the Iranian theocracy without welcoming Israel’s bombing of ordinary Iranian citizens, just as it’s possible - indeed necessary - to criticise Hamas but defend the suffering Palestinian people

BFAWU (@bfawuofficial) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Day 2 of #BFAWU25 is well underway we started the morning debating motions on cycling safety,the creation of a National Care Service that is free at the point of need & public ownership of all forms of energy. We also heard from Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Parliamentary group chair

Day 2 of #BFAWU25 is well underway we started the morning debating motions on cycling safety,the creation of a National Care Service that is free at the point of need &amp; public ownership of all forms of energy.

We also heard from Rebecca Long-Bailey MP Parliamentary group chair
lan Byrne MP (@ianbyrnemp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Given the weight of evidence we have on the devastation they will cause, I’m struggling to see how any Labour MP can, in all good conscience, vote with the Government on the forthcoming disability cuts. They target some of the most vulnerable people in society - precisely the

john milbank (@johnmilbank3) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The old giant Gordon Brown explains why, whatever your views on the ethics of euthanasia, the current bill would have horrendous consequences. Palliative care must be properly funded and provided for all who need it.