Thank you to the voters of Jarrow and Gateshead East for this brilliant victory, everyone who voted for me and voted for @UKLabour nationally has put their trust in us to fix the mess from the last 14 years - and we will not let them down.
🚨 NEW: Andy Burnham says he would ban VAR if he had the power
"You can't celebrate a goal because you think someone, somewhere in an industrial unit is going to rule it out"
Today is International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Transphobia #IDAHOBIT
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There can be no place for discrimination & hatred against LGBTI persons in our democratic societies
My statement as @coe Gen Rapporteur on rights of LGBTI persons @PACE_Equality@PACE_News
On #IDAHOT 🏳️🌈, @PACE_News reaffirms that there can be no place for discrimination & hatred against LGBTI persons in our democratic societies.
🔗 Full statement by @KateOsborneMP, PACE General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI persons ⬇️
pace.coe.int/en/news/10298/…
That cannot be a discussion between the current cabinet to pick a successor, we need a change of direction not just the leader & that change must be decided by our entire party, our members, our Councillors & those that just lost their seats, MPs & of course our Trade Unions.
Keir knows he will not lead the party into next year’s local elections let alone the next General Election, so for the good of the party he should set out when he will go now and announce a clear timetable for his departure.
When Labour lets the electorate down in the way we currently are, it is because the top of the Labour Party is betraying Labour values. Labour members won’t forgive that, and they have been leaving the party steadily.
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👏Congratulations to @KateOsborneMP on her appointment as @PACE_News General Rapporteur on the rights of LGBTI persons 🌈Our warmest thanks to @BeatriceFresko for her commitment & the legacy she leaves within the Parliamentary #Platform4LGBTIrights in Europe.
Unite’s strength has always been its members and it's ability to bring them together standing up for values and rights and those must not be compromised.
I know the deep anger this has caused many unite members and I share their pain and outrage.
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But of course we should not be giving political legitimacy to parties attempting to sow division and gain power that they will use to pit worker against worker.
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