Today I took an oath of allegiance to the Crown, commonly known as 'swearing in'.
It is an absolute privilege to be your Member of Parliament for Sherwood Forest - thank you for putting your faith in me.
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Michelle Welsh MP
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Michelle Welsh MP
@MichelleWelshMP
Member of Parliament for Sherwood Forest 🌹 National Maternity Advisor & Chair of All-Party Parliamentary Group for Maternity
- Imagine having a government making such critical decisions and yet they cannot get to a Press Conference on time, imagine that...... #shambles
GIF - Boris Johnson's record so far: ❗Missed cobra (Jan) ❗Late to lockdown ❗Cummings debacle ❗Unlocked too soon ❗Eat out to help out debacle. ❗Testing shambles ❗Care Home crisis ❗School shambles ❗Uni shambles ❗Lockdown indecision ❗Christmas shambles ❗This 👇 #cobraA number of countries have banned or are considering stopping flights from the UK following the emergence of a new variant of coronavirus bbc.in/3mBfg4S
- The first session this morning was on Parliament’s Behaviour Code. When talking to residents on the campaign trail, lots of people were appalled with the behaviour some MPs have demonstrated. This must change. Me and my colleagues are determined to rebuild that trust between
- As Baby Loss Awareness Week comes to an end, I lit a candle for the #WaveOfLight in memory of all the babies who lit up so many lives for such a short time 🕯️ My thoughts are with all parents and loved ones who have experienced the heartbreak of baby loss. Together, we honour
- It is baby loss week. There is nothing comical about that. There is nothing funny about chaos on a maternity ward or 'high stakes heroics' when you lose your baby because of it. I am pleased Jessica had a wonderful birth but some respect and decorum during Baby Loss week would📢 BBC Comedy has commissioned Push, a new midwives sitcom from Jessica Knappett. Expect laugh-out-loud chaos, high-stakes heroics and the miracle of new life several times a day 🍼 👶 Push for more 👉 bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/20…
- The last 10 years of a Tory Government 👇 ❗Child Poverty + 50% ❗Foodbank Use + 1,000% ❗Homelessness + 170% ❗NHS Waiting List + 70% ❗Police Numbers minus 20% ❗Crime + 30% ❗Local Authority Funding minus 50% ❗Public Sector Pay minus 15% #JohnsonMustResign
- No matter how much I prepare myself, I always end up crying at #callthemidwife 'Sometimes simply belonging to each other is enough' ❤
- Huge congratulations to my former boss and very good friend @Vernon_Coaker on his well deserved appointment as Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence. An outstanding appointment👏🏻
- A pleasure to meet some of the women fighting for justice and equality at the @WASPI_Campaign drop-in session in Parliament this afternoon 🐝 Having been supportive of this cause for a number of years, and now as an MP, I am proud to pledge to work with WASPI to identify and
- This is the same Tory MP that said those accessing foodbanks needed to budget better and perhaps they could get a payday loan. May I suggest Darren Henry is the one that needs to learn to budget better, not those plummeted into poverty by his party's policies!Someone was busy during Covid!! Our famously invisible MP managed to claim £280k in expenses from the tax payer in ADDITION to his £81k salary during 2020 😤 He is now officially the country’s most expensive MP
- Thank you so much for all of your congratulations messages, they mean the world to me. Now let's change Sherwood Forest for the better!Labour GAIN Sherwood Forest from the Conservatives 🌹
- It has been an absolute honour to work for @Vernon_Coaker The most principled, hard working, selfless and kindest man. An MP I was proud to work for & proud to be representing me, my family & friends in the community I grew up in & live in. Thank you Vernon 🌹🌹Thank You Gedling 🌹🌹
- I was so proud to be in Parliament as Sherwood Forest's MP for today’s King’s Speech. @Keir_Starmer’s @UKLabour government will serve in the interests of working people, where you are born will not determine your future. Our Country and communities before party. Politics of
