Lizzi Collinge MP
@lizzicollinge.bsky.social
Labour MP for Morecambe and Lunesdale, general interest nerd.
Imagine owning a cafe and trying to understand what you are being asked to do here. It's simply not possible.
Channel 4 News@channel4news.bsky.social · 4h agoEHRC chair challenged on how to enforce single-sex toilet rules www.channel4.com/news/ehrc-ch...
The record temperatures, wildfires and drought we have seen in the UK & Europe is climate change in action. There is hope. It has been a record year for renewable energy generation, all new homes will have solar panels from next year. But we must accelerate the transition to clean & green energy.
Want to go for a walk? We just launched ten #HumanistHeritage walking tours for: Birmingham, London, Belfast, Bristol, Cardiff, Manchester, Northampton, Norwich, Nottingham, and Sheffield. They're self-guided, free to download, and can be done at your own pace. humanists.uk/2026/08/04/t...
Ten Humanist Heritage walking tours now available – download today!
Humanists UK has launched ten Humanist Heritage walking tours, inviting everyone to learn more about the humanist radicals who shaped modern life across the UK. The self-guided walks are free to downl...
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Really good to see Yvette say this. It tells me she understands one (of the many) cultural problems that affect some delivery of maternity care.
Jessica Elgot@jessicaelgot.bsky.social · 16h agoMy interview today with @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social - Women should not feel pressurised into experiencing an “ideal birth”, the new health secretary says, promising a root-and-branch reform of standards after several damning maternity scandals. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
My interview today with @yvettecooper-mp.bsky.social - Women should not feel pressurised into experiencing an “ideal birth”, the new health secretary says, promising a root-and-branch reform of standards after several damning maternity scandals. www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
Women must not feel pressure to have ‘ideal birth’, says Yvette Cooper
Exclusive: New health secretary promises root-and-branch reform after damning maternity scandals
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I was open-minded on this at first. I do believe in repentance, I think people can change, & I could see the logic of giving someone who was trying to do better a chance in local govt. But the evidence suggest that the abusive, persecutory mode of politics hasn't changed. He's just switched targets
James Austin@jamesdaustin.bsky.social · 15h agoI'll be honest: I'd buy this a lot more if his main outlet wasn't abusively attacking opposition politicians via AI slop in ways which obviously nod to other forms of prejudice.
Full solidarity with @lizzicollinge.bsky.social and any MP facing abuse just for doing their job. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Lizzi Collinge says MPs facing 'overwhelming' levels of abuse
Labour's Lizzi Collinge says anger is being "whipped up and personalised" by political debate.
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Jewish couple 'attacked by teens who tried to take clothing' - as 'appalling' rise in antisemitic incidents revealed
Jewish couple 'attacked by teens who tried to take clothing' - as 'appalling' rise in antisemitic incidents revealed
Nearly 2,000 antisemitic incidents have been reported in the first six months of this year in the wake of the war in Iran and the Golders Green stabbings, a charity has revealed.
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Bede's World! Bede's World! Party time! Venerable!
This is a truly heartless and cruel act. My thoughts are with Cllr Kay Mason Billig and her family after the vandalism of her son’s grave. Anyone with information should contact Norfolk Police quoting 36/56668/26, or Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555 111. www.edp24.co.uk/news/2643474...
Heartless vandals rip apart graves of former council leader's two dead sons
The former leader of Norfolk County Council has been left “shattered” after heartless vandals desecrated the graves of her loved ones including…
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The High Court also heard RTC leader Ben Cullen had threatened physical violence to a resident removing flags, boasting that he was a “violent criminal” who had served 15 years in prison. Full report in today’s Clarion: oxfordclarion.uk/the-clarion-...
The Clarion, 4 August 2026
We're doing a rain dance. You? While we wait for some sorely needed water, here is some news, not all of it cheerful. Including less than savoury details about Raise the Colours; celebrating Oxford Ci...
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One highways manager told the High Court she had been placed on medication after becoming “fearful of being followed home, tracked and exposed on social media”. Highways staff now wear unbranded PPE, work in unbranded vehicles, wear face coverings to hide their identity, and do not travel alone.
Leaders of flag-raising group Raise the Colours Oxfordshire placed trackers on highway workers’ cars to find out their home addresses, the High Court has heard. RTC then attempted to intimidate the highway staff into no longer removing flags by repeating their addresses to them.
A party that was actually anti-racist would be kicking this person out, not allowing them to run for the Governing Committee. There are many decent Greens who will be disgusted by this and I wish them all power fighting back against it. We know from experiance how hard that is.
Superdrug has become the first UK high street retailer to offer DoxyPEP (doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis) through Superdrug Online Doctor. www.attitude.co.uk/news/superdr...
Superdrug becomes first UK high street retailer to offer DoxyPEP
Superdrug has become the first high street retailer to offer DoxyPEP (doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis) through Superdrug Online Doctor.
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07:00 and it's already too hot. I couldn't even have a cup of tea!
Lizzi Collinge MP@lizzicollinge.bsky.social · 2d agoCollege Green anything but today.
🧵Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand: A woman (50s?) is huffing and puffing and teenage eye-rolling theatrically as her mum (80s?) straightens her scarf. Her Mum laughing and giving her a faux biff under her chin, telling her to behave. (1)
Rather than allowing humanists to contribute to Radio 4's Thought for the Day, the BBC's current format requires all speakers to frame political and current affairs commentary through a religious or scriptural lens. Yet half of the UK is non-religious so why not let us speak?
Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Former neo-Nazi activist selected as Tory candidate for Somerset council election
Joshua Bonehill-Paine, creator of satirical Crewkerne Gazette, has convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP A former neo-Nazi activist with convictions including for harassing a Jewish MP has been selected as a Conservative candidate for a local election in Somerset. Joshua Bonehill-Paine, the creator of the viral Crewkerne Gazette series of AI clips, is due to stand for election to Somerset council next year in a new Crewkerne South district. He told the Guardian he was an executive member of the Tories’ Yeovil branch, working as an events organiser. Continue reading...
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Today is the 20th day of the year in which a temperature of 32 °C or higher has been recorded in the UK - this exceeds the previous record of 19 days in 1995 📈
‘Immediately stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature - 42.5C #climatecrisis www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...
‘Stop all outdoor activities’: South Korea records its highest ever temperature
Authorities issue alert saying indoor spaces without airconditioning are ‘dangerous’ as temperatures pass 40C for fifth straight day
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In 'policy interventions work' news... www.businessgreen.com/news/4533773...
Number of single-use plastic bags sold by major retailers has fallen 90 per cent over past decade
England's biggest seven retailers sold just two single-use plastic bags per person on average in 2025, government data confirms
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Andy Burnham correctly points out in an interview that small boat crossings are massively down this year compared with last. The comments in the post are filled with people suggesting he is lying about this very clear, data-evidenced fact. It’s almost as though they don’t want it to he true…
Crops grown underneath solar panels produce more, require less water and are more resistant to extreme weather, even during a hot, dry summer. We need agrivoltaics to be rolled out asap, for both the electricity and the better growing conditions. microgridmedia.com/solar-panels...
Solar Panels Are Helping Crops Grow Better, Global Studies Show - Microgrid Media
For farmers worried about losing land to solar energy, new research brings surprising news: many crops actually produce more food when grown beneath solar
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This is a great piece, which acknowledges that mass attempts at entering Ceuta are nothing new, shows how this event happened and which actually acknowledges the tragedy of the poor people who drowned.
Sunder Katwala (sundersays)@sundersays.bsky.social · 3d agoGood BBC piece by Sarah Rainsford on what we do & don't know about the causes and consequences of the flashpoint crisis in Ceuta She opens with the 72 deaths: a death toll of this scale has been largely treated as an incidental detail in a news event + political clash www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Honestly I saw this on tiktok and lost my mind. His delivery. He SELLS this
huck mason@tylerhuckabee.bsky.social · 3d agonever thought short form video would be able to capture a type of humor i can only describe as “the far side-esque” but this comes close.
