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Claire Hanna MP

@clairehanna.bsky.social
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MP for South Belfast & a social democratic, anti-sectarian, new Ireland. Leader of @sdlp.Bluesky Like arts, sustainability, Europe. Mum of 3 great girls Claire.Hanna.MP@parliament.uk.

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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
"The DUP has been body snatched by Jamie Bryson. And has it put food on any anybody's table?" In awe of @clairehanna.bsky.social on the ugly situation on Garvaghy Road. No wonder the others are speechless.
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The SDLP (Social Democratic & Labour Party) on Instagram: "“The DUP has been body snatched by Jamie Bryson. And for what?” SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP says she wants to see all of our traditions flou...
5,316 likes, 200 comments - thesdlp on October 2, 2026: "“The DUP has been body snatched by Jamie Bryson. And for what?” SDLP Leader Claire Hanna MP says she wants to see all of our traditions flouri...
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Drumcree isn’t Green v Orange, it’s Past v Future
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 25/06/2026
Claire Hanna: People in Northern Ireland have been pawns in a political game played in England for too long
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Claire Hanna: People in Northern Ireland have been pawns in a political game played in England for too long
Border poll bingo won’t change minds or answer the questions of people who need to be convinced
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Brian Doherty @brianedoherty.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
“Brexit was a lesson in how not to do constitutional change.. ..So it is prudent for us to think about our own constitutional future and not be passengers in wherever politics wishes to take us.” Claire Hanna Leader of the SDLP www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Celtic nations begin to plan for breakup of UK in event of Reform election win
Politicians brace for constitutional turmoil if Nigel Farage’s party end up in government – or even as a strong opposition
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Lisa O’Carroll @lisaocarroll.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
"Wait till he sees our bill". Claire Hanna, SDLP leader, worries if Reform gets in Farage would slash NI funding. He protested at £350m for EU, She says NI has to prepare: 'We want to be a driver on this, not a passenger" and suddenly thrown under bus.
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Flora Williamson 🌹 @florawilliamson.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
Lovely to join the SDLP London reception last night and to meet @clairehanna.bsky.social , and chat about delivering politics in a constructive way.
Two women, Cllr Flora Williamson, and Claire Hanna MP smiling standing in front of an SDLP banner.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
AOC: An agency that is attacking U.S. citizens, kidnapping five-year-olds and using them as bait, and privately circulating the idea that they can violate the rights of Americans by busting down their doors—they deserve to be defunded, and I’ll take any step in that direction.
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I knew that Mark Carney line was familiar 😇 Just listened to his 17 minutes in full - truly a speech for the ages.
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
I sit on the Oireachtas Good Friday implementation committee, a mix of TDs, senators and MPs. Great afternoon of visits to projects in Belfast today, including the genuinely inspirational Skainos centre, the Turas Irish language project within it, and the new Scoil na Seolta naiscoil and bunscoil.
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ARINS Project @arinsproject.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
A brilliant, insightful discussion this morning @houseofcommons.parliament.uk Thanks to @clairehanna.bsky.social and @robinswannmp.bsky.social for hosting us and thanks to all who came! @fotoole.bsky.social @ndirishstudies.bsky.social @ria.ie @notredame.bsky.social
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Royal Irish Academy @ria.ie · 05/12/2025
This week we had informative conversations in London around For and Against a United Ireland (RIA, 2025) by Fintan O’Toole (@fotoole.bsky.social) & Sam McBride (@sjamcbride.bsky.social). Thanks to @clairehanna.bsky.social & @robinswannmp.bsky.social for hosting a Westminster briefing on the subject
Four individuals, three men and one woman, stand together in front of a vibrant green wall
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Cahir O'Kane @cahirokane.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
Respect to @clairehanna.bsky.social for supporting this campaign. Maith thú.
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The Irish Times @irishtimes.com · 10/11/2025
Claire Hanna: Presidential election made clear that we cannot just wish ourselves into a united Ireland
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Claire Hanna: Presidential election made clear that we cannot just wish ourselves into a united Ireland
Sectarianism displayed towards Heather Humphreys was startling and depressing
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DerryNow @derrynow.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
'People are fed up with the status quo' - Claire Hanna MP
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'People are fed up with the status quo' - Claire Hanna MP
The SDLP Leader is set to host a town hall meeting in Limavady next week As SDLP Leader I often travel across Northern Ireland and meet people from all walks of life. Whether it’s in Belfast or Derry, Enniskillen or Newry, the message I keep hearing is the same – people are fed up with the st ---
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Brenda Gough @brendagough.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Claire Hanna, @sdlp.bsky.social Leader came to our community garden today. She listened to community organisations and Belfast Council workers on how we build food resilience and develop city spaces for the well-being of the people. A pot of soup on the go and lots to discuss! She's sound 😎👌👏
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 02/11/2025
My wonderful Mum and Dad, talking about lives of service and activism, interviewed in yesterday’s Irish News. I’m so lucky they are my parents 🥰
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Belfast Live @belfastlive.co.uk · 05/10/2025
"Last year, I wrote that the SDLP’s survival depended on whether it had the will to revive itself. Under Claire Hanna, there is evidence that it has found that will."
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Opinion: Claire Hanna gives the SDLP its first glimmer of revival in years
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Progressive Politics NI @ppni.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Good to hear this from @clairehanna.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/norther...
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Puberty blocker ban 'part of a series of attacks on Trans people' says Hanna
Claire Hanna was responding to a question on whether her party would have supported the move if it had held a ministerial post.
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James McCarthy @jamesmccarthy97.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
As the SDLP gathers for its annual conference this weekend, party leader Claire Hanna is eager to put constitutional change at the heart of discussions.
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'Planning for a New Ireland must start now' says Claire Hanna
"We think setting arbitrary dates is not that helpful … but we are also very, very clear that it's entirely compatible with the Good Friday Agreement to properly plan and engage now.”
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Brendan Hughes @brendanhughes64.bsky.social · 04/10/2025
Stormont executive 'allergic to responsibility', SDLP leader Claire Hanna is to tell her party's annual conference www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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SDLP's Claire Hanna to say executive allergic to responsibility
Claire Hanna is addressing the SDLP annual conference, her second since becoming party leader last year.
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Belfast Telegraph @belfasttelegraph.co.uk · 01/10/2025
In an exclusive interview with Suzanne Breen, SDLP leader Claire Hanna takes aim at Naomi Long’s party and criticises Taoiseach Micheal Martin after he ruled out a border poll.
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SDLP’s Claire Hanna: ‘Alliance are living their best lives but haven’t used their power to help the people of NI’
Claire Hanna has accused the Alliance Party of failing to use its massively expanded MLA team and two ministries at Stormont to deliver change for people in Northern Ireland.
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
This morning Cllr @DonalLyons and I were made so welcome at the launch of Growbaby Hub, a new initiative from Malone Presbyterian Church. They are supporting families with practical needs - clothes & equipment - in the early years. My office is able to refer to those in need 👶
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Keir Starmer said that statehood was an ‘inalienable right’ for Palestine but is putting down conditions, over which they have no control. As with arms sales and sanctions, this is very little and very late. Recognition is logical, moral and urgent.
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MacGill Summer School @macgillschool.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Now underway at #MacGill25! “Fractured Communities: From Disconnection to Discord,” hearing from Sorcha Pollak @sorchapollak.bsky.social, Gary Gannon TD @garygannontd.bsky.social, Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social, Lata Sharma, and David W. Higgins. Lots to be discussed.
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Zohran Kwame Mamdani @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
In the words of Nelson Mandela: it always seems impossible until it’s done. My friends, it is done. And you are the ones who did it. I am honored to be your Democratic nominee for the Mayor of New York City.
Zohran looking out on a victory night crowd.
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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 04/06/2025
BELFAST TELEGRAPH: Claire Hanna confronts PM over UK accountability for Israel and calls for recognition of Palestine in a daring Commons clash. - by Will Durrant
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Claire Hanna challenges Prime Minister on when Westminster will ‘hold Israeli government to account’
SDLP leader Claire Hanna has challenged the Prime Minister about when the UK will “hold the Israeli government to account” and “recognise the state of Palestine” in the House of Commons.
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David McCann @dmcbfs.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨@StormontSources is now Live! This week @sdlp.bsky.social Leader @clairehanna.bsky.social is on the podcast to discuss their budget ideas and how they will work with other parties to achieve unity. Plus, some discussion on compulsory voting and the EU/UK deal Listen: stormontsources.com
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Discussing the EU ‘reset’ throughout yesterday - really good progress. Will be working to get implementation A S A for the benefit of local businesses, and the SDLP will always have eyes and ideas on wider horizons.
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The SDLP @sdlp.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
It's clear global politics is at a significant turning point. We can either choose an open, outward looking future, or one which is increasingly closed minded. We firmly believe our future belongs in a new Ireland in Europe. @clairehanna.bsky.social
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Very grateful to local PSNI neighbourhood team for speaking at our well attended community meeting in Stranmillis tonight, organised by your local @SdlpSthBelfast team. We’re working together to tackle burglaries & help people feel safer at home
Crowd at meeting in roomPSNI with SDLP team outside Stranmillis Boat Club
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Sanctuary Runners Ireland @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
A massive congratulations to Claire Hanna MP for conquering the Belfast Marathon today! No better woman! Thank you Claire for running in our colours, for championing #Solidarity, #Friendship & #Respect with all & for all your help in laying the groundwork for a group in Belfast! @belfastlive.co.uk
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Joël Reland @jreland.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
What an interaction from the last meeting of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee
Gavin Robinson: “The Lord of the Rings” is a good example of a place
where trees can uproot themselves, walk across the border and cause
trouble over there.
Simon Hoare: It is a work of fiction, Gavin.
Gavin Robinson: Are you aware of any other plant that is capable of
doing that?
Claire Hanna: Groot.
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Buzzing after my first marathon today, Belfast. Here’s 4 and a half hours condensed into a minute - all human life is here 😊
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
We were at the DPAC rally in Belfast today, standing against the UK Government’s planned welfare cuts. Both the Executive and Westminster are presiding over people getting poorer and sicker. The SDLP will fight these cuts in Westminster and hold the Executive to account in Stormont.
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
That busy last week I forgot to tell ya 😉 Recap of issues I’ve been working on for the last week including teacher union conference, advocating for policing support & reform, responding on Trump tariffs & British Irish Trade
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British Irish Chamber of Commerce @brirechamber.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
The British Irish Chamber of Commerce, WILLIAM FRY LLP Annual Council Dinner 2025. A big thank you to @clairehanna.bsky.social for hosting the evening, and to Nick Thomas-Symonds MP, Minister for EU Relations, for delivering the keynote address.
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Aoife @itseeefa.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Thank you to @sdlp.bsky.social , Harriet Brown & @sdlpwomen.bsky.social for inviting me to speak on a fantastic panel on women in politics in NI. It was a pleasure to share ideas and experiences with @clairehanna.bsky.social, Doire Finn, and Catherine McDaid.
A panel event on women in politics hosted by SDLP Women and QUB SDLP. Four women sit at the front of a classroom-style lecture room, speaking to an audience of students. Behind them is a screen displaying panelist names and a banner with the SDLP Women logo. The audience is diverse, engaged, and seated facing the speakers. SDLP branding is visible on banners to the left and right.Four women panelists pose together smiling in front of an SDLP Youth banner. They are standing arm-in-arm and appear relaxed and friendly. The setting is indoors, with a fire exit sign above a wooden door in the background. Their attire is casual-professional, and the image captures a warm moment after the panel discussion.
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
As the US ‘liberates’ itself from a strong economy & basic logic, this is a moment for doing the things in our control to protect people + jobs here. I raised the impact of Big Tech on politics & young people, and ensuring Trump’s ‘inner circle’ don’t get a free ride in all this
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Ruairi @humbleruairi.bsky.social · 29/03/2025
An excellent morning with @sdlp.bsky.social. Strong ideas but clear understanding of where it stands & what most be done. Informative & transparent. Party feels recharged under @clairehanna.bsky.social
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Murray Pittock : @murrayp.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Splendid dinner @houseofcommons.parliament.uk with British-Irish Chamber of Commerce courtesy of @clairehanna.bsky.social discussing UK-Ireland-EU relations. Great evening representing U. Glasgow & championing HE mobility ahead of FP10 @horizoneu.bsky.social @eassh.bsky.social
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Friday update from me - housing, spring statement, music and our constitutional future the big issues in my week
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
Media coverage of vicious & daily abuse of MLAs across the political spectrum is stark & disturbing - solidarity with each & every one of them. Discussed on Talkback this & some short + long term solutions to help end this toxicity & to encourage more people into public life
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
There is a time and a logic for social security rules changing but this is neither. Public services are at a low ebb. In our constituency offices & clinics, week in and week out, we see the drivers & outcomes of the benefit system and it isn’t all that the tabloids would have you believe.
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Friday recap from me with events & debates in Belfast, London & Dublin - with schools, on the Employment Bill & on trade.
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The Irish News @irishnews.com · 12/03/2025
Irish spoken ‘for first time’ at Prime Minister’s Questions by SDLP leader Claire Hanna
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Irish spoken ‘for first time’ at Prime Minister’s Questions by SDLP leader Claire Hanna
MP invited Sir Kier Starmer to Belfast for Fleadh Cheoil
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Adam Payne @adampayne26.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
SDLP leader Claire Hanna writes about why she's boycotting St Patrick's festivities in DC: "The actions we’ve seen from Donald Trump... are of such a character that delicately clinking glasses over a bowl of shamrock in the White House has become unthinkable to my colleagues and to my constituents"
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St Patrick’s Day in Trump’s White House? I won’t be heading to Washington
St Patrick’s Day in the White House has long been a fun and fixed point in the Irish political calendar; an annual celebration of Ireland and the I...
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Falken's Maze @falken.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
Ní hé gach lá a cloister Gaeilge á labhairt ag ceisteanna an Phríomh-Aire. @clairehanna.bsky.social
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
I’m recruiting 2 new roles to support my work as South Belfast & Mid Down MP : A Communications Assistant + a Caseworker to help solve the local issues & challenges people come to us for help with. Please share with anyone you think would be a good fit www.communityni.org/organisation...
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Claire Hanna MP @clairehanna.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
In Fermanagh today with @CommonsNIAC , and glad to squeeze in some time with FIND, an excellent local youth project , along with our SDLP Enniskillen Cllr Adam Gannon & team (no, we will not be releasing the musical recordings 😝)
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