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Maggie Simpson

@maggiesi.bsky.social
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Socialist, feminist, anti-racist, internationalist

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Maggie Simpson @maggiesi.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
Private healthcare is lobbying Wes Streeting to sign a new PFI deal with them. Time is running out to ask Wes Streeting to say NO. Please add your name to this petition now. #NoNewPFI weownit.org.uk/act-now/tell...
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Tell Wes Streeting - NO new PFI in our NHS!
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Socialist Action @socialistact.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
What should be the left's position on peace in Ukraine • call for ceasefire • call for peace negotiations without preconditions • Oppose Ukrainian NATO membership • Demand recognition of rights of the large Russian speaking minority in east of Ukraine
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What should be the position of the left on peace in Ukraine - Socialist Action
(i) Call for a ceasefire. (ii) Call for the opening of peace negotiations without preconditions. (iii) Oppose Ukrainian membership of NATO. (iv) Demand recognition of the rights of the large Russian…
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Zarah Sultana MP @zarahsultana.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Just to be clear: I won’t be having cosy chats with Nigel Farage — who named Enoch Powell his political hero, claimed he “would never say Powell was racist in any way” & allegedly marched through a Sussex village chanting Hitler Youth songs. No thanks.
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 30/11/2024
Hunger and suffering among Palestinians in Gaza have reached 'catastrophic' levels, as Israel continues its intense bombardment across the besieged enclave. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/79qunv
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Ashley Kuckelman @ashleyvotesblue.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This ~ 💯%
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
This woman knows what she's talking about, get her elected.
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Maggie Simpson @maggiesi.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Thoughtful morning star editorial morningstaronline.co.uk/article/edit...
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The assisted suicide Bill's ‘safeguards’ don't protect the vulnerable
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 26/11/2024
"We don't know what to do or where to go" Displaced Palestinian in tears as her makeshift tent is destroyed by heavy rains, with winter arriving in Gaza amid Israel's ongoing war.
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
'An open letter to my MP Cat Smith over the Assisted Dying Bill' 'I come from a line of Disabled women in history who lost something of themselves because of the choices of others.' #AssistUsToLive www.thecanary.co/opinion/2024...
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An open letter to my MP Cat Smith over the Assisted Dying Bill
Award-winning journalist Melissa Parker writes an open letter to her MP Cat Smith, a week before the Assisted Dying Bill is in parliament
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
🚨Human Rights Organisation Liberty: Assisted dying Bill presents serious safeguarding risks The bill has a “principles first, details later” approach which could lead to significant risks to marginalised and vulnerable groups, Liberty claimed. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/libe...
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Liberty: Assisted dying Bill presents serious safeguarding risks
The debate and expected vote on November 29 will be the first on the controversial issue in the Commons in almost a decade.
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Maggie Simpson @maggiesi.bsky.social · 22/11/2024
www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
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Gordon Brown says daughter’s death showed value of ‘good’ dying over assisted dying
Former PM, whose daughter died when she was 11 days old, says debate is moving too fast and calls for commission on palliative care
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Disability Rights UK @disrightsuk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Our statement was published in @thetimes.com today in opposition to the upcoming assisted dying bill. 'We know from bitter experience that words and laws do not always add up to protecting Disabled people.' Read it in full here: www.disabilityrightsuk.org/news/dr-uks-...
Although there is talk of the robustness of checks and balances in the assisted dying bill to prevent Disabled people being coerced, as a leading organisation for Disabled people in Britain we know from bitter experience that words and laws do not always add up to protecting Disabled people.

This was evident during the pandemic, where we were often denied life-saving care, and where 60 per cent of all deaths from Covid were those of Disabled people, who comprise 24 per cent of the population. We have huge empathy for Disabled people who live with pain and wish to make an informed choice to have control over the end of their lives.

However, given the severe inequalities for Disabled people within society, especially relating to the quality of health and independent living support, we can no longer maintain a neutral stance, and believe that upholding quality of life should be the focus of the government.

Giving us dignified and equitable lives should come before putting in place ways of assisting us to die.

Kamran Mallick

Chief Executive, Disability Rights UK
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Declassified UK @declassifieduk.org · 20/11/2024
👉NEW -- UK sees privatisation 'opportunities' in Ukraine war by @markcurtis30.bsky.social British aid is being used to open up Ukraine’s wrecked economy to foreign investors and enhance trade with the UK. www.declassifieduk.org/uk-sees-priv...
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UK sees privatisation ‘opportunities’ in Ukraine war
British aid is being used to open up Ukraine’s wrecked economy to foreign investors and enhance trade with the UK.
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Maggie Simpson @maggiesi.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs on Biden’s decision to fire missiles into Russia x.com/ivan_8848/st...
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Middle East Eye (Unofficial) @middleeasteye-rss.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Malcolm X’s daughters sue CIA, FBI and NYPD for $100m over his assassination - www.middleeasteye.net/news/malcolm-…
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Malcolm X’s daughters sue CIA, FBI and NYPD for $100m over his assassination
Lawsuit comes after two of the three men convicted for Malcolm X's murder were exonerated in 2021
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Caroline Brogan @carolinebroganlaw.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Excellent discussion at Westminster on preparing for #IrishUnity. Professor Colin Harvey: #TheGoodFridayAgreement gives the people of Ireland a choice about their constitutional future. At some point they would like to exercise that choice & to do so on an informed basis.
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The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com · 20/11/2024
Exclusive: President Joe Biden has authorized the provision of antipersonnel land mines to Ukraine, two U.S. officials said, a step that will bolster Kyiv’s defenses against advancing Russian troops but has drawn criticism from arms control groups.
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Biden approves antipersonnel mines for Ukraine, undoing his own policy
The controversial White House move to send Kyiv land mines comes as Russia’s advances in eastern Ukraine threaten to overwhelm front-line defenses.
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RMT Union @rmtunion.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
RMT condemns re-privatisation of Elizabeth Line RMT has criticised the decision to reprivatise the Elizabeth Line after GTS Rail Operations Limited won a bid to run the London rail service. www.rmt.org.uk/news/rmt-con...
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RMT condemns re-privatisation of Elizabeth Line
RMT has criticised the decision to reprivatise the Elizabeth Line after GTS Rail Operations Limited won a bid to run the London rail service.
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ian bremmer @ianbremmer.com · 19/11/2024
for the first time, more than half of ukrainians want the war to end as soon as possible
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Lester Holloway @lesterholloway.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
“The way a government treats its refugees is very instructive because it shows you how they would treat the rest of us if they thought they could get away with it.” - Tony Benn
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Maggie Simpson @maggiesi.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
A timely and important international webinar this coming Saturday. To register - tinyurl.com/5n8zwnfa
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Maggie Simpson @maggiesi.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
morningstaronline.co.uk/article/lega...
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Legalising assisted suicide in Britain: why socialists must oppose the Bill
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