Sheila White @commonedge

Wishing all my followers a very Happy New Year with sincere wishes for peace, understanding, compromise, kindness and care in 2025. This is my last post on this platform and I hope you will follow me to bluer skies.

The full statement on why the government will not compensate women born in the 1950s for state pension age rises bit.ly/4gfADoT It includes an apology for the maladministration the Ombudsman found previous governments guilty of. But no money.

@WelwynArchSoc @stalbansmuseums @EHASoc @CBAEast @RomanBathMuseum @StAlbanspast @UCLarchaeology Thank you. I was wondering where to migrate to. Many will follow.

It was an honour to represent @TheGreenParty at the national Remembrance ceremony at the cenotaph this morning. And after observing the minute's silence and the laying of wreaths, I walked from Whitehall to Tavistock Square to join the alternative Remembrance ceremony organised by @PPUtoday to remember all victims of war, of all nationalities, and lay #WhitePoppies. At this time of escalating conflict I think it's more important than ever to not only remember the fallen - military and civilian - but to remember the original message of the Armistice, 'Never again', and to work for global peace.

Dear @UKLabour Please listen to the 83% who want water in public ownership.

GreenJJNews @GreenJJNews

2 years ago

"We have the ridiculous situation of debt being traded by hedge funds who are gambling on water bills going up to finance a bail out... The water companies took a gamble on greed. Let them take the hit." @GreenJennyJones amendment 97 stops bailouts

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Word of the day is ‘recrudescence’ (17th century): the return of something terrible after a time of reprieve.

A massive thank you to @ChrisGPackham for closing the @MarchforWater with such a rousing speech & call to action On behalf of all the voiceless species & people This new Government @DefraGovUK must listen People & planet before growth & profit @RiverActionUK

Chris Packham @ChrisGPackham

2 years ago

We know what we need to do to fix this crisis in our rivers and seas– it just needs the political will from our leaders and Government to turn from words into action . My full speech yesterday from the @MarchforWater in London .

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No mandate?!?!? That's utter nonsense @10DowningStreet !!

leanahosea @leanahosea

2 years ago

The government says it's dropping the Chalk Stream Recovery Pack because there's "no mandate" for it. Anyone else feel like there's more public support for saving our dying chalk streams than cutting the Winter Fuel Payment? chalkstreams.org/2024/11/02/the…

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79% of the UK public were opposed to water privatisation. Margaret Thatcher ignored them & pushed on with it anyway. It's turned out even worse than many warned. What's extraordinary is that a Labour government won't consider reversing it. #MARCHFORCLEANWATER #floodthestreets

Tens of thousands of people came from rivers & seas across the country to march through London in the biggest water demonstration in UK history. It was so large that people were still leaving the Albert Embankment as the procession entered Parliament Square. All those marching on the @MarchforWater had a simple message: we need real action for clean water & we need it now.

Melissa Green speaking at #MarchForCleanWater 🌊 "@WomensInstitute members every year chose what they want to campaign about. They fight to change the things that deteriorate around them, so they can pass on this world to the next generation, better than they found it" "We first raised the alarm for the quality of our water in 1927. We raised it again in the 1960s. Then again in the 1980s. Then in 2023 we raised it again. We don't want to be here 97 years later still asking for the same thing. We're appalled to have to be here and we demand change" "The WI says that the time to act must be down, we're proactively working with industry and decision makers to ensure that microplastics are not going into our water" "Our members have embraced citizen science, testing their local waters, collecting data. We've lobbied our MPs and shown them what's happening in our local communities" "We've even diligently applied for bathing water status around the country. The only way we can see water is regularly tested" "We're a proud partner of river action and we always have been" "We want comprehensive change, and we're determined to stand alongside you and demand action" "Our waterways are being wantonly and knowingly damaged" "You don't have to be afraid to challenge authority. It is your responsibility" "We all have a voice and we have the power to bring change" "When we stand together together like this, we are unstoppable" "Our unity purpose and our determination are our super powers. We just need to use them" "Clean water is a right, and we are determined to be the last generation that has to stand here and demand it"

One view: ‘The partygate scandal was overblown’ - Kemi Badenoch Another view:

The next @Herts_FHS talk

Instead of expressing "concern" about the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza, isn't it time we stopped supplying Israel with the weapons that have caused the catastrophe in the first place?

Join us on Sunday Nov 3rd! Show the Govt we care about #waterpollution! @RiverActionUK @WindrushWasp @ChrisGPackham @TheGreenParty

Sign up to our lottery page on East Herts Lottery today to have a chance of winning a share of great prizes! Each ticket you purchase makes a huge impact. easthertslottery.co.uk/support/ward-f…

Saddened to learn that two more swimming pools in East Herts are to close in December because of the loss of central government funding. Some of our swimmers moved to Fanshawe after our own was closed last year. Swimming is a life skill & low cost, accessible activity for many.

Josh Dean MP @JoshDeanMP

2 years ago

I know that many of you will be concerned by the announcement regarding Fanshawe and Leventhorpe swimming pools. I am meeting with stakeholders this week, and you can contact me at [email protected]

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Suggestions that solar panels for new homes may just be optional after pressure on Labour from house builders would make mockery of any commitment to greener homes - Labour must face down house builder lobby if it’s to retain any credibility on this 👇 theguardian.com/environment/20…

We've launched #Refill. With @WareTownCouncil, we've signed up to reduce plastic pollution on our streets & in the sea, aiming to reduce single use plastic - with places to top up reusable water bottles. Many local businesses have committed to join us! ow.ly/WBcX50TPHva 🚰

I was also very pleased to meet trustees of the Ward Freman Community Pool group, who are seeking to raise around £190,000 to restore the local pool which closed in December last year. I am fully supportive of their bid to reopen this vital community facility. #NEHerts 2/2