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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 10h

Absolutely horrific. Proof that progress is not inevitable.

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 11h

Private Eye offers up an excellently scornful commentary on the relentless polling. It’s become ridiculous and has oversimplified our politics to dangerous levels of stupid and irresponsible.

SHOCK POLL:
NIGEL FARAGE WILL BE PM TOMORROW
IN an amazing poll conducted
by The Pointless Polling Company, it was revealed that voters' intentions
may well change over the next three and a half years and at present it's 100 percent impossible to guess what the next government might look like.
However, 99 percent of journalists
agree that it would be much more fun if we had an election tomorrow and everybody resigned and everything was chaos and Farage had a go at being PM, just for the hell of it, because it was so much fun when
Brexit happened and then the government kept falling every five minutes and we could write endless pieces about (cont. p94)

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Alpine Migrant @alpinemigrant.bsky.social · 1d

Until we had a miscarriage in pregnancy I had no idea a) quite how devastating this is and b) how it happens to LOADS of people. It's incredibly common and it's a absolute bastard.

This is a decent and thoughtful law and props to all behind it.

Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 1d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Men in Blazers Media Network @meninblazers.bsky.social · 23h

Instead of mascots, England and Wales take to the field with 22 men and women who are living with Alzheimer's disease or dementia ❤️

The players will also wear shirts without names in the second half to help raise awareness 👏

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Caroline Lynn Kamerlin @lynnkamerlin.bsky.social · 17h

I have been pregnant six times and have only one living child. Each baby was so wanted. My hardest loss was a stillbirth due to a lethal skeletal dysplasia, it broke me into a million pieces. I really welcome this legislation.

Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 1d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 23h

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 23h

I’m so sorry, that’s awful.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 1d

This morning’s news of a deal being reached for the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza is a moment of hope at a time when endless violence felt inevitable.

Statement from Sarah Owen MP that reads:

This morning’s news of a deal being reached for the first phase of a ceasefire in Gaza is a moment of hope at a time when endless violence felt inevitable.

It will come as an enormous relief for the millions who have been trapped in Gaza and faced endless bombardment from the Israeli military, famine and forced displacement. It will also come as a relief for the hostages and their families. All have endured unimaginable suffering.

The plan must now be implemented in full. There must be no delay to an end to the Israeli military’s offensive in Gaza, nor to an immediate increase in aid reaching civilians in Gaza. It must also be the start of a longer process, supported by allies in the region, leading to a two-state solution.

May this moment of hope be the start of the end for a war that has caused unconscionable suffering to Palestinians, Israelis and countless others in the Middle East.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 1d

Today marks the start of Baby Loss Awareness Week.

This year, it comes as the UK is about to pass a law guaranteeing the right to bereavement leave for miscarriage, making us one of only 4 countries in the world to offer it.

My heart is with everyone who experiences the heartbreak of baby loss.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 2d

🌹I’m voting @lucympowell.bsky.social for Deputy Leader,
an independent voice who’ll say it like it is, and make sure we win and deliver by listening to all parts of the Labour movement.

I’ve known and worked with Lucy for nearly 15 years now - she’s honest, grounded and focused on us winning.

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Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com · 3d

Birmingham, my home city, is a fantastic city, with fantastic people- a success story. It has its problems, like anywhere. But the obsession the online right has with it is as transparent as it gets.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 2d

The Bishop of Birmingham has written to the Shadow Justice Secretary Robert Jenrick about his comments about Handsworth

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 3d

"May the God of Shalom, Salaam, Shanti & Peace, help us flow compassion in our neighbourhoods"

This is an important piece by David Jonathan, Grassroots & Luton Council of Faiths.

Now, more than ever, we must stand with our Jewish and Muslim communities who give so much to our town.

Faith Matters: Luton’s faith communities condemned attacks on places of worship

Faith Matters by David Jonathan, Grassroots & Luton Council of Faiths.

www.lutontoday.co.uk

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 3d

And at home, we must acknowledge the pain of Jewish and Muslim communities who have seen deeply troubling increases in antisemitism & Islamophobia respectively, with fatal consequences as tragically shown in the last week. My thoughts today are with all feeling the pain and trauma of this conflict.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 3d

The hostages taken by Hamas have been held for two years and must be released immediately. The bombardment of Gaza, that has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, must end with a ceasefire and move towards long-term peace.

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Sarah Owen MP @sarahowen.org.uk · 3d

Two years on from the horrific terror attacks of 7th October that resulted in the largest killing of Jewish people since the Holocaust, renewed focus must be placed on peace in the Middle East.

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