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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 2d

I would add Harry Hill's TV Burp to this list, otherwise 10/10 no comments.

David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 2d

"Progressive patriotism" doesn't have to mean po-faced panels about Diggers, Chartists, and Morris dancing.

For @renewaljournal.bsky.social, Sofie Jenkinson argues that social democrats should embrace "Mr Blobby patriotism" and stand up for "Silly Sausage Britain".

renewal.org.uk/blog/mr-blob...

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 2d

Best podcasts/things to read to get my head round the heck's going on in French politics?

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Naomi Alderman @naomialderman.bsky.social · 5d

I didn't know until we buried my mother, so probably most people here don't know: Jewish cemeteries strongly recommend that you get insurance for the headstone.

Because the cemeteries are so often desecrated, the gravestones smashed.

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Felicity Hannah @felicityhannah.bsky.social · 5d

This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.

Article reads:
Woman named as Archbishop of Canterbury in historic first

The 63-year-old archbishop-designate is married to Eamonn Mullally, with whom she has two children. Originally from Woking in Surrey, she was the UK's chief nursing officer from 1999 to 2004.

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 5d

England Women off to a flyer in yet another sport and another world cup. Is it not really cricket/a bit too Hundred-y to give the team a nickname for the country to get behind?

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Christians on the Left @chrleft.bsky.social · 6d

We send our prayers, love and solidarity to our Jewish brothers and sisters across the country, and all in @jewishlabour.bsky.social, following the horrific events in Manchester on this holiest of days. We are mourning with you.

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 8d

Thanks to @compassoffice.bsky.social for having me last night, speaking alongside @jydenham.bsky.social & @nadiawhittomemp.bsky.social on why I think Labour needs the moral courage to do things simply because they’re the right thing to do, and how we should embrace the broad church.

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 8d

@hannahmerich.bsky.social
« We’ve lost the motivation to do something good just because it’s right. I’d like to see us do that again. People might disagree with us, but they’ll respect it. »

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 8d

@hannahmerich.bsky.social director of @chrleft.bsky.social on scrapping the two-child benefit limit : « it’s just the right thing to do. It’s just that simple. »

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 8d

Is there a reason I ask that the Times are using a picture of asylum seekers in a boat to describe rules for migrants who came on legal routes such as skilled worker visas for doctors?

The Times & Sunday Times @thetimes.com · 8d

Tough new conditions to be imposed on migrants who want to settle in the UK will not apply to more than a million people who arrived in the UK under the post-Brexit immigration surge

Labour’s tough new rules will not apply to migrants already in UK

www.thetimes.com

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Heather Staff @heathernstaff.bsky.social · 9d

Great start to #Lab25 with a wonderful @chrleft.bsky.social service with Chair Anna Dixon MP and Director @hannahmerich.bsky.social. Then ending the day with the @bondngo.bsky.social @labourcid.bsky.social international development reception with Minister for development Baroness Chapman

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 9d

I’m giving myself away as a kid who spent many playtimes inside with a book, but Rachel Reeves’ announcement of a library in every primary school is genuinely brilliant.

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 10d

Genuinely hope-filled first day of #Lab25 conference, with the
@chrleft.bsky.social church service, Catholics for Labour mass at the cathedral, hearing @albomp.bsky.social speak, and a panel on faith in development with amazing partners. More of this please!

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 12d

My top Labour party conference tip is Rough Handmade Bakery just round the corner for stronger coffee and dreamier pastries than the ACC has to offer. (Also, drink a Berocca a day.)

Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 14d

Hostage is as ridiculous and silly as you all warned me, but you better believe I’m watching the lot.

Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 14d

I can't imagine starting conference any other or better way than in church with @chrleft.bsky.social - join us this Sunday in Liverpool. All, and we really do mean all, welcome.

Christians on the Left @chrleft.bsky.social · 23d

We’d love to invite you to join us on Sunday 28th September to the Labour Party Church Service. This service is going to be particularly special for us as we’re celebrating 65 years as an organisation!

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 15d

'If we are to build compassionate, cohesive societies, we need to understand religious education as something active, lifelong, evolving and to be taken seriously.' - pleased to be publishing this Theos report in Nov, on where people learn about other religions/worldviews beyond the classroom.

Culham St Gabriel's @culhamstgabriel.bsky.social · 15d

🎥 As part of #GrantsFocusWeek we’re sharing this video from @theosthinktank.bsky.social. Senior Researcher Hannah Rich introduces their project ‘Where is religion and worldviews education?’, supported by CSTG, exploring how learning happens in informal spaces.
youtu.be/Kz0314uYSBE

An introduction to Theos' "Where is religion and worldviews" project

YouTube video by Culham St Gabriel's

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 16d

The Kimmel thing is pretty funny but not as amusing as when every Conservative MP pretended to watch Match of the Day on the week that Gary Lineker was temporarily removed (lest anyone think we are not prone to the same nonsense in the UK).

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 16d

(And if half those words mean nothing to you, then prayers & good thoughts will do for what we hope will be a big step towards ending child poverty.)

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 16d

Really pleased that the CAC has seen sense and this v important motion will be included in the priorities ballot on Sunday - it’s under ‘Supporting Families’ so if you have a vote, please do back it.

Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 20d

We're thrilled that @chrleft.bsky.social have sent the Compass, @peoplesmomentum.bsky.social and @openlabour.bsky.social motion on ending the two-child benefit limit to this year's Labour Party Conference.

Ending the two-child limit is the right thing to do, morally, economically and politically.

A graphic displaying a quote from Hannah Rich, Director of Christians on the Left. The quote reads: "Child poverty is, as Gordon Brown rightly acknowledges, a national scandal and the two-child cap is a key driver of this, but it doesn't have to be this way. As Christians on the Left, we're delighted to be supporting this motion to conference, calling for the Labour government to end the two-child limit and at the same time implementing a long overdue tax on online gambling giants. It is the right thing to do, morally, economically and politically."

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David Klemperer @dmk1793.bsky.social · 19d

Good article effectively making the case that both Bridget Phillipson and Lucy Powell both need to subscribe to @renewaljournal.bsky.social

Andrew Grey @asgrey.bsky.social · 19d

There’s a big list of requirements for @bphillipsonmp.bsky.social and @lucympowell.bsky.social as Labour’s deputy leadership candidates!

@hannahmerich.bsky.social & I argue that central among them is giving this Labour govt a compelling story & vision, drawing on our rich history of ideas:

LabourList @labourlist.bsky.social · 19d

Labour's deputy leadership candidates need to tell a story that reconnects Labour with its history and traditions.

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Charlotte Nichols MP @charlotte2153.bsky.social · 16d

This is "mass deportation" being talked about for people here legally, settled into communities, who have done nothing wrong but have simply made the UK their home - our friends, family members, colleagues and neighbours. Utterly vile.

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 16d

A couple of years ago, I preached at a college evensong about refugees, loving your neighbour & Nick Mulvey's beautiful song 'Myela', and a very well-to-do woman came up at the end to say she'd never thought before about how 'the boats' have real people & stories in them. How many such cases?!

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 16d

'Jesus calls us to love both our neighbours and our enemies and to welcome the stranger. Any co-opting or corrupting of the Christian faith to exclude others is unacceptable.'
- Grateful for the courage & voices of all those who signed this.

Church leaders' condemn Tommy Robinson march 'co-opting and corrupting' crosses

Dozens of bishops and Christian leaders wrote: "Jesus calls us to love both our neighbours and our enemies and to welcome the stranger. Any co-opting or corrupting of the Christian faith to exclude ot...

www.mirror.co.uk

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Hannah Rich @hannahmerich.bsky.social · 19d

'An understanding of that heritage & intellectual tradition could be the reset the govt is crying out for, and this deputy leadership election a valuable opportunity to inject it into the conversation.' - me and @asgrey.bsky.social for @labourlist.bsky.social.

'Labour's Deputy Leader should articulate our future - by learning from our past' - LabourList

Labour's deputy leadership candidates need to tell a story that reconnects Labour with its history and traditions.

labourlist.org

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