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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 8h

My postbag has been filled with letters from constituents asking me to sign the #StopRosebank pledge. It's something I'm happy to back, because I support a just transition and fixing the UK’s broken energy system so we can mitigate climate breakdown through real solutions.

Postcards covering a table with the wording: 'Dear MP, Please sign the #StopRosebank pledge."

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 2d

If Labour is serious about stopping the authoritarian right from filling the vacuum, it must rebuild trust by breaking with the very culture that is feeding public cynicism.

bylinetimes.com/2025/09/29/t...

The Integrity Gap: How We Built the Authoritarian Future We Fear

Labour MP Clive Lewis argues that the collapse of public trust in Government is the product of corporate power being wired into the architecture of the state

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 5d

2/2 Staff and patients are worried about service pressures, safety, and financial planning. I’ll continue to work to ensure that local voices of staff, patients and local people are heard.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 5d

1/2 I've written to the Health Minister and Norfolk & Suffolk ICB about concerns raised during the merger of our local NHS boards. This reorganisation affects how care is delivered across both counties.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 6d

I am deeply shocked and saddened by the horrific attack outside a Manchester synagogue on Yom Kippur. My thoughts are with the victims, their loved ones, and the entire Jewish community. We must stand together, resolute against antisemitism and hatred in all its forms.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cx...

Counter-terror police to give update after two die in Manchester synagogue attack

A third person, the suspect, was shot dead by police - video showed a man with items strapped around his waist. The attack happened on Yom Kippur, the holiest day in the Jewish calendar.

www.bbc.co.uk

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 7d

Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB7w...

2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture

YouTube video by Compass

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 7d

20 years on from the passing of Robin Cook, I delivered the Robin Cook Memorial Lecture.

You can read the published version of my speech here.

www.compassonline.org.uk/publications...

2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture - Compass

20 years on from his passing, it is as important now just as it ever has been to remember Robin Cook's life and reflect on his political commitment to democracy, environmental justice and internationa...

www.compassonline.org.uk

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 8d

Public disillusionment with the political class isn’t a passing phase.

It's the reality of a system where the dividing line between the state - and wealth, oligarchs and corporate power - has been systematically erased.

Read my article for @bylinetimes.bsky.social

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 12d

One million people have already signed a petition against ID cards.

If we’re serious about rebuilding trust, this is the last place to start.

It's like deciding to become a pacifist and then walking into your roughest local pub and knocking everyone's pints out of their hands.

Screenshot of the gov.uk petition 'Do not introduce Digital ID cards' showing over 1 million signatories

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 12d

Along with 60 parliamentarians, I've written to the Prime Minister calling on him to abolish the two-child benefit cap.

This policy continues to inflict severe and avoidable hardship on families across the country. Its abolition must be central to any credible child poverty strategy.

Letter to the Prime Minister calling for the abolition of the two-child benefit cap - page 1

Letter to the Prime Minister calling for the abolition of the two-child benefit cap - page 2

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Compass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 12d

You can now watch 2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture on Youtube, delivered by Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis.bsky.social).

Robin was a fierce friend to Compass and a torchbearer for the human, alliance-based, radical social democracy that we need so desperately today.

youtu.be/uB7wXawsgaU

2025 Robin Cook Memorial Lecture

YouTube video by Compass

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 22d

"Farage & Tommy are fuelled by cheques from billionaires & promotion across their media empires." 🤜

Stop Trump Coalition @ukstoptrump.bsky.social · 24d

Yesterday, the largest far-right protest in UK history marched through London, led by racist Tommy Robinson.

Today, we say: They don’t speak for us — and they won’t have the last word.

This Wednesday we come together against Trump and for a better future. Do everything to be there.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 26d

Organisers of Saturday’s Stop Rosebank event reported strong public support and thoughtful conversations throughout the day. Most people they spoke with agreed that the oilfield is a poor deal for Britain and a serious risk to the climate.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 26d

These are practical steps that reduce emissions and improve energy security.

I was pleased to see people in Norwich making their voices heard.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 26d

I oppose the development of Rosebank. I support a properly funded transition for oil and gas workers and affected communities. The UK needs to fix its energy system by scaling up renewables, cutting reliance on fossil fuels and insulating homes.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 26d

Rosebank remains the UK’s largest undeveloped oil field. In January, the Edinburgh court ruled that its approval was unlawful due to the scale of the emissions involved. The Labour government now faces a decision on whether to re-approve the project under a revised regime.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

The Prime Minister needs to clarify what legal advice has been received about the visit by Israel's President Isaac Herzog to the UK, and whether his entry is compatible with our obligations under the Genocide Convention.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

We’ve seen this story before, and we know where it leads. Our city is better than this, and we must stand together to say: not in our name, and not on our streets.”

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

But the mask always slips. Watch the video; it’s not about women’s safety, it’s not about patriotism, it’s not about common sense. It’s about racism and intimidation, scapegoating vulnerable people to divide our communities and poison our politics.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

And let’s be clear: the same people turn up at so-called ‘protests’ outside temporary accommodation for asylum seekers. They wrap themselves in the language of protecting women, defending British pride, or being ‘just right, not far-right.’

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

These are the tactics of the far right, overt racists and fascists. From Oswald Mosley’s Brownshirts in the 1930s to the National Front in the 1970s, and now here in our city, the pattern remains the same.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

They cheer the fact that they’re outside ‘a mosque’, then climb a ladder to hang a St George’s Cross flag from a lamp post, weaponising a national symbol to try to intimidate part of our community.

There’s no ambiguity here. This is racism, pure and simple.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

“Everyone should watch the video for themselves. One member of the group laughingly refers to somebody as a ‘black cunt’ and threatens to ‘knock them out.’

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

The group chanted aggressively, revved motorbikes, and shouted slogans like “whose streets, our streets” while filming the entire display.

Videos posted online included racist language and footage of members confronting locals. Here's the full response I gave.

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Clive Lewis MP @labourlewis.bsky.social · 28d

Local media report that a group of 20 to 30 individuals put up dozens of flags across Norwich, including outside the Islamic community centre on Dereham Road, in what many residents described as an act of intimidation.

www.eveningnews24.co.uk/news/2545503...

Dozens of flags put up across city neighbourhood overnight as locals call police

Norfolk Police were called to Dereham Road, Norwich, last night as dozens of flags were put up around the neighbourhood, including outside a mosque.

www.eveningnews24.co.uk

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