What does give me hope is the strength of our local community. Over the years, residents, councillors, and groups like the Pinewoods Conservation Group have come together to build a proper, grassroots, community-led campaign.

I’ll continue to work alongside them.

3/3

This feels like a David vs Goliath situation: a huge foreign multinational on one side, and local residents on the other - the people who will have to live with the consequences of our natural resources being exploited for private profit.

2/3

Thank you 🙏

And finally, a big thank you to the brilliant team in my office for keeping everything ticking over while I was forced to take a short step back. I’m on the mend now, and looking forward to getting fully back up to speed.

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I’m incredibly grateful to the healthcare staff who’ve looked after me with such care and kindness during this hospital stay. Our NHS isn’t perfect, but we’re incredibly lucky to have it.

4/5

I’ve mentioned before that I live with UC, but not always what that actually means day to day. I’ll spare you the graphic detail, but there are days when I have to slow right down or even stop, even though I’m very much the sort of person who wants to keep going and be everywhere at once.

3/5

Until now it’s mostly been manageable, and I’ve been lucky not to end up in hospital. But this recent flare up, triggered by a gut infection, really knocked me for six. I’ve been out of action for over a week, a reminder of how unpredictable living with a chronic condition can be.

2/5

There can be no more delay. The Government must act now to put this injustice right and deliver the fair treatment WASPI women deserve.

4/4.

For years, Liberal Democrats have called for fair compensation for WASPI women in line with the Ombudsman’s findings.

The Govt has already shown it can change course on issues such as the Winter Fuel Payment, PIP, and the family farm tax. It must now do the same for women born in the 1950s.

3/4

By ignoring the independent Ombudsman’s recommendations, the Government has once again turned its back on millions of pension-age women who were wronged through no fault of their own, arriving at the same unjust outcome.

2/4

Put simply: without farmers, there is no food - and food security is national security.

I will continue to work with farmers and farming organisations to ensure future decisions support food security, rural jobs, and the long-term health of British agriculture.

🧵4/4.