
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
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Socialist. Feminist. Anti-Racist. Trade unionist. Labour MP for Clapham & Brixton Hill 🌹 🦋 https://t.co/onU1UC644k
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During today’s #PMQs, I asked Rishi Sunak to offer a full & meaningful government apology for Britain's involvement in slavery & colonialism. His reply: "No". The racism people continue to experience today is rooted in these evils. An apology can be a basis for action.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP1,196,289 görüntüleme • 3 yıl önce

Racism didn’t appear by accident. It was engineered. It is not just about words or attitudes, but material conditions: who owns wealth, who holds power, who has access to housing, healthcare, safety and dignity. To truly tackle racism, we need reparations.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP280,060 görüntüleme • 9 ay önce

In this year’s Black History Month debate, I highlighted the work that Afrikan Reparations APPG is doing to advance the campaign for reparative justice. The demand for repair is no longer a fringe issue. It is a moral and political necessity. The debate can no longer be buried or delayed.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP167,388 görüntüleme • 8 ay önce

I voted against the Immigration & Asylum Bill last night. Forcing asylum seekers to pay £10,000 for safety and shelter is punitive. Asylum is a legal right, not something we should charge for. The Government is heading down the same failed path as the last Tory administration.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP16,355 görüntüleme • 20 gün önce

Tomorrow, the United Nations will vote on Ghana's motion to recognise the Transatlantic slave trade as a crime against humanity. Given Britain's central role in this crime, a vote against would be a betrayal of every life consumed by enslavement and colonialism.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP70,636 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce

The British state has never truly apologised for its role in slavery and colonialism. Yesterday, I presented a petition calling for an unequivocal apology and an All-Party Parliamentary Commission for Truth and Reparatory Justice to address these grave crimes and their legacy.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP28,973 görüntüleme • 4 ay önce

When the MP nomination threshold in leadership contests was doubled in 2021, many of us warned this move was designed to keep left-wing candidates off the ballot. Sadly, this contest has proved us right. We should have had a conversation, not a coronation.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP58,653 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce

It is clear that Israel's ongoing actions in Gaza constitute a genocide. When governments avoid the term genocide, it is not because facts on the ground are unclear. It is because the implications are inconvenient. We must call it what it is and do all we can to stop it.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP34,839 görüntüleme • 5 ay önce

The government plans to double the qualifying period for indefinite leave to remain. This week, I pressed them to clarify if this change will be applied to those already in the UK. It would be incredibly cruel and damaging to apply this change retrospectively.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP54,284 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce

After this week's disclosures, it is concerning that Peter Mandelson still sits in the House of Lords with the Labour Whip whilst colleagues remain suspended for voting in line with their constituents' views. It can't be one rule for some and another for everyone else.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP48,448 görüntüleme • 10 ay önce

Right-wing politicians and media outlets scapegoat migrants for the consequences of their favoured austerity policies: crumbling public services, rising NHS waiting lists, struggles with school places. These riots show what can happen when they aren't called out on their lies.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP79,893 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce

Today marks Emancipation Day, when the Slavery Abolition Act came into force across the British Empire Instead of compensating slaves, the government took out its biggest ever loan to pay the slavers: £300bn in today's money. We only finished paying off this loan in 2015.
Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP74,480 görüntüleme • 2 yıl önce