John McDonnell
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Labour MP for Hayes & Harlington and Former Shadow Chancellor.
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Just to give you some idea of the impact of Heathrow’s plans for a 3rd runway, this is Harmondsworth village, one of the 4 Heathrow villages that will be wiped off the face of the earth by Heathrow.15,000 people will lose their homes & community to profit a foreign owned company.
John McDonnell1,800,776 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten
Israel is annexing the West Bank, destroying Palestinian communities & violently detaining anyone who seeks to resist. This month Israeli forces detained & imprisoned Dr Mazen Rantisi, known as the “ doctor of the poor.” I raised in Parliament his case to demand his release.
John McDonnell44,508 Aufrufe • vor 18 Tagen
Yesterday in London was a wake up call. Progressives in all our political parties,trade unions, religious bodies & civil society groups need urgently to start talking together about the campaign needed to tackle the rise of the far right & the organisational form that should take
John McDonnell579,314 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
I raised again this week in the debate about the illegal & brutal expansion of Israeli settlements on the West Bank the cases of the disappearance by Israeli forces of Dr Mazen Al Rantisi & the continued imprisonment of Dr Husam Abu Sadiya, whose life we fear is now at risk.
John McDonnell19,191 Aufrufe • vor 10 Tagen
In the discussion on the review of benefit support for disabled people the Conservative shadow minister used the usual tactics of trying to divide people & stigmatise those claiming social security benefits. I called for this language to be put behind us once and for all.
John McDonnell20,178 Aufrufe • vor 10 Tagen
Just heard news from pro Palestine activists that they’ve ended hunger strike in the context of the Government denying contract to Elbit. They’ve also secured meetings with prison officials about their health and conditions. I pay tribute to the dedication of the hunger strikers.
John McDonnell233,554 Aufrufe • vor 6 Monaten
I’ve just finished marching on the Palestine demonstration & have come to Parliament Square where people are being arrested for peacefully protesting against the proscription of Palestine Action. It’s a disgrace that people are being arrested for upholding our democratic rights.
John McDonnell405,923 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten
Sad but inevitable departure of Angela R but the party needs to move on quickly now & set up the election for her successor. It’s crucial the election is used to unite the party & so it has to be an election where candidates from the broad church of the party are enabled to stand
John McDonnell323,144 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
At the same time as the government has taken greater control over the setting of price levels for drugs purchased for the NHS, it has signed a trade deal with Trump that will allow more access to UK for profiteering Big Pharma. All without proper Parliamentary scrutiny & vote.
John McDonnell18,365 Aufrufe • vor 18 Tagen
Just to confirm my view that international human rights law & the Geneva Convention must be adhered to & that the blockading of supplies of water, electricity & food to Gaza is contrary to international law. We need voices across the international community standing up for this.
John McDonnell534,391 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Listened to Home Secretary speak on her asylum reforms & expressed my distress at impact on families with children facing years of uncertainty & insecurity. Children who’ve already often been traumatised in their lives will be hurt.I’ll not support inflicting further harm on them
John McDonnell141,904 Aufrufe • vor 8 Monaten
Today is the last day of the debate on the King’s Speech & there will be a series of votes. I will vote today in support of the amendment calling for the scrapping of the iniquitous 2 child limit on benefits, which has caused such hardship. I explain why in this short video.
John McDonnell294,298 Aufrufe • vor 2 Jahren
Labour’s National Executive Committee tomorrow to decide timetable for deputy leadership election. Nominations close on Thursday. So no time for party members to meet in CLPs to discuss who their MP should nominate. Pretty clear leadership wants to bounce their own candidate thru
John McDonnell140,387 Aufrufe • vor 10 Monaten
Tomorrow, Thames Water are asking High Court to agree its £3 billion loan. 6 million households will be hit by a £250 hike in their bills. To stop this rip off privatisation government should bring water back into public ownership. Join the court demo at 10.30 We Own It
John McDonnell222,459 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Heathrow is submitting its plans for a 3rd runway today. It’ll mean 15,000 losing their homes, more noise for 2 million Londoners, the government missing its climate change targets & inevitably Heathrow coming for tax payer subsidies.For all these reasons,say no to the 3rd runway
John McDonnell140,921 Aufrufe • vor 11 Monaten
I raised again the need to establish a scheme to evacuate seriously injured Palestinian children from Gaza for treatment in our country. We introduced a scheme for Ukrainian children & to extend that scheme to children from Gaza would be a small but important act of humanity.
John McDonnell213,382 Aufrufe • vor 1 Jahr
Happy St George’s Day. My colleague Ian Lavery sums up my feelings today perfectly.
John McDonnell33,048 Aufrufe • vor 2 Monaten
Tonight I spoke against Government’s attack on workers’ rights, which undermines the basic human right of a worker to withdraw their labour. Nurses, ambulance drivers & railway workers face sack if they take strike action & refuse a minister’s instruction to break the strike.
John McDonnell273,413 Aufrufe • vor 3 Jahren