30,000 steps, 30°C, c.350 leaflets & 50 households contacted for
#TivertonandHonitonByElection
. Met many lovely residents inc a man who handed me a (much needed) bottle of water as I approached his house. Thank you for your kindness, can’t wait for the historic result tomorrow 🔶
Today I have delivered
@LibDems
leaflets to one whole polling district and a half, with 29 roads covered. 10.81 miles and 35,343 steps. This must be some kind of record? 💪🏻🏆
Chancellor
@RishiSunak
tells Parliament it’s impossible to keep energy prices down, despite France reducing bills by 50% through a windfall tax & Spain, Belgium and Poland slashing VAT* on bills. Meanwhile this week Sunak cut taxes on bankers’ profits over £25m from 8% to 3%…
It brings me great pleasure to announce that this evening I launched my General Election campaign to be the next Liberal Democrat MP for Leicester West, here in Leicester on the Golden Mile, with the support of former
@LibDems
leader Sir Vince Cable! 🔶
We will cut NHS waiting lists, guarantee an appointment with a GP within a week or 24 hours if urgent, extend free school meals and end the cost of living crisis whilst acting on the Climate Emergency now, not later. If this matters to you, vote Benjamin Feist on 4th July 🔶
Great to be back out & about speaking with residents in Woodgate today! It’s going to be close on Thursday between the Liberal Democrats & Labour, but more and more people are wanting change & backing me as a fellow resident & the only alternative to a complacent Labour Party 🔶
Proud to be working with the
@LibDems
Mayoral candidate,
@SiobhanBenita
! Great to discuss her progressive and refreshing, community-focussed policies around knife crime, homelessness, transport and air pollution 🏆
Thank you so much to everyone who voted for me! It was an intense campaign & I improved our vote by 20%. I delivered over 65,000 leaflets, took 369,270 steps, spoke to 1,000+ households on the doorstep, replied to 100s of emails (often at 2am) & attended many rallies and meetings
@PoliticsForAlI
@FT
A combined household income of likely £100,000+ and cannot afford to ends meet without a second job? That’s a kick in the majority of their constituents’ teeth 😳
Had an amazing reception from residents in
#CheshamAndAmersham
on both occasions I visited the constituency. Had lifelong Conservative voters fed up of being taken for granted and switching their vote, so really excited for the results tonight and hopefully another
@LibDems
MP 🔶
At yesterday’s hustings, I asked my fellow candidates whether they could raise their hand if they lived in Leicester West. Only myself & one other candidate raised their hand! Don’t be fooled when the Greens, Tories, Reform or One Leicester use the word “local”!
#localchampion
🙋♂️
Had a great weekend in
#Leicester
city centre speaking to people about their vote in the General Election. Time and time again people told me they are worried about continued public sector cuts and tax hikes under Labour. They’re siding with the
@LibDems
for a Fair Deal! 🔶
Great to be out & about speaking to residents again today. People want change & a Cllr who is visible within our ward & will listen to concerns. I live here within our ward (rather than on the other side of the city) & already listening to residents’ concerns &acting upon them 🔶
A VERY positive response on doorsteps in Oswestry today for the
@LibDems
in the
#NorthShropshire
by-election! I would suggest upwards of 80% of residents I spoke to had voted for/intended on voting Liberal Democrat; many lending their vote tactically or disgruntled
@Conservatives
@charlotte_ord
A large proportion of people going to clubs tonight will be asymptomatic, particularly those who are younger. With 50,000 new cases a day, you need to treat everybody as if they have the virus (including yourself!)
Thank you very much to everybody who voted for me as their local,
@LibDems
candidate & somebody who was out meeting people, listened, cared & got things done. I’m really proud of what I achieved single-handedly with only 200 votes in it, showing a huge desire for change
#runnerup
Why do we need to increase
#NationalInsurance
to fund the NHS recovery from the pandemic when voters were promised £350 million a week for the NHS by
@BorisJohnson
if they voted for Brexit?
#BrexitLies
@SirPeterHendy
A) Where is the evidence re biggest bottleneck? Pretty sure it is supply and distribution.
B) The majority of people will have no idea what their NHS number is, myself included - and I understand the system as a NHS employee.
C) If true, then a new ID method is required ASAP!
A lovely article from the infamous Leicester Mercury (
@reachleicester
) to share that I will be standing up for the people of Leicester West at the next General Election, to be their next Liberal Democrat MP 🔶
Fantastic canvassing session today in Wixams for the
#MidBedfordshireByElection
on Polling Day. Encouraging to hear lots of support for
@EmmaMidBeds
and change 🔶
2 hours to go!
Liberal Democrats vote to commit to new, national housing target of 380,000 new homes per year to fix our housing crisis and create actual affordable homes 🏡
@theRCN
The strike was about pay restoration to improve patient safety through making recruitment & retention into some of the most stressful jobs more appealing & rewarding. This non-consolidated ‘bonus’ and future 5% keeps pay below-inflation & fails to achieve either goal…
#reject
An illiberal Queen’s Speech from the
@Conservatives
:
😢 Voter suppression
😢 Restricting judicial reviews against the Government
😢 Undermining Human Rights Act
😢 Ending the right to protest
Carved out a little bit of time from the campaign for opening night of
@taylorswift13
’s Eras Tour at
@wembleystadium
. Not far from the campaign though with these very appropriately coloured glasses from my sister! 🔶
Campaigning for Leicester West has been a blast! Thank you so much to everybody who has taken the time to speak with me about a Fair Deal. Now for the results 🗳️
Assisted a resident to apply for her postal vote before the 5pm deadline today! She insisted I must take a drink before leaving, despite observing Ramadan herself 🥰 it was very kind
The Liberal Democrats are primed & ready with awesome candidates across the country to bring change to Westminster & fairness to our everyday lives by fixing the cost of living crisis, ending sewage dumping & investing in a green revolution to act on climate change & create jobs
🗳️ NEW: The Conservative Party is lagging behind Labour and the Liberal Democrats with its election candidate selection
🔵 The Conservatives have selected 77% of their “prime candidates”
🔴 Labour is on 89%
🟡 And the Lib Dems lead with 95%
Full story 👇
Out & about this Sunday morning in
#BeaumontLeys
where voters are telling us they’re fed up with the traditional red & blue politics, especially since the Tory candidate lives in Kensington, London! 😳
Vote local and for investment in our public services. Vote Liberal Democrat 🔶
It’s official: Delighted to have been chosen to sit on the Board of
@Youth_StopAIDS
to represent the
#HIV
charity and it’s activists as their new National Campaigns Officer 😍 Let’s get to work and
#endAIDS
by 2030!
#StepUpForHIV
🥊
Good morning Leicester West! Today is the day. The time has come, you get to vote for a new MP to represent you. Vote for change. For somebody who will always stand up for what’s right & fight for the people, public services & environment here in Leicester West. A local champion!
The
#NHS
has been run into the ground by the Tories. We will revive the NHS by cutting waiting times, making local GPs & dentists accessible again, investing in public health to prevent ill-health in the first place and provide free personal care for disabled & elderly adults 💙
Incredible support on the doorstep this evening. Residents not only remembering my name but the road I live on & where I work 💪🏻
One lady said I’m sorry but I’ve already voted by post for the lovely young chap that lives on Henley Road 😅 She was made when I told her that was me!
I’m proud to back the Climate and Nature Bill as your
@LibDems
parliamentary candidate for Leicester West. As a fellow concerned citizen, if elected on 4th July, I will do everything I can to keep climate and nature action at the top of the agenda! 🌿
#CANbill
@HarbourSeal
This is shocking to hear. I’m sorry about the loss of your friend 😔 Please speak with your local MP to see if they can help liaise with organisations involved.
Bryan will be voting for the first time in his life today, & it’ll be for the
@LibDems
. Labour and the Conservatives have never inspired him, but our support to save the NHS, end the cost of living crisis & build 380,000 new homes each year inc 150,000 new social home does! 🔶🗳️
@Conservatives
On the contrary, nationally the Conservatives are NOT “tackling the cost of living”, they are in Government and families are struggling. The energy bill ‘loan’ won’t touch the sides, and pushes the problem into the future…
What happened to the £350m a week for the
#NHS
post-Brexit? The NHS budget (excluding pandemic funding) will rise by £7bn next year, not by £18.2bn promised from Brexit alone...
#BrexitReality
😔🏥
Thousands of young people in Leicester use the Adventure Playgrounds as a place to play, make friends, integrate and, sadly, have a free meal. The Council (
@Leicester_News
) won’t maintain their funding for the next year, nor give them a new 5 year lease to get charitable grants
@NurseStandard
The strike was about pay restoration to improve patient safety through making recruitment & retention into some of the most stressful jobs more appealing & rewarding. This non-consolidated ‘bonus’ and future 5% keeps pay below-inflation & fails to achieve either goal…
#reject
@pepemac27
@TfL
This happened to me when my handlebars broke going around a roundabout causing me to fall off. I had to use the DLR to get to work and got told to get off and call an Ambulance - even though that wasn’t at all necessary. Fortunately, other passengers weren’t having any of it 🥰
@British_Airways
@LisaAHunter
Airlines should be acting responsibly during a pandemic and not be forcing customers to make the impossible decision between not getting a refund or following the law, to protect lives and stop spread. Hopefully the investigation by
@CMAgovUK
will side with the people and the law
@thegradmedic
As a Nurse, I’d fully support jr doctors if they opted for industrial action. However, internal fighting about whether an FY1 or a B5 Nurse is worth more isn’t helpful. An FY1 is paid more than Band 5 without London weighting, so your issue is with LW not being uniformly applied
I met with Ian Sharpe, our Police and Crime Commissioner candidate, to discuss burglary and our Burglary Response Guarantee
Next week (2nd May), vote Liberal Democrat to invest in frontline, Police services and keep our neighbourhoods safe 💛👮
Thank you to everybody who has supported my campaign and voted for me today to become your local representative. We eagerly, and nervously, await the results tomorrow
#Fosse
🔶
Great campaign launch in Eastleigh with some very good dogs! Response on the doorsteps today has been incredible with so many lifelong Conservatives switching to the
@LibDems
and Labour supporters lending us their votes including a family of five! So grateful for the support 🙏
Whilst canvassing in the rain this evening, I met a local resident called Robert. After talking on the doorstep, he came back out and asked for photo, only too happy to oblige! 📸
#GeneralElection2024
ICYMI: “In a last-minute jab at his rival candidates, Feist asked, “how many candidates here actually live in Leicester West?” Only Feist and Score raised their hands”
Vote Liberal Democrat on Thursday for a hardworking, local champion 🔶💪🏻
#LiberalDemocrat
activists just overthrew a 16000 majority & turned it into an 8000 majority 🥵
Was lovely spending time speaking to residents of
#CheshamAndAmersham
& hopefully they’ll enjoy a new, hard-working
@LibDems
MP in
@SarahGreenLD
, who won’t take them for granted 💛
I’ve tested positive for
#COVID19
. I’ve managed to avoid the disease for 2 years, but now that
@BorisJohnson
needs to appease his MPs to cling onto his job, we have no safety measures in place to prevent transmission 😡 We have not won the war on COVID!
@PoliticsForAlI
@Telegraph
What a terribly misleading headline. Thankfully hundreds of thousands of support staff, assistants and administrators help navigate patients through the system, care for them or support healthcare professionals with diagnostics etc to care for their patients 👏🏻
#thankyou
If you would like to help support my campaign here in Fosse Ward Leicester, to gain 1 or 2 Labour seats then please go to to donate! £1, £2 or £5 will really make a difference with our paid social media. Please DM so we know to attribute your £ to Fosse 💛
Today is
#WorldAIDSDay2022
& to signify it’s not a thing of the past & the damage being done through public spending cuts to sexual and public health, education & having an NHS at capacity,
@Youth_StopAIDS
are supporting
@ACTUP_LDN
with a die-in awareness stunt this morning 🪦😔
@Conservatives
The subtitles were right. Elect a Liberal Democrat councillor tomorrow and “they’ll do all the hard work”. Liberal Democrat councillors work hard for local communities and tackle local issues on the behalf of residents. Vote
@LibDems
tomorrow on the 5th May! 💛 Source:
@ALDC
@NursingNotesUK
@PeterStefanovi2
@NHSworkersSayNo
@nurses_united
The strike was about pay restoration to improve patient safety through making recruitment & retention into some of the most stressful jobs in the country more appealing & rewarding. This non-consolidated ‘bonus’ keeps pay below-inflation & fails to achieve either goal…
#reject
Being a fellow resident and the local candidate for Fosse means I can notice things and get them sorted, without residents needing to even get in touch. I made sure that overflowing bins and surrounding litter were cleared up this week!
#cleaningupourstreets
#liberaldemocrats
🔶
ICYMI: “We champion diversity, and Leicester is a fine example of how diversity brings us all together to make a better community. At the end of the day, we need to remember that each and every person is a human being that deserves love and respect, regardless of your background”
@JoshBabarinde
@LibDems
Oops. A resident asked me whether they could drop into the polling station on their dog walk after walk and I said it was fine. I’m sure I’ve seen dogs taken in before, must’ve been a one-off turned a blind eye situation 🙈
The Conservative vote has collapsed, and if you’re opposed to Labour’s plan to continue to cut our public services rather than revive our NHS, end the cost of living crisis and bring children out of poverty then lend your vote to me and the Liberal Democrats for a fair deal! 🔶
@LeicesterLibDem
@vincecable
@Zuffar_Haq
@CarolKibworth
I’m proud to be sharing our exciting and innovative Liberal Democrat policies off with residents in Leicester West, to show voters there is an alternative to the dull red/blue void & build upon our great local election results in Council wards across Leicester West! 🔶
🥀 Labour - everybody worse off
🍂 Conservative - same old, richest getting richer with the poorest getting poorer
☀️ Liberal Democrats - redistributive tax & spending plans to support those most financially vulnerable in society 💪🏻
For a Fair Deal vote Liberal Democrat 🔶
With overgrown steps and trollies down every alleyway, it’s a shame that local Conservatives have evidently forgotten about
#BeaumontLeys
only a year after being elected. Liberal Democrats are local champions who fight every day for their residents, communities & environment 🔶💪🏻
I’ve been listening to local residents about the issues that matter to them. The threatened future of our beloved Adventure Playgrounds is rightly close to peoples’ hearts. I’ve written to the
@CityMayorLeic
to ask for a longer, 5 year lease & maintain existing funding this year:
Looking forward to another opportunity to speak to residents and hear their questions tonight 🙋♀️🙋🙋♂️ We have a great plan under the compassionate leadership of
@EdwardJDavey
and I can’t wait to continue sharing it! 🔶
@pard0nater
Labour would rather this nasty Government continues its reign; cutting vital NHS services, forcing more children into poverty and polluting our waters with sewage. Riiiiight…
Great to have spoken about sexual reproductive health and rights at
@RestlessDev
Solutions for Change event today. Young people are ready to lead change in issues affecting them such as climate change, unemployment and sexual rights
#YouthPower
Over the past 3 weeks since the election, I’d love to say I took a well needed break, but I’ve caught up with work in the Emergency Department with nine 12-hour shifts in 11 days at one point, caught up with personal things I put on hold & welcomed my newborn niece to the world!
Great to see that the Top 3 rated policies by the public all come from the
@LibDems
🔶
- End sewage dumping
- Protect children from poverty
- Extend free school meals
Election manifestos are set to be launched this week - a YouGov poll last week looked at how many Britons supported policies that had been announced so far
Blue Flag protection for rivers from sewage discharges: 87% support
Cut VAT on children's toothbrushes + toothpaste: 83%
I can’t wait for this event to hear from residents & share our fantastic
@LibDems
policies from reviving the NHS to ending homelessness to bringing down bills to free school meals! Shame Liz won’t be listening to residents too & explaining record child poverty here in Leicester
I’ve signed it, will you too?
Westcotes resident, Katherine, has created a petition to restore bus routes to Leicester city centre after they were changed to terminate early, isolating those less mobile and with disabilities from accessing the high street:
Lovely to be welcomed by
@NHSProviders
Deputy Chief Exec.
@Saffron_Policy
to discuss how staff wellbeing is vital to deliver high-quality care. Encouraging to hear ideas and plans from parliamentarians and other healthcare partners including
@nmcnews
,
@MidwivesRCM
and
@RCollEM
PMQs
@BorisJohnson
: “We have done everything we possibly can”:
If
#PPE
contracts were given to those who could deliver,
If
#furlough
was extended sooner,
If
#Lockdown2
was bought in when recommended by scientists,
We’d have saved money, saved jobs and saved lives!
#COVID19
Trans people are already reluctant to seek healthcare due to existing discrimination. Segregating trans people is a step backwards in history. Besides, where does Labour think these extra wards will come from? Hospitals already beyond 100% capacity…
#TransRightsAreHumanRights
🚨 BREAKING: Labour will ban trans women from female hospital wards, says Wes Streeting.
Labour would ban all trans patients from "single-sex" wards, instead putting them in separate wards solely for trans people. Streeting says this is a "priority" for Labour.
(Via Sky News)