I cannot thank our magnificent NHS enough. The staff at St Thomasโ Hospital have been incredible. I will never, ever be able to repay you and I will never stop thanking you. ๐
Iโve spent the past week in bed with the main symptoms of Coronavirus. I havenโt needed to be tested and, after seven days of rest, I feel stronger and Iโm on the mend.
Clapping again for our tremendous carers tonight and wishing hero
@captaintommoore
a very happy birthday.
I also have another wonderful reason to thank the NHS this week too ๐ถ
Thank you so, so much! ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Clapping harder than ever tonight for our carers. You are the best of Britain. ๐๐๐๐๐
Also clapping for
@captaintommoore
who has now raised over ยฃ15m for our NHS. Not only have you raised an enormous amount of money but youโve inspired us all. ๐๐๐๐
What a load of total crap! There has never been a happier, healthier and more loved dog than our Dilyn. 100% bs. The people behind this story should be ashamed of themselves.
Brilliant stuff in tory manifesto on animal welfare:
๐ฆ Ban imports from trophy hunting
๐ Ban long journeys for slaughter
๐ดNews laws on animal sentience
๐ Tougher sentences for cruelty
๐ Ivory ban
๐ Ban primates as pets
๐ Cat microchipping
๐ถ Crackdown on dog smuggling
Absolutely devastating news about Sir David Amess. He was hugely kind and good. An enormous animal lover and a true gent. This is so completely unjust. Thoughts are with his wife and their children.
Some incredible news this morning!
๐ Live exports of farm animals will effectively be ended
๐ฆ Britain set to have the toughest trophy hunting rules in the world
๐ People will no longer be able to keep primates as pets
๐ Cats will be microchipped to help tackle cat theft
So very sad to hear of the passing of HRH, the Duke of Edinburgh. An incredible life devoted to the Queen, his family and our country. Thoughts and prayers with Her Majesty and the Royal Family.
I was sad when Christoper Chope blocked a bill to ban wild animals in circuses. I was utterly dismayed when he blocked a bill to make upskirting a criminal offence. But now I'm bloody raging that he's blocked a bill to help protect girls from FGM.There's no excuse. It's fucked up
Being pregnant with Covid-19 is obviously worrying. To other pregnant women, please do read and follow the most up to date guidance which I found to be v reassuring:
Have signed this petition calling for an end to the global wildlife trade once and for all. Please do consider doing the same.
This crisis gives us the chance to start doing things better. Let this be one of those things.
#ENDTHETRADE
. Sign here:
Audience member to Jeremy Corbyn: "Your reckless socialist ideas are genuinely terrifying to meโ
I canโt tell you how many times Iโve heard exactly this on the doorstep over the last few weeks.
#bbcqt
This video brought a tear to my eye this week. It perfectly illustrates the kindness of our carers.
What you do, means so much and makes such a difference. Cheering for you all tonight. ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐
Sorry to share such a distressing video on
#WorldLionDay
. There can be zero excuse or justification for such cruelty. There are thought to be just 20,000 lions now left in the wild. We must do better.
Good news update!
In the last few hours Asda have said they will remove all monkey slave products and Sainsburyโs have promised to review their products too.
Come on
@Tesco
! Over to you! Please stop selling these products too.
Manufacturers & supermarkets need to do their bit to reduce the amount of plastic produced but we also need to tackle โghost netsโ. Ghost nets are fishing nets left out at sea that often prove fatal for our marine life. Just look at this guy. He was one of the lucky ones ๐ข
Everyone should watch this. Itโs massively difficult to watch - I cried - but it is vital. We canโt ignore it. Itโs time to act.
#ExtinctionTheFacts
Gutted to hear that
@ZacGoldsmith
hasnโt been re-elected in Richmond. We have lost a truly decent, hardworking MP. I know I will continue to work with him to promote animal welfare and protect our oceans & environment. Zac is one of my heroes.
Glad Waitrose, Co-op, Boots & Ocado have vowed not to sell products that use monkey labour, while Morrisons has already removed these from its stores.
Time for ALL supermarkets to do the same.
Iโm told Asda, Tesco & Sainsburyโs STILL sell such products.
A million thank yous to everyone in the NHS who are doing such an incredible job looking after us. Amazing to see and hear so many people cheering the NHS on tonight. Quite right.
#ClapForCarers
Thousands of people across the UK clap from their homes to say a nationwide thank you to NHS staff and carers battling the spread of
#coronavirus
.
#ClapForOurCarers
#ClapForNHS
.
Get the latest:
This International Day of the Midwife, we want to say a huge thank you to our wonderful midwives for the contribution they make to the care of mothers and babies. Here are some messages of thanks especially for you.
#IDM2020
#Midwives2020
Love this ๐
Recycling will not solve the problem. The only way to turn the tide on plastic pollution is to reduce the amount of plastic we use.
Letโs send a message to our supermarkets.
#OurPlasticFeedback
Not only are these animals battling to survive the impact of climate change, which is melting the ice they need to hunt on, but trophy hunters are also speeding their extinction. Trophy hunting is indefensible
Labour threw the kitchen sink at Wandsworth
Owen Jones sent all his momentum troops to Wandsworth
Sadiq Khan arrived at the count earlier expecting to claim it as a win.
Consevatives have HELD Wandsworth.
Brilliant, brilliant news
Lefties have shared a pic of a partially deaf Tory MP which has now been RTed thousands of times, suggesting he is "lazy" & "a disgrace" when he is merely leaning towards a speaker in order to hear properly. You can bet the truth won't be RTed half as much
Andrew Neil's interview with Jeremy Corbyn airs at 7.00
Here's the message going around Labour activists' whatsapp groups
Apparently it's "truly horrific". "Like, awful"
They're planning to "flood all the hashtags" to "push images and stories with positive message"
Itโs dark, rainy and pretty miserable out there but to all who are braving it to get out the vote, keep going! You are all heroes. Only 3 and a half hours to go!
Best news! Far too many tourists go on elephant rides not realising just how cruel it is. To tame elephants they break their spirits by whipping and cutting them and tying them up in pain. This is a very positive step by ABTA. Never, ever ride an elephant
Bears on skateboards and tigers chained up for selfies with tourists. This isnโt amusing and entertaining. This is sick, sad and cruel and has to stop.
Since having Wilf & not being able to get to the shops during lockdown, Iโve relied on Amazon for lots of baby essentials but Iโve been dismayed at the amount of plastic packaging. Please sign this petition to ask Amazon to give us plastic-free options too
Huge respect for
@Jacob_Rees_Mogg
. Calm, brave and dignified whilst masked thugs attempt to intimidate him and hurl abuse at him - just for having different views. Free debate is vital for democracy and if you can't have that at university, what's the point?
Interesting how many lefties are trolling me for having worked for the Tories & now in conservation. Like itโs not possible to be a Tory & care about green issues. This govt has showed that to be total rubbish. I care about animals & the environment & Iโm a Tory. Get over it.
Cant bear seeing
@Anna_Soubry
treated this way. It's totally disgusting. It's a v.brave person that enters politics now, having to face this level of abuse & intimidation. Good people are being put off from entering politics at all. We've got to stop it.
What a 6 weeks! Dil and I have had such a great time getting to know Conservative candidates around the country, pounding the streets & knocking on doors. All of you make me feel v.proud to be a Conservative. Good luck to every one of you standing today. Rooting for you!
Do we really want yet another year of arguing about Brexit and nothing happening? Another referendum would take ages and divide our country further. Time to end the arguing, get Brexit done and move forward.
Leaving London for the week to campaign for some really brilliant women candidates. Dilyn has got his jumper on today as itโs freezing! Off we gooooo.
Great piece by Sir David Attenborough in todayโs Sun.
I care about climate change and biodiversity a massive amount but preventing a free press to spread this message further is just wrong. Not to mention all those small businesses that rely on being able to sell newspapers.
Here's our exclusive comment piece from Sir David Attenborough on the climate crisis. It's in today's paper, which Extinction Rebellion protesters tried to prevent from reaching our readers with their attack on free speech.
#BuyAPaper
Few have done more to champion the environment & fight for the welfare of our animals.
@ZacGoldsmith
truly cares. As someone who cares deeply about these issues too, I would be devastated it he wasnโt there fighting for them in Parliament. It would be an enormous loss.
#BackZac
Munroe Bergdorf described the Suffragettes as "white supremacists", described gay tories as "dickheads" and suggested that all white people are racist.
She's now Labour's equalities adviser.
Such an honour to meet the wonderful Albert & Betty this Remembrance Sunday. I told Betty I loved her sparkly poppy and she kindly suggest we swap ours. So sweet. And thank you to Gina for all the work you do with the Royal British Legion. Total heroes.
Saw a puffin for the first time last month. Was so excited. They are far smaller than I expected but you canโt miss them with their amazing rainbow bills. I also found out that a baby puffin is called a puffling โค๏ธ. Just canโt understand why anyone would want to shoot them. Mad.
Great to be out campaigning in my home seat, Richmond Park & North Kingston, for fellow environmentalist and great friend
@ZacGoldsmith
with
@NimkoAli
and of course, Dilyn the dog ๐ถ
Impossible not to feel real pain looking at images of the fire raging through the Amazon. Along with the worldโs oceans, the forests are our lungs. We need them. This isnโt a Brazilian issue, this is an issue for every single one of us.
Thanks to the wonderful Eileen from
@FOAWales
who rescued Dilyn after she got a tip off that he was to be dumped by a puppy dealer because he was born with a crooked jaw. Eileen fixed his little jaw & saved his life. She is a hero. ๐
Some good news from Tesco and Heinz. Packaging should always be a deciding factor in which products are sold in store. If itโs covered in single-use plastic it is time to try & get rid
๐ถNEW: Sir David Amessโs exceptionally beautiful 3-year-old black mask French bulldog, Vivienne, is really looking forward to todayโs highly anticipated Westminster Dog of the Year Awards. She will be escorted by
@AndrewRosindell
and Mark Francois