Uncategorised - Clive Lewis

Comment: the left and Europe

I look at Europe, the rise of global fascism, Trump and the new science on bio-diversity and Climate Change global emergency and I’m filled with horror the left could ever turn its back on Europe. We need to be fighting to change Europe, not walk away from it. You can…

Brexit update

Brexit Update: A number of people have asked, quite legitimately, why Labour isn’t joining the SNP and Lib Dems in calling for a confidence vote in the Govt, given today’s shambolic, cancelled Brexit Withdrawal vote. For anyone watching the Commons today it was clear the Tories are rallying around this…

My comment: People’s Vote march

It’s been made clear to me from a number of emails and social media comments that some constituents are unhappy with the fact I haven’t commented on Facebook as regards the recent People’s Vote March. So let me right that wrong and give you and other constituents some thoughts on…

I host Media Reform Coalition event in parliament

Last week, I hosted an extremely well attended public event in Parliament about BBC Reform with the Media Reform Coalition. Over the last three decades I believe that the BBC’s independence has slowly been diminished, its programme making increasingly commercialised, and its editorial culture increasingly conservative. Speaking alongside Zoe Williams…

Brennan Bank cladding update

Having visited Brennan Bank the week it was announced their cladding had failed post-Grenfell fire safety tests, I know how much concern and anxiety this news caused some residents. The emergency services and housing association did everything they could to offer reassurances and review the necessary safety procedures in light…

Campaigning to ‘Save our Children’s Centres’

Despite the rain, it was great to join local activists and Thorpe Hamlet Labour Party councillors Cavan Stewart and Chris Jones out on the #labourdoorstep over the weekend. We were collecting signatures on the ‘Save our Children’s Centres’ petition; it’s hugely disappointing to hear that the motion to stop the deeply flawed consultation on…

I meet with Young Builder UK finalist Alfie in parliament

It was a pleasure to meet up with Young Builder UK finalist and St-Eds student Alfie in parliament earlier today. Alfie has made some big achievements in the field of building, despite having to overcome a number of challenges and difficult circumstances in his life so far. As well as being a…

I organise letter in solidarity with Cécile Kashetu Kyenge MEP

In solidarity with Italian MEP Cécile Kashetu Kyenge, I’m proud to have organised and signed this letter from black politicians and leaders across Europe. Cécile is being sued for defamation for calling the Italian League party racist. The letter opens by saying: “As black elected representatives and community leaders from…

My comment in the press on rough sleeper deaths

I was asked by the Eastern Daily Press for my views on why there haven’t been any reviews of the deaths of homeless people in Norfolk and Waveney. I’m quoted in the linked article and below is the full quote I gave to the paper. “For a review to take…

1.5ºC? Economics for a common future

A Labour party member once told Ed Miliband, after listening to him speak about the dangers of climate change, “Ed, Martin Luther King didn’t say ‘ I have a nightmare’. He said ‘I have a dream”. And yet, with publication of this week’s stark new IPCC report we have what…

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