Oswestry Town Councillor. Green Party. Also loves cricket.
Oswestry, England
Joined February 2010
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Josh Cockburn retweeted
Interesting: left me wondering what would've happened had Labour just said, "If you think we're going to give up on a policy that will improve thousands of kids' lives just to try to win a by-election, forget it. We're just not that kind of party." opendemocracy.net/en/uxbridg…
Josh Cockburn retweeted
NEW: 85 people in Arizona suffered severe burns from contact with pavements heated up to 180F (82C). 7 of them died. In total, 257 people had underlying cause of death listed as "exposure to excessive natural heat".
This is not a forecast for 50 years time, it’s happening today.
Josh Cockburn retweeted
Every single ‘journalist’ & politician coercing you into being angry at peaceful climate protesters is deliberately trying to distract you & downplay the greatest existential threat our species has ever faced.
They will let you & your children die to line their own pockets.
Josh Cockburn retweeted
This 'new normal' framing is dangerous because it implies that this is as bad as it gets.
It's not. We're on track to make it much worse.
Temperatures over 50C in parts of the US and China on Sunday. Is this the new normal? bbc.in/3K4Fs6q
Josh Cockburn retweeted
It doesn’t matter what party you’re in: if you say ‘there’s no money left’ or ‘there’s no magic money tree’ you either don’t understand how the economy works or don’t want your listeners to
Josh Cockburn retweeted
There's plenty of money. These people can always conjure up funding for nuclear submarines, coronations, PFI dividends, bank bailouts etc.
They just don't want to spend it on poor families.
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Josh Cockburn retweeted
13 years of austerity isn't enough for Sir Kid Starver..... he wants 18 years 🥀
Josh Cockburn retweeted
3 days left - now less than 72 hours!
Just like the historic decision by Brighton Pavilion voters to put @CarolineLucas in Parliament, the choice of who joins your team in Brighton and Hove will have a real impact on politics at a national level. Make sure to have your say 👇
⏰ Time is running out for members of @BHGreens to have your say on who should be our candidate for Brighton Pavilion in the next election ⏰
💚 Please check your emails and make sure to vote by 5pm on Wed 19 July - thank you! 💚
Josh Cockburn retweeted
By the way, this benefit policy is a perfect example of why vowing to vote for Labour under all circumstances, without conditions, no matter what, is misguided.
Starmer and the Labour Right simply look at you saying that, and go: cool, thanks for the vote. You get nothing.
Josh Cockburn retweeted
I demand a new series of Coast for 2046, hosted by Neil Oliver and set on Kiribati, the island most vulnerable to climate change. In the last episode the population evacuates except a very wet Neil, who is given a Bible, the complete works of Shakespeare and a box set of GB News.
Josh Cockburn retweeted
Those defending Starmer’s “cautious reserve” approach can no longer ignore exactly where it has taken the party: refusing to scrap a heinous Tory policy that is locking hundreds of thousands of children in dire poverty. Grown-up politics, eh?
A Labour govt would keep the two-child cap on benefits, Keir Starmer confirms in @bbclaurak interview.
Josh Cockburn retweeted
Its taken years to get to this point but now we can plan a brighter future for young people in Oswestry.
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Josh Cockburn retweeted
Korfball, the mixed team sport, came to the UK in 1946 and the British Korfball Association founded that year. In 2006, the BKA was replaced with @EnglandKorfball @ScotlandKorf & @waleskorfball. There are 100 clubs & over 200 teams across the UK. Find your local club & have a go.
Josh Cockburn retweeted
Every one of Tony Blair’s ideas for NHS here, is evidence-free, ideological, profit-opportunity creating bullsh*t. 🧵
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Josh Cockburn retweeted
🏏🏏The ECB has launched the 2023 Grassroots Cricket Collective awards (formerly OSCAs) and we're looking for the Shropshire winners.
There are 11 categories – and we know there are lots of worthy candidates at clubs across the county – so get nominating!
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Josh Cockburn retweeted
If Labour’s leader of the commons-to-be won’t stop the flights to Rwanda, let’s stop her and elect someone who will.
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Total moral cowardice from Labour
@TheGreenParty would rip up every part of the Tory’s anti-refugee agenda
Josh Cockburn retweeted
Private water companies were given a clean, debt free slate to start with.
The rack up £56 billion in debt.
They chronically underinvest.
They pollute massively.
The extract £72 billion in dividends.
Now that they want the tax payers to bail them out.
What a scam.
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