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VoteClimate: MPs' Climate-Related Tweets - October 2023
MPs' Climate-Related Tweets - October 2023
We've identified 239 Twitter posts by MPs related to action on climate change during October 2023.
31st October 2023
31 Oct 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) Absolutely honoured to have been appointed to this prestigious position alongside Chris
Climate Change is the defining issue of our time and we need all of the actors in society to work together to mitigate and adapt to the climate emergency so this series of seminars is crucial https://twitter.com/stantscollege/status/1719386379610648713 [Source]
31 Oct 2023 Chris Curtis MP (@chriscurtis94) This man called homosexuality "threatening", described abortion as "the easy way out", said climate change is "probably doing good", and "Nature should take its course" with COVID.
It's hard to understand why the Tories thought it was a good idea to give him a job. https://twitter.com/HenryRiley1/status/1719298207971246513 [Source]
29 Oct 2023 Bill Esterson MP (@Bill_Esterson) RT @Ed_Miliband: Rishi Sunak has given up even the pretence of having a serious plan for energy security and tackling the climate crisis, a… [Source]
28th October 2023
28 Oct 2023 Jo Stevens MP (@JoStevensLabour) RT @Ed_Miliband: Rishi Sunak has given up even the pretence of having a serious plan for energy security and tackling the climate crisis, a… [Source]
26 Oct 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @GoodLawProject: “Ordinary citizens who are taking peaceful action in protest at the Government’s failure to tackle climate change are b… [Source]
26 Oct 2023 Andrew Mitchell MP (@AndrewmitchMP) Delighted the UK ???????? and Dominican Republic ???????? will co-chair @theGCF Board in 2024.
The GCF plays a critical role in global efforts to tackle climate change and address its impacts.
???????? looks forward to working with all partners to help maximise the Fund’s impact. [Source]
25 Oct 2023 Ellie Chowns MP (@EllieChowns) ???? Renewable energy is the perfect example of a good investment to tackle climate change and the cost of living.
???? It's the greenest AND cheapest way to produce electricity.
???? Let's invest in renewables and green industries like retrofit to lower bills and emissions. https://twitter.com/TheGreenParty/status/1717182803333271821 [Source]
22 Oct 2023 Andrew Cooper MP (@GoAndrCoop) Great to have the support of two of our younger members, Oscar and Beth.
Slashing of youth services, lack of action on climate change, punishing housing and childcare costs - the Tories have betrayed a generation.
We need a better deal for our young people, and I'll fight for it. https://twitter.com/GoAndrCoop/status/1716003260119617759/photo/1 [Source]
22 Oct 2023 Peter Swallow MP (@PDJSwallow) Sunak's constant flip-flopping over this would be amusing if it wasn't so alarming for the LGBT community.
Same with climate change, renter reform, the economy -- Sunak is dancing to the tune of his party's far right. No leadership, just crisis management. https://twitter.com/PaulBrandITV/status/1715824860197228842 [Source]
21 Oct 2023 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) Govt is letting us down. Not taking the issue of climate change seriously - reigning in on existing commitments - and failing to deliver long term flood risk management plan to improve natural flood defences and reassess planning regs which allow building on flood plains. [Source]
21 Oct 2023 Adrian Ramsay MP (@AdrianRamsay) I commend the emergency services, working tirelessly in v difficult conditions, and all those, including Green Cllrs, helping people in aftermath.
Not the first time East Anglia has flooded but experts tell us if we don't tackle climate change it's going to happen more often. [Source]
19 Oct 2023 Gareth Thomas MP (@GarethThomasMP) Great meeting the Norwegian????????????????trade delegation to discuss:
????Labour’s plan to attract more investment into the UK
????Greater collaboration to deliver the transition to Net Zero
????Working together on European issues
⚽️Why Martin Ødegaard is the best Norwegian footballer here! [Source]
19 Oct 2023 Fleur Anderson MP (@PutneyFleur) RT @1SanaJafri: Last night in full council I gave my motion on the climate crisis affecting South Asia specifically Pakistan and the contri… [Source]
18 Oct 2023 Anneliese Dodds MP (@AnnelieseDodds) To make Britain a clean energy superpower, we will ensure women benefit from the good, new jobs a just transition will create, and slash household energy bills for the women left exposed to the Conservatives' cost-of-living crisis. [Source]
17 Oct 2023 Kirsty McNeill MP (@kirstyjmcneill) 3) Be a global citizen. Climate change is contributing to the global hunger crisis and disrupting education. Women and girls need our solidarity everywhere. [Source]
17 Oct 2023 Richard Holden MP (@RicHolden) RT @Mark_J_Harper: ???????? When the majority want a pragmatic route to net zero, we will back them.
???? When drivers feel unfairly targeted, we w… [Source]
17 Oct 2023 Michael Shanks MP (@mgshanks) Keir set the bar high with this brilliant maiden speech last night - especially important about his generation - "grown up in a world destabilised by the technological revolution, climate crisis and war, and I will live through a century of unparalleled global upheaval". https://twitter.com/Mather_Keir/status/1714281398952210758 [Source]
17 Oct 2023 Sammy Wilson MP (@eastantrimmp) RT @Togetherdec: Net Zero is a policy that is wrecking our country
Together members voted overwhelmingly to campaign against it
Join the… [Source]
16 Oct 2023 Karin Smyth MP (@karinsmyth) ???? WATCH: We must do all we can to deliver the jobs & skills of the future. Especially for our young people.
Green growth is a perfect example of how we can build the economy on sustainable industry: securing our Net Zero goals & giving the next generation employment that lasts. https://twitter.com/karinsmyth/status/1713872416043319628/video/1 [Source]
13 Oct 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) The Energy Security Department tells me that the Climate Change Act does allow flexibilities, including carry-over between carbon budgets but stresses that “no decisions have been taken on use of these flexibilities for future years”. That’s not exactly ruling the idea out. [Source]
13 Oct 2023 Paul Waugh MP (@paulwaugh) Under Sec17 of 2008 Climate Change Act, Coutinho has power to “carry forward” emissions from one 5-year carbon budget to another.
When May tried this in 2018, she was told by the CCC govt cdn’t use low economic growth (cause of lower emissions) to bail her out from future targets [Source]
12 Oct 2023 Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) RT @SkyNews: Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's recent delay to key climate targets will actually cost households more, rather than saving them m… [Source]
12 Oct 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @itvnews: Lord Nick Stern, a globally respected climate economist, has accused the UK government of being "flaky" on Net Zero.
Respond… [Source]
12 Oct 2023 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) This also confirms that this Government is seriously off track to meet its climate targets, storing up costs and damage for future generations
The Conservatives have no solution to the cost of living crisis, and Rishi Sunak is only raising bills and making Britain more insecure [Source]
11 Oct 2023 Andrew Mitchell MP (@AndrewmitchMP) Today is International Day of the Girl. HRH the Duchess of Edinburgh and I recently spoke to 5 young women from around the world and discussed the importance of promoting girls' education and rights, including in tackling the climate crisis. #RightsFreedomPotential @PlanUK [Source]
10 Oct 2023 Blair McDougall MP (@blairmcdougall) ???????? Accelerate £2bn of spending to resupply Ukraine and rearm the UK.
????Action on unfair car insurance hidden fees.
????️No new licences for oil and gas.
????£3bn for near zero emission steel production. [Source]
10 Oct 2023 Blair McDougall MP (@blairmcdougall) ⚡️Create GB Energy a new publicly-owned national champion in clean power generation based in Scotland.
????Race to net zero by 2030.
???? Ensure there is an industry-wide social broadband tariff for low-income families.
0⃣ Ban exploitative zero hours contracts. [Source]
10 Oct 2023 Blair McDougall MP (@blairmcdougall) A thread on (some of) the changes announced at Labour Conference.
????£28 billion a year green investment to cut bills, create new industry & fight climate change.
???? Turning the minimum wage into a real living wage.
???????? Ending the cost & inhumane Rwanda deportation policy. [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Mims Davies MP (@mimsdavies) RT @ClaireCoutinho: The Ed Miliband speaking today is the same man who neglected nuclear, thought our achievement of renewable energy was ‘… [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Claire Coutinho MP (@ClaireCoutinho) Only the Conservatives can deliver energy security with an ambitious yet practical approach to tackling climate change. [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Claire Coutinho MP (@ClaireCoutinho) The Ed Miliband speaking today is the same man who neglected nuclear, thought our achievement of renewable energy was ‘pie in the sky’ and wants us to import oil and gas from foreign regimes. [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) Moorland burning is a dangerous, destructive practice.
Every year, 260,000 tonnes of CO2 are released from burning on peat in England. It also has incredibly worrying public health impacts.
We urgently need to see a ban, our lungs protected and our peatlands restored. https://twitter.com/GDRNorminton/status/1711317127800447382 [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) In many ways whether and how we manage that is the political economy task of the next few decades - it's the hard part of the net zero transition and it's what will turn growth aspirations into growth reality. Time we got on with it [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) On how to raise PRIVATE investment, Labour has two arguments:
- crowding in green investment with clear net zero plans/public investment
- a platform of political/economic stability generally (ie not being Liz Truss or Boris Johnson)
These will help but... [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Torsten Bell MP (@TorstenBell) She's not wrong 3. The net zero transition is best thought of as a huge invest to save project (not just saving the planet, saving in terms of cheaper running costs) [Source]
09 Oct 2023 Liam Byrne MP (@liambyrnemp) RT @UnitedAMH: Packed room for our breakfast conversation on malnutrition, hunger, and climate change. Great discussion on partnerships, th… [Source]
08 Oct 2023 Stella Creasy MP (@stellacreasy) RT @thefabians: If we’re honest, right now, the arguments around the climate crisis are being shaped by the idea of ‘woke’. For me, it’s al… [Source]
08 Oct 2023 Lizzi Collinge MP (@LizziCollinge) @LydiaHislop@BellaSankey We already have a serious nuclear waste problem to solve. Continuing and new nuclear doesn't significantly add to the volume and doesn't change the waste problem we already have. But new nuclear does help solve the climate crisis. [Source]
08 Oct 2023 Saqib Bhatti MP (@bhatti_saqib) RT @GregHands: Sir Keir says he wants more renewable energy.
But it is this Government which is delivering it.
Renewables are 7 times t… [Source]
7th October 2023
07 Oct 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) RT @cebill_now: ???? If CLIMATE CHANGE & ECOLOGY isn’t voted through in Sunday’s priority ballot at #Labour conference—it won’t be debated—and… [Source]
06 Oct 2023 Olivia Blake MP (@_OliviaBlake) ???? Labour Conference #LPC23 delegates! ????
???? For the climate and ecological emergency to be debated in Liverpool, it has to be voted through the priorities ballot.
????️ Make sure you vote for 'Climate change & ecology' in the priorities ballot. https://www.zerohour.uk/vote_climate_ecology/ [Source]
06 Oct 2023 Jeremy Hunt MP (@Jeremy_Hunt) One of the key ways we’re decarbonising our economy is by incentivising industries that use the most carbon to use less. We have a plan that we're putting into action - by reducing the cap on carbon emissions under the Emissions Trading Scheme, in line with our net zero strategy. https://twitter.com/Jeremy_Hunt/status/1710332174694564075/photo/1 [Source]
06 Oct 2023 Clive Lewis MP (@labourlewis) ???? Labour Conference #LPC23 delegates! ????
For the climate & ecological emergency to be debated in Liverpool it has to be voted through the priorities ballot.
????️ To help make this happen VOTE FOR 'Climate Change & Ecology' in the priorities ballot https://www.zerohour.uk/vote_climate_ecology/ [Source]
05 Oct 2023 Mims Davies MP (@mimsdavies) RT @ClaireCoutinho: Two stories today. Which does more to energise the cause of climate change?
First, Just Stop Oil ruins a special nigh… [Source]
05 Oct 2023 Claire Coutinho MP (@ClaireCoutinho) Two stories today. Which does more to energise the cause of climate change?
First, Just Stop Oil ruins a special night out for theatre-goers.
Second, thanks to our £7,500 Boiler Upgrade grant, for the first time in Britain someone can get a heat pump for their home for free. https://twitter.com/juststop_oil/status/1709668756127904157 [Source]
05 Oct 2023 Jonathan Reynolds MP (@jreynoldsMP) RT @James_BG: Some thoughts on how Rishi Sunak apparently thinks he has 'solved' how to get net zero, and why such shocking complacency is… [Source]
04 Oct 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @ChrisGPackham: Today I can share I'm challenging the PM on the legality of abandoning key Net Zero commitments
I believe the timeline… [Source]
04 Oct 2023 Gareth Davies MP (@GarethDavies_MP) ???? Adopting a more pragmatic approach to net zero to save households £1000s
????️ Cancelling the rest of HS2 so £36 billion can be invested in 100s of better transport projects across the North
????⚕️ The first ever long-term workforce plan for the NHS [Source]
04 Oct 2023 Alex Sobel MP (@alexsobel) RT @LeoHickman: The Pope has issued a blistering, lengthy attack on climate deniers – and what needs to happen at COP28
"a broad change in… [Source]
04 Oct 2023 Linsey Farnsworth MP (@LFarnz) @Sneapster Oh thanks for this. I've seen a number of really good climate crisis fringe events. I'll send a list to you so we can decide which one(s) will be most useful for me to go to for AV. [Source]
03 Oct 2023 Joe Morris MP (@Joe_Morris91) Across Hexham and Northumberland, people have looked on in horror at the litany of commitments to our environment and countryside the Tories have torn up over the course of their conference.
Fighting the climate crisis isn't just essential - but an opportunity for the North 1/2 https://twitter.com/Joe_Morris91/status/1709274243542782198/photo/1 [Source]
03 Oct 2023 Peter Swallow MP (@PDJSwallow) Don't mind me, just indulging in some #luxurybeliefs like 'your background shouldn't determine your chances in life' and 'climate change is a big threat, and we should probably do something about it' [Source]
02 Oct 2023 Pippa Heylings MP (@pippaheylings) @ordinarykicker Yes. I've been part of Mission Zero with SCDC, County and LGA. We have to move forward with net zero. This is why local gov so important and why we've been fighting for greater local climate powers. Also why we need to change this govt as soon as possible. [Source]
02 Oct 2023 Pete Wishart MP (@PeteWishart) We now have a Tory/Alba 'hostile environment' for the environment. A piece dealing with all the spurious rubbish from those opposed to climate change policies coming later this week. [Source]
1st October 2023
01 Oct 2023 Dan Carden MP (@DanCardenMP) In preparation for #COP28, I am pushing for young parliamentarians and youth activists to have the most prominent place possible in this year’s negotiations. [Source]
01 Oct 2023 Dan Carden MP (@DanCardenMP) In preparation for #COP28, I am pushing for young parliamentarians and youth activists to have the most prominent place possible in this year’s negotiations. [Source]
01 Oct 2023 Ed Miliband MP (@Ed_Miliband) Rishi Sunak clearly talking nonsense when he says U.K. on track for 2030 climate targets, as his own watchdog says.
And that failure means higher bills, less energy security, fewer jobs and a betrayal of future generations. [Source]
01 Oct 2023 Gareth Davies MP (@GarethDavies_MP) Looking forward to participating in a number of events at #CPC23 in Manchester!
I’ll have the opportunity to talk about ???????? business investment, infrastructure, growth & productivity, FDI, our pragmatic approach to net zero, and how we boost competitiveness.
#CPC23 ????????
1/6 [Source]
01 Oct 2023 Bill Esterson MP (@Bill_Esterson) Rishi Sunak set up a false choice between supporting working people and delivering net zero in his @bbclaurak interview.
The way to support working people (and everyone else) is to deliver the economic benefits of net zero as quickly as possible. [Source]
01 Oct 2023 Liz Jarvis MP (@LizJarvisUK) .@bbclaurak points out @RishiSunak was at the Cabinet table as Chancellor when decisions about net zero targets were being made. He is reneging on net zero targets in an attempt to stop the Conservative party from being wiped out at the next GE. Excruciating. #bbclaurak [Source]
01 Oct 2023 Preet Gill MP (@PreetKGillMP) RT @SustDev: From the climate crisis to deepening inequalities, the world faces multiple challenges that know no boundaries.
Now, more tha… [Source]