Janet Londonborn of the House Collins, 1st of my Name, the Uncluttered, Queen of the Pasta Bake, Khaleesi of No. 20, Breaker of Worries, and Mother of Joneses.
Birmingham, England
Joined March 2019
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Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
The government spent five years trying to keep these names secret. We spent five years refusing to let it.
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Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
As @TransparencyUK 's Duncan Hames says “the public have right to know who was fast-tracked [to VIP Lane] and on whose say-so. "Five years of resisting disclosure has been a prolonged and unnecessary failure of transparency, and it has only deepened the damage to public trust"
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Matt Hancock is named as referring 27 firms, Lord Feldman 21 and Lord Agnew 14
There's also Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson, who referred a small pharmaceutical company that was dissolved in 2022
Non-Tory politicians referred 5 firms. None won contracts
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
- Eight members of Boris Johnson’s cabinet referred firms to VIP lane, four of these ministers haven't been named before - Dominic Raab, Robert Buckland, Simon Hart, and Robert Jenrick
Firms in the VIP lane were 10 times more likely to win contracts
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Democracy for Sale's @JennaCorderoy first asked for all names of VIP Lane firms and politicians who referred them in 2021
The government refused. It took years of appeals, a tribunal ruling and an intervention from Info Commissioner - but now we have them. So what's there?
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
🔴 EXCLUSIVE: After *five-year* legal battle, Democracy for Sale has forced the government to reveal who referred firms to lucrative Covid PPE ‘VIP lane’ for 'politically connected'
30+ senior Tories are named, plus ex Duchess of York, and many more 🧵
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Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Patrick Stewart telling us how important it is to protect the ECHR.
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Hi @thecarolemalone, as a newly disabled person myself suffering from a rare spinal cord issue caused by a simple fall, I can vouch for this woman. Do your fucking research or zip it! You should be thoroughly ashamed of yourself.
Carole Malone claims anyone who wants benefits just gets them!
She's supposed to be a journalist, yet appears completely unaware of assessments, refusals and the appeals process.
Disabled people deserve factual reporting, not lazy stereotypes and misinformation.
Perhaps it's time for some better research, Carole!
#CaroleMalone #DisabilityRights #PIP #DWP #BenefitClaimants
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
What time is Chris Mason investigating why the BBC continue to give Reform and Farage disproportionate coverage despite them crashing down the polls?
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Will be worth staying up for 👀👀👀👀
Byelection loss in his backyard last night
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Zia Yusuf brings up the Iraq war saying, "If there was any justice in this world, you and Tony Blair would be in jail"
Alastair Campbell, "Six inquiries, not one of them found that we lied"
"A general election held after the fall of Saddam Hussain, Tony Blair re-elected"
"Brexit has taken 6-8% out of our economy, you and the liars who told the lies"
"And by the way, your party supported it at the time. Now I know you're at Reform, you'll jump on any bandwagon"
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Ten years on from the EU referendum, it is clear that Brexit has been a failure. Now is the time to rebuild our relationship with our European partners.
With this Labour Gov't rejoining the Erasmus+ Scheme from Jan 2027, young Britons will be able to study across the EU again.
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Anyone who believes in the NHS, maternity care, social care, pensions, libraries, childcare, good education for all is a socialist.
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
Ian McKellen reciting Shakespeare's writing on racist anti-immigration riots in London during his time.
It is excellent.
They have been banging the same drum for 400 years.
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
The entire £83,000 #CelebrityTraitors prize fund going towards supporting refugees and queer displaced people feels bloody wonderful in such wretched times marked by fearmongering and inhumane politics – even more so knowing there will be many right-wingers enraged by that. ❤️
ALT Romesh Ranganathan and Sebastian Croft hugging Claudia Winkleman.
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
The Lib Dems are the only party with a real plan to grow our economy, putting a stronger relationship with Europe at its heart.
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
This aged spectacularly badly.
Off to France in their reinforced “migrant hunter” van, looking terribly pleased with themselves.
Fast forward 24 hours and we’re being asked to sympathise with how frightening and overwhelming their time in French custody has been.
Janet Jones ⚖️#50sWomen #CEDAW♀️51% 💙 retweeted
What's "utterly heartbreaking" is how Tory supporting Paul 6 Houses Bowen can brag about his ever growing property portfolio whilst only paying his employees the minimum wage despite years of loyal service.
