Tonight the UK Women's Parliamentary Football Club (aka the ultimate ladies squad) played their first ever match at Battersea Park. Crawley Old Girls may have got the better of us - it was a 3-2 thriller - but we had the most fabulous time. It was all about incredible women enjoying football, and having fun at the same time. Cross-party, all ages, all abilities, bonding over a love of the game.
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I visited the West Bank and Jerusalem recently and spoke on BBC Radio 4 about the cruel and inhumane permit system which means children in hospital can't be accompanied by their parents. This premature baby's mother had to return to Gaza after giving birth to triplets. Sadly, two of the babies died in hospital. Their parents were told over the phone. Only this week was the mother issued a permit to collect her baby - months after she was ready to go home. To read the full thread: https://twitter.com/i/status/1134377660224888833 The results are in, and tonight for Labour - especially in Wandsworth - it has not been anywhere near good enough. I support a People's Vote. Labour should be an explicitly pro-remain party. If you live in Tooting, I want to hear from you. Tell me why you voted the way you did: drrosena.co.uk/euelections Ahead of the European Elections, today the Tooting Labour Family were out on the campaign trail with pro-EU, pro-PV supporter Paul Mason. Being pro-EU and a staunch supporter of a public vote myself, it was great to hear voters are sticking with Labour. I'm confident that Tooting will reject Farage's blank manifesto. Today I raised the case of Sarah, a Tooting resident, in Parliament. Sarah has cerebral palsy and relies on her specialist wheelchair. But it's broken. And the DWP want her to pay £17k to replace it. This is really unfair. I will be working with the Minister and Sarah to try and sort this out, for her and others. Watch the video here: https://twitter.com/DrRosena/status/1127943884968005632 Tonight I was privileged to speak at the Show Racism the Red Card City Hall Education Showcase. As Shadow Sports Minister I have raised this issue in Parliament, pushed for debate, and worked tirelessly (alongside great organisations) to raise awareness of. Work to combat racism in sport is more important than ever, and I will continue to use my voice to combat this issue. Honoured to host a roundtable on child slavery today with my friend, Nobel Laureate Kailash Satyarthi, and pupils from schools across Tooting. What started with the screening of 'The Price of Free' at Parliament, continued with inspirational discussion, and was topped off with lots of pledges made by everyone in the room. It was exciting and so motivating to have all that energy in one room. Now to take action! Tooting is such a great place to live - I am proud to be born and raised here, and to now represent our wonderful community. However, every week I am contacted by residents with concerns for the state of our streets. And we can all agree it would be great if Tooting were cleaner. I will be putting forward proposals to the Council in coming weeks demanding change and would like your suggestions on how we can Clean Up Tooting. Please submit here: https://www.drrosena.co.uk/clean-up-tooting.html It was a pleasure to meet with Tooting campaigner, Hope Virgo, today to support her Dump The Scales Campaign. Following Hope's experience of being turned away from services for not being "thin" enough, the campaign was born. But this didn't happen to just Hope; it happens to hundreds of people weekly across the NHS. Over a million people in the UK have suffered from an eating disorder at some point in their life, but many are not properly diagnosed because they are told by GPs they are not under or overweight enough. Hope is calling on the Government to implement guidelines around eating disorder diagnosis - and Dump The Scales. I am unbelievably proud to represent such a strong change-maker in Parliament. |
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