MP for Norwich South “The ultimate hidden truth of the world is that it is something we make and could just as easily make differently” - David Graeber
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Last week, Israeli forces detained our parliamentary delegation and barred us from the illegally occupied West Bank. The message was clear: the world must not see what is happening here.
The violence we went to investigate is Israeli state policy. That’s why Britain must sanction the Israeli state, not just its settlers.
The impetus to take firmer, faster action is clear. Israel is trying to cut off the Palestinian people from the rest of the world. But we must use all the tools in our power to force it to change course.
Read more from me here: aljazeera.com/opinions/2026/…
Today’s decision to exempt care workers from brutal retrospective changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain are a partial victory.
On the one hand I’m so pleased to all those care workers that campaigned so long and hard for these changes. Proud of my union, @unisontheunion and @UNISONEastern for its tireless work on this issue.
But it’s been soured by leaving many low paid workers facing a a harsh, retrospective tripling of their qualifying period. This is wrong and we will continue to highlight their plight. As a party of workers we must stand for ALL of them.
But if anyone ever needed a reason to join a union- here it is ✊🏾
I recently spoke to migrant care workers at UNISON Eastern Region’s office about proposed changes to Indefinite Leave to Remain.
This country could not function without care workers. They are the people who washed someone's mum. Who sat with someone's nan. Who held a stranger's hand in the last hour of their life because nobody else was there. They are the load-bearing walls of this country's care system. And this country owes them more than it has ever given them.
I will always stand with migrant care workers in the face of proposals which would damage their immigration status.
Read my full speech here: clivelewis.org/uncategorised…
ALT Clive with UNISON members showing support for fair visas
What a mess the Tories are in.
This morning, the shadow foreign secretary said the UK is right to apologise for Britain’s role in transatlantic slavery.
"Well, we should have done and that's exactly why Tony Blair did 25 years ago"
But Kemi Badenoch is against apologising.
It shows that there is a moral vacuum in the Tory party that they can't even clarify their position on whether Britain should say sorry for enslaving millions of people.
If we love our country, we should have the courage to face its whole history, including the hardest parts.
History isn’t there to make us feel good about ourselves: that’s what fairy tales are for. It’s there to help us understand how we got here and how we can do better.
Reform UK has again been exposed as deeply racist, misogynistic and Islamophobic.
ITV News’ recent investigation uncovered multiple examples of racist, misogynistic and Islamophobic conduct involving people across the party. Taken together with the growing body of evidence, these incidents point to a toxic culture, one that makes Reform dangerous and unfit to govern.
That’s why I’ve signed Afzal Khan MP’s letter calling on the Equality and Human Rights Commission to investigate Reform UK and determine whether it has breached the Equality Act.
Approving Rosebank would be a disaster for our climate commitments, and would do nothing to improve our economy, I said to The Guardian yesterday.
You cannot claim global climate leadership while approving new oilfields simply because you’ve already 'penciled in' the tax receipts. Tax ‘receipts’ that will be the operator’s estimate and not necessarily actual Treasury revenue.
Read the article here: theguardian.com/environment/…
Yesterday, I was barred from entering the West Bank by Israeli officials, as part of a @ProgIntl delegation.
What's happening here in Palestine is unjust. We've just witnessed what Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch and many others have called a genocide unfold in Gaza.
We came here to show the world, and to show solidarity with the Palestinian people. The Israeli government didn't allow that.
Today Israeli authorities barred me and other European elected representatives from entering the West Bank to meet Palestinian students and civil society leaders, as part of a @ProgIntl delegation.
We knew that by crossing into the occupied Palestinian territories, we risked being detained, interrogated and turned away by Israeli authorities. And that, alas, is exactly what happened.
For more than eight hours, we were held, interrogated and made to feel as though we had done something wrong simply by attempting to enter.
The simple truth is we had done nothing wrong. We went to show our support for the Palestinian people and highlight the terrible injustice and violence being perpetrated against them. We want to ensure that people back home do not look away from the reality of what is happening.
Ultimately, we went to show solidarity. But we left with an even greater determination to speak out. We will not be silenced, and we will not look away. None of us should.
Full press release from @ProgIntl here:
Israel bars European legislators and international delegation from West Bank as attacks on Palestinian olive harvest escalate:
Israeli authorities today (Monday 26 October) barred European legislators from entering the occupied West Bank via Jordan to meet Palestinian students and civil society leaders at Birzeit University and accompany Palestinian farmers facing escalating Israeli settler violence during the olive harvest.
The delegation was also due to participate in the Progressive International's Second Ramallah Congress.
Those denied entry at the Allenby/King Hussein Bridge crossing from Jordan include:
Clive Lewis MP, Labour Party
Lara Bird MP, Scottish National Party
Kate Nevins MSP, Scottish Green Party
Josu Estarrona Elizondo, EH Bildu member of the Senate of Spain
Sam Tarry, former Labour MP
The Congress, organised by the Progressive International in partnership with Birzeit University, includes a programme of meetings with Palestinian academics, students and civil society organisations. On 31 October, delegates were due to join the olive harvest at Qamar Al-Balad Farm in Farkha, near Salfit.
The exclusions come amid mounting attacks on Palestinian olive harvesters and international observers. On 16 October, Israeli settlers assaulted American photojournalist Heidi Levine. The following day, settlers attacked European diplomats and a French mayor accompanying Palestinian farmers. On 21 October, Israeli forces detained around 80 olive-harvest volunteers, including US congressional candidate Brad Lander.
Earlier this month, Israeli media reported that Defence Minister Israel Katz had instructed officials to pursue exclusion orders against activists accompanying Palestinian olive harvesters.
Major banks have made tens of billions in additional profits as interest rates have risen in recent years.
At the same time, millions of people are facing higher mortgage payments, rising rents and ongoing cost-of-living pressures.
There is a clear opportunity for the Government to tax bank windfall profits and raise up to £15 billion each year for our public services.
That's why I've signed @RichardBurgon's motion, calling on the Government to introduce a tax on bank windfall profits ahead of next week's Budget.
A massive data centre is currently seeking planning permission in Keswick, Norfolk. Whilst it’s outside of Norwich South, hundreds of my constituents have reached out to me expressing their opposition to the proposal. I share their concerns.
Stacking a 20-metre building across 32 acres is far too big for a rural entrance to the city, right on the edge of Marston Marsh. The constant noise, heat, and lighting threaten protected wildlife areas and nearby marshlands.
I also agree with my South Norfolk colleague Ben Goldsborough MP about the potential heat island effect. A site this large risks raising local temperatures, causing damage that cannot be fixed or offset, so it mustn't be allowed to go ahead.
Data centres are part of modern life. But that doesn’t mean developers should get a free hand. Any major proposal needs plain, transparent answers on water use, power demand, true company ownership, and realistic claims about future impacts.
Planning authorities must properly consider solid grounds for refusal, from water shortages to the impact on local school children, and push for direct community investment in jobs and skills. I urge South Norfolk Council to do so here.
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On Peston last night, I was asked for my small idea for improving the country, as part of @MartinSLewis's initiative.
My answer? Real Norfolk accents on TV and Film!
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You can tell the Prime Minister yourself that public ownership is the only solution for our water by co-signing my open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
On Tuesday, MPs held an evidence session into alternative forms of ownership for water.
This wouldn’t have happened without the groundswell of support for public ownership. The pressure this has created has pushed the debate on from whether we replace the current privatised mess, to how we replace it.
Off the back of this, I and 30 other Labour MPs have called on the Prime Minister to make public ownership the ultimate goal for water in his 10-year plan, and commit to a feasibility study that sets out how we get there.
This government can be the one that fixes water for good - but only if it commits to full public ownership.
Read more here: inews.co.uk/news/burnhams-pl…
You can tell the Prime Minister yourself that public ownership is the only solution for our water by co-signing my open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
On Peston last night, I was asked for my small idea for improving the country, as part of @MartinSLewis's initiative.
My answer? Real Norfolk accents on TV and Film!
I’m fine with this - because we all know workers are one of the main ‘creators’ of wealth.
The real problem are the wealth hoarders.
Time to get redistributing.
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I’ve co-signed @labourlewis letter to Andy Burnham calling for public ownership of water.
We already have ‘public control’. It's failed. £85bn+ extracted by shareholders, sewage in our rivers, bills going up.
Now we need public ownership. Add your name: actionnetwork.org/petitions/…
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