Popped by the @unisonsouthwest picket line in Dursley with Doina Cornell show support to our lovely ambulance drivers. and paramedics. Everyone was in good spirits despite the drab weather. #SolidarityWithStrikes
#ambulancestrike
Today is my first day as Group Leader of Stroud District Community Independents.
I am honoured to have been given this opportunity to follow in Doina Cornell's footsteps and to continue with Doina's style of inclusive, consensus-based leadership
#CommunityIndependents
⭐️ Fantastic celebration of refugees tonight with food, music & dancing at Stroud Brewery. Thanks to Stroud District Together with Refugees for organising & Doina Cornell our migrant champion Stroud District Council for such a warm welcome to all. #RefugeeWeek23
I’ve got a tremendous amount of respect for Doina Cornell - consistently not just giving a voice to those who needed it the most but backing up her words with real grassroots action. Politics in action. Will be sad to not have her as a cllr colleague
Coverage from Gloucester News Centre - 100% Local News of Stroud District Council’s decision to condemn the ‘heartless’ #IllegalMigrationBill after motion from Community Independent Doina Cornell & The Green Party Steve Hyndside, who says 'we as a council seek to support the most vulnerable'. gloucesternewscentre.co.uk/stroud-distric…
💡 Announcing Doina Cornell!
Doina served as a cllr in Stroud from 2012-24, and council leader from 2018-22. She's been involved in community & political activism her whole life, and has just published 'Our Ocean's Broken Heart'.
🎟️ Just 3 days to go! hdfst.uk/e104709
Vince Maple #ProudToBeMedway Tom Copley Doina Cornell CWU Spring loaded, bottom of the door letterboxes need to legislated against. They are clearly a health hazard! Solidarity with all Ribble Valley Labour who are leafleting this weekend.
“I’d like to thank asylum seekers and refugees in Stroud District for enriching our lives with your presence in our community.
“We have shown that we are a place that welcomes and supports those seeking refuge.”
Doina Cornell SDC Migrant Member Champion
stroudtimes.com/strouds-celebr…
Look!
Doina Cornell's new book is out and available online here:
yellowlightedbookshop.co.uk/product/our-oc…
#OurOceansBrokenHeart
See also
Doina Cornell blocked from Stroud
Cllr Jack Hemingway blocked from Wakefield
Maya Evans Deputy Leader of Hastings Council blocked from Hastings
Greg Marshall blocked from Broxtowe
Emma Dent Coad blocked from Kensington
Qualified socialists blocked for spurious reasons whilst Blairite cranks are allowed
Powerful piece by Doina Cornell on Amplify Stroud about why each and every one of us needs to go to Cheltenham on 27 January
amplifystroud.com/protect-the-ri…
“Our country was a key signatory to the refugee convention in 1951 after the horrors of the Second World War. The convention’s aim was to protect refugees, recognising they are among the most vulnerable people in the world.”
— Cllr Doina Cornell
gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/glouceste…
Labour rejected #PR in Stroud (aka Doina Cornell and all she stood for.) A self-sabotage of the highest order. #GetPRDone
It’s bonkers that Labour banned good people like Doina Cornell from being Parliamentary candidates, but then welcome Conservative MPs with open arms.