penny otton (@LDpennyo) profile picture

liberal democrat suffolk county councillor

Joined September 2012
We now have our first three electric vans, you'll see these traveling around Ipswich undertaking daily inspections. The vans can travel approx. 120 – 140 miles on a single battery charge. #ElectricVehicles #Suffolk
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One of the first questions we, #Excludeduk get asked is. What do we want? At this stage our main ask is that @RishiSunak comes to the table and converses with us. When you’ve excluded 3 million people, that’s not too much to ask is it? @CarolineLucas @timfarron @wesstreeting
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It's really nice that you can sit down beside her. And she is not defined and constrained by heavy clothes as so many statues of women are (nor has she forgotten to wear any, like Mary Wollstonecraft)
We see a lot of debate about the #Wollstonecraft statue ... Our #VirginiaWoolf #statue, still in fundraising, can be seen below in progress. What are your thoughts?
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A motion id to be heard at Suffolk County Council next week calling for all residential roads to be 20mph: eadt.co.uk/news/suffolk-coun… #sfklive #LDReporter
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Very disappointed that the Conservatives have voted down amendments which would have protected UK food and farming standards in trade deals. Thank you to the dozen or so Tory MPs who had the guts to defy the whip but sadly too many were happy to chuck British farmers under a bus
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We have created a notice on covid-19 for land owners and residents to display who have a public right of way running through their property - download here: suffolk.gov.uk/assets/Roads-… - #Covid19Suffolk #PublicRightsOfWay #Suffolk
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😮 'I never knew that the role existed until I came across the Opera House' It's National Apprenticeship Week and we are celebrating some of the talented people working at our theatre Tom, Scenic Carpentry apprentice, tells his story... 🔨 #NAW2020 #LookBeyond
“Greater democracy, greater liberties, greater freedom” Inspiring maiden speech from @libdemdaisy today- showing that the arguments for liberalism and internationalism are just as resonant today as they have always been.
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Replying to @TamaraRojo1
Saw this saturday. Fabulous. Congratulations on 70th anniversary
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Am proud to belong to such a unanimous political group as @Suffolk_LDGI. The cost to #Suffolk of Sizewell C outweighs any supposed benefit. @SayNo2SizewellC @teags @SuffCoastGreens @JulesEwartSuff @WoodbridgeDeben @EamonnO @WoodbridgeCllr
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The Government should try to achieve net zero emissions by 2040 or even 2030 and earlier than that if possible
Why ‘net zero emissions by 2050’ needs a Green New Deal! This week the #ClimateChange Committee has made its recommendations, what now? ow.ly/3KGg50tYl5D @LibDems @NEF @LibDemsNow @soclibforum @ALDC @LibDemWomen @VC4PM @BaronessKramer @GJAlliance @hazardscampaign @ALDC
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Today!!!
English National Ballet's Emerging Dancer Awards will be live-streamed on Tuesday May 7! bit.ly/2ZVhSjH
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Congratulations to @ThurstonCollege on winning the U18 SCSFA Cup Final
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Jo reminding us what tonight and the last three years have all been about for @libdems. We must stop Brexit. Goosebumps stuff. It's great that Gabriel is so unphased by the whole thing.
The Britain we know and love is better than this. Britain is outward-looking, open-hearted and open-minded. Our children deserve a better future than Brexit Britain. Let's stop Brexit, and build that better future together. #PeoplesVoteMarch #RevokeArticle50 #PutItToThePeople
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Libdemgreenand independant group motion on climate change looks like we may get cross party support. We did!!
I hate being a Cassandra. But I've been warning abt #Brexit and vital meds shortages for a long time now. #ProjectFear? Alas no- and it gives me no joy to have been right
Questioned Health Minister Stephen Hammond about insulin shortages and #Brexit during this morning's debate. Minister has just confirmed - on the record - that as of this morning *the Government is now stockpiling insulin.*
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Libdemgreenand independant group motion on climate change looks like we may get cross party support. We did!!
Suffolk County Council Full Council today. Sadly, the #Conservative administration voted down my #IWD Women's Data Gap #BalanceforBetter motion. (They'd been whipped, so their objections made little sense in relation to my speech...) 妇女能顶半边天.@Suffolk_LDGI @SuffolkLibDems