Bristol trains labelled unreliable as delays and costs spiral upward
Highlighting the struggles faced by her constituents—including disabled passengers and those reliant on often unreliable ...
BBC17d
Village green status could save 'Turbo Island'
A city centre plot of land could be protected from development as a "town or village green". The future of Turbo Island in Stokes Croft hangs in the balance as Bristol City Council decides whether ...
PoliticsHome19d
Lord Davies reviews 'How Labour Wins'
For the 2024 election we have Thangam Debbonaire, the defeated Labour candidate in Bristol West, who says: “For those of us who lost… there are lessons to learn electorally, politically and in ...
Novara Media19d
Labour’s Culture Secretary Is Missing in Action
Thangam Debbonaire, her seat. The rightwing media that ignored Labour’s dishonesty when it was useful in crushing the left instantly turned on the party, continually creating a sense of crisis around ...
Bristol24-720d
Turbo Island could become protected ‘village green’
Previous efforts to clean up the plot of land have proved short-lived. In 2022, Thangam Debbonaire, former Labour MP for Bristol West, triumphantly posed for photos in front of Turbo Island, declaring ...
The New Indian Express23d
TN govt doesn’t have funds for Rs 1,000 as Pongal gift, says Minister Thangam Thennarasu
CHENNAI: Respoding to the demands from various parties in the state Assembly on Thursday to include Rs 1,000 cash component in the Pongal gift hamper, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said the ...
University of Bristol23d
Honorary Industrial Professor Marvin Rees appointed to House of Lords
University of Bristol alumna Thangam Debbonaire has also been appointed as a Life Peer to the House of Lords. She was the Labour MP for Bristol West from 2015 to 2024, and was Shadow Leader of the ...
Protecting culture should be a UN goal — and a human one
But culture isn’t one of them — and it should be. Adding it as the 18th, as advocated for by the Culture 2030 Goal Campaign, would show that the international community values it not only as a route ...
The Stage26d
Thangam Debbonaire calls on UN to add culture to 2030 blueprint
The SDGs aim to protect life – this new goal would aim to make it worthwhile." Election 2024: Thangam Debbonaire loses to Greens in Bristol seat The former Labour MP, who lost her battle for a ...
The Financial Times26d
Protecting culture should be a UN goal — and a human one
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The writer is a former shadow secretary of state for culture, media and sport The playwright Bertolt Brecht ...
The National28d
Let’s not stop at hereditary lords and lords spiritual in House reform
Labour gongs were also found for ­conspicuous General Election losers – ­including Thangam Debbonaire, dumped by the voters of Bristol West in July – and for Sue Gray, for presiding over an ...