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Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP

Labour MP for Streatham

'Stunning': Bell Ribeiro-Addy reviews 'The Woman King'
Books & culture
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
'Stunning': Bell Ribeiro-Addy reviews 'The Woman King'
Featuring a host of British talent, this epic historical blockbuster is a rare and refreshing tale of empowerment told from a Black woman’s perspective
The Public Order Bill shows silencing dissent is the government’s number one priority right now
Home affairs
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
The Public Order Bill shows silencing dissent is the government’s number one priority right now
What’s the government’s first bill of the new Parliament? Something to tackle sky-high energy bills? Something to address the climate crisis? Something to address the NHS staffing crisis? Of course not.
Misogynistic incel culture must be treated as violent extremism
Home affairs
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Misogynistic incel culture must be treated as violent extremism
Responsibility must be placed on online platforms to prevent this toxic ideology from gaining credence and indoctrinating more young men.
Nobody is protected from coronavirus until everyone is: why we should repeal and replace the Coronavirus Act
Coronavirus
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Nobody is protected from coronavirus until everyone is: why we should repeal and replace the Coronavirus Act
This week marks one year since the UK first went into lockdown and MPs voted to give the Government unprecedented and extraordinary powers under the Coronavirus Act. My thoughts and prayers are with the loved ones of the 127,000 people who have lost their lives since then.
Government must put BAME communities at the heart of the Covid vaccination drive
Coronavirus
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
Government must put BAME communities at the heart of the Covid vaccination drive
Employment and housing circumstances of people from BAME communities place them in contact with more people and heighten their risk of getting Covid-19. Government needs to treat race as a Covid risk factor.
It’s time to admit Labour was right about free broadband and tackle the digital divide
Education
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
It’s time to admit Labour was right about free broadband and tackle the digital divide
Universal free broadband was pilloried by the press and the Conservatives alike during the last election, but there will be a generation demanding that internet is recognised as a basic right.
The JCHR report is a reminder that equality is rarely enforced in the UK
Communities
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
The JCHR report is a reminder that equality is rarely enforced in the UK
This year has been a tragic reminder that racism can be a matter of life and death: from the disproportionate COVID-19 deaths of Black, Asian and minority ethic people, to the global protests that followed the death of George Floyd.
This government is yet again attempting to scapegoat migrants for their own mismanagement
Home affairs
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
This government is yet again attempting to scapegoat migrants for their own mismanagement
We should have no time for criminals exploiting desperate refugees, but nor should we for a government that refuses to see the bigger picture and take the obvious steps to prevent this exploitation.
We must unite behind the new leader and turn our fire on the Tories
By Bell Ribeiro-Addy MP
We must unite behind the new leader and turn our fire on the Tories

The 2017 election demonstrated what Labour can achieve when it stands together. Our next leader needs backing not brickbats