1. Jeremy Corbyn is staying in Labour. His legacy includes hundreds of thousands more members. We count, we matter.

2. It’s important to hold our leadership and government to account, even more so in times of crises and disaster.

Thank you so much to all 46,150 members of the Labour Party who voted for me for the NEC [National Executive Committee].

Unfortunately it wasn’t enough to win this time but we are taking the message.

I came fourth. It’s quite a resounding vote actually for the things I was standing for: - Fairness - Innocent until proven guilty - Stop suspensions before investigation.

So much has changed in the two months since Wirral South was the first Constituency Labour Party to nominate me for a CLP seat on Labour’s National Executive Committee (NEC).

My speech on the streets of Liverpool yesterday.

Defend, Attack, Build, Create!

How are yous doing? I’m alright but I’m in mourning. Like many people here, I am mourning for the socialist Labour government that the country did not elect, last week.

I am a Jeremy Corbyn supporting Jewish Socialist in the Labour party. There was a time, not so long ago when this would not have been a controversial thing to say, lately Jews like me have found ourselves boxed in by a Labour Party in retreat from accusations of antisemitism and a vocal centrist alliance united by a desire to oust our current leadership. I found myself on the receiving end of this when suspended and readmitted to the labour party for using the phrase “Jew process” in a now infamous speech.

I’m one of many Jewish members of The Labour Party here in Liverpool city region. We don’t recognise the description that Louise Ellman paints of The Labour Party being institutionally anti-Semitic. My experience is of a very welcoming Labour Party for me as a Jewish person, as a socialist and as a human.

I'm Jewish. My great grandparents fled Eastern Europe because of fascism, the far right of the time and ethnic cleansing and found safe haven in England.

I rejoined the Labour Party in 2015 because it's the best chance in my lifetime for socialism, and for the values of care and compassion for everybody.

I re-joined the Labour party in 2015, when Jeremy Corbyn was first elected leader. With his track record of campaigning against war and injustice, I knew this is the best chance in my lifetime for socialism - for fairness for everyone. In 2017, I moved from Northern Ireland to England, partly to seek election for Labour and our collective movements for justice.

In early 2018, I was part of a successful Labour-led campaign to re-open the NHS Walk In Centre for Wirral South. I stood for local election and Labour's share of the vote swung from 24% to 36%.

New Ferry Explosion Anniversary.

Two years after the explosion which ripped through the town, residents of New Ferry came together for a special event to mark the anniversary.

'Into The Light' was a procession of homemade lanterns crafted by local people at a series of workshops - and now a new video celebrating that special evening has been released.

Thank you. It is unfortunate that the Conservative members have chosen to leave thereby depriving their own residents of their voice in this [Council] chamber.

I’d like to address everybody – Mayor, fellow Councillors and residents of Wirral.

I nip out during Christian prayers here partly because I’m Jewish. My great grandparents were refugees from ethnic cleansing and fascism in Europe. My grandfather never knew his cousins because they perished in the Holocaust.

The trials of the people accused of deliberately causing the New Ferry explosions will begin later this month, and we hope in the coming months to finally get to the bottom of what has been a tragic and worrying time for New Ferry.

Since the explosion however, "Not a single penny from the government has been raised to support local businesses" and people have been left to fend for themselves despite homes and livelihoods being lost.

Cllr Jo Bird gave her first speech to Wirral Council, moving a successful motion on the ongoing impact of New Ferry explosion.

"Thank you Mr Mayor. I am delighted to represent Bromborough ward and all the people in it, following in the footsteps of Cllr Warren Ward. I am honoured to give my first speech to Council, FOR THE MANY not the few.

In politics it is easy to use personal attacks rather than sticking to the real issues affecting our society, especially when we are living in a time of austerity and Brexit, when we feel more divided than ever.

As Cllr Jo Bird points out, Yvonne Nolan has recently been singled out by Councillors on the Wirral unfairly with no right to reply as a member of the public.

My speech at Together Against Trump rally, for Liverpool Friends of Palestine and Jewish Voice for Labour

"My name is Jo Bird. Thank you to the organisers of this creative and excellent protest. I’m here to say, 4 things:

Firstly. Refugees are welcome here but President Trump is not!

Not until every single kidnapped child is re-united with their parents. Leaders who give fascist orders are not welcome here.

Asking Janette Williamson, Cabinet Member for Finance and Growth, for an update on plans to help regenerate deprived areas of the Wirral.

A full transcript and a link to Cabinet Question Time is available below.

I have met and listened to thousands of people in Bromborough ward. The number one issue is the huge gas explosion that devastated New Ferry, in March last year.

At that time, I lived in Derry~Londonderry in Northern Ireland. In both places, I see communities that are doubly traumatised. Firstly by explosions, violence and poverty; and secondly by ongoing trauma of government indifference, inaction and injustice - although the causes are different.

Below is an article I wrote on 5th September in response to Frank Field MP's resignation from the Labour whip, and the weaponization of anti-semitism within the Labour Party.

I am a newly-elected Labour councillor who is Jewish in a ward bordering Birkenhead.

Frank Field MP chose to use anti-Semitism as his excuse to resign from the Labour whip.

I am, frankly fed up of anti-Jewish racism being used as a political weapon to attack Labour.

I am really delighted to be elected as Labour/Co-op Councillor for Bromborough.

Thank you to everyone who made this fantastic result possible…

I've listened and talked with thousands of people in this ward. Almost everyone is saying how important New Ferry is. New Ferry was devastated by a huge explosion, in March last year.

Jo Bird, of Jewish Voice for Labour, on antisemitism and what to do about it.

Don’t make the situation any worse than it already is. Don’t give our opponents ammunition, if possible. Educate ourselves about antisemitism and the way it is used as a weapon against us.