Lisa Durston
@lisied.bsky.social
Bristol parent. VAWG Campaigner. Working in the sexual violence sector.
Labour councillor for Filwood Ward 🌹she/her
Labour councillor for Filwood Ward 🌹she/her
Important statement as we head into a new academic year.
Self-swab kits are still being promoted to students.
Their use is not
recommended by Rape Crisis centres, the Police, the NHS or the FFLM.
The Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Bristol is The Bridge www.thebridgecanhelp.org.uk/about/
Self-swab kits are still being promoted to students.
Their use is not
recommended by Rape Crisis centres, the Police, the NHS or the FFLM.
The Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Bristol is The Bridge www.thebridgecanhelp.org.uk/about/
September 14, 2026 at 9:24 PM
Important statement as we head into a new academic year.
Self-swab kits are still being promoted to students.
Their use is not
recommended by Rape Crisis centres, the Police, the NHS or the FFLM.
The Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Bristol is The Bridge www.thebridgecanhelp.org.uk/about/
Self-swab kits are still being promoted to students.
Their use is not
recommended by Rape Crisis centres, the Police, the NHS or the FFLM.
The Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Bristol is The Bridge www.thebridgecanhelp.org.uk/about/
Pleased to have brought this motion to Full Council and even more pleased to see it moving forward.
Everyone should feel safe and welcome in Bristol's parks.
We've been pushing for upgrades to parks, with a particular focus on making them safer for women and girls. We're pleased to see the Council's progressing our plans.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
We've been pushing for upgrades to parks, with a particular focus on making them safer for women and girls. We're pleased to see the Council's progressing our plans.
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Safety upgrades to make Bristol parks safer for women and girls
Last year Labour said many people found walking through a park in the dark too daunting
www.bristolpost.co.uk
September 14, 2026 at 9:15 PM
Pleased to have brought this motion to Full Council and even more pleased to see it moving forward.
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Just saw article by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social about Enough’s self testing rape kits that concerned me. Fails to grapple with the numerous issues uncovered by me, including misuse of stats, students’ concerns, misinformation about efficacy, failed US attempt
www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-br...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-br...
Enough: The start-up targeting rape survivors at Bristol's universities
Launching in Bristol, Enough vowed to be the ‘breathalyser of rape’. But can fem tech really ‘deter’ sexual violence?
www.opendemocracy.net
July 20, 2026 at 10:28 AM
Just saw article by @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social about Enough’s self testing rape kits that concerned me. Fails to grapple with the numerous issues uncovered by me, including misuse of stats, students’ concerns, misinformation about efficacy, failed US attempt
www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-br...
www.opendemocracy.net/en/enough-br...
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Best not to lie. Labour:
- created the minimum wage
- is raising the minimum wage
- is equalising wage rates
What we didn’t do was cheerlead for Tory austerity and the coalition government’s attempts to role back workers rights from the Lib Dem conference floor
- created the minimum wage
- is raising the minimum wage
- is equalising wage rates
What we didn’t do was cheerlead for Tory austerity and the coalition government’s attempts to role back workers rights from the Lib Dem conference floor
When Blair and his tech billionaires come with demands to pay workers less, the Labour government caves in 48 hours
Workers rights are not rights at all unless applied to one and all.
Pay all workers the same rate for the same job. Now.
Workers rights are not rights at all unless applied to one and all.
Pay all workers the same rate for the same job. Now.
May 30, 2026 at 7:37 AM
Best not to lie. Labour:
- created the minimum wage
- is raising the minimum wage
- is equalising wage rates
What we didn’t do was cheerlead for Tory austerity and the coalition government’s attempts to role back workers rights from the Lib Dem conference floor
- created the minimum wage
- is raising the minimum wage
- is equalising wage rates
What we didn’t do was cheerlead for Tory austerity and the coalition government’s attempts to role back workers rights from the Lib Dem conference floor
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Two in five arrested for the summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse.
Police data shows overlap between public violent disorder + domestic abuse.
I wonder what the stat will be today?
Our country is so much better than Yaxely Lennon and his crew.
The majority of us love, not hate🫶
Police data shows overlap between public violent disorder + domestic abuse.
I wonder what the stat will be today?
Our country is so much better than Yaxely Lennon and his crew.
The majority of us love, not hate🫶
May 16, 2026 at 3:23 PM
Two in five arrested for the summer’s UK riots had been reported for domestic abuse.
Police data shows overlap between public violent disorder + domestic abuse.
I wonder what the stat will be today?
Our country is so much better than Yaxely Lennon and his crew.
The majority of us love, not hate🫶
Police data shows overlap between public violent disorder + domestic abuse.
I wonder what the stat will be today?
Our country is so much better than Yaxely Lennon and his crew.
The majority of us love, not hate🫶
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Labour councils in London are making our communities fairer, safer and greener.
Labour councils are building the affordable homes our capital needs.
Don’t risk it all tomorrow - vote Labour ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour councils are building the affordable homes our capital needs.
Don’t risk it all tomorrow - vote Labour ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
'Labour has a record to be proud of London - this week it's all at risk'
Writing for the Mirror on the eve of local elections in London, Sadiq Khan asks 'people tempted to switch their vote away from our party to lend their local Labour councillors their support once again...
www.mirror.co.uk
May 6, 2026 at 6:36 PM
Labour councils in London are making our communities fairer, safer and greener.
Labour councils are building the affordable homes our capital needs.
Don’t risk it all tomorrow - vote Labour ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
Labour councils are building the affordable homes our capital needs.
Don’t risk it all tomorrow - vote Labour ⬇️ www.mirror.co.uk/news/politic...
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🌹 Happy May Day - a day to celebrate and defend workers' rights around the world. While there's much more to do, we’re proud the Labour Government's Employment Rights Act has delivered the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation.
May 1, 2026 at 2:37 PM
🌹 Happy May Day - a day to celebrate and defend workers' rights around the world. While there's much more to do, we’re proud the Labour Government's Employment Rights Act has delivered the biggest upgrade to workers' rights in a generation.
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It’s the Bristol Green Party who removed BDA2901 ‘Housing and/or housing for older people’ off the plan for Southmead, instead allowing it to be used for a van dweller site.
It was Bristol Labour Party that did the groundwork for a huge social housing devt. of 177 homes on Glencoyne Sq. Southmead.
It was Bristol Labour Party that did the groundwork for a huge social housing devt. of 177 homes on Glencoyne Sq. Southmead.
April 28, 2026 at 11:45 AM
It’s the Bristol Green Party who removed BDA2901 ‘Housing and/or housing for older people’ off the plan for Southmead, instead allowing it to be used for a van dweller site.
It was Bristol Labour Party that did the groundwork for a huge social housing devt. of 177 homes on Glencoyne Sq. Southmead.
It was Bristol Labour Party that did the groundwork for a huge social housing devt. of 177 homes on Glencoyne Sq. Southmead.
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Online pornography is not just entertainment, it has become a harmful form of education.
It promotes the idea that pain for women is pleasure for men.
It instils the notion that to be close to a woman is to dominate or degrade her.
It promotes the idea that pain for women is pleasure for men.
It instils the notion that to be close to a woman is to dominate or degrade her.
April 15, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Online pornography is not just entertainment, it has become a harmful form of education.
It promotes the idea that pain for women is pleasure for men.
It instils the notion that to be close to a woman is to dominate or degrade her.
It promotes the idea that pain for women is pleasure for men.
It instils the notion that to be close to a woman is to dominate or degrade her.
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The truth of the Green Party is that when in power they don’t deliver.
#VoteLabour
#VoteLabour
April 9, 2026 at 11:14 AM
The truth of the Green Party is that when in power they don’t deliver.
#VoteLabour
#VoteLabour
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🆕 The Labour Government is funding a new Youth Club in Bristol
❤️🩹 The closure of over 1,000 youth centres since 2010 didn't just take away facilities, it took away community, connection and opportunity for a generation
🌹 We are determined to rebuild that
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
❤️🩹 The closure of over 1,000 youth centres since 2010 didn't just take away facilities, it took away community, connection and opportunity for a generation
🌹 We are determined to rebuild that
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Youth clubs to open in bid to tackle anti-social behaviour
The government has announced eight young futures hubs in areas with high anti-social behaviour.
www.bbc.co.uk
April 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
🆕 The Labour Government is funding a new Youth Club in Bristol
❤️🩹 The closure of over 1,000 youth centres since 2010 didn't just take away facilities, it took away community, connection and opportunity for a generation
🌹 We are determined to rebuild that
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
❤️🩹 The closure of over 1,000 youth centres since 2010 didn't just take away facilities, it took away community, connection and opportunity for a generation
🌹 We are determined to rebuild that
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Bristol Labour have been championing women’s safety at night. This guidance will help us make our streets better and safer.
www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/nationw...
www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/nationw...
New Government guidance will be issued to councils nationwide to help them consider how to make their streets safer for women and girls
New Government guidance will be issued to councils nationwide to help them consider how to make their streets safer for women and girls
www.activetravelengland.gov.uk
March 26, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Bristol Labour have been championing women’s safety at night. This guidance will help us make our streets better and safer.
www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/nationw...
www.activetravelengland.gov.uk/news/nationw...
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Aggression is not activism, and tactics designed to intimidate politicians have no place in our society.
March 23, 2026 at 5:13 PM
Aggression is not activism, and tactics designed to intimidate politicians have no place in our society.
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We've secured £45 million to get more homes built on brownfield sites in the West!
This investment will help us to tackle the housing crisis in our region, as we step up our efforts to build the right homes in the right places, with the vital services and infrastructure to go alongside them.
This investment will help us to tackle the housing crisis in our region, as we step up our efforts to build the right homes in the right places, with the vital services and infrastructure to go alongside them.
March 23, 2026 at 12:02 PM
We've secured £45 million to get more homes built on brownfield sites in the West!
This investment will help us to tackle the housing crisis in our region, as we step up our efforts to build the right homes in the right places, with the vital services and infrastructure to go alongside them.
This investment will help us to tackle the housing crisis in our region, as we step up our efforts to build the right homes in the right places, with the vital services and infrastructure to go alongside them.
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⚡️ 150 new Electric Vehicle chargers are being rolled out across Bristol
🙌🏻 These new chargers are funded by Helen Godwin, Labour Mayor of the West of England, and City Leap - the landmark decarbonisation project agreed by the former Labour administration
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🙌🏻 These new chargers are funded by Helen Godwin, Labour Mayor of the West of England, and City Leap - the landmark decarbonisation project agreed by the former Labour administration
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Little black boxes have started appearing on Bristol lampposts
"This is a useful step forward"
www.bristolpost.co.uk
March 9, 2026 at 5:33 PM
⚡️ 150 new Electric Vehicle chargers are being rolled out across Bristol
🙌🏻 These new chargers are funded by Helen Godwin, Labour Mayor of the West of England, and City Leap - the landmark decarbonisation project agreed by the former Labour administration
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
🙌🏻 These new chargers are funded by Helen Godwin, Labour Mayor of the West of England, and City Leap - the landmark decarbonisation project agreed by the former Labour administration
www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/bristol...
Great to speak to @bristol247.bsky.social about women’s safety in parks and green spaces for this article. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
Bristol parks under the spotlight
A growing group of campaigners are pushing to make our city’s green spaces safer for all
www.bristol247.com
March 8, 2026 at 6:54 PM
Great to speak to @bristol247.bsky.social about women’s safety in parks and green spaces for this article. www.bristol247.com/news-and-fea...
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Happy International Women’s Day to all women in Bristol and beyond.
March 8, 2026 at 9:13 AM
Happy International Women’s Day to all women in Bristol and beyond.
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More support for survivors.
Too often, victims and survivors are trapped in abusive situations because of debt and financial dependence.
Today I’m committing an additional £9m to help survivors across London access vital services, build skills and get the jobs they need to secure their futures.
Too often, victims and survivors are trapped in abusive situations because of debt and financial dependence.
Today I’m committing an additional £9m to help survivors across London access vital services, build skills and get the jobs they need to secure their futures.
March 6, 2026 at 7:12 AM
More support for survivors.
Too often, victims and survivors are trapped in abusive situations because of debt and financial dependence.
Today I’m committing an additional £9m to help survivors across London access vital services, build skills and get the jobs they need to secure their futures.
Too often, victims and survivors are trapped in abusive situations because of debt and financial dependence.
Today I’m committing an additional £9m to help survivors across London access vital services, build skills and get the jobs they need to secure their futures.
What other product would a company get away with saying this about? If a business admitted that children would inevitably be harmed by its product but said ‘that’s just the way it is, we’ll do what we can’, it would never be allowed on the market.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
Mark Zuckerberg says criminal behavior on Facebook inevitable
Meta CEO, grilled about children’s safety, says in taped deposition a user pool of billions will include bad actors
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2026 at 7:20 AM
What other product would a company get away with saying this about? If a business admitted that children would inevitably be harmed by its product but said ‘that’s just the way it is, we’ll do what we can’, it would never be allowed on the market.
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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🌹 Labour is helping Bristol families with the cost of living.
💷 This April bills are coming down, the minimum wage is going up and train fares and prescriptions are frozen. More money in your pocket.
💷 This April bills are coming down, the minimum wage is going up and train fares and prescriptions are frozen. More money in your pocket.
February 27, 2026 at 3:20 PM
🌹 Labour is helping Bristol families with the cost of living.
💷 This April bills are coming down, the minimum wage is going up and train fares and prescriptions are frozen. More money in your pocket.
💷 This April bills are coming down, the minimum wage is going up and train fares and prescriptions are frozen. More money in your pocket.
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Some really welcome news from the Government today!
✅ Powers to speed up implementation of children’s wellbeing consultation outcome
✅ Preserving online data in tragic events of children’s deaths
✅ Powers to close loopholes to keep AI chatbots safe from illegal content
✅ Powers to speed up implementation of children’s wellbeing consultation outcome
✅ Preserving online data in tragic events of children’s deaths
✅ Powers to close loopholes to keep AI chatbots safe from illegal content
February 16, 2026 at 6:58 AM
Some really welcome news from the Government today!
✅ Powers to speed up implementation of children’s wellbeing consultation outcome
✅ Preserving online data in tragic events of children’s deaths
✅ Powers to close loopholes to keep AI chatbots safe from illegal content
✅ Powers to speed up implementation of children’s wellbeing consultation outcome
✅ Preserving online data in tragic events of children’s deaths
✅ Powers to close loopholes to keep AI chatbots safe from illegal content
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February 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
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Huge numbers of Labour activists out today in Denton, Burnage and, with me in Levenshulme, @edmilibandmp.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social, Angeliki Stogia, speaking to progressive voters who recognise that only we can stop Reform across the whole constituency.
February 14, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Huge numbers of Labour activists out today in Denton, Burnage and, with me in Levenshulme, @edmilibandmp.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social, Angeliki Stogia, speaking to progressive voters who recognise that only we can stop Reform across the whole constituency.