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Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
@DarrenBar88
Green Party Campaigner | Living with Long Covid | Bradford | Shipley Town Councillor 2020-24 | Metalhead |
Shipley, England
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Jan 14, 2025
    The Guardian have documented a year in my life living with #LongCovid. Please watch this short documentary to learn what it's like living with this debilitating disease and why we need urgent treatments.
    โ€˜The pandemic isnโ€™t overโ€™: my year of long Covid โ€“ video
    From theguardian.com
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Jul 20, 2025
    Farage on the BBC...again. And not a Green in sight. A reminder: Greens: 4 MPs 800+ councillors Reform: 4 MPs 600+ councillors When will the BBC give the Green Party the same amount of coverage as Reform? #BBCLauraK
    Nigel Farage on TV show
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Dec 19, 2024
    Yesterday #LongCovid cost me my job. 20 years working as a Learning Disability Nurse for the #NHS. My livelihood gone, my role in life gone, my ability to help others gone. Long Covid ruins lives.
    Photo of my work ID badge with my name and photo. "Darren Parkinson, community nurse, CAMHS, Calderdale." Blue NHS lanyard is attached.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Jun 18, 2025
    6 months ago I lost my job because of #LongCovid. I fought to keep my job, but I'm simply too ill to work and I'm not getting any better. How will cutting my #PIP and #ESA get me back to work when I was dismissed on ill health grounds ? #WelfareBill #DisabilityBenefits
    Photo of Darren's NHS lanyard
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Mar 11, 2025
    Late last year I lost my job to #LongCovid. 20 yrs working for the #NHS. I'm too ill to work so I'm reliant on benefits. To get me well enough to work I need the gov't to invest in finding treatments for #LongCovid. Cutting my benefits won't get me back to work.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Sep 20, 2025
    The Overton Window has shifted so far right that lowering bills and investing in public services are now considered 'hard left'.
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    Zack Polanski
    @ZackPolanski
    Sep 20, 2025
    Green Party - Nationalise the water companies, tax the super rich, invest in our public services, stop the genocide, lower bills. The Telegraph - Greens are "hard left."
    The real threat to labour isn't bumbling Corbyn - it's the greens.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Oct 7, 2025
    This film now has 4 million views!! When was the last time a Party Political Broadcast went viral? Our time is now. Join us Join.greenparty.org.uk
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    The Green Party
    @TheGreenParty
    Oct 6, 2025
    Let's make hope normal again.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Sep 14, 2025
    Zack is upsetting all the right people.
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    Zack Polanski
    @ZackPolanski
    Sep 13, 2025
    Join.greenparty.org.uk
    The Green Party's woke new leader is even more deluded then we thought.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Feb 23, 2025
    How I'm trying to adapt to my new, smaller life with #LongCovid. I lost my job. I lost my role as a local councillor. I'm housebound. I can't do much with my kids & partner. And I can't do many of the things I love due to the constant fatigue. But I have to try and carry on๐Ÿงต
    Photo of Darren in kitchen resting his head on his hand looking exhausted. Cups in foreground.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Feb 3, 2025
    Having #LongCovid or another chronic illness leads to so much loss. I've lost so many things in my life due to this debilitating disease. I wanted to share a few.๐Ÿงต
    Photo of Darren from behind. He is sat on on his patio looking down his garden.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Mar 15, 2025
    Last year I lost my job to #LongCovid. A few months on and I am no better. There are no treatments that I can take to make me well. So I'm ill, housebound & on benefits. This #LongCovidAwarenessDay the government must properly fund research to find treatments for #LongCovid.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Dec 19, 2024
    Yesterday #LongCovid cost me my job. 20 years working as a Learning Disability Nurse for the #NHS. My livelihood gone, my role in life gone, my ability to help others gone. Long Covid ruins lives.
    Photo of my work ID badge with my name and photo. "Darren Parkinson, community nurse, CAMHS, Calderdale." Blue NHS lanyard is attached.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Jun 18, 2025
    Cutting my #PIP & #ESA won't magically make me well again. And so it won't get me back to work. It will just make me poorer, and the financial strain will make me more ill. Labour must stop #StopTheCuts. #DisabilityRebellion #DisabilityCuts #TakingThePIP #WelfareBill
    Photo of Darren (white man with short hair and beard wearing black t-shirt and hoodie) lying on bed.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Jun 24, 2025
    Got #LongCovid. Became chronically ill. No treatments. Lost my job. Housebound. Days spent mostly lying down. Got #PIP and ESA (NOT easy, but ๐Ÿ™). Now Labour want to cut this support. How dare they?!! So exhausted. So upset. So angry. We must #StopTheCuts.
    Photo of Darren lying on bed.
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    Darren Parkinson ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’™
    @DarrenBar88
    Mar 26, 2025
    I'm not well enough to join today's protests against Labour's cruel welfare cuts. So I have a simple message for Rachel Reeves ahead of her #SpringStatement ๐Ÿ‘‡
    Photo of Darren- A man with long, wavy hair and a long beard is holding a handwritten sign in a domestic kitchen setting. He has a serious expression and is wearing a black hoodie with drawstrings. The sign reads: "DON'T CUT MY BENEFITS #TAXTHERICH" in bold, black letters on a white piece of paper.
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