RT @ChrisWeybridge: Have you noticed that the Conservatives who say the ‘First Past The Post’ voting system is fair, don’t use it for the election of their leader?
Why can’t my vote for Green Party candidate in General or Local Election be reallocated to my next choice?
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RT @carla_denyer: 3 Tory leadership hopefuls with links to climate deniers @GWPF_org, and some very worrying narratives emerging that suggest ALL the candidates are willing to sacrifice the climate commitments they were elected on in 2019.
@DeSmogUK asked me for comment 👇🏼
https://www.desmog.com/2022/07/13/kemi-badenoch-gifted-tory-gala-ticket-by-climate-denial-funder/
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RT @AdrianRamsay: Joined up policy on buses? It would be nice.
The temporary £2 cap on single fares is welcome but must come with fresh funding and powers for councils.
It’s no good having cheap fares for buses that don’t exist.
And the price cap should be permanent.
https://www.greenparty.org.uk/news/2022/07/13/we-must-go-further-on-buses,-say-greens/
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RT @natalieben: My letter @guardian
The UK, with archaic, dysfunctional, unwritten constitution – accumulated by centuries of historical accident & relying on its leaders being “good chaps” – was sitting open to a Boris Johnson.
And remains so
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/12/boris-johnson-was-no-genius-he-just-took-advantage-of-our-weak-constitution
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Post-Brexit visa rules ‘disaster’ for arts, says Edinburgh festival director
'astonished UK govt had not foreseen or planned for impacts of hard Brexit on labour market, phasing things so UK residents could be trained in jobs routinely taken by migrants'
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2022/jul/10/post-brexit-visa-rules-a-disaster-for-arts-says-edinburgh-festival-director?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Another example of Johnson regime breaking democratic conventions
This a dangerous one because our system relies on power of opposition as essential check against tyranny
Govt refusing to allow parliament to express its lack of confidence deep attack on parliamentary democracy
RT @ProfMarkElliott: The position in terms of constitutional convention is absolutely clear: according to Erskine May, the most authoritative statement…
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RT @doctorpallavi: Nobody who works in the #NHS will be surprised by this news. Years of #austerity and reduced funding of health & social services has led to this situation. We need more public spending, not less. #ConservativeLeadershipContest https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-62141079
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RT @Jonathan_Elmer: UN report finds planet is being put under "Extreme Risk" by failure of economics to take into account the true value of nature.
Greens support transition away from a growth based, to a welfare based economy.
No other UK political party is on the same page. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/11/humans-value-nature-survive-un-report-age-of-extinction?CMP=share_btn_tw
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Good to see John Major identifying clearly the risks to democracy from the present Conservative Party
We urgently need a written constitution and clear and enforceable standards for those in public life to protect our democracy
RT @Haggis_UK: John Major - "I think the whole country knows that the government has broken the law... if our law & accepted conventions are ignored... then we're on a very slippery slope that ends with…
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RT @AdrianRamsay: Stark warning from Govt's own agency: a thriving natural environment is fundamental for human wellbeing & survival.
Successive govts have ignored warnings for 60 years.
Urgent action needed to rejuvenate the natural world can't be delayed any longer.
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RT @ProfMarkElliott: I find this concerning, since it undermines the constitutional principle that the Government must be able to command the confidence of the House of Commons: a principle that requires the Opposition, when appropriate, to be able to test that confidence via a vote. /1
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RT @GabrielScally: Comparing life expectancy in UK and Ireland shows two things. That the UK has had a significant #publichealth crisis in the last 10 years and, also, just how badly the UK dealt with #COVID19 in its first year compared with our nearest neighbour
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RT @GreenJennyJones: An illegal immigrant that we have all cheered on and considered an absolute benefit to British sport and society. How many more of those being listed for #RwandaDeportation would also contribute to our culture in myriad ways? Yay for the star #MoFarah!
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RT @ZackPolanski: Dominic Raab is talking about 'the threat' of electoral reform.
Proportional Representation terrifies Tories because people will have an actual vote that always counts.
Our Parliament can amplify voices of the people rather than vested interests.
An actual democracy.
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RT @TheGreenParty: 🥀 Any Prime Minister who would throw out our climate commitments is not fit for the job.
📺 @CarolineLucas on ITV News.
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RT @greenmattbfd: 🚌 Tory-led Kent County Council are slashing #RuralBus services
📉 Buses are a lifeline to our most isolated communities but the network is in crisis.
💡 @TheGreenParty would invest in #PublicTransport and make it work for passengers - not profit
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-62107861
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RT @GreenPartyJack: It’s so depressing that the only Conservative leadership candidate talking about climate is the one saying we ought to scrap our net zero targets.
These people are so out of touch with the majority of the British public, who want Government to be more radical, not less.
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RT @doug_parr: At a time when some of the candidates to be the next UK prime minister are openly questioning action on emissions cuts it is more than disappointing - frankly it's pathetic - that so few MPs showed up to a briefing about the science of climate change
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/jul/11/fewer-than-10-percent-of-uk-mps-sign-up-for-emergency-climate-briefing
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🧐Sheryll Murray, Cornish MP, persuaded Cornish farmers to support Brexit
😡Which has left crops in rotting in fields
🤬She doesn’t realise that her job is not to ask questions about this problem but to solve it
🤦🏻♀️Nor that her absurd support for leaving EU actually created it
RT @Haggis_UK: Sheryll Murray(ToryMP/brexiter) - "I frequently get complaints from the agriculture sector that they can't get workers they need from th…
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RT @Tom___Scott: Every single one of the Tory leadership contenders skipped today's #ClimateCrisis briefing to parliamentarians from Sir Patrick Vallance.
They crow about their "leadership" abilities.
None are showing any leadership at all on this critically urgent issue.
https://inews.co.uk/news/tory-leadership-contenders-skip-climate-briefing-1736116
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