Prof Catherine Rowett 💚 Ex-MEP @catherinerowett@respublicae.eu

@NoDPI @RichardBentall @ErdmuteD It doesn't follow that this situation obtains in every constituency. And "can't win because FPTP" is a self-fulfilling nonsense. It's possible to win with only 20% of the vote under FPTP. Any party could do it if they stand a convincing candidate and people dare to vote properly.

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@RichardBentall @ErdmuteD It's really dangerous to say "every MP". That overgeneralisation leads to opting out of democracy because people falsely believe there's no one they can vote for.

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RT @PARLYapp: Erskine May: It is a settled principle of parliamentary law that a Member, after being duly chosen, cannot relinquish his or her seat. An MP who wishes to retire is appointed to an office under the Crown, which legally vacates the seat and obliges the House to order a new writ.

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RT @Haggis_UK: Chris Bryant - "Boris Johnson is leaving as a disgraced Prime Minister... so why on earth did Rishi Sunak allow him to have a resignation honours list, which is full of some of the most discredited people in British politics... all of this just stinks"

#BBCBreakfast https://t.co/5XiYwjXykS

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RT @drsarahcroke: "A better politics of collaboration and putting issues before parties looks like Lucas. We know what to do. She has shown us." 👏👏👏 #WantGreenVoteGreen @CarolineLucas @TheGreenParty https://t.co/qRSvJP30TF

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RT @implausibleblog: Chris Bryant, "Boris Johnson was going to be thrown out of parliament by a committee that has a Conservative majority, and by the House of Commons which also has a Conservative majority, of 66.. He is leaving as a disgraced Prime Minister.. It's time we have a general election." https://t.co/ZhEzIZMgQM

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RT @James_BG: Should he now be referred to as ‘disgraced former Prime Minister Boris Johnson’? We need a ruling @JonnElledge

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RT @RussInCheshire: 66. At the current rate it will take 4700 years to build enough windfarms

67. So the govt reiterated its ban on large-scale onshore windfarms

68. Then Sunak took a £38k helicopter trip for a 64 mile journey that would have cost £30 on the train

69. On World Environment Day

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RT @RussInCheshire: 53. When in 2019 the govt refused permanent right to remain for 141,000 EU nationals living long-term in the UK, the Tories promised they wouldn’t ever be charged for using the NHS

54. This week, bills were sent out charging them for using the NHS

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RT @RussInCheshire: 42. She announced a new policy to deter foreign students

43. Foreign students add £41.9bn a year to the economy

44. Universities warned their funding model is “broken” and will collapse entirely if we lose another £41.9bn just to be horrid to foreigners

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RT @RussInCheshire: 37. After 5 years, research shows the 2-child cap on benefits has not reduced birth-rates or pushed people into employment

38. But it has pushed over 1.5 million kids into poverty

39. And this week research showed Universal Credit pushed an additional 600,000 kids into poverty

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RT @AlarmBell: Cheesemakers sound alarm as Brexit-related bureaucracy threatens industry https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/cheesemakers-sound-alarm-brexit-related-8500899?utm_source=twitter.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=sharebar

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@VixL Basically those "honours" are actually a mark of disgrace. They have negative value.

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RT @Sime0nStylites: A propos ‘events’, here is my version of the Aesop fable ‘The Wolf and the Stork’.

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RT @Goonergirl50: @BethRigby Now remove the honours list

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RT @Pafo1972: @BethRigby When the Conservative association in Uxbridge and South Ruislip received his letter they probably told him that they thought he’d already resigned!

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RT @PaulBrandITV: 🔥 Formerly loyal Jonson aide:

‘‘It’s an utter disgrace. It’s rewards for failure all round. A list of bullies, sycophants. Boris has slammed the door shut on the prospect of any return to the frontline of British politics and trashed what remained of his legacy”. https://t.co/0lLsTmauQV

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Aha. This too is relevant.

Let's elect some new Caroline Lucases. Clear out the dross and replace with new people of integrity and vision.
RT @Steven_Swinford: BREAKING:

Boris Johnson facing fight for political future after Privileges Committee found he misled Parliament & recommended sanction of more than 10 days

The sanction in the draft report would be enough to trigger a by-election in Johnson's Uxbridge & South Ruislip seat

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RT @Against_3G: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/06/forever-chemicals-infertility-women-pfas-blood

PFAS - 'Forever chemicals. linked to infertility in women

Guess what's full of PFAS?

Artificial grass/turf, whether as a garden "lawn" or infilled with waste tyres ground into rubber crumb and dust, also known as 3G football/sports pitches.

Have fun!!!

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Perhaps even more ignominious is to have prostituted yourself to a disgraced charlatan in the hope of reward and finding yourself unrewarded. And then throwing away your elected office like a spoiled child, to spite them all.

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