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Much as I love @suzanne_moore, and while I agree about the harsh binaries of representative politics, I couldn't disagree with her conclusion more. This is a crucial election, and the life chances of many people will be determined by it. PLEASE VOTE.
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Voting alone is not enough. We need many other political tools to change the world: organisation, protest, discussion etc. But it is essential.
REGISTER, then VOTE.
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Registering is really quick and simple. You have ONE WEEK LEFT to do it. Please don't hesitate. gov.uk/register-to-vo…
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There are so many misconceptions on this issue. The capacity of rivers is generally less than 1% of the capacity of the catchment. To prevent floods, you need to slow the flow INTO rivers, and slow the flow OF rivers, above the urban pinch points, to reduce flood peaks.
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This is what much of the catchment of the River Don, that has flooded Meadowhall, looks like. Strip-burnt and drained for grouse shooting, reducing its capacity to hold water, which flashes off the land.
There are three components to river flooding: rainfall, land surface and river morphology. When the land is stripped, drained and burnt and the rivers dredged and canalised, heavy rain becomes much more dangerous. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
What makes this even worse is that much of the damage that is likely to have contributed to this flood has taken place in national parks. Their management is an utter disgrace.
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We won! The Section 14 Order imposed by the Met Police, banning all XR public assemblies in London, has been declared UNLAWFUL by the High Court.
This is a crucial judgement. It protects everyone's democratic rights to protest against a draconian attempt to shut them down
Hundreds of us were arrested under Section 14, and many more were doubtless deterred from joining XR's protests. The Metropolitan Police attacked a fundamental human right - the right to dissent. And in doing so they behaved unlawfully.
I was one of the claimants in the judicial review against the police. But the work was done by the brilliant @Jules_Carey, @judebunting, Phillippa Kaufman QC, @BindmansLLP, Tobias Garnett, @XRlawyers and other smart and determined people. Thank you.
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