"One year on, we know what happened next. An election, an 80 seat Conservative majority and Brexit achieved - the first stage at least."
"The prime minister's team will point to that as evidence their approach was the right one and he was on the side of the public."
Those bigots and cronies of #LiarJohnson & The Parrots 🦜🦜 might say that, but they are seeking to rewrite history and to brainwash the Great British Public into believing those LIES!!
"In a democracy the government must do what the majority want. The current government’s “majority” is actually a minority of 43% of the electorate."
"What you have to realise is that this government’s “huge majority” is nothing of the sort!"
"They won their 80 seat majority with only 37% of the electorate vote! That means that 63% did NOT vote for them!"
"I.e. a “huge majority” (nearly two thirds) of the UK electorate did NOT vote for the Tories, they either didn’t vote, or they voted for someone else!"
"In fact only 43% of those that actually voted, voted for this government, so that’s 57% of the voting electorate who don’t want this government in office."
"The fact is that the majority of the electorate actually voted for parties who would have given a second referendum on Brexit, but because of the First Past The Post electoral system we have, it was possible for the Tories to win the election with a minority of the vote."
@ArgyleBecky I think the starting point for EVERYONE before they embarrass themselves by spouting ill-informed opinions that highlight their ignorance is a simple question:
WHAT IS A GENDER IDENTITY?
@ArgyleBecky I confess, before the prefabricated uproar surrounding @scotgov Gender Recognition Reform (Scotland) Bill, I was confident I knew the answer based on my assumptions and insights gleaned from media reporting.
@ArgyleBecky @scotgov Of course, like most people, my assumptions are based on lived experience and what is reported of other's experiences.
However, this provided little or no insight into the actual lived experiences of others and how their views differed from mine and most others.
@weegingerdug The future outcome of #COVID19 pandemic was pre-determined by the actions of politicians in the years preceding #COVID19.
Little could have been done that would have saved the lives of all that have been lost. ❤️
@weegingerdug Yet, reports of successes around the world - in containment, testing and tracing - could have been taken onboard if not, simply copied in order to lessen the economic and human losses.
So, our politicians complained of their perceived loss of freedoms and of government control!
@weegingerdug Let us not forget how it was reported that #Johnson sought to prioritise PPE supplies for England before Scotland, Wales and NI.
#GE2024 is but one election albeit an important one.
This is NOT the end of a 'tale' BUT merely, the beginning of a new chapter in a neverending journey ... made in Scotland, by the people of Scotland, for Scotland!
Come ONE, Come ALL!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - One For All and All For One!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - It's Coming Yet, WHEN Scots are Ready!
#GE2024 is but one election albeit an important one.
This is NOT the end of a 'tale' BUT merely, the beginning of a new chapter in a neverending journey ... made in Scotland, by the people of Scotland, for Scotland!
Come ONE, Come ALL!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - One For All and All For One!
#ScottishIndependence 🏴 - It's Coming Yet, WHEN Scot's are Ready!
@UnrollHelper "Liz Truss’s and Kwasi Kwarteng’s 2012 free-market treatise Britannia Unchained has shot up the sales charts, hitting the top spot on Amazon rankings for books on “economic conditions”. It costs £19.55 for the paperback."
@UnrollHelper Ought to come with a health warning for the nation's economy!
@UnrollHelper “The key is to make sure that failure is survivable,” is one of the book’s insights. “In the early stages of a project, failure need not be a disaster.”
"This is likely to provide scant consolation to Tory MPs facing the threat of losing their seats at the next election."