We should "fight back against the 'safe space' snowflakes trying to stifle and suppress free speech" as it was put by some guy called Piers Morgan only two days ago.
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Here's a photo of David Cameron - remember him? - styling a hi-vis jacket and a Bloor Homes helmet on a visit to a Bloor Homes site.
Bloor Homes is controlled by John Bloor, who was a guest at Theresa May's dining club for wealthy friends of the Tories. mirror.co.uk/news/politics/….
Yesterday, many, many months beyond the period permitted by the law, and days after Johnson promised Parliament that all the contracts had been published, the Government admitted it had given a £14.4m contract to Pickerings Hire Limited. contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/9c70a9b…
Pickerings Hire Limited is, you will not be surprised to hear, the baby of John Bloor.
If Tories nakedly give public money to those who vote Tory they'll outrage those who think public money should go to those in need but the electorate will get the message, helped by the outraged sharing it, that if they want money they should vote Tory.
It's not that dissimilar to awarding huge public contracts to Party donors and associates. Yes, it's a disgraceful abuse of public money. But nevertheless businesses that want huge public contracts will learn they need to donate to the Tory party and employ current/ex Tory MPs.
It's not clear to me how you resolve this problem. What we dignify with the description 'constitution' isn't much more than an unenforceable agreement to abide by the rules of cricket. And if you decide you want to bowl bodyline there's not really anything to stop you.
Published today: almost £19m of contracts to Wernick Buildings Limited for work that started on 21 September but the contract for which was concluded only eight days ago. atamis-1928.cloudforce.com/sfc/p/#0O00000…
The personal attacks from @Jacob_Rees_Mogg won't make the scrutiny of his Government's misspending go away. They reveal merely how much his Government abhors what scrutiny represents.
This is how this Government reacts to private citizens who speak truth to power. Not by responding on the substance - because they cannot. But with personal attacks. Just like every ugly demagogue from history. They shame England. They shame our democracy.
(Also very pleased to see a rare appearance in print of @gem_abbott, our Legal Director. She has been targeted here by a number of those who call themselves 'feminist' but hate us for our work on trans rights. This is as good a moment as any to give the facts of her appointment.
I appointed her to work one or two days a week, freelance, when @GoodLawProject had only one employee. I had no prior personal connection with her at all. None. She had come to my attention through her work on period poverty with @free_periods which involved law and campaigning.