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10 Mar, 4 tweets, 1 min read
Governance in this country is an absolute bin fire.
If you missed this story earlier today, you shouldn't have.
And if you missed this story earlier today, you shouldn't have.
Just an average day in the swamp.

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11 Mar
We are recruiting:

(1) Someone to help us ensure that, as we grow, we keep our internal non-hierarchical culture of collaboration and mutual respect. goodlawproject.org/news/hiring-hr…
(2) Someone to help us take the existing work of Good Law Project - and some new initiatives we have planned - to different audiences. goodlawproject.org/news/hiring-di…
(3) Someone to help us litigate in defence of democracy and good governance. goodlawproject.org/news/hiring-pu…
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10 Mar
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.
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9 Mar
I thought @piersmorgan didn't like snowflakes?
That was @alexberesfordTV, in case you were wondering.
Clip stolen from @RinoTheBeagle.
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4 Mar
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.
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26 Feb
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…
Its directors include David Mark Wernicke. …te.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/004144…
S Wernicke & Sons (Holdings Limited) is its immediate parent company.
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25 Feb
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.
On the plus side, Jacob's personal attacks have given a nice boost to our crowdfunding. crowdjustice.com/case/108millio…
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.
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