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14 Mar, 25 tweets, 8 min read
Well, to put it mildly it's a direct attack on the systems of democracy which includes the right to protest ->
"harsher penalties on those who attack statues than those who attack women" ->
It's a disgraceful attempt to push through a bill ->
Not a good news day for Priti Patel and the policing bill ->
Especially given that past Freudian slip -
But then, I've not been a fan of Priti Patel since that dreadful discussion on the death penalty -
This, however, is the bit you have to read, over and over, to get a real sense of "modern" Britain under this new bill -
What good looks like ->
Well, let us hope that the House of Commons comes to its senses and chooses not to rush through such legislation.
Such an enormous bill should not be presented in this way. Of course, that's a political ploy. If you vote down the bill because of one part, the purpose is to then accuse you of opposing other parts i.e. tougher sentences for some crimes.
X : What can we do?
Me : If the bill passes ... we will just have to wait until the next election and this time when someone stands on a ticket of doing good by everyone then ignore mainstream media and actually vote them in.
X : Is this related to brexit?
Me : Nope. What has been happening has nothing to do with brexit. It has everything to do with not voting Corbyn in. Those are the people who own this and all the other nonsense that has been happening.
The problem with the bill is how much has been rammed into it and the way it is being pushed through. There is sensible stuff but you've also got aspects that strengthen police powers to tackle non violent protests including because of annoyance - gov.uk/government/pub…
A basic human right is the freedom to assembly and yes, that assembly will undoutably cause some inconvenience and annoyance to others. Non violent protests do that. We shouldn't be rushing such erosions of civil liberties through Parliament.
An interruption which nails it ... there would be widespread support for the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill if it the Home Secretary hadn't bundled those divisive issues into it - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1…
There was no need for this bill to have further "criminalised the freedom to protest collectively. We're upto our eyeballs in this" - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1…
The suggestion to "press pause on the bill and bring the whole house together" seems eminently sensible.
"Freedom of speech is an important right in our democracy however annoying or uncomfortable that might be" - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1… ... gosh, why on earth the Conservatives ever replaced Theresa May with Boris is beyond me.
Then we come to the whole matter of ciminalising tresspass, no messing about on declaring these as "racist and draconian proposals" - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1…
Says it all -> "Putting statues before women, the Tories could end up on the wrong side of history"
It is failure that this bill has not made "misogyny a hate crime" - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1…
What marvellous words by @RhonddaBryant on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts bill - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1…
A truly amazing speech by @charlotte2153 - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1…
Amazing speeches this evening. From @AlexDaviesJones to @tobyperkinsmp - very impressive. But inbetween, well just listen ... who is @LeeAndersonMP? I had to doublecheck it hadn't cut over to an episode of Frontier, I was expecting muskets and flogging - parliamentlive.tv/event/index/b1…
I hadn't come across @LeeAndersonMP before but a quick google search and ... OMG.

It's all seems pretty bad (defund the BBC etc) but this is truly enlightening, well worth watching -

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An agile organisation is one that uses appropriate methods according to the context whether project management (i.e. XP to Lean to Six Sigma) or purchasing or team structures.

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A staggering and unimaginable cost with no clear evidence of effectiveness ... afaik, that's common language in the private sector for projects run by ex McKinsey consultants.

Test and trace should have been built by the NHS working with local councils - committees.parliament.uk/committee/127/…
Can we stop using the "NHS" moniker? This really should be Gov T&T because the NHS had it's own existing expertise in contact tracing which wasn't used and the NHS moniker is at best misleading. If you want to talk NHS then try NHS vaccine programme which is run by the NHS ...
... if you want some background try the BMJ - blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2020/12/11…
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