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24 Mar

Tomorrow #Govt isn't introducing a new Act as some are reporting. It’s a vote to renew powers as required by S98 #coronavirus Act 2020 legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2020/7/s… . Motion “That the temporary provisions of the Coronavirus Act 2020 should not yet expire.”
whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal34363
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1st review was in Sept 2020 when I & others urged #MPS NOT to renew the powers as HMG already have necessary powers under existing legislation & due to our concerns of mass scale curtailing of our civil liberties & the creation of an unintentional wave of #authoritarianism
2/9

In the Sept review, at least crisis changes to the Mental Health Act were removed as they had reduced the number of doctors needed to make decisions about someone's care, mental health capacity, sectioning & had increased timeframes people could be detained against their will
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Gina Miller

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14 Mar

Make no mistake, under the cover of #COVID19 this government is profiteering in terms of power. I've been trying to get people to wake up – eg article I wrote in Dec 2020 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
But against the back drop of last night on #ClaphamCommon
1/11

And the #PoliceCrimeSentencingCourtsBill coming before #Parliament tomorrow/Tues, we need a social media storm before we end up with a police state where our silence results in our civil liberties eroded in ways that it will be almost impossible to claw back.
2/11

The Bill's factsheets are here gov.uk/government/pub… - but how can 300 pages was only published last Tuesday with the deadline for Mps to speak on Friday & with 2 days to debate not be undermining Parliament's sovereignty and our fundamental rights?
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Gina Miller

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15 Nov 20

Today #Labour is calling for emergency legislation to remove "dangerous #antivax content", such as posts against the use of #Vaccines - whilst there's an urgent need for action in respect of the #pandemic , this is only one symptom of a much bigger issue re #socialmedia
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Big tech companies are allowed to make billions with impunity. They have too much power over our economy, society, health, democracy & discourse. Platforms that allow abuse, distortion of truth & bullying on industrial scales are to poisoning our lives
2/3

Crime has moved online, hiding in plain sight & exploiting the vulnerable: fake job ads soared by 70% since March, online financial scams increased by 80% this year. Funding platform GoFundMe allowed this '£10,000 to kill Gina Miller' page for 5 mths huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/gina-mil…
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Gina Miller

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1 Sep 20

As more people question the number of time Govt is bypassing #Parliament to restrict our lives; and question why they're still allowed to do so, even though we're not in the state of emergency as we were in March, might I remind MPs & commentators that many of us flagged this
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when the #Coronavirus Bill was introduced to House of Commons 19 March 2020, not only was it being rushed through & was complex and lengthy, it contained significant constitutional & civil liberties implications - inc creating extensive delegated powers & Henry VIII powers.
2/6

Many of these powers are subject to a limited form of parliamentary scrutiny and others are not subject to ANY parliamentary procedure whatsoever. Since the Act received Royal Assent 25 March, 90+ coronavirus laws and rules have been imposed without Parliamentary scrutiny
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Gina Miller

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4 Mar 20

@CommonsTreasury

Back from @CommonsTreasury session & will share some of the dubious answers Andrew Bailey gave to questions triggered by our @True_and_FairUK Asleep at the Wheel report & other campaigns inc @LCFBondholders
@mortgageprison - delighted the Committee found our report helpful

@TheFCA

Mr Bailey took the panel on a history lesson & suggested that as @TheFCA is only a young organisation, started in 2013 it doesn't have the reputation or integrity as the @bankofengland
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@theFCA

When @theFCA started intention was to only regulate big firms - now has to regulate 59,000 firms so can't manage. Agreed there was systematic failure in the regulator which was not his fault but the fault of MPs & government for not chnaging the @TheFCA 's remit

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Gina Miller

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14 Nov 19

Several #TacticalVoting websites are claiming they're responsible for the tactical voting success in 2017 GE. Simply untrue. It was the then Best for Britain campaign & team which I launched, raised funds for & led. All these sights are going to split the remain tactical vote

Voters are far more volatile than in 2017 & the Brexit Party vote share is much higher than the UKIP vote in 2017 so their pact with the Tories will have more effect. In the 1997 tactical vote about 30% of the vote went the wrong way - we can't afford for that to happen

To wipe out a Tory majority we need more than 6.5 m to tactically vote. So whilst a website is important - engagement, reach & trust. PR/ media covergae is also vital. In EU Elections RemainUnited.org tactical voting campaign had 11.3 engagements & 1.47 on the website.

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