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15 May, 6 tweets, 4 min read
Another day, another #lobbying scandal - & yet another breach of the worthless & pointless Ministerial Code.

Our Government shows a flagrant disregard for transparency, democratic checks & balances, & the law.

Below, some previous #THREADS on lobbying.

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9…
First up, a #THREAD about divisive ex-corporate lobbyist, proven bully, & serial Ministerial Code-breaker Home Secretary Priti Patel, who also enjoys attacking "activist" lawyers for doing their job, demonizing asylum seekers, & criminalizing protest:

Here's a long #THREAD about lobbying & corporate propaganda.

1 in 5 of the new Tory MPs from 2019 have worked in lobbying or PR for corporate interests, & 4 of Britain’s largest lobbying firms now have at least one former employee in parliament.

A #THREAD on Eton: it's not a coincidence that the dysfunctional, infantile. & self-entitled current PM Boris Johnson, & the damaged, infantile. & self-entitled ex-PM David Cameron both went to #Eton, & are both embroiled in lobbying scandals.

At least five Tory MPs are under investigation over attempts to lobby judges.

Parliament’s #sleaze watchdog has confirmed it was investigating the MPs; Roger Gale, Adam Holloway, Bob Stewart, Theresa Villiers & Charlie Elphicke's estranged wife, Natalie.

theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
#TorySleaze never went away.

Here's FIFTY news stories of corruption & #TorySleaze from 2011 to 2018 - before Boris Johnson became PM of the most corrupt Government in British history.

Remember, fewer than 3 in 10 of the electorate voted Tory in 2019.

leftgreen70.wordpress.com/2018/04/26/40-…

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16 May
#THREAD

Most of us accept that it's entirely sensible to get vaccinated against #COVID19 & to keep new variations under control.

While there are legitimate concerns over lockdowns, anti-vaxxers, & those who believe COVID is 'a hoax', are among the most dangerous fools on earth. Image
Yet our dysfunctional Govt & PM blather about 'common sense' & refuse to condemn them, having repeatedly failed to take decisive action to control the virus.

We've know about the #IndianVariant since February, but action wasn't taken until late April - & STILL flights arrive! ImageImage
When combined with a decade of unnecessary ideological austerity, outsourcing, privatisation, & real-terms cuts of 25% since 2015/16 to our #NHS, it is *crystal clear* that these corrupt free-market obsessed criminals are directly responsible for 130,000 largely avoidable deaths. Image
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14 May
'The capitalist ideology of class mobility remains, but COVID makes the idea that it's the INDIVIDUAL’s fault they're not doing better economically less convincing - the pandemic makes it clear that objective conditions are responsible for an individual’s economic misfortune'.
"Given that many people now spend most of their days on the internet to meet their social needs, the culture industry, which bombards us with ads whenever we are online, has an even stronger and more intrusive presence in our lives than Adorno could have imagined."
"Today’s culture industry... has now more opportunities to mutilate our critical thinking, atrophy our imagination, & silence our critical voice, so we cannot imagine anything beyond what the culture industry impels us to want & buy."
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14 May
Nick Pisani was appointed #bbcqt Editor in 2000, resigning abruptly in May 2005 after news was leaked that he had been offered a job as David Cameron's head of TV presentation.

Ed Havard was made acting editor in May 2005 & in 2009 offered a seat on the panel to Nick Griffin.
In a shameless & sinister clickbait post in March 2020, #bbcqt uploaded anti-immigrant Twitter comments from a far-right supporter who allegedly also ran for the National Front and showed support for the English Defence League. Baroness Warsi & MP Debbie Abrahams wrote to #bbcqt:
“Producers of #bbcqt seek out controversial members of the audience in an attempt to curry large ratings... By providing a platform for views that are racist or sexist, the institution is normalising them & contributing to the coarsening of public debate & the growing toxicity".
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11 May
The latest salvo in the "common sense" bullshit-get-out-clause, which the Tories always mobilise to avoid taking responsibility or being held accountable.

The last time Boris Johnson spouted this shit & it was splashed on the front pages was in may 2020, & that went REALLY well.
People who say "just use your common sense":

Julia Hartley-Brewer
Iain Duncan Smith
Jacob Rees-Mogg
Isabel Oakeshott
Allison Pearson
Boris Johnson
Michael Gove
Laurence Fox
Nigel Farage
Toby Young
Claire Fox

People who think that's dumb:

Albert Einstein
Antonio Gramsci
"Common sense" is a myth. The Tories' "common sense" call for #austerity has been revealed as a perverse & damaging ideological ploy.

We now know that cuts to public spending resulted in Britain being one of the most ill-prepared countries in the world to deal with #coronavirus.
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10 May
I watched the film John Carpenter's 'They Live' this morning.

If you haven't seen it - watch it.
They live among us.
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9 May
So here we are again.

A #THREAD on some lessons for @Keir_Starmer & @UKLabour from when John Smith became Labour leader back in 1992, after another humiliating defeat.

How does Labour become electable again?
When John Smith became leader of the Labour Party in July 1992 he introduced the ‘one member one vote’ system for electing the Party leader but otherwise wanted to minimise conflict within the Labour Party, which was still smarting from the general election defeat under Kinnock.
He wanted to heal divisions and focus instead on the unpopularity of the Tory Government.

Blair's henchman John McTernan stated John Smith and Labour were heading for “certain victory” in the 1997 general election.
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