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31 Jul, 19 tweets, 5 min read
Keeping track of this lot eroding democracy and accountability

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Plans to constrain the Electoral commission

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independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Voter suppression via Voter ID

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Gerrymandering the borders to get 10 extra Tory seats

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thetimes.co.uk/article/redraw…
Police Bill to ban protest

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independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Changing Mayor voting system to favour a Tory Mayor

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theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
Unelected ministers in government

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Mates in the house of lords

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Judiciary review to absolve the government

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theguardian.com/law/2021/apr/3…
Illegally prorogued parliament

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Suppressing journalists via a "national security" act - up to 14 years in prison.

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Boycotting critical media

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Selling off Channel 4

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Plans to curb crowdfunding for projects like the Good Law Project

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Plans to increase the spending limit for election campaigns - which will favour the Tories.

Smaller parties simply don't have the millions for campaign funds.

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independent.co.uk/news/uk/politi…
Election dates - removing the decision from parliament and handing over the power to the prime minister

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Secret club that advises government

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theguardian.com/politics/2021/…
Sidelining parliament

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Elections Bill - organising tactical voting will be a criminal act.

from @pimlicat at @BestForBritain

#ProgressiveAlliance

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independent.co.uk/voices/electio…

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4 Aug
Daily Excrement : "Brexiteers tear apart 'petty' EU's anti-Brexit plot to slap visa fees on UK travellers!!!!"

This really does p*** me off.

#ETIAS

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Firstly, I've been saying this would happen since the Brexit sh!t show but accused of "project fear" and "scaremongery"

Some countries already need to apply for a visa to enter to the Schengen area. During the Brexit negotiations, the visa application was waived for the UK.

2/7
But we knew ETIAS was coming, it was approved for development in Nov 2016

+ The EU isn't "punishing Britons" FFS. The ETIAS applies to everyone outside the EU, not just the UK

The US, Canada, Australia and NZ already have an electronic visa system

ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/s…

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22 Apr
Talking of ventilators, remember these at the beginning of the pandemic:

* UK company MEC Medical - 500 ventilators, ignored
* UK company Direct Access - 5,000 ventilators, ignored
* British director of UAE company Topland - 15,000 ventilators, ignored

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* Worcester based G-Tech - a vacuum manufacturer - told to stand down
* EU emergency bulk buy initiative, ignored because it would interfere with Brexit

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UK ministers under fire over ventilator delays

Suppliers say offers were ignored while EU says Britain knew of joint procurement plan

ft.com/content/f9051f…
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12 Sep 20
Sound familiar?

This article recalls interviews with 10 German men in a German town shortly after the war.

medium.com/@cfhorgan/this…

h/t to @DangerousGlobe Image
Just to add to this, this is the full version of "Don't be a Sucker" - an anti-Nazi US public information film.

In the middle is this bit:

"But the man who was really being fooled was Hans. ... To him they promised everything, and he fell for it"

I'd also recommend watching "Rise of the Nazis"

There are plenty of documentaries about WW2 but not many about how Hitler came to power. There are a lot of parallels.

bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod…
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6 Apr 20
Areema Nasreen (36) - Staff nurse at Walsall Manor Hospital, West Midlands

Aimee O’Rourke (39) - Nurse at Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Hospital in Margate, Kent

Lynsay Coventry (54) - Midwife at Princess Alexandra hospital in Harlow, Essex

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Thomas Harvey (57) - HCA at Goodmayes Hospital in Ilford, East London

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Dr Alfa Sa'adu - geriatric consultant, later a medical director. He came out of retirement to help out at Princess Alexandra Hospital in Harlow.

Dr Adil El Tayar - transplant surgeon who had volunteered at Hereford A&E

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