Thread by @carolecadwalla

This is a really important article by @PeterKGeoghegan that encapsulates what many of us fear. That we are in a slide toward a ‘managed’ democracy. This is how it happens. This is what it looks like.

opendemocracy.net/en/opendemocra…

Far too few people shouting about this. This was excellent by @Freedland but this collection of bills individually diminish our democracy & collectively take a blunderbuss to it & are happening now in plain sight. And once passed, there’s no coming back
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

And watch this @allthecitizens interview with @DPuttnam. Actually listen to what he’s saying.

“Elements of the Nazi playbook" are unfolding now.

"Slowly, slowly, slowly, we are drifting into accepting a diminished democracy"

And it’s why our tiny grassroots pro- democracy sector is so important. Not just @openDemocracy but also the essential work done by @GoodLawProject & @BylineTimes & @Foxglovelegal & us at @allthecitizens.

And why the Covid inquiry is next crucial step.

If it doesn’t feel very ‘British’ to worry about the threat to democracy, it’s because it’s not very British. This is a global phenomenon. Read this essential terrifying piece on what is happening in America by Yale philosopher @jasonintrator.
theguardian.com/world/2021/dec…

And follow journalist @RanaAyyub who is sounding a code red alarm over what is happening in India. It’s there that the alignment between authoritarianism & big tech is so blatant & so terrifying. Calls for a Muslim genocide going viral today across all platforms.

https://twitter.com/ranaayyub/status/1473923452461477888

And it’s why Dmitry Muratov & @mariaressa’s Nobel is so symbolically important. And connects to us too. The lies that Johnson tells are not just those of a feckless Etonian. They’re part of a global pattern. A technologically-enabled assault on truth.

It’s why facts matter. Why @PeterStefanovi2’s & @OborneTweets heroic attempts to hold Johnson accountable for his lies are so crucial & why @allthecitizens asked @Femi_Sorry to weekly fact-check PMQs. As @mariaressa says, it’s down to us to hold the line.