A real & present danger. The handmaid's tale narrative coming to life.
theguardian.com/us-news/2022/j…
Homer-Dixon says that a fascist US regime would seek to undermine Canada. I am in no doubt that, should this scenario happen, the Conservatives if still in government would ally with America & join forces to seek to destabilise the EU.
The dangers presented by the Brexiters are not only domestic. Close to & financially supported by the US extreme right, they are a threat to a weakened international order. Some leaders like Draghi or Macron - and hopefully Scholz- see this. Other are oblivious or (🇵🇱🇬🇧🇭🇺)
hopeful that it will happen. Our next election is truly fundamental. I hope @Keir_Starmer @EdwardJDavey & @TheGreenParty see this & will rise above parties petty squabbles. As shown in America, winning one election isn't enough: introducing PR is a patriotic duty to prevent a
return of the Conservatives with an FPTP majority and an urge to dismantle much further our democratic institutions.

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1 Jan
Almost six out of 10 (57 per cent) believe Boris Johnson lied to them about what Brexit would be like during the bitter referendum campaign of 2016.
More than half of those questioned (51 per cent) want a referendum on rejoining at some point, with 39 per cent saying it should come in the next five years, compared to just 32 per cent who say the issue should never be reopened.
When asked what effect Brexit had so far had on the UK’s interests generally, some 38 per cent said it had been damaging, against just 27 per cent who said it had improved matters.
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9 Dec 21
These are the reasons @DJAHallam gives for asking Labour voters not to vote for Helen Morgan:
She is he says "obsessed with nazis". This is because she:
- told Patel to "tear up her Goebbels'manual" because of her approach to propaganda around refugees
- compared the PM's attempts to prorogue Parliament as acting like "what Hitler did in 1933" & a "shameless power grab"
- compared the situation of Jewish people fleeing war and persecution to the situation of the refugees doing the same today
I am rather impressed by Mrs Morgan
Note that before posting this article, he started by implying she was pro-nazis. The honest Mr Hallam.
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9 Dec 21
A deeply depressing letter sent by @DavidHallam in response to @guardian article urging Labour’s supporters to back the @LibDems in North Shropshire. It contains everything which makes people despair of British politics. 🧵
2/First the naked tribalism. Asking Labour voters to vote LD isn't asking them to vote "against their own party". A Tory loss (see @MartinKettle in the Guardian today) would deal a devastating blow to the Conservatives & would advance Labour's interests.
3/Conversely, a Conservative victory, particularly in the circumstances of this seat - Patterson's corruption, the Downing Street parties' scandal- will allow Johnson to reassert his "Teflon" authority on his MPs. How does this serve Labour's interests?
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1 Dec 21
And now in the New Stateman ( previously very opposed to a #ProgressiveAlliance). Not an editorial but...the movement is clear.
newstatesman.com/comment/2021/1…
The chorus of voices in favour of a #ProgressiveAlliance is louder every day. Yesterday Rafael Behr.
In @NewStatesman "To secure a majority of just one, Keir Starmer’s party needs to win 125 additional seats – an almost impossible task given its collapse in Scotland and the way its vote is concentrated in cities and university towns. Analysis suggests it would fall short
Read 4 tweets
1 Dec 21
Hello @SteveBakerHW @DavidDavisMP
I am told you are "libertarians". Care to comment about this unbelievable bill in a supposed democracy?
This is tantamount to a ban on peaceful protests. It is draconian & tyrannical ( to use a word you are fond of).

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
-ban protesters from attaching themselves to another person (linking arms), to an object (holding on when dragged), or to land.Punished by 51 weeks’ imprisonment.
-ban any obstruction in any way of major transport works from being carried out. Maximum sentence of 51 weeks.
So a man lying in front of a bulldozer as Johnson said he would at Heathrow. Residents in England protesting against HS2. Jail sentence
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