@liambyrnemp praised @carolecadwalla in debate on #ElectionsBill 👏👏
He proposed #PandoraAmendments to allow @ElectoralCommission to call-in donations for assessment on national security grounds! We need to clean up "LAUNDROMAT of British Politics awash with DARK MONEY"! 😱😭
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@bbcsml
☡"WE NEED TO BE CAUTIOUS" [@mvankerkhove of @WHO]
"We're NOT out of the woods yet!
We need to exit this gracefully, carefully & slowly.
This virus is moving to an endemic state, but can't reach an endemic state in one country, while the pandemic is thriving elsewhere"🔥
WE ARE WORRIED about NEXT VARIANT❗
We're tracking descendant sublineages of #Omicron BA.1, BA.2,
BA.3❗
AND 30 sublineages of #Delta we're tracking worldwide❗
The virus is still evolving❗
Virus is NOT behaving like a seasonal respiratory virus❗
It will thrive in any climate❗
NATIONAL IMPORTANCE #Lawfare 20/1/22 @DavidDavisMP
'..those with exceptionally deep pockets & exceptionally questionable ethics. These people use our justice system to threaten, intimidate & put the fear of God into British journalists, citizens, officials & media organisations..
What results is injustice, intimidation, suppression of free speech, the crushing of a free press, bullying& bankruptcy. It results in protection from investigation & gives encouragement to fraudsters, crooks & money launderers...
It's turned London into the global capital of dirty money. In extreme cases, it can undermine the SECURITY OF THE STATE by allowing people to act as extensions of foreign powers.
This is LAWFARE—lawfare against British freedom of speech, lawfare against the freedom of the press
@carryonkeith@GarethDaviesNAO@IanKingSky MORE EXAMPLES:
1.'DUPLICATE PAYMENT CONTROL': Spotting ppl who were making #BounceBack loan applications to multiple banks, that wasn't brought in for a month which might not sound v much but in this scheme £28 BILLION was lent in the 1st month & by far the busiest month!...
2/
@carryonkeith@GarethDaviesNAO@IanKingSky So before any duplicate checks in place, £28 bn had gone out the door!😱😬
2.'COUNTER FRAUD CHECKS': 'Spotting where a dormant company had a new director added to it in Company's House, signalling in many cases...somebody is using that dormant company to commit a FRAUD...
3/
Great speech by @EmilyThornberry in Global Britain Debate!
But OMG!!!
Now #Theresa May speech is ASTONISHING!😲 @carolecadwalla@mrjamesob
Global Britain: It's about more than trade, it's about "shared values, our respect for human dignity, human rights, equality, the #RuleofLaw
freedom, democracy..it's about how we work with others.& maintain rules-based order which protects those values..
Sadly what we saw last wk in US shows us how fragile..democracy can be when it is under pressure from #populism & #nationalism fuelled by messages disseminated on SM!
At current pt for UK post Brexit dealing with Covid, yet to deal with societal & economic impacts..imperative we reject any push toward nationalism & isolationism😱
Move away from strong men facing upto each other..& find ways to work with those who share our values under threat
This is an IMPORTANT podcast episode too!!
Esp concerning financial loopholes undermining our elections, enabling foreign interference by malign forces!!😱😭#RussiaReport#Disinformation#DefendDemocracy
LORD KERR
"FARCICAL proceedings, rubber-stamping a CRUCIAL Bill in an afternoon"😱
What's most striking =treaty's ASYMMETRY: We are a service economy running goods deficits & service surpluses, yet this treaty gives the 27 free access here for their goods but gives us nothing..
❌NOTHING in return on services:
❌NOTHING for the City or Edinburgh;
❌NO passporting
❌NO equivalence
❌NO recognition of qualifications
❌NOTHING on data adequacy
❌NOTHING for the digital or creative economy, hard hit by the loss of free movement.💔😭
As for exports of UK goods, on top of the NEW BORDERS & BUREAUCRACY, our negotiators have LOST on:
Rules of origin, on SPS & on testing & certification.😭
EU exporters to us face no similar costs here, so it is not just asymmetrical, it is LOSE-LOSE😭#BrexitReality#BrexitDeal