@georgemonbiot highlights the worrisome trend in government chicanery, telling us oppressive legislation like the #PCSC Bill will improve and help our nation. 1/5
Further explored is the fact democracies across the world are suppressing the right to peaceful protest - the UK included - thus eroding the mechanisms of democracy. 2/5
You cannot HAVE democracy without the right for people to oppose the ruling class: once those rights are gone, it's a dictatorship. 3/5
Our government seems determined to do everything in its power to reduce the measure of power in the hands of the people, and remove the right to protest. 4/5
"PROTEST IS ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL FOR POLITICAL CHANGE"
AUTOCRACY AND THE STRATEGY OF PERPETUAL GOVERNANCE
A sneaky way for those in power to stay in power whilst appearing to operate within the structures of democracy.
Have those structures have been deliberately undermined to ensure democracy is merely a performance?
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When governments get hold of political weapons, they ensure the balance of power remains tilted in their favour.
These weapons may seem innocuous - media control, access to private info, a shield of money and influence amongst the elite - 2/9 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
they are anything but.
With these weapons, organisers can be discredited, rapidly found and neutralised. Protesters make a fuss that goes nowhere. Traditional actions of dissent don't make a dent in the capacity of the ruling class to retain power. 3/8 theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
We’ve referenced Priti Patel’s endorsement of the RSS/HSS/Hindutva (Nazi) ideology many times. This has led us to question whether it’s her extremist nature which compels her to embrace Paul Kagame the dictator and
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ignore all the warnings of Rwanda not being a safe option for asylum seekers. Just yesterday, a Parliamentary committee raised ‘fundamental concerns’ over compliance with international law and urged her to reconsider this policy. 2/
Even the US have recognised the Human Rights violations, political assassinations at home and abroad, they’re on the verge of stopping aid. Just a reminder, we are still discussing Rwanda and not Putin’s Russia. 3/
All the Tory candidates still believe Britain can dump people into another country thousands of miles away. The squatter in 10 Downing Street was at least hoping the policy was politically right...
2/ The UK is a beacon of “openness and generosity” – Boris Johnson in April, a bit rich as this couldn’t be any more contradictory whilst vehemently implementing the #Rwanda policy which was controversial from word go... and now:
3/ LIZ TRUSS SUGGESTS SENDING ASYLUM SEEKERS TO TURKEY…
And the Turkish government shot down her idea within hours of it being floated.
Considering Turkey already has the largest refugee population in the world. The Turkish government responded swiftly: ft.com/content/36678b…
The way Britain treats refugees and asylum seekers is part of the #HostileEnvironment, that led to the #NationalityAndBordersAct. We are pleased to support action to mitigate against it.
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We want to see the success of this campaign and all others that aim to challenge the deliberate cruelty of the #HostileEnvironment and are proud to work with and alongside organisations and individuals who make this their goal. 2/6 care4calais.org/stop-rwanda/#h…
The #HostileEnvironment consists of a set of policies and laws made to make it unbearable for some people to live in Britain. Originally intended to deter 'illegal immigrants', the plans backfired, throwing all non-White people into harm's way. 3/6 refugee-action.org.uk/a-decade-of-ho…
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When an instinctive reaction is simultaneously good and bad - THREAD:
After Mo Farah’s recent revelation, many of us instinctively applauded the Home Office as they delivered their lightning speed verdict of ‘no action’ against him.
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This in itself was a positive move. However, it highlights the blatant hypocrisy of their standard treatment towards victims of trafficking, refugees or asylum seekers…
If we are to be COMPLETELY HONEST, they're not the only hypocrites in this situation.
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As a society, WE also need to take responsibility for our support of the HO in this instance versus our usual complacency to their persecution. But it's tricky, this ‘instinct’ or involuntary emotion of empathy in certain instances - it's exceptionalism.
Allegedly due to 'competing demands' in the run up to Westminster Summer Holidays (recess), Priti Patel gave notice of her no-show last Wednesday at close of business the day before.
But surely accountability to Parliament should be a priority? 2/5
By the time September rolls around, and the cabinet have been shuffled into new roles, who knows what further scandals might take the heat off the quest for accountability . 3/5