#Parliament

Australia gave up its guns.Let's get this straight.Here be a thread..(1) Australia didn't exist before the American War of Independence.Australia was founded as a Penal Colony primarily when The First
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This is the next step in the presidentialisation of UK politics: a US-style "Administration," staffed by prime ministerial appointees from outside Parliament, whose authority flows directly from the PM, rather
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From the start of 2015 until the end of 2017, UK support to immunisation programmes immunised an estimated 56.4 million children, saving an estimated 990,000 lives. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm5801/cmselect/cmintdev/215/21507.ht
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Yknow how everyone is talking about the guy who splurged RM2.3mil on his sugar baby? Turns out he imports indonesian foreign workers for a living. I have read quite a
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My book “Lost on Division: Party Unity in the Canadian Parliament” published by the @utpress is finally in print. In it, I study the development of party discipline in Canada
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A 15 year old trans boy dies, and all anti-trans vultures do is misgender him and use him for political capital.These are the same ‘gender critical’ names we see again
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It is historically significant. This thread is about the Court Case, what it means and why it should succeed. For some reason it’s under the radar, but expect it to
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Just read @MattHancock announcement re deployment of the digital tracing app @LeoKelion https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-52263244 - some thoughts: (THREAD) 1. Contact tracing can work as part of much bigger puzzle. It is
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More than half of these are likely one Public Private Partnership (PPP) deal, where the contractor won’t receive any payment until homes are occupied.. & then €1m /month, every month
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The debate in Parliament today dealt with important steps to put on a statutory footing the actions of covert human intelligence sources in addressing crimes like terrorism and child sexual
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Two crucial Higher Education ballots open today! With one on pay, equality, job security, and workload, and the other on #USS pensions, both disputes centre on whether employers can afford
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We’ve put together some info on #EndSARS and how you can meaningfully help from outside Nigeria. Check the link in our bio, or the thread below, for ways to
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When the programs were being designed to support Canadians where was Scheer? Complaining about the recall of parliament and demanding in house sittings. When we needed to take action and
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A Q thread on Angela Merkel (12 Q drops)#QAnon #AngelaMerkel 1) Queen of England - November 2017 2) Trace the Bloodlines - November 2017 3) Stage Must Be Set World
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Absolutely recommend this piece as a good insight into where many Scots are politically at present, in both the good and bad senses: correctly summarises broad situation then sails off
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In 2018 weak voluntary management measures for wrasse were introduced by the Scottish Government in agreement (only!) with the fish farming industry. We need your help to sort this out.
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