#Parliament

Sean

_Sean_________

Why is proportional representation a good idea?1. It means that *all* votes matter in elections, not just those for the candidate with the most number of votes. Why is proportional

Tonda MacCharles

TondaMacC

Trudeau, Ng, Freeland, Tam & Njoo at news conference as Cda #COVID19 cases top 202,200 cases, w/ more than 22,000 active cases. Ng announces extra $12m for small biz in

Alex Patelis

PatelisAlex

1. Last week Microsoft announced it has selected Greece to build a new data centre region as part of #GRforGrowth, in an investment that is expected to leave an economic

Bteve Sannon

Clintons_Emails

A bust of John Adams in Vizcaya testifying to his admiration for the system of Fueros in the Empire of Spain (Fueros find an approximate parallel in

Andrew Levi

AndrewPRLevi

Before the final results in Scotland, a reminder:These are national parliamentary elections. Not local.The most prominent issue in them has been whether one nation (Scotland) should hold a referendum on

Ketaki Zodgekar

ketaki_zod

The 4pm deadline for candidates to register for #GE2019 HAS PASSED. This means that we now know the final list of which MPs are standing down at this election

Sami

samifouad

Chief Littlechild once attended residential schools. Decades later in 2007, he helps draft the UN Declaration on Indigenous Rights.@jkenney was serving as Secretary of State - Multiculturalism & Canadian Identity

Robert Jenrick

RobertJenrick

The national effort to support rough sleepers through this crisis has been remarkable.We have here a golden opportunity to ensure that people do not return to a life on the

Joe McIntyre

Dr_Joe_McIntyre

A quick thread on Judicial Accountability. The widespread disgust regarding the sexual harassment allegations against former High Court justice Dyson Heydon has - of course - got people thinking about

Jason Kint

jason_kint

This is worth your 90 seconds. Urgent. Please share. Link and info here - ⁦@FBoversight⁩ kicks off at 2pm ET today. Here is @DamianCollins who led both the UK Parliament

Simon Lelieveldt

finhstamsterdam

In the Netherlands we really have a nice hotspot in crypto. At least three excellent podcasts (@CryptocastNL @debitcoinshow @RadioSatoshi) and a whole range of token based and blockchain initiatives. We

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Canadian Prime Ministers have a fun gambit: when things start to go really badly for them, they "prorogue" (suspend) Parliament, which dissolves all committees, inquiries, etc, until such time as

Idriss A. Nassah

mynassah

The President of Malawi, Lazarus Chakwera, has a weekly radio address in which he updates the citizens on progress made and sets down the tone and direction of his leadership.

Best for Britain

BestForBritain

This govt’s been hit by multiple controversies recently over its standards and transparency. We want democracy to be something you do - not something you have done to you. So

hollyween ♡

chaeweus

questions for australians by an australian when are we all going to agree sydney is not all that? which state has the worst public transport? how do you feel

قیصر خان

Qaiser__Khan

Since today is the death anniversary of Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto, former Prime Minister of Pakistan, I decided to prepare a thread on how he's remembered by the Ahmadiyya Community of