#Parliamentary

Sacha Forstner

sachaforstner

Okay, my little twitter bubble is talking about virtual Parliaments, and I have some thoughts, so here's a thread.(I said some of this stuff in replies to a friend last

Lewis Goodall

lewis_goodall

NEW: @Keir_Starmer announces senior shadow cabinet appointments. -@AnnelieseDodds: Shadow Chancellor-@lisanandy: Shadow Foreign Sec-@NickTorfaen: Shadow Home Sec-@RachelReevesMP: Shadow Chancellor of Duchy of Lancaster -@JonAshworth: Shadow Health Ni

Jo Maugham

JolyonMaugham

Tomorrow MPs, or some of them anyway, will vote on whether to disenfranchise up to 17.5 million voters. THREAD When the pandemic hit, Parliament introduced (on a temporary basis) remote

ناطق بالعربيّة

natekblarabiya

Speech of the SG of Hezbollah Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah on 29/9/2020:1/ Sayyed Nasrallah offers condolences to Kuwait and its people over the death of Emir Sheikh Sabah al-Ahmed al-Sabah.2/ The

Luke Pollard MP

LukePollard

MPs are now voting whether Parliament should have a vote on future trade deals. This amendment has been proposed by a Tory backbencher and I’m voting for it. Taking back

Matt Cavanagh

matt_cav_

This report rings true, and for me, has depressing echoes of the debate around the British military campaign in Helmand (which I worked on, in the Treasury, the Ministry of

Chad Pergram

ChadPergram

1) Am told that much of the next coronavirus bill will likely focus on still trying to get provisions to health care workers and cover health care costs. After approving

Socialist_Tipster

Eyecatcher_Pro

First, lockdowns have enabled unprecedented corporate consolidation and strengthened the hand of big capital by destroying a large proportion of small, independent businesses. We appear to be transitioning rapidly into

Anna-Sophie Heinze

as_heinze

Last Thursday, in a vote in the state parliament of Saxony-Anhalt, the two opposition parties (AfD and Linke) outvoted the government majority (CDU, SPD, Greens) and triggered a fierce dispute.

Neoliberal Rat Goddess 25-30

NLRG_

message me your hottest take and ill post it anonymously animals have no inherent moral worth, and their welfare matters only to the extent that human cultural norms & behaviors

Dr. Ellie Lockhart, When All The Nerds Died

BootlegGirl

Okay, I wanna talk about The Debate Mindset and how it’s escaped collegiate debate. I wish I could leave this thread open to replies, but I can’t - I’ve seen

Maureen Fitzsimmons

mojos55

A Job Well DoneMeanwhile, the best epitaph for Corbyn’s inner-party opponents comes from one of their own: Gavin Shuker, the Labour MP who helped form a new party, Change UK,

Laleh Khalili

LalehKhalili

Just finished @thariel's extraordinary _Out of Time: The Queer Politics of Postcoloniality_. There are some books that both make you feel smarter simply through proximity with the author's thoughts; AND

Sebastian Payne

SebastianEPayne

In a bold lockdown development, I've taken up photography with a proper camera again. Made my first foray into the office yesterday - this is what a deserted capital and

Roméo Marcantuoni

Seitanical

A thread on the CPDJ and DPP merger that is, once again, a bit more complicated than it has any right to be. Specifically, Kagawa representative Tamaki Yuichiro is not

Jesse Hitchcock

jessehitchcock

Who's ready for a rant about how our Parliamentary democracies are supposed to function?! Here we go! A #peipoli THREAD (that applies to all Canadian Govts): We often encounter