#Commons

Article 39

article_39

@Mr_Al_Coates here's a quick tour from the exemption clauses to now (after @tom_perkins4 prompt - thanks!). In May 2016, a Bill was introduced into Parliament which contained clauses allowing councils

Sunder Katwala

sundersays

Commons voted for this election 25 days ago. 19 days to polling day. So a fair way to go, but it will go quickly now. What is state of GE19?Personal

Ian Dunt

IanDunt

Today is going to be a beast of a day in the Commons. PMQs followed by two Labour opposition day motions designed to cause Tory MPs as much pain as

Warren Koch

cacophonicadent

Comrades: I'd like to use this newfound soapbox to share a PSA on a non-obvious existential threat looming to all potential socialist societies:Truly Anonymous Digital Currency While the ability to

Cory Doctorow

doctorow

Economists of every stripe, from Marx to Milton Friedman, have a consensus on the nature of land: "Land is a natural commons — it belongs to everyone, and that land

🟩Preston Pysh🟩

PrestonPysh

Investing during manipulated market conditions (a thread).Let's face the facts, you are not participating in free and open markets, so what's an investor to do? Here are a couple important

All Possums Go to Heaven

AndyinDC1

A few scattered thoughts on how private property—and specifically inheritable, alienable property in productive land—functions in a society.1/ First, private property drives inequality and, with it, coercive hierarchies. This is

Tangent

Tangent3

Prime Ministers, and their rise to power: a thread.At some point in the career of every PM, there is either a moment, or a combination of factors, which places them

Irishhistoricalgamer

irishshylock

Fresh from @robinwriting High King of Ireland last night, I'm continuing gaming of Irish history. This is The Irish Question, my own ongoing experimental game, covering Nationalism and Republicanism in

Alan Allport

Alan_Allport

Everyone reads the peroration to the 18 June 1940 “Finest Hour” speech. But what about the first sentence?“I spoke the other day of the colossal military disaster which occurred when

Maureen Fitzsimmons

mojos55

Outsourcing Brexit: £180 Million in Cabinet Office Contracts for Corporate Giants https://bylinetimes.com/2020/10/26/outsourcing-brexit-180-million-cabinet-office-contracts-corporate-giants/ Huge #Government contracts for the delivery of #

Steve Analyst

EmporersNewC

1. Since we’re having a general election, let me show you how a politician argues we should be removing environmental and food standards, but without actually saying so. 2. This

Britt Lonneville

BrittLonneville

#30DayMapChallenge - day 17: historical mapLet us take you on the epic journey of the Two Brothers in 1757, presented to us through the Prize Papers In close collaboration with

Chris Henry #UniversalBasicIncomeNow

Socialist_Chris

THREADSo, I've not been able to sleep tonight. I have a feeling it might be the prospect of Michael Gove as Prime Minister. "Why would that be then Chris?"Glad you

Card Hounds

CardHounds

New to sports card investing?There's a lot to take in when you first get into things.Especially, the terminology. So, in this thread we'll be defining a bunch of words you'll

ZEMOS98

ZEMOS98

Pedagogy of CareRethinking care in organisations in times of social and economic crisisParticipatory Action Research, 2018 - 2020 Hi there, @oerconf #OER20 #PoCare! Thank you for the presentation, @villaronrubia!Are you