#Ministers

Mark Curtis

markcurtis30

In case the penny hasn't dropped yet about the true nature of British power and political system, some thoughts based on recent case studies. My contention is that UK democracy

George Monbiot

GeorgeMonbiot

There's a far bigger cronyism scandal than Cameron's lobbying or Johnson's flat. But the media - in particular the BBC - has disgracefully failed to hold the government to account

Paul

kojoayitey

Some politics this morning? A short thread about my voting dilemma... Who deserves my vote. Back in 2016, I felt the NDC deserved to have been voted out of

Child Poverty Action Group

CPAGUK

We welcome the increase in the ‘National Living Wage’, the guaranteed £250 rise for public sector workers on less than the median wage, the £3bn for DWP to help people

Stephen Franks

franks_lawyer

1/n Our conventions for the period without a Parliament evolved over generations as bi-partisan commitment to democratic bottom lines. Incumbent rulers in corrupt countries use state resources and power to

David Wilson #stopelectoralfraud

CityHobo61

At home I get grief for firing off angry tweets, particularly over the last six days. Fair cop, but I have become increasingly angry. So here is a considered thread.BBC’s

Kojo Koram

KojoKoram

A thread on the new bogeyman of “critical race theory”https://www.theblaze.com/news/ready-uk-equalities-minister-torches-blm-movement-critical-race-theory-in-house-of-commons-floor-speech Watching dim-witted Tory junior ministers try ge

Chris Chetto, Oxbridge science grad, vs COVID🇬🇧

COVID__Out

UPDATE ON COVID-19 INFECTIONS FROM THE ONSOn Tuesday 23 June PM Johnson announced that COVID-19 infections in England had dropped to 1 in 1700, and that various easings could take

Sean

weare_spartan

There are a multitude of reasons people attended the #LondonProtest Saturday, no matter how opponents want to simplify, generalise and pigeon hole them as anti-lockdown/anti-vaccine etc. A thread.. in no

Alberto Alemanno

alemannoEU

No, don't dismiss Phil Hogan's golfgate as a 'Silly season news'. It will tell us how politically accountable EU Commissioners (de facto EU ministers) are vis-à-vis all EuropeansHere's a threadhttps://www.politico.eu/ar

Sydney Nash

NashSGC

An excellent & succinct summary of the failure of leadership, politics & good governance that has got the UK into the mess it is in today. There were good &

Tamanna

tamannasharma

Please feel free to correct me if I use any words that may seem misplaced but we need to talk about Mental Health of our elected leaders. A friend of

Karam Bales

karamballes

1/ Crackdown on behaviour, banning mobile phones, where have I heard this before?Leaked DfE policy discussion document August 2019.The one that talked of backing "reasonable force" to improve discipline, and

Danielle Lupton

ProfLupton

ICYMI: Forbes posted this article yesterday. Here's some of what we know about national level female leadership from an IR perspective - with a special focus on security [thread]https://www.forbes.com/sites/avivahwittenbergcox/2020/04/13/what-do-

Sarah Kellapatha

saararrr

on the night of june 1, 1981, exactly 39 years ago, an organized sinhala mob carried out an arson attack on the jaffna public library, which was at its time,

Kannan Gopinathan

naukarshah

"The worst is over"!Dear PM @narendramodi, here is a collection of "The worst is over" ft that you pulled off year after year. Imagine being able to say that every