Bewildered, but not politically homeless, @sdphq...@DontDivideUSNow... If we all thought the same, we wouldn't need to vote....(Me, myself, I).
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#coffeebreak viewing. Interesting and influential Bruges speech from Maggie T on the European partnership. To be fair, this was how I envisaged and wanted the EEC/EU to become/remain. #FBPE #brexitdebate @ConorBurnsUK
youtu.be/8nBt8Ahb48w
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Burnham could prove to be even worse than Starmerโฆ
๐จ NEW: Andy Burnham is set to increase international aid spending to 0.7% of GDP
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British runner Josh Kerr breaks world record for mile which had stood for 27 years
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While the mainstream parties have refused to contest the Clacton by-election, one long-suffering fringe outfit has decided to join Count Binface in the race against Nigel Farage. William Clouston, leader of the Social Democratic Party โ remember them?
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Article | spectator.com/article/the-sdโฆ | @MrSteerpike
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Many of us were dispirited by Farage handing the establishment an open goal in Clacton. It allowed the establishment to hoot and guffaw at the prospect of a humiliating faceoff with Binface -- caring nothing about how it turns British politics into an simperingly embarrassing farce or what it means for the people of Clacton's ability to choose a future. Well, here's an antidote. A thoughtful, patriotic leader of a party with a serious policy platform is willing to do what the mainstream parties, to their great shame, aren't: give the people of Clacton a choice.
The @SDPhq is a small, underfunded party (and who is surprised that they're underfunded, given they offer detailed, carefully considered, sometimes painful proposals for a proper reformation of the system of systems that is the British state and economy, and worse, ones that actually fit well with what the electorate want? Who wants that? Just the People.) But even if you disagree with the policy platform, it is undeniable that they are willing to do the right thing and actually take the problems facing Britain seriously, do the hard yards of producing solutions, and then have the bravery to pin their colours to these solutions even if they mean unpleasant tradeoffs. Isn't that what political parties should do? Surely giving the people of Clacton and, by extension of the media coverage of this by-election, Britons more broadly an opportunity to see such a platform is a good thing.
I am fairly certain that the establishment (by which in this case I mean the legacy media and political class), in all their smug denial of the issues and refusal to countenance an alternative way forward, will do their best to ignore this real choice. We should therefore do our best to ensure that people are aware it at least exists, even if we don't agree with everything Mr Clouston and his SDP says.
There is great potential in this country, but we must give it a chance to breathe. Repost tweets. Tag podcast hosts and news presenters. Get the word out. It costs you ten seconds every day to make a difference. Make British Politics Serious Again.
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William Clouston (@WilliamClouston), SDP, is standing to give the people of Clacton full and fair debate. ๐
@UKLabour won't serve Clacton.
@Conservatives won't serve Clacton.
@LibDems won't serve Clacton.
@TheGreenParty won't serve Clacton.
We will.
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If I lived in Clacton, I would vote SDP in the by-election. No hesitation.
William Clouston (@WilliamClouston), SDP, is standing to give the people of Clacton full and fair debate. ๐
@UKLabour won't serve Clacton.
@Conservatives won't serve Clacton.
@LibDems won't serve Clacton.
@TheGreenParty won't serve Clacton.
We will.
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Time for a grown-up debate about the future of this nation of ours.
essexcountynews.co.uk/news/2โฆ
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Munich Airport will build a migrant deportation facility, which will then be subsequently leased to the federal government and used by the federal police. The terminal is intended to increase the number of deportations carried out from Germany.
infomigrants.net/en/post/725โฆ
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Her name is Gina Martin. She was at a music festival in London when a man pushed his phone between her legs and took a photo under her skirt. She reported it to the police immediately. They told her it wasn't a criminal offence. There was nothing they could do.
She went home and decided that was unacceptable. With no legal background, no political connections and no funding she launched a campaign to make upskirting a criminal offence in England and Wales. She petitioned. She lobbied MPs. She spoke publicly about what had happened to her. The government initially blocked the bill.
She kept going. The Voyeurism Act passed in January 2019. Upskirting now carries up to two years in prison. Scotland followed. Other countries are following. A woman at a festival with no lawyer, no funding and no political connections rewrote the law for an entire nation in eighteen months.
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The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights addressed letters to the Foreign Ministers of Austria, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, and Greece about the potential human rights violations of return hubs. Read more:
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Since the suspension of family reunions last year, over 16,300 refugees in the UK have been stopped from reuniting with their families, sparking concern among rights groups that in the absence of legal routes, they might turn to smugglers to reach the UK.
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Construction has begun on the Falkland Islands' first oilfield - Sea Lion.
Over 300 million barrels of certified recoverable resources will be tapped in to in less than two years' time.
By the 2030s, the Falklands could be generating more income from oil and gas than Britain.
Peak tax revenue would be worth ยฃ80,000 a year for every individual man woman and child resident on the islands.
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5โฃ A man accused of murdering a man in Charminster is yet to enter a plea. Story by @HKnightEcho bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2โฆ
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4โฃ A fake BCP Council sign has sparked a campervan row, writes @Jess_Journo_ bournemouthecho.co.uk/news/2โฆ
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The UK's High Court has ruled "unlawful" a policy that prevented some migrants due to be removed under the "one in, one out" deal with France from challenging decisions rejecting their claims to be victims of human #trafficking.
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The EU has announced new visa restrictions for Guinean nationals, citing what it says is a certain lack of cooperation by Guinea in taking back its citizens who are staying in the EU without permission.
infomigrants.net/en/post/723โฆ
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Spain's deadline for applying under its extraordinary migrant regularization program two weeks ago, but for many applicants the process is not over.
Some may still be processing documentation, others are getting ready for the next phase: integration.
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