#Parliament

UCU NEC: a narrative on the Osime Brown motion remitted Nov 13th from an FE rep of 3 years' NEC experience. Thread Firstly, let's remember what function the NEC offers
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Parliament’s UK Coordination Group just met again this morning with EU negotiator @MichelBarnier for an urgent update on the state of play of the ongoing negotiations. @Europarl_EN continues to
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THREAD: With the Aviation Minister's remarks in parliament over fake licenses causing a fallout, many supporters of the PTI are arguing that full disclosure was warranted.As someone who has worked
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1/ In October we launched our joint inquiry with @CommonsSTC on the lessons learnt from covid-19. Here’s a recap of some of the key things we’ve heard so far. #COVID19LessonsLearnt
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This is the next step in the presidentialisation of UK politics: a US-style "Administration," staffed by prime ministerial appointees from outside Parliament, whose authority flows directly from the PM, rather
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c. 0836 @BBCr4today a piece on #scotgov cancellation of school exams in 2021 in response to covid. Headteacher: 'We've had a whole term of indecisiveness ... he [Swinney] should have
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Inquiry+DfE (THREAD).Various followers alerted me that Parliament are conducting an inquiry into covid impact on education and social services, and on DfE response.It claims it “will scrutinise how the Department
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What is currently missing from the narrative around border crossings is that what EVERYONE is asking the Government to do is to control their borders more effectively. The difference being
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Yesterday, the first rapport of the FISC committee was voted upon in the European Parliament. Here I will quickly outline why the EU blacklist of tax havens needs to be
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Two years after start of German 5G debate, new draft law kicks Huawei decision further down the road while Telekom & Vodafone are busy creating facts with Huawei gear. While
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My defense of the American War of Independence:A lot of trads are very critical of America because they see a rebellion of republicans away from a monarch. I think the
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It's extremely important for Labour to take action on anti-Semitism and all racism, but I believe it was wrong for Starmer to sack Long-Bailey. True, the article she shared approvingly
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THREAD:This is one of the worst things I have read during this pandemic. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/9253/pdf/?fbclid=IwAR2cQdnKD-Vuv78ujA9iv0Ydo-RivlDPOdMQ8vrNuyZ3iKsVhcWE9JZ5_eA There is much to take issue with, but I
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Final hearing for the grants inquiry today and we will hopefullly FINALLY get to the bottom of who in the Premier, Deputy and Minister's offices was involved in the allocation
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Thread Why is #ReleaseTheRussiaReport important? Well, aside from the dark ads, murky money etc it is possibly the greatest opportunity to influence UK voters. A big claim I know.
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Google just announced a deal with News Corp. I hate this. It means that media blackmail works. It sets a terrible precedent for the net. It gives Google yet more
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