#Scrutiny

Adam Tomkins MSP

ProfTomkins

On travel bans and legal rules: a few thoughts. For several weeks this year it was a criminal offence in Scotland to leave your home without reasonable excuse. The law

Russell A. Williams

RussAlanWill

In the lead up to the BC election last fall the chief electoral officer insisted on meeting with the party representatives on the electoral advisory committee to seek input on

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Erikals7

Since I’ve started supporting @abbybroyles I’ve been seeing comments regarding her looks. Too pretty, airbrushed, and even wrong lipstick (seriously).Arguments also include how certain people and parts of the state

Villain Lover Leoa

nerd_leoa

Does art impact reality? Yes.Does fiction have a role in how people shape their worldview? Yes.Is this a 1:1 correlation and erasing the existence of "bad art" will solve anything?

Mark Joseph Stern

mjs_DC

If I were Berman, I’d tell Barr I’m not leaving office until Trump *actually* fires me, because it’s pretty clear that he didn’t and Barr is just lying (again).https://twitter.com/w7voa/status/1274432902470737920 Barr’s

Alex Dean

AlexDean94

I asked former lord chief justice John Thomas about alleged judicial activismHe said the true fault lies with parliamentary process“Attacking judges for activism is quite often concealment, or an excuse

Fangirl Jeanne

fangirlJeanne

The thing about using Mutants as an allegory for race or queerness is it quickly reveals how little people understand how marginalization/oppression works.Mutants are not dangerous. The world around them

lower insulin prices, you cowards

ndybowling

This article is (correctly) getting crap for saying "only 12 patients died from insulin rationing - it's fine!", but there is so much more wrong with the article than that,

DeMarcus

semperdiced

1. Just because the GOP is corrupt doesn’t mean Dems are. (Dems aren’t perfect but c’mon). I feel like there’s often this thirst for accountability and with the GOP, that

Somerset Independents Putting Residents First

SomerInds

More Somerset Lib Dem failures! Our County Council Candidate for Frome, Denise Wyatt, will be speaking at tonight's @MendipCouncil Scrutiny Meeting. https://somerinds.blogspot.com/2020/11/easthill-frome-mendip-lib-dems-in.html There wil

Chris Bowling

ChrisMBowling

About to get underway here at the Omaha City Council. Lots of things on the agenda, and will be tweeting all of them, but we’ve also got the confirmation of

julia alexander

loudmouthjulia

This is a fun antitrust, or perhaps former antitrust, thing to think about. And like anything in 2020, the big concerns from independent theater associations (hell, in a pandemic world,

Elinor Elliot

ElliotElinor

Want to know more about the shadowy men influencing your future and that of your family? Start with Shanker Singham, and take some time to research the many pies in

Adam Tawfik

TawfikZone

THREAD: The latest M4A debate isn't a leftist civil war. Yes, there are some high profile users using it to go after w/ one another w/ ad hominin attacks. It

Louise Tickle 🕷

louisetickle

So... it appears that Southampton City Council has just apologised for 'failings' in children's services’. 1/https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/18662130.southampton-city-council-apologises-failings-childrens-services/ I have som

Andrew Neil

afneil

Spectator thread: Among the Scottish parliament’s many crucial roles, there is none more important than its ability to scrutinise government and hold it to account. The same is true of

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