#Parliament

The amendment referred to here by @tnewtondunn has been published. You can find it on today's amendment paper here. https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/bills/cbill/58-01/0177/amend/ukinternal_rm_cwh_0910.pdfThere follows a short threa
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A thread for leave voters who are hurting right now:1/ You didn't get what you were promised, and it is all going wrong, and the shitshow has barely got started
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The introduction of Proportional Representation could be the most transformative event in UK politics for several generations - it could, potentially, change the political landscape forever. When people’s votes are
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1"As we have heard, since 2010 at least an extra 400,000 pensioners have been pushed into poverty, and a generation of women born in the 1950s were betrayed"@SarahOwen_ #BackTo60 #FullRestitution
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BREAKING: Elizabeth Denham, @ICOnews information commissioner, has confirmed the @Conservatives broke the law by racially profiling 10m voters in 2019. https://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/d4a948dd-b19a-4ece-adbe-8d84cfab09c5?in=11:19:48&a
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Given that Trade and Cooperation Agreement already has effect as international law, there is no direct reason why UK parliament has to be rushed into passing all of this extraordinary
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This is a very exciting thread about iron railings. I recently went somewhere called 'outside', for a walk, and decided to take a few photos of iron stumps, because I
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In 2004 the Gov funded women's orgs wanted sex included in hate crimes. It was due to be added to the Offences (Agg by Prejudice) Act 2009, alongside transgender identity.
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1. Dolan claim goes no further. Refusing perm to appeal, which requires no reasons to speak of, was the easiest way for the SC to close the lid: uphold the
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Denial (of course) by Scytl / CIA about the raid. They claim it never happened. It is interesting that they do in fact tabulate Election Night Reporting (ENR) votes for
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Scots is a dialect, writing in an accent and using regional slang words does not change that it just makes you look daft https://twitter.com/ionafyfe/status/1348355793616252930 'Action maun be taen tae gie'
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Regarding the Nobel Peace Prize: I feel like most folks believe only a few hundred people have the power to nominate someone, and that is very much not the case.
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One thing the #AlevelResults / #SQAResultsFiasco makes clear: The Scottish Parliament is far more responsive and far more democratic than the Westminster parliament. Here's why / When the #SNP government
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This isn't right (I know this because I have got this wrong in the past, too: I thought CRAG Act required an affirmative vote) The trade deal does not need
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A growing chorus of Conservative MPs is demanding a recall of parliament to discuss yesterday's lockdown announcements.They are right. Such major decisions need parliamentary scrutiny. Indeed government has promised as
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The UK have an estimated population of over 60mil and yet only 35k have signed their name to protect British children from registered sex offenders changing their name to start
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