The top of British politics needs to wake up to what's coming.
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Victoria Derbyshire, "What is Nigel Farage's strategy? Why is Elon Musk so interested in Britain?"
Lewis Goodall, The rise of Reform will be a dominant theme in our politics next year.. The populist right doing well in Europe.. There is no reason to suggest Britain will be immune to that"
Lewis Goodall, The rise of Reform will be a dominant theme in our politics next year.. The populist right doing well in Europe.. There is no reason to suggest Britain will be immune to that"
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Party funding
Overseas ownership of our media
Think Tank transparency
FPTP -> PR
Letting the Security Services do their jobs.
Options and opportunities are there to protect our democracy. There's even a party with a huge majority that could do it. Doesn't seem a priority tho.
Musk had to buy twitter to thoroughly pervert it.
Most UK media seems to gleefully welcome the 'newsworthiness' of the rise of fascism, not actually exposing the dangers.
So eager to obey in advance.
That is the problem. 'The top' is safe, no harm will ever come to them. Maybe that's why the murder of a CEO has caused ripples.
There's no consequences or risk to any of them. Ditto for the CEOs of privatised monopolies (see Paula Vennels)
Anyone who thinks that Farage, the poundland Trump, is the answer to the problems in the UK should realise that HE is the architect of many of them.
He can get all the great polls in the world but people won’t vote for him if he says he will scrap the NHS.
Boris was a left wing economic populist (cake and eat it etc)
you could stop constantly platforming them and promoting their agenda.
you could instead platform alternatives - the greens, the group of independent MPs and their agendas.
not holding my breath tho.
Enabled by the UK Unionist Establishment Press & Broadcasters.
Media prominent luminaries are seen as Journalist Impersonators, not Journalists.
You should experience BBC Scotland's output daily, its toe-curling
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State Funding of Political Parties only - based on votes/MPs
Ban all Donations of over £5000
Electoral Reform and Written Constitution.
Otherwise the incoming next govt just legislates to remove everything put in place.
My worry is that Labour think their invincible, businesses like during Brexit aren't speaking up, and there's no support for center-left individuals and organisations as there seems to be for the center-right
Starmer is busy setting up the steering committee to advise the board on the milestones, targets and foundations for foreign funding of political parties. He hopes to have legislation in place before 2029.
What's do you mean we need it by Wednesday next week?
Scotland is absolutely not the same.
#ScottishIndependence is vital for us.
Westminster is failing everyone.
Of the commentariat trumpeted
The rise of LibDems or Greens, that would be a self fulfilling prophecy too. So a foreign oligarch is buying government- what’s to warn about? Sht-munchers will just drool about how ‘anti elite’ and ‘populist’ it is.
We're woefully unprepared for 4 years of the US far-right media apparatus - which is immensely strong & wealthy currently - battering the UK.
And no.
Inaction will be unforgivable.
As an MP & now PM he’s proving less than useless: a ‘clothes horse’ for millionaire bungs & an ARSEnal walking ‘directors’ box’ sandwich board.
They need to use their huge majority NOW.
Above all, this is about power, getting it, using it and keeping it.
2. For everyone that they pick a fight with target a counter win…
3. Stop being boring…we wanted a break from the Tory chaos but will flock to the next charlatan without something to buy into…
4. Be open.
5. Make Saturday football available on TV!
6. Stop locking up JSO…
(Please don’t take it personally, that’s not my point, just highlighting something that needs drastic improvement ASAP)
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