Alan Collins Rosell 🏳️🌈
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Founder of @medwayelects.co.uk 🗳️ Catalanoparlant 🎗 Whovian 💙💙 Gills fan 💙 Solicitor ⚖️ (Occasional) blog: alancollinsrosell.uk
First Past the Post would have given the AfD nearly every seat in Saxony-Anhalt electoral-reform.org.uk/first-past-t...
First Past the Post would have given the AfD nearly every seat in Saxony-Anhalt
There has been much coverage in recent days of the outcome of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, which lies in eastern Germany. It is unusual for regional elections in other countries
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100% of seats from 51% of votes. A one-party council. 49% of voters unrepresented. Zero opposition to hold the authority to account. This is not a healthy democracy.
'This outdated system is destroying trust in politics. But there’s still time for Labour to follow Wales and Scotland’s example and introduce PR in the UK.' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Whoever wins today’s elections, democracy is the loser under first past the post | Polly Toynbee
This outdated system is destroying trust in politics. It’s time for Labour to follow Wales and Scotland’s example and introduce PR in the UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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I just emailed my Labour MP to support stable government during this critical time. You can too: holdtheline.org.uk
Hold the Line - Tell Your Labour MP to Stand Firm
Email your Labour MP to support stable government. In a world where Trump tears up international rules and Reform waits in the wings, Britain cannot afford political paralysis.
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Sir Keir Starmer wanted the new term to mark 'phase 2'. This is not how he'd have wanted it to go down, but every problem is an opportunity - and this is an opportunity for the prime minister to reshuffle his team and show the country what 'phase 2' is all about. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Angela Rayner resigns over stamp duty row
Rayner’s departure is deeply damaging to prime minister who had initially stood by her
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Congratulations to all those across Medway and Kent who has been recognised in the New Years Honours from Abigail's Footsteps to Dr Who and more than 20 others. www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...
The Kent people recognised in this year’s New Year Honours list
The annual New Year Honours list marking the achievements of extraordinary people across the country includes 26 people from Kent.
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Heidi Alexander’s appointment as transport secretary means the cabinet is now 100% state-educated for the first time in history - great stat from @georgeeaton.bsky.social
The status quo is failing “the fundamental aims of the law – to respect people’s right of personal autonomy, and to protect the vulnerable” A significant intervention from Lord - former president of the Supreme Court - in favour of the #AssistedDying bill www.theguardian.com/society/2024...
Ex-supreme court president backs assisted dying law change
Exclusive: David Neuberger, who ruled on high-profile assisted dying cases, believes tight terms of bill cannot be expanded in courts
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While 3 former Tory PMs have come out against the bill, Lord Cameron has shown that dignity in dying transcends party lines www.thetimes.com/article/872f...
David Cameron: Why I’m now backing assisted dying
The bill is not about ending life, it is about shortening death — and its robust safeguards have convinced me that it will protect the most vulnerable
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This Labour government will ensure every primary school child can start the school day ready to learn. Labour are rolling out free breakfast clubs for every primary school pupil across the country.
Jess Phillips on new anti-domestic violence measures: ‘I feel hopeful today’
Jess Phillips on new anti-domestic violence measures: ‘I feel hopeful today’
Police say strict new restraining orders on domestic abusers will enable them to ‘manage offenders proactively’ In a white-walled room at Croydon custody centre on Wednesday, Jess Phillips lets out a little whoop. Talking about new strict new…
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I emailed my MP @naushabahkhanmp.bsky.social asking her to vote for @kimleadbeatermp.bsky.social's Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. I didn't get the 'yes' I was hoping for, but did get a considered response. Happy to see she's thinking it through, as an MP should. @dignityindying.org.uk
📲MP for a week! This game is aimed at young people to give them a virtual taste of life as an MP and the range of roles a Member of Parliament has. Share with schools or groups who would like to have a go ⬇️ learning.parliament.uk/mp-for-a-wee... UK Parliament Week (18-24 November) #UKPW
MP for a Week Interactive Game
A game to test your skills at filling the shoes of an MP for a week
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It doesn't. That's why I left.
Naomi Smith@pimlicat.bsky.social · 2y agoI’ve seen a lot of Lib Dem MPs campaigning against the IHT changes to farms and don’t quite know how it fits with the preamble to their constitution: “The Liberal Democrats …support the widest possible distribution of wealth” liberalhistory.org.uk/history/prea...
'1% of the population owns half of the country.' @guyshrubsole.bsky.social tells @mrjamesob.bsky.social how a small, wealthy elite controls so much of England’s land, while claiming to be 'custodians of the countryside'.
'Small farmers deserve support but not tax-dodging landowners' | LBC analysis
YouTube video by LBC
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"Incorporating co-operatives into the curriculum encourages students to think critically about alternative ways of organising society and economy, and to develop the soft skills needed for successful collaboration" ✏️ Cllr Paula Hamilton party.coop/2024/11/20/b...
Bringing Co-operation back into the National Curriculum
Labour & Co-operative Medway Councillor, Paula Hamilton outlines why co-operative values could make a difference as part of the National Curriculum
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Right to buy is one of the (many) causes of the housing crisis. While it helps get people who can afford it onto the housing ladder, it takes away vital social housing for those who cannot even afford to rent on the open market. Reform of the system is vital.
Pippa Crerar@pippacrerar.bsky.social · 2y agoNEW: MHCLG opens consultation on sweeping right to buy changes 🏠Council tenants to live in home for approx 10yrs (up fr 3) to qualify 🏠New-build social homes exempt 🏠1-for-1 replacement target for councils 🏠Discounts to fall further - to max of 20% 🏠Repaid if tenants sell w/in 10yrs, up from 5
Congratulations to @danfrancis02.bsky.social on passing the first hurdle! Backbench bills are often difficult to find their way onto the statute book, but I hope the government can make time to get this through to ensure accessible aviation for all.
Daniel Francis MP@danfrancis02.bsky.social · 2y agoDelighted that my 10 Minute Rule Bill on Aviation Accessibility passed its first reading today! 📜 Thank you to everyone that has sent supportive messages - I will continue to work with campaigners to ensure that these measures are passed into law. #AviationAccessibility
“So it’s not about you, it’s not about your farm and the fact you bought a farm to avoid inheritance tax?” @vicderbyshire.bsky.social speaks to Jeremy Clarkson at the farmers’ protest in Westminster where thousands of farmers are protesting the government’s inheritance tax plans. #Newsnight
Big day for reasoned debate on farms/inheritance today - a debate undermined by @BBCNews repeatedly and wrongly reporting as fact that “farms worth more than £1m would have to pay inheritance tax”. This is just flatly wrong in vast vast majority of cases
Who doesn't love a tax break? (Y'know, other than anyone who relies on the public services those taxes fund)
"To keep vital rural seats at the next election, Labour must focus relentlessly on showing it understands the real concerns of those who live in rural communities." ✍️ The Fabian Society's Ben Cooper on what Labour's focus should be to win in rural areas: labourlist.org/2024/11/labo...
‘Why it won’t be inheritance tax that decides if Labour wins rural seats in 2029’ – LabourList
No political party has ever formed a government without at least some rural voters. At the most recent election, Labour made enormous strides forward with…
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The government is (rightly) not backing down from the changes to agricultural property relief, as this joint DEFRA/Treasury statement sets out ahead of today's protest. For greater context: www.gov.uk/government/n...
BREAKING: Rachel Reeves and Environment Secretary Steve Reed have released a statement ahead of the farmers protest today saying they "recognise the strength of feeling expressed" but need to ensure the "most valuable farms pay their fair share”
You know who hasn't had this degree of media support for their financial interests? Disabled people, poor people with more than two kids, public sector workers (after all that clapping for the NHS). I'm not usually a 'blame the media' person but seriously - this is mad
Tim Bale@timbale.bsky.social · 2y agoExplainer: What are the inheritance tax changes affecting UK farmers? www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why inheritance tax charges are really good for real farmers – but not f... youtu.be/s9J0GpnXNhY?... An inheritance tax charge helps farming to reclaim farming for farmers and for the benefit of the people of this country. Labour is, for once, on their side and even doing the right thing.
Why inheritance tax charges are really good for real farmers – but not for financial whizz kids
YouTube video by Richard J Murphy
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Man who told The Times in 2021 that he’d only bought his £4.25m farm to avoid paying inheritance tax to lead protest against inheritance tax 😂🤣😂 www.thesun.co.uk/news/3179317...
Clarkson defies docs to lead 20,000 farmers protesting against 'tractor tax'
JEREMY Clarkson will defy health fears to join up to 20,000 farmers protesting in Westminster over the hated “tractor tax”. The Clarkson’s Farm star, 64 — recovering after a life-saving heart op — …
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