PetrocPolitics

Standard reminder - Range of pol accounts followed - for illustration not endorsement. Periodically I’ll block non-college/pol followers - nothing personal!

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How Keir Starmer Alienated ‘Generation Left’ https://t.co/32k24RBe3W

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The House of Lords is bloated. We need an inquiry into the peerages system https://t.co/7FOJBee4Nw

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Interesting discussions re UK power structures, processes and inequalities. https://t.co/w3x6vV0Q9e

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Johnson publishes plans to regain power from courts and MPs https://t.co/CHpZN1ZUv2

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Biden will have the presidency. But Republicans still have the power https://t.co/nk9nTB2RUR

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Gary Younge on minority voters and the future of the Republican party https://t.co/tlt2p78X41

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Democracy and participation

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

Wait until Gen Z are asked what they think.

It’ll go lower.

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Lobbying examples for your notes. https://t.co/ZWyTPEtM4B

[Aaron Bastani @AaronBastani]

The Boundary Commission will start work on the new Westminster seat boundaries in December 2020 - that should be completed by 2023.

This unofficial analysis shows how it will likely give the Tories a *massive* advantage.

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How Joe Biden won the presidency – a visual guide https://t.co/JK4MTBqKCh

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

Here's why so much attention is paid to just a handful of states - under First Past the Post, not all votes count equally https://t.co/1XlMcrzWol #USElection

[Christopher Hope📝 @christopherhope]

EXCLUSIVE
The Brexit Party is to be relaunched as an anti-lockdown party called Reform UK, in a move which could alarm Conservative MPs jittery about Covid-19 policy.
Plans to change the name of the Brexit Party to Reform UK were submitted to the Electoral Commission last week.

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Dark money think tank’s own advisor accuses it of ‘hiding’ behind charity law to lobby | openDemocracy https://t.co/TmZveOseqz

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US election 2020: why are so many Americans being denied a vote? https://t.co/C3PsYJI8iN

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Very interesting insights here - yr 1’s and 2’s should read/discuss.

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How Diane Abbott fought racism – and her own party – to become Britain’s first black female MP https://t.co/y4P1QrBMSK

[Novara Media @novaramedia]

📈 After 2017 Labour stood on the brink of power.
📉 Yet by last December the party gained its lowest number of seats since 1935.

How did that happen? Find out as @AaronBastani is joined by authors of 'Left Out', @Gabriel_Pogrund & @patrickkmaguire

🕖 Tonight at 7pm

[Electoral Reform Society @electoralreform]

The 36 new appointees take the House of Lords over 800 members - at a likely cost to taxpayers £1.1m a year in expenses, according to ERS analysis of the average claim made by each peer. https://t.co/U5zvhlS6fN