Paula Soto

Chilean in London, Londoner in Chile.

[Leena-Palestine @Leena53022916]

*BRILLIANT*
The French made a short film about what could happen after all immigrants would follow the ‘_white, angry old man’s_’ advice to go back where they came from.*

[Reform UK Exposed 🇬🇧 @reformexposed]

Protesters were pulled out by their hair – but nobody seemed shocked

https://t.co/7iwP92QjAW

[Paula Soto @paulayara]

The question is, is British democracy for sale? Putin is winning this war, he doesn't need to land Russian tanks in European capitals. Technofascists are bankrolling the effort on our side.

[Sky News @SkyNews]

BREAKING: Reform UK has received a second £36m donation within the space of 48 hours.

Crypto entrepreneur - and longstanding Reform supporter - Christopher Harborne has matched the earlier donation from British billionaire Ben Delo.

[Rupa Huq MP @RupaHuq]

Brilliant campaign launch with @LondonLabour and wider @UKLabour family for @Sagal_AW our ace candidate for Holborn and St Pancras by election

Great to hit the doors with @hammersmithandy @ChelFulhamBen where lots of love for Sagal

[Sagal Abdi-Wali @Sagal_AW]

Wow. I am overwhelmed by the support and energy everyone brought today.

Let's go out and win this. For Camden. For hope.

[TfL @TfL]

@paulayara Hi Paula, thanks for getting in touch. Moorgate station is closed while we respond to a fire alert. Tickets are being accepted on London Buses. Thanks ^km

[Great Northern @GNRailUK]

⚠️Due to the fire alarm sounding at a station between Moorgate and Finsbury Park all lines are blocked

📢Train services running to and from these stations may be cancelled, delayed or revised

🕓Disruption is expected until 20:00

[Paula Soto @paulayara]

What's happening in Moorgate
@TfL

[Teresa Valdés #ChileApoyaBacheletONU @TeresaValdesE]

Mañana desde las 10:00 horas, la expresidenta de Chile expondrá su propuesta ante los 193 Estados miembros. En la instancia, presentará su declaración de visión, disponible en siete idiomas en su sitio oficial, y responderá preguntas en una audiencia de tres horas.

[Sam Coates Sky @SamCoatesSky]

Greater Manchester Police say they have no evidence of family voting after an extensive investigation, including speaking to Democracy Volunteers and seizing CCTV:

We’ve concluded our investigation into alleged ‘family voting’ at last month’s Gorton and Denton by-election, finding no evidence of any intent to influence or refrain any person from voting.

Our investigation into alleged influencing of voters at a polling booth (under Section 62C Representation of the People Act 1983 (Ballot Secrecy Act 2023)) began after a criminal report from the Reform UK party following a public statement made by independent electoral observers at Democracy Volunteers.

We have spoken to the four Democracy Volunteers observers present at polling stations on the day of the by-election (26 February) who have shared with us their eyewitness account. This includes some instances of more than one voter going into a booth at the same time, and instances of people looking over the shoulder of voters.

The information they have provided to us estimates this may have happened on 32 occasions across 15 polling stations.

The observers do not allege any verbal instruction or physical conduct that indicated one person was directing or coercing another regarding how to vote. This is a crucial part of the legislation to prove such an offence was committed.

Our investigation team, led by an experienced senior investigating officer, spoke to all four volunteers from Democracy Volunteers as part of our enquiries – obtaining a copy of their observations.

We also spoke to the Presiding Officers at 15 stations as well as the Acting Returning Officer, none of whom received any reports other than from Democracy Volunteers.

We have received no further criminal reports.

For us to investigate allegations, we require an understanding of who the potential suspects may be, and evidence that may corroborate eyewitness accounts. For an investigation to meet the criminal threshold for prosecution, we require admissible evidence of intent or action aimed at influencing the vote.

We have asked Democracy Volunteers for descriptions of those alleged to be involved, and timings on when these are believed to have occurred. These details were not documented by observers or the complainant, and we have not been provided with any identities or descriptions to pursue.

The absence of this information means there is no remaining reasonable line of enquiry. This also includes limitations with CCTV as an absence of descriptions, and votes not being time-stamped, meaning we are not able to identify individuals from footage.

We have approached all 45 polling stations in the Gorton and Denton constituency to ask for CCTV from the day. Forty-one of those polling stations told us they did not have CCTV activated in the building as it would have compromised the secrecy of the vote during polling day, in line with advice given.

We have seized and viewed CCTV from three of the remaining four polling stations. These are three polling station that Democracy Volunteers visited. We have spoken to the Presiding Officer from each one.

However, these stations do not show any evidence of anyone directing or coercing another regarding how to vote – the crucial part of the legislation to prove such an offence was committed.

There is no evidence to suggest any intent to influence or refrain a person from voting as stated in the Ballot Secrecy Act 2023.

We have been liaising with the Electoral Commission, who we have shared our findings with. We have also shared our findings with the Returning Officer.

We have updated the complainant about the work of our investigation and the conclusion we have reached.

[stellacreasy @stellacreasy]

Parliament rises for Easter tomorrow - tag your MP today in this message to ask them to join us calling for proposals to end refugee status to be put to parliament so we can do our job and scrutinise the impact this could have on those already here in our country. This motion if debated could stop these proposals - by signing it MPs are saying they want that debate.

[Brent Toderian @BrentToderian]

The most important thing about this amazing Paris transformation is how fast it happened —how fast people on bikes “appeared” —once streets were transformed. You can’t write this off as “#Paris was always this way,” because it wasn’t.

It took leadership.

[Hadley Freeman @HadleyFreeman]

Jenni was kind, formidable and courageous, and Woman’s Hour is a shell of what it was under her. RIP to a great journalist

[Harriet Harman @HarrietHarman]

Impossible to overstate the importance of Jenni Murray to the movement of women that changed our politics, economy & our society; that changed our lives. She was the broadcasting wing of the women’s movement. We all owe her. RIP. https://t.co/7h2gLI9qqh

[Pedro Sánchez @sanchezcastejon]

Hizo que la vergüenza cambiara de bando y transformó el silencio en conciencia colectiva.

Hoy hemos otorgado la Encomienda de la Orden del Mérito Civil a Gisèle Pelicot.

[stellacreasy @stellacreasy]

Placing refugees in a perpetual state of limbo will not stop people fleeing war, and will cost billions to do - money that could go into border enforcement and processing.

Retrospectively changing ILR rules for people in the country already who make a net contribution is economic and social destructive.

Above all not having the courage to put your plans through the democratic process is cowardly and likely to lead to legal challenge which is costly.

I am a democrat and a socialist. These proposals are neither so must be opposed accordingly.

If you want to help win the battle of ideas over immigration, don’t spend your time attacking those individuals trying to do so. https://t.co/6V5A6zEJzn

[Sayeeda Warsi @SayeedaWarsi]

Since 2021 I have lamented the chaotic US withdrawal from Afghanistan allowing the Taliban to retake power and implement their brutal reign with women silenced and subjugated , public executions and floggings and subjecting its people to a humanitarian crisis. 1/2

[David Axelrod @davidaxelrod]

Well, they asked for her, and they got her. And @HillaryClinton isn't holding back!
Her opening statement is quite a throw down to an Oversight Committee that grudgingly engaged the Epstein issue under prolonged fire from his victims but continues to tip toe around troubling issues for fear of offending the @POTUS.

[Paula Soto @paulayara]

@javiarce @UCLAmericas Felicitaciones Javi! Nos alegramos mucho!