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Kemi Badenoch says 'five to ten per cent' of civil servants 'should be in prison'.

No word on how many Tory MPs from the last government she thinks should be.

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What an amazing thread. One of the best I've ever read & the references are fantastic. Thank you all.

My husb & I often discuss this propensity of citizens of any nation to embrace or repel *the other* in society.
Why do the 40% hate so much? Why are they unmoved by the logic and empathy of the 60%?

In the first instance i think children learn generational hate & rage and that cycle has to be broken by self awareness + education + community. (I did it by moving from UK to Australia to put distance btwn us & my toxic family but that's another story)

Secondly collusion comes about when ppl think they have more to gain from aligning with the oppressor/enemy & seek either survival or approval. They have to be made to realise the approval will never come bc they will always be seen by the oppressor as flawed or at best useful to their cause. (eg MAGAs will always be gutter people to someone like Trump or Bannon)

Thirdly i think some ppl just DONT have the physiological capacity to empathise. So they need compassionate laws/ social scaffolding to compel them to behave (eg covid + masks)

I think in the past, religion has made ppl (1) control rage, (2) align & (3) obey rules when they didn't want to, so its satisfied all the above criteria.
But more ppl are turning from religion bc it no longer rings true in our scientific age & has fallen into the hands of characters who interpret the words of ancient texts for their own gain.

This has left a huge vacuum currently being filled with the Seven Deadly Sins. (Interestingly Sloth has a fascinating mental dimension of lack of care for other - see photo)

We desperately need mature empathetic measured calm GLOBAL governance to fill this vacuum. There are very few ppl up to this job. Dare i say most are women...
The men currently espousing authoritarianism are woefully and terrifyingly lacking in any qualities that can address the problems facing us all.
Trump and Putin are amongst the worst of them.

Capitalism and the worship of money/commodities is the fuel on the fire that makes the rageful amongst us resentful bitter introspective vindictive & vengeful against those minority *others* who have no voice to change the system.

#globalpolitics #auspol #ukpol #usapolitics #authoritarianism #capitalism #fascism

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“Sanctions could include booting members from office, barring them from re-standing, and convicting them of a new criminal offence of deception.” #Wales #UKPol #Politics
bylinetimes.com/2024/09/27/wal…

Wales Gets Closer to Banning Lying by Politicians – and Now Keir Starmer is Being Urged to Follow Suit – Byline Times

Consultation closes on proposed law that could see politicians disqualified for deliberately misleading public
Josiah Mortimer (Byline Times)
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"But what if we just ignored Climate Change and let the Greed continue, would that be so bad? I would like some gifts please, some new clothes....and some shoes." - UK Politicians

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#London #Weather #ClimateCrisis #UKPOL #Ukpolitics


London flooding live updates with 'severe delays' on Tube network and weather warning in place

Commuters face travel chaos heading to work this morning
Luke Donnelly (My London)
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"Notorious liar, lies. "

Oh my, we've never had one of those in British Politics before, what do we do? Do we inform the King? Our little peasant minds are out of ideas! /s

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lh ago 16.32 BST Commons authorities fail to back up Farage's claim they told him not to hold in-person surgeries on security grounds The Commons authorities have failed to back up suggestions from Nigel Farage that they advised him not to hold in-person surgeries in his Clacton constituency. In his LBC phone-in this morning, the Reform UK leader replied "when parliament allows me" when asked when he would start meeting constituents in person in his local office. He told a caller: Do I have an office in Clacton? Yes. Am I allowing the public to flow through the door with their knives in their pockets? No, no I'm not. When asked to explain, Farage said that David Amess, a less controversial MP, had been stabbed in his office while holding a constituency surgery. Farage did not explicitly say that he had been told not to hold in-person surgeries. But he implied that was what he had been told by the speaker's office and the security team working with the Commons speaker.
Asked if he had been told not to hold those surgeries, Farage replied: "I would have thought that would make sense, wouldn't you?" But sources have said Farage was not told to avoid in-person surgeries, because to have said that would have been an interference with his duties as an MP, PA Media reports. PA says: There is no record of this advice having been given to the MP by either the speaker's office or parliament's security team and neither have any recollection of such a conversation, PA understands. Sir Lindsay Hoyle, the speaker, said: As a constituency MP in Chorley, I hold regular surgeries myself with constituents - and whenever a member asks for my advice on this matter, I always say that if you are going to hold constituency surgeries, make sure you take advice from the parliamentary security department - and do so safely.
A House of Commons spokesperson said: The ability for MPs to perform their parliamentary duties safely, both on and off the estate, is fundamental to our democracy. The Parliamentary Security Department (PSD), working closely with the police, offer all MPs a range of security measures for those with offices or surgeries in their constituencies - helping to ensure a safe working environment. We do not comment on individual MPs' security arrangements or advice because we would not wish to compromise the safety of MPs, parliamentary staff or members of the public, but these are kept under continuous review. Farage did say he was holding some meetings on Zoom.
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