Paul Lees
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I said, now, watch what you say, they'll be calling you a radical
A liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal, Oh, won't you sign up your name? We'd like to feel you're acceptable Respectable,
Supertramp the logical song by Richard Davies/Roger Hodgson
A liberal, oh, fanatical, criminal, Oh, won't you sign up your name? We'd like to feel you're acceptable Respectable,
Supertramp the logical song by Richard Davies/Roger Hodgson
There is a quote on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) building, that reads "Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins" by John Locke that is very apt for what is happening in the US at the moment, also "The Place of Justice is a Hallowed Place" Francis Bacon
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Letitia James criminally charged in Trump’s latest effort to punish rivals
Prosecutor who sought charges was installed amid Trump frustrations with pace of investigations against rivals
www.theguardian.com
October 10, 2025 at 6:26 PM
There is a quote on the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) building, that reads "Where-ever law ends, tyranny begins" by John Locke that is very apt for what is happening in the US at the moment, also "The Place of Justice is a Hallowed Place" Francis Bacon
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
The question is would STV voting system, have changed the outcome of the by-election for the UK parliamentary constituency of Runcorn and Helsby last night. This by-election was only won by six votes
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Single Transferable Vote
What is the Single Transferable Vote?The Single Transferable Vote (STV) is a form of proportional representation created in Britain. Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland, Ma
electoral-reform.org.uk
May 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
The question is would STV voting system, have changed the outcome of the by-election for the UK parliamentary constituency of Runcorn and Helsby last night. This by-election was only won by six votes
Single Transferable Vote electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-syste... via
@electoralreform
Single Transferable Vote electoral-reform.org.uk/voting-syste... via
@electoralreform
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England pip brilliant France 43-42 to claim seventh straight Six Nations reut.rs/3YhYNs1
England pip brilliant France 43-42 to claim seventh straight Six Nations
England overcame an irrepressible France 43-42 at Twickenham on Saturday to clinch a Grand Slam and seventh successive Women's Six Nations title, that also extended their record winning streak in the tournament to 34 matches.
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April 26, 2025 at 6:05 PM
England pip brilliant France 43-42 to claim seventh straight Six Nations reut.rs/3YhYNs1
The Supreme Court did nothing to challenge the legitimacy of this measure. Instead, it accepted the majority vote, the USA is only a short step away from this in 2025
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The Enabling Act
The Enabling Act of March 1933 allowed the Reich government to issue laws without the consent of Germany’s parliament. It laid the foundation for the Nazification of German society.
encyclopedia.ushmm.org
April 25, 2025 at 6:34 PM
The Supreme Court did nothing to challenge the legitimacy of this measure. Instead, it accepted the majority vote, the USA is only a short step away from this in 2025
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/a...
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Solidarity with the trans community after this grim Supreme Court decision.
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
April 16, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Solidarity with the trans community after this grim Supreme Court decision.
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
Fixation on biological markers of sex are disproven by Disabled bodies everyday - this decision will impact anyone with a body deemed outside of 'normal'.
None of us are free until all of us are free! 🏳️⚧️
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April 16, 2025 at 6:24 AM
We want the Government to halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work. Instead of reducing benefits, we want them to rise in line with inflation. We want support, not hardship and deprivation, for those who cannot work.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Petition: Protect Disabled people who cannot work from planned cuts to benefits
We want the Government to halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work. Instead of reducing benefits, we want them to rise in line with inflation. We want support, not hardship and...
petition.parliament.uk
April 11, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We want the Government to halt all planned benefit cuts for disabled people unable to work. Instead of reducing benefits, we want them to rise in line with inflation. We want support, not hardship and deprivation, for those who cannot work.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/72...
Its a false economy move to freeze the "health element" of UC, as it will end up costing the tax payer more money in the long run. The Food Foundation found that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for less healthy food,
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Healthy food costs more than double less healthy options, analysis says
Low-income families are being priced out of being able to afford to eat healthily, a charity warns.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 26, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Its a false economy move to freeze the "health element" of UC, as it will end up costing the tax payer more money in the long run. The Food Foundation found that 1,000 calories of healthy food such as fruit and veg costs £8.80, compared to £4.30 for less healthy food,
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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We will not stay silent as benefits are cut, public services are slashed, & our rights are eroded. If you want to join us in the fight, you're in the right place!
Learn about what we campaign on, and how you can campaign with us by clicking the link👇
disabilityrightsuk.org/take-action
Learn about what we campaign on, and how you can campaign with us by clicking the link👇
disabilityrightsuk.org/take-action
March 26, 2025 at 9:58 AM
We will not stay silent as benefits are cut, public services are slashed, & our rights are eroded. If you want to join us in the fight, you're in the right place!
Learn about what we campaign on, and how you can campaign with us by clicking the link👇
disabilityrightsuk.org/take-action
Learn about what we campaign on, and how you can campaign with us by clicking the link👇
disabilityrightsuk.org/take-action
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Tightening PIP rules is nothing short of disastrous and all MPs know it. One disabled person asked me this week, “why is Labour creating a hostile environment for disabled people, Naomi?”
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Labour ministers could resign over benefits cuts as tensions grow
A minister told The i Paper that expected spending cuts at next week's Spring Statement will only make anger within the front bench worse
inews.co.uk
March 21, 2025 at 8:03 AM
Tightening PIP rules is nothing short of disastrous and all MPs know it. One disabled person asked me this week, “why is Labour creating a hostile environment for disabled people, Naomi?”
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
inews.co.uk/news/politic...
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On #LongCovidAwarenessDay I want to draw attention to the fact that many people are still living with the effects of Covid, and they often struggle to get the support they need. Government must do much more on research, support, and prevention.
March 15, 2025 at 7:24 PM
On #LongCovidAwarenessDay I want to draw attention to the fact that many people are still living with the effects of Covid, and they often struggle to get the support they need. Government must do much more on research, support, and prevention.
“Wherever law ends, tyranny begins,” John Locke wrote, is a sentiment that is carved indelibly into the limestone walls of the Department of Justice in Washington DC, this quote is very apt today after the speech that Trump has just given at the Department of Justice in Washington DC
March 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
“Wherever law ends, tyranny begins,” John Locke wrote, is a sentiment that is carved indelibly into the limestone walls of the Department of Justice in Washington DC, this quote is very apt today after the speech that Trump has just given at the Department of Justice in Washington DC
If austerity measures which are designed to bring government revenues closer to expenditures, often by reducing government spending. How then is it not a return to austerity, if the crown drastically cuts spending of social security for those in the most need of the the social safety net
March 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
If austerity measures which are designed to bring government revenues closer to expenditures, often by reducing government spending. How then is it not a return to austerity, if the crown drastically cuts spending of social security for those in the most need of the the social safety net
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UK disabled people and friends. Use this form to tell Starmer and his team how you feel about the noise they are making on policy that could make disabled lives worse. Once you've written your complaint, it only takes a few minutes to use the online form. Please repost and share widely. 🙏
Contact the Cabinet Office
Use this form to send a message to the Cabinet Office.
www.gov.uk
March 13, 2025 at 9:31 AM
UK disabled people and friends. Use this form to tell Starmer and his team how you feel about the noise they are making on policy that could make disabled lives worse. Once you've written your complaint, it only takes a few minutes to use the online form. Please repost and share widely. 🙏
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism,” --Hannah Arendt.
March 9, 2025 at 4:27 PM
“The death of human empathy is one of the earliest and most telling signs of a culture about to fall into barbarism,” --Hannah Arendt.
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I don't want Labour MPs to be 'uneasy' about a Labour Govt penalising the disabled instead of raising taxes on the wealthiest. I want them to be wracked with guilt and shame and questioning how they find themselves in a party that acts like the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
‘Don’t punish the vulnerable’: Labour MPs uneasy over planned welfare cuts
Ministers say ‘unsustainable’ rise in spending must be tackled but many backbenchers fear changes will not work
www.theguardian.com
March 8, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I don't want Labour MPs to be 'uneasy' about a Labour Govt penalising the disabled instead of raising taxes on the wealthiest. I want them to be wracked with guilt and shame and questioning how they find themselves in a party that acts like the Tories.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
February 28, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Ukraine is Europe!
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
We stand by Ukraine.
We will step up our support to Ukraine so that they can continue to fight back the agressor.
Today, it became clear that the free world needs a new leader. It’s up to us, Europeans, to take this challenge.
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REPOST if you stand with President Zelenskyy against Trump and Vance!
February 28, 2025 at 6:00 PM
REPOST if you stand with President Zelenskyy against Trump and Vance!
The question is it time to pull the UK out of AUKUS, due to the UK being part of European continent and not in the Indo-Pacific region, its the only way to deal with the likes of Trump, you fight fire with fire
February 12, 2025 at 11:18 PM
The question is it time to pull the UK out of AUKUS, due to the UK being part of European continent and not in the Indo-Pacific region, its the only way to deal with the likes of Trump, you fight fire with fire
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, and which then emboldened Italy's subsequent invasion on Ethiopia in 1935. As major powers could engage in aggressive expansionism with limited international response, come down to the USA and the UK failure at the league of nations, is 2025 the new 1932
February 12, 2025 at 10:38 PM
The Japanese invasion of Manchuria in 1931, and which then emboldened Italy's subsequent invasion on Ethiopia in 1935. As major powers could engage in aggressive expansionism with limited international response, come down to the USA and the UK failure at the league of nations, is 2025 the new 1932
I have a bad feeling that that the UK government, will sell out the British commonwealth countries like Canada, and our NATO allies in Europe just to appease Trump, which is going to backfire leaving the UK to be isolated on the world stage, wrong government at the wrong time
February 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I have a bad feeling that that the UK government, will sell out the British commonwealth countries like Canada, and our NATO allies in Europe just to appease Trump, which is going to backfire leaving the UK to be isolated on the world stage, wrong government at the wrong time
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Violette Szabo died #OTD 1945 in Ravensbrück concentration camp. She joined SOE and she risked all to save the life of an allied agent. Violette was captured, imprisoned and murdered. Hear her moving story in our Women and War podcast: tinyurl.com/yu4yedh6 #history #women
February 5, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Violette Szabo died #OTD 1945 in Ravensbrück concentration camp. She joined SOE and she risked all to save the life of an allied agent. Violette was captured, imprisoned and murdered. Hear her moving story in our Women and War podcast: tinyurl.com/yu4yedh6 #history #women
On September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It"
Was Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
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Was Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
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September 17, 1787: A Republic, If You Can Keep It (U.S. National Park Service)
www.nps.gov
February 4, 2025 at 7:46 PM
On September 17, 1787: "A Republic, If You Can Keep It"
Was Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
www.nps.gov/articles/000...
Was Benjamin Franklin's response to Elizabeth Willing Powel's question: "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?"
www.nps.gov/articles/000...
Inscribed in the limestone walls of the Department of Justice in Washington DC, is the quote “Wherever law ends, tyranny begins" by John Locke, It suggests that when the law is disregarded for personal gain, tyranny begins. It also emphasizes that no one is exempt from the law, even those in power.
January 30, 2025 at 1:42 PM
Inscribed in the limestone walls of the Department of Justice in Washington DC, is the quote “Wherever law ends, tyranny begins" by John Locke, It suggests that when the law is disregarded for personal gain, tyranny begins. It also emphasizes that no one is exempt from the law, even those in power.