Francis 🇾🇪 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ @francis@greenplenty.social

RT @SocialistVoice
Tories quietly publish dangerous plan to neuter elections watchdog and undermine its independence

The proposals had been branded extremely dangerous by the chair of the Committee on Standards in Public Life when they were first suggested

https://leftfootforward.org/2022/08/tories-quietly-publish-dangerous-plan-to-neuter-elections-watchdog-and-undermine-its-independence/

RT @mattprescott
I've spent the weekend looking into ENGLAND'S CHARTER CITIES. My initial, technical, assessment is that THEY REALLY STINK! It cannot be wise for any country to put so many strategically important PORTS, INDUSTRIES + COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES outside domestic democratic accountability

RT @rochowanski
It's insane that this huge story is only given attention by hard-left, niche groups (notable exception @opendemocracyru). 🇺🇦 workers' rights have been decimated. This is a story about the vast majority of Ukrainians, their rights and democracy. It should be covered everywhere. https://twitter.com/TheIntlMagz/status/1562118153559511040

RT @thejuicemedia
1.8M views in the first day 🫠

Guess our 1st-ever Honest UK Government Ad went down well with 🇬🇧 folks

(Secretly fucking relieved as I think of them all as polcom connoisseurs) 😮‍💨

RT @JoeGrowling
@The_TUC #GeneralStrike

RT @JackStephenMcG
This is Edward Timpson, my local MP and the current Solicitor General. Edward Timpson voted in favour of dumping sewage into our rivers and seas, along with most other Conservative MPs.

@edwardtimpson Care to explain?

RT @RaggedTP
Anyone failing to clear up after their dog can be issued a Fixed Penalty fine of £100 in England. If the case goes to court they can be fined up to £1,000.
But if you’re the CEO of Southern Water and dump sewage into the waterways thousands of times you can expect a £500K bonus.

RT @SaulStaniforth
Mick Lynch from the @RMTunion talking sense today.

RT @RedRosa91940184
Oi @Keir_Starmer will you retweet this ?

RT @JoeGrowling
https://twitter.com/thatbloodyMikey/status/1561737878790717442

RT @ScottHech
Teen Vogue does it again. The leader in justice journalism. Instead of amplifying police talking points, they profile 11 young Chicago leaders & give them the mic. On how to achieve safety. "Punitive systems only create more cycles of trauma & violence.” A thread of their wisdom:

RT @jrc1921
Freezing the price cap still means spending almost twice as much on energy as last year https://twitter.com/Keir_Starmer/status/1561709213969268736

RT @punished_cait

RT @PolarPrem
My colleague noticed this sign in the bathroom at Alan Turing institute.

RT @johnrevill7
@docrussjackson real greatest threats to humanity:
1: Climate change/pollution
2: Global water shortage
3: Huge and rising inequality
4: Nuclear weapons
5: Rogue states
6: Populist regimes
7: Failure of rule of law
8: Aging population
9: Pandemics
10: Wildlife extinction
11: Lack of tolerance 1/

RT @LivingWageEB
According to research by @LivingWageUK, jobs held by women account for almost 60 per cent (59.7%) per cent of all jobs paid below the Living Wage. https://livingwage.org.uk/news/cost-living-crisis-affecting-women https://twitter.com/VIEWdigital/status/1561623142833045506