Andrew Smith 💫💙 #SaveOurRights #FBPPR 🇺🇦
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Proportional Representation campaigner, Archers bore, Quins, Sale FC & Arsenal fan. #FBPPR #STV4Me #NHS diagnosed #ActuallyAutistic - nature is my thing.
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I want to connect with people who campaign for 💪strong, fair, votes🗳.
I don’t care who you vote for, but I will
#followback
anyone whose profile makes it clear they support proportional representation.
#FBPPR
#GetPRDone
#MVM
#PAct4PR
#STV4me
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Hi
@topwoodltd
- can you confirm that you are the company owned by
@MattHancock
’s sister that was given two NHS contracts in March, worth £300,000? Can you confirm you’ve given 15% of your shares to Hancock? And that your job is shredding sensitive documents.
#ToryCronyism
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If you think water should be publicly owned, please retweet.
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Just had a long convo with a daughter. 25; graduate. Woke. Green. Lives in. Tory marginal.
“Who would you vote for, next time”.
“No one. There’s no one electable I want to vote for”.
Her mates feel the same.
Very upset dad.
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John Bercow on
#bbcbh
. What a loss to Parliament. At what a time.
The speaker shouldn’t be a debate referee. The speaker should be an advocate for the power of Parliament.
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Two serious question for as many people as possible. What one thing angers you most about Britain today? Has it affected your mental health.
Me? the feeling we are being run for the benefit of a small group and we are helpless to stop it. And, yes - it has.
Please RT
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@Stuart4WolvesSW
@BorisJohnson
Untrue. Johnson was made your leader by
@Conservatives
members alone and an MP by the voters of Uxbridge. We don’t have a presidential system in the UK. The way to unite your party is to get your
#JohnsonOut
.
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Tories win when the opposition is divided. We need broad alliance to get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done. The goal must be to win in marginal seats by standing only the single best anti-Tory candidate
#FBPPR
.
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Who else wants this man to be the next leader of the opposition? Now, THAT would change politics.
#ToryWipeOut
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Lib Dem leader Sir Ed Davey takes to the water in an inflatable doughnut on a general election campaign visit to the Cotswolds
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What is it that makes the UK government so incompetent? Whilst silly answers are welcome. I’m looking for serious thoughts. I really don’t understand it. My own theory is that they are all about winning power and not at all about governing.
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I just need twelve more followers to make it over Twitter’s 10k follower hurdle. I’m trying to build a community that thinks
#ProportionalRepresentation
is the democratic upgrade Britain needs, at almost any price. So, if that’s you…
#FBPPR
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I want to see a broad alliance with one anti-Tory in every Tory marginal to get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done and then hold fresh elections where policies matter.
I will follow back
#FBPPR
,
#MVM
,
#makevotesmatter
,
#RejoinEU
and
#FBPE
.
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More than 20,000 have now pledged to be
#EuropeanInTheCensus
on March 21
Are you in? Help spread the word
#EuropeanInTheCensus
#FPBE
#RejoinEU
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Well, this
#FollowBackFriday
I’m hoping to pal up with people who want to get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done and who support a broad alliance to achieve it.
#FBPPR
people in other words. Also still in the market to build my
#FBPE
network too.
Have a good day all.
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Hi,
@AndyBurnhamGM
- Good luck this Thursday. I'm glad to see your poll for Mayor is run under a fair
#ProportionalRepresentation
system. Shouldn't all elections be like this? Do you support
#MakeVotesMatter
's
#PledgeForPR
?
#FBPPR
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Treasury says 2024 Budget to be held on 6 March
it’s going to be a May election isn’t it?
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I’ve been thinking about the
#bunnyhugger
thing.
Johnson just has a disrespect reflex doesn’t he? Anyone he disagrees with get’s a casual put down. He doesn’t listen to himself. He has no idea how people will react. Because, for him, other people never matter.
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Is it just me? Or are we beginning to sound a little like North Korea? 😀
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I won’t be tweeting for a while. I’m at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital for a routine procedure and won’t be able to focus for a bit.
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Dear
@Keir_Starmer
,
You could not just become our next elected prime minister but also to go down in history as the man who made politics fair. Proportional representation is a vote-winner - 44% of all voters want it: only 27% are against.
And, of course...
#GetPRDone
#FBPPR
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@welli69
@AngelaRayner
Which is why Labour people like
@AngelaRayner
should support adopting
#ProportionalRepresentation
at this year’s conference. Let’s get rid of safe seats and give everyone strong votes and real choice.
Please Angela take the
#PledgeForPR
.
#FBPPR
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Every time I hear someone (Andrew Gimson,
#bbcbh
), say “Boris is doing his best” I want to punch the wall.
He’s Prime Minister - not a five year old. He should be thoroughly competent. And he isn’t.
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Morning Gary. I’m with you. You suggested Braverman and others were using the language of Germany in the 30’s. Who can read Josef Goebbels principles of propaganda and disagree? How can the BBC support those who want to stop you speaking out for us?
#ImwithGaryLineker
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Good morning. More Labour constituency parties have sent a motion to Labour conference to back switching to
#ProportionalRepresentation
at general elections than any other topic in Labour history.
Let’s
#GetPRDone
at
#Lab21
.
#FBPPR
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I’m 65 today. Not planning much (A birthday tea with friends) but it is quite a relief to have got here.
I’ll raise a cuppa to anyone out there who is also celebrating today.
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I hate
@BorisJohnson
. I hate
@Conservatives
.
But to hear an unelected advisor admitting to plotting to replace an elected Prime Minister…
Pdf this is possible, what has Britain become. We need more than a change of party. We need to change the way we are governed.
#FBPPR
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If
@LibDems
can win in
#NorthShropshire
- a seat that has been Tory forever - then we can defeat Tories everywhere by voting for the single best anti-Tory candidate. Time the parties helped the people with local and national alliances, formal or informal.
#GTTO
#FBPPR
.
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Yep.
@kimleadbeater
for
@UKLabour
is the only candidate that can beat the Tory. She should be your choice if you live in
#BatleyAndSpen
. Show the parties that voters are taking power. Encourage a general election alliance to
#GetPRDone
.
#FBPPR
.
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Dear
@carolvorders
- if the polls continue to look like this one from
@IpsosUK
, then the Tories are toast - for now.
We won’t need
#TacticalVoting
to get a Labour government but we will be living in a one-party state.
Shouldn’t we plan to
#VoteTactically
to
#GetPRDone
?
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Tomorrow is
#FollowBackFriday
. If you do a follow back post will you think about making it about
#ProportionalRepresentation
- we need to join up the
#FBPPR
community that campaigns for an alliance to
#GetPRdone
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@Bangkok_Ian
@ThatTimWalker
@HackedOffHugh
If
@UKLabour
make Proportional Representation policy at their
#Lab22
conference then everything will be in place for a
#Pact4PR
.
If you want to help show political Twitter how much the nation wants this please follow
#FBPPR
people and search for and support FBPPR tweets…
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I’ve a cunning plan
#FBPPR
people. I’m going to ask Labour MPs and shadow ministers, etc if they will support
@MakeVotesMatter
’s
#PledgeForPR
. Before
@UKLabour
’s conference. They won’t reply. But if we all do it - and all RT each other, they may notice.
I’ll start.
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There is nothing bigger than giving Britain the chance to upgrade it’s democracy so we all have a strong, fair vote and are never again governed by a minority.
#FBPPR
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@michaelgove
@iainmartin1
How did a Daily Mail photographer happen to be there to record your plight?
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@MichaelRosenYes
I was a twin.
We were going to be called Peter and Paul.
Paul was born still
Mum wouldn’t name me,
I didn’t know til I was 31,
But I think I missed him before that.
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Well done
@LibDems
- winning in
#CheshamAndAmersham
at least the voters saw sense, even if the parties didn’t.
We must have a broad alliance to
#GetPRDone
when the general election comes.
#FBPPR
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So,
@Conservatives
(kicking and screaming) imposed a £5bn windfall tax. Now they are giving oil companies £7.5bn back. Words fail.
Still think Tories give a fig for ordinary folk?
| This is Money
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This
#FollowBackFriday
I'm looking to follow people who want to
#GetPRDone
. So,
#MVM
,
#MakeVotesMatter
,
#FBPPR
etc.
And, of course,
#FBPE
people. And I hope they will follow
#FBPPR
, because we won't
#RejoinEU
unless we get
#ProportionalRepresentation
first.
Have a good day all!
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50,000
#JohnsonVariant
cases reported today. This
#FreedomDay
is all about Tory face-saving isn’t it? When will Johnson realise he isn’t running an election campaign and that he has a country to lead?
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If Labour is elected at
#GE24
and decides to use citizens’ assemblies to advise on constitutional policies, what should the first topic be?
#PollOfTheDay
Proportional rep’n
1738
House of Lords reform
308
Lowering voting age
65
Regional English p’ment
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They are dismantling the social supports Labour will need. The Tories anticipate defeat and hope a scorched earth policy will leave Labour with the blame in five years time.
If we want an end to seesaw politics we must
#GetPRDone
.
Government ‘to cut £250m from social care workforce funding’ in England
The reality of this appalling criminal Tory government...
Kicking the vulnerable
Laughing at the infirm
All the while lining their greedy corrupt pockets
#GeneralElectionNow
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@toryboypierce
I don’t want weak governments. I don’t want prime ministers imposed on us by 160,000 people.
I want stable, cooperative, majority government, I want an end to safe seats: I want MPs who listen to voters.
I want my vote to count. I want proportional representation.
#FBPPR
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@sophielouisecc
But there is so little voter fraud that voter ID is unnecessary. It’s just an anti-democratic barrier.
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Feeling gloomy this
#FollowBackFriday
.
To get a fair, strong Britain we all need strong, fair votes. I want to
#RejoinEU
but we must make Britain fair first. We need a broad alliance to get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done. Will follow back
#FBPPR
,
#mvm
#FBPE
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Tomorrow I will, of course be following back
#FBPE
.
But I’ll also be looking out for people who are telling everybody they are going to be
#EuropeanInTheCensus
on March 21
#FollowBackFriday
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It's
#FollowBackFriday
.
To
#RejoinEU
we need to start by getting proportional representation done. So, today, I'm hoping to follow more people with
#FBPPR
on their profiles - oh and
#FBPE
of course.
Happy Friday
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But they aren’t rioting Natalie. This is peaceful protest.
#Riots
Palestine protest in Manchester. No police, dogs etc. The usual 2 tier policing
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@taru_sisko
We need an alliance to get rid of people like Raab.
Only the most electable anti-Tory in every Tory marginal seat. And only one goal: get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done.
#FBPPR
.
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Hi, I’m on the long hard haul up to 10,000 followers this
#FollowBackFriday
and I’m just 250 away. can anyone help?
I follow back
#FBPE
and
#RejoinEU
and I’d follow
#FBPPR
twice if I could (let’s
#GetPRDone
). But if that tag is on your profile I will add you to
#FBPPRlists
.
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@thatginamiller
@Telegraph
@Keir_Starmer
Gina, the problem is those voters don’t matter. The next election will be won by a few hundred thousand switch voters in marginal seats. They are all Starmer cares about. Most of our votes will never count until we
#GetPRDone
.
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I want to see a
#ProgressiveAlliance
with one anti-Tory in every Tory marginal to get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done and then hold fresh elections where policies matter.
I will follow back
#FBPPR
,
#MVM
,
#makevotesmatter
,
#RejoinEU
and
#FBPE
.
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-
@HoCSpeaker
I understand that it’s unparliamentary to accuse an MP of lying.
Why isn’t it unparliamentary actually to lie?
#IStandWithIanBlackford
Johnson misled Parliament you must get
#JohnsonOut
.
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@A_48er
@pollytoynbee
@UKLabour
#ProportionalRepresentation
doesn’t favour any party. It favours the people. And makes politicians work for our votes everywhere.
It’s time.
#FBPPR
.
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#FBPPR
, watch, laugh (cry?) and get this into your timeline please (likes don’t count).
The Australien Government has made an ad about Preferential Voting, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative.
#ClimateElection
🌏🔥🗳
#auspol
#AusVotes
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I wish this comes true. For a
@Conservatives
local association to reject a high profile MP like
@MattHancock
would send a huge message to the rest of the party. It would be beautifully destabilising.
Matt Hancock could soon be Deselected as an MP as his local councillors and constituents are not happy.
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Dear
@BorisJohnson
if there are “a panoply of laws allowing illegal immigrants to stay in the UK” then they can’t be illegal, can they.
Do pay attention.
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Tomorrow
#FBPPR
people I’m going to experiment. I’ll be tweeting at Labour activists in a particular pat of the country to ask them to support PR at conference. They’ll be following each other, enhancing engagement. If you lot don’t RT or comment it’ll fall flat on its face.
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@DMinghella
Got you before I read the rest of the thread.
Johnson and his Tories are behaving like fascists. My skin crawls to say that of a British government. But we must confront it. We must not pretend it isn’t happening.
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@JujuliaGrace
Tories win when the opposition is split. So we need to work together to get them out at the next election. But that’s just the start. Britain needs a democratic upgrade- we must have a
#Pact4PR
.
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@AndyBurnhamGM
Bless you Mr Burnham. You have my vote this Thursday (And the result will be a fair one).
#Pledge4PR
.
@MakeVotesMatter
#FBPPR
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#FBPPR
is follow back pro
#ProportionalRepresentation
- it’s for people who support a broad alliance to
#GetPRdone
. It isn’t just for followers. The point is to get party activists to understand that we want strong 💪 fair votes. So search for
#FBPPR
tweets and retweet them.
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Look out people in
#BicesterAndWoodstock
. Unless you
#VoteTactically
you could let the Tory in.
Greens - you won’t win here: use
#TacticalVoting
to join the
#ToryWipeout
.
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I want to connect with people committed to changing British politics for the better.
I don’t care who you vote for, but I will
#followback
anyone whose profile makes it clear they support proportional representation.
#FBPPR
#GetPRDone
#MVM
#PAct4PR
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You have the opportunity to change politics for good (and forever)
@Keir_Starmer
. Make
#ProportionalRepresentation
Labour policy. Cooperate with others to win the next election.
Go down in history as the man who gave Britain the democracy we deserve.
#FBPPR
I came into politics to change lives, I didn’t come into politics to be in opposition.
In order to win the next election, Labour has to win the future.
With my leadership, we will.
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Dear
@GoodLawProject
is
@metpoliceuk
refusal to reveal if more
#Partygatefines
will be issued until after local elections a sort of interference with politics through inaction? Won’t the absence of information affect people’s voting decisions? Don’t we have the right to know?
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Ahem. Who thinks we should welcome people who put their lives at risk to help us and are now at risk of torture and death?
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Another
#FollowBackFriday
😀
I’ll be following back
#FPBE
and
#RejoinEU
, of course.
And can I urge everyone, if you’ve not already done it, to be
#EuropeanInTheCensus
on Sunday👍
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Please
@Keir_Starmer
opt to share power rather than have no power. Choose
#ProportionalRepresentation
and lead an alliance to get it done. Then hold fresh elections.
#FBPPR
.
If Keir Starmer knocked on your door tonight asking for your vote - what would you say to him?
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This guy say’s I’m shadow-banned. Can anyone else see me?
@Andrew_F_Smith
@bingle_tigger
@its_johnmartin
@Sean1Hagan
@simonapcliff
@deancheviotview
@PhilMyers53
@SieurdePonthieu
@RebetikoWalrus
@BartiSkip
@Keir_Starmer
@UKLabour
BTW that's my last reply to you. You're shadow banned for whatever reason so I don't get notifications when you reply.
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We must use
#TacticalVoting
to do more than just reduce the Tories to a rump. That should happen anyway But if we don’t get a hung parliament we won’t
#GetPRDone
- and then we will condemn ourselves to a future fascist government.
"I honestly believe we can reduce the Tories to 70 MPs with tactical voting. Their lowest in history. It's what they deserve."
Today's
@guardian
@ObsNewReview
article. Thank you
@TimLewi5
Lots of puzzle chat too
BTW Proportional Rep is the goal 👍🏼❤️
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If a cat sits on your bed on your legs you mustn’t move - is that right?
I mean - you have to just grit your teeth and relax until he moves.
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@colinrtalbot
@JGForsyth
Demonic probably is. Those who fold are in his pocket. Those who don’t get replaced by the guy who would otherwise be the Brexit Party candidate. They plan a general election anyway. This isn’t about Brexit any more - it’s about a far scarier right wing project to reshape UK
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So if, like me (and
@RishiSunak
apparently), you think Britain is tearing itself apart and that we are at war with ourselves - why do you think that may be?
#PollOfTheDay
14 years of Tory govt
1018
Brexit
142
Austerity
9
Immigration
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11% of families on benefits have to use food banks. All that shows is that benefits are too low. We need a government that cares for everybody, not just their rich mates.
#GeneralElectionNow
Cost of living: Food banks used by 3% of UK families
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When will
@BorisJohnson
answer the questions he is asked?
When will
@LindsayHoyle_MP
require him to answer the questions he is asked?
#PMQs
.
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Thread. We can’t trust our MPs and ministers. We need an
#IntegrityAct
. Here’s how I think it should work. What are your views?
1/13…
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Who’ll join me in a
#NewYearsResolution
: In 2022 I won’t just fight to get
#JohnsonOut
. I’ll fight for permanent change to UK politics - proportional representation - strong, fair votes to give us majority, cooperative government. We need a
#Pact4PR
to get this.
#FBPPR
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Dear
@BorisJohnson
you locked us down again. but you must play your part too. By Thursday we expect you to tell us how you will dismantle failing
#SercoTestAndTrace
and give us a working
#TestTraceandIsolate
system run by
#NHS
and local public health. Otherwise, what's the point?
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It beggars belief that:
1) This woman is still the sex pest’s partner
2) The local party could be this tone deaf.
#GeneralElectionNow
.
Tories pick partner of disgraced ex-MP Peter Bone as by-election candidate to replace him - Mirror Online
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@JHowellUK
Drivers who can’t reverse. 25% of workplace fatalities involving vehicles happen whilst reversing.
You’re a Tory. I shouldn’t be surprised you hold life cheap.
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#ProportionalRepresentation
isn’t just about equal votes. It’s about strong 💪 votes. No more minority government, no more safe seats, MPs who have to compete for our vote, wider representation. It’s the democratic upgrade we all deserve.
#FBPPR
.
Today we met on Silver Street Bridge in Cambridge to
#MakeNoiseForPR
!
We need Proportional Representation to fix UK politics, so all votes are equal no matter where they're cast.
We need LESS FPTP voting, not more!
Sign the
@MakeVotesMatter
petition👉
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If only it were signed by the current permanent secretaries.
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Good morning
#FBPE
people.
This
#FollowFriday
I will, of course be following you back (and
#FBPPR
too) - but, with March, err, marching on I’m also very keen to spread the message about being
#EuropeanInTheCensus
- can you help?
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Here’s my
#autobiography
.
Ford Anglia
Ford Escort Mk1
VW Beetle (x2)
Vauxhall Astra GTE
BMW 320i
Renault 5GT turbo
Peugeot 205 GTI
VW Golf GTI
Saab 900 turbo Carlson
Maserati Biturbo
Saab 9-3
Range Rover
Renault Scenic (x2)
Citroen Picasso (x2)
Peugeot 5008
MG TF
What’s yours?
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I’ve never lived in a seat that wasn’t “safe” for the party holding it. In 47 years my vote has never mattered.
#GetPRdone
.
#FBPPR
.
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If you are prepared to campaign on Twitter for a broad alliance at the next election to get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done then put
#FBPPR
on your profile.
Only the best anti-Tory candidate in each Tory marginal. Then give us strong 💪, fair votes.
More…
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You mean like we are diluting our rivers with sewage? Because water companies can’t get the chemicals they need. From Europe.
Vince Cable wrong to say that Brexit will mean we dilute environmental standards. Gove is clear,if anything we can now have higher standards
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Have a good
#FollowBackFriday
everyone!
If we don' get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done we soon won't have a democracy.
#FBPE
people can kiss
#RejoinEU
goodbye.
So, if your profile shows you want to
#GetPRDone
, I'll follow you back.
#FBPPR
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I don’t blame the
#NHS
for the condition it’s in. I blame the Tories
#GeneralElectionNow
Public satisfaction with NHS at lowest ever level, survey shows
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64% of us think our political parties should work together.
#FBPPR
.
…that alliances must be built. They can be temporary, they can be low-key, but they are essential.
And they're popular. 64% of voters say political parties that broadly agree with each other should work together at election time rather than stand against each other. 6/
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Oh look: proportional representation works.
Time for Britain to
#GetPRDone
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Geert Wilders gives up hope of being Dutch PM due to lack of support 👍👍👍 He only had 23% of the vote so without the support of other parties he had no chance.
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Dear
@RishiSunak
, I was prepared to give you the benefit of the doubt until I found you had reappointed
@SuellaBraverman
as Home Secretary. At astroke you’ve confirmed that
@Conservatives
are the
#NastyParty
and that you’ve put party unity before country.
#SunakOut
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It’s
#FollowbackFriday
. I hope we can start building a
#FBPPR
community to spread the word about why we need
#ProportionalRepresentation
.
Also following
#RejoinEU
and
#FBPE
people. Of course.
Have a great Friday.
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We must. The only way to stop the Tories hollowing out our democracy is to get
#ProportionalRepresentation
done. Open the door to an era of majority, cooperative government.
Give us all strong 💪 fair votes and Britain will elect a fair government.
#FBPPR
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