#Parliament
Telangana Minister KTR warns of ‘southern uprising’ against Union govt’s delimitation plan
The minister said that if delimitation is based on a state’s population, then two of the north Indian states of Bihar and Uttar Pradesh will alone have more Lok Sabha seats than all the south Indian states.
#telangana #KTRamaRao #BRS #delimitation #SouthIndianStates #elections #parliament #india
#Estonia's PM Kaja Kallas has submitted the draft state #budget for 2024 to the #parliament for debate. Budget revenues will amount to EUR 16.79bn and expenses to EUR 17.67bn. The budget #deficit is estimated at EUR 1.19bn or 2.8% of #GDP.
https://viabaltica.fi/estonia-pm-kallas-submits-2024-state-budget-to-parliament/
What It Means to Be an Indian Muslim Today
After Ramesh Bidhuri's slurs against Danish Ali went viral, some of us Muslims expressed a deep sense of astonishment and others, the total lack of it. Indian Muslims have fallen short of accurate vocabulary to describe the everyday humiliations we face, writes. Alishan Jafri.
https://thewire.in/communalism/what-it-means-indian-muslim-today
#IndianMuslims #RameshBidhuri #KunwarDanishAli #HateSpeech #islamophobia #parliament #BJP #RSS #hindutva #NarendraModi #HimantaBiswaSarma #india
B’nai Brith Demands Action, Not Words, After #Nazi SS Veteran Celebrated in #Canadian #Parliament
https://www.bnaibrith.ca/bnai-brith-demands-action-not-words-after-nazi-ss-veteran-celebrated-in-canadian-parliament/
Well, Austria-Hungary did give it their best shot.
#history #histodon #austria #hungary #bosniaherzegovina #bosnia #sarajevo #parliament @histodons
https://booksofjeremiah.com/post/legal-texts-critique-language-norms-laws-bills-1910/
On the issue of the #jury and their role in the #English #courts system:
"The vital constitutional safeguard that juries can acquit a defendant as a matter of conscience, irrespective of a judge’s direction that there is no available defence (a principle also known as ‘jury equity’ or ‘jury nullification‘)"
And to:
"Ensure that all #defendants have the opportunity to explain their actions when their liberty is at stake, including by explaining their motivations and beliefs."
At the end of the day, our #police "police by consent", and we elect our MP's to represent the views of their constituents in #Parliament, and through democratic exchange, enact laws that are fair and just, and reflect the the ethics of the society we live in.
I think "Party Politics" has a lot to answer for, and we need to get back the fundamental basics of good governance.
'Deeply hurtful': Polish #ambassador condemns #Nazi #veteran’s invitation to #Canada’s #Parliament https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/deeply-hurtful-polish-ambassador-condemns-nazi-veteran-s-invitation-to-canada-s-parliament-1.6577539 #politics #revisionism #nazism #WWII #ussr #holocaust
The National Centre for #Truth and #Reconciliation and the #Aboriginal Peoples Television Network will host a 90-minute multilingual #commemoration event on #Parliament Hill Sept. 30, the National Day of Truth and Reconciliation.
The day raises #awareness about the #legacy of #residentialschools, #commemorates #survivors and their families, and honours the #children who never made it home. #Indigenous
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I saw mention the other day of #veteran of #WW2 from #Ukraine being recognised by the Speaker as President #Zelensky visited #Canada's #parliament. I'm no historian, but knowing something of the complexities of #history in the region, I remember thinking "I hope they checked him out thoroughly". Sadly, they didn't...
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-66908958
Accused of Sexual Harassment, BJP's Brij Bhushan Was in LS When Women’s Reservation Bill Was Passed
During the debate on the women’s reservation Bill, some opposition MPs questioned the BJP government’s commitment to women’s empowerment by highlighting its 'protection' on the outgoing WFI chief.
https://thewire.in/politics/sexual-harassment-bjp-brij-bhushan-singh-womens-reservation-bill
#BrijBhushanSingh #BJP #SexualHarassment #WomensReservationBill #parliament #WrestlersProtest #WFI #wrestling #sport #hindutva #india
False equivalence: why we should not applaud Nazis who say they defended Ukraine | Vox Political
https://voxpoliticalonline.com/2023/09/25/false-equivalence-why-we-should-not-applaud-nazis-who-say-they-defended-ukraine/
#Yaroslav Hunk #SS officer #Nazi #ovation #Canada #Parliament #false equivalence #Ukraine #Russia
What If We Had A Different Non-Political Form of Representative Government
https://the5thc.blogspot.com/2023/09/what-if-we-had-different-non-political.html
#democracy #government #Parliament #Senate
The BJP’s Historic Women’s Reservation Bill Is Also A Promise To About 179 Male MPs To Keep Their Seats Safe For Now
None of the four previous versions of the government’s landmark women’s reservation bill stipulated the requirement of delimitation. There appears no justification to have a different rule for Indian women, except to secure the immediate future of about 179 male MPs, who risk losing their seats if the law were immediately implemented with no caveats.
#WomensReservationBill #parliament #reservations #WomensRights #WomensEmpowerment #BJP #delimitation #india
🏵️ Candidate lists for the Mid #Bedfordshire and #Tamworth parliamentary by-elections were published on Friday.
🗳️ Thirteen candidates are standing in Mid Bedfordshire, and nine in Tamworth.
👀 Take a look at the candidates on #WhoCanIVoteFor
https://whocanivotefor.co.uk/elections/parl.2023-10-19/uk-parliament-elections/
Canadian #Parliament giving a standing ovation to the Schutzstaffel is as reprehensible as you would think.
It's a shame no MP had enough stones to risk jail time by braining the ancient #Nazi right there on the spot. The guy was late 90s. He would come apart like soft bread.
That would be justice.
That's what you do with Nazis.
You don't give them a standing ovation, no matter what else they've done in their life. There is something very wrong with you #Canada
Ramesh Bidhuri's Communal Slurs in Parliament Show He Has Heard Narendra Modi Well
The parliament can now be made a place to humiliate Muslims, writes Apoorvanand.
https://thewire.in/communalism/ramesh-bhiduri-anti-muslim-narendra-modi-danish-ali
#parliament #RameshBidhuri #BJP #HateSpeech #KunwarDanishAli #BSP #islamophobia #muslims #hindutva #communalism #india
'What Happened to Bills in Tentative Agenda?': Questions Over Secrecy of Parliament Special Session
The lone legislative business that was conducted during the special session was not part of the tentative agenda of the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha released on September 13.
https://thewire.in/politics/parliament-procedure-secrecy-special-session
#parliament #ConstitutionBill #WomensReservationBill #ChiefElectionCommissioners #NarendraModi #democracy #BJP #india
#Latvia's Finance Ministry plans to submit the draft state budget for 2024 to the #parliament on 3 November 2023. The new coalition #government's declaration pledges to carry out a "balanced social, environmental, and economic policy."
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-government-to-submit-2024-budget-to-parliament-in-november/
Congress has no problem with the new Parliament but PM Modi: Ravi Shankar Prasad.
https://aliyesha.com/sub/news/bh_bjp_ravi_shankar_comments_on_congress_eng_news
#bihar #patna #politics #modi #bjp #congress #parliament #election2024
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#Lithuania's #parliament has passed a resolution calling on #NATO to invite #Ukraine as a new member at the alliance's next summit in #Washington in July 2024. The unanimous resolution noted that Ukraine was a provider of security that would strengthen NATO.
https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-parliament-urges-nato-to-invite-ukraine-to-join-at-next-summit/
Congress leader Jairam Ramesh criticized the new Parliament building, calling it "Modi Multiplex or Modi Marriot." BJP president JP Nadda responded, calling the remark a "pathetic mindset" and an insult to Indians. Union minister Giriraj Singh demanded an assessment and rationalization of the "Dynastic Dens" in India, starting with the transfer of the Safdarjung Road complex back to the government.
#BJP #Cong #ModiMultiplex #Parliament
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/new-parliament-is-modi-mulitplex-says-congress-bjp-chief-hits-back-at-partys-pathetic-mindset/articleshow/103891559.cms
Striking a chord with the voters of Varanasi, Modi said "your MP from Kashi got the privilege" of getting the women's reservation bill passed in Parliament.
#Varanasi #PMModi #Parliament
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/in-varanasi-pm-modi-gives-credit-to-women-for-passage-of-womens-reservation-bill-in-parliament-101695471536914.html
There is no separation of powers when the leaders of an executive branch also sit in #parliament.
Data shows that the only parties that have given decent representation to women were TMC (37 per cent) and BJD (33 per cent)
#Woman #Parliament #Assemblies #GenderGap
https://www.news18.com/india/numberspeak-10-men-for-every-woman-in-parliament-assemblies-a-look-at-gender-gap-across-parties-8588425.html
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri’s remarks must be probed by Privileges Committee: Opposition
BJP and Speaker Om Birla too on Opposition target, as they call the two out for inaction.
#RameshBidhuri #BJP #HateSpeech #islamophobia #parliament #DanishAli #KunwarDanishAli #OmBirla #opposition #BSP #INDIAAlliance #india
TMC MP Mahua Moitra criticizes BJP for allowing communal slurs in Parliament, says their true colors are exposed.
#BJPMP #Parliament #MahuaMoitra #Bidhuri
https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/on-bjp-mps-communal-slurs-in-parl-mahua-moitra-says-bidhuri-not-the-problem-101695436215520.html
The Islamophobic remarks against an MP on the floor of the Lok Sabha have emerged as a fresh rallying point for the Opposition in its battle against the BJP.
#Opposition #BigShow #Support #MP #BJPLeader #Parliament
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ramesh-bidhuri-danish-ali-oppositions-big-show-of-support-to-mp-abused-by-bjp-leader-in-parliament-4415670
Ramesh Bidhuri and the descent of India
A BJP MP’s abuse of a Muslim colleague merely for being Muslim bares the inevitability of hatred, from WhatsApp to TV studio to Parliament.
https://scroll.in/article/1056416/ramesh-bidhuri-and-the-descent-of-india
#parliament #RameshBidhuri #BJP #HateSpeech #KunwarDanishAli #BSP #islamophobia #muslims #hindutva #OmBirla #HarshVardhan #RaviShankarPrasad #india
“You are a leader and I thank you for that Canada.”
https://www.cpac.ca/episode?id=2a8dfd9d-93f6-44df-85a7-f169fb4a854b
#Ukraine #Canada #Parliament #RussiaUkraineWar #cdnpoli #canpoli
President #Zelensky has just entered the #Canadian #Parliament to a thunderous standing ovation.
5/10
Statement by Prime Minister #JustinTrudeau just moments ago:
«Welcome to #Canada’s #Parliament, President #Zelensky. Here, like in your #VerkhovnaRada, we’re committed to protecting and promoting #democracy. We’ll continue to do that with you, as you defend your own – with humanitarian, military, and financial assistance.»
#StopPutin
#StopRussia
#GloryToUkraine
3/
Just sat down to watch the #CBC's #RosemaryBarton host a special broadcast live from #Canada's #HouseOfCommons as #Ukrainian President #VolodymyrZelensky prepares to address the #Canadian #Parliament
#StopPutin
#StopRussia
#GloryToUkraine
1/
The BSP MP said he submitted a letter to the Lok Sabha Speaker demanding action against Mr Bidhuri, who made the objectionable remarks during a discussion in Lok Sabha on the "success of Chandrayaan".
#Parliament #DanishAli #BJPMP
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/ramesh-bidhuri-communal-slurs-kunwar-danish-ali-lok-sabha-couldnt-sleep-all-night-danish-ali-on-communal-remarks-by-bjp-mp-4413984
#Latvia's #parliament has approved amendments to partially compensate #electricity distribution tariffs in 2023. The #government will cover 60% of the fixed part of electricity distribution tariffs from September 2023 until the end of the year, reducing electricity bills by an average of 18%.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-state-to-cover-60-of-electricity-distribution-fee/
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri, whose egregious communal comments in parliament have ignited massive outrage, received a warning today of "severe action" from Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla.
#BJPMP #Parliament #RajnathSingh #Regret
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/massive-outrage-speakers-warning-over-bjp-mp-ramesh-bidhuris-offensive-comments-4413477
BJP MP Ramesh Bidhuri calls BSP’s Danish Ali ‘terrorist’, uses communal slurs in Lok Sabha
BJP MPs and former ministers Ravi Shankar Prasad and Harsh Vardhan were laughing while Bidhuri continued with his tirade.
#parliament #LokSabha #KunwarDanishAli #BSP #RameshBidhuri ##RaviShankarPrasad #HarsgVardhan #RajnathSingh #BJP #islamophobia #hindutva #UnionGovt #IITMandi #IITs #LaxmidharBehera #india
Celebrations have been planned at BJP headquarters after the women's reservation bill was cleared by both the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha. The Prime Minister late on Thursday congratulated all Indians for being part of a defining moment in the country's democratic journey.
#Parliament #BJPHQ
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/pm-modi-women-reservation-bill-lok-sabha-rajya-sabha-celebrations-at-bjp-headquarters/articleshow/103853695.cms
🎧 When the night is dark, shine a FLASHLIGHT on it.
This song never, ever fails to lift my mood. Thank you George, Bootsy & Crew.
▶️ It's 12" and 11:40. Hope you can handle that much funk.
The women's reservation bill sailed through the Upper House this evening, scripting history after decades of roadblocks. It now needs the signature of the President to make 33 per cent reservation for women in Lok Sabha and state assemblies official.
#Women #QuotaBill #Parliament #HistoricStep
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/womens-reservation-bill-clears-parliament-in-historic-step-towards-becoming-law-4411972
Parliament Security Staff's New Uniform Withdrawn Following Complaints Over Fabric, Design
There have been several complaints from the security staff, who said their new uniforms don't fit them and are not breathable.
#Lithuania's #parliament has passed a law that bans #fur farming as of 2027. Altogether 68 MPs voted for and 25 against the ban, while 15 abstained. The #government will provide compensation to fur farmers.
https://viabaltica.fi/lithuania-parliament-passes-law-banning-fur-farming-as-of-2027/
#Latvia's parliament, the Saeima, has elected MP Daiga Mierina of the Union of Greens and Farmers as its new speaker, replacing United List's Edvards Smiltens. Mierina was first elected to #parliament in 2022.
https://viabaltica.fi/latvia-daiga-mierina-elected-new-parliamentary-speaker/
"The greatest risk is that large language models act as a form of ‘shock doctrine’, where the sense of world-changing urgency that accompanies them is used to transform social systems without democratic debate."
My evidence to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee inquiry on Large Language Models https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/124038/pdf/ #ai #uk #regulation #shockdoctrine #llm #parliament
I attended the counter protest in downtown Ottawa today, I couldn't stay for the whole time because I have more interviews to do with the national art gallery.
I got a quick interview in this video with local NDP MPP Joel Harden
https://youtube.com/live/I0c39Otcx1s?feature=share
#canada #canpoli #transrightsarehumanrights #live #parliament
My evidence to the House of Lords Communications and Digital Select Committee inquiry on Large Language Models has been published on the UK parliamentary website. TL;DR LLM adoption is operating as a 'shock doctrine' beyond regulatory restraint. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/124038/pdf/ #ai #llm #uk #parliament #regulation
Today The #UK #Parliament Undermined The #Privacy, #Security, And #Freedom Of All #Internet #Users | #ElectronicFrontierFoundation
Politicians showing they know nothing about how online security actually works.
🎧 Imagine a World that has finally found its way to the funk and gets down on the ONE. We need the FUNK!
"Give Up The Funk (Tear The Roof Off The Sucker)" #Parliament (1975).
A network of #Chinese #spies in #UK #parliament, you say?
Who could have predicted
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/china-spy-parliament-uk-kearns-b2408988.html
The Sunday Times reports that a British parliamentary researcher linked to a number of senior Tory MPs, including several who are privy to classified or highly sensitive information, has been arrested on suspicion of spying for China.
A #Chinese #spy in #UK's #Parliament, you say?
Who could have predicted?!
Oh yeah, that's right! I did.
Wait until you get a load of how deep #Russian penetration there is too... and in #Whitehall... and it isn't even subtle.
Another sickening example of the media treating elections as horse races.
But also true because of our first-past-the-post, winner-take-all voting system.
As long as you get a bare majority of seats, , with a third of the vote, you can ignore the wishes of everyone else.
"Conservatives would love to win more seats in Quebec — but do they need to?" | CBC News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/quebec-conservatives-breakthrough-election-1.6959404?cmp=rss
@Paulatics @jfmezei
I believe that formally the Canadian Senate is more powerful than the House of Lords, due to the Parliament Act of 1911:
"The Act effectively removed the right of the House of Lords to veto money bills completely, and replaced its right of veto over other public bills with the ability to delay them for a maximum of two years (the Parliament Act 1949 reduced this to one)."
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliament_Act_1911
The Canadian Senate retains the veto power.
How Modi colonises our minds
The convening of the special session of Parliament is prime minister’s method of dominating the minds of supporters and critics alike, which is driven by his fear of losing elections, writes Ajaz Ashraf.
https://www.mid-day.com/news/opinion/article/how-modi-colonises-our-minds-23307110
#NarendraModi #parliament #laws #constitution #manipur #ManipurViolence #WrestlersProtest #covid19 #CovidLockdown #adani #GautamAdani #modi #CronyCapitalism #BJP #india
1. Vote #YES to give #FirstNations communities the opportunity to provide the government with feedback on issues that affect them. The government will still be responsible for all laws, programs and funding. The #Parliament will still make all decisions.
#Parliament's old & situated on the banks of the #Thames, plus there's a rat epidemic across the capital, especially #South #London! 🐀 😳
#Parliament #Commons #Tories #Labour #HouseOfLords
🚨**RATS, fires & floods: Why the UK Parliament is falling down!**🚨
Fire wardens patrol around the clock to stop the building burning down, asbestos lurks inside it, & then there's the falling masonry, leaking sewage, not to mention the giant rats!
It's that bad, the Speaker has been known to bring his cat to work to keep the rats at bay. But are MPs ready to do what it takes to save it? 🐀 😳
The German #parliament
@bundestag is now on Mastodon.
#Welcome
In Spain’s parliament, you can now speak Basque, Catalan or Galician as minority languages are part of the left’s effort to stay in power.
Francisco Franco’s dictatorship, from 1939 to 1975, forbade official use of any language but Castilian Spanish.
#Spain #Parliament #Politics #Languages #Basque #Catalan #Galician
That same night in #Budapest i spotted this disnified by light version of one of Europe's most majestic #parliament buildings, too - not sure what was the aim here
The Palace of Westminster and the Elizabeth Tower
#London #HousesOfParliament #BigBen #ElizabethTower #Parliament #Photography #PhotoOfTheDay Aug 13th
"There’s a certain group of white men who constantly try to put me in my place, who constantly try to push me back and say: ‘No, you’re not getting any further.’ They don’t want the system to change, because the system works for them the way it should.”
Great interview with the excellent Dawn Butler MP
#Racism #UKPolitics #London #Politics #LabourParty #Parliament #MetPol
Rahul Gandhi, India’s main opposition leader, reinstated to parliament
Magna Carta and the emergence of #Parliament 📜
A remarkable family resemblance to various of the arguments presented in favour of #charlesstuart #kingofengland #kingofscots and #kingofireland roughly three hundred and eighty years ago - in the 1640s . #parliament and the people took a different view - with very serious consequences!
"#RishiSunak is now breaking openly with the all-party agreement dating back to 2008, which led to the set up of the world’s first #climatechange committee of #parliament… this will be another stranded asset.
"The public will surely see this as a desperate act of electioneering, putting our future at severe risk. Britain can no longer claim to be leading on the climate crisis and that is shameful."
Sir David King, former Government Chief Scientific Adviser #ukpolitics #GlobalBoiling
#GretaThunberg travelled to the UK today to protest against the exploitation of the #Rosebank #oil field, off the coast of #Scotland.
Rosebank is almost 3 times the size of #Cambo - the #oilfield that people coming together have successfully stopped in 2021.
The #UK #parliament has deferred debating the licensing of the #oilrig to after recess, Sept 4th. It is therefore perfect timing now for #climateaction & sign the #petition https://www.change.org/p/tell-the-uk-government-to-stop-new-oil-and-gas-fields?redirect=false #EndFossilFuels #stopRosebank
[Video] #Spain’s #Election #Explained: Why the #Fascist #Rightwing Failed.
Over the weekend, #Spain headed to the polls to elect a new #parliament. However, despite two #parties #claiming #victory
everyone kind of lost. So in this video we'll discuss if Sanchez can hold on and if Spain could be headed toward yet another election.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #EuropeanUnion #Spain #Hate #Bigotry #Discrimination #Homophobia #Transphobia
Breaking the silence on sexual harassment
https://www.politicshome.com/thehouse/article/breaking-silence-sexual-harassment-westminster-parliament
#Westminster
#Parliament
Parliament: Congress Moves No-Confidence Motion Against Modi Govt, Speaker to Decide Date
Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla accepted Congress MP Gaurav Gogoi’s motion and informed the Lower House that an appropriate time will be announced.
#parliament #NoConfidenceMotion #BJP #INC #congress #opposition #ManipurViolence #manipur #NarendraModi #UnionGovt #india
https://thewire.in/government/parliament-congress-no-confidence-modi-speaker
«Truckers who participated in a cross-country convoy culminating in protest at #Parliament Hill (on Jan 30, 2022) were duped into believing the #convoy was about them.
It never was. It wasn’t about your rights to continue crossing the border unvaccinated. And by the time the convoy rolled through #Ontario it had already fully morphed into something much bigger – and more dangerous – than what truckers were ever told.»
I've had a dream..... the next #election produces a radically hung #parliament, and @CarolineLucas rides out of retirement to head up a green-focussed, socially progressive alliance of the willing from each of the parties..... but then I woke up, and thought, that's not only not going to happen, there's a significant part of the political class that work so hard for it not to happen they'd rather the country burnt to the ground...
so that's what DJing tonight will take my mind off!
Thailand’s Pita says won’t give up PM bid despite parliament loss
2/2 The experts of #ConstituionalLaw say, that the speaker of the house Jussi #Hallaaho should then ask the #parliament to gather; anything else woud be un-democratic.
Halla-aho hasn't so far been exactly acting how a speaker of the house should act (no surprise there).
Then there's the question about what #Orpo said: "there's no need"
Was it already a slip to the #authoritarism that we've seen happening in other countries where the #FarRight has gain power, or was it just bad communication?
Sandi Toksvig notes that "[t]here are only two countries in the world where representatives of the state religion automatically get a seat in the legislature: the UK and Iran."
She thinks it's time for the UK to remove the Anglican bishops from parliament. When the bishops have used their votes to try to block the advance of LGBTQ rights, she notes that giving them automatic seats in parliament has practical consequences for everyone.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/jul/05/house-of-lords-reform-bishops-parliament
Our dear colleagues Tanja Wissik and Hannes Pirker are currently participating in the Austrian Day of #ParliamentaryResearch, presenting #ParlaMint at the #parliament!
Sound interesting? There's more info on the
@clarineric
project here: https://clarin.eu/parlamint
#Tory #MP Bob Stewart hid directorship of a foreign defence company controlled by a controversial Azerbaijani businessman while sitting on #Parliament’s #defence committee.
https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/bob-stewart-hid-directorship-defence-firm-ksantex-committee-azerbaijan-tory-mp/?utm_source=SEGMENT%20-%20Newsletter%3A%20oD%20weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Tory%20MP%20hid%20role%20at%20defence%20firm&_kx=UN_Kr8SGiSZ2VAPa0nHgGJQ-acsvbDQRO9ny6_yrfqs%3D.YjCYwm
BBC News - #Russian #diplomat squats near #Australia #parliament in #embassy lease row
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-australia-65996530
The European #Parliament calls on #NATO to invite #Ukraine to join the #alliance
425 votes in favour, 38 against, 42 abstentions
Just finished this, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is interested in the UK parliamentary system and UK democracy. It’s a very readable deep dive into what does and doesn’t work at the moment (only published last month), and although it’s depressing along the way, it points to some relatively straightforward fixes at the end. We can change this if we choose. Read it and tell your MP! #books #democracy #Parliament
#Uganda’s #parliament #passes mostly unchanged #antiLGBTQ #bill.
The Bill retains #harshest #measures of #legislation adopted in #March, including #deathpenalty for certain #samesex #acts, and prison for "promoting" Homosexuality.
#Women #Transgender #LGBTQIA #Africa #Uganda #Religion #Hate #Bigotry #Violence #Genocide #Homophobia #Transphobia #EmptyThePews #ExportingHate https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/may/02/uganda-parliament-passes-anti-lgbtq-bill
Westminster Hall is the oldest surviving part of the medieval Palace of Westminster, now part of the UK parliament buildings. Built in 1097 under King William II, for a time it was the largest hall in Europe.
From 1393 on, the original, probably pillar supported roof, was replaced by a hammerbeam roof designed by the royal carpenter Hugh Herland.
I usually follow back, & really appreciate/often fb boosters.
#medieval #roof #architecture #history #Westminister #Parliament #HousesOfParliament
‘I’m Genuinely #Fearful’: #GeorgieStone Calls For Greater #Protection For #Trans #australians
Last month, about 30 people from the #NationalSocialistMovement (#Nazi) performed the #NaziSalute on the steps of #Victorian #parliament during #PosieParker's #antitrans rights rally in #Melbourne
https://www.refinery29.com/en-au/2023/04/11348529/georgie-stone-trans-rights
#France's #Macron risks his government to raise #RetirementAge | #APNews
"#French #President #EmmanuelMacron imposed a highly unpopular bill raising the #retirement age from 62 to 64 on Thursday by shunning #parliament and invoking a special #ConstitutionalPower.
#Lawmakers were shouting, their voices shaking with emotion as Macron made the risky move, which is expected to trigger quick motions of no-confidence in his government. #Crowds gathered and #riot #police vans zoomed by outside the #NationalAssembly, their sirens wailing."
In light of the #BBC kicking #GaryLinekar off the air for a tweet which dared to criticise a government minster's framing of current asylum policies, perhaps this would be a good time to sign a petition calling for all appointments to roles like head of the BBC to be made by an independent body.
There's a petition to ask #UK #parliament to switch to appointments by an independent board: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/632947
In Rishi #Sunak's statement to #parliament on the #Windsor agreement with the #EU, he states "#NorthernIreland’s businesses have continued access to the EU market, as they requested". People in #Scotland, who voted decisively Remain, are entitled to ask #Tory politicians and candidates why we can't have that
https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/pm-statement-to-the-house-of-commons-27-feb-2023
Here's my new #playlist of 20 songs for your week. It has old favourites & newly discovered #music
It includes music from the last #PopQuiz songs from married couples in bands #ArcadeFire #TheWhiteStripes #FleetwoodMac #Low + a gaggle of tunes from bands that are 'collective nouns for birds' #Parliament #Cast #TheFall #ThisIsTheKit #GangofFour #TheMurderCapital #FlockofSeagulls
Please take a listen, follow & boost if that's your bag
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1BvEGl6XgnFsHxMCi45REZ?si=35tCH0-fRqi-giSCtXVooQ
It’s troubling to learn that because we’ve underfunded #Parliament over the years, they’ve reached the point where they say they can no longer afford to continue with radio broadcasts.
Radio is available to most, it’s cheap to consume, portable, available to those who are confronting natural disasters, and easy to use by those who struggle with technology.
It’s fundamental to a well-functioning democracy that we all can monitor the performance of those we have elected to represent us.
If no one beats me to it, I’m going to start a Parliamentary petition calling for sufficient funding for the radio broadcasts to continue. This is an essential service.
Details of the move are in this piece from RNZ.
https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/the-house/audio/2018879290/democracy-on-the-cheap-skint-parliament-to-turn-off-the-radio
#NZPol
Something we need to talk about.
EU wants to ban all AI that is "too risky", chatgpt included.
I think, they need regulations, not bans. Don't exclude europe from international AI innovation!
#ChatGPT #Europe #AI #KI #parliament #digitalisierung #innovation
https://datainnovation.org/2023/02/chatgpt-amendment-shows-the-eu-is-regulating-by-outrage/
@thetiredelk if they generate a #profit or makes it difficult for the gov to completely abandon them as a #public #service.
Though that would fuck #ScottyFromMarketing when he needs to exhibit his big swinging dick in #Parliament.
So the German #parliament invited #Twitter today, to ask some questions about content moderation and such, 'after Musk'. Unfortunately all of the German Twitter policy team was fired so someone came from Ireland.
And basically said: All is fine, just like before, we comply with all the laws.
When asked about some of Musks announcements he, well, just couldn't speak to that.
Not very convincing, but that was expected.
There is a video, but only in German, I'm afraid.
The use of the "Tak Boleh Tahan" slogan is a callback in 2008, when members of an opposition party staged a #protest outside #Parliament House about the rising cost of living.
The event today is held in Orange & Teal, a café opened by Dr Chee Soon Juan—one of the opposition politicians who protested in 2008 (and was arrested for it). https://www.reuters.com/article/idINIndia-32504320080315
#CovidIsAirborne
Time to clean the air that we ALL breathe indoors - when away from home. If it's good enough for #WEF23 #Davos and UK #Parliament, it should be good enough for us ALL.
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9 January 1901 | A Pole, Stanisław Dubois, was born in Warsaw.
A socialist activist, an MP in the Polish Parliament. He fought in Silesian Uprisings & 1920 Polish-Soviet war.
In Auschwitz from 22 September 1940
No. 3904
Active in camp resistance.
He was shot in the camp on 20 August 1942.
Learn more about resistance movement in the German camp Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_16_ruch_oporu/
#Auschwitz #ww2 #Nazis #Germany #NeverForget #education #history #Poland #resistance #parliament
#introduction redux
I'm a proud 🇨🇦 public servant in the #GC. I was born in #AB raised in #QC and was educated and settled in #YOW, #ON. I was lucky enough to work on a one-year secondment to Vancouver, #BC.
I'm a #math and #economics geek. I love that I get to use these skills to help create better #legislation and #regulations.
I love watching #Parliament in action mostly for the procedure and rules.
New edition of 'Memoria' - the online monthly magazine of the Auschwitz Memorial.
📖 Read online or download the PDF: bit.ly/3vq8J3P
Check the Table of Contents in the image below.
All editions: http://memoria.auschwitz.org
Free subscription: https://www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/news/memoria-magazine/
#Auschwitz #memory #Memoria #magazine #online #history #publication #memorial #memorial #subscribe #Plaszow #UK #Parliament #Jews #IHRA #Warsaw #Ghetto #women #Holocaust #Majdanek #Hamburg #Neuengamme #exhibition @histodons @museum