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Was Independent Candidate promoting Electoral Reform at #GE2024. Royal Mail declined to accept material for free postage; so 90% of electorate did not see it.

#Bideford Devon EX39 2BA
Joined February 2011
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X-twitter has character limit on posts - making it impracticable to include statutory imprint in posting. #Imprint can be included in profile of promoter. electoralcommission.org.uk/s… Candidates beware!
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Before we ask more women to stand we need #ElectoralReform so that they can make a real difference with *true* support of the community rather than having to rely on party elites. #APPG on this issue is essential ally!
Reaching 40% equality in Parliament has been such a moment but we can't assume progress will continue w/o action. We need more incredible women, from all backgrounds, to get involved in politics. If you know a woman who would make a good elected representative, #AskHerToStand!
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An "advisory only" referendum is dangerous - unless it complies with the #VeniceCommission rules. = venice.coe.int/webforms/docu…
There’s nothing for the government or even opposition parties to fear from holding an Advisory-only referendum about rejoining the EU. They don’t actually have to act on it. Just like in 2016.
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Can #StefanHohmann provide a link to details of how this "competency for farming" is defined. We need ideas on this theme to help save contirbution of small frms to UK food security.
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#TomBacon has exposed some useful material. = The challenge is how to shield the "small" farms from the taxation burdens of the 2026 proposals that will justifiably impinge on absentee owners of land. = What ideas should be in pot to assist defining "genuine" small farms?
Replying to @TomABacon
Note: I’m more than happy to see the counter-arguments and learn! Post is going viral, so apologies as there’s no way I can see them all!
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> Tenant farmers completely unaffected by IHT changes. = There may be no direct effect but they could lose their means to farm if the land is sold over their heads. = What protection do tenant farmers have? Could new owners vary terms or evict?
Replying to @TomABacon
A third of all farmland in the UK is farmed by tenant farmers like my friend (and everybody he knows around here), who'll be completely unaffected by the IHT changes. /2
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The 1929 slogan was "#Lundy Lights and Leads". Thanks to #TrinityHouse it is still light-ing. Now we have evidence of its ability to lead - even in arcane subjects like #Bryophttes.
Bryophytes the study & conservation of mosses & liverworts are recorded by the LFS on Lundy. In spring 2021 a species was found on Lundy that was new to Britain Didymodon tophaceus subsp. #moss #robin #Lundy #Bristolchannel #Bryophytes
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Post copied from #MorganFreeman @mjfree.bsky.social on a different social media platform. Worth a visit??
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Politics should not be about personal advantage - but about whether a policy is right for the nation. = There must be transparency as to how the new regime will work and prevent farms with marginal viability being caught up in taxes for abusers of land ownership.
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Good to see leader of #TrueFair making common cause with #SaveBritishFarming. The #elephant in the room (via #AndrewHesselden) is promoting coming together between pro-EU and anti-Brexit organisations.
Thanks Gina, it’s beyond a challenging time. And I actually wish that Labour hadn’t won power bc they’re 100 times worse. All our farmers have been through the wringer by this shower and they are the best of us. They work so incredibly hard to keep us fed and care for the countryside and most don’t appreciate what they do.
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#LizWebster previously advocated #ZoeBillingham as a standard bearer for sensible politics. Sadly she misled herself - her lack of confidence in politics in UK is understandable. Does she recognise merit of #RozSavage?
I’ve faced a lot in last few weeks, from my grandson arriving 5 weeks early to my husband having major heart issues and our farm flooding AGAIN. On top of the bunch of lying @UKLabour politicians f*cked over farming. I’ve totally lost faith in our politics. Everyone in all parties LIES
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At low tide it is possible to walk across #CoveBeach (aka Hells Gates??) and reach two alternative ascent routes to the delightfully softgrass and #Letterbox on the summit of #RatIsland next #Lundy.
Resembling a crouched rat, Rat Island is isolated from the main island at high tide by a small expanse of water covering Cove Beach #Lundy #ratisland #Bristolchannel
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At very least the penalty for over-earning should be the total of over-earnings in weeks during a fiscal year that Carer Allowance was claimed. = This approach should be backdated to April 6th 2018.
It is right that DWP are to review the carers' earnings cliff-edge, but it can’t be business as usual while that review takes place. Carers do vital work. If we are to rescue our NHS, we must support them.
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Indulging in #CriminalDamage (destroying flags) is not a reposible way to make a political point. = EU is for Europeans and their guests. Just because someone looks different or holds different opinions does not make her/him a freak.
I destroy EU flags when I come across them. I will not have that fascistic dictate imposed on me. The EU is for freaks.
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Only way to “Undo Brexit” is via #Article49 - but UK can rejoin single market outside EU, addressing almost all the economic damage. No need for #Art49 or referendum. Just drop red lines and Apply!
“Undoing Brexit” is not an immediate option, now we’ve left the only way back is Art49, we’re not even at the starting gate. UK can however rejoin single market from outside EU, undo almost all the econ damage of Brexit. No need for Art49 or referendum. Just drop red lines, apply
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Is there a source table providing designations for years back to say 2010? What comes after Gen-Z? Do we restart at Gen-A or move to two letters?
Have I got any Gen Z followers?
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Thank you. I have now enrolled there as AlanR555. = Does anyone know of similarly simple way to enrol on #WhatsApp without using a smart telephone??
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This figure of 845 is number of votes for the leader of the #TrueFair party in #EpsomEwell at #GE2024. Whatever the figure, policies of TF are not thereby invalidated - they just have not reached #VictorHugo moment in their path to general acceptance.
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Is it true that #BlueSky accounts can be established only via a smart mobile telephone? If so, how many potential users have been excluded by technological factors? I am unable to use a #SmartPhone for neurology reasons. Can I use BlueSky?
Brexit the Elephant has set up an account on BlueSky. brexitelephant.bsky.social andrewhesselden.bsky.social “But I’m staying here too,” he added “Because I need to be seen and reposted by as many people as possible so politicians notice”. #BrexitTheElephant
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What does it made what view is taken by the member for #CentralDevon? Conservative view is irrelevant until that party has cast off the policies that led to its rejection by the electorate at #GE2024.
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Is it true that raising fare to £3 (two coins not just one is of psychological import) would raise only £700K? Has an impact statement on behavioural reaction been prepared?
Labour's bus tax could see 1 in 5 bus users taking fewer leisure trips. The Government must change course and boost local economies before it's too late for our struggling hospitality industry.
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