Assisted dying in doubt after Leadbeater backs down

Kim Leadbeater, the MP behind the Bill, has proposed delaying the introduction of assisted dying in England and Wales for two years until 2029

THIS RAISES AN IMPORTANT QUESTION: Should one MP be in charge of legislation? 

Free Speech imperiled

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I’m a teacher. We received training recently. We were getting trained on how to spot early signs of RADICALISATION in children. One of the signs that we were being asked to look out for so that we could report it to the local authority was whether or not the child thinks that ‘MASS IMMIGRATION IS HAVING A DETRIMENTAL INPACT ON BRITISH CULTURE’…

Weekly News UK - what citizens should be able to vote on

UK Paid Record £1.9 Billion Subsidy to Offshore Wind Farms

Sue Gray appointed to House of Lords

Is calling someone 'stupid and white' racist?

Is BBC biased? And if it is, should citizens be forced to pay for it?

Should the country be run by judges?

"...we no longer have a functioning democracy: too few politicians see their jobs as representing the interests and views of the electorate. The government is no longer in control of the apparatus of state, and many ministers are content with belonging to a Potemkin cabinet, to pretend to rule while officials, European human rights, ICC or ICJ judges, international bureaucrats, the OBR, the Bank of England or the Climate Change Committee take the real decisions. A permanent and unreformable bureaucracy pursues its own ends."

Voters in Liechtenstein withdraw state funding from the country's public radio broadcaster

Demonstrates what Direct Democracy can influence

How to get rid of useless Governments, Politicians?

That is the question asked by many unhappy citizens - not only in dictatorships but also in most democracies.
There is of course no perfect solution, as there is no perfect democracy.
But giving the electorate to initiate recall referendums would be a step in the right direction. There would have to be stringent regulations to prevent abuse, a quorum to have a referendum held, then a high hurdle rate of support, maybe two thirds of those in support.
Better still to prevent the need for a recall to arise in the first place.
Direct Democracy on all levels of government would ensure that all political decisions are debated properly and individual politicians are forced to take a measured approach to governing. 
The threat of having all decisions to be subject to the scrutiny by the electorate would prevent any extreme, hasty or one-sided decisionmaking.

Telegram Founder Pavel Durov arrested in France: Another attack on free speech, Liberte is for the birds

Blob stifles free Debate

"GB News has been found in breach of impartiality rules over a “Don’t Kill Cash” campaign, marking its fifth reprimand by Ofcom this year.

The regulator on Monday censured GB News over the branded campaign, which lobbied the Government to prevent the UK from becoming a cashless society.
The campaign urged viewers to sign a petition calling for new legislation to protect the status of cash as legal tender and as a widely accepted means of payment until at least 2050" (Daily Telegraph)

COMMENT: This attack on free speech is a demonstration how the will of citizens is undermined by the undemocratic rule of factions, lobbies and unelected officials.  All 'Free Countries' operate tight controls over the Television Channels arguing that they have to promote unbiased programming. But by doing so they actually bend the discourse in a direction that is favorable to the interests of those ruling over us and stifle the full and open debate of issues that concern the Citizens.

SOLUTION: Introduce Direct Democracy on all levels of Government

 

More tinkering without bothering to ask the Citizens

UK set to launch carbon levy on imported goods in 2027 

Migrants who crossed Channel in boats claim damages for ‘unlawful’ treatment

The migrants have complained about “unlawful” searches, mobile phone seizures and “data extraction”, “non-return” of “items”, or possessions being returned “damaged”, Mr Justice Nicklin was told on Tuesday. (PA Media)

You will be able to repeal undemocratic laws and regulations!

 All too often the silent majority just shrugs the shoulders and accepts that laws are imposed that they do not agree with. But what most people, including media and other commentators, overlook is the simple fact that in a system of Direct Democracy it will be as easy to launch a campaign to repeal such laws as it was to impose them. 

Of course there will have to be safeguards and one can expect that the number of vexious or outright bad laws that are making it through the legislative process will be much diminished as public opposition can no longer be disregarded.