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An increasing concern about current #PM’s *accountability* to parliament, or not. Appears decision to merge #FCO with #DFID was taken without even consulting #Cabinet!
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚠️" title="Warnsignal" aria-label="Emoji: Warnsignal"> Be very aware. #Constitutional conventions are being steadily undermined.
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Be very aware. #Constitutional conventions are being steadily undermined.[ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="↘️" title="Südost gerichteter Pfeil" aria-label="Emoji: Südost gerichteter Pfeil">image https://twitter.com/standardn... https://twitter.com/Charterho..." title="An increasing concern about current #PM’s *accountability* to parliament, or not. Appears decision to merge #FCO with #DFID was taken without even consulting #Cabinet!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⚠️" title="Warnsignal" aria-label="Emoji: Warnsignal"> Be very aware. #Constitutional conventions are being steadily undermined.[ https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="↘️" title="Südost gerichteter Pfeil" aria-label="Emoji: Südost gerichteter Pfeil">image https://twitter.com/standardn... https://twitter.com/Charterho..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
#Parliament #Scrutiny
From the archive: https://twitter.com/CharterhouseSq/status/1207635046351421440">https://twitter.com/Charterho...
From the archive: https://twitter.com/CharterhouseSq/status/1207635046351421440">https://twitter.com/Charterho...
#Parliament #Accountability https://twitter.com/CharterhouseSq/status/1272643795889381381">https://twitter.com/Charterho...
Yet another example of this (current) govt’s apparent & ongoing disregard of @HouseofCommons & historic parliamentary convention ..
| https://twitter.com/lisanandy/status/1277930466604179456?s=21">https://twitter.com/lisanandy... https://twitter.com/lisanandy/status/1277930466604179456">https://twitter.com/lisanandy...
| https://twitter.com/lisanandy/status/1277930466604179456?s=21">https://twitter.com/lisanandy... https://twitter.com/lisanandy/status/1277930466604179456">https://twitter.com/lisanandy...
| https://twitter.com/peston/status/1278230251055861761?s=21">https://twitter.com/peston/st... \via @Peston https://twitter.com/Peston/status/1278230251055861761">https://twitter.com/Peston/st...
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> see thread above #NationalSecurityAdvisor #No10 #PowerOfExecutive #Accountability | https://twitter.com/peston/st... \via @Peston https://twitter.com/Peston/st..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> see thread above #NationalSecurityAdvisor #No10 #PowerOfExecutive #Accountability | https://twitter.com/peston/st... \via @Peston https://twitter.com/Peston/st..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
| https://twitter.com/maitlis/status/1278821550922350593?s=21
Related:">https://twitter.com/maitlis/s... https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/boris-johnson-to-start-white-house-style-tv-press-briefings-939lkwxkx
[">https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/b... #BorisJohnson to start #Trump/style TV press briefings ] https://twitter.com/maitlis/status/1278821550922350593">https://twitter.com/maitlis/s...
| https://twitter.com/pressgazette/status/1279077690759417863?s=21">https://twitter.com/pressgaze... https://twitter.com/pressgazette/status/1279077690759417863">https://twitter.com/pressgaze...
| https://twitter.com/lizmottershaw/status/1279337299512360963?s=21">https://twitter.com/lizmotter... https://twitter.com/LizMottershaw/status/1279337299512360963">https://twitter.com/LizMotter...
thread / see above ref. #Accountability #Parliamentary #Scrutiny | https://twitter.com/lizmotter... https://twitter.com/LizMotter..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> thread / see above ref. #Accountability #Parliamentary #Scrutiny | https://twitter.com/lizmotter... https://twitter.com/LizMotter..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
+ #accountability
. @andrewrawnsley writing in today’s @ObserverUK
“The #GangOfThree are no keener to have senior officials who will challenge them than they are to have people in the cabinet who will argue with them” https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/05/the-civil-service-is-right-to-be-paranoid-about-boris-johnsons-gang-of-three">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
Gove, Johnson & Cummings LLP+ #accountability. @andrewrawnsley writing in today’s @ObserverUK https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⤵️" title="Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten">“The #GangOfThree are no keener to have senior officials who will challenge them than they are to have people in the cabinet who will argue with them” https://www.theguardian.com/commentis..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> Gove, Johnson & Cummings LLP+ #accountability. @andrewrawnsley writing in today’s @ObserverUK https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⤵️" title="Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten">“The #GangOfThree are no keener to have senior officials who will challenge them than they are to have people in the cabinet who will argue with them” https://www.theguardian.com/commentis..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
+taking-back-control-questionmark
\ see thread above
| https://twitter.com/libdemdaisy/status/1285328309560258563?s=21">https://twitter.com/libdemdai... | via @libdemdaisy https://twitter.com/libdemdaisy/status/1285328309560258563">https://twitter.com/libdemdai...
| https://twitter.com/hhesterm/status/1285484214289346560?s=21">https://twitter.com/hhesterm/... https://twitter.com/hhesterm/status/1285484214289346560">https://twitter.com/hhesterm/...
A reminder of how #parliamentary #democracy in England is being steadily weakened :: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-and-opinion/items/prorogation-struck-at-the-very-heart-of-parliamentary-democracy-but-it-was-not-an-isolated-incident-dr-robert-saunders.html">https://www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-... \via @redhistorian
| https://twitter.com/redhistorian/status/1286207939808821249?s=21">https://twitter.com/redhistor...
ongoing thread on #Parliament #accountability #scrutiny A reminder of how #parliamentary #democracy in England is being steadily weakened :: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-... \via @redhistorian | https://twitter.com/redhistor..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> ongoing thread on #Parliament #accountability #scrutiny A reminder of how #parliamentary #democracy in England is being steadily weakened :: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/mei/news-... \via @redhistorian | https://twitter.com/redhistor..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
“We must not be fooled by claims that this is about restoring ‘the sovereignty of Parliament’. Its about the power of #No10 to sideline #Parliament”
| https://twitter.com/redhistorian/status/1286999540122476544?s=21">https://twitter.com/redhistor... | see thread
| https://twitter.com/adamjkucharski/status/1294960840307806209?s=21">https://twitter.com/adamjkuch... https://twitter.com/AdamJKucharski/status/1294960840307806209">https://twitter.com/AdamJKuch...
| https://twitter.com/justinmadders/status/1295441676719316993?s=21">https://twitter.com/justinmad... https://twitter.com/justinmadders/status/1295441676719316993">https://twitter.com/justinmad...
Take heed from @martinkettle ..
“We are witnessing nothing less than an attempt to overturn Britain’s established system of representative democracy”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/19/johnson-parliament-cummings-britain-democracy">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... #scrutiny
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> an ongoing (depressing) thread on #BorisJohnsonGovernment #accountability, or lack of it. Take heed from @martinkettle ..“We are witnessing nothing less than an attempt to overturn Britain’s established system of representative democracy” https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... #scrutiny" title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten"> an ongoing (depressing) thread on #BorisJohnsonGovernment #accountability, or lack of it. Take heed from @martinkettle ..“We are witnessing nothing less than an attempt to overturn Britain’s established system of representative democracy” https://www.theguardian.com/commentis... #scrutiny" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/30/the-johnson-method-of-government-total-power-with-absolutely-no-responsibility">https://www.theguardian.com/commentis...
a further addition to our ongoing thread on #UK govt. #accountability #scrutiny #transparency [ or not https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕳" title="Loch" aria-label="Emoji: Loch"> ]https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="↘️" title="Südost gerichteter Pfeil" aria-label="Emoji: Südost gerichteter Pfeil"> . @andrewrawnsley in today’s @ObserverUK .. https://www.theguardian.com/commentis..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> a further addition to our ongoing thread on #UK govt. #accountability #scrutiny #transparency [ or not https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🕳" title="Loch" aria-label="Emoji: Loch"> ]https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="↘️" title="Südost gerichteter Pfeil" aria-label="Emoji: Südost gerichteter Pfeil"> . @andrewrawnsley in today’s @ObserverUK .. https://www.theguardian.com/commentis..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
> https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2020-09-01/HCWS427/">https://www.parliament.uk/business/... via @thatginamiller
#accountability #scrutiny | ref. UK govt. [ongoing thread]> https://www.parliament.uk/business/... via @thatginamiller https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⤵️" title="Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten"> https://twitter.com/thatginam..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> #accountability #scrutiny | ref. UK govt. [ongoing thread]> https://www.parliament.uk/business/... via @thatginamiller https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⤵️" title="Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Nach rechts zeigender Pfeil mit Krümmung nach unten"> https://twitter.com/thatginam..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
[ https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/uk-politics-54084834">https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live... ] https://twitter.com/BBCPolitics/status/1303664548210237442">https://twitter.com/BBCPoliti...
https://twitter.com/danbloom1/status/1303660099530035200?s=21">https://twitter.com/danbloom1...
see above thread | #parliament #accountability https://twitter.com/danbloom1..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> see above thread | #parliament #accountability https://twitter.com/danbloom1..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
“The (constitutional) state we’re in .. a week in #British politics”
https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2020/09/13/the-constitutional-state-were-in-a-week-in-british-politics/
">https://publiclawforeveryone.com/2020/09/1... #ThatWasTheWeekThatWas https://twitter.com/ProfMarkElliott/status/1305137135075364866">https://twitter.com/ProfMarkE...
| https://twitter.com/christopherhope/status/1307425468795232263?s=21">https://twitter.com/christoph...
#accountability #scrutiny #ParliamentaryDemocracy| https://twitter.com/christoph..." title="https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> #accountability #scrutiny #ParliamentaryDemocracy| https://twitter.com/christoph..." class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
#accountability #scrutiny #ParliamentaryDemocracy
.. & tendency of this #BorisJohnson govt. to make *new* policy announcements direct, via media, twitter, etc
cutting-out essential task of going to #HouseOfCommons to make announcement first https://twitter.com/pickardje/status/1308304344266108928">https://twitter.com/pickardje...
And so it goes ..
https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬆️" title="Pfeil nach oben" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach oben"> this thread just runs & runs https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🧵" title="Thread" aria-label="Emoji: Thread"> | a-stitch-in-time-saves-nine
#accountability #scrutiny #ParliamentaryDemocracy https://twitter.com/steven_swinford/status/1309038262170906624">https://twitter.com/steven_sw...
#accountability #scrutiny #ParliamentaryDemocracy https://twitter.com/steven_swinford/status/1309038262170906624">https://twitter.com/steven_sw...
