The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Sept. 13 officially recognizing Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko as an accomplice to the crimes of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
#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.
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
The capital of one of the world’s most stable democracies is gripped by growing panic about foreign agents working in elected office. A bombshell report by Canadian lawmakers has unnerved Parliament Hill, alleging that unnamed politicians have been covertly working with foreign governments....
Shashi Tharoor, Supriya Sule, Farooq Abdullah among 49 Opposition MPs suspended from Lok Sabha
Earlier on Monday 78 MPs were suspended from both Houses of Parliament. With this the total number of suspended MPs in this session are 141, a figure unprecedented in the history of the Indian Parliament.
"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
"The legal subordination of one sex to another – is wrong in itself, [...] it ought to be replaced by a system of perfect equality, admitting no power and privilege on the one side, nor disability on the other."
~ 'The Subjection of Women' by J. S. Mill (1869)
Did you know that John Stuart Mill was the first person in #British#Parliament to call for allowing #women to vote?
This petition also included the signature of the only #PoC, Sarah Parker Remond.
Israeli war cabinet minister #BennyGantz's #centrist party has proposed holding a vote to dissolve #parliament in a bid to bring about an early #election, his party said in a statement on Thurs.
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.
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.
In Britain, former Conservative Member of Parliament Julian Knight, who was suspended from the party over allegations of sexual assault, has announced he will run in the election as an independent. Seems to me he could start and run for the Sexual Assault Party.
French President Emmanuel #Macron’s call for new legislative #elections after announcing the breakup of the French #Parliament caught members of the National Rally unsuspected, FRANCE 24’s Claire Paccalin said, reporting from party headquarters.
European Parliament recognizes Lukashenko as 'accomplice' to Putin's crimes (kyivindependent.com)
The European Parliament adopted a resolution on Sept. 13 officially recognizing Belarusian dictator Alexander Lukashenko as an accomplice to the crimes of Russian dictator Vladimir Putin.
Canada’s Parliament rocked by allegations of treason (www.politico.com)
The capital of one of the world’s most stable democracies is gripped by growing panic about foreign agents working in elected office. A bombshell report by Canadian lawmakers has unnerved Parliament Hill, alleging that unnamed politicians have been covertly working with foreign governments....