Charlie Angus
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You need an independent judicial system, because the independent judicial system has called out our prime ministers in the past. In fact, the last Conservative government had numerous battles with the Supreme Court on laws that just weren't constitutional. So that's a really important bulwark that we still have. I would imagine it'll be attacked soon enough. The other is electoral financing.
You need an independent judicial system, because the independent judicial system has called out our prime ministers in the past. In fact, the last Conservative government had numerous battles with the Supreme Court on laws that just weren't constitutional. So that's a really important bulwark that we still have. I would imagine it'll be attacked soon enough. The other is electoral financing.
I represent a region that's bigger than the United Kingdom. I run my entire campaign for about $100,000 because there are campaign limits. Corporations cannot donate upfront. So that allows a level playing field and allows people like me, a kid from a mining town, to actually run and represent people that I couldn't probably be able to do in the United States.
I represent a region that's bigger than the United Kingdom. I run my entire campaign for about $100,000 because there are campaign limits. Corporations cannot donate upfront. So that allows a level playing field and allows people like me, a kid from a mining town, to actually run and represent people that I couldn't probably be able to do in the United States.
I represent a region that's bigger than the United Kingdom. I run my entire campaign for about $100,000 because there are campaign limits. Corporations cannot donate upfront. So that allows a level playing field and allows people like me, a kid from a mining town, to actually run and represent people that I couldn't probably be able to do in the United States.
What's concerning me, there is a lot of dark money appearing, and it's certainly on the platforms. We saw that with X. And we see it with Meta, Facebook, the amount on my political page, the amount of toxic memes, hate memes against trans people, against climate change, attacking our prime minister. Who's paying for that? And how is that money being spread? It's an enormous online campaign.
What's concerning me, there is a lot of dark money appearing, and it's certainly on the platforms. We saw that with X. And we see it with Meta, Facebook, the amount on my political page, the amount of toxic memes, hate memes against trans people, against climate change, attacking our prime minister. Who's paying for that? And how is that money being spread? It's an enormous online campaign.
What's concerning me, there is a lot of dark money appearing, and it's certainly on the platforms. We saw that with X. And we see it with Meta, Facebook, the amount on my political page, the amount of toxic memes, hate memes against trans people, against climate change, attacking our prime minister. Who's paying for that? And how is that money being spread? It's an enormous online campaign.
That's what worries me. the inability, the unwillingness to call out that. Certainly, you probably saw the crazy convoy of the great White Lives Matter protests that occupied our capital for weeks and weeks and weeks with disinformation and crazy.
That's what worries me. the inability, the unwillingness to call out that. Certainly, you probably saw the crazy convoy of the great White Lives Matter protests that occupied our capital for weeks and weeks and weeks with disinformation and crazy.
That's what worries me. the inability, the unwillingness to call out that. Certainly, you probably saw the crazy convoy of the great White Lives Matter protests that occupied our capital for weeks and weeks and weeks with disinformation and crazy.
How much of that was driven by offshore bot farms and Russian disinformation is a huge question, but people are tiptoeing around it because they don't wanna take on the rage mob. But these are things that are threatening our democracy added to the kind of language that Trump is bringing in on everything from vaccinations to migrants. It will put a lot of stress on our nation.
How much of that was driven by offshore bot farms and Russian disinformation is a huge question, but people are tiptoeing around it because they don't wanna take on the rage mob. But these are things that are threatening our democracy added to the kind of language that Trump is bringing in on everything from vaccinations to migrants. It will put a lot of stress on our nation.
How much of that was driven by offshore bot farms and Russian disinformation is a huge question, but people are tiptoeing around it because they don't wanna take on the rage mob. But these are things that are threatening our democracy added to the kind of language that Trump is bringing in on everything from vaccinations to migrants. It will put a lot of stress on our nation.
And we need to stand up and say, no, you're not gonna go down that road, but we have to protect the institutions that we have.
And we need to stand up and say, no, you're not gonna go down that road, but we have to protect the institutions that we have.
And we need to stand up and say, no, you're not gonna go down that road, but we have to protect the institutions that we have.
But I think the issue of defending democracy is no longer within our individual borders. That's what we've learned from the Steve Bannon playbook. They have no intention on the far right of focusing on an election here or there. They're using strategies globally to undermine democratic rights. We're in a time of crisis. We're in a time when we need to learn from each other and work together.
But I think the issue of defending democracy is no longer within our individual borders. That's what we've learned from the Steve Bannon playbook. They have no intention on the far right of focusing on an election here or there. They're using strategies globally to undermine democratic rights. We're in a time of crisis. We're in a time when we need to learn from each other and work together.
But I think the issue of defending democracy is no longer within our individual borders. That's what we've learned from the Steve Bannon playbook. They have no intention on the far right of focusing on an election here or there. They're using strategies globally to undermine democratic rights. We're in a time of crisis. We're in a time when we need to learn from each other and work together.