Josh Russell → @MVTFWD

TBD these days I think

Because then they’d have an excuse to put ‘defences’ on the moon too.

It lets them shout about taxes and small government

The Movement Forward Taking tactical voting mainstream, for urgent change from a new government.

same here in the UK, it's pretty much the premise of our project MVTFWD.com

Reform Dog Bites Media Man The British press is failing in its duty to ask the right questions of Nigel Farage

How we will look back at the British media's current constant indulgence of Nigel Farage and his brand of anti-migrant politics as the biggest collective failure of our times

www.adambienkov.co.uk/p/reform-dog...

Is there a movement for electoral reform? It really should be top of the agenda, it’s not just a representation thing, it’s a national security issue.

Indeed, but in the UK our election system (FPTP) puts us in a bind, and lots of argument. For many of us, if we vote for who we believe in, our vote won’t really count or could split the vote and let the fash in. So we argue about that vs voting tactically to keep the fash out.

It’s closer, largely because of the tactical voting information people had. But hacking the system shouldn’t be needed.

Hope can be smashed by FPTP.

Think they’ll win the next election?

The Movement Forward Taking tactical voting mainstream, for urgent change from a new government.

Here is my idea for umbrella phrasing of a new social contract, that you can frame all the policy we need under:

Reduce human suffering.
Increase human potential.

With this you can design good policy for democracy, justice, the planet, and each other.

This has been my thinking behind MVTFWD.com

Stop the Tories and Reform Your vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government.

Yep, and we’re doing that every week at every council by-election StopReformUK.vote

Pissed off with Politics?

Our headline panel at @forwardsbristol.bsky.social, Aug 24th.

Carol Vorderman @carolvorders.bsky.social

Gary Stevenson @garyseconomics.bsky.social

Zarah Sultana @zarahsultana.bsky.social

Coco Khan (host) @cocobyname.bsky.social

It’s us against the billionaires.

Farage’s vision for government.

This is one step away from “we don’t need elections”

Obama and Biden both could have introduced the electoral reforms the US needs.

Same here jn the UK.

But they don’t, why is that?

And your idea was..

Don’t forget the 72 Tories in yellow ties, and the 4 Tories in green ties.

What would have been a better plan? Genuinely.

No, it would be providing context.

He’s not defending the general right to protest, he’s defending them protesting this specifically, using language that supports their position.

I mean he’s also saying people are right to protest about a thing that has been manufactured and used as a scapegoat, which imho they are not right to protest about.

So he’s misleading the ‘protestors’ too, and perpetuating the lie that’s created this situation dominating our politics by design.

I could have posted a photo of the hotel being set alight last year, the quote applies.

bsky.app/profile/josh...

Is the quote wrong?

This one? I don’t think that backs up your claim.

I understand people are annoyed at how our elections work, but your argument should be about that, not at us for having to operate within them.

Evidence?

in 2029 we'll be holding all politicians to account on their behaviour on immigration and the other topics shaping our times.

whatever party they're from.

and we'll be selecting and electing better people who actually represent us.

Join up → MVTFWD.com

yes, and keeping out Reform too!

left:
Labour minister James Murray tells Sky News that it's "absolutely right for people to protest about this"

right:
the protest about this

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Hey Jack, I’m in favour of this policy.

Can you confirm government will act if we sign the petition?