In Sir Kids Starvers own constituency he only managed to get 18,884 votes compared to 36,641 in 2019, highlighting how unpopular he is. Independent candidates, along with those from smaller parties did exceptionally well given they have nowhere near the level of funding Labour and Conservatives have and only had 6 weeks to organise and mobilise. So, although Labour managed to get only 34% of the overall votes nationally, that translated into 412 MPs which in turn is 63% of seats in Parliament. That’s not representative nor democratic. In 2019, when Labour suffered one of its biggest “defeats” under Jeremy Corbyn, the overall party received over 10 million votes. On July the 4th, when Labour won by an alleged landslide, its share of the national vote was down to 9,712,011!
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A white woman, a black woman and a hijabi walk into a …
Which of these women is most likely to get a place at a prestigious university without needing to change her name, or apply for a job knowing there won’t be any discrimination? Which of them is disproportionately discriminated against in hospitals with one 3.7 times more likely to die in childbirth because racism is systemic and many still believe that some bodies feel less pain than others due to their colour!
Borders, The Nation State and Palestine
The creation of the nation state is almost entirely an artificial construct. Creating a state that is moulded together into a single entity encouraged to share a national identity has not only been a violent process but one that was born from colonialism and one that continues to benefit colonial interests. If we look at any of the wars taking place across the globe in recent times, (Sudan, Yemen, Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq) all of them have to do with borders that were imposed on them by imperial powers. Iraq is an example of how the British carved out a country with their own interests in mind and no consideration for the people of the region. The three main ethnic groups, The Kurds, the Sunnis and the Shias, were divided in such a way that certain sects were given power over others therefore ensuring regional tensions and disharmony.
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