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DoomsdaysCW

At least 200,000 protesters rally in Munich against #FarRight #AfD ahead of German election

February 8, 2025

MUNICH, Germany (AP) — "More than 200,000 protesters rallied in Munich, Germany, on Saturday against #FarRightExtremism ahead of the country’s #GeneralElection.

"The far-right, #AntiImmigrant #AlternativeForGermany, or AfD, is in second place in recent polls and has prompted widespread protests across the country before voters cast their ballots on #February23.

"The protest at Munich’s Theresienwiese — where Oktoberfest takes place each year — brought a significantly larger crowd than expected, according to the German dpa news agency. The event’s organizer estimated the crowd could be up to 320,000 people, many of whom carried signs against the AfD with slogans like, '#Racism and #hatred is not an alternative.'

"The protest was supported by #ActivistGroups as well as the #MunichFilmFestival, #churches and Munich soccer clubs FC Bayern and TSV 1860, among others. Police told dpa that the demonstration was peaceful.
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"Similar #protests attracted large crowds on Saturday in #HanoverGermany, #RostockGermany, and elsewhere in Germany, mirroring other demonstrations that have occurred across the country in recent weeks."

apnews.com/article/germany-mun
#ResistFascism #ResistTheFarRight #Protests #Germany #WorldPol #EuroPol

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Lydia Conwell

So the #Tories are in the lead for the next #GeneralElection ?

What's wrong with people?

It's like a merry-go-round of shitness. Either humans are too stupid to ever learn from their mistakes, or they're entirely duped and control by corporate owned news outlets!

Come on, people. A new leader doesn't make the party different. Look beyond the flimsy veneer of PR and look at things with a little more complexity FFS.

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Corin Ashwell 🌍 🌿 🍄

Nice thing about not being on Xdotcom, I had no-idea about this stupid #ReformUK and #Tory promoted petition to hold a new #GeneralElection in the #UK until I read the BBC news this evening.

Apart from its inherent daftness it does remind me that for so-called small state advocates the #rightwing do love having expensive, bureaucratic elections all the bloody time.

bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cly2r4

BBC NewsKeir Starmer: I'm not surprised some want general election re-runThe prime minister responds to an online petition calling for a new election, months after the last poll.
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Lydia Conwell

#Skwawkbox | Petition for new #GeneralElection because of #Labour dishonesty passes 1m signatures

Yeah ... I'd sign this ... but who else is there to vote for? Another general election and we'd just end up with more of the same.

"The petition ... was started four days ago and took three days to pass 100,000 signatures ... But since yesterday it has taken off, quickly passed a million signatures and continues to accelerate."

skwawkbox.org/2024/11/24/petit

SKWAWKBOX · Petition for new GE because of Labour dishonesty passes 1m signatures – and acceleratingTens of thousands added every few minutes A new petition for the Starmer government to call a new general election because of Labour’s dishonesty has passed a million signatures – and i…
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Jon PENNYCOOK

"A former independent MP, who was permanently expelled from the #Conservative Party after comparing the use of #Covid jabs to the #Holocaust" claims he lost due to vote rigging.

leicestermercury.co.uk/news/le

Amanda Hack (new Labour MP): “The explanation for absence of voting papers with a cross against Andrew’s name is simple. People didn’t vote for him."

Leicestershire Live · Former MP questions if election results were 'rigged'“The explanation for absence of voting papers with a cross against Andrew’s name is simple. People didn’t vote for him."
#antivax#antivaxers#conspiracy
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Geri ❤️

#ChrisPhilp is on #BBCLauraK saying the #Rwanda scheme would have been an effective detterrent, but unfortunately, the first flight was scheduled for three weeks after the #GeneralElection is an amusing piece of deception.

Surely, even a pillock like Philp knows the GE was called on that date was because lawyers were lined up to prevent those take offs and Sunak did not want to end his ministry with another failure chalked up against him.

Xx

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JuneSim63

The Electoral Reform Society (ERS) looks at the results of the recent UK general election and highlights four outcomes. It was the most disproportional GE result in history, with only 15% of MPs elected with more than half the votes in their constituency. The system of voting needs serious reform.

#GeneralElection #UKPolitics #ElectoralReform #FPTP

Four striking general election outcomes showing the chaos of First Past the Post – Electoral Reform Society – ERS
electoral-reform.org.uk/four-s

www.electoral-reform.org.ukFour striking general election outcomes showing the chaos of First Past the PostThe dust is settling on the results of the 2024 UK general election. We have a Labour government for the first time since 2010, with a majority of seats almost as big as Tony Blair’s l
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Susan Larson ♀️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🌈

Rightwing Groups, #Republican #state #parties file #FEC #complaint over #BidenHarris #campaign #funds

“If the #candidate is not a candidate in the #generalelection, all #contributions made for the #generalelection shall be either #returned or #refunded to the #contributors or #redesignated …, or #reattributed …, as #appropriate”

— The donations were properly redesignated to help elect the new Democratic Nominee as appropriate.

newjerseymonitor.com/2024/07/2

New Jersey Monitor · Citizens United, GOP state parties file FEC complaint over Biden-Harris campaign funds • New Jersey MonitorThe complaint is asking the FEC commission to “immediately initiate enforcement proceedings to prevent Harris from using her ill-gotten gains
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Lydia Conwell

Well this is interesting.

#ReformParty apparently fielded fake candidates in the #GeneralElection

But these people knew the polls and Refrom actually slit the right wing vote. So was Reform trying to win the seats, or were they actually trying to help #Labour win seats? Because surely they knew how well they were polling in those areas.

#Skwawkbox | ‘Smoking gun’ of fake Reform candidate – no response from party

skwawkbox.org/2024/07/12/smoki

SKWAWKBOX · ‘Smoking gun’ of fake Reform candidate – no response from partyRegional campaign manager Facebook post says South Dorset candidate was made up A Facebook post to a private party group by a regional organiser for the far-right ‘Reform’ party appears…
#Farrage
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Mark

The #UK’s #voting system is broken.

Under the First Past the Post system, the governing party were awarded 63% of seats on only 33.8& of total votes

While 42.3% who voted for parties other than 2 major parties were only granted 17.2% of MP seats. That’s one MP per 23k votes for #Labour and one MP per 482k votes for #Greens

Those who gain from such #electoral distortion can’t be allowed to ensure it continues to weaken our #democracy

actionnetwork.org/petitions/jo

actionnetwork.orgJoin the demand for a democracy that really represents usA representative democracy must broadly reflect the interests and attitudes of its people. The outcome of Thursday's election has stretched the critical idea that we live in such a democracy to breaking point. Under the First Past the Post system, the governing party were awarded 63 percent of seats on only 33.8 percent of the votes cast. At the same time the 42.3 % of voters who voted for parties other than the 2 major parties were only granted 17.2 % of the seats. Because the most distorted election outcomes in history it will both damage people's trust in politics further and struggle to deliver the long term, strong and stable government the country needs. To change society we must change the system. If politicians are serious about addressing the crisis of trust in politics, this must be the last election distorted by First Past the Post.
#GeneralElection#FPTP#PR
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