During the Second Reading of the Representation of the People Bill, MP after MP got up to point out what's missing from it: fixing the voting system.
The problems with FPTP can no longer be ignored - and neither can the growing calls for PR. 📣
Here are just a few highlights:
This is incredible. UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet
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'Sir, President Trump says he thinks Sir Keir Starmer is no Winston Churchill. Well, he himself is no Franklin Delano Roosevelt' | ✍️ Times Letters
NHS trust exits special measures after eight years
#Shropshire
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Up to a million more pensioners will be drawn into paying income tax as a direct consequence of frozen tax thresholds, according to new forecasts from the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR)
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Shropshire patrol takes a load off the toad crossing road
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Beware of any Christian movement that acts as though the world is full of enemies to be destroyed rather than full of neighbors to be loved.
Support when your family or friends are caught up in a crisis overseas
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This March, more than 1,000 people in the UK will be diagnosed with a brain tumour.
That’s why we’re raising awareness and supporting life-saving research to give patients and families hope. 💛
https://bit.ly/49AIz0x
#BrainTumourAwarenessMonth #TogetherWeWillFindACure
The Representation of the People Bill will have its Second Reading today.
While it includes some necessary measures, our position is clear:
It won't fix our broken democracy without reforming the very voting system that leaves millions of people unrepresented.
Scrap FPTP now.
Why is it sectarian when parties campaign for Muslim votes (all trad parties have at some point) but not when they campaign to Anglican (Tories) Catholic (Labour) Jewish (Labour anti semitism row). Is it possible that many Muslims just didn’t want to vote for you, because you didn’t appeal to them?
BREAKING: Ed Davey responds to the ongoing situation in the Middle East
They're picking on the already marginalized... Cowards!
youtu.be/rlR-OwfQKug
Exciting news! The Rare Cancers Bill is close to becoming law. How do you think this will impact cancer research and support? #CancerAwareness
https://www.thebraintumourcharity.org/news/policy-news/the-rare-cancers-bill-set-to-become-law/
Imagine devoting your entire career to selling the idea that the British public hates wokery and is clamouring for radical right wing populism, only to then be defeated in an actual election by the most left wing possible coalition of politicians and activists in the country.
It's got to hurt
The High Sheriff of Shropshire has issued an urgent appeal for residents to step forward and serve as magistrates, warning that a significant backlog of court cases is causing “unacceptable delays” to the local justice system.
'We are seeing increasing evidence that voters are willing to vote for parties other than the conventional, traditional parties of British politics'
Election expert Sir John Curtice speaks to #BBCBreakfast after the Green Party won the Gorton and Denton by-election
The Baltic States are facing a multitude of challenges.
We must support these regions and show our solidarity.
With our Eastern border regions strategy, we're investing in their strength.
Because this is where our Union's security, resilience and stability lies.
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An open letter has called for Labour to deliver a new empty homes strategy to kickstart government efforts to tackle the housing crisis
Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025
Quarterly statistics on people coming to the UK (including via illegal routes), extensions of stay, EUSS, citizenship, asylum, detentions, returns and stopping immigration crime.
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Well done Better Shrewsbury Transport campaigners. After 7 years, the end seems to be in sight for the North West Relief Road (NWRR)!
NEW: This is a terrific deep dive into Epstein & Russia by @professorshaw.bsky.social for @thenerve.news which starts with ‘Yachtgate’, Mandelson’s 2008 scandal involving Nat Rothschild, George Osborne & Russian oligarch, Oleg Deripaska
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With nearly 3,000 pothole repairs carried out in the last year and more than £90million committed over the next four years to maintain highways, Telford & Wrekin Council is showing its determination to continually improve the condition of Borough roads.
Teens are rising to the emotional challenge for Lingen Davies Cancer Support. How do you think charity efforts impact their lives? #CharityChallenge
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/local-hubs/shrewsbury/2026/02/25/teenagers-take-on-charity-challenge-for-lingen-davies/
Anyone disagree.....?
The Rock’n’Roll Doctor is IN
At the risk of stating the bleeding obvious: Far from ‘protecting Christian heritage’, this along with much else of Reform’s policy platform is so unChristian as to be anti-Christian
There is nothing loving, caring or Christ-like about their ideas
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Five teenage boys will walk over 75 miles from Shrewsbury to Snowdon this March in memory of loved ones.
Very important
