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hello everyone now one of the worst
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things that this labor government this
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sta regime has done and has done many
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terrible things but this is to cancel
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the elections that were due to take
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place in England on the 1st of May 2025
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in nine local Council County areas and
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those Authority areas are here I'm just
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going to put them up on the screen es
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sosex Essex Hampshire the is of white
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Norfolk suffk s thork and West Sussex
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now I think by now you probably know
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that because this is well known it's
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well established it's an absolute
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outrage and it is this government
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cancelling elections which should happen
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and it is anti-democratic from a
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government that continually protest
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there for freedom and democracy where
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they're taking democracy away from
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approximately six million people the
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thing is
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though the Heritage party has been
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challenging this and our fantastic
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General Secretary meline hunt has been
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writing letters and uh requesting
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information through Freedom of
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Information requests and writing to even
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the government Barrister who is trying
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to defend this decision in order to make
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a challenge as to the legality of this
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election
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cancellation and the government has
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written back and it's very very
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interesting uh what they've said now
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meline on behalf of the Heritage party
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wrote to the government on the 6th of
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February um requesting information
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within the normal 14-day period but they
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said well we can't answer within 14 days
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we can answer within about six not six
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weeks four weeks so they responded
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actually finally on the 6th of
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March and uh there's some very
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interesting things in the letter which I
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will just go through here not that one
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sorry I'm going to remove that
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um one of the first things they said in
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the letter was just to to set the scene
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and say that what happened was the
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Secretary of State um for local
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authorities um sorry made the local
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authorities uh changes to years of
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ordinary elections England order 2025
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which was laid before Parliament on the
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11th of February and came into force on
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the 4th of March now the 11th of
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February is an important day to remember
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for um just a few minutes
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time
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and they went on to say well the local
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government act includes Powers available
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to the Secretary of State to alter
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elections uh to by order the scheme of
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Elections to local authorities and the
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years in which elections are held so
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this power has been in law under the
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local author Local Government Act 2000
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uh since the year 2000 and then they say
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well this has been used before in a
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number of cases in 2018 in some
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districts in buckinghamshire and Dorset
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there was some local government
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rearrangement there uh Northampton share
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which was in financial collapse so the
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the county uh was you know was no longer
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viable so they changed the structure of
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government in Northampton sh in 2018 as
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well and also then they say Cumbria
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North Yorkshire and Somerset in 2021 the
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thing with these is that apart from
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Northampton Shire which was in financial
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collapse the other places there were
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already consultations and discussions
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going on for a very long long time
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before that for example in Somerset they
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postponed the elections from 2021 to
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2022 but there were already
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consultations going on as to what would
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happen in Somerset from 2018 so they'd
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already had three years of discussions
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about what was going to happen in
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Somerset they postponed the elections
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for a year but they knew what was going
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to happen afterwards or was pretty
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certain what was going to happen
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afterwards anyway in terms of
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restructuring the local government now
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the thing the difference between then
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those examples that they've just given
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and now is that they've just suddenly
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said we're going to cancel elections in
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these nine areas um but there's been no
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discussion as to what's going to take
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place the the government's Minister
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Angela Raina has just been saying well
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we're going to have unitary authorities
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here but they don't know what the uni
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authorities are going to be are they
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going to be councils are they going to
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be districts are they going to be uh a
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mix of the two larger districts are they
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going to get rid of the councils and
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have four or five unitary authorities
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within each Council or are they going to
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just have the county as the unitary
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Authority no one knows no one's been
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consulted in the public at all they've
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had some you know very very uh
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rudimentary consultations with
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counselors and a lot of them we
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understand are acting out of their own
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self-interest because some of them think
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well we're County councilors we'll go
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along with this because we're going to
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be in control of more and then we'll get
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a larger stien and more power and
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particularly the leaders of the councils
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who actually believe that they're going
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to be these new mayors they're going to
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have to have a position as the new
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Regional mayors of the council and
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they're going to be able to employ lots
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of staff so a lot of people are angling
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to get a job and a position and finance
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and a salary in whatever comes
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afterwards not acting in the interests
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of the people and providing the best
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public services to um the people who are
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going to be affected by these changes in
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the council areas where they have
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postponed as they say but actually
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cancelled the elections because we don't
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know what's going to come afterwards if
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these uh local County authorities are
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even going to exist afterwards anyway
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section 87 just to to show you this
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actually is um a law this is section 87
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of the Local Government Act 2000 it does
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actually say here the Secretary of State
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May by order make provision uh which
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changes the years in which the ordinary
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elections of councils of any specified
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local Authority are to be held but which
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does not change the scheme which
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prevails bar for the ordinary elections
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of those councilors the thing is if they
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they're replacing the councils you know
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you could argue that the scheme is going
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to change you know if they're going from
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um you having thirds and halves
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elections every year apart from one two
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elections every four years but um you
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know that's a moot
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point um the order that's been made as
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you can see it here it's the local
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authorities changes to years of ordinary
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elections England order 2025 and it
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actually says there they're postponing
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the elections for one year the the
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elections that would have been held in
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2025 are going to be held in 2026 but we
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don't know that that's the thing we
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don't actually know this because there
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hasn't been any consultation as to
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whether these councils are actually
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going to have even exist in 2026 to have
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elections or or not or even if the
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changes to the local government are
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going to be ready by 2026 because there
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hasn't been any consultation with the
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public whatsoever as to what public
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wants so if there were to be a judicial
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review and that could happen then you
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may be able to challenge this order on
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the basis that we don't know whether
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these councils are still going to exist
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and there's been absolutely no
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discussion and consultation as to what
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will replace them so we don't know if
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the local government reorganization that
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Angela Raina wants will actually be
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complete in time to hold
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elections in whatever new or unitary
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Authority she said she wants by 2026
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because the discussions and
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consultations may not have finished by
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then so then you may have to have
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another delay in elections until 2027 or
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2028 which would really um make a
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mockery of democracy I mean I don't
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think that this order should should
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stand if there were a judicial review um
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on the basis that they don't actually
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know what they're going to to replace
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these councils with because it's all
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chaotic and up in the air and just being
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done essentially on a whim without any
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plan whatsoever it's being rushed
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through without any plan or any thought
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for local people um the trouble with
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judicial reviews of course is that
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they're very expensive to do I think
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they cost at least
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£5,000 um you know I don't have the
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money to actually enact a judicial
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review but you would think you know
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people who try to speak out of about
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this who've got a bit more money might
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actually you know challenge this with a
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judicial review there's still time
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because the nomination period for the
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2025 elections uh doesn't begin
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officially until the 26th of March or
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thereabouts and closes on the 2nd of
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April so you could have a judicial
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review um before the election process
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begins the other thing about this that
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they wrote which is very interesting
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interesting is that they said well this
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order has been
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laid under a statutory instrument so the
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Local Government Act 2000 allows Angela
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Raina who's the Secretary of State to
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make an order that I just showed you
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which is a statutory instrument a piece
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of secondary legislation and the
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statutory instrument is subject to the
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negative procedure and as it is there is
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a 40-day period in which the order can
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be prayed against in in
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Parliament so remember I said Remember
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the 11th of February which is when the
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order was was laid uh and it came into
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effect on the 4th of March so there are
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40 days and this is a 40 sitting days
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with a five day sitting week in
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Parliament that actually gives you eight
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weeks to challenge the order so an MP or
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a lord can challenge this order
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and seek a motion with a vote in
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Parliament and if the vote has more
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votes against it then for it then the
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order will become null and void from the
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parliament's website this sort of
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explains the procedure a negative
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procedure it's a type of parliamentary
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procedure that applies to statutary
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instruments Etc um a statutory
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instrument laid under negative procedure
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becomes lore on the day the minister
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signs it so I believe that was the 4th
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of March but it actually came into force
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in law and automatically remains law
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unless a motion or prayer to reject it
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is agreed by either house within 40
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sitting days so either the commons or
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the
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Lords can reject this order to cancel
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the elections and all it would need for
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a motion to happen is one MP or one Lord
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in either house to pray against the
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order or to introduce a motion either to
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the commons or the Lords um asking for
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it to be
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um made null and void this is from
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parliament's website as well talking
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about a prayer motion against a
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statutory instrument uh a prayer motion
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can be used by members of either house
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to object to a statutary instrument a
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motion to seek the over turn or emotion
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sorry seeking to overturn a negative
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instrument will include the wording that
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a humble address be presented to his
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majesty praying that the instrument be
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annuled
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so um what someone can do then an MP or
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a lord is introduce a motion against
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this statutory instrument that cancels
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the elections and if there are more
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Lords if it's in the House of Lords or
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more MPS in the house of commment
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against the order than for it then it
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falls and the elections will have to go
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ahead because the secondary legislation
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that Angela Raina laid will be declared
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null and void if this happens within 40
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days of the 11th of Fe February and thus
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MPS and Lords have the power
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collectively to overturn the
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cancellation of the elections now I
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haven't heard anyone talking about this
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at all um and that there is a
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possibility to overturn this in
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Parliament and you know you have other
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parties after the Heritage party such as
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reform they say oh this is terrible the
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elections are being cancelled it affects
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us well it affects all the Challenger
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parties it's very clear that the reason
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that they're doing this is because they
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don't want any Challenger parties to to
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make ground and get counselors in this
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year's elections the Heritage party is
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very very affected by this because we
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had a lot of candidates in the areas
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where the elections have been cancelled
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like Sussex and Su and Hampshire and
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Essex for example uh we we still do have
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a lot of candidates in Kent and Devon
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and other places but we had a lot in
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those areas where the elections are
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being cancelled a reform have said the
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same but they seem to be more interested
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in fighting each other now they've
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collapsed into you know fighting like
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rats in a sack that they're not really
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focused on the game but it's not the
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game but they're not focused on the
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political process even though they're
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they're saying that they are so it's
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taken the Heritage party it's taken uh
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our general secretary meline to write uh
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and get this information from the
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government I mean if you know the
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Parliamentary process very well yeah you
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you would know all about statutory
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instruments and things but in how it
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works but it was very useful to get the
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explanation and actually to see there
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the government Barrister their own
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Barrister for the Department of Housing
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communities and local government
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actually admitting that there is a way
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to overturn this election cancellation
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what they also go on to suggest in the
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letter is that if you are concerned
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about this and they're speaking to
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Heritage party members here mainly but
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this could apply to anybody who's
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concerned about election cancellations
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is right to your MPS um so that if there
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is a motion uh against this order then
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they can be in the chamber and vote
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against it but I haven't heard any MP
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from any party in Parliament uh actually
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make any noise at all not a single
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statement about the possibility of
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getting these elections cancelled but
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you know if people have spoken about it
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and just you spoken about it on social
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media there who are MPS and who are
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Lords um
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then they can actually take action uh so
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it would be very interesting to see you
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know the people who do have those
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positions whether they will decide to uh
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pre against this uh statutory instrument
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and try to get our elections reinstated
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and uncancelled because there has to be
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done now um because if they leave it
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after the the nomination periods begin
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then obviously the the time t
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uh will change and you can't have them
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on the scheduled day and the government
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gets its way the government which is
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acting against democracy so we shall see
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obviously if the Heritage party had an
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MP we would have been on this straight
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away uh we have been in in writing these
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Freedom of Information requests and now
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we know uh we wouldn't waste a second in
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praying against this uh statutory
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instrument whether anyone else does or
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not I don't know but if you do
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uh have concerns about this what I would
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suggest is you write to your MPS and
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tell them about this the letters which
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uh We've written to the department uh
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and the letters we've got back from the
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Department barister are on meline
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substack and I'll leave a link to that
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uh in the um the social media platforms
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where I can leave links and uh obviously
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I'll put this on right think TV and uh
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you can see the link there if you look
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at this uh video watch it there and I
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can put a little bit more written name
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explanation about what's going on on uh
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on right think. TV so have a look there
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um if you can't see the the link to uh
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meline substack on uh the channel you're
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watching if you're watching on X or
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something I can't put a lot of
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characters but you can watch the video
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anyway so thank you for listening let's
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hope that we can can get these uh
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elections reinstated in these nine areas
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because it's absolutely outrageous that
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governments now not just in the UK it's
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happening in Romania it's happening in
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other places um governments are
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cancelling elections because they want
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to keep out people who who are
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challenging uh the globalist agendas and
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we need to carry on doing that anyway
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thank you for listening everyone and God
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bless you all
