Legislation

  • Macron only encourages culture shock politics

    The President of France is known for having an appeal to younger voters that keeps him in political office for the longterm.

    However, his recent move is to tackle youth culture (as it is) and it will not draw him many plaudits from the same such camp.

    The prohibition of young people joining in on social media activity is seen as draconian by those that will feel its effects.

    It’s not believed that criticising gaming will help him either, sending his support into a spiral due to the confusion of pop culture that occurs in politics.

    If his intentions are valid remains to be seen, because it’s not clear why anyone else cares.

    The reactionary pursuit of ‘points’ against America is a primitive form of lawmaking, and it doesn’t fit modern approaches being developed in private.

  • Westminster Week: Getting on

    Wednesday

    The Holocaust Memorial Bill is a hotly contested issue in the UK. It raises tensions. There are some that hate it, others that oppose it. There are groups that support it. There are some that believe in it.

    In the Lords, many members know of people whose loved ones were lost in the Holocaust. It’s less a matter of stance than principle.

    Baroness Altmann says:

    “At this stage, after so many years of such regrettably bitter controversy, I sincerely believe that if this project – as proposed – with support of both the current government and the opposition, does not go ahead now, there will no memorial, no new visitor or education centre, to explain what has happened.”