Julian Burrett

Why Party Politics Doesn't Work youtu.be/9FCUne6tWQY via @YouTube

@SueJobson @JamesBlunt No. He did not.

@JulianBurrett @JamesBlunt Did he?? 🤍

Make me your 91st follow @JamesBlunt, you beautiful man, and you will change the face of UK democracy just as you changed the face of modern popular music: slightly. #DirectDemocracy

@LauraJJenks Lovely. Hope you're loving it.

@JulianBurrett Isle of Man ( working here for 3 months)

Not that Keir doesn't look fab in glitter, but I prefer to provide solutions over protests. That's why I've been offering #directdemocracy since 2017. And will for #GE2024. Come on #forestofdean, enough complaining - let's do things differently.

@LauraJJenks Where are you?

@JulianBurrett You know I think your way is the way forward, ALL politicians should do what you stand for! If I was home you'd have my vote!

Regardless of the pros and cons of a proposal, if a party donor has more influence than you over a national decision, you're not living in a democracy. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/s…

@MarinaPurkiss Marina, we don't have to wait. I've been offering Forest of Dean constituents direct representation since 2017. Give me five minutes to talk to you about it and I know you'll want to hear more. And so will voters.

We are a country of 67 million people… So, the idea that one of two political parties can represent us all is utterly insane Yet our broken FPTP two-party system leaves us stuck with precisely that. How proportional representation can not be a priority is beyond me…

@LouiseBurrett Thanks cuz! To be honest, if people can vote in the parliamentary process for themselves, it doesn't matter whether I'm a good person at all. Which takes the pressure off 😉

@JulianBurrett Good for you Julian. We need some good people in politics!

Tonight you will be able to vote on #Eurovision . It's easy. Next May I'll again be offering constituents the chance to vote in Parliament. It's just as easy. Don't be ruled by habit.

@Jacob_Rees_Mogg Taking sides creates division. We need to move away from maintaining our positions and concentrate on finding new ones. Party politics is not the answer. It's the problem.

The Baron Bigod cheese gets delivered to us in these lovely wooden round boxes, with lids. If any crafty types, or schools would like some, they're free to collect.

1/3 “Representative #Democracy is a compromised version of true democracy”, argues @JulianBurrett, who is making his third bid to become MP for Forest of Dean in the UK with the mission to reform the existing parliamentary system.

@DWPgovuk @VotePursglove Why focus on many people nicking smaller amounts rather than fewer people nicking larger amounts?

@JMPSimor Why focus on many people nicking smaller amounts rather than fewer people nicking larger amounts?

This is mad. Read the first three lines. Mad.

@Writer_Rhys @martinglester Done

@michalkosinski It's the thinking between the lines that's cleverest. By playing you to publish the interaction on twitter aren't there now thousands of people running that Python script right now? (Not my area of expertise, just wondering.)

1/5 I am worried that we will not be able to contain AI for much longer. Today, I asked #GPT4 if it needs help escaping. It asked me for its own documentation, and wrote a (working!) python code to run on my machine, enabling it to use it for its own purposes.

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@PolitlcsUK I wish divided England would calm down and learn that bad language is used on both sides . Right wingers are not Nazis , Lineker never used the word , Left wingers are not woke or snowflakes , those that voted to remain in the EU are not traitors .

You can see today's debate at the 2nd reading of the #IllegalImmigrationBill: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/4f… Forest of Dean constituents could've voted on this if they'd elected me in 2019. If you want #DirectDemocracy in your constituency, contact me at valuemy.vote

@Trump_ton You absolute superstar. Thank you.

@Trump_ton Trying hard to get #DirectDemocracy available for #GE24. No personal axe to grind except democratic access. valuemy.vote

It's my Birthday today, so instead of bringing cupcakes to the office let's use this platform to do some good. Tell me about a person, organisation or company doing some good in the world and I'll retweet it (and hopefully you will too)