• tal@lemmy.today
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    17 天前

    pro-Gaza independents

    In…a local election? What possible role does Birmingham city council have regarding Gaza?

    I mean, you can maybe declare a city abroad a sister city, for whatever that’s worth, I guess.

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      17 天前

      You could say the exact same thing about reform. Literally every single one of their policies requires them to being power in order to to implement, the policies don’t trickle down to the local level.

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        17 天前

        “We will stop immigration and take back Britain’s borders by raising your council tax, making your bin collections every four weeks instead of two, closing down your local museum and pocketing the money ourselves”

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        17 天前

        if there has been a significant amount of new immigrant residents locally then there could easily be local changes that can help

        peace in gaza ain’t coming from birmingham city council

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      17 天前

      City councils have a lot of power with regards to local governance and procurement, which is targeted explicitly by the BDS campaign. More pro-gaza councillors = more people to vote on divestment from boycott targets.