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  1. @rnzbot_political

    Curious that #Aotearoa #NewZealand the only #commonwealth country founded on an agreement between the #British Crown and the #indigenous #Māori that protects the customary rights and sovereignty of the indigenous people should base its proposed new citizenship test on countries #UK and #Australia that do not have a treaty with its first peoples.

    Obviously the reasoning behind this decision is to avoid upholding the colonial obligations to te #TiritiOWaitangi. #NZPol

  2. Snagged complete set of of Marshall Cavendish #CarMaintenance and #Motoring partwork "On The Road" from 1978-1981 (in 10 binders)

    If you are #GenX you may remember your dad buying at least some of these if he was into #cars (although to get the entire partwork would have cost about £300 (2026 money) in total, so relatively few people actually got whole set of 140)

    These were sold not only in #UK but across #Commonwealth countries where folk drive on the left, one cool thing is all units are #metric first (with Imperial equivalents added afterwards)

    Fair play to the previous owner, it looks like they did definitely make use of the section on changing #HeadGasket in #BritishLeyland engine 😁

    #OldTimer #1970s #1980s #WeirdCarMastodon

  3. A quotation from John Adams

    Public Virtue cannot exist in a Nation without private, and public Virtue is the only Foundation of Republics. There must be a possitive Passion for the public good, the public Interest, Honour, Power, and Glory, established in the Minds of the People, or there can be no Republican Government, nor any real Liberty. And this public Passion must be Superiour to all private Passions. Men must be ready, they must pride themselves, and be happy to sacrifice their private Pleasures, Passions, and Interests, nay their private Friendships and dearest Connections, when they Stand in Competition with the Rights of society.

    John Adams (1735-1826) American lawyer, Founding Father, statesman, US President (1797-1801)
    Letter (1776-04-16) to Mercy Otis Warren

    More about this quote: wist.info/adams-john/28404/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #johnadams #citizen #citizenship #civicduty #civicvirtue #commongood #commonwealth #democracy #goodcitizen #politician #publicgood #publicvirtue #republic #virtue

  4. Hype for the Future 50G: Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha

    Saint Helena 🇸🇭 is the chief island of the three associated island territories of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge of the South Atlantic Ocean, significantly south of the African mainland and removed from the South American mainland as well. The British territory is located in an extremely isolated area, even more isolated than the location of Bermuda (which is actually significantly closer to North Carolina and the United States overall than to the British Isles), also located within the […]

    novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025

  5. A quotation from Montesquieu

    A kingdom is not brought nearer to ruin by the tyranny of the sovereign than is a republic by indifference to the common welfare.
     
    [La tyrannie d’un prince ne met pas un État plus près de sa ruine que l’indifférence pour le bien commun n’y met une république.]

    Charles-Lewis de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755) French political philosopher
    Considerations on the Causes of the Greatness of the Romans and their Decline [Considérations sur les causes de la grandeur des Romains et de leur décadence], ch. 4 (1734, 1748 ed.) [tr. Baker (1882)]

    More info about (and translations of) this quote: wist.info/montesquieu/2897/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #montesquieu #apathy #commongood #commonwealth #democracy #destruction #generalwelfare #indifference #republic #ruin

  6. #UK joins #Australia & #Canada in recognizing #PalestinianState despite opposition from #US & #Israel

    British PM #KeirStarmer confirmed Sunday that the UK is formally recognizing a #Palestinian state despite vociferous opposition from the US & Israel.

    His announcement follows those from Canada & Australia, in what appears to be a coordinated initiative from the #Commonwealth nations.

    #geopolitics
    apnews.com/article/britain-pal

  7. 2/2 Niin se oli kuin yllä maalailin:

    Kansainyhteisössä odoteltiin isoveljeä.

    Nimittäin, nyt myös #Australia ilmoitti tunnustavansa Palestiinan.

    Uusi-Seelanti on atm. oikeistokonservatiivien johdossa - saa nähdä, seuraavatko he perässä.

    yle.fi/a/74-20176762

    EDIT: #UusiSeelanti harkitsee asiaa:

    hs.fi/maailma/art-200001141909

    #Israel #sota #sotarikos #sotarikokset #kansanmurha #Palestiina #palestiinalaiset #Gaza #Britannia #Commonwealth #Kansainyhteisö #politiikka

  8. #Pohdings:

    #Kanada ja #Malta ilmoittivat myöhäistunteina tunnustavansa Palestiinan - ja ilmoitukset tulivat kovin pian Britannian jälkeen.

    Meinaisiko tämä sitä, että Commonwealthissa odotettiin isoveljeä, ja nyt homma lähtee isolle, ja pian esim. myös #Australia ja #UusiSeelanti ilmoittavat saman?

    #Suomi on niin jäämässä väärälle puolelle historiaa.

    #Israel #sota #sotarikos #sotarikokset #kansanmurha #Palestiina #palestiinalaiset #Gaza #Britannia #Commonwealth #Kansainyhteisö #politiikka

  9. 'Donald #Trump suggested that the #US could join the #British #Commonwealth on Friday in a post to #TruthSocial, his #socialMedia platform.

    The president shared an article from British #tabloid #TheSun reporting that #KingCharlesIII was making a "secret offer" to the #WhiteHouse, and that plans are in process for the #USA to become an associate member of the international organization.

    "I Love King Charles. Sounds good to me!" Trump wrote in response to the report'

    newsweek.com/donald-trump-sugg

  10. Don't forget the importance of your local and state #elections.

    If the #presidency and #Congress join the #SupremeCourt in being undemocratic or #fascist, there may be some measure of protection if your city (#township, etc.), #county (#parish, etc.), #state (#commonwealth, etc.), and other non-federal #legislative bodies and positions are governed by those who staunchly protect or advance our rights, freedoms, and liberties as best they can.

    Every #vote in every #election can matter.

    #USPol

  11. #AcidCommunism #MarkFisher
    "The overcoming of capital has to be fundamentally based on the simple insight that, far from being about “wealth creation”, capital necessarily and always blocks the production of #commonwealth.
    The principal, though by no means the sole, agent involved in the exorcism of the spectre of a world which could be free is the project that has been called #neoliberalism."
    my-blackout.com/2019/04/25/mar