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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 22h

Deform UK Ltd say they're scrapping their planned Tax Cuts, but their ultimate aim is still to reduce public spending to 35% of GDP — that’s a £275 billion slash and burn exercise, right there.

In other news, the NHS costs £275 billion a year.

Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 7h

BREAKING: “There is no doubting that the impact of Brexit is severe and long lasting” says Chancellor Rachel Reeves

It’s about time!

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Josh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 5h

How would you feel if:

- you ended up with a Reform MP after the 2029 General Election

- who only got 20% of the vote

- and over 50% of people in your constituency had voted LD/GRN/LAB/YP

- and this happened around the country giving Reform 400 MPs and total power

Don’t forget FPTP.

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Wera Hobhouse MP @werahobhouse.org.uk · 3h

Homelessness requires long-term solutions not quick fixes.

The Government’s £9.1m winter support for the South West is not enough. We @libdems.org.uk are calling for them to take real action.

🏠 Build 150,000 social homes yearly
❌ Abolish no-fault evictions
📃 Launch a new homelessness strategy

A safe warm place to call home.

[Picture taken during a recent visit to Julian House in Manvers Street. Wera Hobhouse MP (L) with (from left) Julian House: Service Manager Sarah Barnes, Team Leader Rory Cozzolino, and CEO Helen B…

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 19h

Israelis and Palestinians have suffered unimaginable trauma. Much of it will never be healed.

But today they can at least begin to hope that their children will go free of this appalling cycle of violence.

@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 2h

"It was once said of Ming that he runs the risk of giving politicians a good name. Well, he certainly did that."

Ed Davey remembers Ming Campbell 🔽

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · Aug 26

The Lib Dems continue to advocate for proportional representation and closer ties with the EU, Including rejoining the single market.
These policies position themselves as a distinct alternative to Labour, Conservatives or Reform, appealing to voters frustrated with the electoral system or Brexit.

Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · Jul 30

A reminder that the Lib Dems have continuously campaigned for:
👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 Scrap the Two child Benefit Cap
🧓Keep Triple Lock Pension
❄️Keep Winter Fuel Payments
🤰Free school meals
🇪🇺Closer ties with EU
🗳Fair votes/ PR
🌎Climate action/Net Zero
🇵🇸Ceasefire in Gaza/Two state solution
🇺🇸Stand up to Trump
#LibDems🔶

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Oliver @oliver48.bsky.social · 2h

"In case anyone is wondering...
Reform UK took control of the county council in the local elections held on 1 May and now have 42 seats out of a total of 64 seats on the council."
via Charmaine Morgan

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Cllr John Potter @johnpotterld.bsky.social · 4h

Let the eve of poll campaign begin 💪

Residents know this is a 🔶 Lib Dem Vs ➡️ Reform contest

Labour have collapsed in the polls and will finish 3rd or worse dead 🥀

Lib Dems beat Reform in the vast majority of Ashton in May. We are the only people that can stop them tomorrow.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 2d

🦸 It's a Super Thursday Council By-Election Week with TEN Seats up for Grabs:

Defences:

🔶 4x LDM (Babergh, Reigate & Banstead, Surrey, Tandridge)
🌹 2x LAB (Preston, Trafford)
🎗️ 1x SNP (South Ayrshire)
🌍 1x GRN (Spelthorne)
🌳 1x CON (Surrey)
🏘️ 1x Localist (Surrey)

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Peter Jukes @peterjukes.bsky.social · 5h

The new edition of @bylinetimes.bsky.social goes to the printers tomorrow.

And we go where others fear to tread…

Subscribe by tonight and you’ll get it delivered to your door

subscribe.bylinetimes.com/editions/

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 2d

The TACTICAL VOTING advice for the local council by-elections to be held on Thursday Oct 16th is nearly all ‘VOTE LIB DEMS’ #VoteLibDem
#LibDems
#StopReformUk
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stopreformuk.vote

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 2d

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 2d

The TACTICAL VOTING advice for the local council by-elections to be held on Thursday Oct 16th is nearly all ‘VOTE LIB DEMS’ #VoteLibDem
#LibDems
#StopReformUk
🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶
stopreformuk.vote

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 14h

Lib Dems back Bank of England after Farage criticism
#LibDems
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www.bbc.com/news/article...

Lib Dems back Bank of England after Farage criticism - BBC News

The Bank of England's independence is "the best way" to lower bills, Sir Ed Davey argues.

www.bbc.com

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Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage called Reform’s manifesto a contract with the British people. Now he’s torn that to shreds. It’s clear that they can’t be trusted with our economy.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 20h

Last month I visited Yeovil and heard about the difficulties faced by parents because of the closure of the local maternity unit.

Thanks to the tireless work of @AdamJamesDance.bsky.social and campaigners, it's reopening.

Adam Dance and Ed Davey attend a baby and toddler group in Yeovil.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 22h

The hospice sector is in crisis. Families are terrified for their loved ones, yet the government continues to look away.

Our new campaign demands urgent action to fix this broken system.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 21h

Our hospices have been pushed to the brink.

Hundreds of beds lie empty because there is not enough funding or staff.

Liberal Democrats have a plan to save our hospices.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 1d

“The European Convention on Human Rights protects us all. The rights within it are the reason why families devastated by disasters like Hillsborough could demand justice, why victims of abuse can seek safety, & why disabled people are treated with dignity in care

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🚨UK will leave the ECHR if Tories win next election Kemi Badenoch has announced

YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 1d

There are dozens of safe seats in the UK that have been held by the same party for 100+ years.

There are millions of voters who've never had the representation they asked for.

We can keep waiting. Or we can change our Victorian voting system. What do you prefer?

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 1d

"Everyone who protested, wrote to their MPs, shouted at the TV...we have to work towards that two-state solution."

@LaylaMoran.bsky.social

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East Anglia Bylines @eastangliabylines.co.uk · 1d

Letter to the editor: EU citizens with Settled Status have a legal right to equal treatment.

Politicians cannot simply wish away international law.

From Camilla Cucinotta

Letter to the editor: A civilised society does not withhold care based on citizenship

Letter to the editor

eastangliabylines.co.uk

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Nick Reeves #FBPE #NAFO @nickreeves.bsky.social · 1d

Farage was promoted by Russian TV. The Kremlin knew he would be a useful tool. He seems to spend most of his time with American kleptofascists. Tommy Robinson shills for Putin. Musk pays his costs.

These traitors are serving a foreign kleptofascist attack on our country.

They are not patriots.

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Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social · 2d

If you wondered why Nigel Farage turned up in US Congress in September speaking about "freedom of speech", this story has the answer

His appearance was orchestrated by a powerful American anti-abortion group that is trying to increase its influence in the UK by influencing the free speech debate

Jane Bradley @bradleyjane.bsky.social · 2d

NEW: How a U.S. anti-abortion group has quietly positioned itself as a powerbroker between the Trump administration and Nigel Farage’s Reform UK.

Latest investigation w Elizabeth Dias.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/w...

They Helped Topple Roe v. Wade. Now Their Sights Are Set on Britain.

www.nytimes.com

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Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · 1d

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