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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 3d

Meanwhile, north and west of the English borders, David Chadwick wants the Welsh steel industry to get a bit of love, whilst @willierennie.bsky.social is calling for transformation of Scotland’s care system and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk has been talking renewables… www.libdemvoice.org/8-october-20...

8 October 2025 - today's Scottish and Welsh press releases

Rennie comments on embargoed care system report Davey visits Edinburgh College and sets out plans to cut bills UK Government must strike steel deal to save what’s left of Welsh industry Rennie com...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 3d

and @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social warns Labour ministers against bending to Donald Trump on drug prices for the NHS… www.libdemvoice.org/8-october-20...

8 October 2025 – today’s Federal press releases

Kemi Badenoch Speech: Lib Dems blast Tory economics as “laughable” China spies case: Investigation needed on if Govt is doing enough to protect our democracy and national security NHS/US Drug Price In...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 3d

If Kemi Badenoch be the food of chaos, play on, play on, Kemi… today’s Federal press releases focus on Tory fantasy economics, whilst @calummillerld.bsky.social is tougher on China than Labour are…

libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 3d

Ed Davey invites "one nation Conservatives" to join the Liberal Democrats by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/ed-davey-inv...

Ed Davey invites “one nation” Tories to join Lib Dems

As Kemi Badenoch frightened a lot of progressive horses with her plans to get rid of the Climate Change Act, leave the European Convention on Human Rights, put the Human Rights Act on a bonfire and be...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 5d

… and Charlie Maynard continues his assault on Thames Water’s wide ranging incompetence… www.libdemvoice.org/6-october-20...

6 October 2025 - today's press releases

Reform DOGE unit in Kent a “spectacular failure” for which Yusuf must “personally apologise” Lib Dems: Thames Water’s data protection “as leaky as its infrastructure” as party calls for company to be...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 5d

Today’s @libdems.org.uk press releases are live now, with @eddavey.libdems.org.uk marking the second anniversary of the Hamas attack on Israel, @libdemdaisy.bsky.social noting, for the benefit of Reform, that local government finance is hard…

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Josh Matthews @josh-matthews.bsky.social · 8d

My debut @libdemvoice.org article

@libdems.org.uk have to champion climate transition planning

For credibility and relationships with experts and activists, and to attract and retain members as the most progressive party on climate

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Transition planning is back on the table. It could be the UK’s biggest positive impact on sustainability

During the 2024 General Election, someone asked me for the best thing the Conservative government had done. I said transition planning. Or at least putting the wheels for transition planning in motion...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 7d

Lib Dems including @libdemwomen.bsky.social’s Donna Harris and @hinabokharild.bsky.social as well as Rob Blackie and @luketaylorld.bsky.social react to appalling Police revelations www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-rea...

Lib Dems react to shocking Police revelations

You want to trust the Police. You want to feel like they have your back if you need them. You want to know that if you or anyone you love found themselves on the wrong side of the law, they would be t...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 10d

What does Ed Davey’s reshuffle tell us? www.libdemvoice.org/what-does-ed...

What does Ed Davey’s reshuffle tell us?

Yesterday Ed Davey reshuffled his top team ahead of the new parliamentary term and added 5 new roles meaning that 38 out of our 72 MPs now have spokesperson roles. There aren’t very many huge surprise...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 12d

Here’s this week’s Mathew on Monday - the new nasty party, progressive alliances and a new book for political geeks www.libdemvoice.org/mathew-on-mo...

Mathew on Monday – nasty party, progressive alliances and a new book

Labour…the real nasty party! Famously, at the 2002 Conservative Party Conference, the then Tory Chairman and future Prime Minister Theresa May called her own party ‘the nasty party.’ Or, to be fair, i...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 12d

Welcome to Lewis Page, who debuts here with a piece noting that there are potential voters at the next General Election that we might be missing… www.libdemvoice.org/under-18s-ca...

Under 18s can vote: will it be for Farage?

There has been a lot of discourse around the new voting age brought in by Labour, and as a 17-year-old I was worried this would boost Reform. While polling data from Yougov suggests Farage is typicall...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 12d

There’s always a danger in looking inwards, so Zachary Barker suggests that we look outwards or rather, upwards… www.libdemvoice.org/reclaiming-s...

Reclaiming Space

Through the Adversity, the Stars Royal Air Force Motto The history of the politics of Space has always been colourful. I was reminded of this when I recently stood in the Imperial War Museum in London...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 12d

A moral case for opposing Farage and the Reformistas is put here by Callum Robertson… www.libdemvoice.org/reform-are-a...

Reform are a threat to our national security: we have a moral duty to stop Farage becoming Prime Minister

Blink and you may have missed it, but one of Nigel Farage’s allies has plead guilty to taking bribes to ask questions on behalf of Russia in the European Parliament, a case according to the police tha...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 12d

Tough on Farage, tough on the causes of Farage by Roz Savage MP www.libdemvoice.org/roz-savage-m...

Roz Savage MP writes: Tough on Farage, tough on the causes of Farage

Nigel Farage is not the disease but a symptom of a sick system. Here’s how we can fix it. Nature abhors a vacuum. Britain’s party-political system has been hollowing out for years – declining membersh...

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Caron Lindsay @caronmlindsay.bsky.social · 16d

Lib Dems on Starmer’s digital id plans: Nope www.libdemvoice.org/lib-dems-on-...

Lib Dems on Starmer’s digital ID: Nope.

Keir Starmer is expected to announce a compulsory digital ID card for British citizens tomorrow. Thankfully, our Science and Technology spokesperson Victoria Collins has committed the party to opposin...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 20d

Which Lib Dem MP dropped the F bomb on the #ldconf fringe? (And rightly so in the opinion of our editor @caronmlindsay.bsky.social in her Conference Diary) www.libdemvoice.org/carons-confe...

Caron's Conference Diary: Lobsters and an MP barking

It's 10 am on Sunday morning as I write this. I've already been to an 8am consultation session, of which more later. So far my Conference has been everything I've wanted it to be - a wonderful catch-...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 26d

How do we fight the far right’s malevolent influence on our country? @robblackie.bsky.social has some ideas… www.libdemvoice.org/how-to-fight...

How to fight the far right

The last few weeks have been a worrying time. Friends of mine have told me that, because they aren’t white, they are worried about visiting parts of our country. Robert Jenrick and other politicians h...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 27d

North of the border, @jamiegreeneuk.bsky.social wants Scotland to be better at research and development and is calling for more rights for victims of crime… www.libdemvoice.org/1314-septemb...

13-14 September 2025 – the weekend’s press releases

Government proposals for carer’s allowance compensation would be “victory” for carers and campaigners Mandelson appointment: Lib Dems call for independent investigation with access to documents and me...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 27d

The weekend’s press releases are out, featuring @eddavey.libdems.org.uk on compensating victims of the carer allowance scandal, more on why Lord Mandelson was ever allowed to be our Ambassador to the US, and @libdemdaisy.bsky.social wants to know who’s funding Nigel Farage’s trips to the US…

libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 27d

Some thoughts on Mandelson, political violence and racists in London by @caronmlindsay.bsky.social www.libdemvoice.org/carons-catch...

Caron’s catch-up – a worrying week

There has been much this week to worry us. Israel continues to shock and horrify, not jut in Gaza, worrying escalations of the Ukraine conflict in Ukraine itself and Poland make that whole situation m...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 27d

Sussex Liberal Democrats have announced their Mayoral candidate for next year, and Ben Dempsey has got a real chance to win… www.libdemvoice.org/new-lib-dem-...

New Lib Dem Candidate for Mayor of Sussex: ‘We will win with unity, not division’

Sussex Liberal Democrats have nominated environmental expert Ben Dempsey as their candidate for the upcoming election for Mayor of Sussex. The party says that with the Conservatives and Labour in free...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · 27d

Boycotting Trump by Vince Cable www.libdemvoice.org/vince-cable-...

Vince Cable writes: Boycotting Trump

Whoever advises Ed Davey gets full marks for suggesting the boycott of next week’s Trump banquet at the Palace. And congratulations to Ed for taking up the right issue in the right way at the right t...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · Sep 11

Today’s Federal press releases feature @eddavey.libdems.org.uk, @libdemdaisy.bsky.social, @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social and Sarah Olney… www.libdemvoice.org/11-september...

11 September 2025 – today’s Federal press releases

NHS waiting lists: Govt must tackle social care to end era of sky-high waiting lists Davey on Mandelson sacking: Starmer must come before Parliament NHS maternity payouts rise to £1.3bn as Ed Davey vi...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · Sep 9

It wouldn’t happen to a man. Why Angela Rayner’s downfall is a disgrace by @libdemwomen.bsky.social chair Cllr Donna Harris www.libdemvoice.org/this-wouldnt...

This wouldn’t happen to a man – Why Angela Rayner’s fall is a disgrace

Angela Rayner’s downfall is not simply about tax. It is about misogyny, double standards, and the continuing failure of politics to treat women fairly. The ongoing storm surrounding Angela Rayner’s st...

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libdemvoice.org @libdemvoice.org · Sep 7

Caron's catch-up - what a week! Thoughts on Angela Rayner, the reshuffle, Douglas Alexander, digital ID (no thanks), how Governments fail vulnerable school pupils and Kate's hair www.libdemvoice.org/carons-catch...

Caron’s catch-up – What a week!

There’s been a lot going on this week. I mean not one, but two government resets, the second caused by the resignation of Deputy Prime Minister Angela Rayner. I like Angela Rayner. She is funny, doesn...

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