@ahertfordlibdem.bsky.social
A LibDem in Hertford. Tweets represent personal views. May tweet things of local import or local LibDem news. Sometime cog in local machine.
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On Putin, the strategy of exporting chaos, how it works, why it ultimately (hopefully) fails www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Putin thinks democracy is the west’s weakness. We have to prove him wrong | Rafael Behr
The Russian strategy of exporting chaos to provoke extremism only works if liberals succumb to cynicism and despair, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
www.theguardian.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:04 AM
On Putin, the strategy of exporting chaos, how it works, why it ultimately (hopefully) fails www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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”Documents seen by the BBC show integrated care boards, which are in charge of spending on behalf of NHS England, asking hospitals to make patients wait longer and reduce the numbers they treat until the end of the financial year.”
While politicians will ask you to blame resident doctors for cancelled surgery, in reality it is a deliberate slowdown to try to balance the books.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
NHS orders hospitals to cut back on treating patients
Documents seen by BBC show hospitals being ordered to slow down on activity to help balance the books.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 9:03 AM
”Documents seen by the BBC show integrated care boards, which are in charge of spending on behalf of NHS England, asking hospitals to make patients wait longer and reduce the numbers they treat until the end of the financial year.”
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I wonder how AI thermonuclear Armageddon will begin...
December 17, 2025 at 9:06 AM
I wonder how AI thermonuclear Armageddon will begin...
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Has Starmer or anyone in govt come out against the tsunami of White Supremacist & other racist bile that now floods the UK media?
Have they denounced any of these comments?
Make no mistake, their silence is complicity, & many 1000s of black & brown people will pay for it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Have they denounced any of these comments?
Make no mistake, their silence is complicity, & many 1000s of black & brown people will pay for it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Reform candidate Chris Parry said David Lammy should “go home to the Caribbean”.
Reform MP Danny Kruger says “context” is important
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform MP Danny Kruger says “context” is important
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/reform...
Reform MP Slammed For Trying To Defend Party Candidate Who Told David Lammy To 'Go Home'
Danny Kruger said Chris Parry is "a very distinguished public servant".
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
December 15, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Has Starmer or anyone in govt come out against the tsunami of White Supremacist & other racist bile that now floods the UK media?
Have they denounced any of these comments?
Make no mistake, their silence is complicity, & many 1000s of black & brown people will pay for it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
Have they denounced any of these comments?
Make no mistake, their silence is complicity, & many 1000s of black & brown people will pay for it.
bsky.app/profile/kevi...
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Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors on Wednesday and there’s a lot to know about what the stakes are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
Jack Smith Testifies Before The House Judiciary Committee
Making sense of the circus
open.substack.com
December 17, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Jack Smith is testifying behind closed doors on Wednesday and there’s a lot to know about what the stakes are. open.substack.com/pub/joycevan...
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It is remarkable how quickly the loonie right has gone from 'young people are pathetic, they would never fight for our great country' to 'we hate Britain so much that we wouldn't even fight Russia for it'
December 17, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It is remarkable how quickly the loonie right has gone from 'young people are pathetic, they would never fight for our great country' to 'we hate Britain so much that we wouldn't even fight Russia for it'
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If we lose an imaginary war with Russia, Gary Lineker and the woke left will be to blame - well that's a perfectly sane take Allison
December 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
If we lose an imaginary war with Russia, Gary Lineker and the woke left will be to blame - well that's a perfectly sane take Allison
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Of coarse you don't Nigel, unless you count all of those nice Ruzzian men who happen to be Ruzzian officials and all that money they "give" you without any thought for what you might do for them, or those times you went on Ruzzian state TV...
FARAGE From Russia With Love... He Says I Have No Political Connections With Russia. Well Let's See!
YouTube video by Political CUSTARD
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Of coarse you don't Nigel, unless you count all of those nice Ruzzian men who happen to be Ruzzian officials and all that money they "give" you without any thought for what you might do for them, or those times you went on Ruzzian state TV...
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Reversing much of the damage wrought by Boris Johnson's short time as PM will take decades.
Some of it, like the 10,000s of people he killed will, of course, never be repaired.
How he remains at liberty is a question that far too few people are asking.
#CovidInquiry #BrexitReality
Some of it, like the 10,000s of people he killed will, of course, never be repaired.
How he remains at liberty is a question that far too few people are asking.
#CovidInquiry #BrexitReality
Britain could have joined Erasmus five years ago; an agreement on funding was completed between negotiators but vetoed “at the very last minute” by Boris Johnson. From Stefaan de Rynck’s book
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Reversing much of the damage wrought by Boris Johnson's short time as PM will take decades.
Some of it, like the 10,000s of people he killed will, of course, never be repaired.
How he remains at liberty is a question that far too few people are asking.
#CovidInquiry #BrexitReality
Some of it, like the 10,000s of people he killed will, of course, never be repaired.
How he remains at liberty is a question that far too few people are asking.
#CovidInquiry #BrexitReality
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It's a brilliant photo perfectly summing up the misery that is Dubai
This is what true patriotism looks like!
A sad middle aged man, puffed up to look like Rod Stewart & an immigrant himself, eating ‘English’ grub in an Islamic country whilst slagging off the UK, Islam and migrants.
Charlie Muggins:
Our Fluff
Our Stain
Our Belch
Our Stray Pube.
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A sad middle aged man, puffed up to look like Rod Stewart & an immigrant himself, eating ‘English’ grub in an Islamic country whilst slagging off the UK, Islam and migrants.
Charlie Muggins:
Our Fluff
Our Stain
Our Belch
Our Stray Pube.
🇬🇧
December 17, 2025 at 9:26 AM
It's a brilliant photo perfectly summing up the misery that is Dubai
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Hmm. The amount of money spent by Reform Councils with the private sector has doubled since the local elections. Wonder what's going on here... www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
Reform's "DOGE" yet to tame outsourcers
Reform councils have spent twice as much on private sector contracts in the six months since the election compared to a year previously
www.newstatesman.com
December 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Hmm. The amount of money spent by Reform Councils with the private sector has doubled since the local elections. Wonder what's going on here... www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-...
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"How dare you smear me with the direct quotes that emerged from my mouth into your microphone, which you then transcribed and printed"
December 16, 2025 at 7:18 PM
"How dare you smear me with the direct quotes that emerged from my mouth into your microphone, which you then transcribed and printed"
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NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
December 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: President Trump is expanding the previous 19-country travel ban to a whopping 39 countries (plus the Palestinian Authority), and appears to expand a block on legal immigration to now include spouses, children, and parents of U.S. citizens, who were previously exempted.
What is the point of a Labour government...
Wes Streeting on Trump suing the BBC,
"President Trump has every reason to be angry about it"
"He may well want to proceed with a court case"
"That's for him to decide"
"President Trump has every reason to be angry about it"
"He may well want to proceed with a court case"
"That's for him to decide"
December 16, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What is the point of a Labour government...
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Matt Frei, "Why does Trump want to sue the BBC?"
Brian Stelter, "He wants to be seen as battling the press.. In this case it also about Jan 6th"
"Trump has tried to rewrite the history of Jan 6th, he's tried to memory-hole his involvement with the riot"
Brian Stelter, "He wants to be seen as battling the press.. In this case it also about Jan 6th"
"Trump has tried to rewrite the history of Jan 6th, he's tried to memory-hole his involvement with the riot"
December 16, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Matt Frei, "Why does Trump want to sue the BBC?"
Brian Stelter, "He wants to be seen as battling the press.. In this case it also about Jan 6th"
"Trump has tried to rewrite the history of Jan 6th, he's tried to memory-hole his involvement with the riot"
Brian Stelter, "He wants to be seen as battling the press.. In this case it also about Jan 6th"
"Trump has tried to rewrite the history of Jan 6th, he's tried to memory-hole his involvement with the riot"
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I know someone who went in as a visitor a few months ago who was asked if they voted for Brexit and if they are a Christian.
Currently thinking I have made my last trip to America.
Currently thinking I have made my last trip to America.
This is an insane account of the experience of trying to enter the US.
This is almost exactly what my friend said! "I'm here because I have no choice; nobody else I work with wanted to come here."
We were quizzed on our jobs and incomes, our status as self-employed people, our families back home, and asked to show evidence of how we'd support ourselves for 5 weeks.
We were quizzed on our jobs and incomes, our status as self-employed people, our families back home, and asked to show evidence of how we'd support ourselves for 5 weeks.
December 11, 2025 at 11:51 AM
I know someone who went in as a visitor a few months ago who was asked if they voted for Brexit and if they are a Christian.
Currently thinking I have made my last trip to America.
Currently thinking I have made my last trip to America.
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WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
December 13, 2025 at 6:41 PM
WHY ARE YOU ANNOYED THIS IS WHAT YOU WANTED TO HAPPEN
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I had a notion of a connection between Tchenguiz and a chap name of Firtash (currently not being extradited from somewhere) but I hesitated 'for legal reasons' - but since Grok confirms it I think I'm okay!
December 11, 2025 at 6:49 PM
I had a notion of a connection between Tchenguiz and a chap name of Firtash (currently not being extradited from somewhere) but I hesitated 'for legal reasons' - but since Grok confirms it I think I'm okay!
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Literally no one likes Truss
Not her husband who she cheated on
Not her daughters she used in referendum
Not her local Assoc.
Not the Tory party who dumped her
Not the voters
Not Trump who wont see her
Imagine spending £500 000 to join a Truss led club when average London club costs £2 000 a year?
Not her husband who she cheated on
Not her daughters she used in referendum
Not her local Assoc.
Not the Tory party who dumped her
Not the voters
Not Trump who wont see her
Imagine spending £500 000 to join a Truss led club when average London club costs £2 000 a year?
December 11, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Literally no one likes Truss
Not her husband who she cheated on
Not her daughters she used in referendum
Not her local Assoc.
Not the Tory party who dumped her
Not the voters
Not Trump who wont see her
Imagine spending £500 000 to join a Truss led club when average London club costs £2 000 a year?
Not her husband who she cheated on
Not her daughters she used in referendum
Not her local Assoc.
Not the Tory party who dumped her
Not the voters
Not Trump who wont see her
Imagine spending £500 000 to join a Truss led club when average London club costs £2 000 a year?
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WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
Judge Xinis ordered Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s release in part bc ICE could not produce a final “order of removal” to deport him. So last night, they went out and got an immigration judge to issue one.
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Now, Abrego is urging Xinis to block his redetention. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
December 12, 2025 at 1:10 PM
WOW; a DEEPLY corrupt move by the immigration courts; clear collaboration with Trump admin officials to produce a specific result with zero notice to the party and ALSO in a situation where the judge facially lacks jurisdiction; the judge had denied a motion to reopen and the case is on appeal.
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They're making a list,
They're checking your socials,
They're gonna find out who should be refused admission and deported.
They're checking your socials,
They're gonna find out who should be refused admission and deported.
December 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
They're making a list,
They're checking your socials,
They're gonna find out who should be refused admission and deported.
They're checking your socials,
They're gonna find out who should be refused admission and deported.
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Good write up here, including confirmation that Treasury will still charge the EA £millions to dispose of the waste - money that has to come from somewhere when the budget is already stretched. And also some frankly bizarre comments from a Labour MP who seems to think the waste shouldn't be cleared.
EA to spend millions clearing Oxfordshire illegal waste mountain in break with policy
Announcement draws anger from Labour MP over refusal to remove tonnes of rubbish dumped near school in Wigan
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Good write up here, including confirmation that Treasury will still charge the EA £millions to dispose of the waste - money that has to come from somewhere when the budget is already stretched. And also some frankly bizarre comments from a Labour MP who seems to think the waste shouldn't be cleared.
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Reform councillor sends two emails in first six months of job
Northumberland County Councillor Shaun Knowles has been accused of ‘wasting taxpayer money’
Northumberland County Councillor Shaun Knowles has been accused of ‘wasting taxpayer money’
Reform councillor sends two emails in first six months of job
Northumberland County Councillor Shaun Knowles has been accused of ‘wasting taxpayer money’
www.independent.co.uk
December 12, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Reform councillor sends two emails in first six months of job
Northumberland County Councillor Shaun Knowles has been accused of ‘wasting taxpayer money’
Northumberland County Councillor Shaun Knowles has been accused of ‘wasting taxpayer money’
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MAGA: Down with snowflakes and hurrah for FREE SPEECH!
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MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...
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MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...
December 12, 2025 at 8:34 AM
MAGA: Down with snowflakes and hurrah for FREE SPEECH!
also
MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...
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MAGA: You can't come to America unless you show us your social media posts and prove that you've never said hurty words about our president...