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Barry Howard 🔶

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Hoping to connect with all those with an interest in progressive politics & better society in the U.K. & beyond. Lib Dem member & campaigner for #ProportionalRepresentation🗳 #getPRdone #MakeVotesMatter #FBPPR #RejoinEU🇪🇺 #LibDems 🔶

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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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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 1d

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Barry Howard 🔶 @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 1d

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 · 8h

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 · 23h

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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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 12h

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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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 13h

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 · 16h

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 · 14h

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 · 23h

“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

youtu.be/ceukUFLBrFo?...

🚨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 · 19h

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 · 20h

"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 · 1d

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 · 23h

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 1d

I wonder how many Reform councillors in Kent will be left in a couple of years?
www.kentonline.co.uk/maidstone/ne...

Reform councillor suspended amid investigation into ‘lewd remarks’

A Reform UK councillor has been suspended amid an investigation into allegations of misconduct following a complaint by “several women”.

www.kentonline.co.uk

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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 1d

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK – Byline Times bylinetimes.com/2024/11/29/n...

Nigel Farage Teams Up With Extreme Anti-Abortion Group and Calls for Debate on Restricting Abortion Rights in UK

The Reform Leader is joining forces with a US-based Christian legal group, which campaigns for abortion to be outlawed around the world

bylinetimes.com

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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 1d

County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes
Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/politic...

County Durham residents fear higher bills as Reform UK plans council tax changes

Reform UK won control of Durham County Council in May, hoping to cut council tax; they now contemplate a significant increase in that tax

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 1d

I guess talking about Brexit damage is a start. But insisting we make this shitshow ‘work’ and forcing taxpayers to pay for some of the inevitable and ongoing loss feels like a wildly illogical response to the problem.

Photos of Wes Streeting above article and Farage below…

Text: It comes after The Independent revealed in March that Brexit had cost UK business £37bn a year as the result of a 5 per cent drop in trade with the EU.

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The Bear @bearlypolitics.co.uk · 1d

BREAKING NEWS

In a move that has shocked absolutely no one with basic arithmetic skills, populist right wing party trying to win votes with fantasy economics traipses around in fetching hair shirt after all their policies are found to be economic fantasy.

Reform UK
Reform UK abandoning manifesto pledge of £90bn in tax cuts, deputy leader admits
Richard Tice says party will concentrate on cutting civil service and scrapping net zero once in government

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 1d

Nathan Gill will be sentenced on 21st November for 8 charges of taking Russian Bribes.

It’s essential that the European Parliament carries out an investigation in to UKIP, Brexit Party and Reform UK and their connection to Russia.

Investigation now!

#InvestigateReformUK #ReformRussianBribes

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Parody Keir Starmer @parodypm.bsky.social · 23h

I can see why Reform would oppose measures to prevent money laundering. Maybe banks should check money going *into* bank accounts - particularly when it's Russian money going into Reform politicians' bank accounts...

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23h

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister’s wife

hopenothate.org.uk/2025/10/13/r...

Richard Tice failed to register lavish hospitality from former Russian finance minister's wife – HOPE not hate

IN BREACH OF PARLIAMENTARY RULES: REFORM UK’S RICHARD TICE Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice has broken parliamentary rules by failing to register lavish hospitality...

hopenothate.org.uk

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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 23h

Go on then Nigel Farage, keep telling us you know nothing about Russian influence…

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

www.theguardian.com/politics/201...

The Farage staffer, the Russian embassy and a smear campaign against a Kremlin critic

Worker for Farage’s group in EU parliament was ‘frequent visitor to embassy’ and accused of role in propaganda stunt

www.theguardian.com

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Scottish Liberal Democrats @scotlibdems.org.uk · 1d

Vast numbers of Scots are on waiting lists and the SNP Government is seven years behind England when it comes to introducing an NHS app.

No one should trust John Swinney with running the health service.

The SNP have been in power for 18 years and on their watch there are not enough GPs.

In fact they have hired less than 1 in 10 of the GPs they promised in 2017.

John Swinney didn’t fund a fix when he was Finance Secretary for years. No one believes he will do it now as First Minister.

- Alex Cole-Hamilton

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George Takei @georgetakei.bsky.social · 1d

He would have turned in the family hiding Anne Frank.

A tweet by Bill Melugin reads: “Regardless of how one feels about immigration policy, according to U.S. law, this is a felony. Harboring of aliens. 8 USC 1324.”

A tweet from Laura N. Rodríguez Presa reads: “During a military-style raid on a building in Chicago’s South Shore, one resident heard a knock on his door. It wasn’t the feds — it was a mom and her 7-year-old daughter, pleading for help. He let them hide in his unit for the next 3 days.”

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