Barry Howard 🔶
@barryhow2c.bsky.social
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 🔶
Lib Dem member & campaigner for #ProportionalRepresentation🗳
#getPRdone
#MakeVotesMatter
#FBPPR
#RejoinEU🇪🇺
#LibDems 🔶
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5 Stage of Reform UK Policy
February 5, 2026 at 6:30 PM
5 Stage of Reform UK Policy
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Months ago, I asked the Prime Minister a simple question: why did he keep backing Mandelson despite his Epstein links, and what leverage might the Trump administration have over him?
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
February 5, 2026 at 9:02 AM
Months ago, I asked the Prime Minister a simple question: why did he keep backing Mandelson despite his Epstein links, and what leverage might the Trump administration have over him?
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
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We need a government totally focused on ending the cost-of-living crisis, fixing the NHS and care, and getting our economy growing again.
Time for Keir Starmer to say ‘put up or shut up’.
Time for Keir Starmer to say ‘put up or shut up’.
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
We need a government totally focused on ending the cost-of-living crisis, fixing the NHS and care, and getting our economy growing again.
Time for Keir Starmer to say ‘put up or shut up’.
Time for Keir Starmer to say ‘put up or shut up’.
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Good to see that BBC Question Time has Lib Dem Munira Wilson MP on the panel this week.👏
Zia Yusuf has appeared on BBCQT 5 times: Sept 26, 2024; Jan 30, 2025; June 12, 2025; Oct 9, 2025; and Dec 4, 2025. With tonight’s episode that’s 6 appearances.
No other panellist has appeared as much. 🤷♂️
#BBCQT
Zia Yusuf has appeared on BBCQT 5 times: Sept 26, 2024; Jan 30, 2025; June 12, 2025; Oct 9, 2025; and Dec 4, 2025. With tonight’s episode that’s 6 appearances.
No other panellist has appeared as much. 🤷♂️
#BBCQT
February 5, 2026 at 9:04 AM
Good to see that BBC Question Time has Lib Dem Munira Wilson MP on the panel this week.👏
Zia Yusuf has appeared on BBCQT 5 times: Sept 26, 2024; Jan 30, 2025; June 12, 2025; Oct 9, 2025; and Dec 4, 2025. With tonight’s episode that’s 6 appearances.
No other panellist has appeared as much. 🤷♂️
#BBCQT
Zia Yusuf has appeared on BBCQT 5 times: Sept 26, 2024; Jan 30, 2025; June 12, 2025; Oct 9, 2025; and Dec 4, 2025. With tonight’s episode that’s 6 appearances.
No other panellist has appeared as much. 🤷♂️
#BBCQT
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Months ago, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk asked the Prime Minister a simple question: why did he keep backing Mandelson despite his Epstein links, and what leverage might the Trump administration have over him?
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
February 5, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Months ago, @eddavey.libdems.org.uk asked the Prime Minister a simple question: why did he keep backing Mandelson despite his Epstein links, and what leverage might the Trump administration have over him?
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
Instead of answering, he waved it away.
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Tune into BBC1 after the News at 10 or live on BBC iPlayer at 9pm to catch @MuniraWilson.bsky.social on BBC Question Time! #bbcqt
February 5, 2026 at 5:01 PM
Tune into BBC1 after the News at 10 or live on BBC iPlayer at 9pm to catch @MuniraWilson.bsky.social on BBC Question Time! #bbcqt
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February 4, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Oh! 🤔
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group | Euractiv
Verdict ends decade-long probe into alleged misuse of EU funds by associates of top Brexit campaigner
www.euractiv.com
February 5, 2026 at 9:22 AM
Oh! 🤔
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
Belgian court convicts two for EU funds misuse linked to Nigel Farage's Brexit group
www.euractiv.com/news/belgian...
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This might be the funniest thing all week 😂
GBNEWS poll goes rogue and suddenly these two thickos double-checking reality.
“Have we got that the right way round?”
Afraid so 😆 #UKMedia
GBNEWS poll goes rogue and suddenly these two thickos double-checking reality.
“Have we got that the right way round?”
Afraid so 😆 #UKMedia
February 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
This might be the funniest thing all week 😂
GBNEWS poll goes rogue and suddenly these two thickos double-checking reality.
“Have we got that the right way round?”
Afraid so 😆 #UKMedia
GBNEWS poll goes rogue and suddenly these two thickos double-checking reality.
“Have we got that the right way round?”
Afraid so 😆 #UKMedia
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The British people can’t afford for this Labour soap opera to drag on for months.
Let’s have a confidence vote now to see whether Labour MPs have any confidence in the Prime Minister, so the government can move on one way or the other and focus on the change our country needs.
Let’s have a confidence vote now to see whether Labour MPs have any confidence in the Prime Minister, so the government can move on one way or the other and focus on the change our country needs.
February 5, 2026 at 1:06 PM
The British people can’t afford for this Labour soap opera to drag on for months.
Let’s have a confidence vote now to see whether Labour MPs have any confidence in the Prime Minister, so the government can move on one way or the other and focus on the change our country needs.
Let’s have a confidence vote now to see whether Labour MPs have any confidence in the Prime Minister, so the government can move on one way or the other and focus on the change our country needs.
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This, for me, is the decisive argument for getting rid of FPTP: voters, activists, and strategists will effectively be going into the next election blind, and a lot of the results will feel basically random
Looking at the Gorton and Denton contest is like a foretaste of a GE where voters are given multiple messages, ‘only X party can win here’ based on - often - relatively poor data and bewildering changes in the national picture 🤯. I’m concerned about how we could provide decent information.
February 3, 2026 at 1:13 PM
This, for me, is the decisive argument for getting rid of FPTP: voters, activists, and strategists will effectively be going into the next election blind, and a lot of the results will feel basically random
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Thames Water wants 15 years of "leniency" from water pollution rules. They want Ofwat to allow them to spew sewage into our rivers until 2040.
🤩Helen Maguire, MP for Epsom and Ewell, has signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, saying NO to illegal pollution. 1/3
🤩Helen Maguire, MP for Epsom and Ewell, has signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, saying NO to illegal pollution. 1/3
February 5, 2026 at 9:20 AM
Thames Water wants 15 years of "leniency" from water pollution rules. They want Ofwat to allow them to spew sewage into our rivers until 2040.
🤩Helen Maguire, MP for Epsom and Ewell, has signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, saying NO to illegal pollution. 1/3
🤩Helen Maguire, MP for Epsom and Ewell, has signed our open letter to Ofwat and the Environment Secretary, saying NO to illegal pollution. 1/3
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Good letter(Times)
Starmer made a grave error of judgement…
But what was Farage’s threat of Trump imposing tariffs on us over free speech bullshit?
Or his mate,Gill,taking Russian bribes?
Or his links to crypto, Brexit and profiteering deregulation?
Just if we’re actually serious about any of this…
Starmer made a grave error of judgement…
But what was Farage’s threat of Trump imposing tariffs on us over free speech bullshit?
Or his mate,Gill,taking Russian bribes?
Or his links to crypto, Brexit and profiteering deregulation?
Just if we’re actually serious about any of this…
February 5, 2026 at 8:58 AM
Good letter(Times)
Starmer made a grave error of judgement…
But what was Farage’s threat of Trump imposing tariffs on us over free speech bullshit?
Or his mate,Gill,taking Russian bribes?
Or his links to crypto, Brexit and profiteering deregulation?
Just if we’re actually serious about any of this…
Starmer made a grave error of judgement…
But what was Farage’s threat of Trump imposing tariffs on us over free speech bullshit?
Or his mate,Gill,taking Russian bribes?
Or his links to crypto, Brexit and profiteering deregulation?
Just if we’re actually serious about any of this…
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🤢 FIVE WINNERS. MILLIONS LOSERS.
🚨Brexit beneficiaries:
Johnson - PM
Farage - fame
Putin - a weaker UK
Epstein - ???
Steve Bannon - Far right Growth
Everyone else got higher prices, fewer rights, and a divided country.
🚨Brexit beneficiaries:
Johnson - PM
Farage - fame
Putin - a weaker UK
Epstein - ???
Steve Bannon - Far right Growth
Everyone else got higher prices, fewer rights, and a divided country.
February 4, 2026 at 7:53 AM
🤢 FIVE WINNERS. MILLIONS LOSERS.
🚨Brexit beneficiaries:
Johnson - PM
Farage - fame
Putin - a weaker UK
Epstein - ???
Steve Bannon - Far right Growth
Everyone else got higher prices, fewer rights, and a divided country.
🚨Brexit beneficiaries:
Johnson - PM
Farage - fame
Putin - a weaker UK
Epstein - ???
Steve Bannon - Far right Growth
Everyone else got higher prices, fewer rights, and a divided country.
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BREAKING🚨
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
Tory to Reform UK Defection Tracker
Reform UK are presenting themselves as an insurgent political party, yet their adoption of former Conservatives shows th
www.bestforbritain.org
February 5, 2026 at 10:21 AM
BREAKING🚨
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
James Evans has defected to Reform UK.
Vote for Reform UK and get the very worst of the Tories...
https://www.bestforbritain.org/tory_reformuk_defection_tracker
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This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
February 4, 2026 at 10:57 AM
This is Nigel Farage with Nick Candy, the treasurer of Reform UK 👇
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
Candy appears numerous times in the Epstein files over more than a decade, The National has uncovered.
The Scottish Greens are putting pressure on Reform to explain the links.
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In 2023, Ed shared his family’s cancer story.
In 2025, nearly 1,000 cancer patients waited more than six months for treatment.
This cannot continue. Patients deserve urgency and families deserve better. It’s time for the government to show more ambition in the fight against cancer.
In 2025, nearly 1,000 cancer patients waited more than six months for treatment.
This cannot continue. Patients deserve urgency and families deserve better. It’s time for the government to show more ambition in the fight against cancer.
February 4, 2026 at 6:46 PM
In 2023, Ed shared his family’s cancer story.
In 2025, nearly 1,000 cancer patients waited more than six months for treatment.
This cannot continue. Patients deserve urgency and families deserve better. It’s time for the government to show more ambition in the fight against cancer.
In 2025, nearly 1,000 cancer patients waited more than six months for treatment.
This cannot continue. Patients deserve urgency and families deserve better. It’s time for the government to show more ambition in the fight against cancer.
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Yesterday, far-right groups and the Heritage Foundation held an event against LBGTQI+ rights in the European Parliament.
Among the speakers was Ugandan MP Lucy Akello who helped pass a law on the death penalty for gay people in Uganda.
Silence was not an option. So we protested. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Among the speakers was Ugandan MP Lucy Akello who helped pass a law on the death penalty for gay people in Uganda.
Silence was not an option. So we protested. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
February 4, 2026 at 11:03 AM
Yesterday, far-right groups and the Heritage Foundation held an event against LBGTQI+ rights in the European Parliament.
Among the speakers was Ugandan MP Lucy Akello who helped pass a law on the death penalty for gay people in Uganda.
Silence was not an option. So we protested. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
Among the speakers was Ugandan MP Lucy Akello who helped pass a law on the death penalty for gay people in Uganda.
Silence was not an option. So we protested. 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
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Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament,
"10 years on from Brexit"
"In a world that has changed so profoundly"
"Europe and the the UK need a new way of working together"
"It is time to exorcise the ghosts of the past"
"Reset our partnership"
"And find solutions together"
"10 years on from Brexit"
"In a world that has changed so profoundly"
"Europe and the the UK need a new way of working together"
"It is time to exorcise the ghosts of the past"
"Reset our partnership"
"And find solutions together"
February 4, 2026 at 8:06 AM
Roberta Metsola, President of the European Parliament,
"10 years on from Brexit"
"In a world that has changed so profoundly"
"Europe and the the UK need a new way of working together"
"It is time to exorcise the ghosts of the past"
"Reset our partnership"
"And find solutions together"
"10 years on from Brexit"
"In a world that has changed so profoundly"
"Europe and the the UK need a new way of working together"
"It is time to exorcise the ghosts of the past"
"Reset our partnership"
"And find solutions together"
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Ed Davey, "Polish gov believes Epstein may have been spying for Putin"
"Is the PM concerned that Peter Mandelson may have been leaking state secrets not just to pedophile American financier"
"But also a Russian agent"
Keir Starmer doesn't answer this questions
"Is the PM concerned that Peter Mandelson may have been leaking state secrets not just to pedophile American financier"
"But also a Russian agent"
Keir Starmer doesn't answer this questions
February 4, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Ed Davey, "Polish gov believes Epstein may have been spying for Putin"
"Is the PM concerned that Peter Mandelson may have been leaking state secrets not just to pedophile American financier"
"But also a Russian agent"
Keir Starmer doesn't answer this questions
"Is the PM concerned that Peter Mandelson may have been leaking state secrets not just to pedophile American financier"
"But also a Russian agent"
Keir Starmer doesn't answer this questions
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Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Was Epstein a Russian agent?"
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
February 4, 2026 at 9:28 PM
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Was Epstein a Russian agent?"
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
Andrei Kelin, "I have no information"
Krishnan Guru-Murthy, "Perhaps you benefit?"
Andrei Kelin, "Why? We are serious people"
*His smirk at the end says it all*
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“Given the establishment’s proximity to what happened between Mandelson and Epstein, will support and helplines be put in place for those affected?"
@CAJardineMP.bsky.social
@CAJardineMP.bsky.social
February 5, 2026 at 9:30 AM
“Given the establishment’s proximity to what happened between Mandelson and Epstein, will support and helplines be put in place for those affected?"
@CAJardineMP.bsky.social
@CAJardineMP.bsky.social
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Reform UK: starve a kid to save a quid! 🍻
"Single-parent families would be blocked no matter the work status of the parent, as would families where one or both parents are non-Brits."
"Single-parent families would be blocked no matter the work status of the parent, as would families where one or both parents are non-Brits."
February 3, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Reform UK: starve a kid to save a quid! 🍻
"Single-parent families would be blocked no matter the work status of the parent, as would families where one or both parents are non-Brits."
"Single-parent families would be blocked no matter the work status of the parent, as would families where one or both parents are non-Brits."
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Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap
Nigel Farage wants to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has pledged to reinstate the two-child limit on benefits to pay for a 5p cut off pints of beer to boost pubs.
www.bigissue.com
February 4, 2026 at 8:11 AM
Farage puts pints over poverty with plan to cut price of beer by reinstating two-child benefit cap