Ed Tyldesley 🔶
@chulmleighed.bsky.social
Lib Dem County Councillor on Devon County Council - Chulmleigh and Landkey🔶🌿
Parish Councillor 🔶🐑
Teacher, Beekeeper, Allotmenteer 🔶🐝
Parish Councillor 🔶🐑
Teacher, Beekeeper, Allotmenteer 🔶🐝
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
It’s time to end the Peter Mandelson charade. The government should boot him out of the House of Lords for good. I asked the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister to bring forward legislation to do just that.
February 3, 2026 at 12:48 PM
It’s time to end the Peter Mandelson charade. The government should boot him out of the House of Lords for good. I asked the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister to bring forward legislation to do just that.
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
It is Lib Dems versus Reform as Labour & Conservative votes switch
Aggregate Result of the 200 UK Council By-Elections (for 203 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
Aggregate Result of the 200 UK Council By-Elections (for 203 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
January 30, 2026 at 12:45 PM
It is Lib Dems versus Reform as Labour & Conservative votes switch
Aggregate Result of the 200 UK Council By-Elections (for 203 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
Aggregate Result of the 200 UK Council By-Elections (for 203 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
We are looking for a Chair of Trustees for Make Space for Girls. Find out more. Please share!
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
Could you be our next Chair Of Trustees?
Following the launch of our new three year strategy, we are recruiting a new Chair Of Trustees to take us into our next phase.
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk
January 30, 2026 at 10:49 AM
We are looking for a Chair of Trustees for Make Space for Girls. Find out more. Please share!
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
www.makespaceforgirls.co.uk/blog/could-y...
Cllr Cockerham is hoping for "ICE-style correction techniques against woke interfering lefties".
Reform want to import the same lethal violence we saw when ICE murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti, to the UK. Reform are not your friends.
www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/reform-...
Reform want to import the same lethal violence we saw when ICE murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti, to the UK. Reform are not your friends.
www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/reform-...
Reform UK councillor's comment controversy
A NEWTON Abbot Reform UK councillor has sparked outrage over a comment he made on social media supporting techniques used in the US to tackle illegal immigrants.
www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk
January 29, 2026 at 6:57 PM
Cllr Cockerham is hoping for "ICE-style correction techniques against woke interfering lefties".
Reform want to import the same lethal violence we saw when ICE murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti, to the UK. Reform are not your friends.
www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/reform-...
Reform want to import the same lethal violence we saw when ICE murdered Renee Good and Alex Pretti, to the UK. Reform are not your friends.
www.middevonadvertiser.co.uk/news/reform-...
Totally unacceptable behaviour.
Reform UK Councillor Mick Cockerham of Newton Abbot South making a pretty sick statement.
January 28, 2026 at 8:43 PM
Totally unacceptable behaviour.
Cllr Mick Cockerham (Devon County Council - Newton Abbot South) openly calling for ICE-style violence against "woke lefties".
January 28, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Cllr Mick Cockerham (Devon County Council - Newton Abbot South) openly calling for ICE-style violence against "woke lefties".
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
We discussed in Lords the latest election cancellations, which mean some councillors elected for four years will get three unelected years on top.
To make matters worse, the Secretary of State suggested it is a choice between democracy or getting potholes fixed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms99...
To make matters worse, the Secretary of State suggested it is a choice between democracy or getting potholes fixed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms99...
Labour is wrong to be cancelling council elections, yet again
YouTube video by Mark Pack
www.youtube.com
January 27, 2026 at 3:18 PM
We discussed in Lords the latest election cancellations, which mean some councillors elected for four years will get three unelected years on top.
To make matters worse, the Secretary of State suggested it is a choice between democracy or getting potholes fixed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms99...
To make matters worse, the Secretary of State suggested it is a choice between democracy or getting potholes fixed.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ms99...
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
There is always a tweet
January 27, 2026 at 10:20 PM
There is always a tweet
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Public Money for Public Good
A year of Councillor Locality Budget community grants in 2025
open.substack.com
January 11, 2026 at 12:09 PM
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Exclusive: From solar subsidies to meat taxes, minority rightwing voices appear to drown out the consensus
“There may have been a silent majority in favour of windfarms and higher petrol taxes, but if there was, these people were mighty quiet. Essentially, all I ever heard from was people objecting to them.” That was the view of a former UK MP who took part in new research that reveals how significantly British and Belgian politicians underestimate the public’s support for climate action.
From solar power and energy efficiency to meat taxes and frequent flyer levies, the politicians consistently failed to appreciate people’s appetite for policies that tackle global heating. The misapprehension has real world consequences: those politicians were less willing to vote for or speak up for those policies, according to the study. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
January 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
‘A silent majority’: MPs underestimate support for green policies, study reveals
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Reform UK is not a party of the people, and are much more like a party of their wealthy donors.
Reform UK’s voting record shows what they really are about.
Reform UK’s voting record shows what they really are about.
January 1, 2026 at 11:44 PM
Reform UK is not a party of the people, and are much more like a party of their wealthy donors.
Reform UK’s voting record shows what they really are about.
Reform UK’s voting record shows what they really are about.
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Seats & Votes won in Council By-Elections in 2025:
🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2%
➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2%
🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2%
🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3%
🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9%
⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%
🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2%
➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2%
🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2%
🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3%
🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9%
⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%
December 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Seats & Votes won in Council By-Elections in 2025:
🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2%
➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2%
🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2%
🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3%
🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9%
⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%
🔶 LDM: 106 (+21), 20.2%
➡️ RFM: 104 (+94), 24.2%
🌳 CON: 45 (-24), 18.2%
🌹 LAB: 36 (-89), 16.3%
🌍 GRN: 24 (+6), 9.9%
⚫ Oth: 39 (-8), 11.3%
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
The Liberal Democrats won 106 Council By-Elections in 2025, more than any other party #ByElectionsWrapped
1) LDM 106
2) RFM 104
3) CON 45
4) LAB 36
5) GRN 24
1) LDM 106
2) RFM 104
3) CON 45
4) LAB 36
5) GRN 24
December 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
The Liberal Democrats won 106 Council By-Elections in 2025, more than any other party #ByElectionsWrapped
1) LDM 106
2) RFM 104
3) CON 45
4) LAB 36
5) GRN 24
1) LDM 106
2) RFM 104
3) CON 45
4) LAB 36
5) GRN 24
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Reform is mired in scandals of racism, corruption and Russian interference.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
December 14, 2025 at 7:46 PM
Reform is mired in scandals of racism, corruption and Russian interference.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
It's no wonder more and more people are turning to the positive voice of the Liberal Democrats as the antidote to this divisive politics.
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
A new Customs Union is the right thing to do - Britain can't go on with its hands tied behind its back.
That's why I backed @alpinkerton.bsky.social 's Bill today - and why I'm delighted it passed this hurdle!
That's why I backed @alpinkerton.bsky.social 's Bill today - and why I'm delighted it passed this hurdle!
December 9, 2025 at 3:29 PM
A new Customs Union is the right thing to do - Britain can't go on with its hands tied behind its back.
That's why I backed @alpinkerton.bsky.social 's Bill today - and why I'm delighted it passed this hurdle!
That's why I backed @alpinkerton.bsky.social 's Bill today - and why I'm delighted it passed this hurdle!
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Farage has long repeated Putin talking points in UK politics - almost like he's some sort of puppet of the Russian state.
I wonder if anyone's done a thorough analysis of his financial income and donations.
I wonder if anyone's done a thorough analysis of his financial income and donations.
December 6, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Farage has long repeated Putin talking points in UK politics - almost like he's some sort of puppet of the Russian state.
I wonder if anyone's done a thorough analysis of his financial income and donations.
I wonder if anyone's done a thorough analysis of his financial income and donations.
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
December 4, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Daisy Cooper, "In 2017 there was not a single asylum seeker that arrived on a boat"
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
"Today we have 46,000 a year"
"And do you know why?"
"Brexit"
"Pushed through by Boris Johnson and championed by Nigel Farage"
*audience erupts in applause" #BBCQT
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
December 5, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
But we'll welcome former Tories Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Ann Widdecombe, Lucy Allen, Jake Berry - the former chair of the Tories, for God's sake - Andrea Jenkyns, Maria Caufield, Lia Nici ... 20 of them so far.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
December 3, 2025 at 9:18 AM
But we'll welcome former Tories Jonathan Gullis, Danny Kruger, Lee Anderson, Nadine Dorries, Ann Widdecombe, Lucy Allen, Jake Berry - the former chair of the Tories, for God's sake - Andrea Jenkyns, Maria Caufield, Lia Nici ... 20 of them so far.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
They should never be forgiven. Except those ones.
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Barnoldswick- Pendle Borough Council
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
November 27, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Barnoldswick- Pendle Borough Council
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
LIB DEMS HOLD ANOTHER COUNCIL SEAT!
LD🔶- 1008- 59.8% (+1.5)
RFM➡️- 441- 26.2% (New)
CON🔵- 170- 10.1% (-11.7)
LAB🔴- 66- 3.9% (-11.1)
Congratulations to Cllr Bryony Hartley and the Pendle team for a fantastic campaign!
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
Hmm, who to believe? 20 people, with have nothing to gain except possible doxing and threats, accusing ‘leading in the polls’ Nigel Farage, of bullying and racism, on the record mind, or slippery Nige who says they’re all liars. All of them.
It’s a real head scratcher.
It’s a real head scratcher.
Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims
Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Hmm, who to believe? 20 people, with have nothing to gain except possible doxing and threats, accusing ‘leading in the polls’ Nigel Farage, of bullying and racism, on the record mind, or slippery Nige who says they’re all liars. All of them.
It’s a real head scratcher.
It’s a real head scratcher.
Reposted by Ed Tyldesley 🔶
If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
November 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If multiple people can remember someone being horribly racist, even by the appalling low bar of the racist 1970s, that is entirely noteworthy.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.
As an adult Farage fanboyed Enoch Powell - the most infamous racist of the 1960s - and long cited him as his political hero.
And that's noteworthy too.