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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 21h

Yes - residents on the door tend (very reasonably) to ask for relatively small improvements that would make a difference to their daily surroundings. Totally overlooked!

deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 22h

So much unspent money in the city - some of the improvements residents request would cost a fraction of this

Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 1d

I found this pretty scandalous when I first found out how much is allocated, but unspent in #Ouseburn Ward.

Anger at North East council 'sitting on' £42m in unspent cash from developers | Chronicle Live share.google/aQvL6D18VOAx...

We've been pushing to get it spent since I got elected.

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Anger at North East council 'sitting on' £42m in unspent cash from developers

Newcastle City Council holds tens of millions of pounds worth of unused Section 106 payments meant for projects like new schools, transport infrastructure and sports facilities

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Cllr Brian Wernham 🔶 C.Eng. MA History @brianwernham.bsky.social · 4d

Lib Dems 🔶 overtaking Conservatives 🔷

➡️ RFM: 27% (-2)
🔴 LAB: 20% (-2)
🔶 LDM: 17% (+2)
🔵 CON: 17% (+1)

Westminster Voting Intention via YouGov 5-6 Oct

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 6d

*gasp*

“Everyone thought we’d come in and there were going to be these huge costs we could cut away but there just aren’t,” said a third senior Reform cabinet member in Kent.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 10d

Delighted to hear my Ward Colleague @garethkane.bsky.social and Colin Ferguson, Leader of @newcastlelibdems.bsky.social bringing up the issue of the Tees Valley Incinerator again.

Imagine locking yourself into a 30 year contract when the Walkman was first launched.

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 10d

Delighted to hear Labour are finally going to look at Scrapping the Two Child Benefit Cap.

Something we've been calling for since they came to power.

Agenda for City Council on Wednesday 12th June, 2024, 6.00 pm | Newcastle City Council share.google/m40fMHdZ1xHu...

@newcastlelibdems.bsky.social

The notice of motion, to scrap the two child benefit cap

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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 11d

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

Love over hate: Newcastle unites at Grey’s Monument

"We don’t need to be reminded of where we live, that’s what a football strip is for"

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 11d

Unlike Farage, we're proud of Britain.

Britain has problems that need fixing, but we must never forget our strengths, our people and our values.

They are what make this country special.🇬🇧

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 11d

I'm glad Keir Starmer is finally stepping up the fight against Nigel Farage, and I hope this will mark the end of his government parroting Farage and copying his divisive politics.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 12d

These are some of the most extreme restrictions on immigration in years. We're told to see them as benign because they're less bad than Farage's far-right extremism. But they are still terrible.

Paul Brand @paulbrand.bsky.social · 12d

Mahmood says she will introduce new conditions for indefinite leave to remain:

Lived here 10 years not 5
Being in work
Not taking a penny in benefits
No criminal record
Giving back to community eg volunteering

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 13d

Newcastle gets £50m to tackle potholes but needs more - BBC News share.google/CN79OpAkHTgV...

I think I've found most of the 50 potholes they claim to be "fixing" each day.

There's 30 on this one patch on the slip road off the Central Motorway alone 🤣

Same photo showing how many individual repairs have been done

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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 14d

Today Newcastle stood up to the fascists and sent a strong message that the far right are not welcome here. Proud of my city! 💛💛💛💛💛

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Matt Osbourn @poshgeordie.bsky.social · 15d

Back to cosplaying Reform and enabling their racism and far right nonsense and hysteria

Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 15d

That "progressive fightback" in full

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Stefan Stern @stefanstern.bsky.social · 15d

Is it "move to Dubai"?

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Liberal Democrat Friends of Palestine @ldfpalestine.bsky.social · 25d

The @libdems.org.uk have become the first major UK party to recognise Israel's genocide‌ in Gaza.

Thank you @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for your courage and leadership, as Starmer and Labour continue to look away.

#GazaGenocide.

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25d

"What is happening in Gaza is a genocide. And the President of the United States, who wants a Nobel Peace Prize, is doing nothing to stop it."

@EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk

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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 24d

Media coverage matters. The BBC is a trust anchor in this country and it is vital that the undue prominence of Reform does not continue. Sign our petition: www.libdems.org.uk/bbc

Balance the BBC

The BBC is our national broadcaster, people expect and deserve balanced news coverage.

www.libdems.org.uk

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 24d

The most heartbreakingly powerful piece I’ve ever read on Substack. Please, please read and share. And look after your family, friends, neighbours and colleagues for whom England is becoming frightening.

@sturdyalex.bsky.social 👇

open.substack.com/pub/bestforb...

My place or yours? - Flags and the far right from someone who looks different to you

By Alex Andreou

open.substack.com

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25d

I’m old enough to remember when Conservative Party leaders believed in law and order.

Zoë Grünewald @zoegrunewald.bsky.social · 25d

Kemi Badenoch refusing to acknowledge that Tommy Robinson is "far-right", now on LBC, and refusing to condemn Elon Musk's words. In fact she says what Musk said *isn't* incitement. So what would be incitement then? How violent would his words have to be before he was deemed a threat to this country?

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milo edwards @miloedwards.bsky.social · 26d

imagine getting qt dunked by ed davey. unrecoverable. you’re furious and he is serenely going down a log flume in bognor regis.

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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 28d

Many thanks to our Neighbourhood Police for taking the time to meet with Manor Park residents to discuss the issues with which they are most concerned. This kind of engagement is much appreciated.

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Patrick Dunleavy @patrickdunleavy.bsky.social · 29d

James Chapman
“Reform featuring in a quarter of all BBC News at Ten bulletins - far more than the Lib Dems, who have 18 times as many MPs, and far too often policy is unscrutinised, according to an authoritative new study. Something’s gone badly wrong at the BBC” www.theguardian.com/media/2025/s...

BBC under fresh pressure over extent of Reform UK coverage

Nigel Farage’s party featured in considerably more News at Ten bulletins than Lib Dems over six months, study finds

www.theguardian.com

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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · Sep 11

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

Residents say proposals will not stop 'inconsiderate' school run parking

Residents of Newton Road in High Heaton are fed up of parents and sixth-formers parking on dropped kerbs outside their homes and block access to driveways

www.chroniclelive.co.uk

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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · Sep 4

How refreshing

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 3

Nigel Farage looks uncomfortable as Jamie Raskin uses his opening statement to absolutely demolish him

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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · Sep 2

So proud of my Ward Colleague for digging into the murky world of Energy from Waste.

Yes there will always be some element of residual waste that can't be #recycled but we need to work to get that amount down, not lock into 30 year contracts to burn it.

www.newcastle-libdems.org.uk/campaigns/st...

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · Aug 30

The BBC need to get better at challenging Farage's lies.

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