Graham Simpson
@grahambs.bsky.social
Advocate of proportional representation and progressive politics. Humanist. Anti Brexit! Anti Trump! @libdems.org.uk
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Graham Simpson
@grahambs.bsky.social
· Sep 12
It’s time for a politics, free of vested interests, free of dogma, free of corruption, free of populist easy answers to complicated questions. A politics which puts justice, the individual and the community ahead of narrow self interest. A politics based on evidence, rationality and compassion. Now!
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Breaking news: The ruling deals a blow to Donald Trump’s attempts to use the Department of Justice to punish two of his political opponents. on.ft.com/43NbWvO
November 24, 2025 at 6:44 PM
Breaking news: The ruling deals a blow to Donald Trump’s attempts to use the Department of Justice to punish two of his political opponents. on.ft.com/43NbWvO
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Some of the most important words ever written: 'Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' – Charles Darwin, 'On the Origin of Species'. It was published #OnThisDay 1859.
November 24, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Some of the most important words ever written: 'Endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved.' – Charles Darwin, 'On the Origin of Species'. It was published #OnThisDay 1859.
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Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
November 23, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Donald Trump expects Ukrainians to be ‘grateful’ as he prepares a carve-up of the country with Putin.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
We can’t let that happen - Starmer must work with our European allies to stop this stitch-up in its tracks.
Our ridiculous voting system in all its un-proportional glory!
Nowcast Update - Green's vote share surpasses Lib Dems, as Labour hits new low.
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
RFM: 350 (+345), 30.2% (50 Maj.)
LAB: 87 (-324), 18.8%
LDM: 75 (+3), 13.0%
SNP: 44 (+35), 2.7%
CON: 38 (-83), 17.6%
GRN: 23 (+19), 13.5%
PLC: 7 (+3), 1.1%
Oth: 7 (+2), 3.1%
electionmaps.uk/nowcast
November 23, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Our ridiculous voting system in all its un-proportional glory!
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Article featuring my good friend @liamwaghorn.bsky.social and Canterbury Foodbank. It highlights how foodbanks have become a necessary part of the welfare state, driven in part by high food inflation and the two-child benefit cap.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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Budget 2025: how inflation and the two-child benefit cap has increased poverty
A visit to Kent reveals more people struggling with rising food bills and turning to food banks already suffering higher demand and fewer donations
www.theguardian.com
November 23, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Article featuring my good friend @liamwaghorn.bsky.social and Canterbury Foodbank. It highlights how foodbanks have become a necessary part of the welfare state, driven in part by high food inflation and the two-child benefit cap.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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So he should be grateful that Trump has given Putin everything he wants in Ukraine.
November 23, 2025 at 2:37 PM
So he should be grateful that Trump has given Putin everything he wants in Ukraine.
I wish we didn’t need a military or military alliances. That would be wonderful. But leaving NATO would make one leader very happy, Putin. He’s already convinced Trump to bar Ukraine and other European countries from joining.
November 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I wish we didn’t need a military or military alliances. That would be wonderful. But leaving NATO would make one leader very happy, Putin. He’s already convinced Trump to bar Ukraine and other European countries from joining.
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Be in no doubt that this is a perilous moment. America’s proposal prescribes a deeply insecure future for Ukraine and richly rewards Vladimir Putin’s aggression
Donald Trump’s peace plan would be bad for Ukraine, Europe and America
It is a sad mix of naked opportunism and strategic myopia
econ.st
November 23, 2025 at 7:20 AM
Be in no doubt that this is a perilous moment. America’s proposal prescribes a deeply insecure future for Ukraine and richly rewards Vladimir Putin’s aggression
The Covid Enquiry was necessary, we need to learn lessons. But why did it cost £200mn? Who made a small fortune?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Covid inquiry: UK did 'too little, too late', leading to thousands more Covid deaths, says inquiry
The inquiry says an earlier lockdown could have saved 23,000 lives in the first wave in England - and lockdown could have been avoided altogether with earlier interventions.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 23, 2025 at 10:15 AM
The Covid Enquiry was necessary, we need to learn lessons. But why did it cost £200mn? Who made a small fortune?
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cm...
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Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
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Flag campaign chief praised by Tommy Robinson facing jail over ‘holiday scam’
Ryan Bridge, ringleader of the Raise the Colours movement heralded by ex-EDL leader Tommy Robinson, is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain
www.mirror.co.uk
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Ryan Bridge key figure behind the Raise the Colours movement is being pursued for an eight-year sentence in Spain over claims of fraud and membership of a criminal group according to The Mirror
www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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It shouldn’t be a threat to Europe and Zelensky - Europe must learn a lesson…
November 23, 2025 at 9:32 AM
It shouldn’t be a threat to Europe and Zelensky - Europe must learn a lesson…
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Josh Babarinde, "We need radical solutions and the Liberal Democrats are offering that"
"Fundamentally we need to cut bills, and our plan involves taxing the big companies in society to help those struggling the most"
"There are people with cash in our society that need to be paying their way"
"Fundamentally we need to cut bills, and our plan involves taxing the big companies in society to help those struggling the most"
"There are people with cash in our society that need to be paying their way"
November 21, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Josh Babarinde, "We need radical solutions and the Liberal Democrats are offering that"
"Fundamentally we need to cut bills, and our plan involves taxing the big companies in society to help those struggling the most"
"There are people with cash in our society that need to be paying their way"
"Fundamentally we need to cut bills, and our plan involves taxing the big companies in society to help those struggling the most"
"There are people with cash in our society that need to be paying their way"
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Norway, Iceland, Switzerland & Liechtenstein are in the Single Market but not the EU. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino & Turkey have customs unions with the EU for certain sectors. I'd prefer our first step toward rejoining to be more like Norway or Switzerland than Turkey. That means Freedom of Movement
November 13, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Norway, Iceland, Switzerland & Liechtenstein are in the Single Market but not the EU. Andorra, Monaco, San Marino & Turkey have customs unions with the EU for certain sectors. I'd prefer our first step toward rejoining to be more like Norway or Switzerland than Turkey. That means Freedom of Movement
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"I think that the government are increasingly aping the likes of Reform."
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the importance of approaching asylum policy without needlessly dividing our communities. #BBCQT
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the importance of approaching asylum policy without needlessly dividing our communities. #BBCQT
November 22, 2025 at 1:01 PM
"I think that the government are increasingly aping the likes of Reform."
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the importance of approaching asylum policy without needlessly dividing our communities. #BBCQT
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social on the importance of approaching asylum policy without needlessly dividing our communities. #BBCQT
European leaders voice concerns over US plan to end Ukraine war - The problem is they don’t have the military strength to reject Trump/Putin. That has to change.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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European leaders say US plan to end Ukraine war needs 'additional work'
www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:18 PM
European leaders voice concerns over US plan to end Ukraine war - The problem is they don’t have the military strength to reject Trump/Putin. That has to change.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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If Europe was stronger it wouldn’t have to accept the demands of Putin/Trump!
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www.bbc.com
November 22, 2025 at 12:23 PM
If Europe was stronger it wouldn’t have to accept the demands of Putin/Trump!
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A snapshot of the Reform mind…
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
‘America is British’. Heaven is ‘a socialist state’. David Attenborough is ‘anti-human’ – the startling theories of Reform MP Danny Kruger
He was a Conservative party big-hitter who wrote speeches for David Cameron and worked with Boris Johnson before he suddenly jumped ship. He talks family, flags and why Nigel Farage is ‘top dog’
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:27 AM
A snapshot of the Reform mind…
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More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
More powerful evidence of the disaster of #Brexit from @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social. If we’re to avoid yet more austerity, we need to start by rejoining the customs union & single market. Brexit was a reckless waste of money we simply can’t afford @europeanmovement.co.uk
“The world of 2026 is entirely different from 2016, the old red lines no longer make sense and Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford” @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
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Rachel Reeves is studiously ignoring the cause of Britain’s woes: the Brexit-shaped hole in its roof | Jonathan Freedland
The autumn budget will mop up some damage, but the true source of the economic crisis is clear. The government should now fix it – tragically, it won’t, says Guardian columnist Jonathan Freedland
www.theguardian.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:47 AM
“The world of 2026 is entirely different from 2016, the old red lines no longer make sense and Brexit was a waste of money that, now more than ever, we simply cannot afford” @jonathanfreedland.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Quinton (Stratford-on-Avon) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 47.3% (+3.5)
➡️ RFM: 33.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 14.8% (-26.2)
🌍 GRN: 3.8% (-4.7)
🌹 LAB: 1.0% (-5.7)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2023.
🔶 LDM: 47.3% (+3.5)
➡️ RFM: 33.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 14.8% (-26.2)
🌍 GRN: 3.8% (-4.7)
🌹 LAB: 1.0% (-5.7)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2023.
November 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Quinton (Stratford-on-Avon) Council By-Election Result:
🔶 LDM: 47.3% (+3.5)
➡️ RFM: 33.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 14.8% (-26.2)
🌍 GRN: 3.8% (-4.7)
🌹 LAB: 1.0% (-5.7)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2023.
🔶 LDM: 47.3% (+3.5)
➡️ RFM: 33.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 14.8% (-26.2)
🌍 GRN: 3.8% (-4.7)
🌹 LAB: 1.0% (-5.7)
Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2023.
“If accepted, it would reward armed aggression. The principle, sacrosanct since the Second World War, for obvious and very good reasons, that even de facto borders cannot be changed by force, will have been trampled on at the behest of the leader of the free world”
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Trump peace plan: We could all pay if Europe doesn't step up and guarantee Ukraine's security
World leaders praising Trump for his Gaza ceasefire plan only encouraged him to believe he can solve the world's most complex conflicts with minimal effort.
news.sky.com
November 22, 2025 at 7:26 AM
“If accepted, it would reward armed aggression. The principle, sacrosanct since the Second World War, for obvious and very good reasons, that even de facto borders cannot be changed by force, will have been trampled on at the behest of the leader of the free world”
news.sky.com/story/trump-...
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Putin andTrump carve up Ukraine. Putin gets everything he wants. Trump gave him everything he wanted…
November 21, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Putin andTrump carve up Ukraine. Putin gets everything he wants. Trump gave him everything he wanted…
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Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
November 21, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth.
Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine would hand swathes of
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
Trump's 28-point Ukraine peace plan in full
The document states Ukraine must cede land it currently controls. The plan closely resembles the list of demands repeatedly outlined by Vladimir Putin.
news.sky.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Trump's plan for ending the war in Ukraine would hand swathes of
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
land to Russia, forbid them from joining NATO and limit the size of Kyiv's military - Trump is giving Putin everything he wants…
news.sky.com/story/trumps...
Reform - The friends of Putin and Trump…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Former Reform in Wales leader Nathan Gill jailed for pro-Russian bribery
Nathan Gill, 52, is sentenced to 10 and a half years in prison after admitting taking bribes while an MEP.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Reform - The friends of Putin and Trump…
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...