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Jim Millard 🔶🇺🇦
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Deputy Leader & Finance Lead, London Borough of Richmond Upon Thames🔶@libdems.org.uk
Cllr for Hampton Wick and South Teddington🔶Dad🔶Housing, sustainable growth, fairness #FBPE
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Don’t let Trump’s America become Farage’s Britain.

Where gun laws are rolled back, and schools have to teach children what to do in case of a mass shooting.
September 23, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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‘Good humanitarian reason’: Ed Davey calls for emergency programme to clear asylum backlog
Exclusive: Lib Dem leader says push to process cases would also ultimately save money and remove far-right target
www.theguardian.com
September 20, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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Looking forward to this - next Saturday, 13 Sept, Richmond Town Centre! 🎶🥂🍔🍕🍻🎶 www.centrestagerichmond.co.uk
Centre Stage, Richmond | 13th September 2025
Centre Stage is a free one-day multi-arts festival in Richmond, transforming George Street and Whittaker Square with live music, theatre, workshops, art, food, and a design market. Celebrate creativit...
www.centrestagerichmond.co.uk
September 4, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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This is spot on.
Farage doesn’t want to stop the boats… yet…
They’re his daily ‘Breaking Point’ poster made flesh… His political strength relies on the hatred, prejudice and disinformation he can whip up on beach watch.
Humane solutions scare the hell out of him.
@adamboulton.bsky.social
The iPaper
Don't be fooled - Farage doesn't actually want to stop the boats Flanked by the Emmanuel Macron, President of France, Sir Keir Starmer boasted that the Government was taking action while others were "taking pictures". No prizes for he was referring to. That very day, Nigel Farage was out on the briny with a GB News film crew, fishing for mackerel while observing French coastguards shepherding the handover of 78 migrants from their "rib" inflatable to the safety of Dover-bound UK Border Force. "We are witnessing a crime yet everyone seems happy," Farage almost chortled. Yet the leader of Reform UK seemed happiest of all. Far from stopping the boats, Farage needs them to keep coming if he is to achieve his ambition of becoming the next British Prime Minister. Waterborne migrants have been his most spectacular political recruiting sergeants ever since he began taking videos off the south coast back in May 2020. In their various manifestations - Ukip, Brexit, Reform UK - the parties Farage leads are always been negative, destructively focussed. They aim to exploit widespread dissatisfaction with the state of the world. The solutions they offer are sketchy and impractical. For once the Prime Minister slotted one past Farage at Prime Minister's Questions this week: "He has no interest in fixing the problem because he wants to milk it and exploit it. That's the truth about him and his party." Farage's strategy is to blame anyone he can….. Reform UK's interests are best served by denouncing and stuffing up any productive collaboration with allies in Europe or more broadly. Reform UK has yet to produce its definitive policy on immigration. This side of a general election Farage knows that Reform UK's best option is to sabotage the Government's gradualist, co-operative efforts to turn the tables, helping to ensure that the boats keep coming. (Abridged because of word limit)
July 12, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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The Hampton Wick Treasure Hunt is BACK on Saturday 5 July! 🔍

Start at 2pm at The Swan and finish by 4:30pm at The Foresters with prize-giving at 5pm 🏆

£4 per adult. Under-18s go free!

Spaces are limited and sell out fast: book your team NOW 👉 Link on our website !
June 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Great news that @jimmillard.bsky.social will be handing out the prizes at the end of the Hampton Wick Treasure Hunt this Saturday. Still a few places left if you want to enter a team for this great local community event. See HamptonWick.org.uk for details.
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June 30, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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June 26, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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There’s now just less than 48 hours to vote!
June 17, 2025 at 6:12 AM
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Don't forget you only have until 9am on Thursday to vote in the LGA Liberal Democrat Group elections. Time is running out!
June 15, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The question for those opposed to 20mph speed limits in urban areas is very simple: why do you want to kill children?
etsc.eu ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · Jun 3
Study on London 20 mph limits shows:
- collisions ⬇️ 35%
- casualties ⬇️ 36%
- fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34%
- child casualties ⬇️ 46%
- child deaths ⬇️ 75%
- walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28%

etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
etsc.eu
June 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
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Richmond @Libdems.org.uk driving initiatives to improve social housing 🏡

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Richmond Council reaffirms commitment to resident-led housing improvements at national conference
Richmond Council showcased its initiatives for enhancing social housing standards at the Tenant and Resident Engagement Conference in London on 15 May.
teddington.nub.news
June 7, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Lib Dems’ affordable housing BOOST in Richmond upon Thames.

🏡 Over 500 starts on site by 2027

🧱 Laying #FoundationsForAFairerBorough

@libdems.org.uk

youtu.be/lrvUE5vMrKQ
New AFFORDABLE Homes in Richmond upon Thames | Affordable Housing
YouTube video by Richmond Council
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June 5, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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Brits saying no to Musk's Swasticar
Tesla UK sales down 45% in new blow for Elon Musk Decline in May comes despite rising sales in wider EV industry, with the company's hopes resting on the revamped Model Y
June 5, 2025 at 8:46 AM
jimmillard.bsky.social
I’m standing in @libdems.org.uk LGA Group elections, for City Regions Board -

and I’d be grateful for your 1st preference vote:

🏛️As Deputy Leader in Richmond upon Thames, I lead on finance and strategy across the borough.

🏡I led on housing for 4 years, delivering affordable housing…

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June 4, 2025 at 8:57 AM
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Proud to launch Affordable Homes Richmond: Foundations for a Fairer Borough – a clear identity & focus for the genuinely affordable homes being delivered in Richmond upon Thames.

With over 500 starts on site by 2027, we’re building a fairer, more inclusive borough.

#AffordableHousing #HomesForAll
Affordable Homes Richmond: Foundations for a Fairer Borough
June 2, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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I’m new here on BlueSky 👋
I’m a Lib Dem councillor and Deputy Leader in Richmond upon Thames, passionate about housing, fairer finance, and putting power in people’s hands.

Just spoke at the Inside Housing Conference on resident-led governance in social housing. More to come – follow for updates!
Cllr Jim Millard speaking at the Tenant and Resident Engagement Conference
June 1, 2025 at 8:02 AM
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Hello! New on here - hoping this will be a better place than that other one…give me a follow if you like!
May 31, 2025 at 12:49 PM