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Liberal-minded anti-brexiteer. Politics, finance, people and not in that order! Opinions painfully my own. Subject to change depending upon evidence - principles rather more fixed. Hopefully aging disgracefully.🔶🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇧

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 2h

Extraordinary, first up on questions people also ask is worse: "Where is Sadiq Khan from originally?" At least the answer is grammatically correct even though I prefer "Sarf London innit".

johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 14h

So, instead of tax rises, announce Rejoin referendum. Increase in GDP and productivity hikes tax revenue, reduces # of civil servants as CION assumes certain roles, kills small boat incentive, creates natural flow of labour as we age. And pays for pensions. Or, break manifesto tax pledges.

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 15h

Always a pleasure!

johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 15h

Ok, now that is one for @bezzyboop.bsky.social . Tell me, if you put an aerator on the spout does it know that champagne is being requested?

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 1d

Excellent headline writing!

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Russell England @russellengland.bsky.social · 1d

The day after the EU Ref

@faisalislam.bsky.social : "Can we see the plan? The Brexit Plan?"

Tory MP : "There is no plan. The Leave Campaign does not have a post Brexit plan"

Faisal listed it as his #1 moment at Sky News

Off camera, @annabotting.bsky.social banged her forehead on the desk

Revealed: Vote Leave's exit plan after EU referendum

YouTube video by Fransico Tomcia

www.youtube.com

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 1d

Religious fundamentalism, the link between Trump's America and the Taliban's Afghanistan?

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Neil Fawcett @neilmfawcett.bsky.social · 3d

Great result for Team Tunbridge Wells :-D

I've enjoyed working with the team there over the past few years and it's fantastic to see them consolidating their success.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 3d

Johns (Tunbridge Wells) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 53.3% (+2.1)
➡️ RFM: 15.0% (-1.2)
🌍 GRN: 13.5% (+6.3)
🏘️ TWA: 8.9% (+4.8)
🌳 CON: 7.6% (-3.6)
🏘️ ITW: 1.7% (-0.1)

No LAB (-8.3) as previous.

Liberal Democrat HOLD.
Changes w/ 2025.

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 3d

More information coming out now on this. Looks like a Cabinet Office scheme led by Georgia Gould… planned savings of £10m-£30m a year (back up lower Premier League full-back price) don’t really seem worth the candle if this the result IMO.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 3d

Another nice example of centre and left votes lining up behind the best candidate to beat Reform.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 3d

Bromsgrove South (Worcestershire) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 51.9% (+20.3)
➡️ RFM: 33.4% (-1.5)
🌳 CON: 11.3% (-5.8)
🌹 LAB: 3.4% (-4.1)

No GRN (-5.5) or Ind (-3.4) as previous.

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform.
Changes w/ 2025.

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Humor For Resistance @funnysnarkyjoke.bsky.social · 4d

douglas.w.anderson

the affordable care act is 15 years old, which explains why repubs are trying to fuck it

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 4d

We just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR.

Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into a version of Trump's America. We stopped him.

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 6d

"thought" doing some heavy lifting there...

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7d

ICYMI on Sarah Pochin's remarks to Talk TV on Sat, where she complained that “adverts are full of Black people and Asian people”, Lib Dem MP Max Wilkinson said:

"Nigel Farage keeps insisting that racism has no place in his party. Now is his chance to prove it - he must withdraw the whip."

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Bradley Whitford @bradleywhitford.bsky.social · 7d

Pregnant Women, DON’T TAKE PARENTING ADVICE FROM A CONVICTED FELON WHO OWNED A TEENAGE BEAUTY PAGEANT AND HAS SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT TO HIDE THE FACT THAT HE WAS BEST FRIENDS WITH THE MOST NOTORIOUS CHILD RAPIST IN MODERN HISTORY.

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Angus Main @angusmain.bsky.social · 7d

The hypocrisy of Reform going on TV to allege that certain groups are constantly over represented on TV is truly epic.

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 7d

EES was a UK priority in the days when we were at the table. Seen as a way of strengthening external EU southern border. We just didn't expect that we would vote to put ourselves on the other side of the EU's border and subject ourselves to such rules.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 7d

Chris Philp failed FIVE times to call out Reform MP Sarah Pochin’s blatantly racist comments.

The Conservatives are too scared of Reform to call out this racism for what it is.

Liberal Democrats will always call out racism and stand up for a decent, tolerant Britain.

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Vikki Slade MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social · 8d

How thoroughly unpleasant … how does she think non white British born families felt for decades being invisible on TV.

Our diversity is our strength

Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 8d

This is Reform! We have to defeat them, it won’t be done by always dividing the progressive vote!

Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 8d

Reform UK MP Sarah Pochin, “It drives me mad seeing adverts full of black people, full of Asian people, full of anything other than white"

Followed by that time Sarah Pochin said, "My kids say: mum, you're such a moron" 👀

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 10d

And no, Bury's finest is made from pigs' blood. Food for the gods washed down with Hungary's best.

johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 10d

Grrr...

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 10d

Anyone remember Bull"s Blood from the early 80s? Not a bad drop I thought. I was quite young though in '83...

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johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 12d

Oi! Wouldn't we rather he stayed there?

johnlynsted.bsky.social @johnlynsted.bsky.social · 12d

I canvassed someone (constituency redacted!) during the last election who was complaining about 90/180. "Did you vote for it?" isn't a good question when trying to get votes but I was firm on the solution being EFTA/Rejoin and to the constituent's credit, he understood and accepted.

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