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Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 1d

MSNBC captured the crowd from the Boston "No Kings" rally:

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 2d

womp womp

Screenshot of GB News Headline "Nigel Farage eyes up by-election bonanza as 10 seats up for grabs on Super Thursday"

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 2d

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour

Yesterday's Ashton (Preston) council by-election result:

LDEM: 35.5% (+25.9)
REF: 29.5% (+29.5)
LAB: 23.1% (-41.9)
IND: 5.4% (+5.4)
CON: 3.3% (-22.2)
IND: 3.2% (+3.2)

+/- 2022

Estimated turnout: ~29% (-1)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack

"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

andrewteale.me.uk

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 2d

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Green

Yesterday's Staines (Spelthorne) council by-election result:

LDEM: 37.9% (+37.9)
REF: 23.5% (+23.5)
IND: 12.3% (-15.1)
CON: 10.9% (-4.7)
GRN: 7.7% (-27.8)
LAB: 7.4% (-14.1)
TUSC: 0.4% (+0.4)

+/- 2023

Estimated turnout: ~31% (-19)

andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack

"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

andrewteale.me.uk

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 2d

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Residents' Association

Yesterday's Guildford South East (Surrey) council by-election result:

LDEM: 41.3% (+18.0)
CON: 22.8% (-8.1)
RES: 16.3% (-21.4)
REF: 12.0% (+12.0)
GRN: 5.0% (+5.0)
LAB: 2.6% (-5.6)

+/- 2021

andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack

"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

andrewteale.me.uk

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Britain Elects @britainelects.com · 2d

❗ Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative

Yesterday's Camberley West (Surrey) council by-election result:

LDEM: 49.5% (+16.6)
REF: 25.9% (+25.9)
CON: 20.4% (-28.8)
LAB: 4.3% (-11.4)

+/- 2021

andrewteale.me.uk/previews

Andrew’s Previews | Andrew Teale | Substack

"All the right votes, but not necessarily in the right order". Click to read Andrew’s Previews, by Andrew Teale, a Substack publication with thousands of subscribers.

andrewteale.me.uk

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 3d

Boris Johnson has been called to give evidence at the UK Covid-19 Inquiry on Tuesday 21st Oct, from 10am

It's the first time the former PM has been called to give evidence at the Inquiry since 2023, for Module 2. The Inquiry has also called Prof Chris Whitty to give evidence on Monday from 10.30am

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Alt National Park Service @altnps.bsky.social · 3d

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 4d

Really concerned to see Tommy Robinson launching a vile personal attack on the brilliant Daisy Cooper for asking about an important national security issue at PMQs. Very low.

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

Lib Dem's Daisy Cooper calls for an assessment into the threat Elon Musk poses to UK democracy after Tommy Robinson said Musk is paying for his legal fees

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 4d

There are two futures for UK energy:

Farage’s Trump-style Britain of high bills & climate chaos — or the Liberal Democrats plan, investing in the cheapest, cleanest sources of energy.

Let’s choose progress.

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Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social · 4d

After how many years are we now daring to say the word..?

I mean, I am glad we're finally there. But why on earth did that have to take that long...

Jacob Öberg @profjacob.bsky.social · 5d

🚨🚨Chancellor Rachel Reeves acknowledges she is looking at potential tax rises and spending cuts to fill a black hole in her Budget which she said was partly due to the lingering impact of #Brexit. 🧵
www.independent.co.uk/money/rachel...

Reeves eyes tax hikes as economy suffers ‘severe and long-lasting’ Brexit impact

Rachel Reeves said ‘austerity, Brexit, and the ongoing impact of Liz Truss’s mini-budget’ had weighed heavily on the UK economy.

www.independent.co.uk

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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 4d

According to a Financial Times investigation, the Trump business has already reaped more than $1bn in pre-tax profits over the past year, in part thanks to a crypto boom fuelled by the administration’s own industry-friendly policies

www.ft.com/content/2ea2...

FT Investigation: How the Trump companies made $1bn from crypto

The president and his family have built a rapidly growing digital assets empire which has been fuelled by the administration’s industry-friendly policies

www.ft.com

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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 4d

They lie about the ECHR.
Just like they lied about Brexit. Claiming if we just got rid of that ‘European’ thing, we’d be free, we’d have control, all our problems solved…
It’s NOT TRUE.
We’d inflict more chaos on ourselves and torch our own human rights framework for NOTHING.
For liars.
Again.

Andrew Cutting @andrewcutting.coe.int · 5d

The European Convention on Human Rights is being misrepresented in the UK, says former Supreme Court President Lady Hale👇

🔗 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home... via @the-independent.com

“It seems so short-sighted. I’m sorry, I’m really, really worried about it.”

#ECHR #OurRightsAndFreedoms

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Kate @katenorthnorfolk.bsky.social · 4d

In a nutshell, ‘as well as losing their reciprocal rights to live and work in other European countries, British voters haven’t even seen lower levels of migration to Britain — creating a situation where nobody of any political persuasion is happy.’

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Molly Jong-Fast @mollyjongfast.bsky.social · 4d

Solidarity is the only way

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Kate @katenorthnorfolk.bsky.social · 4d

THIS Jeremy Bentham? 😁 loved seeing him in a main ground floor corridor at UCL in the 80’s. Hope he’s still there!

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Kate @katenorthnorfolk.bsky.social · 4d

As #LibDems’ Ed Davey warned 👇

youtu.be/3WQzuS35wIY?...

"It's a bad deal & Liberal Democrats will vote against it" Full Speech: Ed Davey on the Brexit Deal

YouTube video by Liberal Democrats

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 4d

Government finally acknowledges ‘severe’ economic impact of Brexit

www.thelondoneconomic.com/politics/gov...

Government finally acknowledges 'severe' economic impact of Brexit

It looks like Keir Starmer's government is finally acknowledging one of the main reasons behind the UK's malaise: Brexit.

www.thelondoneconomic.com

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 7d

Every person should have fair access to Britain’s green spaces, coastlines, and waterways.

Read our plan to unlock them:

This Land is Your Land - Restoring Public Paths Through Nature

In the UK, access to public paths is shrinking. Thousands of miles of disused railway lines, canal towpaths and green spaces sit unused or blocked off. Our new policy will transform these forgotten…

www.libdems.org.uk

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Kate @katenorthnorfolk.bsky.social · 4d

Couldn’t agree more! It’s hard to beat an active day out enjoying our beautiful countryside ☺️

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 4d

"It was once said of Ming that he runs the risk of giving politicians a good name. Well, he certainly did that."

Ed Davey remembers Ming Campbell 🔽

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 4d

Elon Musk is stoking far-right extremism on our streets.

The Prime Minister should order a security assessment of the threat Musk poses to our democracy.

@libdemdaisy.bsky.social

#PMQs

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Kate @katenorthnorfolk.bsky.social · 4d

Robert de Niro
What a hero!

“King Donald the 1st - FUCK THAT!” 🙌

#NoKings

youtu.be/56B1vHWweKk?...

No Kings Robert DeNiro

YouTube video by DemCast USA

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Steff Aquarone @steffanaquarone.bsky.social · 9d

🎙 IT'S HERE!

Politics Unchained - Episode 1 with @libdemcam 💥

We're talking flags, identity, and what it really means to belong in Britain today.

Out now 👇

youtu.be/5a9vmDJ5gog?...

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