Phil Clemo
@philclemo.bsky.social
Barrister. Dad. Lib Dem. Sunderland fan. Like a pint. One day I will make a load of pogs with Brian Noble’s face on them. You see if I don’t.
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
Went to my first Sunderland game this season (not as easy to get there as often as I like what with living in Chester) and what an awesome game! So impressive that we kept our heads and found a way to win in difficult circumstances. Really impressive football! Great to be there with my amazing wife!
November 29, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Went to my first Sunderland game this season (not as easy to get there as often as I like what with living in Chester) and what an awesome game! So impressive that we kept our heads and found a way to win in difficult circumstances. Really impressive football! Great to be there with my amazing wife!
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This is absolutely wild. Not only are Reform morally bankrupt liars but they’re just absolutely rubbish aren’t they?
This is absolutely wild. Not only are Reform morally bankrupt liars but they’re just absolutely rubbish aren’t they?
How many councillors has Reform UK lost since May?
A regularly updated list of all the local councillors that Reform UK has shed from the May local elections.
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November 28, 2025 at 10:50 PM
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This is absolutely wild. Not only are Reform morally bankrupt liars but they’re just absolutely rubbish aren’t they?
This is absolutely wild. Not only are Reform morally bankrupt liars but they’re just absolutely rubbish aren’t they?
One hundred per cent.
This is about deep fundamental freedoms. This is really serious and we should all be against it.
This is about deep fundamental freedoms. This is really serious and we should all be against it.
David Lammy was right in 2020 when he called the jury system fundamental to our constitution.
Now the government wants to remove juries from all but the most serious cases. It is dangerous and wrong and the Prime Minister must reverse it.
Now the government wants to remove juries from all but the most serious cases. It is dangerous and wrong and the Prime Minister must reverse it.
November 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM
One hundred per cent.
This is about deep fundamental freedoms. This is really serious and we should all be against it.
This is about deep fundamental freedoms. This is really serious and we should all be against it.
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Recently I was proud to become an ambassador for The Association for Male Health & Wellbeing
@AMHW_UK
On Monday I said a few words at their annual awards.
I was overwhelmed at the scale of good work & those who’ve been doing it for years - sometimes in the face of scepticism & hostility.
@AMHW_UK
On Monday I said a few words at their annual awards.
I was overwhelmed at the scale of good work & those who’ve been doing it for years - sometimes in the face of scepticism & hostility.
November 27, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Recently I was proud to become an ambassador for The Association for Male Health & Wellbeing
@AMHW_UK
On Monday I said a few words at their annual awards.
I was overwhelmed at the scale of good work & those who’ve been doing it for years - sometimes in the face of scepticism & hostility.
@AMHW_UK
On Monday I said a few words at their annual awards.
I was overwhelmed at the scale of good work & those who’ve been doing it for years - sometimes in the face of scepticism & hostility.
Shame on the government for this. Never ever let them forget it. The Tories and Reform would 100% have done this as well. Politics is about choices and about your priorities. They have all made theirs clear. I think, and so do @libdems.org.uk, that they are profoundly wrong.
I wish I was surprised. Buried in this Budget is a plan to slash the Digital Services Tax, giving a multi-billion tax cut to US tech giants and the likes of Elon Musk.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
That's right, cutting taxes for the world's richest man while hiking them for millions of hard-working Brits.
November 27, 2025 at 9:37 AM
Shame on the government for this. Never ever let them forget it. The Tories and Reform would 100% have done this as well. Politics is about choices and about your priorities. They have all made theirs clear. I think, and so do @libdems.org.uk, that they are profoundly wrong.
Massive kudos to Tony Mowbray for this interview. It’s one thing for blokes my age to be open about “embarrassing” health issues but for a man of his generation to do it is a big thing. Get the men, particularly the more vintage men, in your life to read this.
www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/footba...
www.sunderlandecho.com/sport/footba...
Ex-Sunderland and Celtic boss Tony Mowbray shares heartfelt account of cancer battle
Tony Mowbray has been speaking openly about his battle with bowel cancer
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November 27, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Massive kudos to Tony Mowbray for this interview. It’s one thing for blokes my age to be open about “embarrassing” health issues but for a man of his generation to do it is a big thing. Get the men, particularly the more vintage men, in your life to read this.
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The BBC Sport website has just said on its live text feed that Liverpool have lost by an aggregate of 7-1 to both Nottingham Forest and PSV over their last 2 games. Aggregate scores are usually what you look at when 2 teams have played each other more than once. I’m sorry BBC Sport, I love you but…
a man is saying that is not a thing while another man looks on in the background .
ALT: a man is saying that is not a thing while another man looks on in the background .
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November 26, 2025 at 10:37 PM
The BBC Sport website has just said on its live text feed that Liverpool have lost by an aggregate of 7-1 to both Nottingham Forest and PSV over their last 2 games. Aggregate scores are usually what you look at when 2 teams have played each other more than once. I’m sorry BBC Sport, I love you but…
The nonsense from the MoJ in this leaked document is mind blowing. To talk as if fair trials based on a system that has endured for 800 years is what has caused a backlog which is based on systemic underinvestment and executive failure over the past few decades is either stupid, dishonest or both.
November 25, 2025 at 11:33 PM
The nonsense from the MoJ in this leaked document is mind blowing. To talk as if fair trials based on a system that has endured for 800 years is what has caused a backlog which is based on systemic underinvestment and executive failure over the past few decades is either stupid, dishonest or both.
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Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
November 25, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Juries are not perfect.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
Many of the worst miscarriages of justice have followed jury trials.
But the merit of juries is not so much the power they have, but the power they prevent others from having.
They mean a judge cannot just nod-along with prosecution evidence and give a guilty verdict.
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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.
I’ve said it before, but I think this guy is
a proper talent and he talks so much sense. I hope Americans listen to him and his message, appropriately amended of course, has resonance on this side of the pond as we take on our own dishonest, corrupt populists.
a proper talent and he talks so much sense. I hope Americans listen to him and his message, appropriately amended of course, has resonance on this side of the pond as we take on our own dishonest, corrupt populists.
Ossoff: "We have a president who's completely out of control, a crook engaged in unprecedented corruption, who's passing one of the most unpopular agendas in history. The public is turning against him. The opposition is motivated. We can win & we have to win, but we don't have the luxury of despair"
November 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
I’ve said it before, but I think this guy is
a proper talent and he talks so much sense. I hope Americans listen to him and his message, appropriately amended of course, has resonance on this side of the pond as we take on our own dishonest, corrupt populists.
a proper talent and he talks so much sense. I hope Americans listen to him and his message, appropriately amended of course, has resonance on this side of the pond as we take on our own dishonest, corrupt populists.
Had a chat this morning with a chap who refused to acknowledge Brexit’s role in increased illegal immigration.
We shook hands and left as friends, which is important, but agreed to profoundly disagree.
Sometimes the facts can be terribly inconvenient for an argument can’t they?
We shook hands and left as friends, which is important, but agreed to profoundly disagree.
Sometimes the facts can be terribly inconvenient for an argument can’t they?
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Had a chat this morning with a chap who refused to acknowledge Brexit’s role in increased illegal immigration.
We shook hands and left as friends, which is important, but agreed to profoundly disagree.
Sometimes the facts can be terribly inconvenient for an argument can’t they?
We shook hands and left as friends, which is important, but agreed to profoundly disagree.
Sometimes the facts can be terribly inconvenient for an argument can’t they?
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And the Brexit lies and the catastrophic consequences for UK
This story is all Nigel Farage should be asked about by journalists for months
Ex-leader of Reform UK in Wales sentenced to 10-and-a-half years for taking pro-Russian bribes
The judge tells Nathan Gill his actions were a
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November 21, 2025 at 9:45 PM
And the Brexit lies and the catastrophic consequences for UK
Tories - wish they were Reform
Labour - terrified of Reform
Greens - as mad as Reform (pulling out of NATO Zack? Really?)
Lib Dems - Called out Reform’s lies whilst Farage bends the knee to Putin & Trump. Unapologetic in standing for principles that are truly British.
Stop Farage. Vote Lib Dem.
Labour - terrified of Reform
Greens - as mad as Reform (pulling out of NATO Zack? Really?)
Lib Dems - Called out Reform’s lies whilst Farage bends the knee to Putin & Trump. Unapologetic in standing for principles that are truly British.
Stop Farage. Vote Lib Dem.
November 21, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Tories - wish they were Reform
Labour - terrified of Reform
Greens - as mad as Reform (pulling out of NATO Zack? Really?)
Lib Dems - Called out Reform’s lies whilst Farage bends the knee to Putin & Trump. Unapologetic in standing for principles that are truly British.
Stop Farage. Vote Lib Dem.
Labour - terrified of Reform
Greens - as mad as Reform (pulling out of NATO Zack? Really?)
Lib Dems - Called out Reform’s lies whilst Farage bends the knee to Putin & Trump. Unapologetic in standing for principles that are truly British.
Stop Farage. Vote Lib Dem.
It’s just common sense to be honest.
My message to Rachel Reeves ahead of the Budget: Don’t just blame the Brexit damage, fix it.
November 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
It’s just common sense to be honest.
10 1/2 years for Gill.
Remember when these conmen from Reform and all their far right pals wave the Union Jack and talk about patriotism that it is a lie. They're in it for themselves and THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. They will sell our country out to the highest bidder. Putin, Trump, take your pick.
Remember when these conmen from Reform and all their far right pals wave the Union Jack and talk about patriotism that it is a lie. They're in it for themselves and THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. They will sell our country out to the highest bidder. Putin, Trump, take your pick.
November 21, 2025 at 1:01 PM
10 1/2 years for Gill.
Remember when these conmen from Reform and all their far right pals wave the Union Jack and talk about patriotism that it is a lie. They're in it for themselves and THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. They will sell our country out to the highest bidder. Putin, Trump, take your pick.
Remember when these conmen from Reform and all their far right pals wave the Union Jack and talk about patriotism that it is a lie. They're in it for themselves and THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU. They will sell our country out to the highest bidder. Putin, Trump, take your pick.
Make no mistake, Nathan Gill is a traitor. A man who rose to the top of Reform UK in Wales was effectively a Russian asset. Nigel Farage is either lying about not knowing or he is breathtakingly incompetent. Either way he has shown that he and his party are not even approaching being fit for office.
November 21, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Make no mistake, Nathan Gill is a traitor. A man who rose to the top of Reform UK in Wales was effectively a Russian asset. Nigel Farage is either lying about not knowing or he is breathtakingly incompetent. Either way he has shown that he and his party are not even approaching being fit for office.
I predict a bright future for this Ben Stokes lad.
a man in a white shirt is smiling and dancing on a field .
ALT: a man in a white shirt is smiling and dancing on a field .
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November 21, 2025 at 11:18 AM
I predict a bright future for this Ben Stokes lad.
Saying defendants are "gaming the system" is absurd.
Courts have been underfunded for years. That's the problem & now they come for your rights instead of solving it. Same old Labour reverting to authoritarianism when the going gets tough.
Shameful nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Courts have been underfunded for years. That's the problem & now they come for your rights instead of solving it. Same old Labour reverting to authoritarianism when the going gets tough.
Shameful nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
MoJ to remove right to trial by jury for thousands of cases in controversial overhaul
Exclusive: Courts minister says change needed to stop criminals opting for juries to delay cases, sometimes by years, and clear huge backlog
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November 20, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Saying defendants are "gaming the system" is absurd.
Courts have been underfunded for years. That's the problem & now they come for your rights instead of solving it. Same old Labour reverting to authoritarianism when the going gets tough.
Shameful nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
Courts have been underfunded for years. That's the problem & now they come for your rights instead of solving it. Same old Labour reverting to authoritarianism when the going gets tough.
Shameful nonsense.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...
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On International Men's Day, we celebrate the positive contributions of men and boys in our society.
We also recognise issues disproportionately affecting men's wellbeing. Men continue to face higher levels of rough sleeping, lower life expectancy, and higher rates of suicide.
We also recognise issues disproportionately affecting men's wellbeing. Men continue to face higher levels of rough sleeping, lower life expectancy, and higher rates of suicide.
November 19, 2025 at 6:48 PM
On International Men's Day, we celebrate the positive contributions of men and boys in our society.
We also recognise issues disproportionately affecting men's wellbeing. Men continue to face higher levels of rough sleeping, lower life expectancy, and higher rates of suicide.
We also recognise issues disproportionately affecting men's wellbeing. Men continue to face higher levels of rough sleeping, lower life expectancy, and higher rates of suicide.
At first glance I genuinely thought this box was labelled “Christmas decs: not evil”
November 18, 2025 at 7:08 PM
At first glance I genuinely thought this box was labelled “Christmas decs: not evil”
I did not know this story but so proud that this took place in my marvellous home city! What an inspirational chap! 🔶🏳️🌈🔶🏳️🌈
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Plaque in honour of Durham pioneering gay councillor
Sam Green is believed to be the first openly gay politician to be elected in the UK.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:27 AM
I did not know this story but so proud that this took place in my marvellous home city! What an inspirational chap! 🔶🏳️🌈🔶🏳️🌈
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November 17, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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The BBC belongs to Britain, but Trump wants to tear it down.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.
November 14, 2025 at 8:28 AM
The BBC belongs to Britain, but Trump wants to tear it down.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.
We can’t allow the Trumpification of our politics or our media.