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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 8h

Imagine that

Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 2d

2 years too late but good! I do not accept the argument that this flies in the face of English property law. These people have all been complicit in a criminal regime. They have forfeit their right to successfully object to this.

Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 2d

Yes! #makerussiapay www.bbc.com/news/article...

UK ready to use frozen Russian assets to fund Ukraine war effort - BBC News

The UK, France and Germany are "united" in wanting to use the full value of frozen Russian assets to end the war, Sir Keir Starmer said.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 2d

Really? I didn’t know that. That’s so sad.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 2d

I’m a Wigan fan but fair play to Hull KR. Good to have another name on the trophy.

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Hi, it's Abby. Yep. @itsabbyyep.bsky.social · 3d

Got kicked out of my work’s holiday party planning committee for suggesting the theme be “man’s inhumanity to man”

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 3d

They aren’t a classically healthy looking bunch are they?

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 3d

A stonker of a night for us. Three huge wins, Reform nowhere near us and the Tories down to ten percent in Mel Stride’s own seat.

We are the only party taking Farage on and the only party beating him.

Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 4d

Kenn Valley (Teignbridge) Council By-Election Result:

🔶 LDM: 50.4% (+11.0)
➡️ RFM: 23.1% (New)
🌳 CON: 9.6% (-19.0)
🙋 Ind: 8.2% (New)
🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-13.9)
🌹 LAB: 2.7% (-9.9)
🙋 Ind: 0.5% (New)

Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative.
Changes w/ 2023.

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The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 4d

The following is REAL footage from Portland, 2025. Viewer discretion is advised.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 3d

So what was it Nige? Were you incompetent, corrupt, complicit in borderline treasonous acts or a heady combination of all 3?

Personally I think he is obviously corrupt and probably an outright traitor but I might be wrong. He might just be negligent in his job.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 3d

Memo to Trump:

If you are a head of state and you want a Nobel Peace Prize probably best if you don’t rename your defence department The Department of War and then deploy troops against your own citizens.

What a total doughnut.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 4d

300 characters isn’t enough.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 5d

@thehistoryguy.bsky.social listening to the History Hit episode on William The Marshal. Richard I’s response to King Philippe II that he’d better make good on his promise to show up with an army at Vendôme and if he didn’t he’d come and find him is the most baller message sent this side of Sparta.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 5d

Thank you Jamie! I thought it may chime with you!

Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 5d

I did a few years ago after leaving a Conservative Party that I’d come to find increasingly odious. I have never looked back. I second @eddavey.libdems.org.uk’s message. Come and join @libdems.org.uk, come and fight for real British values not populist bile and snake oil.

@jamiegreeneuk.bsky.social

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 5d

We will stand strong where others back down. We will not pander to Reform.

We will fight to protect our environment, stand up for decency and the rule of law, and stop Trump’s America from becoming Farage’s Britain.

If you share those values, now is the time to join the Liberal Democrats.

Ed Davey writes to disillusioned conservatives:
Dear friends,

Our country is at a crossroads.

The Conservative Party under Kemi Badenoch is becoming more extreme and out of touch, chasing Nigel Farage instead of focusing on the issues that really matter to people. Meanwhile, Reform UK is growing in strength - threatening the tolerant, decent values that hold our communities together.

I know many One Nation Conservatives are deeply concerned about the lurch to the hard right in our country and under Kemi Badenoch’s leadership. Her plans to tear up the Climate Change Act and withdraw from the ECHR show she is abandoning traditional British values of tolerance, decency and the rule of law.

So my message to the millions of One Nation Conservatives who feel let down by their party and reject the divisive politics of Badenoch and Farage is to come and join us. Help us save our country and defend the values we all hold dear.

We will stand strong where others back down. We will not pander to Reform. We will fight to protect our environment, stand up for decency and the rule of law, and stop Trump’s America from becoming Farage’s Britain.

So if you share those values, now is the time to join the Liberal Democrats.

With best wishes,

Ed Davey

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 6d

Heseltine at the Tory conf:

"Fascists of the 30s are back... Trump's language coincides with words here... The immigrant has replaced the Jew as the problem. We must make clear we will never have any part in the populist extremism of Farage... We don't need Trump's mouthpiece anywhere near No. 10.”

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 6d

Just when you think the Tories' most unintelligible nonsense of the day was failing to spell the name of the country they recently so roundly shafted, and profess to hope to do so again, enter Robert Jenrick MP!

Trust me, abolishing the Sentencing Council would be moronic.

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a man in a suit talking on a cell phone in an office

ALT: a man in a suit talking on a cell phone in an office

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 6d

We have an independent judiciary in this country. Robert Jenrick wants puppet judges.

The Conservative Party once believed in the rule of law and our shared British values - no longer.

Robert Jenrick holds up a judges wig like a puppet during his speech to the Conservative Party Conference.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 7d

This is horrible. All the love in the world to Lewis and his family.

God that disease is cruel.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-...

Lewis Moody: Former England captain reveals motor neurone disease diagnosis

Former England captain Lewis Moody reveals he has been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in an exclusive BBC interview.

www.bbc.co.uk

Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 10d

Oh my goodness this is really very, very, VERY bad isn't it? Like just SO VERY BAD!

lol.

#Kemi
#Tories
#Brexit
#BenSwainonNewsnight

There were a lot of The Thick Of It gifs that could have applied but I think this one captures the mood...

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 10d

@safc.com when are the blue away kits going to come back into stock?

Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 10d

Contrast the headline in the Daily Mail (see last post) with the email that Lib Dem party members have just received.

Hatred, division and anger only win if we let them. Don’t let these liars tear us apart. Stand together with love, tolerance and respect. They cannot beat that.

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 10d

Irresponsible, wilfully deceiving, shameful nonsense from the Daily Mail. I shouldn’t be surprised anymore but it’s fair enough to be appalled.

Community policing and calling an obvious genocide what it is didn’t cause this madman to commit this heinous act against innocent members of our society.

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James' Place @jamesplaceuk.bsky.social · 13d

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 13d

What a heartbreaking story. The withdrawal from Afghanistan remains a stain on the recent history of the west.

The Taliban are backward, misogynistic bigots that sully the name of a beautiful faith.

These are the monsters that Farage would pay money to. Abhorrent.

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Afghan women lose their 'last hope' as Taliban shuts down internet

For many women, the internet was their last resource. An internet shutdown threatens to end this.

www.bbc.com

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Phil Clemo @philclemo.bsky.social · 14d

Good read this

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Ryder Cup 2025: How Luke Donald masterminded Europe’s victory over United States at Bethpage

Victorious European captain Luke Donald has led the team to a rare Ryder Cup win on American soil - this is how he did it.

www.bbc.co.uk

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