Steve Partridge
@sjpartridge.bsky.social
Sports coach & school mapper. #sports #development. #orienteering #OAA #athletics #jumps #fencing #maps #walk1000miles #getoutdoors Lost my child to #suicide.
#LibDems🔸️
I'm happy to discuss things, but please don't get abusive. I will block you if you do.
#LibDems🔸️
I'm happy to discuss things, but please don't get abusive. I will block you if you do.
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🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
'BBC Bias' Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President
bylinetimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🔴'BBC Bias’ Memo Was Authored by Lobbyist Tied to Pro-Trump Tech Giants
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
The leaked memo that fuelled Trump’s attack on the BBC was written by a lobbyist at a firm paid by US tech giants tied to the President, reports @nafeez.bsky.social
bylinetimes.com/2025/11/11/b...
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🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
Ed Davey wants to 'work with government' on electoral reform - BBC News
The Liberal Democrat leader backs replacing first-past-the-post with proportional representation.
www.bbc.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:39 AM
🔀 With politics fragmenting, leading academics are warning First Past the Post risks plunging the UK into chaos at the next general election
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
🤝 The Government and all parties have an opportunity to get a grip on this risk to our national stability
👉 We need a National Commission on Electoral Reform
Newark and Sherwood
Balderton North and Coddington
Janette Barlow, Conservatives - 480 votes
Tracey Jevons-Hazzard, Labour Party - 101 votes
Martin James Lunn, Green Party - 173 votes
Kay Smith, Reform UK - 545 votes
Turnout - 25.26%.
Balderton North and Coddington
Janette Barlow, Conservatives - 480 votes
Tracey Jevons-Hazzard, Labour Party - 101 votes
Martin James Lunn, Green Party - 173 votes
Kay Smith, Reform UK - 545 votes
Turnout - 25.26%.
November 7, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Newark and Sherwood
Balderton North and Coddington
Janette Barlow, Conservatives - 480 votes
Tracey Jevons-Hazzard, Labour Party - 101 votes
Martin James Lunn, Green Party - 173 votes
Kay Smith, Reform UK - 545 votes
Turnout - 25.26%.
Balderton North and Coddington
Janette Barlow, Conservatives - 480 votes
Tracey Jevons-Hazzard, Labour Party - 101 votes
Martin James Lunn, Green Party - 173 votes
Kay Smith, Reform UK - 545 votes
Turnout - 25.26%.
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Tandridge DC, Westway
LDM GAIN from CON
🔶LDM (Martin Redman): 539 (42.3%, -0.6)
➡️RFM: 420 (33.0%, new)
🔵CON: 202 (15.9%, -13.3)
🔴LAB: 112 (8.8%, -19.1)
LDM GAIN from CON
🔶LDM (Martin Redman): 539 (42.3%, -0.6)
➡️RFM: 420 (33.0%, new)
🔵CON: 202 (15.9%, -13.3)
🔴LAB: 112 (8.8%, -19.1)
November 7, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Tandridge DC, Westway
LDM GAIN from CON
🔶LDM (Martin Redman): 539 (42.3%, -0.6)
➡️RFM: 420 (33.0%, new)
🔵CON: 202 (15.9%, -13.3)
🔴LAB: 112 (8.8%, -19.1)
LDM GAIN from CON
🔶LDM (Martin Redman): 539 (42.3%, -0.6)
➡️RFM: 420 (33.0%, new)
🔵CON: 202 (15.9%, -13.3)
🔴LAB: 112 (8.8%, -19.1)
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West Devon Borough Council- Okehampton South
Liberal Democrats GAIN from the Green party
🔶Lib Dem- 356- 57.1% (new)
🔵 CON- 152 - 24.4% (-5.9%)
⚪ IND- 116- 18.6% (-17%)
Congratulations to Cllr Jan Goffey and the team! A third win in 6 months in Mel Strides constituency! 🎉
Liberal Democrats GAIN from the Green party
🔶Lib Dem- 356- 57.1% (new)
🔵 CON- 152 - 24.4% (-5.9%)
⚪ IND- 116- 18.6% (-17%)
Congratulations to Cllr Jan Goffey and the team! A third win in 6 months in Mel Strides constituency! 🎉
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
West Devon Borough Council- Okehampton South
Liberal Democrats GAIN from the Green party
🔶Lib Dem- 356- 57.1% (new)
🔵 CON- 152 - 24.4% (-5.9%)
⚪ IND- 116- 18.6% (-17%)
Congratulations to Cllr Jan Goffey and the team! A third win in 6 months in Mel Strides constituency! 🎉
Liberal Democrats GAIN from the Green party
🔶Lib Dem- 356- 57.1% (new)
🔵 CON- 152 - 24.4% (-5.9%)
⚪ IND- 116- 18.6% (-17%)
Congratulations to Cllr Jan Goffey and the team! A third win in 6 months in Mel Strides constituency! 🎉
Listening to @therestpolitics.bsky.social
@rory-stewart.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social clearly don't understand how to run an effective local ground campaign with leaflets and canvassing and doing it on a regular basis. There are 72 @libdems.org.uk MPs that can explain it to you boys!
@rory-stewart.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social clearly don't understand how to run an effective local ground campaign with leaflets and canvassing and doing it on a regular basis. There are 72 @libdems.org.uk MPs that can explain it to you boys!
November 6, 2025 at 6:36 PM
Listening to @therestpolitics.bsky.social
@rory-stewart.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social clearly don't understand how to run an effective local ground campaign with leaflets and canvassing and doing it on a regular basis. There are 72 @libdems.org.uk MPs that can explain it to you boys!
@rory-stewart.bsky.social @alastaircampbell2.bsky.social clearly don't understand how to run an effective local ground campaign with leaflets and canvassing and doing it on a regular basis. There are 72 @libdems.org.uk MPs that can explain it to you boys!
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Which one is more English?
November 6, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Which one is more English?
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Cllr Streatfeild (LDem) says it will need a rewrite as a "political manifesto, not a strategy." Says document is littered with political statements and no measures to judge success.
Cllr Fothergill (Ind) asks a number of questions to officers, but officers explain that they cannot speak here.
Cllr Fothergill (Ind) asks a number of questions to officers, but officers explain that they cannot speak here.
November 6, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Cllr Streatfeild (LDem) says it will need a rewrite as a "political manifesto, not a strategy." Says document is littered with political statements and no measures to judge success.
Cllr Fothergill (Ind) asks a number of questions to officers, but officers explain that they cannot speak here.
Cllr Fothergill (Ind) asks a number of questions to officers, but officers explain that they cannot speak here.
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Cllr Hook (LDem) highlights concerns over homelessness and social care, while criticising the state of the ruling Reform group, saying residents deserve better than "a punchline on Have I Got News For You?"
November 6, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Cllr Hook (LDem) highlights concerns over homelessness and social care, while criticising the state of the ruling Reform group, saying residents deserve better than "a punchline on Have I Got News For You?"
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Reform is still in charge, at least on paper, but much of its authority now exists only in theory. If this is Reform’s model for government, Kent may have provided Britain with a warning.
✏️ @edjennings.bsky.social
✏️ @edjennings.bsky.social
Reform’s shambolic Kent experiment
The catastrophic mess at Kent County Council shows what happens when a populist party, with no idea how government works, gets into power
www.thenewworld.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Reform is still in charge, at least on paper, but much of its authority now exists only in theory. If this is Reform’s model for government, Kent may have provided Britain with a warning.
✏️ @edjennings.bsky.social
✏️ @edjennings.bsky.social
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When people are asked about issues affecting them and their own community, immigration was ranked only seventh – behind the cost of living, health, the economy, crime, housing and the availability of jobs
Pecksniff's Diary
Pecksniff's Diary
Pecksniff: Evidence of corruption in refugee hotel contracts must remain unpublished
In which Mr Pecksniff lays before his readers for their approval certain observations and speculations reflecting on the political life
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 1, 2025 at 7:49 PM
When people are asked about issues affecting them and their own community, immigration was ranked only seventh – behind the cost of living, health, the economy, crime, housing and the availability of jobs
Pecksniff's Diary
Pecksniff's Diary
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Harpenden & Berkhamsted MP ranks among Parliament's most active new voices
New data from PoliMonitor has revealed that Victoria Collins, MP for Harpenden & Berkhamsted, ranks among the top 20 most active new MPs in her first year in Parliament, out of 335 first-time MPs…
tinyurl.com
October 31, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
October 31, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gotta love Private Eye.
Always cuts through the crap.
Always cuts through the crap.
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Good to see @eddavey.libdems.org.uk quoted in @nytimes.com
It's highly commendable that Sir Ed led efforts in Parliament to apply pressure - aiding the King & HM Govt to evict Andrew - doing so without turning serious affair & its victims into a political football.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/w...
It's highly commendable that Sir Ed led efforts in Parliament to apply pressure - aiding the King & HM Govt to evict Andrew - doing so without turning serious affair & its victims into a political football.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/w...
Will the Unmaking of a Prince Be the Making of a King?
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Good to see @eddavey.libdems.org.uk quoted in @nytimes.com
It's highly commendable that Sir Ed led efforts in Parliament to apply pressure - aiding the King & HM Govt to evict Andrew - doing so without turning serious affair & its victims into a political football.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/w...
It's highly commendable that Sir Ed led efforts in Parliament to apply pressure - aiding the King & HM Govt to evict Andrew - doing so without turning serious affair & its victims into a political football.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/31/w...
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Jetten also had a message for centrist allies around the continent — and the globe.
“I think we’ve now shown to the rest of Europe and the world that it is possible to beat the populist movements if you campaign with a positive message and I’m very proud with this historic result for D66,” he said.
“I think we’ve now shown to the rest of Europe and the world that it is possible to beat the populist movements if you campaign with a positive message and I’m very proud with this historic result for D66,” he said.
October 31, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Jetten also had a message for centrist allies around the continent — and the globe.
“I think we’ve now shown to the rest of Europe and the world that it is possible to beat the populist movements if you campaign with a positive message and I’m very proud with this historic result for D66,” he said.
“I think we’ve now shown to the rest of Europe and the world that it is possible to beat the populist movements if you campaign with a positive message and I’m very proud with this historic result for D66,” he said.
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If these successful defense percentages are exactly replicated in the 2026 local elections (and transfers between parties are also replicated), the net movement in seats will be as shown in the table below:
October 31, 2025 at 12:43 PM
If these successful defense percentages are exactly replicated in the 2026 local elections (and transfers between parties are also replicated), the net movement in seats will be as shown in the table below:
Tells you a great deal.
% of Seats Successfully Defended by Each Party:
🔶 LDM: 93% (26/28)
🌍 GRN: 67% (6/9)
➡️ RFM: 50% (4/8)
🌹 LAB: 28% (13/47)
🌳 CON: 27% (9/33)
🏘️ Localists: 0% (0/9)
🔶 LDM: 93% (26/28)
🌍 GRN: 67% (6/9)
➡️ RFM: 50% (4/8)
🌹 LAB: 28% (13/47)
🌳 CON: 27% (9/33)
🏘️ Localists: 0% (0/9)
Aggregate Result of the 145 Council By-Elections (for 148 Seats) since the 2025 Local Elections:
RFM: 51 (+43)
LDM: 45 (+17)
CON: 16 (-17)
LAB: 13 (-34)
GRN: 11 (+2)
Ind: 6 (-4)
Local: 3 (-6)
SNP: 2 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
RFM: 51 (+43)
LDM: 45 (+17)
CON: 16 (-17)
LAB: 13 (-34)
GRN: 11 (+2)
Ind: 6 (-4)
Local: 3 (-6)
SNP: 2 (-1)
PLC: 1 (=)
Explore: electionmaps.uk/byelections-...
October 31, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Tells you a great deal.
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Bromsgrove South - Worcestershire County Council
Liberal Democrat Gain from Reform UK!!!
🔶 Sam Ammar Liberal Democrat 1416 51.9%
➡️ Reform UK 911 33.4%
🔵 Conservative 309 11.3%
🔴 Labour 92 3.4%
Huge Congratulations to Sam and the Team on a fabulous result!!!
Liberal Democrat Gain from Reform UK!!!
🔶 Sam Ammar Liberal Democrat 1416 51.9%
➡️ Reform UK 911 33.4%
🔵 Conservative 309 11.3%
🔴 Labour 92 3.4%
Huge Congratulations to Sam and the Team on a fabulous result!!!
October 31, 2025 at 12:36 AM
Bromsgrove South - Worcestershire County Council
Liberal Democrat Gain from Reform UK!!!
🔶 Sam Ammar Liberal Democrat 1416 51.9%
➡️ Reform UK 911 33.4%
🔵 Conservative 309 11.3%
🔴 Labour 92 3.4%
Huge Congratulations to Sam and the Team on a fabulous result!!!
Liberal Democrat Gain from Reform UK!!!
🔶 Sam Ammar Liberal Democrat 1416 51.9%
➡️ Reform UK 911 33.4%
🔵 Conservative 309 11.3%
🔴 Labour 92 3.4%
Huge Congratulations to Sam and the Team on a fabulous result!!!
Badenoch admits to a deliberate criminal act live on TV.
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Badenoch says hacking into Harriet Harman's website 17 years ago 'not the same' as Reeves breaking law
Kemi Badenoch has said hacking into Harriet Harman's website when she was younger is "not the same" as Rachel Reeves failing to get a £900 rental licence for her home.
news.sky.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Badenoch admits to a deliberate criminal act live on TV.
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Lib Dems call for Katie Lam to be sacked - as Lam wins Spectator award after calling for mass deportations on cultural grounds - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
October 30, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Lib Dems call for Katie Lam to be sacked - as Lam wins Spectator award after calling for mass deportations on cultural grounds - www.theguardian.com/politics/liv...
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social have you a statement regarding the Returning Officer's recent changes to the internal elections?
October 30, 2025 at 10:48 AM
@joshbabarinde.bsky.social have you a statement regarding the Returning Officer's recent changes to the internal elections?
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Friendly reminder: these are the rights we all have under the ECHR.
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
October 29, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Friendly reminder: these are the rights we all have under the ECHR.
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US
They're not just for a privileged few
They're for EVERY SINGLE ONE OF US