Terry Weldon
@terryweldon.bsky.social
S African/British LibDem councillor (Waverley, Surrey)
Gay, married, practicing Catholic
2 daughters, 4 grandchildren
Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST);
Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher
Gay, married, practicing Catholic
2 daughters, 4 grandchildren
Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST);
Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher
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Terry Weldon
@terryweldon.bsky.social
· Nov 14
Reintroduction🧵:
Lifelong liberal activist since 1970, knocking on doors in Cape Town; now Liberal Democrat councillor in Surrey UK.
Openly gay, married - with two daughters from previous marriage.
Practicing Catholic; previously active campaigner for LGBT inclusio, ran "Queering the Church blog
Lifelong liberal activist since 1970, knocking on doors in Cape Town; now Liberal Democrat councillor in Surrey UK.
Openly gay, married - with two daughters from previous marriage.
Practicing Catholic; previously active campaigner for LGBT inclusio, ran "Queering the Church blog
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What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
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It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
November 26, 2025 at 5:38 PM
What spending was announced / funded / committed to in the 2025 Budget?
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
It's a long list - and likely incomplete, so will add more if I hear of them!
+ recommits to £120bn public investment across the Parliament
+ doubling local roads funding - now over £2bn
1/10
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Proud to see the Chancellor directly referencing my research (with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & Mary Reader) on the two-child limit.
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Proud to see the Chancellor directly referencing my research (with @ruthpatrick0.bsky.social & Mary Reader) on the two-child limit.
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
As we wrote then "The two-child limit hasn’t discouraged poorer families from having children; it has simply made families poorer"
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Hello 👋 Stratford-on-Avon constituency, my weekly round-up to 16 November (more to come soon).😊
November 26, 2025 at 8:21 PM
Hello 👋 Stratford-on-Avon constituency, my weekly round-up to 16 November (more to come soon).😊
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I beleive you Mr Farage
November 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
I beleive you Mr Farage
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Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes
centralbylines.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Keep out: what flags mean to community NHS workers
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Frontline NHS staff are feeling an increasing sense of exclusion and intimidation from the surge of St George’s flags displayed on homes | Mark Cunliffe
@markcunliffe.bsky.social @centralbylines.co.uk
Taking half a million kids out of poverty has to be more important than the hit to the national finances.
Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.
Scrapping the two-child limit in full is a monumental decision. Well done to all involved in the Child Poverty Strategy, and everyone who has made the case against the policy.
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
OBR says scrapping costs £3 billion in 2029-30 and will lift 450,000 out of poverty
November 26, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Taking half a million kids out of poverty has to be more important than the hit to the national finances.
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3p a mile on EVs would have cost me £300 over 3 years on the one I've just given back.
Still cheaper than filling up at £1.40 a litre.
Still cheaper than filling up at £1.40 a litre.
November 26, 2025 at 5:59 PM
3p a mile on EVs would have cost me £300 over 3 years on the one I've just given back.
Still cheaper than filling up at £1.40 a litre.
Still cheaper than filling up at £1.40 a litre.
Even the OBR recognises the need for net migration.
Reducing it will harm productivity,
Reducing it will harm productivity,
👇
OBR says lower net migration will hurt overall productivity
November 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Even the OBR recognises the need for net migration.
Reducing it will harm productivity,
Reducing it will harm productivity,
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That's a nice round number. A better one would be 100,000.
November 26, 2025 at 5:43 PM
That's a nice round number. A better one would be 100,000.
Remarkable case. Appellant to the appeals court in Scotland complains that a bank in Kent displayed Pride materials, which caused him distress and anxiety, because he is autistic and a Catholic.
The learned judge has delivered a clear and reasoned judgement which tells him in effect to sod off.
The learned judge has delivered a clear and reasoned judgement which tells him in effect to sod off.
www.scotcourts.gov.uk
November 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Remarkable case. Appellant to the appeals court in Scotland complains that a bank in Kent displayed Pride materials, which caused him distress and anxiety, because he is autistic and a Catholic.
The learned judge has delivered a clear and reasoned judgement which tells him in effect to sod off.
The learned judge has delivered a clear and reasoned judgement which tells him in effect to sod off.
Quite so.
Labour have made some mistakes the past 14 months, sure - but that was to be expected. Those mistakes are nowhere near as important as the 14 years of misguided policy inflicted on us over the past 14 years, let alone the blatant incompetence and corruption in the last 5 of those.
Labour have made some mistakes the past 14 months, sure - but that was to be expected. Those mistakes are nowhere near as important as the 14 years of misguided policy inflicted on us over the past 14 years, let alone the blatant incompetence and corruption in the last 5 of those.
🚨 BREXIT BUDGET 🚨
"The OBR are clear that this is not about the last 14 months. It is about the previous 14 years"
"The legacy of Brexit and the pandemic and the damaging decisions by the party opposite cutting public spending, leaving communities and entire regions behind."
"The OBR are clear that this is not about the last 14 months. It is about the previous 14 years"
"The legacy of Brexit and the pandemic and the damaging decisions by the party opposite cutting public spending, leaving communities and entire regions behind."
November 26, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Quite so.
Labour have made some mistakes the past 14 months, sure - but that was to be expected. Those mistakes are nowhere near as important as the 14 years of misguided policy inflicted on us over the past 14 years, let alone the blatant incompetence and corruption in the last 5 of those.
Labour have made some mistakes the past 14 months, sure - but that was to be expected. Those mistakes are nowhere near as important as the 14 years of misguided policy inflicted on us over the past 14 years, let alone the blatant incompetence and corruption in the last 5 of those.
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🌊 Seven beaches. "Excellent" water quality. A decade-high.
£83m to stop sewage spills. Upgrades underway.
This is what happens when we refuse to accept sewage on our shores.
Promise made. Promise kept.
£83m to stop sewage spills. Upgrades underway.
This is what happens when we refuse to accept sewage on our shores.
Promise made. Promise kept.
November 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
🌊 Seven beaches. "Excellent" water quality. A decade-high.
£83m to stop sewage spills. Upgrades underway.
This is what happens when we refuse to accept sewage on our shores.
Promise made. Promise kept.
£83m to stop sewage spills. Upgrades underway.
This is what happens when we refuse to accept sewage on our shores.
Promise made. Promise kept.
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Is it FINALLY time to replace the Budget speech with a press release that coincides with the markers opening?
Stand outside 11 Downing Street holding the press release printed on red paper if you have to.
Stand outside 11 Downing Street holding the press release printed on red paper if you have to.
November 26, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Is it FINALLY time to replace the Budget speech with a press release that coincides with the markers opening?
Stand outside 11 Downing Street holding the press release printed on red paper if you have to.
Stand outside 11 Downing Street holding the press release printed on red paper if you have to.
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Badenoch's attempt at a rebuttal is being substantially undermined by all UK assets moving up on the day. the reality is they were cheap vs. peers and there hasn't been a disaster vs. very low expectations:
November 26, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Badenoch's attempt at a rebuttal is being substantially undermined by all UK assets moving up on the day. the reality is they were cheap vs. peers and there hasn't been a disaster vs. very low expectations:
#ReformLies never stop.
Richard Tice told The Times in March he had “never met Nathan Gill”
Tice - "Please welcome to the stage, Nathan Gill."
searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/refo...
Tice - "Please welcome to the stage, Nathan Gill."
searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/refo...
November 26, 2025 at 2:07 PM
#ReformLies never stop.
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There is a budget hole in the UK of about £20bn over 5 years. Brexit has cost around £90bn a year. I wonder what the solution to our financial woes could be?
I assume that Reeves won't announce that we are rejoining the single market, however. So, more obfuscation and tinkering to appease Farage.
I assume that Reeves won't announce that we are rejoining the single market, however. So, more obfuscation and tinkering to appease Farage.
November 26, 2025 at 1:52 PM
There is a budget hole in the UK of about £20bn over 5 years. Brexit has cost around £90bn a year. I wonder what the solution to our financial woes could be?
I assume that Reeves won't announce that we are rejoining the single market, however. So, more obfuscation and tinkering to appease Farage.
I assume that Reeves won't announce that we are rejoining the single market, however. So, more obfuscation and tinkering to appease Farage.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:54 PM
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November 26, 2025 at 1:56 PM
This was titled as "headlines" from Cape Town. It's not. it's a series of video news reports: not what I wanted. I was interested in just one of the promised headlines - and now have had to sit through four seperate reports of no interest to me, and have still not got to the report I wasnted
Cape Town News | Wednesday, 26th of November, 2025.
• Festival season erupts across the Western Cape, driving jobs and tourism.
• Kloof Street earns global praise as one of the coolest streets on Earth.
• Gang violence hits breaking point, forcing urgent policing action.
youtu.be/jv43VenKLrc?...
• Festival season erupts across the Western Cape, driving jobs and tourism.
• Kloof Street earns global praise as one of the coolest streets on Earth.
• Gang violence hits breaking point, forcing urgent policing action.
youtu.be/jv43VenKLrc?...
Cape Town News | Wednesday, 26th of November, 2025 – Top Headlines from the Western Cape.
YouTube video by Cape Town News - CTNews
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This was titled as "headlines" from Cape Town. It's not. it's a series of video news reports: not what I wanted. I was interested in just one of the promised headlines - and now have had to sit through four seperate reports of no interest to me, and have still not got to the report I wasnted
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"... Scientists warn that what once took centuries may now happen within decades.
Sea-level rise is more than a climate statistic — it’s a reshaping of the world map. It will define where we live, where we farm, and where nations draw their borders in the generations ahead"
via Unbox Factory
Sea-level rise is more than a climate statistic — it’s a reshaping of the world map. It will define where we live, where we farm, and where nations draw their borders in the generations ahead"
via Unbox Factory
November 26, 2025 at 9:14 AM
"... Scientists warn that what once took centuries may now happen within decades.
Sea-level rise is more than a climate statistic — it’s a reshaping of the world map. It will define where we live, where we farm, and where nations draw their borders in the generations ahead"
via Unbox Factory
Sea-level rise is more than a climate statistic — it’s a reshaping of the world map. It will define where we live, where we farm, and where nations draw their borders in the generations ahead"
via Unbox Factory
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The true cost of Brexit revealed. 🚨
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 AM
The true cost of Brexit revealed. 🚨
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
They promised £350m a week. Instead we’re paying the price daily.
We must fix our relationship with Europe to fix Britain.
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Useful analysis (sorry (£))
"Washington’s 28-point agreement appeared to question US commitment to Atlantic alliance, constrain sovereign choices by European governments & allow Moscow to dictate terms of European defence arrangements"
www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
"Washington’s 28-point agreement appeared to question US commitment to Atlantic alliance, constrain sovereign choices by European governments & allow Moscow to dictate terms of European defence arrangements"
www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
Europeans scramble to protect their own security after jolt of Ukraine plan
Elements of US peace proposal would give Russia sway over continent’s defence arrangements
www.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Useful analysis (sorry (£))
"Washington’s 28-point agreement appeared to question US commitment to Atlantic alliance, constrain sovereign choices by European governments & allow Moscow to dictate terms of European defence arrangements"
www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
"Washington’s 28-point agreement appeared to question US commitment to Atlantic alliance, constrain sovereign choices by European governments & allow Moscow to dictate terms of European defence arrangements"
www.ft.com/content/4bb1...
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How Greece’s recovery can be an inspiration for Europe on.ft.com/4oc5e9T | opinion
How Greece’s recovery can be an inspiration for Europe
The Eurozone’s former problem child is now borrowing more cheaply than much of the continent
on.ft.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:15 AM
How Greece’s recovery can be an inspiration for Europe on.ft.com/4oc5e9T | opinion