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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Fame at last for Ed Davey!
Are you listening, GOP? Use your authority. Check the mad king.
January 20, 2026 at 8:31 PM
Fame at last for Ed Davey!
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Whatever Farage says, remember this tweet
January 20, 2026 at 12:49 PM
Whatever Farage says, remember this tweet
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Wow! 💥💥💥
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are.
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are.
January 20, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Wow! 💥💥💥
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are.
I've seldom heard such an honest, measured analysis of where we've been and where we are.
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The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
January 20, 2026 at 12:47 PM
The Prime Minister of Belgium speaks:
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It's funny watching the debate on this shift from 'it's bad that Conservative Remainers haven't called by-elections after defection to the Lib Dems or Change UK' to 'it is bad that Tory defectors to Labour don't to 'it is bad that Tory rightwingers haven't called by-elections after defection'.
🚨The Petition calling for by-elections to be called automatically when MPs defect to another party now has 55,000 signatures! Let’s get the 100,000 needed!
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/73...
January 20, 2026 at 6:42 PM
It's funny watching the debate on this shift from 'it's bad that Conservative Remainers haven't called by-elections after defection to the Lib Dems or Change UK' to 'it is bad that Tory defectors to Labour don't to 'it is bad that Tory rightwingers haven't called by-elections after defection'.
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PM Carney said strategic autonomy has costs, but those costs are lower when shared. Collective resilience, common standards, and cooperation are cheaper and stronger than countries retreating behind isolated “fortresses.” For Canada, the choice is how to adapt — not whether to.
January 20, 2026 at 6:29 PM
PM Carney said strategic autonomy has costs, but those costs are lower when shared. Collective resilience, common standards, and cooperation are cheaper and stronger than countries retreating behind isolated “fortresses.” For Canada, the choice is how to adapt — not whether to.
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Even the extreme right parties in Europe that were once itching to cozy up to the Tangerine Tyrant are denouncing his bullying and aggression towards Greenland and NATO.
When you lose Nigel Farage…
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
When you lose Nigel Farage…
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
Europe's far-right parties, often praised by Trump administration, push back on Greenland | CBC News
It wasn't too long ago that Donald Trump's administration hailed the "growing influence of patriotic European parties," but many of those party leaders have taken exception to his aggressive bid to se...
www.cbc.ca
January 20, 2026 at 7:06 PM
Even the extreme right parties in Europe that were once itching to cozy up to the Tangerine Tyrant are denouncing his bullying and aggression towards Greenland and NATO.
When you lose Nigel Farage…
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
When you lose Nigel Farage…
www.cbc.ca/news/world/t...
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Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
January 20, 2026 at 6:37 PM
Quite the statement from the Prime Minister of Poland
"Unnanounced?"
Sounds more like Ofsted than MOT style checks.
Sounds more like Ofsted than MOT style checks.
January 20, 2026 at 4:33 PM
"Unnanounced?"
Sounds more like Ofsted than MOT style checks.
Sounds more like Ofsted than MOT style checks.
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Good.
Although no minister will ever say so in public - quite the opposite, in fact - it seems pretty clear current UK government policy is far less subservient to the US than it has been for quite a while - Greenland, China, now this. We are not doing what the Americans want.
Although no minister will ever say so in public - quite the opposite, in fact - it seems pretty clear current UK government policy is far less subservient to the US than it has been for quite a while - Greenland, China, now this. We are not doing what the Americans want.
The UK is not currently planning to join Trump’s “Board of Peace”, Bloomberg reports. Starmer is concerned by Trump’s decision to invite Putin and Lukashenko.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
His spokesperson says the UK commitment to the UN is “unwavering”.
The Board of Peace is on its way to being the Board of Dictators.
January 20, 2026 at 2:01 PM
Good.
Although no minister will ever say so in public - quite the opposite, in fact - it seems pretty clear current UK government policy is far less subservient to the US than it has been for quite a while - Greenland, China, now this. We are not doing what the Americans want.
Although no minister will ever say so in public - quite the opposite, in fact - it seems pretty clear current UK government policy is far less subservient to the US than it has been for quite a while - Greenland, China, now this. We are not doing what the Americans want.
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'Greenland matters': Starmer predicts climate change will intensify focus on Arctic security emails.businessgreen.com/businessgree...
'Greenland matters': Starmer predicts climate change will intensify focus on Arctic security
emails.businessgreen.com
January 20, 2026 at 2:05 PM
'Greenland matters': Starmer predicts climate change will intensify focus on Arctic security emails.businessgreen.com/businessgree...
Appallng arrogance from Badenoch.
No evidence at all that Trump would pay any more attention to her than tom to Starmer; given his obvious inherent racism, more likely it would be rather less.
No evidence at all that Trump would pay any more attention to her than tom to Starmer; given his obvious inherent racism, more likely it would be rather less.
Kemi Badenoch tells the BBC's Matt Chorley that if she were prime minister, Donald Trump would simply not be like this.
January 20, 2026 at 2:19 PM
Appallng arrogance from Badenoch.
No evidence at all that Trump would pay any more attention to her than tom to Starmer; given his obvious inherent racism, more likely it would be rather less.
No evidence at all that Trump would pay any more attention to her than tom to Starmer; given his obvious inherent racism, more likely it would be rather less.
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plans have been criticised by Kemi Badenoch who said, cannot allow the Chinese to build a spy embassy in an area crucial to our national security.
land sold to the Chinese in 2018 when Tories in government
Did Tories think Chinese were to grow cabbages on the land
Great comment KB
land sold to the Chinese in 2018 when Tories in government
Did Tories think Chinese were to grow cabbages on the land
Great comment KB
January 20, 2026 at 2:14 PM
plans have been criticised by Kemi Badenoch who said, cannot allow the Chinese to build a spy embassy in an area crucial to our national security.
land sold to the Chinese in 2018 when Tories in government
Did Tories think Chinese were to grow cabbages on the land
Great comment KB
land sold to the Chinese in 2018 when Tories in government
Did Tories think Chinese were to grow cabbages on the land
Great comment KB
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Come on EU and UK start being brave
and Starmer get us back in the Eu FFS. The world is a very different place from 2016 and who cares what noise the RW makes.
Man up.
and Starmer get us back in the Eu FFS. The world is a very different place from 2016 and who cares what noise the RW makes.
Man up.
Suggested EU response:
- US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory
- Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases
- This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight
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- US airbases now represent an armed presence, inside our borders, of a nation that is openly threatening to invade our territory
- Withdraw the threat or we have no choice but to close those bases
- This turns USA from a global power to a regional one, overnight
1/5
January 19, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Come on EU and UK start being brave
and Starmer get us back in the Eu FFS. The world is a very different place from 2016 and who cares what noise the RW makes.
Man up.
and Starmer get us back in the Eu FFS. The world is a very different place from 2016 and who cares what noise the RW makes.
Man up.
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Hypocrisy runs deep with Farage.
Fartrage says it is unacceptable for King Donald the Mad to apply economic pressure on a long-standing ally of more than 100 years.
But only a few weeks ago he was in the US asking them to put sanctions on the "undemocratic" UK.
What a complete and total shit wankstain this man is.
But only a few weeks ago he was in the US asking them to put sanctions on the "undemocratic" UK.
What a complete and total shit wankstain this man is.
January 19, 2026 at 10:22 PM
Hypocrisy runs deep with Farage.
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Every word of this is spot on. Well said, Ed Davey 👏🏻
“Trump is acting like an international gangster”
Ed Davey
Ed Davey
January 19, 2026 at 9:07 PM
Every word of this is spot on. Well said, Ed Davey 👏🏻
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Don’t vote for your worst nightmare! 😱
Vote:Liberal Democrats
Vote:Liberal Democrats
January 19, 2026 at 9:08 PM
Don’t vote for your worst nightmare! 😱
Vote:Liberal Democrats
Vote:Liberal Democrats
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Cc Starmer
Fukuyama: Trump is a bully who wants to dominate everyone around him. Trying to placate him with concessions is a fool’s errand. He despises weakness.
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
1/3
As an American, I say to my European friends: do not back down. Appeasing Trump with flattery has failed and must stop.
1/3
January 19, 2026 at 9:09 PM
Cc Starmer
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If ever there was a reason why we need to abolish the way that such sycophantic Clowns and Muppets are elected to the House of Lords... surely this would be it.
The world’s wrongest man, Daniel Hannan, contending that Trump’s utter unfitness for office only emerged *yesterday*…
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
Because it’s the only way the irredeemable idiot can cling on to the delusion that he’s not an irredeemable idiot.
January 19, 2026 at 9:11 PM
If ever there was a reason why we need to abolish the way that such sycophantic Clowns and Muppets are elected to the House of Lords... surely this would be it.
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Never forget: never let anyone else forget either.
January 19, 2026 at 8:35 AM
Never forget: never let anyone else forget either.
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Boots on the other foot now Nige…
2017. Farage: Carswell should face by-election after quitting UKIP
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
2017. Farage: Carswell should face by-election after quitting UKIP
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
Farage: Carswell should face by-election after quitting UKIP
The former UKIP leader says he will write to every house in Clacton to ask if they want another vote.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 19, 2026 at 4:04 PM
Boots on the other foot now Nige…
2017. Farage: Carswell should face by-election after quitting UKIP
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
2017. Farage: Carswell should face by-election after quitting UKIP
www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-poli...
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And here we are with Starmer being all nicey nice don't poke the bear. The bear is already loose. The time for tiptoeing around is done. Stand with Germany and France FFS.
January 19, 2026 at 4:10 PM
And here we are with Starmer being all nicey nice don't poke the bear. The bear is already loose. The time for tiptoeing around is done. Stand with Germany and France FFS.
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also this:
"If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive, wait until they start paying for what comes next."
"If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive, wait until they start paying for what comes next."
Great Kagan piece, esp this:
"Perhaps more extraordinary than America’s ability and willingness to play the dominant role was the readiness of most other great powers to embrace and legitimize its dominance—even at the expense of their own potency."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
"Perhaps more extraordinary than America’s ability and willingness to play the dominant role was the readiness of most other great powers to embrace and legitimize its dominance—even at the expense of their own potency."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
America vs. the World
President Trump wants to return to the 19th century’s international order. He will leave America less prosperous—and the whole world less secure.
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 3:00 PM
also this:
"If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive, wait until they start paying for what comes next."
"If Americans thought defending the liberal world order was too expensive, wait until they start paying for what comes next."
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We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...
January 19, 2026 at 9:12 AM
We've spent ten years being proved right about all the things the loudest, biggest voices in the UK media insisted, often obnoxiously, we were wrong about. The real kicker is that there's no consolation whatsoever in being correct. Brexit, Putin, Johnson, Truss, Trump, Twitter, Netanyahu etc etc...