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Graham Simpson

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Advocate of proportional representation and progressive politics. Humanist. Anti Brexit! Anti Trump! @libdems.org.uk

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 26d

It’s time for a politics, free of vested interests, free of dogma, free of corruption, free of populist easy answers to complicated questions. A politics which puts justice, the individual and the community ahead of narrow self interest. A politics based on evidence, rationality and compassion. Now!

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 1h

This will make us more productive? Ridiculous!
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Pubs to stay open until early hours in move to boost UK growth

Exclusive: Plans for England and Wales would help ailing hospitality sector but health experts criticise move

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 2h

Lord Heseltine, "The number of people aged below 50 who think it was right for us to leave the European Union, is less than 20%

"The latest polls tells us 56% now believe it was mistake to leave the European Union"

Hands up if you are one of the 56% 🙋‍♂️

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Josiah Mortimer @josiah.writes.news · 7h

Liberal Democrat Leader Ed Davey has written an open letter to One Nation Conservatives who feel abandoned by their party urging them to join the Liberal Democrats, following Kemi Badenoch’s conference speech today

Full text of the letter:

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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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 2h

No more veggie burgers? EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods - Ridiculous! No one is confused!
www.bbc.com/news/article...

EU parliament votes to ban meat names for plant-based foods

Pressure to ban meat labels for plant-based products comes from Europe's livestock farmers.

www.bbc.com

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 2h

Port of Dover ‘Brexit’ checks may take six times longer - Headline corrected!
www.bbc.com/news/article...

Port of Dover says new EU border checks may take six times longer

Port bosses say they are ready for the new Entry/Exit System being phased in from Sunday.

www.bbc.com

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 5h

🚜 A poor deal for farmers. A rotten deal for the country.

“Brexit was not principally about trade" - we know Michael we know...

🛠️ Let's fix this broken deal and get Britain building again.

https://bit.ly/42YNQxG

Michael Gove admits that post-Brexit trade deals were bad for farmers

Michael Gove has admitted for the first time that the Australia and New Zealand trade deals negotiated by the former Tory government did not protect Britain’s farmers.

www.yorkshirepost.co.uk

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 4h

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 Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 10h

"15 years ago, Polish workers came here to find opportunity. Now Poland is growing twice as fast as we are," says Kemi Badenoch.

Any ideas what may have happened in the interim?

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Anton Gerashchenko @antongerashchenko.bsky.social · 10h

Ursula von der Leyen:
Europe must boost its defense capability to deter the Russian hybrid warfare

"These incidents are calculated to linger in the twilight of deniability.This isn’t random harassment.It’s a coherent&escalating campaign"she said

"To those who still doubt,look at what is happening

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 7h

I will not back down.

Trump is now calling for the arrest of elected representatives checking his power.

What else is left on the path to full-blown authoritarianism?

Donald Trump Truth Social Post: Chicago Mayor should be in jail for failing to protect Ice Officers! Governor Pritzker also.

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 7h

Message to @nhm-london.bsky.social - The museum is great, loved my visit today. But the section on human evolution, perhaps the most fascinating of all, is rather small and rather tucked away. When finances allow, please expand!

Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 8h

When I was in Labour I took the electoral reform resolution to Conference. As you know it was passed and the leadership just ignored it. But I respect your reason for staying.

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 9h

In a world of autocrats we need a strong Europe 🇪🇺

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 9h

After a lifetime supporting Labour I joined the Lib Dems, I still like and respect many in Labour, I love one, my wife! But I became increasingly frustrated with the top down management of Labour. I want an evidence based, non dogmatic, non vested interests, compassionate politics. Join us.

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 12h

www.libdems.org.uk/join

Join us

Become a Liberal Democrat member today.

www.libdems.org.uk

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 12h

My message to the millions of One Nation conservatives who reject the divisive politics of Badenoch and Farage is this:

Come and join us. Help us save our country. Come and win with us.

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 10h

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 1d

Nothing says "I want independent judges" like threatening to sack any judge who disagrees with you, while holding up a judge's wig like a puppet

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WorldFamous Jim @twfjom.bsky.social · 10h

Always loved this clip. It's right up there alongside Jeff Daniels' 'America isn't the greatest' speech from Newsroom.

BabadDoag @wowbagget.bsky.social · 1d

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Hannah Metternich @hannah-wm.bsky.social · 1d

“Putting the fun back in fascism again.”
John Crace skewers Robert Jenrick’s Tory conference audition for the far right.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Honest Bob gets the party started – the Reform party. It’s tough being a Tory | John Crace

Robert Jenrick gives Conservative conference delegates permission to be the worst possible versions of themselves

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 10h

Dinosaurs are impressive but so is the colossal Blue Whale! Having a short break from politics! Fantastic museum. But not recommended for creationists! 😊
@nhm-london.bsky.social

Blue Whale at the Natural History Museum

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Rafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 13h

Badenoch’s only achievement is to have shrunk the Tories to a low-wattage Faragist think tank and warehouse storing future parliamentary candidates for Reform www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Badenoch’s ‘thoughtful Conservatism’ turns out to be just the slower road to Faragism | Rafael Behr

The Tory leader’s intellectual meanderings have shrunk her party into little more than a holding pen for future Reform party candidates, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr

www.theguardian.com

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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 13h

The task now is to break out of those geographical areas.

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 14h

Football clubs, players, and agents have been evading tax, reveals @HMRCgovuk crackdown which scored record amounts of unpaid tax last year bit.ly/47eztrx I hope the people selling the dodgy schemes are also being pursued.

HMRC nets £90m from pursuit of football’s tax own goals

Inquiries into clubs, players and agents generate a big increase in underpaid tax being reclaimed

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · 14h

Brexit - the gift that keeps on taking bit.ly/48ZnxLs

Britons could be banned from holiday homes under EU’s 90-day rule

Brussels has warned that new biometric checks, which come into place on Sunday, will identify those overstaying on the continent

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