Sean Maher
@smaher2.bsky.social
Dad, husband, headteacher, scouting, liberal, Catholic, pro-Europe….
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Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
August 8, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Netanyahu’s plan to occupy Gaza is abhorrent and it's increasingly clear that his goal is ethnic cleansing.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
The UK can't just sit on its hands. The Prime Minister must stop all arms exports to Israel and sanction Netanyahu and his cabinet.
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For all those who can't forgive the Conservative Party for the chaos they left behind, who are disappointed by this Labour Government, who reject the divisive politics of Nigel Farage and Reform - there is an alternative.
Join the Liberal Democrats today: libdems.org.uk/join
Join the Liberal Democrats today: libdems.org.uk/join
Join us
Become a Liberal Democrat member today.
libdems.org.uk
July 4, 2025 at 3:26 PM
For all those who can't forgive the Conservative Party for the chaos they left behind, who are disappointed by this Labour Government, who reject the divisive politics of Nigel Farage and Reform - there is an alternative.
Join the Liberal Democrats today: libdems.org.uk/join
Join the Liberal Democrats today: libdems.org.uk/join
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The ‘Millionaire Exodus’ the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened
The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/t...
The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/t...
The 'Millionaire Exodus' the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened
The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"
bylinetimes.com
June 10, 2025 at 7:41 PM
The ‘Millionaire Exodus’ the UK Media Told You About Never Actually Happened
The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/t...
The equivalent of 30 stories a day were published about an exodus of wealthy people that a new study finds was "non existent"
bylinetimes.com/2025/06/10/t...
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Farage pretends to support Welsh steel. Meanwhile, his mate Trump is hitting the UK with brutal tariffs that target our steel industry.
Nigel backs Trump all the way, then claims to stand with the workers paying the price. 🤦♂️
Nigel backs Trump all the way, then claims to stand with the workers paying the price. 🤦♂️
June 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Farage pretends to support Welsh steel. Meanwhile, his mate Trump is hitting the UK with brutal tariffs that target our steel industry.
Nigel backs Trump all the way, then claims to stand with the workers paying the price. 🤦♂️
Nigel backs Trump all the way, then claims to stand with the workers paying the price. 🤦♂️
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We are different from Reform. We are community politicians, we get things done in our local areas.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
June 7, 2025 at 11:46 AM
We are different from Reform. We are community politicians, we get things done in our local areas.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
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This should be put in front of Robert Jenrick during every interview
June 1, 2025 at 9:27 AM
This should be put in front of Robert Jenrick during every interview
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The absolute last thing schools need right now - while dealing with an extremely tight funding settlement and rising poverty - is a radical overhaul of the exam system.
White working class boys to be focus of education policy “reset” as tensions grow over curriculum and assessment reform - my latest piece for @theobserveruk.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...
Too many exams, too many pupils let down: Whitehall plans reset of GCSEs | The Observer
Strategy to help failing white working-class boys will be included in plans to rethink policy on exams and training. But how far will leaders be prepared to go?
observer.co.uk
June 1, 2025 at 11:55 AM
The absolute last thing schools need right now - while dealing with an extremely tight funding settlement and rising poverty - is a radical overhaul of the exam system.
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This should be the final nail in the coffin for Thames Water.
It needs to be turned into a public benefit company and Ofwat needs to be scrapped and replaced with a real regulator with teeth.
It needs to be turned into a public benefit company and Ofwat needs to be scrapped and replaced with a real regulator with teeth.
May 28, 2025 at 6:30 PM
This should be the final nail in the coffin for Thames Water.
It needs to be turned into a public benefit company and Ofwat needs to be scrapped and replaced with a real regulator with teeth.
It needs to be turned into a public benefit company and Ofwat needs to be scrapped and replaced with a real regulator with teeth.
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"Frictionless trade would rescue our factories, farms, and workers from suffocating barriers”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/govern...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/govern...
Government Must Seize Unprecedented Chance To Halt Economic Decline Triggered By Brexit, MP Warns
Writing for HuffPost UK, the Green Party's Ellie Chowns called for a "bold reset" in British relations with the EU.
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk
May 27, 2025 at 6:11 AM
"Frictionless trade would rescue our factories, farms, and workers from suffocating barriers”
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/govern...
www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/govern...
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"We've got to rebuild the relationship with Europe and we've got to take the British people with us."
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
May 26, 2025 at 11:05 AM
"We've got to rebuild the relationship with Europe and we've got to take the British people with us."
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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At @hayfestival.bsky.social with Yulia Navalnaya. Not many people get standing ovations before and after their event but she did. Pleasure and privilege to interview her about Patriot, Alexei Navalny’s final words. Both of them models of courage and hope
May 23, 2025 at 5:11 PM
At @hayfestival.bsky.social with Yulia Navalnaya. Not many people get standing ovations before and after their event but she did. Pleasure and privilege to interview her about Patriot, Alexei Navalny’s final words. Both of them models of courage and hope
The article suggests that schools will receive 3% of the funding but in fact when you go onto the government calculator for the extra funding it suggests that my school is going to receive less than 1% of what the 4% pay increase would cost us! Maybe the calculators broken? I know I will be!
Breaking: Teachers will get a 4% pay rise after the government accepted the review body’s recommendation, with additional funding of £615 million coming to schools
However, schools will still have to fund around a quarter of the rise themselves
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-pay-...
However, schools will still have to fund around a quarter of the rise themselves
schoolsweek.co.uk/teacher-pay-...
Teacher pay: DfE accepts 4% rise, provides £615m funding
Phillipson accepts STRB's recommendation but says schools will have to fund a quarter of the rise
schoolsweek.co.uk
May 22, 2025 at 1:45 PM
The article suggests that schools will receive 3% of the funding but in fact when you go onto the government calculator for the extra funding it suggests that my school is going to receive less than 1% of what the 4% pay increase would cost us! Maybe the calculators broken? I know I will be!
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Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
www.theguardian.com
May 22, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
and the Tories destroyed them
www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Farage missed a debate on the biggest reset to the EU since Brexit because… he’s on holiday.
Does he think he’s an MEP again?
He’s made NINE trips abroad (eight to the US) since the GE, many funded by donors, some for other paid jobs.
Recess is next week.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Does he think he’s an MEP again?
He’s made NINE trips abroad (eight to the US) since the GE, many funded by donors, some for other paid jobs.
Recess is next week.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Nigel Farage missed debate on Brexit reset because he is holidaying abroad
The Reform UK leader, who has made at least nine trips abroad since general election, will return to UK next week
www.theguardian.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Farage missed a debate on the biggest reset to the EU since Brexit because… he’s on holiday.
Does he think he’s an MEP again?
He’s made NINE trips abroad (eight to the US) since the GE, many funded by donors, some for other paid jobs.
Recess is next week.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Does he think he’s an MEP again?
He’s made NINE trips abroad (eight to the US) since the GE, many funded by donors, some for other paid jobs.
Recess is next week.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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🚨 Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says hearing the Conservatives complain about the UK-EU deal "is like listening to a backseat driver who previously crashed the car".
Keir Starmer agrees that yesterday's deal is a "first step", with annual summits to "take cooperation further step by step" with the EU.
Keir Starmer agrees that yesterday's deal is a "first step", with annual summits to "take cooperation further step by step" with the EU.
May 20, 2025 at 12:33 PM
🚨 Lib Dem leader Ed Davey says hearing the Conservatives complain about the UK-EU deal "is like listening to a backseat driver who previously crashed the car".
Keir Starmer agrees that yesterday's deal is a "first step", with annual summits to "take cooperation further step by step" with the EU.
Keir Starmer agrees that yesterday's deal is a "first step", with annual summits to "take cooperation further step by step" with the EU.
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Morrisons chief exec: "Sweeping away trade barriers with the EU will remove cost, complexity and delay in food imports from the continent".
May 20, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Morrisons chief exec: "Sweeping away trade barriers with the EU will remove cost, complexity and delay in food imports from the continent".
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Turns out Brexit Derangement Syndrome is a thing after all.
May 20, 2025 at 7:57 AM
Turns out Brexit Derangement Syndrome is a thing after all.
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Looking at private school pupil numbers in the ISC census and they've fallen back to where they were in..... 2022. Not exactly the disaster many predicted....
May 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Looking at private school pupil numbers in the ISC census and they've fallen back to where they were in..... 2022. Not exactly the disaster many predicted....
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“Close your eyes, hold your breath, listen hard- and it all comes back. The fevered talk of surrender, the endless tedious cascade of zero sum arguments, accompanied by the sum of zero insights- an obsession with fish”
This is excellent.
This is excellent.
Listening to Brexiters is to see a group of people who haven't changed as the world/country around them has.That's Starmer's gamble. Then as now, they continue not to reckon with a simple truth: we still need the EU more than they need us.
New from me
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/brexiters-...
New from me
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com/p/brexiters-...
Brexiters haven't changed- but the country has.
At least, that's the Starmer gamble.
goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
May 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
“Close your eyes, hold your breath, listen hard- and it all comes back. The fevered talk of surrender, the endless tedious cascade of zero sum arguments, accompanied by the sum of zero insights- an obsession with fish”
This is excellent.
This is excellent.
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"My fear is that Starmer stops there."
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey welcomes the EU reset deal but stops short of backing a return to free movement.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey welcomes the EU reset deal but stops short of backing a return to free movement.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
May 20, 2025 at 3:40 PM
"My fear is that Starmer stops there."
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey welcomes the EU reset deal but stops short of backing a return to free movement.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey welcomes the EU reset deal but stops short of backing a return to free movement.
@maitlis.bsky.social | @jonsopel1.bsky.social
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My book is all about care.
About how being a carer has shaped my life, the role of caring in our society, and how we make sure everyone gets the care they need.
About how being a carer has shaped my life, the role of caring in our society, and how we make sure everyone gets the care they need.
May 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
My book is all about care.
About how being a carer has shaped my life, the role of caring in our society, and how we make sure everyone gets the care they need.
About how being a carer has shaped my life, the role of caring in our society, and how we make sure everyone gets the care they need.
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk is consistently saying what I want to hear from our politicians. For my money, he’s a long way ahead of all the other major party leaders in parliament at the moment. Keep going Sir Ed!
May 20, 2025 at 4:10 PM
@eddavey.libdems.org.uk is consistently saying what I want to hear from our politicians. For my money, he’s a long way ahead of all the other major party leaders in parliament at the moment. Keep going Sir Ed!
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God the tabloids and Brexit dinosaurs were boring today… 🦖
Braying the same “betrayal” lines they’ve brayed since they got what they wanted… then found they had no benefits in it whatsoever.
Still they came out today to play victim yet again.
But the world has moved on.
Braying the same “betrayal” lines they’ve brayed since they got what they wanted… then found they had no benefits in it whatsoever.
Still they came out today to play victim yet again.
But the world has moved on.
May 19, 2025 at 9:55 PM
God the tabloids and Brexit dinosaurs were boring today… 🦖
Braying the same “betrayal” lines they’ve brayed since they got what they wanted… then found they had no benefits in it whatsoever.
Still they came out today to play victim yet again.
But the world has moved on.
Braying the same “betrayal” lines they’ve brayed since they got what they wanted… then found they had no benefits in it whatsoever.
Still they came out today to play victim yet again.
But the world has moved on.