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🕊️🐍 #1 largest liberal student society on Bluesky & Twitter 🌐🗽supporting liberal causes worldwide 📣 🔶 Promoted by Young Liberals UK at 1 Vincent Square, London 🌴🇬🇧 https://linktr.ee/uoblibdems

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Jul 12

Happy Pride Bristol!
This is a kind reminder on who actually stands by your side 🌈

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 1d

No one to save Tories from the Fate of Ophelia

Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 1d

There are people right across our country, who have voted Conservative all their lives, but are now switching to the Liberal Democrats.

YouGov Poll - Liberal Democrats draw level with the Conservatives - both parties on 17%.

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 10d

✅ Freshers Fair

#LibDems continue to rise among young people, as we doubled our sign-ups year on year, and our policies prove to be popular, as seen from the student survey below

If you want to drive real change, join your university’s liberal society!

Our link is below👇🏻
linktr.ee/uoblibdems

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 15d

Tyrants will always find liberals on their way

Join us to take the fight to the heartlands of authoritarianism 🧡

libdems.org.uk/join-local

Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 15d

👾LibDems are officially against the Online Safety Act in its current form

After months of campaigning led by Young Liberals & @liberal_reform, Liberal Democrats have become the first party to call for scrutinising OSA & expanding digital rights

#LDConf

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 17d

YIMBY revolution of Liberals are on board

Join us today to accelerate and innovate our way into abundance 🚀

libdems.org.uk/join-local

Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 17d

⚡️LibDems are officially pro-nuclear

Conference voted today in favour of supporting Small Modular Reactors and other innovative methods of generating nuclear power

Nuclear is the safest and most efficient way of ensuring net zero with minimal cost to taxpayers 🍀

#LDConf

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 22d

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 22d

🚨BREAKING: Lib Dem leader Ed Davey becomes the first major British party leader to call Israel’s actions in Gaza a "genocide"

#LibDems

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Bristol Lib Dems @bristollibdems.bsky.social · 27d

We know that libraries are a vital community resource. That's why we've protected Bristol's library funding in full.

Read the joint statement between Cllr @stephenwi11iams.bsky.social and Council Leader Cllr Tony Dyer below

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · 28d

🚨 WATCH: Ed Davey EMBARASSES Keir Starmer over his support for Ambassador Lord Mandelson, despite his self-proclaimed links to Epstein

“What other compromising details does Trump have on him, as he leads our negotiations with the White House?” he added

#PMQs #LibDems

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 29d

The BBC are constantly fawning over Farage's every move despite Reform only having four MPs. Our national broadcaster should reflect the whole country, not just one man’s ego.

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Sep 7

❌Andrea Jenkyns: vocals off-key, 0 stage presence, song flopped
✅Ed Davey: choir educated, outsold Mariah Carey, song charted Top100

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#LibDems

Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Aug 22

Freedom isn’t granted, it is taken
Young Liberals are takers 🗽🇬🇧
#LibDems

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Aug 16

We strongly encourage all our members to follow our lead, and vote for Liberal Reform’s motion against the act at the federal conference

Until then, you can read our policy in detail below 👇🏻

Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Aug 16

With only 4 votes against, the continued opposition to the Online Safety Act is now overwhelmingly a Young Liberals policy

Liberal Democrats have become the only party with a Youth Wing policy against OSA

United, liberals defeat tyranny
#LibDems

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Aug 16

We’ve been at conference this weekend - it’s been an excellent time so far, and we highly encourage any of our young liberal followers not currently in Cambridge to consider attending in the future!

Young Liberals 🏳️‍⚧️ @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social · Aug 16

It's conference time!

Day 1 saw a visit from Ed, the awarding of the Emily Price award, policy on Israel/Palestine, equal representation and drug laws, our first conference rally with some brilliant young councillors and our YL MP, and then a brilliant quiz to top it off!

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Aug 14

‘You think you got a good result? Try 72 MPs?’ he added

We can’t wait to have you on board!
#ALevelResultsDay #LibDems

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Aug 10

Following the lead of Liberal Reform, we are submitting an emergency motion to the Young Liberals conference, aiming to make the repeal of the Online Safety Act official policy.

Hadrian's Firewall will be breached. We will not remain silent, nor will we allow our party to do so

#LibDems

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Jul 27

Foreshadowing 🤭

Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Jul 27

We have a liberal duty to oppose the Online Safety Act, and we are proud to spearhead the efforts to do so across the Young Liberals network

Our liberal values matter, they are popular - and they are our moral backbone. Let’s defend them together

@libdems.org.uk

Young Liberals 🏳️‍⚧️ @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social · Jul 27

A joint statement from YL and our branches regarding the Online Safety Bill.

Young liberals' concerns over the online safety bill

It was never about protecting the young for Labour.

With the convenient excuse of online safety, this government has restricted access to:

footage from protests across the UK

footage from Gaza, Ukraine and many more zones of atrocity

support forums for sexual assault victims and LGBT+ activism

Discord, Reddit, Wikipedia and many more sites of social discussion

All in under 24 hours

OfCom's unchecked power to dictate what is "harmful" risks silencing dissent and chilling open discourse, particularly for those who dare to challenge the status quo.

We are concerned that this is an effort to gain control over what we say, what we see, and how we think, given that this government has repeatedly shown a lack of respect for freedom of speech, expression, and protest.

Who will stop them if they come for encryption and VPNs? Who will protect our sensitive data in the hands of private companies?

Therefore, we, the Young Liberals, strongly encourage our federal party to speak against this draconian attack on free speech and society under the guise of online safety.

For freedom,
Young Liberals UK
Bristol Young Liberals
Oxford Students Liberal Association
Cambridge University Liberal Association
Edinburgh University Liberal Association
Highland Young Liberal Democrats
University of Warwick Liberal Democrats
London Young Liberals
King's College London Liberal Democrats

Berkshire Young Liberals

Lancaster University Liberal Democrats

Ealing Young Liberals

University of York Liberal Democrats

Durham University Liberal Democrats

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Jul 27

We will not be silent in the face of tyranny, we thank all YL branches and the executive for supporting our motion 💛

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Young Liberals 🏳️‍⚧️ @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social · Jul 27

A joint statement from YL and our branches regarding the Online Safety Bill.

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Jul 25

With a supermajority backing from our members, we are pleased to endorse Josh Babarinde for president of the Liberal Democrats

🗽The youth demands power, Josh will deliver it #JoshBosh

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Jul 16

🚨🇵🇸 ED DAVEY OFFICIALLY CALLS FOR PERSONALLY SANCTIONING NETANYAHU

‘Liberal Democrats can not stand for this rhetoric of ethnic cleansing’

🔶LibDems are the only party in the UK to do so

#PMQs

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Bristol Young Liberals 🔶 @uoblibdems.bsky.social · Jul 17

Votes for 16 is good progress, but it isn’t enough for true electoral reform majority of Britons want 👆🏻

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