Laura McCracken
@lauramccracken.bsky.social
Board Director (Fintech to BigTech)/ Speaker / Political Idealist hoping to re-inspire liberal democracy / Pro-EU / Pro-NATO/ Free Press / Dual UK & US citizen, based in London / Bridge b/w 🇬🇧, 🇺🇸 and 🇪🇺. ♥️💃🕺🥂🎶🎬🌎⛵️ http://linkedin.com/in/lauramccracken
The result is in… Reform won the by-election in Bromley Common. ➡️ RFM: 34.0% (New) 🌳 CON: 29.4% (-11.8) 🌹 LAB: 18.2% (-10.4) 🔶 LDM: 13.7% (-2.2) 🌍 GRN: 4.7% (-9.7) 🔶On the positive side, Lib Dems lost less share of vote than the other parties. It has been an honour to serve as your candidate!!!
Big 🙏 to Luke Taylor MP Sutton & Cheam for canvassing with us today in Bromley Common & Holwood. Tomorrow is the big day… 24th July! Don’t miss your chance to vote Laura McCracken & Lib Dems! 💛🔶 Also, see our eve of polling day newsletter here: prod.cdn.everyaction.com/emails/van/LIB…
What a great day of canvassing in Bromley Common & Holwood! Huge shout out to Bobby Dean MP for rolling up his sleeves to campaign with us… and the amazing volunteers from near and far! 🙏🙏🙏
Being first in the queue was a political win for Keir Starmer.
Donald Trump has reduced tariffs on British metals and cars, but how important is this trade deal? Experts react
Being first in the queue was a political win for Keir Starmer.
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Russia is NOT winning the war. They’ve barely moved over the 3 years. When Trump says Ukraine has no cards, he doesn’t understand the will of the people to retain sovereignty and defeat a foreign invader. Look at US in Vietnam, Afghanistan, and Iraq. They didn’t have cards either…
Ukraine minerals JV signed between US and Ukraine with equal Board members from both countries. Payback clause from previous Biden aide and other onerous restrictions removed. Looks better than the previous extortionate deal. youtu.be/g6CLlNfjoew?...
Trump's 'failure' in Ukraine risks war with Russia 'in three years'
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Watching UK news coverage over the last 24 hours, one would think Farage's Reform party had taken over the Conservatives as the 2nd largest party in local government. In reality, Reform are 5th, coming some distance behind the Greens. Lib Dems gained over 160 Councillor seats… 370 total! 💛💛💛
Can you identify the “Real Americans” vs Immigrants? Quick funny clip that makes a point. 😜 youtube.com/shorts/9SU41...
Why This Billy on the Street Clip Still Hits Hard Today
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Bravo to Singapore’s new Prime Minister, Lawrence Wong, for his thoughtful insights and strategic global vision. His remarks were reminiscent of the past 80 years and hopeful of the future with a mix of empathy, humility, pragmatism and confidence. youtu.be/ZZbJbOA_uY8
Singapore PM Full Speech | Lawrence Wong's Message To US Amid Trump's Tariff War With China
YouTube video by NDTV
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Behold ye good people of the world… the 2025 Easter message from the President of the United States. 🇺🇸 (We’re so proud… 😜!)
Good question by Dr. Fiona Hill regarding China’s involvement in the Ukraine war going forward now that US is siding with Putin. China was one of the largest investors in Ukraine and only a supported Russia as a proxy war against the US. youtu.be/O3KaFk1_QXI?...
Fiona Hill and Lucian Kim, Unfair Triangle: Ukraine-U.S-Russia
YouTube video by Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies
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Trump just announced tariffs of 245% on Chinese imports, a dramatic escalation to the ongoing trade war. Might as well make it 1000% at this point as trade is definitely now dead between US and China. This is a childish move that does nothing to improve the global economy, stability or security.
Is Trump creating concentration camps in El Salvador? Trump told the President of El Salvador that he’s gonna need to build about 5 new prisons in El Salvador… because the “homegrown” criminals from US are next. Is that with or without due process?
How many MAGA loyalists does is take to change a lightbulb? None. Donald Trump tells them how amazing the new lightbulb is shining, while the MAGA loyalists applaud in the dark.
Economic security and national security are intertwined. By declaring a an ill-considered trade war on allies and adversaries alike, Trump is undermining the delicate balance of trade. I’d like to see UK, EU, Canada, Australia and NZ be more ambitious. Carney, Merz and Macron are leading the way.
This is scary. Being ‘disappeared’ to an El Salvador prison without ANY due process is cruel and unjust. 75% of these men have no criminal record and several were cases of mistaken identity. Kristi Noem is using this to send a signal… it’s a slippery slope, America. youtu.be/_QmW99SqBuw?...
What records show about the migrants sent to Salvadoran mega-prison
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Stop trying to explain Trump’s strategy on tariffs. It’s just a power play. Trump is giving himself “cards” so that individuals, oligarchs, companies, states and countries will ‘kiss the ring’ and give some pro quo for tariff relief. Creating a global kleptocracy and system of patronage.
Loved this quote from an economist from JP Morgan: "The stock market cannot be bullied, intimidated, deported, 'primaried' in the next election, or otherwise censored...." So the stock and bond markets are serving as "the adults in the room"! :)
After seeing $6.6 trillion in stock market value wiped out, Trump walked back his erratic tariff policy with a "90-day pause" and implemented 10% global tariffs, 25% auto, and 25% aluminium/ steel... except China. China retaliated from 34% to 84% tariffs and Trump doubled down with 125% tariffs.
Our goal is to bring manufacturing jobs back to America! So let's be patient with Trump's trade war with Asia. With short-term sacrifice, our children could have this to look forward to - the good old days of textile manufacturing in the USA!!! Make America Great Again! youtu.be/9ozRXax8wTo?...
Sweatshops and Home Work in the Dress Industry 1938 The Women's Bureau
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Hardest hit markets are the US and Japan (-18%) and the least hit is China (-4%). That’s partly because China is not nearly as reliant upon the US as the US is reliant upon China. China has 1.3B population that doesn’t need to buy US goods. So China has an advantage in a trade war.
The stock market is the only thing willing to speak truth to power. 🤔 Next we’ll see inflation rise, global demand / GDP decline, profit margins squeezed, and jobs eliminated… ultimately stagflation.
Is Joe Rogan turning on Trump? Rogan (with 70M subscribers) was a major supporter in the ‘manosphere’, yet even Rogan finds snatching men off the street and shipping them to El Salvador without any due process (not even a single phone call to the spouse)… to be un-American. youtu.be/dBehCSOMhgY
Why Joe Rogan Is DONE With Trump!
YouTube video by The News Agents
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10% Tariffs on the Heard & McDonald Islands (which are only inhabited by Penguins)!
Trump does NOT have a mandate to shred our institutions. His margin of victory (pop vote + electoral college) is the third smallest since 1888. (Only JFK in '60 and Nixon in '68 were smaller.) If 238k votes in the blue wall states had been different, he would have lost. 49.8% vs 48.3% NOT a mandate.
Booker: "I confess that I have been imperfect. I confess that I've been inadequate to the moment. I've confess that the Democratic Party has made terrible mistakes that gave a lane to this demagogue. I confess we all must look in the mirror and say 'we will do better.'"
