Roy Pounsford 🔶
@roypounsford.bsky.social
Fulham Town By-election Candidate for the Liberal Democrats. Very keen for us to rejoin the EU. Turn Thames Water into a Public Benefit Company. Reopen the Hammersmith bridge to vehicles. Winter fuel cut to put 50,000 pensioners into relative poverty.
Obama’s real sin was interrupting America’s cherished tradition of turning every foreign-policy problem into a 20-year war.
Solar panel prices have fallen 90% since 2010, making solar the cheapest form of energy on Earth. oilprice.com/Alternative-...
How Solar Panel Prices Fell 90 Percent In 15 Years | OilPrice.com
Solar power outpaced every other energy source in 2025, driven by falling costs, early policy bets and a global push for energy security.
oilprice.com
➡️ Ed Davey: "There seems to be a movement, particularly on the right, to move away from the liberal progress I thought we made, where we respect people, we judge them on their merit" - www.politicshome.com/news/article...
Media Coverage Of Jason Arday Was Nasty And Disproportionate, Says Ed Davey
Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey has said that parts of the media reported on Jason Arday in a way that was “disproportionate, unfair, mean and nas...
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Every single second, the world hands $6,000 to the fossil fuel industry in subsidies. That’s $5 TRILLION every year. Renewables? Barely a fraction of that. We are literally paying to cook our own planet. When does this madness stop? 🌍💸 #ClimateCrisis #FossilFuels
Lib Dems to force vote on donation cap commission Lisa Smart MP on reports Burnham won't back a cap: "This is totally unacceptable and leaves our democracy dangerously exposed. Lib Dems will force the donation cap commission to a vote when the bill returns & we expect many Labour MPs will join us."
🎉🎉🎉 Lib Dems make another by-election gain from Reform: www.markpack.org.uk/177335/lib-d...
Lib Dems make another gain from Reform
The Liberal Democrats made another council by-election gain from Reform this week, this time in Huntingdonshire.
markpack.org.uk
🚌 Tom Gordon celebrates a big campaign win to help people with disabilities: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Free bus travel for disabled people in England to be extended to 24 hours a day
The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.
bbc.co.uk
3️⃣ Helen Morgan sets out three tests for cross-party social care reform talks: www.localgov.co.uk/EXCLUSIVE-Li...
EXCLUSIVE: Lib Dems set out three tests for cross-party social care talks | LocalGov
Liberal Democrat health spokesperson Helen Morgan has set out three tests for cross-party social care reform talks with the Government.
localgov.co.uk
⛓️💥 Daisy Cooper: "The government has FINALLY heard Lib Dem calls for a shake up of this anti-growth Treasury" - bsky.app/profile/libd...
Daisy Cooper MP 🔶@libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 3d ago🧵 The government has FINALLY heard @libdems.org.uk calls for a shake up of this anti-growth Treasury. Our country needs growth and we need it now. That’s why I laid out our party’s proposals for a new Department for Growth outside of Whitehall earlier this year.
The UK is on fire. Reform UK's response? Let's "enjoy" the heat. This is madness.
Siding with the enemy over one of our longtime allies. AGAIN. He is unquestionably an existential threat to our Democracy. #Impeach-Convict-REMOVE
Reform’s attack on benefit claimants is rather odd when voters that claim some form of benefit are the most likely to vote for Reform U.K. over any other party. But of course they will all believe the benefit cuts will not affect them, but only the work-shy, false claimants and of course immigrants
Left: Nigel Farage says he's beaten the establishment candidate in Clacton Right: Nigel Farage admits he's been part of the establishment for 33 years
🚰 Cllr Liz Evans: “Dŵr Cymru have got away with their gross mishandling of our water infrastructure for far too long, and these figures prove it" - www.tenby-today.co.uk/news/welsh-w...
Welsh Water's massive leak loss sparks outrage
As a drought grips Wales, the Liberal Democrats demand action from Welsh Water over immense leak losses in the water infrastructure.
tenby-today.co.uk
🌍 Pippa Heylings: We need cross-party leadership on the climate crisis - bsky.app/profile/libd...
Liberal Democrats@libdems.org.uk · last wk.We need cross-party leadership on the climate crisis. Preparing communities for extreme weather while moving away from fossil fuels and protecting families, farmers, the NHS and our economy. @PippaHeylings.bsky.social
Farage, Reform and the ‘Russia question’ that won’t go away How far have Russian influence operations penetrated British politics, particularly in the Brexit era Published 31/10/25 searchlightmagazine.com/2025/10/fara...
People of Clacton! Show your support for me by putting a bin outside your house, one day this week, of a colour of Tendring Council's choice. This will be unequivocal proof of the success of my campaign.
Is anyone surprised? DeSmog: "Reform UK leader Nigel Farage used a quarter of his speeches in Parliament to boost U.S. President Donald Trump’s attacks on the UK’s Chagos Islands deal – three times more than he raised the cost of living."
Nigel Farage Dubbed ‘MP for Washington’ for Parroting Trump in Parliament
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage used a quarter of his speeches in Parliament to boost U.S. President Donald Trump’s attack
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➡️ Lisa Smart: "We have a proud tradition of liberty and freedom of speech in this country and we don’t need Trump’s Maga money meddling in our democracy" - www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
US accused of meddling in British politics with $500,000 grant for ‘public education’ courses
Documents published on US embassy’s website prompt claims of attempt to export Maga propaganda to UK
theguardian.com
🚰 Zöe Franklin: "Households [face] severe fines of up to £1,000 for using a hosepipe, while negligent water companies are allowed to lose hundreds of millions of litres of water every single day through their own crumbling infrastructure" - inews.co.uk/news/water-f...
Water farce as firms lose 2.6bn litres a day… more than hosepipe bans save
Leaky infrastructure means companies imposing hosepipe bans are losing enough water to supply millions of people
inews.co.uk
🏥 Helen Morgan: "Andy Burnham must urgently put an end to this, and fix the Health Bill so that modernising the NHS doesn't come at the expense of accountability, transparency or patient safety" - www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Risk of patient safety 'bonfire' with Health Bill changes, Lib Dems say
The party says the government's plans to modernise the NHS risk another major hospital scandal.
bbc.co.uk
🚨 "Scientists say global blazes account for 10% of UK’s particle pollution – and the climate crisis could make the problem worse."
Why Britain is breathing the world’s wildfire smoke
Scientists say global blazes account for 10% of UK’s particle pollution – and climate crisis could make the problem wors
theguardian.com
Do you have an issue you'd like my help with? I'll be holding drop-in surgery session tomorrow at Newbury Library. No appointment is needed. Just come along to discuss any local issue or concern. I look forward to seeing you there.
