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Election Maps UK@electionmaps.uk · yesterday

Hutton & Locking (North Somerset) Council By-Election Result: ➡️ RFM: 38.5% (New) 🔶 LDM: 33.3% (+13.7) 🌳 CON: 15.3% (-21.2) 🌹 LAB: 7.2% (-9.2) 🌍 GRN: 5.7% (New) No Ind (-27.5) as previous. Reform GAIN from Conservative. Changes w/ 2023.

It's hard to read this as anything other than complaining bitterly about having to do one's job.

David Lammy here admitting he hasn't kept up to date with his constituents for 27 years and has utterly taken their votes for granted.

Dara O'Reilly@daraor.bsky.social · 18h ago

It's hard to read this as anything other than complaining bitterly about having to do one's job.

Five C-17s delivered King Donald the Mad’s Secret Service motorcade to Ireland: Cadillac SUVs, anti-drone systems, assault vehicles and emergency equipment – all for a 2-day trip including the Irish Open at his own Doonbeg golf resort. And US taxpayers pick up the bill for his private event.

It's disgraceful enough of Donald Trump to skip the 9/11 Memorial in New York City, but to go golfing in Ireland instead—just to promote one of his properties—shows Trump's contempt not just for this solemn anniversary, but also for decency itself.

Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺@maxbrockbank.com · 14h ago

Five C-17s delivered King Donald the Mad’s Secret Service motorcade to Ireland: Cadillac SUVs, anti-drone systems, assault vehicles and emergency equipment – all for a 2-day trip including the Irish Open at his own Doonbeg golf resort. And US taxpayers pick up the bill for his private event.

A reminder that the convicted sex pest and his deeply corrupt family are about to arrive in Ireland, where everyone involved in the Irish Open golf tournament will disgrace themselves in fawning over these criminal reprobate monsters. www.rte.ie/news/munster...

All the details on restrictions in Clare for Trump visit

Gardaí have said a "significant policing and security operation" is under way in Co Clare for US President Donald Trump's visit to Doonbeg for the Amgen Irish Open.

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Hospital at Home works, and we need answers. I’ve teamed up with other local Lib Dem MPs whose constituents are supported by the Royal United Hospitals Bath to call for clarity over the future of its Hospital at Home service. Patient care must be at the heart of any decision being made.

🚨 Labour open up largest lead over Reform since Andy Burnham became PM in latest Survation poll. Reform UK’s support continues to wain. Conservatives close gap on Reform. Lib Dems increase vote share pulling ahead of Greens.

Survation.@survation.bsky.social · 13h ago

NEW: Westminster Voting Intention LAB 28% (+1) RFM 23% (-1) CON 21% (+2) LD 10% (+1) GRN 8% (-2) SNP 2% (=) PC 2% (+1) RB 2% (-1) OTH 4% (=) F/w 9-10 September 2026. Changes vs 28/08/2026

Alongside my fellow Surrey Lib Dem MPs, I have written the the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government demanding answers as to why our county is being asked to continue with a programme of local government reorganisation that is now being reconsidered almost everywhere else.

Sir Ed, that buffoon apparently?… Lib Dems been working with & tabling motions to better our nation, yet there are still the imbeciles still talking about Clegg & his no spine coalition & student fees… Newsflash!!! Tories had 10 more years to break even further, and they did👍

Jim Pickard@pickardje.bsky.social · 3d ago

Sir Ed Davey just brought up this alarming scoop at PMQs

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A New Deal with Europe

Liberal Democrats are calling for the UK to join the single market and customs union, to fix the damage done by Brexit and get our country back on track.

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www.libdems.org.uk/trade

A New Deal with Europe

Liberal Democrats are calling for the UK to join the single market and customs union, to fix the damage done by Brexit and get our country back on track.

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In Dorset we have lost 44 dentists in the last 5 years despite increasing need. With funding failing to reach frontline dental services urgent action is needed to ensure that money allocated for dentistry is spent only on dentistry. Petition link in comments below 👇

Properly Fund Dentistry - Mid Dorset and North Poole Liberal Democrats share.google/wp64kHLfANe7...

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A New Deal with Europe

Liberal Democrats are calling for the UK to join the single market and customs union, to fix the damage done by Brexit and get our country back on track.

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www.libdems.org.uk/trade

A New Deal with Europe

Liberal Democrats are calling for the UK to join the single market and customs union, to fix the damage done by Brexit and get our country back on track.

libdems.org.uk

I do love how Ed Davey says the word Trump… Disgust, dripping off it.

Sir Ed Davey just brought up this alarming scoop at PMQs

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 3d ago

EXC: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, the first time a major model withheld from AISI Move has prompted fears in UK govt that tech firms are falling into line with Trump admin’s AI protectionism www.ft.com/content/560e...

I know. It baffles me how little traction that story got. Also Tommy Robinson going to Moscow. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Tommy Robinson’s Musk-funded Russia trip spurs call to defend UK democracy

Ed Davey voices concern about the Musk family foundation taking the far-right activist on a visit to Moscow

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Show us your face for the week.

Neil Norman And His Cosmic Orchestra@fubsyshabaroon.bsky.social · 2d ago

Show us your face for the week

Andy Burnham was challenged on our FT scoop about Anthropic by Lib Dem leader Ed Davey at PMQs today The PM warned AI ‘poses risks to our national security’, but insisted it ‘could also be the source of solutions’

Lucy Fisher@lucyfisher.ft.com · 3d ago

EXC: Anthropic declined to submit its latest model to Britain’s AI Security Institute for testing before release, the first time a major model withheld from AISI Move has prompted fears in UK govt that tech firms are falling into line with Trump admin’s AI protectionism www.ft.com/content/560e...

Andy Burnham requested by Sir Ed Davey and senior Liberal Democrats to hold cross-party talks about the Climate-Nature crisis. Will he do it?

Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature@zero-hour.bsky.social · 3d ago

🌿 Great to hear CNCC Vice-Chair @pippaheylings.bsky.social at The #WildSummit UK today! 📣 “Andy Burnham must convene urgent cross-party talks on our response to the climate-nature crisis. After the summer we’ve just lived through there isn’t any other way than doing it now and together.”

Reform mired in scandal. A Labour government that literally cannot do the most basic bits of “are you a state?” i.e. arrest people who blockade infrastructure and intimidate the free press. Literally everyone in politics is optimising towards a Conservative victory other than Kemi Badenoch.

I'm a White British Catholic woman from Burton and Uttoxeter, in my fifties. My top issue is defence. In 2024 I voted Conservative. Today I'd vote Lib Dem.

Every child born between 2002 and 2011 was given a Child Trust Fund. When a young person lacks the capacity to manage money, parents must currently apply to the Court of Protection to reach it. Ed Davey spent eight months doing that for his son John.

As we all know Reform’s Nigel Farage is seen as the sleaziest party leader with 73%! Lib Dem leader Ed Davey is seen as the least sleaziest leader with just 28%.

Ministers voted against the change and could try to strip it out when the bill reaches MPs. Lib Dems will be pressing Labour MPs to keep it and let families reach money that was always meant for their children.

Two years after the Scottish Government refused to fund the tram, we were promised answers. Instead, this report confirms the Council is no closer to finding the tens of millions needed for a business case, let alone the £bns required for construction. www.edinburghlibdems.org/news/article...

Lib Dems slam lack of answers in new tram report

Edinburgh Liberal Democrats have hit out at the lack of clarity on the future of tram funding.

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Very few in all probability, not because it's not an important issue, but because no votes are happening that day, so most will be in their constituencies dealing with local issues.

Interesting Westminster Hall debate on Monday 12 October. On the petition demanding the UK applies to rejoin the EU. Debate is on the motion: “That this House has considered e-petition 749128 relating to the UK applying to rejoin the EU”. Will be on Parliament TV. Which MPs will turn up?