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@ahertfordlibdem.bsky.social
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A LibDem in Hertford. Tweets represent personal views. May tweet things of local import or local LibDem news. Sometime cog in local machine.

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 7h
I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him.
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Scott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 16h
UPDATE: After deciding this weekend to block Politico from riding on Air Force One, White House staffers called numerous outlets to ask one to fill the primary print slot for the out-of-town pool rotation. Each of those outlets declined to step in. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...
washingtonpost.com
White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement
President Donald Trump will travel without a primary print pool reporter for the first time in recent memory.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 17h
Oh. This is a real thing.
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Daisy Cooper MP 🔶 @libdemdaisy.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
🧵 The Conservatives' rejection of closer ties with Europe has cemented their position as a pointless anti-growth anti-business party. Our @libdems.org.uk plan to Get Britain Growing Again will turbo-charge our economy, starting with a new Growth and Defence Partnership with Europe.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/10/2026
10 years on from Brexit, Europe is back on people’s minds. London St Pancras is Britain’s gateway to Europe, Patrick Stillman sets out the Lib Dem plan to rebuild ties with Europe and boost growth.
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Jim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Robert Jenrick’s handling of donations to his failed 2024 Tory leadership campaign has come under fresh scrutiny, after the UK donor at the centre of the row claimed that the politician and his senior campaign staff knew about the involvement of an overseas donor. www.ft.com/content/38a5...
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Reform UK’s Robert Jenrick faces fresh accusation from campaign donor
British businessman Phillip Ullmann says the politician was aware of his relationship with potentially illicit US donor
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
The pitch here seems to be, ‘we’ll build the houses and infrastructure we failed to build during the 14 years we were in government, but we’ll do it in the most damaging and lowest quality way possible’. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
theguardian.com
Tories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural England
Shadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth
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Ally Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 05/10/2026
So the Conservatives are now presenting leaving the Aarhus Convention as "levelling the playing field" - when in fact it will remove the rights of citizens to access environmental information and challenge environmentally damaging developments. So... in fact giving developers more power.
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Vikki Slade MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Agreed. Many green party members are there because they are passionate environmentalists - they would be at home with the party of 🌎Climate & Nature Bill ☀️Sunshine Bill 🦦UNESCO Chalk Streams Bill And a party where our support for Palestine, alongside a secure Israel has been unwavering 🕊️
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Sue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
www.theguardian.com/politics/202... It's high time the UK decided what it wants. That means realistic expectations, no cherry-picking, no exceptionalism & a complete understanding of what is feasible within EU rules. We must also decide what we are prepared to pay for the many benefits.
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Ball in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wants
Jukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EU
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Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
The motion passed at Green Party Conf' actively undermines a 2-state solution, and does not address the rising threats of Islamophobia and Antisemitism here in the UK. This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.
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Sean Carroll @seanedmund.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
In all my years working in tech-adjacent roles I don't think I've seen a bigger disconnect between Founders and their product/users than the AI bros.
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James Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Somehow not everyone is aware of fact alluded to below. So one more time: John Roberts, Brett Kavanaugh, Amy Coney Barrett were all on GWBush 2000 'Florida Recount' team. (Which made GWB first prez in 112 yrs to 'win' after losing popular vote. Now they 'impartially' rule on our future.)
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 29/09/2026
"More than 100 Jewish settlers went on the rampage in a Palestinian town in the occupied West Bank on Monday night, torching buildings and cars, stoning Israeli security forces and preventing the return of a Palestinian family displaced by previous settler attacks." www.ft.com/content/4f56...
ft.com
More than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian town
Jewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“Between 2019 and 2025, export volumes slumped 31 per cent as Brexit added border checks and trade complexity, pushing up costs for businesses” … and threatening our food security. Why TF would *anyone* want this for our businesses and our country? giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...
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Brexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bn
In the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 26/09/2026
⚡Ukraine strikes Russian defense plant producing missile components, General Staff says. The plant, located in the city of Azov, produces opto-mechanical and optoelectronic equipment, as well as electronic systems for artillery, missile, and anti-tank weapons.
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Ukraine strikes Russian defense plant producing missile components, General Staff says
The plant, located in the city of Azov, is part of Russia’s Tactical Missiles Corporation and produces opto-mechanical and optoelectronic equipment, as well as electronic systems for artillery, missil...
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Lavonne @loveon9.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The record shows that Blanche appears to have abused his office to bribe a witness (Ghislaine) and hide evidence in the only live criminal investigation covering Epstein’s Zorro Ranch. His conduct was intended to abuse his role as Dep AG to unlawfully act in the personal interest of the president.
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How an Obscure New Mexico Law Can Put Todd Blanche in Front of a Grand Jury Over the Epstein Files, in Dozens of Counties at Once
Citizens can convene one in any, or even every, county to charge him with bribing a witness and hiding evidence.
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
BREAKING: Massive Attack’s Rob Del Naja arrested under the UK Terrorism Act outside Labour Party conference venue. The legendary musician was arrested after peacefully holding “I oppose genocide - I support Palestine Action” on a paper sign on the eve of Labour’s conference.
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Richard Foord MP @richardfoordld.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
A farmer at the NFU's stakeholder day near Broadclyst missed out on SFI funding because they were at a family hospital appointment on the day it opened. The window shut in under six hours. I have added my name to Sarah Dyke MP's letter to the Environment Secretary. SFI should not be a lottery.
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Michael McDonald @electproject.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I demand that we only pay car and home insurance after we have an accident
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Anonymous @youranoncentral.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Anonymous hackers breached the official Russian justice website for occupied Crimea, gaining access to its databases and extracting more than 240 GB of judicial data comprising over 323,000 files. Anonymous demands Russia withdraw from Ukraine, reminds all that Crimea is Ukraine, now and forever.
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Raider @iwillnotbesilenced.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Pedro Mendoza Chavez was caught up in ICE's dragnet in San Antonio, leaving him hospitalized with head injury that required stitches. His wife has no idea where he is and has not been able to speak with him.
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Stephen Farrow @stephenfarrow.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
In related news, education has now apparently been banned in Florida.
Headline from News 6/ClickOrlando:

Florida schools now recognize new 'Lake America', education leader says
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Liar. Small boat crossings peaked under Johnson in 2022 reaching 46,000 in 2022. In current year they are 18,565 and falling. Also prior to Boris Johnson's Brexit there were none.
It's a disaster, and it can all be traced to
Labour ideology. Burnham has no mandate
from the people. He has no real ideas, and
no plan,

Johnson on X
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Trick Charles, PI 🎃 @nickcharles.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
We have control…but Iran wants to open it…but he’ll keep it closed because we’re winning. So we’re controlling it being closed. So we’re keeping it closed on our terms. But oil is going through. But Iran wants to open it so oil can go through. His brain is mush he can’t even lie competently.
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Democracy Docket @democracydocket.com · 25/09/2026
🚨 BREAKING: In a major loss for voters, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 to allow the Trump administration to initiate voter roll purges using a flawed database involving Americans' private data. The ruling will disproportionately impact naturalized citizens who've been wrongly flagged in the system.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Mind-blowing story in Private Eye about how the Telegraph's chief reporter reached out to James Orr (or meant to) after the Channel 4 donation revelations


...within hours of journalists on either the *Guardian* or *Sunday Times* contacting Reform for comment on the same stories ahead of them publishing their own investigations. Reform deputy leader Richard Tice and his fiancée, supposed journalist Isabel Oakeshott, even crowed online about their spoiler tactics.

Not that the *Telegraph* doesn't do its own leg work when reporting on Reform. After James Orr, the party's head of policy, had to resign after a sting by *Channel 4 News* (see "*Right Orr Wrong*, p14"), *Telegraph* chief reporter Rob Mendick texted Orr: "I was hoping to talk to you entirely on background," he schmoozed. "You must be feeling very bruised and I totally Appreciate [sic] the sensitivities. I suspect you deserve better and I wanted to see how I can put the record straight in some way." Alas, instead of the Reformer and Cambridge theologian, Mendick messaged someone else, who shared it with the *Eye*!
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Richard Littler @richardlittler.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Britain doesn't change. I'm rereading Holmes. It's 1887 and the Daily Telegraph speculates that a murder must have been perpetrated by refugees or socialists, and advocates a closer watch over foreigners, while the Standard blames such outrages on a liberal government. A Study in Red, White & Blue?
1st edition of A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is a low key tragedy. A broad consensus torched by a handful of ideologues and opportunists who do not even understand what net zero target is and why it was adopted. The reality is temperatures will continue to spiral until we reach net zero or civilisation collapses, whichever comes first.
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Disappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
I don’t believe for a second that Xi didn’t make this Thucydides trap reference fully knowing that Trump wouldn’t begin to understand it. Xi is mocking America & its clown president on camera. America is so cooked
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Alasdair Mackenzie @alasdairmackenzie.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
You know that saying about how the way they treat asylum seekers is the way they’d treat everyone else if they thought they could get away with it? Well,
The Tories said the reduced subsistence allowance would be loaded onto pre-paid card that would not allow cash withdrawals, and would "prevent spending" on alcohol, cigarettes, or gambling.
The party is yet to detail how its proposal would work, but shadow welfare secretary Helen Whately said it would be "a version" of the pre-paid Aspen card issued to asylum seekers living in government-funded accommodation.
These cards cannot be used to make contactless, telephone or internet payments, whilst asylum seekers whose applications have failed cannot withdraw cash.
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
ICE agents chasing him in a car ran this guy over a week ago, horribly injuring him. Needs some media attention beyond this: www.walb.com/2026/09/23/i...
walb.com
ICE releases statement after man run over in Dougherty County operation
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is now releasing more information about an incident that happened in Dougherty County on Sept. 17 when a man was run over by an ICE vehicle.
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NewsThump @newsthump.com · 24/09/2026
NEWS! Scientists reclassify the shortest measurable unit of time as that which occurs between Tommy Robinson's mate being arrested and the launch of his fundraising page buff.ly/pQI5HD4
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Scientists reclassify the shortest measurable unit of time as that which occurs between Tommy Robinson’s mate being arrested and the launch of his fundraising page
The world of physics is in shock after scientists announced the reclassification of the shortest measurable unit of time following the arrest of Tommy Robinson’s mate Danny Tommo. Previously,…
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Ed Morrish @edmorrish.com · 24/09/2026
this is the guy i reposted the other day who interviewed meta employees with pervert glasses - meta have taken his video down for “harassment”. which makes it one of the most effective pieces of satire in recent memory
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I don't feel sorry for her exactly but I do feel a kind of sorrow for her. Not sure I've ever witnessed someone debase themself like this in the name of ideology.
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Nick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Getting almost impossible to tell the difference the Onion and mainstrem media nowadays.
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Matt Green @mattgreencomedy.com · 23/09/2026
Not as catchy as Judge Dredd’s catchphrase, but it has a certain ring to it
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 23/09/2026
Trump: "Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions & millions into the Country, essentially unchecked & unvetted, & who are causing problems that'll soon be too big to handle. It is a Liberal takeover that will end very badly. Already showing up in their numbers. Big unemployment. ‘Oh Canada!"
Trump: "Canada is destroying itself by allowing millions and millions of people into the Country, essentially unchecked and unvetted, and who are causing problems that will soon be too big to handle. It is a Liberal takeover that will end very badly. Already showing up in their numbers. Big unemployment. ‘Oh Canada! President DJT"
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darth™️ @darthbluesky.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
does any word of this make any sense to any body
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Athena Kugblenu @athenakugblenu.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
A few years ago we were actively working to dismantle systemic racism which is discreet, complicated and takes a lot to understand and legislate against. We had taken the conversation to a very sophisticated place. Now we're back asking the state to enforce the fucking law, which is easy!!
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Adam Watson Brown @awb58.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
‘The risk is the emergence of a migration ‘doom loop', in which political pressure to reduce migration leads to policy choices that weaken economic performance and public services, thereby intensifying the very political discontent that fuels anti-immigration sentiment.’
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
It is very hard to satisfactorily describe just how badly the BBC's journalistic standards have collapsed in recent years. Quite completely fucking useless.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Quick take on the Ed Davey speech: It's just not good enough. And everyone in that hall knows it. iandunt.substack.com/p/ed-davy-sp...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 22/09/2026
Trump: "The very same people who said we'll all be dead in 12 years because of global warming -- a name since reborn to climate change because the planet was cooling, not warming -- these are the same people that are now saying AI is going to kill us all, that robots are going to attack us."
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Ed Davey, "Terrible Conservative Brexit deal backed by Nigel Farage.. Fixing our relationship with the EU to get our economy back on track.. Not just a CU but the Single Market.. Better defence against Putin.. Growth will allow tax free personal allowance to rise to £15,000"
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Bill Grueskin @bgrueskin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Google executives are in a tizzy, wondering what they need to update today
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Geoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
With a US Supreme Court case on climate deception looming, the oil company Suncor insists it never denied climate change. But my new @desmog.com story draws on documents showing Suncor helped lead a group in the 90s that spread 'uncertainties' about the science. www.desmog.com/2026/09/21/s...
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Suncor Helped Lead Climate Denial Group Spreading ‘Uncertainties’
With a U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on whether the company can be held liable for climate deception, internal documents show a campaign to question science.
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I Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Trumper on #r4today says that Trump doesn't want any reporting of his "secret philanthropy" because "people will think [he's] a softie". Counterpoint: he doesn't want anyone to look into it, because he doesn't do any. QED
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Tom Hannen @tomhannen.ft.com · 21/09/2026
Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks - FT video produced by me, written by @chriscook.news & @chassnews.bsky.social FT story (1st 300 clicks free): as.ft.com/r/c4fd2c08-5...
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
We are now going to see a rash of pointless micro nation referendums aren't we. This seasons flags on lampposts.
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