Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialNick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 20hMan City UPDATE FT are reporting all premier league clubs use one of the "Big 4" auditing companies (Deloitte, EY, KPMG & PwC) for their accounts. Except one. None of the major auditing firms would touch one club so, since 2007, they had to use a much smaller auditor. That club is...Man City. 112
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialDr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk · 13/10/2026The US midterms are 3 weeks away and election misinformation is already spreading. As of Oct. 13, NewsGuard has debunked 25 viral false claims about the midterms, appearing across 268 websites and accounts. www.newsguardtech.com/special-repo... 11313
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialSusan Murray MP @mpsusanmurray.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Reform and the Conservatives would tear up the human rights protections Winston Churchill championed. 22610
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialNick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 20hGood versus Evil. 012
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 20h🔴 Reform UK’s Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling Profits Quidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage’s Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings bylinetimes.com/2026/10/15/r...bylinetimes.comReform UK's Richard Tice’s Property Firm Pays £800,000 in Dividends Despite Falling ProfitsQuidnet REIT, which Nigel Farage's Deputy controls, made a pre-tax loss in 2025, but still paid shareholders more than three times its adjusted earnings 58259
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialIain Overton @iainoverton.bsky.social · 20hCorruption, much? CFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil Trades Chairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack. www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...bloomberg.comCFTC Staff Were Told to Retract Analysis of Suspicious Oil TradesChairman’s adviser intervened to take over examination of lucrative bets that were made around Trump reversal on Iran power plant attack. 054
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialNick Craw🇪🇺🇨🇦🇬🇱🇹🇭 @nickcraw.bsky.social · 14/10/2026Sometimes you need to give the English a little more time to get over things. 2298
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 14/10/20261/ Russian warbloggers are applauding the Trump Administration for the apparent crippling of Starlink in Ukraine. Terminals now reportedly no longer work at speeds of higher than 60-70 km/h (37 to 44 mph), effectively disabling many Ukrainian drones. ⬇️ 45844434
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialEdward Luce @edwardluce.bsky.social · 13/10/2026“Another US president would be pressuring Russia to stop slaughtering innocents. Trump is instead giving them the means to kill more.” Me on Trump’s darkest turn yet against Ukraine. as.ft.com/r/0f7ee7f8-3...as.ft.comWhy Trump is going for Zelenskyy’s jugularNo matter how much America’s allies urge the president to back Ukraine, he cannot forgive its leader for showing up his dealmaking impotence 37914281
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialEric Umansky @ericumansky.bsky.social · 11/10/2026Watch an ICE agent run down and then run over a man. The man was was then writhing on the ground, saying "You broke my leg! You broke my leg!" Agents didn't help him. And btw, the man wasn't the target of their operation. 12122651083
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialCold War Steve @coldwarsteve.bsky.social · 09/10/2026 331989557
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialBen Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026‘Culturally British by my standards’ is one of the most chilling phrases uttered in British politics. Entirely unsurprising to me who it’s from. 62969237
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialSathnam Sanghera @sathnam.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Dear tv and radio producers. Thankyou for the invitation. But, no, I do not want to appear on your show to defend the idea that I am English, after 50 years of living and working here, because the increasingly feral right want to turn this into a "debate" and you cannot see how you're being played 10752121146
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialChrisO_wiki @chriso-wiki.bsky.social · 09/10/20261/ The arrest in Montenegro of Russia's leading warblogger, Mikhail Zvinchuk, is causing shock in Russia. He and his wife potentially face 15 years' imprisonment if they are extradited to the US after an operation said to have involved the US National Security Agency. ⬇️ 19494117
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialHappyToast @happytoast.co.uk · 09/10/2026The layout for the execution in the US has been released by the state department 2142698
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialBen Jennings @bjennings90.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Illustration from today’s @theguardian.com to accompany piece by @georgemonbiot.bsky.social on the government’s Prepare campaign, which gives the public advice on how to avoid disasters whilst policies that lead us closer to crisis are given the green light www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... 3404151
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialemptywheel @emptywheel.bsky.social · 09/10/2026In Broadview 6 case, Judge Perry suggested the government was being "truthy" in their statements about directions they had from Main DOJ. 😂 520442
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialGeorge Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Funny how these errors always seem to head in the same direction. A bit like Richard Tice's tax mistakes. 29786225
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialMarie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 09/10/2026what a grim and mean little quote 24587106
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialLaura Bassett @lebassett.bsky.social · 09/10/2026“If you don’t like public executions just don’t watch it” says the crowd trying to ban drag shows and books 4073529410622
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 09/10/2026The Trump administration will go down as one of the most cruel and murderous in modern history. #Kenya bsky.app/profile/prop... 042
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialZoe Tillman @zoetillman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026NEW: A US trade judge approved class-action status for a legal fight over $166B+ in refunds for President Trump’s global tariffs, finding that it was necessary to make sure tens of thousands of importers, esp. small businesses, aren't shut out of getting money back buff.ly/Q1faoU8 416963
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialPeter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Reform have conducted an independent inquiry and announced they won the Holborn and St Pancras byelection. 626543
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialGavin Esler @gavinesler.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Looks like we have entered the "bread and circuses" phase of the decline of the American empire. - Fort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon Says www.nytimes.com/2026/10/08/u...nytimes.comFort Hood Shooter’s Execution Will Be Public and Streamed Live, Pentagon SaysIf carried out, the public execution of Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan by firing squad set for Dec. 3 would be the first in modern U.S. history. 139119
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialRuss Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 09/10/2026Tom Watson on phone hacking "Consumer boycotts do impact [and] it's up to the public to decide whether they want to put up with that kind of nonsense" www.abc.net.au/pm/archive/a... So it's legitimate for the public to want boycotts when it's The Sun, but "mob rule" when it's Palantir. 1821181
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialJosiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 07/10/2026There we have it. Reform officially ditches its pledge - or rather, its 2024 "contract" with voters - to back proportional representation. A clear breach of contract... Via Politico: 8276113
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 08/10/2026As predicted, Google's Matt Brittin is aiming to complete the death by a 1000 cuts plan initiated by the appointment of a raft of Tories who have been leading the BBC since Cameron's premiership. bsky.app/profile/zefr... 131
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialHeather Stewart @guardianheather.bsky.social · 08/10/2026Sorry at what point do the government feel the need to do something about BBC funding, or are they just going to watch it be salami-sliced to extinction? 4132694
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialthattimwalker.bsky.social @thattimwalker.bsky.social · 08/10/2026No comment necessary. 11610
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/10/2026The plan may be to try a plausible deniability approach. Kassam is an ethnic minority blogger, very close to Farage for decades, pushing the terms "anchor baby", "Nigerian fraud" about Badenoch. He is in the inner circle, according to Farage, with no official role, as Dan Hodges has observed. 3264
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialI Am Incorrigible @imincorrigible.bsky.social · 07/10/2026When it comes to the reason Donald Trump wants to discredit the BBC, maybe we've all been looking in the wrong direction. #Panorama #Epstein #CSA #r4today 0103
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialSarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 07/10/2026Seriously… how can a party that insists on scrapping all progress with the EU, binning NetZero and leaving the ECHR, so that it can abuse its power without accountability… how can that party claim “the soul of the nation”. The ruin - maybe. The soul - definitely not. 1949394
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialChris Murphy @chrismurphyct.bsky.social · 06/10/2026Something unprecedented happened during my visit to the Gulf. For the first time in 20 years in Congress, I was denied entry to U.S. military facilities and even meetings with military leaders. An order from Hegseth - that applies to both parties - to hide the cost of the war. 23447212172
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialStephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 06/10/2026I had this bit about Jeffrey Archer from the 1995 HIGNFY video memorised for whenever I needed a handy fact about him. 431781679
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialScott Nover @scottnover.bsky.social · 05/10/2026UPDATE: 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.comWhite House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacementPresident Donald Trump will travel without a primary print pool reporter for the first time in recent memory. 42928268
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialDisappointed Optimist @disappoptimism.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Oh. This is a real thing. 5131
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialDaisy 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. 13510
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/10/202610 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. 35326
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialJim Pickard @pickardje.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Robert 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...ft.comReform UK’s Robert Jenrick faces fresh accusation from campaign donorBritish businessman Phillip Ullmann says the politician was aware of his relationship with potentially illicit US donor 20451211
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialJames Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 05/10/2026The 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.comTories to pledge to scrap Environment Agency and Natural EnglandShadow chancellor will also promise to scrap affordable homes regulations as part of strategy to refocus on growth 771395441
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialAlly Tibbitt @allytibbitt.me · 05/10/2026So 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. 49040
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialVikki Slade MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Agreed. 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 🕊️ 33113
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialSue Wilson MBE @suewilson91.bsky.social · 05/10/2026www.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.theguardian.comBall in UK’s court: EU ambassador says Brussels will be ‘ready to engage‘ after country decides what it wantsJukka Salovaara, who served in London during Cool Britannia era, will be ‘very close’ to negotiations as Burnham government resets relations with EU 1217
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialLuke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026The 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. 510955
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialSean Carroll @seanedmund.bsky.social · 02/10/2026In 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. 44921
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialJames Fallows @jfallows.bsky.social · 01/10/2026Somehow 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.) 9753522189
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialHenry 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.comMore than 100 Israelis go on rampage in Palestinian townJewish settlers blocked roads, set tyres ablaze and prevented the return of a Palestinian family in latest surge of violence in occupied West Bank 78050
Reposted by @ahertfordlibdem.bsky.socialSarah 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/...giftarticle.ft.comBrexit and Donald Trump’s tariffs push UK’s food and drink trade deficit to £21bnIn the first half of 2026, the sector’s export volumes fell 11.7% to hit their third-lowest level on record 29478201