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25 | Brum born | RF Physicist | Physics Grad @uniofyork | South Central Young Liberal Chair | Co-Chair Liberal Reform | Reading Lib Dem

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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Trans people should not have to plan their day around where they might be challenged.
They should not have to make themselves invisible to participate in public life.
Trans people should be able to live freely, safely, and with dignity.
Lucas North
Chair, LGBT+ Liberal Democrats
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Delighted to see so many lovely people at @readingprideuk.bsky.social today. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Enormous support for our petition agains the ban on puberty blockers, and we've had Councillors, MPs and even a Mayor come by our stall. We're still here at King's Meadow - come and say hi! #Pride #Rdguk
A group of smiling people in a yellow and black gazebo decked out in Lib Dem colours and Pride flags, with an EU flag on one side.  The table has a Trans Pride flag and carries Lib Dem leaflets and a petition against the ban on puberty blockers.  The people behind include Cllr. James Moore (Lib Dem, Tilehurst, Reading Borough Council), Olly Glover MP (Lib Dem, Didcot & Wantage), and Cllr. Al Neal, the Mayor of Earley, wearing his chain of office with a very fine tie-dye shirt
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Robert Ramsay @robertramsay.org · 24/07/2026
from a friend of mine: "Just been told by the Council that the reason I had to wait 4 weeks for a new bin after mine disappeared is "due to the conflict in the Middle East". Never thought I'd ever see those words in relation to bins"
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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Happy Pride Month, everyone! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ We know there's a lot of work still left to do, and we're still fighting. 💪 Here for you, always. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
A graphic of a collage of photos from various Lib Dem and LGBT+ Lib Dem appearances at Pride parades and festivals, with the orange text 'Happy PRIDE MONTH' in the centre, above the LGBT+ Lib Dems' rainbow bird-of-liberty logo. The very very long LGBT+ Lib Dems' trans+ pride flag features prominently.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 20/05/2026
Tonight for the first time a Europa League final will only be on tv behind a paywall - this simply cannot be allowed to happen a week on Saturday for the Champions League final. Anna Sabine, along with 39 other Lib Dem MPs, has written to Lisa Nandy 👇
Dear Secretary of State and Mr Georgiou,

We are writing to you jointly on behalf of football fans across the United Kingdom to express our profound concern over the decision to place the finals of the UEFA Champions League, Europa League, and Conference League behind a paywall.

For years, these European showpiece finals have been a shared cultural moment, made available to every household in the UK regardless of income. By restricting these landmark sporting events to a premium subscription service, millions of passionate fans are effectively being priced out of the beautiful game at its climax. Football belongs to the community, not just to those who can afford expensive monthly pay-TV packages.

This is all the more important in a year where English clubs feature in every one of the European finals this year. Fans of Arsenal, Aston Villa, and Crystal Palace deserve to watch their team play in these once in a lifetime spectacles.

This decision directly undermines the spirit of the upcoming Sporting Events Bill. While the Liberal Democrats fully support legislation to make it easier to host massive tournaments on British soil, there is little point in bringing these events to the UK if the British public is locked out from watching them. Major sporting finals should inspire the next generation, bring communities together, and remain accessible to all.

Therefore, we are calling for immediate, coordinated action from both government and industry.

We urge TNT Sports to recognise its responsibility to the grassroots football community, look beyond short-term commercial paywalls, and immediately commit to restoring free-to-air access for these three upcoming UEFA finals.

We urge the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to intervene, engage directly with TNT Sports leadership, and ensure that this situation can never happen again. Liberal Democrats are also asking that the Government uses the Sporting Events Bill to legally mandate that these major European final
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Thank you to everyone in Reading who voted for the Reading Liberal Democrats in this year's local elections. We're delighted that Cllr. Meri O'Connell was returned for another four years in Tilehurst, and with the @libdems.org.uk gains across the country for a record eight years running. 🧡
Meri O'Connell and the Reading Lib Dem team say a huge THANK YOU!

A picture of a crowd of smiling Lib Dems, including Cllr. Meri O'Connell, smiling in a sunny park holding a leaflet.

A bar chart showing the Lib Dems on 1144 votes, Reform UK on 763, Labour on 439, Green on 343, and Conservatives on 288, and the logo of the Reading Liberal Democrats.

The result in Tilehurst ward in the 2026 local elections. Thank you to everyone who backed Meri and the Reading Lib Dem team this year!
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Fantastic reception, as ever, in west Reading #Rdguk and Tilehurst on election week. #LibDems #LE2026
A crowd of smiling people holding Liberal Democrat leaflets
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Yesterday Chris and I were joined by Cllr Caleb Pell, delivering our week of poll leaflets across Norcot. Great reception on the bank holiday and another 800 doors reached! Thursday 7th May is the chance to break 40 years of Labour dominance here by voting LD! #rdg #LE26 @readinglibdems.bsky.social
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 02/05/2026
With less than a week to go, we have teams - volunteers, all - out across Reading #Rdguk campaigning right up until voting ends on Thursday. And, of course, we see our fellow 🔶 #LibDems out pounding the pavements across Great Britain, too. 🧡 This is why we do it. 👇
readinglibdems.org.uk
About Us
Our beliefs, our values, and why we're fighting for a fair deal for Reading
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
It’s the last week of the election in Reading, and we are still out here fighting Labour. Their mismanagement nationally and locally has turned a ward they’ve held for 40 years into one Lib Dems can win. 800 doors delivered to this afternoon in Norcot! @readinglibdems.bsky.social #LE26 #rdg
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Voted by post already? Brilliant — thank you! 🗳️ Please take a second to let us know at libdems.org.uk/voted so we can keep track of our supporters. Every response helps us on the ground on polling day! 🧡
libdems.org.uk
Let us know you've voted!
Let us know you've voted by filling in this form
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 26/04/2026
We’re seeing similar stories across Reading where people remember hard-working Liberal Councillors delivering in Tilehurst, Kentwood & Norcot, with the Days and Freeman being mentioned. I’m standing to make a difference like they did, and not leave people behind like Labour have!
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Young Liberals 🔶🏳️‍⚧️ @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
In Britain, the government won’t vet their officials to hold public office, but will vet 17 year olds for a cig
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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Thanks to @chrisn.xyz and @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for this. It's been a hard year, and we have work to do. But we're in the fight, and we're proud that the @libdems.org.uk are in it with us. Trans rights are human rights. 🧡🏳️‍⚧️
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
We are proud to announce a full slate of #LibDems candidates in this year's elections to Reading Borough Council. Wherever you are, from Abbey to Whitley, from Abbatoirs Road to Zinzan Street, help us demand a fair deal for Reading #rdguk. 👇
readinglibdems.org.uk
Announcing Our 2026 Local Election Candidates
From Abbey to Whitley, the Reading Liberal Democrats are standing up for you in Reading.
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Some people will know this already but happy to announce I’ve been successfully nominated as the Lib Dem candidate in Norcot, the ward I’ve been proud to call home for nearly two years in Reading. Already hard at work campaigning to show Labour the door! #rdguk #LE26
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Published and promoted by James Moore on behalf of Brandon Masih (Liberal Democrats), both at 22 Brunswick Street, Reading RG1 6NZ.
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Absolutely wonderful reception for us and @rwmblibdems.bsky.social in Tilehurst on a sunny spring day. Thanks to everyone who turned out. Very clear that residents know who does the hard work! 🧡
A picture of a grinning group of eight people holding orange, white and blue 'Council Topics' leaflets on a sunny day with a blue sky, on a suburban road.
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Very happy to see a close friend and fellow @york.ac.uk and uni of York Lib Dem alumni Caleb Pell elected tonight . Well done to OXWAB Lib Dems and look forward to replicating his success moving forward !
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
We see that Reform UK continues to be a retirement home for failed Conservatives, as erstwhile RBC Tory leader Clarence Mitchell defects to them. A shameful, if predictable, move for the former press spokesperson for Cambridge Analytica. We wonder how long his Ukraine lapel pin will last?
A Reform UK graphic announcing the defection of Cllr. Clarence Mitchell, from the Conservatives.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 03/01/2026
Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.
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LiberalHistoryToday @libhistorytoday.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
#OTD 1950: Liberal Party member Harry Willcock is stopped while driving by police who demand to see his ID card. He refuses allegedly replying, 'I am a Liberal and I am against this sort of thing.' 🧵
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
www.libdemvoice.org/liberal-demo... Piece from me on Digital Services Tax and claims from Lib Dems last week that the government is planning to abolish it
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Liberal Democrats need to be honest when talking about Digital Services Tax
The party has had a long standing policy, at least since 2021, on the Digital Services Tax (DST), whereby it has backed its use starting from Autumn 2021 through the “Towards a Fair Global Corporation...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Badenoch is such a ridiculous person.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
Also the Romans literally had a welfare system that included cash transfers for poor children. (And subsidised grain for low income workers...).
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
www.libdemvoice.org/a-labour-bud... Piece from myself on behalf of @liberalreform.bsky.social on yesterday’s budget
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A Labour budget that does not back the savers, investors or working people
The follow up to Rachel Reeves’ huge raid on employers last year was expected to be more subdued, after all a 3% increase in employers National Insurance Contributions (NICs) did have the expected eff...
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Promoted by Brandon Masih on behalf of Reading Liberal Democrats at Office 6, First Floor, Trinity Court, Molly Millars Lane, Wokingham, RG41 2PY
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
Federal Lib Dem Internal election polls open tomorrow, and I’m standing for one of your reps to Federal Policy Committee for a 3 year term. See below for my manifesto, and I am delighted to have received endorsement from @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social !
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
Pleased to announce I’ve been elected as @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social Policy Officer from 1st Nov ! Looking forward to hitting the ground running and working on expanding outreach on policy across our organisation whilst picking up the task to rationalise our existing policy.
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Tom Gordon MP @tomgordonld.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
The Council of Europe has warned that the UK gov’s treatment of trans people may breach human rights law. This must be a wake up call. We’ve seen an increase in hostility towards trans in recent years. Everyone deserves dignity, safety, & respect - that includes trans people.
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Reading Liberal Democrats 🔶 @readinglibdems.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Tomorrow (Sat. 11/10/25) is the start of National Hate Crime Awareness Week. We're proud of Reading's diversity and will always stand with victims and allies against hate. Statement from us below. 👇
readinglibdems.org.uk
Statement for National Hate Crime Awareness Week 2025
The Reading Liberal Democrats stand against hate, this week and always.
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Victoria Collins MP @victoria-collins.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
🚀 Thank you so much for your support @brandonmasih.bsky.social ! 👉 If you'd like to join Brandon and support my VP campaign sign up here www.victoria4vp.com/support 🔶 Find out more here victoria4vp.com
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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Ming Campbell was one of the most influential Lib Dems of the last few decades - his opposition to the Iraq War inspired a whole generation of Lib Dems to join, and his allyship on LGBT+ matters was always both strong, and appreciated. He was also remarkably kind. We will miss him.
Menzies Campbell, 1941-2025, in white on a black background, with Ming's sombre Parliamentary portrait picture in the centre, and the party logo in white at the bottom.
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Late #LDConf follow up but very pleased to have spoke on the importance of the space sector as a key growth area that shows the immediate applications of emerging and novel technologies and ensuring the operational independence of the @ukspaceagency.bsky.social following Labour’s plans…
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Victoria Collins MP @victoria-collins.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/09/2025
We are overtaking the Conservatives and on the cusp of overtaking Labour too. More and more people are backing the Liberal Democrats to stand up to Reform and stop Trump’s America becoming Farage’s Britain.
Graphic showing polling changes: Lib Dems +3, Labour +1, Conservatives -2, Reform -1. Headline reads 'Lib Dems winning: Lib Dems overtake Conservatives in bombshell poll'.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 24/09/2025
The Express asked us about awarding the Patsy Carlton Prize to Cllr Chris Northwood. We responded: "This prize acknowledged an exceptional woman in Cllr Chris Northwood. The message it sends to women members and voters is that the Liberal Democrats honour and value all of our women members."
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Very pleased to have summate this amendment today at #LDConf , and seeing this, the other two amendments and the motion as a whole passed with an overwhelming vote in favour! Thanks again to the work and supportfrom @libstemm.bsky.social ‘s Chair, Chris Lomax
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libstemm.bsky.social @libstemm.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
LibSTEMM proposed policy passed! LibDem policy now includes employee organisations, learned societies and trades unions to be harnessed in adult skills provision.
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Pleased to announce that I’ll be summating @libstemm.bsky.social’s amendment to the Opportunity and Skills Paper this Saturday at #LDConf ! This strengthens the ability to pool training resources by recognising the role of unions, societies & institutions in continued personal development.
Text to Amendment One of F11: Opportunity for All, reading:

'...in conjunction with existing learned societies and institutions, trade unions, employee organisations or collectives with a responsibility for training and continued professional development of their members.'
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libstemm.bsky.social @libstemm.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
LibSTEMM are now on bluesky social!
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Christine Jardine @cajardinemp.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
There has been a lot of speculation over the past 24 hours regarding my removal as the Liberal Democrat Spokesperson for Women and Equalities and Scotland. I can now confirm I have been removed from that position, and have shared my response below.
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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Lib Dems win ward not contested five previous times
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Lib Dems win ward not contested five previous times
After five no-shows in a row for the party in the Ashford Town ward, Spelthorne, it now has a Lib Dem candidate.
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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Maiden Erlegh and Whitegate - Wokingham BC Liberal Democrat Gain from Conservative 🔶Mike Smith Lib Dem 1028 31.2% 🔴Lab 793 24.1% 🔵Con 788 23.9% ➡️Reform 486 14.8% 🟢Green 189 5.5% 🔘TUSC 17 0.5% Congratulations to Mike and the team - gained the seat and the Council!!!
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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Oxfordshire has two of the top ten places to start a new business in the UK, according to analysis by Utility Bidder. West Oxfordshire came 2nd for its high business survival rate and fast broadband, and Vale of White Horse was 6th, out of 400 Local Authorities.
Alt text: A graphic map showing England's best local authority areas for starting a business. 
Highest is Guildford with 9.14 out of 10.  
Second equal are West Oxfordshire and Stratford-on-Avon with 8.98.
Sixth is Vale of White Horse with 8.57.
All of these scores are higher than the highest score in London, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland.
(Image and analysis credit: Utility Bidder)
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Paul Smith @pmsmith.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
This by @jonnelledge.bsky.social is great at explaining why empty homes aren’t the solution to the housing supply crisis. (And far better than the part written piece I have in my drafts, which I can now delete). Some good stuff on lions too. open.substack.com/pub/jonn/p/t...
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The Empty Homes Delusion
This week: no, there aren’t enough empty homes to solve the housing crisis; and a live map of the London Underground. But first: the sad, man-made decline of the king of the jungle.
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
@lauragordon.bsky.social was probably one of the first Lib Dems I had a chance to speak to when I started uni, before I even joined the party. Great to see her elected nearby in Kidlington!
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Reading West & Mid Berkshire Lib Dems 🔶 @rwmblibdems.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Absolutely brilliant speech by our 2024 GE candidate @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social at the Trans Rights protest in Reading on Saturday. Welcome to Gilead, indeed. #LibDems #transrights #ReadingUK #rdguk @pluslibdems.bsky.social
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Reading Trans Rights Protest - 19th April 2025
YouTube video by Trans Actual
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Helen Belcher @helenbelcherobe.bsky.social · 13/04/2025
As in all these cases, wondering what the right number of vegans would be.
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Brandon Masih 🌐🔰🔶🥑🚄🏗️ @brandonmasih.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
Glad to have proposed my amendment on data security, standing up for End to End Encryption and against any backdoors unequivocally that an authoritarian Labour government would abuse. Glad to have had @ollyglover.bsky.social summate my amendment and for it to have passed! @conference.libdems.org.uk
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