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Don Whyte

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Lib Dem Councillor Runnymede

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Sylvia Whyte 🔶 @libdemsylvia.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I’ve added my name to call for a healthier, more affordable food system for everyone – add yours too! www.recipeforchange.org.uk/we-are-fed-up/
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We're fed up | Recipe for Change
Join the nationwide call to hold companies accountable for ensuring healthy food is the easy, affordable option for everyone.
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Sylvia Whyte 🔶 @libdemsylvia.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
This is such a good news story - we need to move forward with our renewable energy and embrace the benefits to biodiversity it can bring. #solar #bees #biodiversity #nativeflowers #renewables
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Sylvia Whyte 🔶 @libdemsylvia.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
This is such a simple solution with the technology being proven in many other countries. Why are our Governments so resistant to doing the right thing? With a record breaking summer they need to wake up before it's too late 😖
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Buck Frexit @beany.bsky.social · 22/06/2026
Erm….from a party with a majority of MPs who defected from another party I don’t think you’re in the best position to lecture on democracy and people not getting what they voted for.
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Don Whyte @cllrdonwhyte.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Having had a 6 hour electricity power outage today, and not for the first time, it's going to be a while before we can commit to all electric. And I should say we are committed to the climate and nature cause.
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Sylvia Whyte 🔶 @libdemsylvia.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It's 4 years since I brought a motion to Runnymede Council to ask for support for The Great Big Green Week. And it's happening again this week right across the country. Have a look and see how you can get involved. www.runnymedelibdems.org.uk/news/article...
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It’s Great Big Green Week!
Runnymede Lib Dems welcome the return of Great Big Green Week. This was an initiative spearheaded by Councillor Sylvia Whyte in 2022, and is an important annual celebration of community engagement in ...
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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Superbugs resistant to antibiotics are rising fast. I tested water at Lough Neagh (40% of Northern Ireland’s drinking water) & found high levels of antibiotic-resistant genes from human & livestock poo. If we treat waterways like sewers, this is what we get. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Drinking from a fetid pond’: superbug-creating genes found in UK’s largest lake
Exclusive: Lough Neagh, which supplies drinking water for 40% of NI, contains genes resistant to last-resort antibiotics
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Don Whyte @cllrdonwhyte.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
www.libdems.org.uk/12hours A constructive proposal to address the problem,
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End the A&E Crisis
Back our plan to end 12 hour waits and corridor care
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Oh look. They’ve actually drawn a diagram for all the people stupid enough to need a bloody diagram.
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LGA Liberal Democrat Group @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social · 06/12/2025
Today is Small Business Saturday where we celebrate the UK's much-loved 5.45 million small businesses and encourages the nation to show their support, particularly by spending and shopping small.
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Zöe Franklin MP @zoefranklinld.bsky.social · 22/11/2025
Since becoming an MP, I often hear about the difficulty of getting a driving test here in #Guildford constituency. I'm hoping to take part in a debate on this issue next week and want to hear from you. Please share your experiences at zoe.franklin.mp@parliament.uk.
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Antony Hook @antonyhook.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🚨 BREAKING: Kent County Council is hurtling towards financial oblivion under Reform. A shocking new council report reveals a projected budget black hole of £46.5 million for this year. The Reform Administration has completely lost control of our finances. 🔶
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Andrea Junker @strandjunker.com · 23/10/2025
Just a thought: How about we stop shaming the poor for buying things that may not be essential, and start shaming the rich for making a profit off things that are essential?
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 20/10/2025
It cannot be right that the government is still hounding carers for repayments, long after this scandal was exposed and even after we secured an independent review, but before it has been put right. The government must pause repayments and get on with fixing the system so it works for carers.
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Blue Wave @votebiue.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
And the sky was happy until it heard about the coastal storm that’s coming.
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Sylvia Whyte 🔶 @libdemsylvia.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
www.libdems.org.uk/nodigitalid
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No to Digital ID Cards!
Keir Starmer says everyone in the UK will be required to have mandatory digital ID. That’s not the kind of country we want to be. Back our petition to say no to digital ID cards.
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
More than 90,000 people are members of the Liberal Democrats. Join today and help us build a progressive alternative to Reform. www.libdems.org.uk
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Liberal Democrats
Liberal Democrats: For a Fair Deal
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Alliance Party @allianceparty.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
"Sadly, in recent months, we've seen politicians scapegoat marginalised groups as a form of distraction politics. It's our duty to correct these false narratives and focus on the genuine issues affecting constituencies, such as health care and social housing," - @eointennyson.bsky.social
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Today marks one year since Labour won a landslide majority on just 34% of the vote. No wonder trust in politics is so low when we keep getting governments that most people didn't choose. There is an alternative: a proportional system where Parliament reflects how people voted. #PRnow
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Don Whyte @cllrdonwhyte.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Why wouldn't HMG invest in pursuing tax revenue due? Another excellent thread on tax in the UK from @danneidle.bsky.social
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Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com · 16/06/2025
Greg Jacksons (Octopus boss) long argued for regional energy pricing and how it could cut billions off costs, indeed he discussed it on my podcast, but I think this is the best explanation & analogy of it I've read (sadly it's paywalled)... www.thetimes.com/article/a2a4...
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Octopus boss says net zero is in trouble — but he has a solution
Charge a different price for electricity in different parts of the country, says Greg Jackson, and the UK would save billions
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 07/06/2025
Oooh, you mean it's OK to leave, realise it's a mistake, then rejoin? 😉
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Tony Pickett #FBPE# @tonypickett.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
@bbc-politics.bsky.social @sophyridge.bsky.social @skynewsrss.bsky.social @channel4news.bsky.social In the real world, yet another Lib Dems victory on an increased share of the vote. Yet you still ignore @libdems.org.uk while hyping a far right company trading as a party with only 5 MP's
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Don Whyte @cllrdonwhyte.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Thank you for providing this clarity on the situation you find yourself.
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Maybe worth having a read of this again... 🙌
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The silencing of Sangita Myska matters
Why has Sangita Myska (LBC) not been on the air since interviewing Israeli Government spokesman, Avi Hyman, in April?
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The Labour government is helping farmers and restoring nature by increasing funding available to farmers through the Higher Level Stewardship (HLS) scheme by £30m. Farmers will receive higher payments for carrying out work like restoring habitats, protecting rare species and maintaining landscapes.
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£30M Boost for Farmers Leading the Way in Nature Restoration
Thousands of farmers will get a payment boost for restoring habitats and protecting landscapes.
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
The fact that we have a Member of Parliament effectively endorsing and certainly normalising incitement to violence against a marginalised and racialised social group says everything about just how dangerous the spread of fascist logic in British society has become.
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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
7 tips on how to get involved in the Liberal Democrats
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7 tips on how to get involved in the Liberal Democrats
Seven top tips for how a new member can best get involved in the Lib Dems and help win the battle for liberalism, toleration and equality.
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Sleaford Mods @sleafordmods.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Pulling this one out the vaults ‘cos we could all do with a laugh. Iggy & Biggy Pop having a moment with Tweet Tweet Tweet 🦜 11 years on and still ruffling feathers.
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 22/05/2025
One of the things that Blair's Labour got absolutely right was Sure Start - of course the Tories killed it. And sadly it's exactly the kind of state intervention that Starmer seems allergic to. www.theguardian.com/education/2025/…
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Sure Start centres saved UK government £2 for every £1 spent, study finds
New Labour initiative created ‘remarkably long-lasting’ health and education improvements, says report
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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
This is extraordinary: "emissions by data centres needed to train and deliver AI services are estimated at around 3 per cent of the global total, close to those created by the aviation industry."
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The News Agents @thenewsagents.co.uk · 13/05/2025
"If I had elderly parents going into care, I would be absolutely 𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙." As Starmer vows to crack down on net migration, @maitlis.bsky.social and @jonsopel1.bsky.social ask: who will care for our most vulnerable if there aren't enough workers to do the jobs nobody here wants?
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Dawn Butler MP @dawnbutlerbrent.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
It’s #DeafAwarenessWeek! I'm proud to be the first MP to ask a question in BSL & support the BSL Bill, now law. It ensures deaf people are heard in policy & practice. I’ll always use my role to push for a fair and inclusive society and I think everyone should learn a little BSL!
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Munira Wilson (LibDem), "In the light of the latest outrage from the Netanyahu Government in displacing hundreds of thousands of innocent Palestinians" "In the name of God, as others have said, please can we get aid into Gaza so that people will stop starving?"
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LGA Liberal Democrat Group @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Reform has lost their first councillor with Councillor Donna Edmunds who represents Hodnet in Shropshire resigning from the party. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...
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Reform UK councillor quits party with attack on Farage just days after election
The councillor had posted on social media about her plans to defect from Reform UK after the election
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
And I'm one of those who's been using what little influence I have to argue against progressives writing off the Labour government (e.g. my most recent @bylinetimes.bsky.social column, below). But if, as it seems with this, they're really going down the Glasman 'Blue Labour' route then, sorry, no.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
As soon as Greta Thunberg spoke out about Israel she disappeared off the Media.
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
'Don't you dare try to invest in our area or create jobs'. Just imagine this lot in charge of the country
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TeeDixie ✊🏼 @teedixie.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
The shift towards LibDems in local councils is going to become more prevalent given they’re the only party advocating to rejoin the EU but watch Reform reframe that narrative shortly by saying something like “we will make the EU a deal that benefits us so we can increase our sovereignty”
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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
It will probably come as no surprise to anyone to learn that it will take 700 years to replace the UK's ageing water network at current pace www.bigissue.com/news/environ...
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It will take 700 years to replace UK's ageing water network at current pace
It will take a 700 years to replace the UK’s water network if companies continue at their current pace, a watchdog report has found.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Lib Dems gain 7 councillors before local elections even begin! Seven Independent Councillors in Slough join the Lib Dems - Slough #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶 #Slough www.sloughlibdems.org.uk/news/article...
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Seven Independent Councillors in Slough join the Lib Dems
Seven independent Councillors in Slough were welcomed into the local party by Cllr Frank O'Kelly, Chair of Slough Lib Dems. On behalf of the group, Cllr Sabia Akram, Cllr for Farnham Ward, (photo-imag...
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Caitlin Moran @mscaitlinmoran.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Really thoughtful and interesting piece. the kind that changes your mind on a subject.
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
The Govt’s #PlanningBill would allow developers to pay cash to trash wildlife & the environment. The nature levy isn’t a tool for ecological recovery - it’s a license to kill nature. Pleased to join ecologists & experts to sign letter to MPs👇 @zero-hour.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social
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Planning bill would allow builders to ‘pay cash to trash’ nature, say UK experts
Exclusive: plan to let firms sidestep environmental laws by paying into nature levy would add cost and delay, says letter to MPs
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Molly Scott Cato @greenpartymolly.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Another sad sign of BBC decline Who could think a heat pump is politically biased? Turning 'world’s most efficient home heating system into a culture war issue. What’s next – cancelling Gardeners’ World because of Monty Don’s support for peat-free compost?' www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...
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‘They dictate the rules’: BBC tells PM’s Evan Davis to stop hosting heat pump podcast
Presenter believes decision was taken due to the technology’s link with net zero after he was told he risked accusations of political bias
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Jack Saundrs @jacksaundrs.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
You get a lot of centrist YIMBY types going on about planning and "get government red tape out the way and just build build build!" but impossible to look at this graph and draw any conclusion other than "oh, shit, the shortfall is just state housing"
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Ian Betteridge @ianbetteridge.com · 19/04/2025
The shortfall is state housing. The shortfall is state housing. THE SHORTFALL IS STATE HOUSING. And that is deliberate. Never forget that.
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Don Whyte @cllrdonwhyte.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Allotments where soil really is valued, exercise is productive and delivers the lowest carbon input to putting food on the table, all year round.
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Zoe Gardner @zoejardiniere.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
This is such a brilliant, clear explanation from @focusonlabour.bsky.social about how @teamlabouruk.bsky.social's Employment Rights Bill is missing the opportunity to raise standards for ALL workers! Watch & please do tag or send it to your MP if you agree 💪 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMZ5...
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Why the Employment Rights Bill must tackle restrictive visas
YouTube video by Focus on Labour Exploitation
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