Reposted by Cllr Tim BickElizabeth Parkin @elizabeth391.bsky.social · 07/09/2026The unashamed re-commitment to a "centrally driven" Urban Development Corporation is striking from a Burnham government supposedly in favour of devolution. Labour ideas of devolution aren't Liberal Democrat ones. 033
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 02/09/2026DEFINITION OF GRANDSTANDING: 4 @cambridgegreens councillors coming to tell the planning committee to reject improvements to the market square, but leaving their own two voting seats on the committee empty, despite reserves! Approved 3-2. Was this their intention? @CambridgeLDs 101
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This @cambsgreenparty councillor told @camcitco Planning Committee to reject the redevelopment which made this funding for social housing possible. Green posturing could have cost us this social housing. Her post now deleted to cover her tracks @cambridgelds 000
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 28/08/2026Great that funding will make possible new council homes at Hanover & Princess Court and Stanton House in my ward. Lib Dem councillors have campaigned strongly for this, to preserve diversity of homes at modern standards close to the centre @cambridgelds www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...cambridgeindependent.co.ukCambridge City Council secures £96.4m government partnership to fast‑track new council housingThe funding will pay for 803 new council homes. 010
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 20/08/2026‘Offering public toilets is the mark of a civilised city’. At last we have these back! www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/news/article...cambridgelibdems.org.ukPUBLIC TOILET RE-OPENING HAILED BY LIB DEM COUNCILLORSLiberal Democrat city councillors are this week celebrating the re-opening of the public toilets on Cambridge’s iconic Parker’s Piece after a long campaign against public toilet closures in the city. 001
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Delighted response to renewed temporary ping pong parlour at the Grafton. Such a popular amenity, a way must be found to make it permanent! @cambridgelds.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.uk'Lifeline' Cambridge ping pong venue temporarily re-opened"It's like our spiritual home has been given back to us," says one of its users. 010
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 17/07/2026We can now expect a reversal of some of Labour’s cutbacks in core everyday council services like public loos, street cleaning and public realm enforcement - thanks to Lib Dem votes in May’s local elections. We will keep pushing on these priorities! www.cambridgeindependent.co.uk/news/cambrid...cambridgeindependent.co.ukCambridge City Council agrees to reopen Parker’s Piece toilets and bolster street cleaningDecision was part of Labour’s deal with Lib Dems. 021
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 28/01/2026The United Kingdom is at its best when we’re true to our values: tolerance, decency, respect for individual freedom and the rule of law. We can't let Nigel Farage throw that all away by turning Britain into Trump’s America. Choose a brighter future with the Liberal Democrats. 619399
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Labour Cambridge says it’s One Cambridge Fair for All. In deeds money talks. Shame on them @CambridgeLDs 104
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 21/11/2025Rachel Reeves admits Brexit has damaged the economy but won’t take the steps needed to fix it. Lib Dems have a plan to rebuild Britain’s trade with the EU and boost growth. 718172
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 22/10/2025Strengthen our economy. Improve our cost of living. Rebuild our relationship with the EU. Sign this! www.libdems.org.uk/tradelibdems.org.ukFix Britain's TradeLiberal Democrats want to turbocharge our economy by forming a Customs Union with the EU, tearing down the trade barriers and red tape holding us back. 010
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickCheney Payne @cheneypayne.bsky.social · 08/08/2025We need a plan to save the River Cam! Please sign our petition! www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/campaigns/sa... The Baits Bite and Jesus Green locks on the River Cam are in a critical condition,cambridgelibdems.org.ukSave the River Cam - Cambridge Liberal Democrats 163
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 06/08/2025"The way to see off the populist right isn’t to cower in its shadow; it’s to step up and offer a compelling, positive alternative." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk calling for a new, positive relationship with Europe including a UK-EU customs union. 516187
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 26/07/202555% pay increase after cutbacks in staff and services - speaks for itself! Council agrees over £7,800 pay increase for leader just two months after last increase 010
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Maybe time for Labour to get on governing the country rather than trying to turn the BBC into a government mouthpiece? How about heads rolling for the Disability benefits cuts fiasco which government is responsible for? www.theguardian.com/media/2025/j...theguardian.comLisa Nandy questions lack of BBC sackings over Gaza war documentaryCulture secretary says BBC must ‘get a grip’ in wake of film featuring son of Hamas official and Bob Vylan Glastonbury row 020
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 10/06/2025Truly scary scenes of US Defence Secretary whipping up uniformed soldiers into a cheering frenzy against workery with eulogy for MAGA and Trump. Looks like an armed political movement. 120
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 17/05/2025More like this than recycled Enoch Powell from our cynical government please! @cambridgelds.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comMy island of strangers: a poem | Michael RosenThe prime minister warns that immigration could turn Britain into an ‘island of strangers’. Author and poet Michael Rosen responds 020
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Great to see this remarkable liberal moment in Canada - a stand our UK government is not taking… ‘Trump wanted to break us’, says Carney as Liberals triumph in Canadian election 010
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickAnthony Martinelli @awmartinelli.bsky.social · 17/03/2025@cllrtimbick.bsky.social of @cambridgelds.bsky.social making the argument for a unitary authority that works for Cambridge - a council where the city's unique issues can be a focus for action. #winninghere 044
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 04/03/2025Major US retailers warn Americans will pay more because of Trump’s trade war with top partners, report says – live 000
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 28/02/20251/3 Looks like Starmer and Macron achieved nothing earlier this week except to keep their own much safer noses clean. 100
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 20/02/2025These sky-rocketing GP waits are a grim reality for millions on a daily basis. The Conservative neglected our NHS and brought it to the brink but Labour's lack of ambition in rebuilding our health service has been shocking. 73121
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19/02/2025Calling Zelensky a “Dictator” must be where the line is drawn. It is my sincere hope that the whole political spectrum in the United Kingdom will speak with one voice in opposition to Trump’s lies. 1513544912
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 16/02/2025This void of leadership in the UK leaves British values unsupported at home and encourages Trump to believe we have no compass of our own @cambridgelds.bsky.social ‘We can’t just be supine’: Ed Davey urges Starmer to stand up to ‘bully’ Trump 110
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 16/02/2025If Labour wants to ask the public, it should listen to what they say @cambridgelds.bsky.social www.cambridge-news.co.uk/news/cambrid...cambridge-news.co.ukCuts to public toilets and higher swimming fees in 'difficult' local budgetCambridge City Council has proposed a host of cost-cutting measures in its draft budget to bridge an £11.5 million gap 010
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickPhilip Gourevitch @pgourevitch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025trump frags economy with tariffs 19468112
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickBrent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Trump’s fentanyl excuse for Tariffs against Canada is a lie, of course. Like everything else he’s been doing. The amounts are relatively tiny and he knows it. But Canada does ironically have a legitimate complaint about the big amounts of fentanyl coming to Canada from the United States. 2426765
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 21/01/2025A pity this move by Lib Dem Cllr Olaf Hauk narrowly failed last week. Time to think again with carbon impact data in play @cambridgelds.bsky.social Calls to delay recycling contract that will see Cambridgeshire waste sent to Northern Ireland 031
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickCheney Payne @cheneypayne.bsky.social · 18/01/2025This is such a shame, and the second cultural event Cambridge has lost recently after the Labour administration cancelled the Big Weekend too. My comments below ⏬️ www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comCambridge Folk Festival 2025 cancelled ahead of 60th anniversaryThe festival attracts thousands of people and has hosted the likes of Robert Plant and Van Morrison. 294
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Read this from @camcitco - and know why there is cynicism about politics. WHAT is happening and WHY are both hidden. It’s not about 2026, but CANCELLING this year’s Folk Festival! #cambridge @cambridgelds.bsky.social 1/3 122
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickCambridge Liberal Democrats @cambridgelds.bsky.social · 17/01/2025Cambridge Lib Dem Cllr Olaf Hauk led the opposition at the City Council to Labour's plan to send Cambridge's recycling waste to Northern Ireland - without even investigating the Carbon Footpront of their plan. 154
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 17/01/2025www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/news/article...cambridgelibdems.org.uk'CONSIDER THE CARBON' CALL BEFORE NEW LONG DISTANCE WASTE CONTRACTLiberal Democrat councillors in Cambridge will this week call for the deferral of a new waste recycling contract which will see waste from Cambridge transported over 400 miles to a waste recycling fac... 011
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 16/01/2025UK should seek new customs union with EU, Lib Dems to say 030
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 12/12/2024Really time this was sorted out! This sort of ‘basic’ is what #cambridge is not very good at! @cambridgelds.bsky.social www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/news/article...cambridgelibdems.org.ukCOUNCILLOR DEMANDS END TO GRAND ARCADE LIFT CHAOSA Cambridge City Councillor has called for swift action to get lifts servicing the Grand Arcade car parks working properly. 042
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Lib Dem Cllr Immy Blackburn Horgan at Cambridge City Council tonight presenting an important motion to improve the standard of Houses in Multiple Occupation @cambridgelds.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social 042
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 28/11/2024Proposing a motion this evening to gain the city council’s support in the fight to retain Cambridge’s main post office in St Andrew’s Street @cambridgelds.bsky.social @pippaheylings.bsky.social 085
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 27/11/2024Today, Ed Davey called on the Prime Minister to protect hospices from the national insurance rise and improve access to high-quality end-of-life care. 18121
Reposted by Cllr Tim BickCllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Please sign our petition to save our city centre Post Office www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/campaigns/sa...cambridgelibdems.org.ukSave our Post Office! - Cambridge Liberal Democrats 034
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Please sign our petition to save our city centre Post Office www.cambridgelibdems.org.uk/campaigns/sa...cambridgelibdems.org.ukSave our Post Office! - Cambridge Liberal Democrats 034
Cllr Tim Bick @cllrtimbick.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Fighting to save Cambridge’s main post office in my ward #libdems #cambridge 032