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deborah burns 🔶

@deborahburns.bsky.social
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Bringing my love of running and my children to this new place as the old one began to feel yucky. Lib Dem councillor for Manor Park ward. Posts personal. She/her Where it matters ... Promoted by the Liberal Democrats, 1 Vincent Square, London, SW1P 2PN.

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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 10/10/2026
It’s grim seeing screenshots like this. Racist rhetoric from anyone is unacceptable, let alone an elected councillor. Kenton, you need to turn up and vote him out in May. Only 31% of people who voted actually wanted him as their councillor. Thats just 13% of the total electorate.
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Tonight Reform voted to abstain from a motion rejecting the great replacement theory, rejecting attacks on the RNLI and other charities (despite some wearing RNLI lapel pins 🙄), to stand up for our status as a City of Sanctuary and to condemn anti-immigrant and anti-refugee rhetoric.
A photograph of the voting across the chamber in Newcastle City Council. 41 of the chamber voted for, 20 voted to abstain.

The other votes out of the 78 which weren’t cast were either people being absent or an error with the voting system.
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Newcastle Lib Dems @newcastlelibdems.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Councillors from across the political divide have backed the new Council Plan of Newcastle City Council's Liberal Democrat-led administration. However, despite extensive cross-party engagement, Reform and Independents chose not to back our ambition for the city, without offering a reason why.
Image of Newcastle City Council Cabinet and a silhouette of the Tyne Bridge and with overlaid text: Council Plan passed. Council backs our ambitious vision for Newcastle. "Together, we will become the most successful regional capital".
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Side @sidegallery.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
📷 Show us Newcastle now. We’re inviting young people to photograph the city as they see it. No fancy kit needed, a phone is fine. Part of Under Development at Newcastle Contemporary Art (NCA), with selected work shown in an exhibition and newspaper. Submit: sidegallery.co.uk/blog/newc...
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Newcastle landmarks to be lit up for Show Racism the Red Card after Reform councils pull support www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Landmarks to be lit up for Show Racism the Red Card after Reform pulls support
Newcastle City Council has confirmed plans to light up the Tyne Bridge and the Civic Centre to support Show Racism the Red Card, after two Reform-led neighbours pulled their backing for the charity
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Reform Party UK Exposed @reformexposed.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Reform-led Gateshead Council refuses to light up bridge red in support of anti-racism campaign www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Quite incredible to watch the Chancellor of the Exchequer state that there's nothing he can do to help with the price shocks. Just decouple electricity prices from gas prices. Make green electricity cheaper, and you'd drive investment in renewables, ASHP's and EV's.
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Perhaps the whole U.K. should just vote to leave the U.K. and be done with it
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Our pop-up recycling event on Fairview Green yesterday was as popular as ever. Thanks to everyone who came along and to the amazing staff who ran it 👏👏
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Newcastle Lib Dems @newcastlelibdems.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Today marks 100 days since Colin Ferguson was elected Leader of #Newcastle City Council. Newcastle Liberal Democrats promised you would see a difference in your communities through your front window and we've got started doing exactly that. 100 days in, plenty done, plenty more to do.
Image of Newcastle City Council Cabinet with overlaid text:

100 Days. Getting on with what matters most to residents. Reopened cafés in our parks. More local services staff into weedkilling duties. Backed the end of the late night levy. Started work on new and improved playgrounds. Invested £1 million in pothole repairs. Committed £1 million to housing repairs. Plenty more done, plenty more to do! Liberal Democrats Newcastle upon Tyne
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
This is appalling. Reform cannot possibly claim to be the party which protects women and girls after footage like this.
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...
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Newcastle Reform UK councillor in conspiracy theory row over 'replacement' claim
Benwell, Scotswood and Denton Burn councillor Daniel Astley has been criticised for comments made about Newcastle's West Road during an anti-racism debate this week
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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Fairways pop-up recycling event next Tuesday at Fairview Green! ♻️
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
@reformexposed.bsky.social @antireform.bsky.social @reformwatch.org Another Reform councillor has gone www.shieldsgazette.com/news/south-t...
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South Tyneside councillor resigns 'voluntarily resigns' from Reform UK
A South Tyneside councillor has resigned from the borough’s Reform UK group.
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Cllr Owen Burbidge 🔶 @oburbidge.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
We seem to have ruffled a few feathers with our Reform UK opposition by introducing red routes across Newcastle. Reform UK Opposition Leader Cllr Rutherford is seemingly furious about Newcastle's new red routes. But there's an interesting contradiction in his comments.
A screen shot of Cllr Steven Rutherford's facebook post. Which has a link to the BBC News article which states 'newcastle red route trials to tackle 'dangerous' parking.  An 18 month trial of major parking restrictions on some Ne...'

With the text 'Liberal Democrats making it even tougher for motorists in Newcastle, with more fines hitting people that are already struggling, first the clean air zone and now this'.
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
I highly recommend the mint choc chip 🤩
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Great news! 🍨 ☀️ 🌺 new.newcastle.gov.uk/news/2026/tw...
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Two park cafes set to re-open in Newcastle | Newcastle City Council
Two cafes in popular parks are set to re-open in the coming days after contracts were signed with Newcastle City Council.
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
‘And then he lost…to a bin’
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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
Has any other politician ever called a by-election on an explicitly anti-transparency, pro-sleaze ticket before?
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 06/07/2026
Half a million flogging gold, a £5M reward for Brexit - and now reports say he’s been funded by a convicted criminal. Farage isn't fighting for Britain - he's fighting for the highest bidder.
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Yes, he seems to think we all have very short memories, too
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
You know, I’m starting to suspect Nigel Farage hasn’t always been honest with the British people….
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
If Starmer’s goal was to ‘fix’ division in British society, why did he make that awful ‘island of strangers’ speech?
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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
We have commissioned Groundwork to recondition and repaint a number of benches around the ward including this one on Benton Road.
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
I wasn’t aware of even those. Certainly don’t know of any others
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Where is the one set you know of? I can’t think of any at all!
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 24/06/2026
At least one person has managed to make a fortune from the chaos of the Brexit deal. £5m for Nigel Farage. A £90bn hit to the rest of us.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 23/06/2026
10 years on, the very same politicians who caused the Brexit mess say nobody can dare try to fix it. We say enough. It's time for a bold new deal with Europe to make Britain safer, richer and stronger. Watch our new film here ⬇️ youtu.be/ihdhBLT6YYM
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It's time for a bold new deal with Europe.
10 years on, the very same politicians who caused the Brexit mess say nobody can dare try to fix it. We say enough. It's time for a bold new deal with Europe to make Britain safer, richer and…
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 19/06/2026
Whoever is Prime Minister when the jostling is done, one thing is clear: Labour must drop their harmful red lines on Brexit. Times have changed. It’s time to forge a bold new relationship with Europe.
Graphic showing descending red lines with the phrase 'Labour must drop their red lines and fix our relationship with Europe.'
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Steve Akehurst @steveakehurst.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
They’re calling it the quote on British politics that ended the need for all other quotes
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
And I didn’t mention race so not sure why you brought it up
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
I don’t really disagree with your comment regarding ‘good people’ though I’d question how we define ‘good’. No one is excluding voters of other genders here - simply saying sexist comments from (male) Ref candidates likely to alienate women. More than happy if they alienate others too. Win win 👏
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
‘Women will destroy Reform’. Let’s go 🤸‍♂️🤸‍♂️ Triumph in Makerfield: Everything is about to change open.substack.com/pub/iandunt/...
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Triumph in Makerfield: Everything is about to change
Andy Burnham is now certain to be the next prime minister
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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
The first of our two annual Pop-up Recycling events took place today. It was busy! Clearly a much-valued event. Thanks to the team for all of their support and enthusiasm. Watch this space for details of the next event on the Fairways Estate! ♻️ ♻️ 👏👏
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Cethan Leahy @cethanleahy.com · 14/06/2026
Bluesky overrun by British teenagers at night because it's the one place the Labour government will never check.
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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Come along this Wednesday!
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Raising the pride flag. As the Lord Mayor said, our diversity is our strength 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/06/2026
Energy is not a luxury. It is essential. That's why we have a plan to halve energy bills in the long term, and to help make sure everyone can afford their essential energy needs today.
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Manor Park Lib Dems 🔶 @manorparklibdems.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Manor Park residents! Northumbria Police will be at High Heaton library this Thursday (11th June) 5-6pm. Come along if you have questions, an issue to report or you’d just like to be part of the discussion. All welcome
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Reported for repair - kerb on High Dene /JPW
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
It’s almost ready to flower! 🌺 The new wildflower meadow in Paddy Freeman’s 🌼😁
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
One of our election promises was to improve our parks and playgrounds. Greg and I spent this lunchtime tidying up the overgrown planters in the park in Red Hall Drive. More to do but progress was made! 🛝🌼🤸‍♂️
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Monthly Ward surgery at High Heaton Library. We’re here the first Saturday of every month 11-12. Come along if there’s a local issue you’d like to discuss with your councillors 🔶🔶🔶
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 05/06/2026
Tom Peck on Robert Kenyon's performance on Question Time
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A reminder of what Nigel Farage said following the murder of Sarah Everard by a serving police officer.
We must not allow the tragic murder of a
young woman turn into attacks on men
and attacks on the police
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Mike Cookson 🔶 🇪🇺🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @mikecookson.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
I'm not a Councillor any more, but am able to celebrate two lasting little wins this #Pride Month. If you wish, you can now email #Newcastle City Council and ask for your Council Tax bill to be addressed to #Mx. And if you go on the online reporting bit of the website, #Mx is now an option.
Screenshot from the Website, with a much larger list of options to choose from, including Mx.Pride Flag
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
Haha wasn’t meant to be! Have a great holiday and enjoy the reading 😅
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deborah burns 🔶 @deborahburns.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
We’re looking forward to you doing a great job!
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