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David Preedy

@dkpreedy.bsky.social
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#FBPE #FBPPR Chair of Headley Parish Council (Surrey) Active Lib Dem - previously Metapraxis, Microsoft, Imperial Group. Cornish exile in England

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 14h
Kemi Badenoch condemned Reform's ban on critical journalists covering their conference as "authoritarian", saying her own party would never do the same as "we believe in free speech. We believe in a free press." Now the Conservatives have banned Byline Times from their conference
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Kemi Badenoch's Conservatives Ban Byline Times From Conference After Condemning Reform for Journalist Ban
The ban comes just weeks after the Conservative leader called Reform's barring of critical journalists from their conference an "authoritarian" attack on the free press
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 12h
We need real action from the Prime Minister on Europe, not more hesitation. The Liberal Democrats have a plan to strengthen our economy, cut living costs, and boost defence by rejoining the Single Market, Customs Union, and working with European partners on security. These issues cannot wait.
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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 22h
It’s a mark of the corruption of our whole way of thinking about the world that trying to meet a planetary emergency is routinely described as “ideological”, while continuing to accelerate it is presented as “pragmatic” and “economic”.
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Kate from Kharkiv @kateinkharkiv.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Please share the information about Oleshky everywhere you can! ​Russia is starving residents of the town and nearby villages by denying food supplies and evacuation. People in Oleshky need help, or else they won't survive the winter!
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ACLU @aclu.org · 26/09/2026
If Tennessee executes Christa Pike next week, she'd be the first woman executed by the state in more than 200 years — for a crime she committed when she was 18 nearly three decades ago. Governor Lee must spare her life before it's too late.
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Tennessee Is Days Away From Executing a Sexual Assault Victim
Christa Pike’s lethal injection is booked for September 30. She may be the first woman Tennessee executes in 200 years.
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Jane A. @jane-in-progress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I know it's happening, but it's still really shocking when you see it broken down like this. Good explainer. Regulate this shit!
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David Preedy @dkpreedy.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Going well so far but low response. Get those votes in asap
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Lisa Smart MP @lisasmartmp.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I have written to the home secretary, Shabana Mahmood, urging her to create a “Westminster Crime Unit” within the National Crime Agency, to investigate political finance. The legislation in the Representation of the People Bill does not go far enough. We need a fair playing field. buff.ly/dNK1h35
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Israel has been found guilty today in Geneva of war crimes including extermination, forcible transfer, starvation, torture and false imprisonment, sexual violence including rape... and many more If it was any other country than Israel all of Europe would boycott them. Instead there will be silence
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 21/09/2026
A new megapoll shows that EU membership is the most popular UK-EU relations policy in all but four parliamentary seats in Great Britain. Which areas are the most supportive? Which areas aren't? And what are the benefits of membership? ⬇️
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FAQ: Why is EU membership the most popular UK-EU relations policy in 628 seats? - Best for Britain
A new megapoll shows that EU membership is the most popular UK-EU relations policy in all but four (628) parliamentary s
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Marcus Chown @marcuschown.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Science fiction writer Arthur Clarke in 1964 making a very good stab at predicting our world today m.youtube.com/watch?v=YwEL... #space #ai #comunications #computers #satellites
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1964: ARTHUR C CLARKE predicts the FUTURE | Horizon | Past Predictions | BBC Archive
YouTube video by BBC Archive
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Alan Lewis Chambers #FBPE #RejoinEU @alanlewch.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
The Planet Democracy: Unfiltered North TRUMP'S GREENLAND DEAL EXPOSED: How Denmark Outsmarted a 1951 Scam While Washington Claims Victory Denmark and Greenland force Trump to settle for a 1951 treaty that still requires a vote. Sep 20, 2026 theplanetdemocracy.substack.com/p/trumps-gre...
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TRUMP'S GREENLAND DEAL EXPOSED: How Denmark Outsmarted a 1951 Scam While Washington Claims Victory
While Donald Trump boasts about permanent control over Greenland, Denmark and Greenland held their red lines, forcing Washington to settle for a re-badged 1951 treaty that still requires a vote.
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Helen Maguire MP 🔶 @helenmaguiremp.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Fantastic news that Enhertu is available on the NHS in England. This drug can give some breast cancer patients months, even years, more with their loved ones. It's a huge win for patients and campaigners who never gave up. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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New hope for breast cancer patients as life-extending drug now on NHS in England
Enhertu, which can give patients an extra seven months to live on average, has been prescribed in Scotland for more than two years and is available.
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Jon Gregg 🇪🇺🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇺🇦🇮🇪 @jongregg.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Brexit to blame for small boat migrants, says Lib Dem leader Brexit to blame for small boat migrants, says Lib Dem leader www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... He’s right, of course. I wish Burnham (and Starmer before him) had the guts to say it…
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Brexit to blame for small boat migrants - Lib Dem leader Ed Davey
Sir Ed Davey says the Conservatives and Reform UK are to blame for the numbers of migrants crossing the Channel.
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The London Economic @thelondoneconomic.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
The former chancellor said the Britain had "gone off a cliff" since Brexit and that leaving the customs union has had a "devastating impact."
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George Osborne urges UK to rejoin EU customs union to reverse Brexit disaster
George Osborne has called for the UK to rejoin the European Union's custom union to help reverse the economic damage done by Brexit.
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Hassinator @hassinator.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
a great letter in the times today. perhaps worth sharing in these troubled times. #RNLI #heroes
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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 14/09/2026
Your regular reminder: If the Russians stop fighting, the war ends. If the Ukrainians stop fighting, their land will be occupied, their leaders will be killed, their history and language will be erased, their children will be kidnapped to serve Russia.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/09/2026
AI is used for almost everything these days. Even emails. This progress has been unprecedented. The Liberal Democrats have long called for stronger ethical regulation on AI to keep people safe. @LaylaMoran.bsky.social
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DemocracyLover #BlueCrew-FBR-FBPE-NAFO 🇫🇷🇪🇺🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇦🇨🇦 @martie38.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Found on Reddit
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 09/09/2026
A big step forward for disabled young people and their carers today: the House of Lords passed our law to make it easier for them to access their Child Trust Funds. This has been a long battle for me and many parents. I really hope Labour MPs don’t overturn our amendment.
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Arthur Snell @snellarthur.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Staggering. www.haaretz.com/israel-news/...
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Netanyahu got an explicit warning before Oct. 7. He didn't brief security chiefs
In September '23, UAE President bin Zayed called Netanyahu to deliver a harsh warning. Netanyahu did nothing. An extensive investigation, conducted for a new book, reveals the PM's failures surroundin...
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
There were three senior Reform men involved in those conversations. Two of them have been kicked out, the third is Nigel Farage. Reform have clearly accepted what happened here was wrong. So surely the buck stops with Farage?
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 05/09/2026
While James Orr is in the news – let’s look at what he’s been up to with Michael Gove... goodlaw.social/we4g
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Putin’s megaphone: Orbán’s far-right push into UK universities is fuelled by Russian oil
Good Law Project has uncovered a network funded by Hungary’s authoritarian leader Viktor Orbán, that uses profits from refining Russian oil to platform far right and anti-trans campaigners in the UK
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 03/09/2026
Farage has always behaved as though the rules apply to everyone but him. These allegations against Reform look like the latest example. Lib Dem Cabinet Office spokesperson @lisasmartmp.bsky.social has written to the police and the electoral commission asking them to investigate.
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Random Bits @rand0mb1tsuk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Reform UK gets another £4m from crypto billionaire pardoned by Donald Trump Ben Delo, who was convicted in 2022 for failure to apply anti-money laundering controls, is party’s second biggest donor www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Crypto billionaire pardoned by Trump gives Reform UK another £4m
Party confident money from Ben Delo will not be caught in new overseas donor cap
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 01/09/2026
Breaking News: A whistle-blower at the U.S. Postal Service said Trump officials were defying court orders with a “secretive, rushed” effort affecting voting by mail.
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Whistle-Blower Says Trump Officials Are Defying Court Orders on Voting by Mail
A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 02/09/2026
Tory and Reform MPs don't like to hear it, but fixing their Brexit mess is the only way to end the cost-of-living crisis. And that means joining the Single Market.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 02/09/2026
🇪🇺 Jayne Kirkham MP: "Almost everywhere you go in Cornwall, you'll see a distinctive but far too small blue sign signifying that a building or something was funded by the EU." "It was transformational for us. The Leave campaign promised Cornwall would not be worse off. That has fallen short."
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
The Lib Dem leader has this morning backed a backbench Labour amendment signed by over 100 Labour MPs, which would launch a National Commission on a "new fairer voting system"
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 02/09/2026
North Devon’s maternity unit has been closed for three weeks due to staff shortages. Women now face travelling up to two hours to give birth. That is terrifying for expectant mothers. The Prime Minister should commit to reopen the unit within days. @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 01/09/2026
Today the UK officially became a member of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). The offer? £2 billion a year for the UK economy (in the long run). Basically a rounding error in comparison to the £92 billion on the table from EU membership.
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EU membership is the best deal for the UK economy - Best for Britain
The economic boost of at least £92bn via the UK's renewed EU membership would vastly eclipse gains from the new trans-Pa
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Reform have lost four out of the five seats defended only August: 🔶 2 lost to Lib Dems 🌹 2 lost to Labour ➡️ Reform are losing defended seats at a loss rate of 60% since LE2026.
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Beth Humphreys 🌺 @producrgrl.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🇨🇦 🤣🤣🤣
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Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
One thing that makes this administration particularly dangerous is that it is filled with people who, like the president himself, have committed very many obvious crimes in the last 18 months and who know that the only way to stay out of prison is to stay in power.
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Liberty Hall @social-liberal.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Ed Davey (Lib Dems) "Reform UK has announced they will deny social housing to single mothers and their children simply because they aren’t married. They are a vindictive and dangerous party who only care about themselves,"
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Rolling Stone @rollingstone.com · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton's family asked that, in lieu of flowers, fans make a donation to the singer's Imagination Library. Here's what the charity does ⬇️ www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
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Turning Pages: Inside Dolly Parton's Imagination Library
Core team of 15 staff and thousands of volunteers and partners help the country-music philanthropist deliver books to kids around the world.
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Prem Sikka @premnsikka.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
UK offshore tax havens are epicenters of global corruption. Secrecy is used to launder money, evade taxes, bust sanctions, shield crooks. Money flows to the City of London. Despite promises, they obstruct transparency. UK has legal responsibility for good governance of its tax havens. Must act.
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‘A mockery’: how offshore tax havens are thwarting the UK’s transparency push
Critics say ownership registers are too costly and too complicated, scuppering attempts to expose alleged money laundering
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Ian Collins @icoll.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Farage forgetting to complete a form as usual. Clown show on form again www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Investigation into Reform's party for Nigel Farage in Clacton
It says it did not grant permission for the party's late-night Clacton by-election victory event.
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Scott Lucas @scottlucas.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
US again refuses to join UN statement condemning #Russia strikes on #Ukraine and calling for an immediate end to hostilities Document was supported by 50 countries - Among them were all 27 European Union countries, the UK, Japan, Canada, Georgia, Moldova, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea
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jashead @jashead.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
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The 50 Nerds of Grey
Jack Miladin

Had Canada been treating us fairly, this would never have happened. So, buckle up Canada, you're taking on Goliath.

Janel Comaeau
hey quick question does Goliath win in that story
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 20/08/2026
St Neots Eynesbury (Huntingdonshire) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 47.9% (+29.8) ➡️ RFM: 30.3% (+3.1) 🌳 CON: 6.7% (-3.8) 🌍 GRN: 5.5% (-12.5) 🌹 LAB: 4.9% (New) 🙋 Ind: 4.8% (New) No Ind (-26.2) as previous. Liberal Democrat GAIN from Reform UK. Changes w/ 2026.
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Neil Miles @neilsmiles.com · 17/08/2026
29th August 1985 - An excited Michael Fish gets to deploy the rarely seen red number as the temperature gets up to an incredible 26 degrees in London!
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Chris Grey @chrisgrey.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
This reminds me of my favourite story about Bletchley Park recruitment: Geoffrey Tandy was recruited for his supposed expertise in cryptograms. It turned his expertise was in 'cryptogams' i.e. mosses, ferns etc. (BTW it ended well, as a he became an effective Head of Naval Section VI.)
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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Lib Dem tip #15: On Liberty
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Lib Dem tip #15: On Liberty
The classic statement of liberalism, John Stuart Mill's On Liberty is short, readable and, a century and a half after publication, relevant.
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Roland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Allison's first lines here are, 'I am not a numbers person. While I carry reams of poetry around in my head, statistics seldom stick.' If she could understand statistics (AKA facts), she'd know there isn't a 'welfare balloon'.
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Abi Stevens - comms open @abistevensart.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Getting really bloody sick of saying NO to cookie data then having to scroll through sometimes mile-long mazes to untick 'legitimate interest' boxes because I ACTUALLY MEANT NO. 😑 Ticking no cookies shouldn't mean they still sell my data to 82+ mystery vendors unless I put more time into my no.
A screenshot of a data preference pop up. First box reads 'measure advertising performance'. Tick boxes I've turned off for 'consent (83 vendors)' and 'legitimate interest (62 vendors)'. Second box for 'content performance' has 'consent (35 vendors)' and 'legitimate interest (20 vendors)'.
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Peter Smith @redpeter99.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
There are 71 Lib Dem MPs in Westminster. There are 8 Reform MPs. When was the last time a Lib Dem press release led the BBC News headlines or was the main story on the BBC News website? (Rhetorical question)
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Greg Jericho @grogsgamut.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Happy 10 year anniversary of the best mic drop on Twitter. Hard to believe it’s been so long! Congrats @astrokatie.com

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
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Honestly climate change scares the heck out of me and it makes me so sad to see what we're losing because of it.

Gary P Jackson (RAT) @gary4205
@AstroKatie Maybe you should learn some actual SCIENCE then, and stop listening to the criminals pushing the #GlobalWarming SCAM!

Katie Mack @AstroKatie
@gary4205 | dunno, man, I already went and got a PhD in astrophysics.
Seems like more than that would be overkill at this point.
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Rusudan Djakeli @rusudandjakeli.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Tbilisi now. Day 626 of nonstop protests in Georgia. 🇬🇪🇪🇺🇺🇦
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