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Joanne Shaw 🔶🕷💙🇪🇺

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LibDem Borough and Unitary councillor, proud European, environmental campaigner, animal lover. Views are my own

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Carole Cadwalladr @carolecadwalla.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
NEW: Cryptobillionaire Christopher Harborne - the man who gave Farage £5m - has quietly dropped his defamation suit against @wsj.com over this 2023 article 👇 1/
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
People of Clacton, you know who to vote for 😆
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Zöe Franklin MP @zoefranklinld.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
The Howard of Effingham community is deeply disappointed after developers withdrew from a long‑promised new school build. Today, I tried to get a Prime Ministers Question on this. Whilst I was unsuccessful on this occasion, I want to reassure all those affected it is at the top of my priority list.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
The remarkable story we discussed this morning. (No paywall but do consider subscribing.) www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-e...
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EXCLUSIVE: Michael Prescott himself doctored Trump quote in his anti-BBC report
A report alleging Panorama broadcast misleading Trump quotes contains misleading quotes itself
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Zöe Franklin MP @zoefranklinld.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
It was a joy to visit the WI Vintage Tea Party at East Horsley Village Hall earlier this month. A fantastic afternoon tea with live entertainment as part of Age UK's 'Silver Sunday' celebrating older people and their contribution to society.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Reform have suspended 4 cllrs on Kent CC after the leaked video exposing their divisions. Lib Dems say Reform's meetings "sound more like an episode of The Traitors than the running of a major council." "All that's missing is for Claudia Winkleman to appear & ask who they're going to banish next."
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Patrick - Here for the craic❗️🤷🏼‍♂️😉 @paddyopatrick.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
If Reform win a seat in a by-election it’s rammed down our throats by BBC as a major headline and report on their main page.. And yet the @libdems.org.uk win 6 seats in Surrey and it’s buried away hush hush 🤫 I only came across it by chance just now .. #BBCReformsFreePRService
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Liberal Democrats win six seats in Surrey by-elections - BBC News
The Lib Dems also won three borough and district council ward by-elections in the county.
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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
How it started vs How it's going. More details: buff.ly/GbIKw4P
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Stella Creasy MP @stellacreasy.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Being accountable to an international court means our Government has to answer to them if it tries to undermine your human rights. Be very suspicious of any UK politician who wants to remove that check on their powers. Share this and speak up for your freedoms.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
If you value your human rights and want to remain under the protection of the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), maybe it’s time to vote and or join the Lib Dems who are the party that will stand up to protect those rights. Join the Lib Dems 👇🏽 #ECHR #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶 www.libdems.org.uk/join
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Join us
Become a Liberal Democrat member today.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Leaving the ECHR would allow the State Pension, the Minimum Wage, Sick Pay, Maternity Pay, Paid Holiday and working hour limits to all be abolished. They would make hundreds of billions from this. That is what they want.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 04/10/2025
Closer ties with the EU are good for the UK. But Farage won't admit it. “Nigel Farage and the Tories want to rip up a deal that benefits jobs and bills in the UK, and all because they are incapable of bringing themselves to have any relationship with Europe." politi.co/46P0XCz
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Brits want Nigel Farage to step away from the Brexit shredder
Polling commissioned by POLITICO shows wide public support for Labour’s EU reset.
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James O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
A hideous, and for traumatised British Jews profoundly unhelpful, expression of allyship & agreement with a violent, racist, serial criminal & former member of an avowedly anti-Semitic organisation from the *Israeli Minister of Diaspora Affairs* and so, as Sunder says, the Israeli government. 1/3
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Tony @tonynicol3.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Perfect, thanks. Voted and reposted. If it's anything like previous polls, you can vote as often as you like as long as you don't provide the requested email address.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
If you are a non-White person do not vote Reform. If you are on ANY benefits do not vote Reform. If you are disabled do not vote Reform. If you are a pensioner do not vote Reform. If you ever want to have Healthcare do not vote Reform. You are all on Nigel Farage's list.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19/09/2025
When I was young, being a carer simply wasn’t talked about. We’ve come a long way since then, but government still all too often ignores the millions of carers across Britain. I was proud to write the foreword to this IPPR report calling for real and transformative change.
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Everyone Hates Elon @everyonehateselon.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
🚨 POLICE TOOK OUR TRUMP & EPSTEIN VAN They're obviously terrified of THIS photo of Donald with the world’s most notorious paedophile making headlines while Trump visits the King. So whatever you do - DO NOT SHARE THIS VIDEO Location: Windsor High Street, UK #trump #epstein
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Kuntie Plopkins @kuntieplopkins.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
RIP the Sundance Kid 💗
Robert Redford as the Sundance Kid
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
James O'Brien, "The scenes on Saturday were striking, the numbers very high, but a fraction of the turnout of the please don't leave the EU marches" "No matter that the problems were literally caused by Brexit"
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
Musk’s speech at march denounced as ‘disgusting and inappropriate Ed Davey has written to Starmer, Badenoch and Farage, “urging them to join me in condemning Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence and to consider sanctions against the billionaire. www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home...
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London protests latest: Musk’s speech at Robinson march denounced as ‘disgusting’
Among comments made in conversation with Robinson, Musk claimed a ‘dissolution of parliament’ and ‘change of government’ is needed in the UK
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Duncan Jones @manmademoon.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
The whiplash from blaming the extreme militant antifa assassin/gun-banning, trans, immigrant left to feeling sorry for a lost white boy (grown ass man) is extraordinary… Please get over this fever soon, America. You need to heal something real bad.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
This too should be in the Media non-stop for a week until Nigel Farage is forced to resign.
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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Not a single Reform UK MP attended today's Commons statement on child rape gangs.
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Charlotte Church @charlottechurch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
“We reject the far right’s racist lies about ‘protecting’ women and girls. They are not defenders of women – they exploit violence against women to fuel hate and division.” I've joined @palomafaith.music-social.com @zarahsultana.bsky.social @zoejardiniere.bsky.social and many more in signing this
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Prominent UK women tell rightwingers: stop linking immigration to sexual abuse
Exclusive: Open letter says politicians are exploiting violence against women ‘to fuel hate and division’
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This should be headline news - the implications are horrifying …
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Collapse of critical Atlantic current is no longer low-likelihood, study finds
Scientists say ‘shocking’ discovery shows rapid cuts in carbon emissions are needed to avoid catastrophic fallout
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Marina Purkiss @marina-purkiss.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The billionaire press barons must be having a right laugh… Here we are distracted & arguing over asylum seekers (0.2% of the population) Meanwhile, billionaires (just 0.0002% of the population) hoard more wealth than half the UK Immigration isn’t draining us Inequality is.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Pritzker: To the members of the press who are assembled here today and listening across the country, I am asking for your courage to tell it like it is. This is not a time to pretend here that there are two sides to this story.
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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
Since we passed the Affordable Care Act, Republicans have tried over and over to repeal it. And over and over, they’ve failed — in part because millions of people now depend on the ACA for quality, affordable health care.
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BladeoftheSun @bladeofthes.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
In the 1950's, 60's and 70's when things needed to be done the Government did them. Now they beg billionaires to do them and give them vast sums of money. And nothing gets done. Let's bin the billionaires.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 12/08/2025
18-24 yr old voters are switching to the Lib Dems - Policies include: 👩‍👩‍👦‍👦 Scrap 2 Child Benefit Cap 🇪🇺 Closer ties with EU / Youth Mobility Scheme 🌎 Climate - Net Zero / Invest in renewable energy 💦 Ban dumping of sewage in waterways 🇵🇸 Gaza ceasefire /Two State Solution 🇺🇸 Stand up to Trump #LibDems🔶
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Zöe Franklin MP @zoefranklinld.bsky.social · 09/08/2025
Residents across #Guildford constituency are asking for better, greener transport options. Let's deliver the cleaner air, safer streets and low-carbon transport systems that communities are calling for. Watch my full summer adjournment debate speech👇 youtu.be/Qw5-7Eotkjo
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Zöe Franklin MP @zoefranklinld.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Alongside colleagues I've written to the Minister for Women & Equalities about the appointment of the new EHRC Chair. We share the concerns that both the JCHR and WEC had during the pre-appointment hearing. The EHRC urgently needs to rebuild trust with all communities.
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Adam Tranter @adamtranter.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Not a single person died on Helsinki’s roads in the last year. An impressive achievement which shows cities across the world that road traffic deaths are not inevitable. www.helsinkitimes.fi/finland/finl... Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year - Helsinki Times
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Helsinki records zero traffic deaths for full year
Helsinki has completed 12 months without a single traffic fatality, a milestone credited to lower speed limits, safer infrastructure, and years of consistent planning, officials say.
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Marged Sosban Fach 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🇪🇺🇫🇷 @margedsfach.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 29/07/2025
The right wants to kill off the NHS. Striking doctors are playing into their hands | Polly Toynbee
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The right wants to kill off the NHS. Striking doctors are playing into their hands | Polly Toynbee
The BMA’s demand for pay restoration is a slap in the face for the health secretary who gave them a 22% rise – and it’s testing the public’s sympathy, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 19/07/2025
Back the Lib Dem plan to halve energy bills
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Halve Energy Bills
The Lib Dem plan would break the link between gas prices and energy costs, so people can enjoy the benefits of cheap, clean power.
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The Marsh Family @marshfamilysongs.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
We stole a couple of nights from live gig prep to work up a final parody of the school year. So, prompted by Farage's stunt in the Channel last week, this one's called "Nigel Doesn't Care" and is a twist on the epic Bon Jovi track "Livin' on a Prayer". Have a great weekend 😎🎶 youtu.be/3gbd01c4Rcc
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"Nigel Doesn't Care" - Marsh Family parody of "Livin' on a Prayer" by Bon Jovi about Nigel Farage
YouTube video by Marsh Family
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Read more about the research - Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement: atmos.earth/fossil-fuel-...
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Fossil Fuel Billionaires Are Bankrolling the Anti-Trans Movement | Atmos
An investigation shared exclusively with Atmos finds that 80% of anti-trans organizations receive fossil fuel funding.
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Will Forster MP @willforster.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
As the summer recess nears, I’ve written exclusively for the #Woking News and Mail about my first year as a Member of Parliament. From getting to grips with the curious tradition of bobbing to upsetting a man with a sword - read all about it here ⬇️ www.wokingnewsandmail.co.uk/opinion/most...
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Most of my early weeks were spent getting lost
As the summer recess nears Will Forster, Liberal Democrat MP for Woking, concludes his series of fortnightly columns with a look back at a first year which involved getting to grips with the curious t...
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
❓If the government admits that First Past the Post is unsuitable for mayoral elections, why does it intend to keep it in place for general elections? Thank you, Sarah Olney MP, for raising this issue in Parliament. Whatever the election, FPTP is not fit for purpose. It must be replaced.
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Joanne Shaw 🔶🕷💙🇪🇺 @johelsh.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Glad to be out in Woking yesterday supporting Deborah and Louise.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 11/06/2025
Without fixing social care, putting money into the NHS today will be like pouring water into a leaky bucket. Today's Spending Review must finally start delivering the change that people were promised.
Daisy Cooper Quote which reads: 
People have been
left desperately 
disappointed in the Government’s failure 
to break clean from 
years of Conservative neglect and finally start delivering the change that people were promised.

Today’s spending review must deliver progress on social care. Without solving the social care challenge, putting money into the NHS today will be like pouring water into a leaky bucket.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
I've just watched Attenborough's Oceans film. It's excellent. But my overwhelming feeling is "at last!" I've been waiting, and fruitlessly lobbying, for a film like this for 40 years. But the institutional cowardice of the broadcasters has stymied such projects, until now.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
THE Liberal Democrats have hit back at Reform UK saying that the right-wing party should “learn how to run a council before telling others how to.” #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶 #Somerset www.wellington-today.co.uk/news/politic...
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Lib Dems hit back at Reform UK following Somerset Council criticism
The response follows comments made by Reform UK criticising Somerset Council's "profligate waste of money".
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Allison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 08/06/2025
So Terry can't call Stephen Miller hateful, but JD Vance can call Terry hateful. Got it.
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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Only the Lib Dems can stop Reform 🔶💪➡️ In council by-elections since May, the other parties have collapsed. Want to beat Reform? Join ALDC and the Lib Dems
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 06/06/2025
Wishing a happy and blessed Eid Al Adha to everyone celebrating in the UK and around the world. Eid Mubarak!
Eid-Al-Adha Mubarak
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Will Forster MP @willforster.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
Proud to be by @eddavey.libdems.org.uk at #PMQs today where he pushed the Prime Minister to stand up to Donald Trump and demand the United Nations sets up for humanitarian corridors in Gaza to ensure aid gets where it’s needed.
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Brexit Bin 🇪🇺 🇬🇧 🇩🇪 @brexitbin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Importantly, Ed Davey now has very similar figures to Starmer. That's also a big story.
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