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Ok this is the first time I've regretted not voting in that one (my postal vote lapsed, I was in London for work and didn't fancy the eight hour round trip... It remains the only time I've missed the opportunity to vote!)

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

I think they all do the metagaming but they just cut it out most of the time

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Leonardo Carella @leonardocarella.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

God forbid a woman have hobbies

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

I have so many questions, mainly about our sheepy brothers in Sardinia

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

EVERYTHING is pointing to early election except the fact that only a madman would call an election in an oil shock

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

Riso is fully cranked don't worry

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

None of this makes any sense unless they're planning an early election. An early election would be an insane thing to do given the war in Iran etc. But apart from LGR and Devo, what are they going to do for 3 years? It doesn't make any sense!

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

So far the Tories are going to abolish stamp duty and massively cut inheritance tax (and reintroduce benefits to high earners which probably won't cost) all paid for by unspecified benefit cuts' - they need to be asked exactly which cuts if this is to be remotely credible (it isn't)

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I think about this all the time. I think future people will look back at chemotherapy the way we look back at leeches.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Three is the best 🥰 congratulations and good luck!

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

This isn't true btw, I'm not sorry. I'm furious. This shouldn't be a culture war thing - these are people's lives we're talking about. It's grotesque.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Obviously engaging with this stuff is a mugs game but most people don't live 2 miles away down 60mph lanes, most people live in cities, towns, and larger villages. If the people that can, walk, cycle and use public transport more, it frees up road space doe people that can't - so they benefit too.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

We introduced 20mph zones in Oxfordshire and the numbers of people killed and injured on our roads has gone down even as the same figures in surrounding areas have gone up. Sorry to be a soggy liberal but I think that's a good thing.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

It's boring unglamorous work too - you gotta make your lists and call round and think about who your contacts might know in Falmouth or Berwick and who they can call round. But if they're doing it, you have to do it too.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Strongly agree with this thread and especially this bit of it. Where cis Liberals did respond we've been able to push back eg the failed attempt by transphobes to take control of Lib Dem Women last year - but a lot of people did a lot of work to make that happen.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

As soon as I saw this was in Hebden Bridge I knew it'd be amazing 🤣

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Labour could absolutely eat their lunch by just doing it though and it probably wouldn't even cost any money once you consider the scale of legal avoidance. Plus if Labour did it Kemi would probably oppose it which would give us all a much-needed laugh.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

But fundamentally if you're the Tories and you don't have an offer for working age rich people then what are you even doing? Whether it'll help given everything else they're doing to repel this group 🤷🏻‍♀️ but they still have to do it!

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Now to take a big swig of coffee and find out who the last Tory chancellor was.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Jeremy Hunt made all those comments about 100k not being much in his constituency for a reason

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

(by not that many: if they had a wildly successful night and quintupled their representation that would take them to 25 which isn't loads in the context of 650)

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Also in practice there aren't likely to be that many Green MPs so unless the maths is really tight it might not help, plus they don't have whipping so can't guarantee support which makes them less appealing as a potential coalition partner.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

That said I have concerns that this could be weaponised by the anti-trans lobby (but it's fairer for people who don't have the resources to travel)

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

I don't think you can look at it in isolation - we have more robust processes to review motions and something like this wouldn't have got anywhere near the floor.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

Hannah Fry is amazing but she's also had way too much screen time to survive (and is too good to have lasted much longer even without getting stitched up by Jerry) #CelebrityTraitors

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

My point is that people who are allowed to have jobs have more power to demand more £££ and better ts and cs than people who are working illegally, not that exploitation by deliveroo is fine (it's not fine)

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Demand a mini-debate on suspension of standing orders to allow people to vote online while standing up in the hall 👍🏻

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Theoretically I suppose you could stand up in the hall and log in online and vote online but you'd probably have to pay twice

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

And sitting down. Can't vote standing up. Not sure why not.

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Luke Taylor MP @luketaylorld.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

The motion passed at Green Party Conf' actively undermines a 2-state solution, and does not address the rising threats of Islamophobia and Antisemitism here in the UK. This is a divisive motion that pours fuel on the fire of tensions in the UK, and will leave many British Jews feeling less safe.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It kinda annoys me that Jake is treated as not a worthy winner. He clocked Linda, managed to not get murdered while guaranteed faithful, and successfully allied with the other guaranteed faithful player, Leanne. People are just salty because we all loved Kas and Alexander and no one liked Leanne!

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Thought occurs that Jake and Elen were victims of this too, Jake was obviously metagaming with the 'doctor traitor' theory and Elen with 'strong female traitor'.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If this was less depressing I'd do the sweating-man-with-button meme here but honestly haven't the heart for it

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

Let asylum seekers work: it'll fix a few problems in our labour market, save taxpayers some cash and mean we don't need giant asylum sites like MOD Bicester. Or we could keep being performatively awful to asylum seekers for no benefit.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

This is also a really shabby way to treat people IMV, Sarah is hated. And they don't do it to the celebrities presumably because they don't want a furious agent on the phone - but they shouldn't do it to anyone

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