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Martin Gammon

@martingammon.bsky.social
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He/him Very happy to be retired and enjoying volunteering: Runnymede Liberal Democrats 🔶️‬ Shepperton Village Fair marketing

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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
How satisfying is this?
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
The Tories are losing the plot. This is so sad to see.
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Reform’s response to the Channel 4 doc: “Reform UK has a robust vetting process for prospective donors approved by the Electoral Commission.” The Electoral Commission’s riposte: “The Electoral Commission has not approved the donor vetting process for Reform, or any other party.”
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Anthropic has published Claude’s Constitution — a public set of principles guiding how its AI behaves. It focuses on safety, honesty, human oversight, and avoiding harm. An interesting step toward transparent, values-driven AI design. #AI #EthicalAI #ClaudeAI #ArtificialIntelligence #TechEthics
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“From the fracture, we can build something better, stronger, more just.” — Mark Carney, Davos 2026 The point isn’t to lament the end of the old order, but to design the next one. #Davos2026 #MarkCarney #GlobalGovernance #JustTransition
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“We know the old order is not coming back. We shouldn’t mourn it. Nostalgia is not a strategy.” — Mark Carney, Davos 2026 In a rupture, not a transition, pretending the past will save us is the real risk. #Davos2026 #MarkCarney #NostalgiaIsNotAStrategy #Geopolitics #MiddlePowers #MarkCarney
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
“When the rules fail to protect you, self‑defence becomes paramount.” — Mark Carney, Davos 2026 Energy, food, minerals, supply chains: resilience is now hard security, not a buzzword. #Davos2026 #EconomicSecurity #Resilience #SupplyChains #MarkCarney
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Excellent from Canadian PM Mark Carney at DAVOS: "If the middle powers [like GB] are not at the table, they are on the menu.". #Davos #MarkCarney #MiddlePowers
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
🚨 New investigation from HOPE not hate. They have uncovered a group of far-right activists attempting to gather data on thousands of progressives in the UK. Their team has gone inside their chat groups to discover more about their dangerous plans. #HopeNotHate
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HOPE not hate
🚨 New investigation from HOPE not hate. We have uncovered a group of far-right activists attempting to gather data on thousands of progressives in the UK. Our team has gone inside their chat groups...
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
In the last 10 years, world leader Denmark has gone from 47% of electricity generated from fossil fuels to 84% generated from renewables. That's impressive.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
"The Daily Telegraph's attacks on the BBC are not remotely done in good faith and are the result of their ideological and commercial interests. Looking to the paper as an arbiter of journalistic accuracy and ethics is like calling on the fox to give you advice on securing the hen house." Mic Wright
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The Government admits Brexit is damaging our economy, but Labour won't fix it. We need a new UK-EU Customs Union and a path back to the Single Market to boost growth and help families now. Sign this petition to rebuild Britain's relationship with Europe. #Brexit #CustomsUnion
libdems.org.uk
Fix Britain's Trade
Liberal 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.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/qr/wWqMmz7...
crowdfunder.co.uk
Time to fight back
Now more than ever, we need to fight back to protect democracy in the UK. Please support us by backing our Crowdfunder today.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
From @theguardian.com obituary for Diane Keaton "One talks about a personality that lights up a room; she lit up a boulevard". Perfect. #DianeKeaton
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Did you watch The Hack? I can't believe papers have gotten away with destroying lives for so long. That's why I've signed the petition, set up by Hugh Grant and other phone hacking victims, to demand fair, independent regulation. Join me: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/a-...
you.38degrees.org.uk
A Free Press, Not a Free Pass – It's Time for Fair Regulation
For too long, the UK press have bullied people, harassed grieving families, and destroyed lives, all to sell papers. We’ve all seen the heartbreaking consequences. They’ve hacked phones, listened to ...
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Most days my social media is full of posts that worry, concern, depress and leave me dispairing about the world. And then I something like this and my heart is lifted again.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
I will be volunteering with Hope Not Hate to help stop the rise of fascism in the UK. Please, if you want to stop progress of Reform UK, sign the petition. #HopeNotHate #StopReformUK
secure.hopenothate.org.uk
Hold on to Hope: Sign the pledge
Reuniting the UK begins with a commitment to tackle hate with hope. Sign our pledge to join the movement and stay informed on campaign updates.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Oh, the hypocrisy, the deceit, the lies, the me-me-me-ness
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Here's @eddavey.libdems.org.uk on the Angela Rayner situation: "Let’s see what the ethics adviser says, but maybe instead of all this jumping up and down, now would be a good time to discuss how we look after disabled children and build a more caring country. #CaringBritain #FairSociety
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 31/08/2025
Why does @eddavey.libdems.org.uk seem to be the only politician coming straight out and saying this? #Brexit #Farage #ECHR
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 30/08/2025
No one produced a manifesto for #Brexit prior to the referendum. Brexit has always been an all-encompassing idea onto which people could impose their own political grievances. That was the point. The absence of detail was intentional because detail would have exposed its glaring contradictions.
writesbright.substack.com
Brexiteers hate the world they created
A rant...
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
This letter is spot on. Lib Dem MP @calummillerld.bsky.social to Nigel Farage after his speech in Oxfordshire.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Just hilarious!
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 02/08/2025
Somehow our society needs to change the way we talk about men being violent towards women - from "violence towards women" to "violence by men". Men who do this are not "monsters", they are men. Men do this. Let's start saying that.
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Good Law Project @goodlawproject.org · 30/06/2025
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join the fight👇 goodlawproject.org/petition/tim...
goodlawproject.org
It’s time for app stores to ban fake age ratings
Google and Apple must stop making cash out of conning kids and their parents through fake app store age ratings. Join our fight!
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Impressive...
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Sound familiar? Patrimonialism is a form of governance in which the ruler governs on the basis of personal loyalties which are derived from patron-client relations, personal allegiances, kin ties and combinations thereof. [Wikipedia]
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
It’s poetic irony : a group of ordinary people taking on a far-right party that claims to be the voice of the people. This is about Reform ignoring voters who asked what data it holds about them. Donate if you can spare a few pounds. #GoodLawProject #Reform #VotersRights
goodlawproject.org
We’re suing Farage’s Reform in the High Court | Good Law Project
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
The UK will create its first new national forest in 30 years, near Bristol, the Times says. It’ll cover at least 6,000 acres and involve planting 20 million trees. #NationalForest #GreenRecovery #RewildingEngland #NatureRestoration #SustainableForestry #ClimateAction #ForestFuture #GreenerUK
nationalforest.org
England’s new national forest draws on our 30 years of proven
We’re thrilled to share some exciting news. A new national forest is being created – the Western Forest – and we’re proud that the National Forest Company will
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
We must stop Trump exporting bigotry and hate. Join me and @GoodLawProject and tell Trump loud and clear: not in the UK. goodlawproject.org/crowdfunder/...
goodlawproject.org
Stop Trump exporting bigotry and hate | Good Law Project
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
London's ULEZ expansion has cut NO2 levels by 27% with no negative impact on business! Breathing cleaner air while keeping the economy strong. #CleanAirNow #LondonULEZ #UrbanPolicy #ClimateAction #AirQualityRetry
theprogressplaybook.com
In numbers: How London's low-emission zones have improved air quality
Roadside concentrations of nitrogen dioxide were 27% lower across the city in 2024, relative to a scenario in which ULEZ didn't exist.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Yesterday’s Oval Office meeting was a stark reminder that Ukraine needs more than words—it needs unwavering support. President Zelenskyy deserves respect, not hostility. Democracy, freedom, and peace are not bargaining chips. 💙💛 #StandWithUkraine #SlavaUkraini #SupportUkraine
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
It has always been my view that Gene Hackman is the most underrated actor of his generation. #RIP #GeneHackman
app.independent.co.uk
The Independent UK
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Absolutely delighted to discover this book is still in print. It was practically the first book I bought when I moved away from home in the early 1980s.
Book: Cooking in a Bedsitter by Katherine Whitehorn
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Germany's AfD party have no chance of being in power, but they are making the German government more dysfunctional. Also, the different between "Extreme Right" and "Far Right" defined. This is the best explainer on the subject I have come across. #AfD #FarRight #ExtremeRight
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Who are Germany's AfD party? | World politics | The New Statesman
YouTube video by The New Statesman
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 19/02/2025
Calling 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.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
"The illegal seizure of power isn’t just another story to be swept away in the deluge of other stories. It’s the foundational framing to understanding everything." @carolecadwalla.bsky.social #Coup #USCoup
open.substack.com
US Coup Gains Speed
Europe shakes as new world order emerges. Here's what's not on the front page of the New York Times right now
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
Stop Funding Hate: Sign the Petition In January, a GB News presenter repeated a dangerous lie linking LGBTQ+ people to paedophilia. 65,000 complaints to Ofcom. An ad for Sky Broadband aired immediately after the hateful comments. Sky are effectively funding hate. #StopFundingHate #Sky #GBNews
action.goodlawproject.org
Sky must stop funding hate speech
CW: Homophobia, hate speech Sky launched its programme for Pride 2024 with a ringing declaration the company was “proud to celebrate LGBTQ+ stories”. But while it was posting shiny videos claiming to ...
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It's not just morally repugnant to condemn children to poverty and lack of opportunity, it makes no economic sense either. #ChildPoverty
substack.com
The economic stupidity of child poverty
It's not just morally repugnant to condemn children to poverty and lack of opportunity, it makes no economic sense either
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
"Sources say", "allegedly" & "unconfirmed reports" used to mean real journalism & fact-checking. Now it's just cover for spreading misinfo on social media. "Huge if true" & "just asking questions"=ways to dodge accountability while amplifying rumours. #MediaLiteracy #Misinformation #JournalismEthics
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Could Elon Musk be the most powerful human to ever live? Thank you, thank you, @lewisgoodall.com - there have been times in the past couple of weeks when I began to believe I had misunderstood the situation because there was no worldwide outrage at what Musk is doing. #ElonMusk #StateCapture
youtube.com
Elon Musk's main aim is 'world domination' | Lewis Goodall on LBC
YouTube video by LBC
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
I have no issue with "Persistent and peaceful" protest in London by farmers, even if they block Whitehall. But why did so many people - and much of the MSM - have an issue with Just Stop Oil and Insulate Britain doing the same thing? #ClimateEmergency #DoubleStandards
Farmers protest in London about Inheritance Tax changes by blocking Whitehall with tractors
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Quote originally by Anne Marie Bonneau (@Zerowastechef on Insta) and this graphic by SMOL. #ZeroWaste
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Remember when the progress %age for all things related to progress on climate change were, depressingly, in single figures? Well, now look at these very encouraging current figures from @nickhedley.bsky.social at The Progress Playbook. #ClimateChange #ClimateChangeAction
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"Every tyrant who has lived has believed in freedom - for himself." - Elbert Hubbard #Tyranny
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Electric vehicles (EVs) now last as long as petrol and diesel alternatives – and their improving reliability outpaces fossil fuel-powered cars each year because the technology is still maturing. #EV #ElectricVehicle Read more: www.newscientist.com/article/2465...
newscientist.com
Electric cars now last as long as petrol and diesel counterparts
Records from UK vehicle safety tests show that the average lifespan of an electric vehicle is 18 years, and the reliability is still improving considerably from year to year
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
"My body is not a democracy - it's a dictatorship, and I'm the dictator." - Gloria Steinem #GloriaSteinem #MyBodyMyChoice #WomensRights #ReproductiveRights
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
We cannot leave it to the Musks and Zuckerbergs of this world to control free speech and information flow for billions worldwide. We cannot trust them alone to govern AI's use or keep users safe. These decisions affecting global democracy cannot rest in so few hands. #DigitalDemocracy
theguardian.com
Elon Musk has shown his hand. If politicians like me won’t curb his malign powers, who will? | Ed Davey
It’s the job of democracies around the world to stand strong together and hold oligarchs and their platforms to account, says Liberal Democrat leader Ed Davey
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Lib Dem MP @JamesMacCleary introduces bill to let 18-30 year olds live and work in EU again! 60% of voters back our plan for a Youth Mobility Scheme. Time to restore opportunities the Conservatives took away from young people. #LibDems #Europe #Erasmus #Students
runnymedelibdems.org.uk
Lib Dems Push to Restore Youth Opportunities with Europe
The Liberal Democrats are leading efforts to restore opportunities for young British people to live, work and study in Europe through a new parliamentary bill introduced this week.
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Martin Gammon @martingammon.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
Lib Dem leader Ed Davey will today call for the UK to seek a new customs union with the EU, aiming to boost economic ties and ease trade barriers. He sees see this as essential for restoring stability and supporting businesses. What are your thoughts? 🌍🤝 #UKPolitics #Trade #CustomsUnion #Brexit
theguardian.com
UK should seek new customs union with EU, Lib Dems to say
Leader Ed Davey to call for talks to begin immediately, urging ministers to be ‘far more positive, far more ambitious’
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