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Wow. Donald Trump is giving money to Putin’s war machine so he can keep killing innocent Ukrainians and attacking democracies across Europe. The UK must lead a coalition of the willing that stands up and says no.

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Helen Morgan MP @helenmorganlibdem.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

Corridor care has hit a record high, and winter hasn't even started yet. In September, an average of more than 3,300 patients a day were treated in A&E corridors or on wards without a proper bed space. That's almost 100,000 times in a single month. 🧵

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 07/10/2026

JUST IN: Latest from the Liz Truss Supporters' Club

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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

"By using AI, tasks like essays that used to take hours can be completed in minutes!" Sure, like how if I arrive at the gym and immediately go for a shower, my workout is done in record time. And if I throw my sandwiches straight in the bin, I can finish my lunch in under 10 seconds.

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Lib Dem Friends of Cycling 🔶🚲 @libdemcyclewalkwheel.org.uk · 20/09/2026

We are delighted that motion F16 at #LibDemConference passed. This policy recognises that promoting walking, wheeling and cycling is not just transport policy - it's also preventive healthcare, environmental action, and economic common sense. @ollyglover.bsky.social

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Getting the Nation Walking, Wheeling and Cycling

Liberal Democrats believe active travel is not just transport policy - it is preventive healthcare, environmental action, and economic common sense.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 11/09/2026

In today's @navigatepolitics.uk weekly roundup, I analysed how candidates surnames' dictate how well they do within party slates in multi-member wards. 72% of the time, the candidate 1st alphabetically received the most votes. Surnames starting with Z topped their slates just 6% or the time!!

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Oxford Clarion @oxfordclarion.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

WHAT ARE YOU LOT LIKE?! We have basic tracking on the newsletter. Most clicked link - our tips on Oxford Open Doors. Fair. Second most clicked link? A picture of MP @ollyglover.bsky.social toastie and a debate on where to get the best cheese and onion toasties in Didcot. News and toasties. 💪

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

It is indeed. Joined the Reading Lib Dem team in the parade, and some chat at their stall afterwards.

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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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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Note this comment on Stadler's website. "The FLIRT Akku was developed to close these gaps in the rail network with sustainable electricity and can replace diesel vehicles on secondary lines without overhead lines." UK has convinced itself they are suitable basically everywhere we haven't wired.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Aware such units are being marketed, but from everything I have looked at, no country uses them on unelectrified lines with speeds more than 75mph. If they do 100, it is when in full electric mode.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It isn't a bolt-on, EWR was proposed for it 1st. Perfectly possible to electrify the tunnels into Marylebone. Chiltern is another poor application of battery trains due to 100mph speeds, and north of Banbury used intensively for freight. No rolling contract yet awarded for Class 15x replacements.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Oxford-Bletchley was all rebuilt in recent years, with nearly all structures passively cleared for future electrification. Bletchley to Bedford is going to be rebuilt and fully electrified.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Oxford-Bletchley was all rebuilt in recent years, with nearly all structures passively cleared for future electrification. Bletchley to Bedford is going to be rebuilt and fully electrified.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

We were confident we could do HS2 with 400km/h design speed and automatic train operation, ignoring the experience of others, until we ditched both concepts in favour of what works.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

As stated above, there are few bridges that need sorting, as most of it is new railway. Lots of things you are ignoring: train reliability; ruling out electric freight; UK's bad track record at doing new and shiny; inferior acceleration of battery trains compared to from the 25kV overhead supply.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

Agree with your comments, although I believe EWR is designing for 100mph line speed.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

It's mostly a new railway. Few bridges need rebuilding on the existing railway. But even then, British Rail was good at doing such stuff decades ago. If discontinuous and batteries is such a great idea for a fast and busy railway, why isn't everywhere else doing it?

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

100mph battery trains do not exist. Nowhere in the world uses them. Lack of wires means electric freight is impossible. Lots of unanswered questions about battery life. EWR's own figures show that rolling stock leasing costs significantly higher for battery compared to conventional electric.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

They have their merits on slower/more lightly-used lines, but the proposed use of them on 100mph and high-frequency East West Rail is completely absurd, and nowhere else in the world currently uses battery trains on railways with those characteristics.

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Tara Shears @tarashears.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

I missed this letter before: bravo @ollyglover.bsky.social and all signatories. Physics underpins so much that drives growth; fundamental physics nurtures the skills, technologies and future applications that give us our future advantage as well as revealing so much inspirational knowledge.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

The transition to electric vehicles is essential for cleaning up our air, improving respiratory health, and achieving our environmental targets. @pippaheylings.bsky.social, Sarah Olney MP and I wrote to the Secretary of State to ask what the Government is doing to support this transition.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

This morning I spoke on LBC to talk about Andy Burnham’s £2 bus fare cap, personal tax allowance, and the early release of prisoners. 🎤

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Well, Nigel Farage has done so little wrong that he decides to blow £450,000 of tax payers' money calling a by-election. What a stunt.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 26/06/2026

The World Cup is here, but late kick-offs leave fans choosing between the final whistle and the last Tube. We're calling on the Mayor of London and TfL to extend the Night Tube on England and Scotland match days. 🚇 @ollyglover.bsky.social

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

A decade on from the Brexit vote, local businesses have endured rising costs, and NHS waiting lists continue to prevent people from accessing GP services. Rebuilding our relationship with Europe is vital for economic growth. This starts with joining the customs union and the single market.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

My thoughts are with the train driver who sadly lost his life and the many passengers who were injured in the Bedfordshire train crash on Friday. It's important that we give the investigatory and site recovery teams the time needed to examine the incident in detail.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I don't think that. I wanted to take some time to properly understand what the EDM is asking for and what it would mean in practice, before deciding whether or not to sign. Having done that this week, I will be signing, and my name will appear as a signatory shortly.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

I will be signing this, and thought I had this week, so need to look into why my name has not appeared. Hopefully will all be sorted tomorrow/next week.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17/06/2026

Labour’s red lines on Europe are holding Britain back. Today I will set out our plan for a bold new deal with the EU to fix the damage done by Brexit, tackle the cost of living crisis and keep Britain safe.

Guardian article. Headline: Lib Dems to urge Labour to drop ‘torpor and timidity’ on EU and rejoin single market

Subheading: Exclusive: Ed Davey to make call ahead of 10th anniversary of Brexit vote, in strengthening of party’s position on EU

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Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform (LDER) @libdems4er.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

"Even if I lose my own seat" Liberal Democrats will back Fair Votes - no matter the consequences for us - because its the right thing to do. #Politics #fairvotes #fixpolitics #makevotesmatter

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/06/2026

Every single household in Britain should be able to afford their basic everyday energy needs. Our Essential Energy Guarantee would use the huge windfall profits of the big energy network operators to cut your bills. @libdemdaisy.bsky.social has the details. ⬇️

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Liberal Democrats for Electoral Reform (LDER) @libdems4er.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

No, people do not often start talking about voting systems on the doorstep. But they DO say politics is a waste of time, all politicians are the same, whats the point in voting. If people are telling us Politics is not working - then we need to fix it!

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 05/06/2026

We all need to resist attempts like this to politicise Henry Nowak’s death and divide our country - whether they come from MAGA politicians like Vance or their cronies here in the UK.

headline: “JD Vance blames ‘invasion’ of migrants for Henry Nowak murder despite family’s calls for ‘return to common sense’ policing.” Subheading: “He said the response to Henry’s death should be ‘righteous anger’.”

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Campaign for Better Transport @bettertransport.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Powerful words in yesterday's NEETs report. "If a young person cannot physically get to the college, the interview, the apprenticeship or the job, nothing else the system offers matters." Urgently need to fill gaps in the transport network & make fares affordable. www.gov.uk/government/p...

"A young person offered a hospitality shift finishing at 11pm in a town twelve miles from home with no evening bus has not been offered a job. They have been presented with a problem they cannot solve." Young people and work: interim report for the Department for Work & Pensions, May 2026

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

What do you mean by "Unionist" in this context?

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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 🗳️Could Burnham as PM bring electoral reform? @alexsobel.co.uk, @ollyglover.bsky.social, Emma Harrison, and Darren Hughes discuss: What could Burnham as PM mean for our democracy, given his strongly held and long-standing views about electoral reform? 🎧 Listen now: pod.fo/e/421e40

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Our European allies have been building high speed lines for decades, at a significantly lower cost. The Government needs to embrace this good practice to make the most of this shambles, and turn this situation around. metro.co.uk/2026/05/19/f...

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First HS2 trains won't run until 2036 after costs balloon to £107,000,000,000

Some sections might not open until 2043.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The shocking mismanagement of HS2 is a national embarrassment. The UK still needs long distance rail capacity, to make better use of existing lines for freight and regional trains.

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

📺 WATCH: Today at #PMQs @ollyglover.bsky.social asked Keir Starmer about the UK's broken voting system. "Does the Prime Minister still have full confidence in the First Past the Post system to deliver strong and stable government?" "Yes I do," responded our 6th Prime Minister in 10 years 👀

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

There is a 2.5+ hour Transport Select Committee session tomorrow (Wednesday) starting at 0915, where we will be scrutinising HS2, in case of interest.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

You can watch my full speech here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/...

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

🏠 Regulating property management companies 🏨 Funding essential infrastructure for communities alongside housing developments 💦 Holding water companies accountable for sewage dumping

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

I also raised the following issues: 🗳️ Fixing our broken political system by introducing a fair voting system 📈 Replacing the unfair business rates system 📚 Investing in state SEND Schools to reduce local authority costs

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

During, the King's speech debate I raised several issues that we need government to urgently address to ensure economic growth in the UK. In particular, I addressed removing barriers to local businesses by joining EU Customers Union and Single Market.

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I look forward to seeing more of their work locally and continuing to support their efforts to get more young people travelling actively and independently.🚶

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

It was great to join @teammodeshift.bsky.social in Parliament to celebrate 25 years of work making everyday journeys safer, healthier and easier.🚗 They play important role in supporting schools, councils and communities to improve regular journeys.🚲

Olly Glover with two representatives of modeshift holding a sign which says 'celebrating 25 years of Modeshift making everday journeys healthier and safer'

Olly Glover speaking at the event, with Modeshift banner in background

Olly Glover speaking at event, with attendees in background

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Olly Glover, MP 🔶 @ollyglover.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Whilst seeing friends in the north west at the weekend, great to see Northern's confidence in their rail product, via this notice at a ticket machine. If only Northern could be nationalised to sort all this out. Oh wait, they were, half a decade ago.

Sign cellotaped to a Northern Rail ticket machine, saying "Please note: Please check your train is running before buying a ticket".

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 29/04/2026

Horrifying news from North London. My heart goes out to the victims, their loved ones and the whole Jewish community. Hatred like this has no place in Britain. The Government must do more to keep Jewish communities safe and confront antisemitism wherever it appears.

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