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מיידלבאס ↙︎↙︎↙︎ @pharisee.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

is this just going to be every election forever now

Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

As someone who loves using an em-dash, its seizure by AI frustrates me to no end. Practicing good grammar just now makes you look like a robot - which is frankly quite damaging to writing as a craft generally.

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Young Liberals 🔶🏳️‍⚧️ @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

We are proud to release For a Fair Future, our new Youth Manifesto, calling for many things that effect the youth, from education to the environment, civil liberties to infrastructure. Take a look at some key policy areas! You can also read our full manifesto by our Linktree (link in bio).

defeat the nanny state
whether it is online censorship or excessive regulation of private life, we will always take on the state
freedom is non-negotiable

fix the job market
we are the only political force in Britain not only calling for EU Youth Mobility, but also a van on fake job listings,
excessive assessments, and opaque salary ranges
fair recruitment is non-negotiable

get britain railed
We have a firm commitment to rail expansion, affordable travel and tackling the DVSA testing backlog
public transport is non-negotiable

the nuclear option
energy prices hinder growth, and growth is the liberal priority
nuclear is non-negotiable

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Christ, that alert was terrifying - they could’ve just sent the notification without the alarm!

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

This is just flat out odd. In fairness he had 5 years in the Treasury back under Blair, so this is surprisingly rational!

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Joel @snufkinlib.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

An entire nation thrilled to make third place… tonight we are ALL Lib Dems

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

This is why I never get into the football :(

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

Football could or could not be coming home, but it’s probably having nostalgic feelings of its childhood in England during the 12th century

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

I feel that reactions to the football on Bluesky are the perfect counter to any argument that English liberals/progressives lack national pride.

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James Ball @jamesrball.com · 07/07/2026

Saying you're the "most physically attacked" MP when two MPs have been killed in the last decade is just horribly self-absorbed.

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Ros Taylor @rostaylor.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The rudderless Foreign Office is making huge cuts to its staff. The atmosphere is grim. Few staffers are safe from the cull. They describe colleagues in tears as they prepare to re-apply for their own jobs, and probably other people’s too. www.politicshome.com/news/article...

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The Foreign Office Is Leaderless Amid A Restructuring – And What's The Strategy?

The FCDO has been left leaderless in the middle of a restructuring. Both the planned cuts and the department as a whole are accused of lacking stra...

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 23/06/2026

Nigel Farage pocketed a £5 million Brexit reward. When he promised we would be better off, he clearly only meant himself. 10 years on, it's time to end the chaos and fix our broken relationship with Europe, starting by joining the single market.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22/06/2026

The British people are sick of being let down by an endless merry-go-round of Prime Ministers while nothing really changes. This time must be different. It can’t just be about changing who’s in Number 10, it has to be about changing our broken politics so we can fix our country.

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Anne Applebaum @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu · 22/06/2026

He was, in part, another victim of Brexit

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Politics UK @politicsuk.com · 22/06/2026

🚨 NEW: Ed Davey says the new Prime Minister has to change our "broken politics" "The British people are sick of being let down by an endless merry-go-round of Prime Ministers while nothing really changes"

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 22/06/2026

It doesn’t feel like there’s any excitement or gravitas in this resignation. I’m not sure if that’s good or bad sign for our politics.

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Dr Nigel Fletcher @nigelfletcher.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

Got to love British election declarations. A Prime Minister-in-waiting launching his bid for the leadership of the country from between a man with a bin on his head and a man in a fox costume.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 17/06/2026

It’s time to move forward. It’s time to end the chaos. Today, Ed Davey will set out our plan for a bold new deal with Europe to make Britain richer, safer and stronger.

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

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Ben Ansell @benansell.bsky.social · 14/06/2026

The sheer level of illiberalism from the government is galling - on teens, on protest, on speech, on immigration, on private business. It’s like they did securonomics but forgot the economics bit.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 30/05/2026

The new EHRC Code of Practice is not fit for purpose. It does not provide clear guidance or do enough to protect everyone from discrimination, and it is not compatible with longstanding British values. @EdDavey.LibDems.org.uk and @MarieCGoldman.bsky.social have written to Bridget Phillipson. ⬇️

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

With the weather right now, I’m very glad I studied in Taiwan for a month last year - it was obviously the perfect preparation for Britain undergoing climate change… I just hope that our rainfall combined with the heat doesn’t land up simulating monsoon conditions 😅

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

This is very fun! I also did the American focused version and got broadly the same results. I would argue that I am generally centre-left economically, but I’m also classically liberal enough to trust free markets more than the average social democrat, so I get why I was put in the centre.

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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

🗳️ The local election results show that the need to reform the voting system "has never been greater," says APPG member @wendychambld.bsky.social Business Questions to the Leader of the House this morning 👇

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Listening to Labour MPs speaking about Starmer right now, he’s just done for. It doesn’t matter when he goes, unless there’s some sort of miracle, he can’t regain the authority he’s lost, he can’t lead his party, and therefore he can’t lead the party.

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

The live BBC News feed showing No10 is incredibly entertaining when they’re not playing audio from one of the main news shows. You just hear the camera people and journalists chatting, shouting questions to ministers, and then complimenting each other on how loud their voices are 😅

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Young Liberals 🔶🏳️‍⚧️ @youngliberalsuk.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Our politics is the bus that reaches the remotest villages, it is the laughter in a warm home, it is the sigh of relief from those who dare to dream. Politics is better when it’s focused on you. That’s the bright side of Britain Lib Dems deliver ☀️✨

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/05/2026

We think GB News presenter Camilla Tominey needs a calculator, and a map… 🤦‍♀️

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Through my vast knowledge of Catherine West (I've read her Wikipedia page) she's a genuinely interesting challenger. Former leader of Islington Council, started out as a caseworker for Lammy, outspoken on Hong Kong (with a masters in Chinese Studies from SOAS) and a staunch Remainer.

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Ben Williams @bpwilliams72.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Lib Dems control more English councils than the Conservative Party, the Green Party and Reform UK. Not that you'd know this from yesterday's coverage. The media's lack of curiosity and imagination and its inability to explore beyond the populist noise is as depressing as it is boringly predictable.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 08/05/2026

We're on course for more massive gains, taking control of both East and West Surrey councils! So proud of all our activists who have offered a positive alternative to Reform and delivered another set of record-breaking results.

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Daniel Rigal 🇪🇺 🦋 @danielrigal.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

This is incredibly funny because "Labour" and the Tories colluded to gerrymander Surrey to keep the Lib Dems out. They split Surrey into east and west, abolishing all the borough councils, and now *both* halves have emphatically elected the Lib Dems! election.news.sky.com/elections/en...

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West Surrey | England Councils 2026 - Election Results | Sky News

See the results from the election in England and look up your local area to see who won and lost where you live.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/05/2026

Liberal Democrats GAIN East Surrey 🔶 40 Councillors 💪 34 gains

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/05/2026

Liberal Democrats GAIN West Surrey 🔶 56 Councillors 💪 34 gains

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I am reminded of Elmer the elephant by the Birmingham political map of 2026 though the quite positive patchwork of harmony message of that storybook may be challenging to emulate in city local politics

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Duncan Weldon @duncanweldon.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Please sir, my first past the post electoral system, it is very sick.

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Which means that all of Surrey is now orange!!! After almost 50 years of Tory rule, both East and West Surrey will be LibDem. Honestly when I first joined the party back in 2021, I thought I'd see this in my lifetime, but not with five years, before I even graduate. I'm genuinely so happy.

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Not shown on any polling agreggator yet, but we've won East Surrey!!! I can finally sleep at night knowing my hometown is still run by a party that genuinely cares about it!

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LYMEC @lymec.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

What happened last night is truly unacceptable. At moments like these, everyone should stand united across political differences in defense of democracy, the rule of law, and each other. We stand with our members at @jongedemocraten.bsky.social 🩷

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Britain faces a simple and inescapable choice - stability and strong government with Proportional Representation, or chaos with First Past the Post.

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I’m glad that no matter how much our party system changes, British politics will remain to just be honestly weird, in a good way. Everything about this post is just amazing. The Americans wouldn’t have any bees, and their candidates wouldn’t go near a leisure centre.

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

The only one-party state I’ll accept as legitimate!

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Speaking of Hull, interesting to see the Labour leader there call for Starmer to go. Also fun to see her say the Lib Dems split the anti Reform vote, when the Lib Dems are the most popular anti Reform party in Hull - not Labour. Maybe her party are actually the vote splitters sometimes…

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/05/2026

🎉 Liberal Democrats have GAINED control of Stockport Council.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/05/2026

💪 Liberal Democrats have GAINED control of Portsmouth City Council.

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Oliver Poyser 🔸 @olspoyser.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Really sad to see a loss in Hull, but it’s good that it should be an easy coalition. But having a Hampshire family and the honour of being descended from a lineage of Mancunian Liberals, I am very happy to see the results in Stockport and Portsmouth! Hopefully they’ll be replicated in East Surrey 🤞

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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 07/05/2026

Obligatory election night coverage post: if you’re at a count and want to known who’s won before anyone else, just find the slightly odd Lib Dem activist who has a spreadsheet, they always know the result first.

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Sunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Green Party leader does need stronger boundaries, policies & processes to vet & reject antisemitic candidates than it had when selecting at pace in this cycle. He is also being portrayed using antisemitic tropes in the national press. The newspapers need their cartoonists & editors to recognise that

The rising Greens hope for significant gains - trying to capture several London boroughs from Labour. The rapid growth of the Greens comes with challenges of candidate vetting on the left - particularly over antisemitism - that have dogged Reform over racism on the right. Green Party leader Zack Polanski cites his own Jewish identity to insist on the compatibility of being pro-Palestinian and a fierce critic of Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government, while challenging antisemitism against Jews in Britain. But his party lacked the processes to identify and keep out some candidates who failed to differentiate pro-Palestinian protest from antisemitic prejudice, so will need to set stronger boundaries beyond this electoral cycle.

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