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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

American right wingers are peadophiles and deserve to be destroyed.

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Alistair Coleman @alistaircoleman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Just remembered the Dolly Parton bus.

The National Express 925 bus service between Woking Station and Heathrow Airport.

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

England defeats Argentina in the rugby and they absolutely deserve it for wearing football shirts to a rugby game.

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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Britain is more than halfway towards reaching Net Zero. Most people don't realise this, not least as the fossil-fuel fanatics want us to think achieving it is impossible. Via YouGov

**UK public support net zero, but underestimate UK achievement to date**

"Thinking about the government's target to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050, how much progress, if any, do you think the UK has made towards achieving this target?"

**Long way / less than halfway** — 50%

**Don't know** — 28%

**Most of the way / More than halfway** — 8%

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*All figures, unless otherwise stated, are from YouGov Plc. Total sample size was 2,040 adults. Fieldwork was undertaken between 17th - 18th June 2026. The survey was carried out online. The figures have been weighted and are representative of all GB adults (aged 18+)*

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

An incredible takedown of the confederate racists of the southern US and the cheating and lying that is fundamental to the MAGA movement.

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Tom Roberts @tpgroberts.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The thing about Nick Timothy, is that he is just pathetic. If you cannot see people peacefully in prayer without freaking out then frankly why should we listen to what you say?

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Nick Timothy's comments about Muslims – and Kemi Badenoch's decision to support him – feel like yet another example of the impact of X on UK politics. People who see the racism and Islamophobia on a never-ending daily scroll and start to implicitly assume that's what everybody else thinks.

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Amazing to get a young Liberal elected taking the seat off the Greens in the Vale of White Horse!

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 11/03/2026

Families are already seeing petrol prices rise, mortgage rates go up and energy deals get more expensive because of a war they did not start or support. While the Conservatives and Reform cheer Trump on, I asked the PM if he will just stand by and watch energy bills skyrocket.

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Dan Sohege @danielsohege.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

In pushing Labour's extreme and hostile anti-asylum and anti-immigration policies the Home Secretary has lied. She has, deliberately or through ignorance, misled the public on fundamental aspects of both. That alone should surely be a resigning matter

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thepig993 @thepig993.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Kemi and Farage’s line on this conflict is supported by eight per cent of the population

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Ed Davey, "We rightly expect our armed forces to protect British citizens around the world in crisis like this" "But that includes tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes here"

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey: "Tax exiles like Isabel Oakeshott and washed up old footballers who mock ordinary people who stay in the UK and pay our taxes... As we protect them, it's only right for tax exiles to start paying taxes to fund our armed forces, just like the rest of us".

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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Absolutely insane story about a middle-aged woman from Hertfordshire who got arrested, shackled, and detained by ICE and held in a prison for eight weeks.... while on holiday... with a valid tourist visa... as she tried to leave the country.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 19/02/2026

Zetland (Redcar & Cleveland) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 50.5% (+15.2) 🌹 LAB: 21.6% (-25.2) ➡️ RFM: 13.5% (New) 🌍 GRN: 7.4% (New) 🌳 CON: 7.0% (-10.9) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2023.

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Bobby Dean MP @bobbywdean.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

The last time council housing was built at mass scale, we didn’t rely on private developers to deliver them. It is time to allow councils to borrow to build a new generation of social homes. They pay for themselves over the long run.

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Matt @itsmattagain.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Suspended sentence for killing someone with her car. This country is a joke. This was manslaughter, but we have ignored the facts because a car was involved. BBC News - Driver who caused death of pedestrian gets suspended sentence www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Driver, 84, who caused death of pedestrian in car park sentenced

Sandra Cooper was walking across a car park in Ballymoney, when she was struck by a car being driven by Isobel Dunlop, on 6 December 2021.

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

The EU is so much better on this than the UK and hopefully the UK will eventually see sense and align with them.

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This is an excellent article explaining why Jim Ratcliffe is so wrong with his comments and how a lot of anti immigration arguments completely forget our history. A thought I had while reading this article: What is the UK’s national beverage? A cup of tea. Where is tea grown in the UK? Erm…

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

ICYMI — @crockett.house.gov 🔥 to Bondi: “You’ll be remembered as one of the worst Attorney Generals in history.”

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Birmingham Liberal Democrats @birminghamlibdems.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Speaking at today's #Council Cabinet meeting discussing #Birmingham’s finances, Acocks Green Councillor and the #LibDem Leader on #Birmingham City Council #RogerHarmer, said: "Residents have had enough of Birmingham Labour's tax and waste administration and will vote it out in May.” @libdems.org.uk

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Thomas Benner @thomasbenner.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

Cartoon by Lalo Alcaraz | Andrews McMeel

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Refugees shouldn't have to wait 20 years to know if they are safe. New rules are tearing families apart and lives in limbo. Please sign the petition to oppose this cruelty Join the campaign calling on Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to scrap the 20-year wait. you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/do...

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Don’t leave refugees in limbo: Scrap the 20-year wait

Imagine living in limbo for 20 years, not knowing if you’ll be allowed to stay in the only home your children have ever known. That is the reality facing refugees under new government proposals. A gr...

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Miami DSA @miamidsa.org · 26/11/2025

Good morning to Brazilian reporter Manuela Borges, who’s been waiting eleven years for this petty moment. ❤️ 🇧🇷

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Dave Keating @davekeating.substack.com · 25/11/2025

BREAKING: This is huge news, the EU's equivalent of the 🇺🇸Supreme Court's 2015 Obergefell v. Hodges ruling. 🇪🇺Court of Justice just ruled all 🇪🇺countries must recognise same-sex marriages granted in other member states. This effectively legalises gay marriage across 🇪🇺

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✨💖🍭RUKAN 🍭💖✨comms are full✨✨ @rukanrukan.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

I need to process that but I wanna give Viv and the whole team a huge round of applause!!! 👏 That whole finale was the sickest thing I’ve ever seen

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a crowd of people are sitting in a theatre applauding at an awards ceremony .

ALT: a crowd of people are sitting in a theatre applauding at an awards ceremony .

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

The problem with the Green party in a nutshell - they aren’t green.

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Birmingham City FC @birminghamcity.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Sent in by a Birmingham supporter… “my 13 year old son is autistic and not a big fan of football he agreed to come the blues with me on Saturday (his first football match). It was the best day of my life.” Love this… 💙👏#KRO #BCFC pic.twitter.com/EeX4zLeFs1

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thepig993 @thepig993.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Once again proving every criticism that the Labour Right had against the Labour Left was correct while the reverse is also being proved by the Labour Right in government

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

Very proud to have helped Philip Mills become a councillor in Moseley alongside the amazing @izzyknowles.bsky.social! They’ll make a great team I’m sure.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 17/10/2025

Camberley West (Surrey) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 49.5% (+16.6) ➡️ RFM: 25.9% (New) 🌳 CON: 20.4% (-28.8) 🌹 LAB: 4.3% (-11.4) No WPB (-2.3) as previous. Liberal Democrat GAIN from Conservative. Changes w/ 2021.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 17/10/2025

Guildford South East (Surrey) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 41.3% (+18.0) 🌳 CON: 22.8% (-8.1) 🏘️ RGV: 16.3% (-21.4) ➡️ RFM: 12.0% (New) 🌍 GRN: 5.0% (New) 🌹 LAB: 2.6% (-5.6) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Localist. Changes w/ 2021.

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Camberley West-Surrey LD GAIN from Con LD (Alan Ashbery): 1,617 (49.5%, +16.6%) RFM: 845 (25.9%, New) Con: 666 (20.4%, -28.8%) LAB: 140 (4.3%, -11.4%) Well done to Cllr Alan Ashbery and the Liberal Democrat team!

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Guildford South East-Surrey LD GAIN from RGV LD (Catherine Houston): 1,426 (41.3%, +18.0%) Con: 788 (22.8%, -8.1%) RGV: 565 (16.3%, -21.4%) RFM: 416 (12.0%, New) GRN: 172 (5.0%, New) LAB: 89 (2.6%, -5.6%) Well done to Cllr Catherine Houston and the Liberal Democrat team!

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Staines-Spelthorne LD GAIN from GRN LD (Laura Barker): 804 (38.0%, New) RFM: 499 (23.6%, +21.6%) IND: 261 (12.3%, New) Con: 231 (10.9%, -21.9%) GRN: 163 (7.7%, -36.3%) LAB: 158 (7.5%, New) Well done to Cllr Laura Barker and the Liberal Democrat team!

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 17/10/2025

Staines (Spelthorne) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 37.9% (New) ➡️ RFM: 23.5% (New) 🙋 Ind: 12.3% (New) 🌳 CON: 10.9% (-4.7) 🌍 GRN: 7.7% (-27.8) 🌹 LAB: 7.4% (-17.1) 🧑‍🔧 TUSC: 0.4% (New) No Ind (-27.4) as previous. Liberal Democrat GAIN from Green. Changes w/ 2023.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 17/10/2025

Ashton (Preston) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 37.3% (+15.8) ➡️ RFM: 25.9% (New) 🌹 LAB: 24.3% (-34.6) 🙋 Ind: 5.7% (New) 🌳 CON: 3.5% (-16.3) 🙋 Ind: 3.4% (New) Liberal Democrat GAIN from Labour. Changes w/ 2024.

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Ashton-Preston LD GAIN from LAB LD (Ronan Hodgson): 659 (35.5%, +14.0%) RFM: 548 (29.5%, New) LAB: 429 (23.1%, -35.7%) IND: 101 (5.4%, New) Con: 61 (3.3%, -16.4%) IND: 60 (3.2%, New) Well done to Cllr Ronan Hodgson and the Liberal Democrat team!

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Dave Vetter @davidrvetter.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Cardiff will be the first UK city to introduce a surcharge for oversized SUVs and trucks, "while very large vehicles – those over 3,500kg – will be excluded from residential permits entirely."

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Cardiff set to tackle SUV 'carspreading' in UK first

Cardiff Council is set to become the first local authority in the UK to introduce higher parking charges for SUVs and other heavy vehicles, in a move campaigners say will make city streets safer and f...

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Erin Reed @erininthemorning.com · 28/09/2025

UK's Labour Party abandoned transgender people. The gambit to pursue rightwing voters by abandoning a targeted minority failed, and now they're facing the prospect of a historic loss. US Dems could learn a lot from their failure. Great piece from S. Baum. Subscribe to support our journalism.

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UK's Labour Party Abandoned Trans People. Here's What American Dems Can Learn.

Democrats: There is no “middle ground” on equal rights. Take it from UK Labour.

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Charley Hasted @charleyhasted.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

Interesting that every time we discuss women's rights at Lib Dem Conference the group that claims to care so deeply about "the rights of women and girls" is completely and utterly absent.

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Nick Knudsen @nickknudsenus.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Pause your doomscrolling and listen to this story.

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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

“ He’s MLK……But don’t quote him.” The truly bizarre people who are so desperate for heroes, so impoverished of leaders with integrity and goodness, so without boundaries that they are continuously manufacturing fantasies of their own nobility…..It would be just pitiable if it wasn’t so dangerous.

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Simon Brew @simonbrew.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

The baffling thing about Starmer's Labour Party is it didn't have to be like this. A bulletproof majority, guaranteed power for five years - and they chase Linehan and Farage. They could have actually done some good.

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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

Reform UK, the right leaning think tank Policy Exchange, and some Labour grandees, are all pushing for us to either leave the ECHR, or disapply parts of it temporarily or permanently. This puts me, you and everyone at risk, not just those seeking sanctuary.

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 31/08/2025

I was and still am absolutely furious about this. Conservatives are all about short term gain for long term pain and shouldn’t ever be trusted with power in any society that wants to improve and make progress.

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Michael Carthew @olton-mike.bsky.social · 26/08/2025

Solihull residents need answers and a plan to deal with the problems the council faces.

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