Reposted by Paul WaferJohn Harris @johnharris1969.bsky.social · 11hThis is utterly clueless & why the Lib Dems need a new leader. This is a potentially progressive moment and they should be part of it. Polanski was more positive than Davey, and this reads like chat GPT 8498
Reposted by Paul WaferCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 14hSo pleased to hear this confirmed in the PM’s speech. Big congrats to @makevotesmatter.bsky.social and all who’ve campaigned for it! At last we have a chance to restore trust in our politics with a system where “everyone’s views count and everyone’s vote matters” 👏👏👏theguardian.comAndy Burnham expected to say he will push ahead with electoral reform plansExclusive: Labour conference speech will kick off process that could replace current system with proportional representation 25620116
Reposted by Paul WaferCaroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Good to hear PM remains “committed to electoral reform” - an essential step to mending our broken political system. But action speaks louder than words. He needs to demonstrate that commitment by urgently setting up a National Commission to design a better, fairer, proportional voting system asap 1227486
Reposted by Paul WaferSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 22/07/2026It's driving me insane. The govt spends £1.4 trillion a year. Borrowing estimates are often by tens of billions over a year. But we're supposed to imagine money is budgeted to the last penny. 601446306
Paul Wafer @paulwafer.bsky.social · 22/07/2026Dear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our democracy. Sign the open letter: actionnetwork.org/petitions/an...actionnetwork.orgDear Andy Burnham: it's time for a fair voting systemDear Andy Burnham: it’s time to scrap First Past the Post. Our voting system only breeds instability and chaos, and poisons our political culture. We know you agree. Now is the time to fix our demo... 000
Reposted by Paul WaferOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 07/07/2026Two MPs have been murderered in the last 10 years but Nigel Farage claims AGAIN to be the most attacked politician in modern times 991850490
Reposted by Paul WaferRick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Kudos to whoever made this. 1505190
Reposted by Paul WaferJames O’Brien @mrjamesob.bsky.social · 08/05/2026‘The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again…’ 671870352
Reposted by Paul WaferRob Ford @robfordmancs.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Brilliant video here from Jane, covers so much ground with such clarity. Well worth a watch 22411
Reposted by Paul WaferForward Democracy @fwddem.com · 06/05/2026Make a plan to vote tomorrow! ✅ Check where your polling station is. ✅ Make sure you have ID. ✅ Look at the tactical voting advice before you go. StopReformuk.vote 41610
Reposted by Paul WaferMake Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 28/04/2026We already know that the local elections will be a mess. Councillors elected on tiny vote shares. Majorities won without majority support. Maybe even councils where the party with the most votes is not the one that wins the most seats... It's time to admit that the system is broken. 34328
Reposted by Paul WaferHumanists UK @humanists.uk · 26/03/2026We need to be absolutely clear: there is no revival of Christianity in Britain. For almost a year, we have taken a rational, evidence-based approach, repeatedly and rigorously explaining why the Bible Society’s claims did not stand up. Today, they retracted them. www.thetablet.co.uk/news/bible-s...thetablet.co.ukBible Society pulls flawed ‘Quiet Revival’ report - The TabletThe report, published last year, suggested the decline in faith among Gen Z had reversed and that there had in fact been a significant increase in practising 26313
Reposted by Paul WaferSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Canadian PM Mark Carney calls on middle powers to create a "third path" of value-based realism. "We shouldn’t allow the rise of hard power to blind us to the fact that the power of legitimacy, integrity, and rules will remain strong if we choose to wield it together" globalnews.ca/news/1162087...globalnews.caRead the full transcript of Carney’s speech to World Economic Forum - National | Globalnews.caPrime Minister Mark Carney gave a forceful speech in Davos, Switzerland, on the 'new world order' and how middle powers like Canada can benefit by working together. 312723
Paul Wafer @paulwafer.bsky.social · 04/12/2025Source: BBC News great news! Sussex Mayoral elections can now be held under a better voting system 000
Reposted by Paul WaferJames Ball @jamesrball.com · 20/11/2025This does feel like a major crossing of the Rubicon – the world's best-funded and in many ways most powerful public health agency is now actively pushing disinformation. I know there's a *lot* going on to care about at the moment, but this one really is significant, and matters well beyond the US. 23495243
Paul Wafer @paulwafer.bsky.social · 20/11/2025🚨First Past the Post is broken - and even though the government has scrapped it for Mayors, it might be used to elect Sussex's new Mayor in 2026. Tell your MP you want the first Sussex Mayor to be elected through a fair system, NOT FPTP: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell your MP you want the first Sussex Mayor to be elected through the SV system NOT FPTPThere is currently a very real risk that a new Mayor will be elected for Sussex next year who has only minority support across the county. This is because on current plans the proposed election will u... 000
Reposted by Paul WaferRoland Smith @rolandmcs.bsky.social · 10/11/2025"They are so convinced their politics isn’t really politics, but just some default setting shared with much of the country..." True of so many commentators on the Right. 823853
Reposted by Paul WaferBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 10/11/2025SUPERB and angrily unvarnished response, by former BBC chairman, Lord Patten. "I don't think that we should allow ourselves to be bullied into thinking that the BBC is only any good, if it reflects the prejudice of the last person who shouted at it." ~AA 7541051312
Reposted by Paul WaferRon Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · 02/10/2025PM of Albania having a good laugh with President of Azerbaijan and Macron about Trump repeatedly claiming that he ended the war between their two countries which were not at war with each other. 487141774671
Reposted by Paul WaferJane @localnotail.bsky.social · 05/09/2025On the same day in the Telegraph: 12664493185
Reposted by Paul WaferGaby Hinsliff @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social · 03/09/2025any US congressman who is fully across a row between the Nottingham Post and Nottinghamshire council is welcome to holiday in the Cotswolds AT ANY TIME, and we will not refuse to serve him in our farm shops 18605120
Reposted by Paul WaferCompass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 03/09/2025👏Fantastic to see @jessbrownfullermp.bsky.social, seconded by Win as One–endorsed candidate @sianberry.bsky.social, call for Sussex mayoral elections to use Supplementary Voting without delay. Huge credit to our Sussex group for mobilising supporters to contact MPs & raise this in the Chamber! 0167
Reposted by Paul WaferSunder Katwala (sundersays) @sundersays.bsky.social · 03/09/2025Well done to @eddavey.libdems.org.uk for the spirit of his response 214819
Reposted by Paul WaferAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 22/08/20253/3 Begin the reclamation of moral authority with a statement condemning the hounding of people seeking asylum and objecting to expressions of patriotism directed against vulnerable people. Set out this government’s more positive vision of Britishness. Before it’s too late. 3275
Reposted by Paul WaferRick @flipchartrick.bsky.social · 03/08/2025It’s rare for a piece on immigration to point out that we can’t assume a steady supply of migrant labour because the ‘supplier’ countries have ageing populations too. Excellent piece by @samfr.bsky.social observer.co.uk/news/nationa...observer.co.ukDemonising migrants won’t fill jobs or boost falling popu...‘Stop the boats’ is a popular refrain but it obscures the real issues rich countries across the world are facing 49925
Reposted by Paul WaferAlan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · 06/06/2025Tomorrow it will be five years since Black Lives Matter demonstrators dumped slave trader Edward Colston’s statue into Bristol’s harbour. The act reshaped our political history and helped us rewrite our colonial history. Colston 5 Years On blog: alanlester.co.uk/blog/how-top...alanlester.co.ukFive Years On: How Toppling Colston’s Statue Rewrote HistoryAlan Lester On 7th June 2025, it will be the 5th anniversary of Black Lives Matter demonstrators toppling Edward Colston’s statue into the harbour whence his slave ships had sailed. Immediately fol… 0629
Reposted by Paul WaferOtto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 06/06/2025In amongst all the excitement I fear many have missed this outstanding bit of trolling by Friedrich Merz. The Chancellor gifted Trump a gilded framed copy of his grandfather’s German birth certificate... reminding Americans that Trump is both the child and grandchild of migrants. 23883322395
Reposted by Paul WaferCompass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Thank you @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, Minister for Energy Consumer and MP for Peckham, for speaking at our closing plenary! Here's what she wants attendees to get from today: #RadicalRenewal 084
Reposted by Paul WaferLabour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 31/05/2025“Place first, not party first. That’s a better politics, that connects with the country. I think it’s time for Proportional Representation.” @andyburnham.bsky.social Delighted to have partnered with @compassoffice.bsky.social for today’s Change: How? Conference! #RadicalRenewal #Labour4PR 🌹 47738
Reposted by Paul WaferAdam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 30/04/2025NEW Solar panels to be mandated on vast majority of new homes in England Currently about 40% of new builds have solar; new rules should push that to about 99% Story 👇 www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...thetimes.comSolar panels on all new homes as part of Labour’s net-zero pushSir Keir Starmer rejects Sir Tony Blair’s calls to reset ‘irrational’ climate policies because they were ‘doomed to fail’ 2539195
Reposted by Paul WaferCompass @compassoffice.bsky.social · 28/04/2025NEW: British politics is broken. Current polling shows the end of the two party system, and "cramming these [3-4] preferences into Britain’s first-past-the-post electoral system has ugly results", especially with low voter turnout. We need electoral reform. www.economist.com/britain/2025...economist.comBritain’s 20-20-20-20 visionWhat happens if politics becomes a four-way fight 033
Reposted by Paul WaferSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/04/2025For for the West of England mayoralty More in Common have: Lab: 23% Con: 21% Reform: 18% Green: 18% LD: 15% It is genuinely absurd to have an election with that kind of spread decided by first past the post. Unjustifiable. 40728185
Reposted by Paul WaferForward Democracy @fwddem.com · 28/04/2025Have you told someone about StopReformUK.vote today? You can do any/all of this: - repost this tweet - screenshot the page of your local tactical vote and post it to Instagram - use the WhatsApp link on the page or the next post in this thread to share to your WhatsApp groups - put up a posterstopreformuk.voteStop the Tories and ReformYour vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government. 44449
Reposted by Paul WaferSam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 27/04/2025It's a role with increasingly significant spending power and important responsibilities for planning, economic growth, skills, transport and lots more. And a party could win in on 20% of the vote. Complete joke. 1220420
Reposted by Paul WaferJosh Russell → @MVTFWD @joshfwd.bsky.social · 26/04/2025stopreformuk.vote Share this, we follow each other. Good deal?stopreformuk.voteStop the Tories and ReformYour vote is your power. Use it tactically to get the Tories and Reform out, then influence your new MP and the next government. 03739
Reposted by Paul WaferRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 25/04/2025So many excellent points in this column by @gabyhinsliff.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comWe obsess over the angry young men going Reform. But what of the anxious young women going Green? | Gaby HinsliffDesire for a politics that cares about global and local injustice is sharpening the political gender divide, says Guardian columnist Gaby Hinsliff 97323
Reposted by Paul WaferIan Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 17/04/2025Utterly shameful betrayal of democracy by Trump's contemptible regime 👇 You judge a country, like a person, by its friends. 092
Reposted by Paul WaferHelen Lewis @helenlewis.bsky.social · 31/03/2025This is a really fascinating and counter-intuitive thread. 7295
Reposted by Paul WaferThe Continent @thecontinent.org · 28/03/2025If you'd like quality news from an African perspective, why not subscribe to The Continent? It’s easy (and free).thecontinent.orgSubscribe | The ContinentSubscribing to quality African journalism is easy and free. 072
Paul Wafer @paulwafer.bsky.social · 11/03/2025Very pleased that Polly Toynbee ran this piece today - www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.com‘Country first, party second,’ says Starmer. So why menace Labour members who actually believe that? | Polly ToynbeeTwo party activists in Sussex who worked with the Lib Dems last year to kick out the Tories have been expelled. This is horribly short-sighted, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee 020
Reposted by Paul WaferIan Birrell @ianbirrell.bsky.social · 09/02/2025This is an article about tax-dodging economic migrants seeking a better life. But they are British, so they’re nice expats… 12111
Reposted by Paul WaferFairness Foundation @fairness.bsky.social · 30/01/2025Our response to the Chancellor's growth speech: Growth will only come if it is inclusive, and that requires us to tackle inequality. Well-designed regulations are a key route to achieving both lower inequality and higher growth.faircomment.co.ukOur response to the Chancellor's growth speechGrowth will only come if it is inclusive, and that requires us to tackle inequality. Well-designed regulations are a key route to achieving both lower inequality and higher growth. 36115
Reposted by Paul WaferPeter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 28/01/2025Sounds like a plan 7246991088
Paul Wafer @paulwafer.bsky.social · 17/01/2025The Government is set to allow local elections to be delayed in large parts of England including East Sussex. We don't think democracy should be put on the back burner like this. Add your name to this letter. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/164357/...secure.unlockdemocracy.org.ukBack our campaignThe Government is set to allow local elections to be delayed in large parts of England. We don't think democracy should be put on the back burner like this. Add your name to our letter. 010
Reposted by Paul WaferRafael Behr @rafaelbehr.bsky.social · 08/01/2025Column: Badenoch's task was to make the Tories serious again. Past week has confirmed that she can't and won't. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...theguardian.comKemi Badenoch was supposed to make the Tories serious again. She has failed | Rafael BehrBy jumping on Elon Musk’s passing bandwagon and echoing the far right, the Conservative leader has shown she doesn’t understand her responsibilities, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr 47844235
Reposted by Paul WaferBest for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 07/01/2025“We know there are those who would weaponise our pain for their own ends. They should hang their heads in shame… We stand by Jess. No one in public life has done more to support victims and survivors and to advocate for their interests.” ~AA www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.com‘We stand by Jess’: Telford survivors criticise Musk’s attack on PhillipsExclusive: Victims of male violence sign letter praising minister for devoting life to ‘fighting for women and girls’ 2756222
![The Telegraph
Rayner tax scandal - £40k tax dodge - Statement
Angela Rayner dodges £40,000 stamp duty
Deputy Prime Minister reduces tax bill for Hove flat by declaring it as her main residence
[Photo: Angela Rayner pictured at the weekend in Hove, where she has just bought a flat Credit: Dan Charity/The Sun on Sunday]
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Money > Property > Second homes
How to avoid tax on your second home
From stamp duty to council tax, shield your wealth from Labour's tightening net
[Photo of houses around a bay - Areas such as Cornwall have added a premium to council tax bills for second homes Credit: iStockphoto]
Fran Ivens Senior Money Writer
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