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Sally Yalden

@sally-yalden.bsky.social
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Councillor | Campaigner | Democracy advocate Fighting for strong local services and accountable leadership. Truth. Decency. Integrity. Views my own.

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Adam Bienkov @adambienkov.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Nigel Farage filmed celebrating illegal foreign donations Undercover footage reveals plot to break the law by funnelling offshore funds through a UK donor. Donations funded a series of widely reported polls boosting Reform ahead of the local elections channel4news.substack.com/p/exclusive-...
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
www.libdems.org.uk/trade
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A New Deal with Europe
Liberal Democrats are calling for the UK to join the single market and customs union, to fix the damage done by Brexit and get our country back on track.
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
www.libdems.org.uk/fairvotes
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Fair Votes Now
Support proportional representation so everyone's voice counts.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Poster promoting Count Binface, in the famous Obama style
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Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Don’t just share this on here. Stick this on your family WhatsApp group. Send it to your Brexit uncle. Print it out and give it to that neighbour. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article....
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 14/06/2026
Brexit was an act of self-harm. "A decade on, Britain is an unhappier, more divided place, and leaving the EU has brought no discernible benefits. "Billions of pounds and extraordinary effort have been wasted on a project that made the country poorer."
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The shocking lesson of the BBC’s Brexit: A Very British Civil War
They lied and lied, we were complacent - and the culture war began in earnest
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 25/05/2026
If you're still trying to figure it out after a decade that might be a clue....
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
By the time he was announced as Reform UK's candidate against Andy Burnham in the #Makerfield by-election, Robert Kenyon's previous Reform UK X account had been mysteriously suspended. We found the archive. 419 tweets. Here's what they reveal. 🧵 1/12 bylinetimes.com/2026/05/20/r...
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Reading the Riot Act: Reform UK’s Makerfield By-Election Candidate During the Summer of Trouble
The archive of Robert Kenyon’s suspended X account reveals intense activity after three children were murdered in Southport in 2024
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 24/05/2026
Farage plans to ditch workers’ rights, cut the NMW, scrap the Equality Act, legalise discrimination, take us out of the ECHR and have a deregulation bonanza to remove our protections and make it easier to exploit and endanger us… for profit. He couldn’t give a shit about working people.
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Reform UK is the true party of the workers now If I am prime minister there will be no tax payable on overtime. Millions will be noticeably better off
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
A please @labouruk.bsky.social, stop saying that it's up to us to stop Reform. YOU could stop a Reform government in 2029, by introducing the proportional representation so many in the country have been clamouring for. The only way Farage can win is through our crazy first-past-the-post system.
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Edwin Hayward @edwinhayward.com · 08/05/2026
We need PR before the next GE. Given recent results, no party should be opposed to PR, though we can expect substantially different levels of support. Reform are probably the least keen now, but supported the idea of PR before. Labour may be secretly keen, publicly reluctant.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Almost everything we argue about is a substitute for the thing we should be arguing about: the immense wealth & power of an oligarchic class, which captures governments, ruins lives and wrecks the living planet. This class redirects our rage at scapegoats. To resist its lies is to resist its power.
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
“Farage rarely turns up to do his actual job. Yet he finds time to jet off around the world on his donor’s private plane and trouser half a million quid while families struggle. Reform are not on your side. They’re just in it for themselves” It’s so obvious, it hurts. www.desmog.com/2026/04/18/n...
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Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has accepted more than half a million pounds from foreign companies, governments, and donors while serving as an MP, DeSmog can reveal. Since July 2024, when he was elect...
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
🔴 Reform-Run Kent Council Sells Off Antony Gormley Sculpture Nigel Farage’s flagship council has quietly sold Two Stones, one of the sculptor’s earliest commissions, as part of a wave of publicly owned art disposals that critics call “shameful” bylinetimes.com/2026/04/14/r...
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Reform-Run Kent Council Sells Off Antony Gormley Sculpture After Raising Taxes
Nigel Farage's flagship council quietly sold Two Stones, one of the sculptor's earliest commissions, as part of a wave of publicly owned art disposals that critics call "shameful"
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Phil Brickell MP @philbrickellmp.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
This is not normal. We should all be worried. Voters in the upcoming local elections need to ask themselves one thing: what is it about Farage that attracts criminals and billionaires who are ‘depressed about the state of Britain’ and want to help, until it’s time to pay tax in this country?
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Translation: Net Zero threatens the value of our proprietor's investments. The world must cook for the sake of his portfolio.
Daily Mail headline says "Drill, Ed, Drill"
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Max Wilkinson MP @maxwilkinson.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
🌞Sunshine Bill Win!🌞 Today, the government announced that from 2028 all newbuild homes will come with solar panels as standard. This follows my private member’s bill last year calling for exactly that. I’m so pleased to have contributed to a meaningful law change law so early in my term as an MP.
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Central Bylines @centralbylines.co.uk · 07/03/2026
Strong women who advocate for change face hostile challenges both in the press and on social media | Gemma Gould
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Social media abuse: the perils of women speaking out
Strong women who advocate for change face hostile challenges both in the press and on social media
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
www.change.org/p/let-hampsh...
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Sign the Petition
Let Hampshire Vote in 2026
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2025
Want to see what Reform UK's politics would look like in government? 🇦🇷 Look to Argentina. Massive spike in poverty and a crashed economy. 📉 A template for disorder and chaos. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2…
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Farage, Trump, Musk: your boy Javier Milei just took one hell of a beating. Why so quiet? | Aditya Chakrabortty
The wild politics and chainsaw made Argentina’s president an economic hero for the right. And now, with his nation’s finances in chaos: silence, writes Guardian columnist Aditya Chakrabortty
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Well done @labour4pr.bsky.social!
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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
"With a record 60% of the public in favour of changing how we elect Parliament, Labour must take action. Our APPG – the largest all-party group – urges the Government to establish a National Commission on Electoral Reform without delay." 📢 APPG for Fair Elections Chair, @alexsobel.co.uk
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Electoral reform is urgent – or an extreme party could win a majority in Parliament
The APPG for Fair Elections first called on the government to establish a ‘National Commission on Electoral Reform’ last November, in the wake of t...
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Fair Political Coverage - we want to hear from ALL our parties @fairpoliticsnow.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
So some good coverage about @zackpolanski.bsky.social winning the Green Party leadership. But we need sustained coverage of all our parties inc LibDems, Greens, SNP, Plaid & Tory/labour. We are a multi party system now. No over platforming of any party. Sign petition.parliament.uk/petitions/71...
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
🔥 The UK's voting system is bust, writes Polly Toynbee: “The government needs to get to grips with this,” says @appgfairelections.bsky.social chair @alexsobel.co.uk. Keir Starmer could set up a commission right away and implement change before the next election.
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Keir Starmer’s legacy could be electoral reform – or Farage as prime minister | Polly Toynbee
MPs are voting to get rid of first past the post in mayoral elections. Doing the same at a national level would be an antidote to Reform UK, says Guardian columnist Polly Toynbee
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
The wonders of FPTP… 😳
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
💯’Johnson can take credit for cajoling a majority to vote leave in 2016. Cameron earns a place on the podium of shame for blundering into a referendum in the first place..But Farage’s agitation was the key’… Hope not hate! www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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There’s an obvious way to challenge Nigel Farage. But Keir Starmer won’t do it | Rafael Behr
Labour’s reluctance to name Brexit as the cause of so many problems hasn’t stopped Reform’s rise. It’s time to try the truth, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
60.2% of voters in Romsey and Southampton North don't have the MP they voted for. That's 30,134 people with ZERO voice in Parliament. Nationally: 56% of voters lack representation, 66% didn't vote for Labour. Use Make Votes Matter's tool to check your area: makevotesmatter.org.uk/unrepresente...
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How Many Voters are Unrepresented? - Make Votes Matter
Find out how many people in your area are effectively voiceless under First Past the Post
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Get PR Done! @getprdone.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
"You know what's going to come out of all this? - An end to the First Past the Post electoral system." 💪 #GetPRDone
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 17/07/2025
Naomi Smith, CEO of B4B: "The elephant in the room is our ridiculous voting system that creates these very broad coalitions of parties." Watch here ⬇️
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
“With the Government taking aim at First Past the Post for mayors it’s hard to see how they could justify inaction on the voting system for Westminster. It would look like double standards: fairer elections for mayors, no such worry for MPs.” 🌹 #Labour4PR @labourlist.bsky.social
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'First past the post is corroding trust in politics. The government must make all elections fit for the future' - LabourList
Labour is right that FPTP is corroding trust in politics and is right to address this in mayoral and PCC elections. When the Government sets out its proposals for political reform, it must do the righ...
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Graham Simpson @grahambs.bsky.social · 13/07/2025
“The point about PR isn't that it favours one party or another. In the unlikely event that most people choose a populist party we'd get a populist government. What PR will not do - and FPTP very much would - is to hand 100% government control to a party that most people voted against” Andy Beck MVM
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Thank you Nick for the outstanding work you are doing @propvoting.bsky.social
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Make Votes Matter in South West London @swlmvm.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Great speeches. Great Rally. Momentum is with us! We will keep on pushing for electoral system change to Proportional Representation. #PRnow
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Very much looking forward to this event tomorrow. A topic I care deeply about. Thank you @centenaryaction.bsky.social for all the incredible work you're doing to promote gender balance and strengthen our democracy through better politics. #WomenInParliament
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
⚠️ "If we had a general election tomorrow, Nigel Farage would become Prime Minister with 377 seats on 30% of the vote" 🎓 Professor John Curtice on how First Past the Post has gone from sandbag to springboard for Reform UK @natcen.bsky.social #BSA2025 #BritishSocialAttitudes
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APPG for Fair Elections @appgfairelections.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
💥 Public support for electoral reform has reached a new all-time high 📈 60% of people now want to change to a fair, proportional voting system... including a majority of supporters of every party 🎞️ Our Vice Chair @elliechowns.bsky.social calls for the Government to listen & act 🧵 1/3
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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Brixham, Devon, 75 minutes. #Morethatunites
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MVM North West Surrey @mvmnorthwestsurrey.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
.@dalevince.com on @novaramedia.com Not long before the talk turns to our broken electoral system and how PR would be so much better... @makevotesmatter.bsky.social youtu.be/7ox_GSd0170?...
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YouTube video by MVM North West Surrey
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 07/06/2025
We are different from Reform. We are community politicians, we get things done in our local areas. We care about the NHS and care, whereas other parties like Reform stay silent.
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misterapb.bsky.social @misterapb.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Approaching 1 year since the most disproportional general election result in our history... In whatever way you can: #KeepMovingForPR !! (bumped into Woking MP @willforster.bsky.social at Woking ParkRun this morning😊) 💥No more FPTP 💥Proportional Representation now @makevotesmatter.bsky.social
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Tim Farron @timfarron.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
At the heart of the sewage scandal is a regulatory system which has failed. Liberal Democrats will continue our campaign to replace Ofwat with a new regulator to clean up our waterways for good. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Failing water sector needs stronger regulation, review says
The Water Commission finds
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Mega councils would mean more centralisation of power and less say for local communities. That's the OPPOSITE of devolution. Back our letter to Angela Rayner. secure.unlockdemocracy.org.uk/page/172182/...
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Upcoming Devolution Bill
Mega councils would mean more centralisation of power and less say for local communities. That's the OPPOSITE of devolution. Back our letter to Angela Rayner.
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Labour4PR 🌹🗳️ @labour4pr.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🚨 "Reform UK have reached a 'tipping point' where Britain's electoral system works for them rather than holding them back", according to expert analysis ⏰ Labour needs to wake up & get serious about electoral reform - starting with a National Commission 🌹 #Labour4PR
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Farage's Reform UK reached a 'tipping point' - and it's worrying news for Labour
Analysis of the local election results by the Electoral Reform Society shows Reform getting an almost 10-percentage point 'winner's bonus' in their haul of council seats last Thursday compared to thei...
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Andy J Watson @andywatto.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
In this week's @warringtonguardian.bsky.social I discuss the fragmentation of UK Politics, and a likelihood that although there may be cycles where the big two parties vote share may increase, multi-party politics just won't be shaken off. #ProportionalRepresentation
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
🚨 Thursday’s elections are proving that First Past the Post is broken. 5 parties, chaotic results, millions left unrepresented. We need Proportional Representation — NOW. ✍️ Sign the petition: actionnetwork.org/petitions/20...
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📢 No More First Past the Post Elections!
Thursday’s election results confirm what so many of us already know: the current voting system is broken. With 5 parties polling strongly, First Past the Post is delivering chaos and turning election...
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 16/04/2025
The government cannot just sit on their hands as water companies fill our waterways with disgusting sewage, all while hiking bills. It's time to replace Ofwat with a new regulator that can hold these polluting companies to account.
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Superb! Thank you.
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Sally Yalden @sally-yalden.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
Great work in South West London. Make my vote count. No more safe seats. No more politicians putting their party before us. No more tactical voting.
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