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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 25/09/2026

They will try to break our country, we will stop them.

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LGBT+ Liberal Democrats 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @pluslibdems.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Celebrating conference backing trans rights!

Big trans pride flag (tens of metres long and 5 feet high) with lots of people behind it waving placards

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Peter Walker @peterwalker99.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

At the Liberal Democrat conference there is about to be a debate on a motion on trans rights. If the motion is passed - which seems likely – then the LDs would be the first major UK party to explicitly reject the EHRC guidance and call for possible legal change to the supreme court ruling.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 10/07/2026

I’m really shocked and distressed at the news about Ann Widdecombe. She was a woman of deep faith who devoted her life to public service. The idea that she could have been murdered is truly horrifying. My thoughts and prayers are with her family and all who loved her.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 29/05/2026

Fairwood (Swansea) Council By-Election Result: 🔶 LDM: 29.3% (+19.9) 🌹 LAB: 22.6% (-9.3) ➡️ RFM: 17.0% (New) 🙋 Ind: 11.5% (New) 🌳 CON: 10.3% (-30.3) No PLC (-18.1) as previous. Lib Dem GAIN from Conservative. Changes w/ 2022.

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Sevenoaks, Dartford and Gravesham Liberal Democrats @sevenoakslibdems.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

Massive gain from the Tories in Swansea here! bsky.app/profile/elec...

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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🔶 LIB DEM GAIN from Conservatives in Fairwood, Swansea by-election. #Swansea 💪 The Lib Dems have now won 3 of the 5 by-elections held since the May 2026 Local Elections. #LibDems 🔶🔶🔶🔶🔶

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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Fairwood Ward, SWANSEA UA; LibDem GAIN from Con. 🔶 LibDem, Beth Rowe, 240, 29.3% 🔴 LAB, 185, 22.6% ➡️ REF, 139, 17.0% 🏘️ Ind1, 94, 11.5% 🔵 Con, 84, 10.3% 🙋🏼‍♂️ Ind2, 77, 9.4% Congratulations to Cllr. Beth Rowe and the 🔶 team on their excellent win 🏆 🥇

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 18/05/2026

Though smaller than last year, the Unite the Kingdom march over the weekend was still sickening. The resurgence of out-and-out racism in the UK, from demands for remigration of British Asians to Antisemitic slurs on placards at both demonstrations, demands we meet this moment.

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 17/05/2026

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 25% (=) CON: 19% (-1) GRN: 18% (-2) LAB: 15% (-1) LDM: 13% (+2) SNP: 4% (+1) Via @findoutnow.bsky.social, 13 May. Changes w/ 6 May.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 15/05/2026

We won every seat on Richmond upon Thames Council last week. But that doesn’t mean we’ve changed our mind on electoral reform. It’s time the Government stopped defending a broken system out of self-interest and backed proportional representation.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/05/2026

Perhaps now we'll get a Health Secretary who will take on social care, rather than dodge it because it's hard. Who will end corridor care, not preside over its worst ever year. Labour needs to get a grip.

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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

We've lost count of the number of times someone has told us that "First Past the Post is not perfect, but at least it leads to stable governments." How is that going?

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/05/2026

Farage says his £5 million gift was a “reward” for Brexit. The rest of us were rewarded with higher bills and years of chaos. This grifter must not become prime minister.

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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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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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Samuel Wilson 🔶 @samjwilson2002.bsky.social · 19/04/2026

@janeyislittle.bsky.social and I headed over to Swansea at the weekend. Helping @sam-bennett-libdem.bsky.social and his local team get out their blue letters. It's time to bring back a Liberal Democrat Parliamentarian in Swansea. #LibDems #LiberalDemocrats #welshlibdems

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Peter Stefanovic @peterstefanovic.bsky.social · 18/04/2026

The report in the Independent that Mandelson had failed security vetting was actually raised in the Commons by Lib Dem MP Rachel Gilmour on 16 September 2025 “a source from MI6 has reportedly claimed that they failed to clear Mandelson” The Prime Minister says he found out on Tuesday

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 17/04/2026

Nigel Farage's latest aping of Trump politics - promoting a crypto business which he himself has invested in. MPs must be banned from promoting financial products in this way.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 13/04/2026

Donald Trump is no leader of the free world. He’s a dangerous and corrupt gangster. The Prime Minister needs to call off the King’s state visit to Washington before it’s too late.

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Barack Obama @barackobama.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

The victory of the opposition in Hungary yesterday, like the Polish election in 2023, is a victory for democracy, not just in Europe but around the world.

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Samuel Wilson 🔶 @samjwilson2002.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

Really loved helping some Welsh Young Liberals in their mission to turn Swansea Orange, putting up posts across Swansea. Nearly 12 more boards got up. Supporting @sam-bennett-libdem.bsky.social who is also a former Chair of the Welsh Liberal Youth. #welshyoungliberals #LibDems #LiberalDemocrats

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 07/04/2026

Liberal Democrat MPs have written to Keir Starmer today calling on him to withdraw US access to UK air bases. Donald Trump's latest shocking threats against Iran would amount to war crimes. The UK cannot be complicit.

Letter from Lib Dem MPs to Keir Starmer today calling on him to withdraw US access to UK air bases.

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Samuel Wilson 🔶 @samjwilson2002.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

Great to be campaigning along side Claire Young MP across Swansea today. Lots of lovely conversations on the door steps and got a great super board site up on a very busy main road. The momentum is growing in Swansea. 🔶🔶 #flyingstart

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BBC Newsnight @bbcnewsnight.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

"A state banquet? While he's bombing the hell out of Iran and people are dying all over the Middle East...?" David Dimbleby, journalist and presenter, argues against King Charles' planned state visit to the US in April. #Newsnight

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Polly Mackenzie @pollymackenzie.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

My beloved step mother Maureen has died. This is what she taught me about politics. open.substack.com/pub/howtorun...

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The art of politics

Reflections on a slightly-political life

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 29/03/2026

Welcome Kate! Councillor Kate Crawford was a Labour Councillor for 28 years. She has left the Labour party and joined the Liberal Democrats in Ealing.

Graphic welcoming Councillor Kate Crawford to the Liberal Democrats in the London Borough of Ealing, featuring her smiling in a patterned outfit.

A visual arrow shows a switch from Labour to the Liberal Democrats, with party logos included.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 24/03/2026

Unlike others who want to stoke division, we are the party that gets the job done. Vote Lib Dem on May 7th for a local champion who’ll work to fix things for your community.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 08/03/2026

Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage want Britain to blindly follow Trump into this illegal war, even though the President has no plan for what comes next. There is nothing patriotic about outsourcing Britain’s foreign policy to Donald Trump.

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Christine Jardine @cajardinemp.bsky.social · 02/03/2026

In a changing political landscape people are looking for politicians they believe understand the challenges that they face: www.scotsman.com/news/opinion...

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LGA Liberal Democrat Group @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A big Liberal Democrat welcome to Councillors Sandra Joy and Allan Jeffery who have joined the Liberal Democrats 🔶 swanseastandard.com/2026/02/26/t...

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/02/2026

By refusing to even consider a customs union, Keir Starmer himself is the biggest block to closer ties with Europe. Unless he changes that stance, this is all just meaningless blather

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Mark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 14/02/2026

Praise for Lib Dem economic plans from The Guardian - buff.ly/T7m8h5S

The Lib Dems want to shake up Whitehall. They are calling for a break up of the Treasury and its replacement with a new department of growth based in Birmingham. The most radical idea is that the growth department would set fiscal policies. That might be a very good idea if it opened up the space for productive cash injections with an acknowledgment that fiscal deficits are required to rebuild the social democratic space.

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Vikki Slade MP @vikkislademp.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Good job he hasn’t met my kids (male and female) They would tell him exactly where to stick his opinions of their life choices!! And not forgetting the reality of high debt, housing crisis, work-life balance etc Being polite-misogyny rules in RefUk 😡😡 www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli...

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Reform candidate calls for ‘young girls’ to be given ‘biological reality’ check

Exclusive: Matt Goodwin issues warning over Britain’s ‘fertility crisis’, arguing that ‘many women in Britain are having children much too late in life’

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 01/02/2026

While Labour drifts into Reform-lite rhetoric, the Lib Dems are the only ones having a grown-up conversation. The best deterrent we could have is having a competent immigration system.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

ICE murdered an unarmed man who was not resisting them on video and this is the BBC headline. This is a travesty and the BBC must do better.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 23/01/2026

How dare the Coward in the White House undermine the bravery and sacrifice of our British troops. Reform and Nigel Farage should be ashamed to associate themselves with him.

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Lovely to meet Mr Thomas originally from Crynant his father was a liberal Councillor back in the War for Neath Rural Council. He is voting Liberal Democrat “without a doubt”

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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 06/01/2026

Westminster Voting Intention: RFM: 26% (+1) CON: 19% (=) LAB: 17% (-3) LDM: 16% (+1) GRN: 15% (=) SNP: 4% (+1) Via @yougov.co.uk, 4-5 Jan. Changes w/ 21-22 Dec.

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/01/2026

Trump is acting with impunity in Venezuela, sending a dangerous signal that leaders can be removed by force. The PM must call an emergency UN Security Council meeting. @calummillerld.bsky.social

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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 03/01/2026

Starmer must convene the UN security council to hold Trump to account.

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TEXT: It's clear that this was never about the interests of the Venezuelan people or the wider world.

This is Trump serving his own interests and ego, making the world far more dangerous in the process.

Starmer must convene the UN Security Council to hold Trump to account.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 03/01/2026

Keir Starmer should condemn Trump’s illegal action in Venezuela. Maduro is a brutal and illegitimate dictator, but unlawful attacks like this make us all less safe. Trump is giving a green light to the likes of Putin and Xi to attack other countries with impunity.

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 18/12/2025

President Trump has shown, again and again, he can’t be trusted as a reliable ally. The Prime Minister needs to stop hoping for the best and start dealing with reality.

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Dr Manuela Perteghella MP @mp4stratford.bsky.social · 27/12/2025

Proud to have pushed in 2025 for a cap on political donations, and hugely proud of my Liberal Democrat colleagues for leading on important campaigns and changes for our country 👏🔸️⭐️ 👇

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Cllr Joe Carter 🔶 🇺🇦 @josephcarter.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

What do you get a Lib Dem councillor (who hasn’t got much hair) for Christmas? Loving my new cap

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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 24/12/2025

Every year, people mock this tree. But I love it anyway. It reminds us that if we stand together in tough times, we can overcome anything. Merry Christmas from my family to yours. 🎄✨

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