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Town councillor, Liberal Democrat, Northam, North Devon. Ever hopeful.

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Jane @localnotail.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Oslo Pride video 🥹 🏳️‍🌈 #Pride #LoveIsLove
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 08/05/2026
While those on the populist extremes of left and right just want to pitch groups against each other, Liberal Democrats have a plan to fix what’s broken and bring our country together. Join us: libdems.org.uk/join
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Kim Wexler's Ponytail 🐝💛🎗 @madisonkittay.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Normalize laughing derisively in men's faces when they deserve it.
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
“I’m sorry you feel offended” is such a narcissistic non-apology, blaming your reaction instead of their action #Ratcliffe
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 26/01/2026
If you want to stop them, join us. www.libdems.org.uk/join
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 22/01/2026
457 British troops lost their lives in Afghanistan. Trump avoided military service 5 times. How dare he question their sacrifice. Farage and all the others still fawning over Trump should be ashamed.
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Don’t wake up next morning after the next General Election with regrets… pitch up at your Lib Dem/Green/Labour local party office NOW and offer to help! Deliver leaflets, stuff envelopes, make the tea- anything! #LibDem #Green #Labour
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ealdwine @ealdwine.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A photograph Robert Jenrick being painted over by Mickey Mouse
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
It’s today! Lib Dem MP Manuela Perteghella has secured a Backbench Debate for parity for those excluded from financial support from furlough etc back in 2020. Thank you @libdems.org.uk MPs 🙏🏼
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
@libdems.org.uk MPs please support your excluded constituents on Thursday and us excluded Lib Dem members/councillors who aren’t lucky enough to have a Lib Dem MP (yet 😉)
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
Mum, Mum- someone’s stolen the Christmas tree!
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ExcludedUK @excludeduk.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
A huge thank you to Manuela Perteghella MP, Lib Dem for Stratford-upon-Avon, for securing a Backbench debate on the disparity of Covid-19 Financial Support, on Thursday 15th January, time to be confirmed. #ExcludedUK
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ExcludedUK @excludeduk.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
The human cost of exclusion: mental health, loss and lives left behind - a response to the evidence given by Rishi Sunak at Module 9 of the Covid Inquiry from #ExcludedUK Head of Member Welfare, Jennifer Griffiths. Read in full here: excludeduk.org/2025/12/18/t... buymeacoffee.com/excludeduk
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ExcludedUK @excludeduk.bsky.social · 26/11/2025
STATEMENT ON TODAY'S BUDGET Please read our statement which highlights our concerns about the impact of tax increases, frozen income tax thresholds and other fiscal changes to our excluded community. Small business is yet again targeted harder v large corporations www.facebook.com/excludeduk/p...
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STATEMENT FROM EXCLUDEDUK ON THE BUDGET As an organisation representing the 3.8 million UK taxpayers who were excluded from government support during the Covid-19 pandemic, ExcludedUK welcomes any.....
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/11/2025
Who remembers that Brexit campaign slogan from 2016? 🤔
Two red buses, one marked 'The lie' which displays the Vote Leave claim that the EU cost £350M a week that would instead be used on the NHS. 

Another marked 'The truth' which shows that Brexit has cost the UK £1.7bn per week in 2025.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/11/2025
The BBC isn't perfect. But it remains an institution defending British values against a populist, Trump-style takeover. Party leaders must unite to defend it.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The Caerphilly result is what we need to see everywhere at the next election: people coordinating to vote tactically for parties which seek a fairer, kinder, greener country. Pushing out both those who have betrayed our trust AND those who seek to exploit that betrayal.
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 20/10/2025
Then fix it.
Screenshot from BBC: Rachel Reeves blames Brexit deal for long-term damage to economy.

Rachel Reeves made the comment about the 2020 deal at a key meeting of the world's leading finance ministers and central bankers.
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
www.libdems.org.uk/join
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 10/10/2025
A stonker of a night for us. Three huge wins, Reform nowhere near us and the Tories down to ten percent in Mel Stride’s own seat. We are the only party taking Farage on and the only party beating him.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 29/09/2025
Imagine the Trump-inspired country Farage wants for Britain. No NHS, huge insurance bills, people denied care. That’s Trump’s America. Don’t let it become Farage’s Britain.
TEXT: BBC NEWS

Don't let Farage turn UK into Trump's America, says Ed Davey. 

Davey tells the conference the Lib Dems offer a different change compared to the one offered by Reform UK and Nigel Farage.
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
#LabourConference2025
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Liz Jarvis MP @lizjarvis.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
It’s just one poll, etc. But if like me the thought of Farage becoming PM fills you with dread, get involved. Support the party best placed to defeat Reform. In many places across the country that’s the @libdems.org.uk www.libdems.org.uk/join
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
@libdems.org.uk
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
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Ed Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2025
I've written to Keir Starmer, Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage, urging them to join me in condemning Elon Musk's dangerous remarks inciting violence yesterday. As leaders, we must stand together and make clear Musk will face serious consequences for these actions.
Letter from Ed Davey to Keir Starmer condemning Elon Musk for inciting violence and urging unity to defend democracy.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 14/09/2025
Politicians from all parties must come together to condemn Elon Musk’s dangerous call for violence and make clear it has no place in our country.
“Elon Musk openly called for violence on our streets yesterday. I hope politicians from all parties come together to condemn his deeply dangerous and irresponsible rhetoric. Britain must stand united against this clear attempt to undermine our democracy.” — Ed Davey.
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Fionna O’Leary @fascinatorfun.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
If you are too scared to say this @labouruk.bsky.social then you’re not fit to govern If you are too scared to act you are not fit to govern If you fear the BBC & Sky etc will promote these thugs’ angle then you can get back some semblence of impartiality in the BBC but that means you have to ACT
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
People are exhausted. Our high streets, public spaces, whole communities left unloved. Blaming migrants won’t fix this. Tackling inequality will. Tax the super-rich. Fund public services. #DrawTheLine www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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‘We have to tell an alternative story’: Green leader Polanski chats to Nigel Farage’s constituents
Visit to Clacton-on-Sea part of social media strategy that Zack Polanski feels can rebut Reform’s rhetoric
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Claire #FBPE ☘️ 🍉 🇺🇦 🇪🇺🐝 🦮🇮🇪🇧🇪 💙💚 @fbpech.bsky.social · 07/09/2025
Yes! Please remember! Pass it on! Pls repost 🙏🏼
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Russ Jones @russincheshire.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Angela Rayner accidentally pays less tax than she should have, resigns, and the media gives her hell. Nigel Farage deliberately pays less tax than he should have, and the media gives him a free pass. That, right there, is the problem.
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
So how many front pages do we think this story will be on tomorrow?
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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Can we convince you to continue your campaign against those who seek to get out of paying stamp duty, @thesun.co.uk? How about you, @telegraphnews.bsky.social? Surely, you're outraged about this, @dailymail.co.uk? Anyone?
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Zack Polanski @zackpolanski.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Since this is apparently a resigning matter, I’ll just leave this here… www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Nigel Farage uses private company to pay less tax on GB News earnings
Exclusive: Reform leader’s use of personal services firm is a practice criticised across the political spectrum
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
So (bear with me, O’level maths was a long time ago), if there are 224,000 asylum seekers in the UK and his plan is to deport 600,000 migrants….. That can only mean some kind of ‘cleansing’….. Don’t be fooled by him or the media supporting his nonsense, flags or no flags!
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 26/08/2025
Nigel Farage pretending to be patriotic while pledging to rip up Britain's proud record of leading the world on human rights.
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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
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How to raise £60 billion for public services: our ten tax reforms
The UK’s super-rich have accumulated record levels of wealth in recent years, while our public services have been decimated and inequality has soared.
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
Rod Stewart all seems a bit, well, inappropriate for 2025 and #Glastonbury
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samnewmanmckie.bsky.social @samnewmanmckie.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
@libdems.org.uk MPs & Lords. I was one of the excluded in 2020. I’m a Lib Dem councillor, just an ordinary person trying to work but prevented, for understandable operational reasons. I received no furlough and no UC. Please join your many LD colleagues in this APPG and show your support. Thank you.
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FIGHTBACK WITH JOHN McPHIE @rejoincampaign.bsky.social · 17/05/2025
CORPORATE POWER WINS, THE PEOPLE LOSE! Ultra processed food is a killer. The government knows this, but sides with the food industry against our best interests.
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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 13/05/2025
Keir's remarks echo troubling rhetoric from the past. While aiming for a cohesive society is key, we mustn't scapegoat migrants. Sustainable solutions lie in embracing humanity and investing in infrastructure, not mimicking failed policies.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 13/05/2025
The challenge before us is great. This is a battle of competing values. A battle of competing visions. A battle for the future. Join us in this fight: buff.ly/yBYtxn7
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉 Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace. You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
This photograph captures Sir David Attenborough seated outdoors on the rugged terrain of Skomer Island. Behind him, the ocean and coastal cliffs form a scenic backdrop under a clear sky. Sir David, dressed in a khaki jacket and light trousers, looks towards the camera with a gentle expression, exuding a sense of warmth, calm, and wisdom. Around him, puffins can be seen flying and perched on the rocky ground, illuminated in rays of golden sunlight as the sun sets behind the cliffs.
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West Country Voices @westcountryvoices.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
Being dragged further right by the fossil-fuelled grifter party is NOT the answer. @mrmarkethomas.bsky.social explains: westcountryvoices.co.uk/clear-simple...
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Clear, simple and wrong: why serious politicians need to raise - and change - their game
May 1 elections brought bad news for Britain’s main political parties but good news for the far-right. As the Financial Times reported, “Reform UK leader Nigel Farage on Friday claimed he now leads Br...
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Sarah Murphy @13sarahmurphy.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Hey British media, It’s no surprise that if you give Farage the run of the place, he’ll start winning. Time to do your actual jobs and start interrogating him on his Brexit shitshow, his funding, his Trumpiness, his idiotic manifesto, his real plans for the NHS… instead of drumrolling him into No.10
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/05/2025
"We're now the second party in local government, and we're on track to overtake the Conservatives at the next general election." "We must stand up against Reform and hold them to account for their damaging, divisive policies." @eddavey.libdems.org.uk
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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
With everything declared the Liberal Democrats make an astonishing 18 Gains on Devon Council!
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 02/05/2025
Liberal Democrats make 18 GAINS to become the largest party on Devon Council. We've knocked the Conservatives out of control of the council.
Liberal Democrats WIN 27 Councillors in Devon
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UK Politics News // Papernaut @ukpolitics.papernaut.co · 02/05/2025
Jenkyns' remarks in her acceptance speech reflect a dangerous normalisation of xenophobia. Her behaviour only highlights Reform's divisive politics. We need leaders who unite diverse communities not alienate them.
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