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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 18h
Likewise our Lib Dem Hampshire MP Dr Danny Chambers. The answer to the balaclava thugs is visible support for the RNLI and cash donations to a great charity that is TRULY an unique British Institution and world leader.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 18h
Good to see our Lib Dem Mayoral Candidate for Hampshire actively supporting the RNLI.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 23h
Mr Tice aspires to be in government? Yet he thinks it OK to brush aside the manhandling , hair pulling and hitting with a crutch of a heckler at the Reform conference - and also OK to dismiss an action that has, by all appearances, caused risk to life and arrest. In government - setting our laws??
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Leaving campaigning until an election is imminent is unwise. Reform, for example, are in permanent “national campaign” mode. Which partly explains their rise and continued attention. Thanks for the advice.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This contains great potential for Lib Dems - we only need to swing a few seats and our position would be greatly strengthened - no Labour Government could operate without us. And we would, likely, have shrunk the Tories & perhaps even the Greens. Get campaigning now! news.sky.com/story/poll-p...
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Poll projects result if election held tomorrow
An exclusive YouGov mega poll for Sky News and The Times reveals Andy Burnham is seeing a bounce, but not enough to win a majority.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Further evidence of the growing momentum for re-joining the EU (the long-standing Lib Dem position!!) .... www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/poli... When you meet the residual "leavers" - take the time to explain kindly that changing your mind is a normal, human thing to do when you learn new facts.
independent.co.uk
All but four constituencies would support reversing Brexit and rejoining the EU
New in-depth polling finds 35 per cent of voters would choose EU membership as their preferred policy option – with just 11 per cent wanting looser ties with the bloc
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
A few suggestions of things he could be honest (i.e. candid) about... - that climate change IS a crisis requiring significant action now - the mechanisms by which the rich get richer at the expense of everyone else - that immigrants are NOT the cause, even slightly, of the country's problems.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Andy Burnham has just posted this. Let us hope he means it, for this IS what British politics needs.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The evidence mounts that a pro-Europe stance can defeat Reform - but if Labour adopt it under FPTP it could return another unassailable majority on a minority of votes! So vote for those who have consistently argued for this AND get a balanced parliament! www.independent.co.uk/voices/this-...
independent.co.uk
This is the only way that Andy Burnham can beat Nigel Farage
Our polling shows that campaigning to go back into Europe is the only way to stop the electoral map turning turquoise, says Best for Britain CEO Naomi Smith
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This afternoon we have head two leading labour figures making powerful policy statements.. - Ed Milliband addressing Labour Conference on the necessity of being closer to Europe - Andy Burnham on LBC arguing (again!) for investing properly in social care Thanks for endorsing Lib Dem policies!!
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Thank you Ed -echoing long standing Lib Dem policy!
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 28/09/2026
🚨 Ed Miliband: "Europe is not just our geography, but so much more. "And on economics, on defence, on security, I say to this conference: our future lies in a stronger, deeper partnership with the European Union."
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
thebritainproject.org.uk/vision/
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Reinventing Liberalism — The Britain Project
A vision for a liberal 21st-century Britain. The Britain Project’s founding essay in full, with a PDF to download.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
“AndyBurnham suggests social care reform would come after 2029, saying voters will be asked to back it at election. “ The Guardian, 27 September ‘26. Thank you Andy - imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Lib Dem’s have been arguing for drastic changes to improve social care for years.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Over the last 7 weeks from August 7th to Sept 25th the Liberal Democrats are the only party to make substantial gains in local council by-elections, whilst holding all of their seats that were up for re-election. 🔶 Lib Dems: Held: 4/4 Gained: 5 Lost: 0 Net gain: +5 #LibDems
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good to see Labour taking the climate crisis seriously and openly. But always remember that Reform and the Tories want to roll back programmes designed to address it. Voting for them damages your children and grandchildren. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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UK shares findings of damning climate crisis national security report suppressed under Starmer
El Niño poses critical threat to nations’ defences, says Ed Miliband in presentation to global foreign ministers
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.instagram.com/reel/DdRAF1R...
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PoliticsJOE on Instagram: "Peter Oborne explains how Reform UK are a threat to British democracy. Watch the full conversation right now on YT."
5,351 likes, 809 comments - politicsjoe on September 14, 2026: "Peter Oborne explains how Reform UK are a threat to British democracy. Watch the full conversation right now on YT.".
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Is this a big enough idea?? liberalactionuk.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
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The Creation of a Federal United Kingdom​
Liberal Democrats Policy Statement ​The future cohesion and existence of the United Kingdom is threatened by a sense of alienation and power...
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is what "radical" looks like. Not pointing the finger of blame at immigrants to inflame and divide. Will the BBC discuss it at all, let alone at length??? No prizes for guessing the answer! liberalactionuk.blogspot.com/2026/09/the-...
liberalactionuk.blogspot.com
The Creation of a Federal United Kingdom​
Liberal Democrats Policy Statement ​The future cohesion and existence of the United Kingdom is threatened by a sense of alienation and power...
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let’s spread some facts about Lib Dem success and strength. We can and will beat Reform and those Tories who have understandable doubts about their gallop to the right can help by siding with us. www.facebook.com/share/v/1DfM...
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Izzy Davis 🏳️‍🌈♀️🩷🇪🇺 @mrsgayguevara.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
It's why #ReformUK got those donations. They know they're unelectable without buying an election #UK #UKpolitics #Farage #Tice #dodgy
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
This is how Farage is using Reform’s millions to influence opinion in a way he will argue is immune from political donation rules.
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Lib Dem Peers @libdempeers.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Parties that campaign on British sovereignty are taking large sums from donors abroad. William Wallace said the Representation of the People Bill will not close every loophole, but Lib Dems will push for changes to limit donations and campaign spending.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
German elections contain a lesson for us - particularly if we wish to avoid an extreme right wing (on any other extreme) government. It's worth noting that Reform, who had PR in their 2024 manifesto, have now gone very silent on the topic! electoral-reform.org.uk/first-past-t...
electoral-reform.org.uk
First Past the Post would have given the AfD nearly every seat in Saxony-Anhalt
There has been much coverage in recent days of the outcome of the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, which lies in eastern Germany. It is unusual for regional elections in other countries
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ALDC @assoclibdemcllrs.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
🔵👉🔶 Cllr Josh Bancroft has joined the Lib Dems from the Conservatives in Cannock Chase “I share the Lib Dem values of being accessible & accountable, & I will continue my focus on the real needs of the people I have been elected to represent.” Welcome Josh 👋 www.expressandstar.com/news/another...
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Another Tory defection as Staffordshire councillor joins Liberal Democrats
Tories rocked by second defection in days
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PoliticsHome @politicshome.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
"The chances of a hung parliament are larger than I have known... and in that I’d be the most experienced leader" "For me, that’s quite exciting," @eddavey.libdems.org.uk tells @zoecrowther.bsky.social The Lib Dem leader sits down with The House mag ahead of this month's Lib Dem conference
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Ed Davey: In A Hung Parliament, I'd Be The Most Experienced Leader
Ed Davey thinks his party is better placed than ever before to exploit Britain’s fractured politics. The Lib Dem leader tells Zoe Crowther his part...
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Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
We have to treat mental health with the same seriousness we treat physical health. And that starts with funding. While mental health services receive such meagre funding, vulnerable people and children will be left on waiting lists. We need fairer funding to get this right.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
More Lib Dem success in council elections. And where are Reform? Losing. www.markpack.org.uk/177393/lib-d...
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Lib Dems gain majority control of Oxfordshire County Council
The Liberal Democrats secured majority control on Oxfordshire after a successful defence in this week's council by-elections.
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Liberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/09/2026
There were three senior Reform men involved in those conversations. Two of them have been kicked out, the third is Nigel Farage. Reform have clearly accepted what happened here was wrong. So surely the buck stops with Farage?
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Isn't it strange that Reform, whose manifesto used to contain PR as a policy, have become so silent on the topic? And they claim NOT to be "the establishment" - yet like all the "establishment" parties (Conservatives and core Labour) they want FPTP to continue. Minority of votes, majority of seats!
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Make Votes Matter @makevotesmatter.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Today MPs debated the Representation of the People Bill. Together with friends at @compassoffice.bsky.social and @unlockdemocracy.bsky.social, we brought 34 alarm clocks to Westminster to send them a loud message: it's time to wake up! ⏰ Our democracy is in crisis. We need fair votes now.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Another win for the Lib Dems. Uckfield Town Council West by-election, won by Tim Murray Liberal Democrat. Well done to him and his team showing, once again, only the Lib Dems can beat Reform - or be the only ones who even try to in this case. #LibDems #StopReformUK
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Further murky financial matters from Reform as they spend £645,000 with an untraceable "ghost" polling firm! bylinetimes.com/2026/08/28/r...
bylinetimes.com
Reform's £645,000 'Ghost' Pollster
Exclusive: Payments to a business with no public footprint and a string of missing invoices are raising fresh questions about Reform UK's campaign spending
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Surely this is not hard to fix? All it needs is a clause in the legislation that permits an organisation such as a union to collect any number of individual donations below a defined cap and pay the aggregate to a political party. PROVIDED such contributions are auditable and fully voluntary.
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deepvalleys.bsky.social @deepvalleys.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
Andy #Burnham took over as PM he made noises about capping political donations to £500K, then reducing further. He now seems to be resisting pressure to carry this out We must stop characters like #Harborne & #Farage using politics for their own ends. shorturl.at/JvbF4 #MoralityinPolitics
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Burnham accused of U-turn after initially backing political donations cap to fall below £500k
Exclusive: Campaigner says PM wrote in email he believed £500k cap should be reduced over time to guard against undue influences
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
FACT: There are 18,811 GB councillors. Whilst many Reform supporters believe that Reform has more councillors than other parties they only rank fourth, with 2,333 elected councillors. 1/ 🌹 Lab - 4,593 2/ 🟦 Con - 3,850 3/ 🔶 Lib Dem - 3,365 4/ ➡️ Reform - 2,333 5/ 💚 Green - 1,347 🔘 Others 2,665
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
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edwardjdavey on Instagram: "The Conservatives and Nigel Farage helped create the small boats crisis with their botched Brexit deal.Now they want you to blame e…"
The Conservatives and Nigel Farage helped create the small boats crisis with their botched Brexit deal.Now they want you to blame everyone else.Only Lib Dems have a real plan: work with our European neighbours to tackle it.
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Barry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Reforms vetting procedure and retention rate of councillors is poor! Reform has by far the highest amount of councillors leaving the party for various reasons of defections, resignations and suspensions since LE2026. The Lib Dems have by far the lowest amount of Councillors leaving of any party.
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shazan64.bsky.social @shazan64.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Very good news. Unsure why Cllr Mark Reach, senior Lib Dem, abstained www.hampshirechronicle.co.uk/news/2648554...
hampshirechronicle.co.uk
Council pledges to put nature at centre of decisions as new motion passed
Winchester City Council has backed plans to put nature at the centre of future decisions.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
As a political party, along with all the others, we wuld be wise to consider this! substack.com/profile/5401...
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David (@dd49er)
Stumbled on Faye’s writing entirely by accident. Some of the clearest writing and thinking around IMO.
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Rebecca Taylor @beccaet.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
#LibDems take council seat from #Reform in Cambridgeshire. Didn't scrape a win either: LibDems 1,024 votes Reform 647 votes www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... You won't see this story widely disseminated....
bbc.co.uk
Liberal Democrats win former Reform seat in St Neots by-election
The party remain the largest group at Huntingdonshire District Council
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Just love the way Kemi is untroubled by facts UK figures and international figures all show renewables cost less and that their presence push UK energy wholesale prices down by up to 25%. But our market is based on gas prices - surely the market belief Tories ought to believe in fixing that first?
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
A desperate bid by the Conservatives to garner any shred of support they can find. The International Renewable Energy Agency’s Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2024 report shows: 91% of newly commissioned renewable capacity worldwide was cheaper than the cheapest new fossil‑fuel option.
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Pippa Heylings 🔶 MP for South Cambridgeshire @pippaheylings.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
UK inflation, driven by a 4-year high in gas prices. The Conservatives' response? More gas, scrap renewables. That puts them alongside Trump and Iran as the only nations with no climate targets. Meanwhile gas prices, heatwaves, wildfires and food shortages crush people and the economy.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Tax isn’t a burden — it’s the membership fee for society. Decide the society you want → calculate the cost → set the tax. Starting with “tax must be lower” is just bad logic. Unless your aim is to further enrich the well off? Which political parties most bang the drum about reducing taxes??
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Lib Dem led councils make positive differences - improving the area and people's lives - not spreading division and discontent. www.facebook.com/DorsetCounci...
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
🎉🎉🎉 Lib Dems make another by-election gain from Reform: www.markpack.org.uk/177335/lib-d... 1/2
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Lib Dems make another gain from Reform
The Liberal Democrats made another council by-election gain from Reform this week, this time in Huntingdonshire.
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South Dorset Liberal Democrats @sdlibdems.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Lib Dems can, and do, make a difference nationally. After a two year campaign the government agree that disabled persons' bus passes should apply at any time of day. Disability does not start at 09:30 every day, so neither should bus passes to help with it! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Free bus travel for disabled people in England to be extended to 24 hours a day
The change, which has been welcomed by campaign groups, will come into effect in England from April.
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LouYou @louyoufortofu.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Politics isn't working. It's time to call time on the broken culture in Westminster and have a fresh start with a fair voting system. Add your name to @electoralreform.bsky.social‬'s call to #MakeSeatsMatchVotes action.electoral-reform.org.uk/page/3782/pe...
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First Past the Post means millions of our votes make no difference to parliament. Add your name now to demand a fairer voting system
It only takes 30 seconds
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