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Naomi Smith @pimlicat.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Davey is clearly personally very wedded to Care reforms, and has always been pro PR. And his party very pro EU. The PM is promoting all three. Surely a moment to celebrate and engage meaningfully rather than point score alienating your own MPs & members? news.sky.com/story/lib-de...

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Lib Dem triple lock revolt deepens as internal document seen by Sky News seized on by disgruntled MPs

Sir Ed Davey's response to Andy Burnham's pledge to change the triple lock has caused anger among Liberal Democrat MPs.

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Caron Lindsay @caronmlindsay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

The motion calling for a rethink of equality law so that everyone can live in dignity and safety matters deeply to all liberals. While trans people are most profoundly affected most of us know the dangers of standing by while marginalised peoole are picked on by the state and the media. #ldconf

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Rebecca Jones 🔶🇪🇺 @rebeccajones03.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Delighted to have got the chance to get up in stage at Lib Dem Conference to speak truth to power and advocate for the rights of trans and non-binary people. Even more delighted that the motion 'Restoring trans rights' passed overwhelmingly. #transrights #LDConf

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Paul Hindley 🏳️‍🌈🇬🇧🇪🇺🇺🇳 @paulhindley2210.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

I will gladly be voting in favour of this motion. Trans rights are absolutely non-negotiable. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ As Lucas North states “Liberalism means allowing people to live their own lives.” Hear, hear. #LDconf

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Caron Lindsay @caronmlindsay.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

What an incredibly moving speech by Rebecca Jones "I am tired of being an attack ad. I just want to live my life in peace. " We have to make it possible for her to live her life in quiet dignity, as she deserves. #ldconf

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

Why is everything in Next Home so aggressively Highland Cow?

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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Mark Carney, "A strong economy is not an end in itself, but a means to a just society" "We believe our prosperity grows when it is shared" "Canada and Europe are each strong" "Canada and Europe are stronger together"

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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 16/09/2026

When you left the EU to get closer to the Anglosphere, but the Anglosphere starts joining the EU… 😬

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

I admire the Principality of Paddington's commitment to alliteration, but I have to ask which one of these people is the Prince?

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Papers like this really show that if you're going to use AI particularly LLM you really need to put both time and money into the operation. I would advise undergraduates especially to find their own voice, my writing changed while I was doing my degree you shouldn't give up that development.

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Who said politics was boring. thehill.com/homenews/cam...

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

This is actually what happened, it's not just Starmer who can equivaicate. The weather in the next hour:

A screenshot of a weather forecast for Greenhill, showing a temperature of 22°C with light rain showers and a gentle breeze. The background is a gray, overcast sky with subtle animated raindrops.

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Dr Jo Kershaw @mthrjo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Actually, do you think Burnham is hoping that, as appointing a drought minister made it rain in 76, so using the emergency alert will also bring the rains? It is a bit cloudy out…

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

My second thought: it's about to rain. #UKEmergencyAlert

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Louie Stowell @louiestowell.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

In case you, like me, deleted this by accident because you couldn't work out how else to turn the noise off....

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

The lesson from Andy Burnham's social media strategy is that authenticity sells. It raises the bar for mainstream political parties on social media. This from the Lib Dems is somewhere in the basement, AI can never be authentic, it should be a tool of your outriders not the main account.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

*Car shoots over a cliff, hangs in the air for a brief second* Right-wing press: "Maybe if we break now we can still stay up here."

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

This is really good news and a welcome break from Labour’s usual “all commerce is suspect, other than slot machines, which are unimpeachable” blindspot.

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

Productivity crisis in pictures.

Glass double doors of a restaurant with silver handles and food hygiene rating stickers. A white sign on the door reads: “After four years of continuous service, this door is finally taking a well-deserved break. Please use the other door.” Red arrows along the bottom of the sign point towards the other door.

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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Chris Philp is the political equivalent of a stain on your carpet. Don't know how it got there; can't get rid of it; mostly forget about but when you notice it you get irritated all over again.

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Auke-Florian 🪹 @aukeflorian.nl · 24/07/2026

Welcome to the Anthropocene 🔥

People “enjoying” the beach during the French forest fires

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 19/07/2023

Under a Binface government, anyone who doesn’t accept human-made climate change as fact will be sent back to school, from Year 1 right the way to A Levels, to see if anything goes in the second time round. #VoteBinface

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

So that's it confirmed. I always wondered if it was true but now we know. Spreadsheets are woke.

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Credit where it's due, Burnham knew the optimum time to announce Streeting and Nandy.

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

I genuinely cannot understand how the Labour government has now had two, genuinely cultured prime ministers who both looked at Lisa Nandy’s record there and went “I’m pleased with this. I want this to continue.”

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Say what you like Burnham but whoever is running Downing Street comms is a top class troll. Having Miliband and Mahmood arrive together is perfection, no notes.

Ed Miliband and Shabana Mahmood smile broadly while walking side-by-side along Downing Street.

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Martin @brartin.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

A pundit on Norwegian TV said he would rather watch his own father wipe his ass than to watch the halftime show😂

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Why are the team with the best player in the world shithousing, like a non-league team in the third round of the FA Cup?

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Stephen Graham @stephengraham.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

KNIGHTHOOD FOR ROONEY

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Speak for England, Wayne!

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

God bless Wayne Rooney

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Wayne Rooney speaks for England

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

I suppose in a way we have to thank FIFA for demonstrating to the world, why half time shows are such a terrible idea.

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

Fascinated by Cobnar Road in Sheffield being so steep that they turned a through road from Chesterfield Road to Derbyshire Lane into two dead ends and they never removed this turn of the 20th century hand water pump, presumably for the same reason.

A weathered, rusty cast-iron hand water pump stands vertically in the center, missing its handle but retaining its downward-curving spout. It is surrounded by a dense, steep hillside covered entirely in green ivy leaves, with tree branches visible at the top.

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Mark Wallace @wallaceme.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

FIFA: a rainbow armband is political so that means automatic cards and match bans. Also FIFA: Yes, this banner is fine, all of you go and play in the World Cup final, have fun! Rotten.

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Miffythegamer @miffythegamer.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

TERFs gloating about ruining - Amnesty Girl Guides Women’s Institute Stonewall The Pink Paper 1000s of small business forced to bankrupt themselves changing loos While they’re getting off on destroying our society they want you to think trans folks are the problem.

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Alex Andreou @sturdyalex.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Can I try to make everyone feel a little better? Only eight teams have won the World Cup, ever, in its nearly century-long history. And England is one of them - and there or thereabouts for some years now. It’ll happen.

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Challenge to Labour - stop banning things. If you trust 16 and 17 year olds with the vote then we should trust them as we do adults, if social media is broken for 16 and 17 year olds it's broken for everyone no matter the age, time to regulate. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

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UK 16- and 17-year-olds to be encouraged to follow midnight social media curfew

Midnight to 6am block on some apps is latest stage of Labour’s bid to protect young people from online harms

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

The last IPSOS poll had Reform Reform on 26% nationally. I don't think this stunt is working out.

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Laura Gordon @lauragordon.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Just pointing out that Lib Dem rules prohibit campaigning for another party *where the LDs have a candidate*, so if we all wanted to go and campaign for Count Binface that would be totally above board. Believe the same to be true of Labour. Probably also Greens. Anyone fancy a trip to the seaside?

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Brian Wernham C.Eng. @brianwernham.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

they should just let it be Count Binface vs Farage

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Count Binface @countbinface.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Game on, Nige.

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

With everyone standing aside, the stage is now set.

Count Binface doing a superman pose I in front of the houses of Parliament

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Andrew Smith @smiggs.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

I don't want anyone to be alarmed but Kemi Badenoch and Andy Burnham are on Reddit and they are having a discussion.

A screenshot of a Reddit Ask Me Anything (AMA) thread featuring verified accounts for UK politicians Kemi Badenoch and Andy Burnham. Kemi Badenoch challenges Burnham to face a "proper press conference" instead of answering "softball questions on Reddit," stating he will be Prime Minister soon. Andy Burnham replies, calling it a "fair challenge" but reminding her that he faced questions from 74,000 members of the public in Makerfield two weeks prior. A small ad banner at the top features a man in a white shirt and a link to an immigration advice authority website

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Jennifer Williams @jenwilliamsft.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

There have been occasions where in political terms it has made sense for the north to say things collectively. Those things are: transport Otherwise yes we’re quite content hating each other

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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

I will be blunt, at the point you are asking “but why should Labour MPs stop using a product owned by someone who endorses their own murders?”…you’d think “self-respect” would be on there.

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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Oh thank fuck for that

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