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Terry Weldon

@terryweldon.bsky.social
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S African/British LibDem councillor (W Surrey, Waverley,Haslemere ) Gay, married, practicing Catholic 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren Living "with & beyond" a rare cancer (GIST); Interested in queer religion, politics (SA, UK, USA); obsessive poll watcher

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Max B 💙 🔶 🇺🇦 🇬🇧 🇪🇺 @maxbrockbank.com · 4h
Iran has officially stated it only targets military targets. They will not "take out" major US cities because it would mean too many civilian deaths. And they say only the person they call the "Criminal Donald Trump" targets civilians and civilian infrastructure. [They forgot Vladimir Putin.]
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Josiah Mortimer @josiahmortimer.bsky.social · 12h
Dame Angela Eagle MP, Labour's Environment Secretary, on Kemi Badenoch claiming water privatisation has been a "success": "Kemi Badenoch is living in an alternate reality. How anybody can look at the Tory record on water and call it a success is baffling."
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Will continue to slide.
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 8h
Thing about Badenoch is her immense self-confidence does communicate itself to voters and is one reason her ratings have improved. But you've got to think during a campaign more people would notice it is entirely unjustified.
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Otto English @ottoenglish.bsky.social · 11h
"The prosecution case is that Andrew Tate and Tristan Tate used and threatened physical and sexual violence in order to maintain control and compliance." Where are the voices from the self appointed defenders of women and young girls who would usually be on this? www.reuters.com/world/uk/tat...
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Tate brothers used 'lover boy' model to exploit women, Britain says
Social media influencers Andrew and Tristan Tate used a "lover boy" model to lure women with the ‌promise of romantic relationships before coercing them to create online pornography, British law enfor...
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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 7h
As a non-Aerican, I agree with the assssent. USA can no longer be trusted.
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I hated it from the start. (Only reason I even saw any of it was that partner had it on).
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Parody Nigel Farage @parodypm.bsky.social · 9h
Suspended sentence for man found to have a collection of more than 114,000 indecent images of children. Tommy Robinson and co are going to be all over this. They'll be SO angry... Just you wait... Any second now... ...
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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 7h
"Whenever you see “taxpayers are paying for [insert outrageous claim here]” in the press, you can be sure that a huge swathe of nuance and detail has been stripped from the reality in order to find the rage bait headline." monkdebunks.substack.com/p/no-we-dont...
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No, we don't spend £74 million a year on branded condoms for Pakistan
Tracing the City AM headline, from Matt Goodwin's LBC claim and back through Guido Fawkes to a UK aid programme for women in rural Pakistan
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Election Maps UK @electionmaps.uk · 14h
Westminster Voting Intention: LAB: 27% (+3) RFM: 22% (-3) CON: 20% (+1) LDM: 11% (-1) GRN: 11% (=) RES: 3% (=) SNP: 3% (+1) Via @yougov.co.uk, 4-5 Oct. Changes w/ 27-28 Sep.
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David53 @david1357.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Palestine existed as an entity under the British Mandate. Palestinians and Jews and Christians all lived there. That can happen again. There is no need for an ethno state. Afrikaans didn't leave South Africa when majority rule ended apartheid. All races and beliefs can live together. @lbc.co.uk
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Stephen Bush @stephenkb.bsky.social · 15h
Welcome to the serious fiscal responsibility party, where we believe that what the United Kingdom needs is its own version of the Iron Dome.
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Bluesky Fanatic @blueskyfanatic.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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Elizabeth Edgett @elizabethedgett.bsky.social · 20h
We need to start calling it GLOBAL WARMING again. "Climate Change" was a term pushed by the oil industry to make it seem less dangerous.
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billkittle.bsky.social @billkittle.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 17h
The faster he runs the funnier 🤣Halloween Pet Costume 👻
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 15h
New post: Burnham has opened the door to a "rejoin" manifesto pledge. The politics make more sense than a lot of people seem to realise. I look at what it would involve at every step from pledge to referendum. There are significant barriers but it can be done. samf.substack.com/p/the-route-...
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The route back into the EU
Back in 2022 I wrote about the long-term prospects for undoing Brexit and made two predictions.
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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 15h
Yet another one (dodgy Reform councillor).
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Senator Chris Van Hollen @vanhollen.senate.gov · 05/10/2026
Around the country, Americans are fighting back to ensure that big polluters pay for the harm they cause. 

SCOTUS should hold polluters accountable & Congress should pass my Polluters Pay bill to make Big Oil pay for their climate mess, not you.  www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
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Supreme Court grapples with case on holding Big Oil liable for climate change
After more than two hours of argument, it was unclear whether the justices would green-light Boulder, Colorado’s novel lawsuit against ExxonMobil and Suncor Energy.
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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 15h
When I worked for Colgate Palmolive in Boksburg (just outside Johannesburg), a standard lunch menu option was spaghetti bolognese, with chips and salads.
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LGA Liberal Democrat Group @libdemlocalgov.bsky.social · 16h
Liberal Democrat CouncillorWendy Taylor , Chair of the LGA’s Health and Wellbeing Committee, said: “Reducing the appeal and visibility of vapes, tobacco and nicotine products to children is a vital step in tackling the concerning rise in youth vaping. www.local.gov.uk/about/news/s...
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Shut vape loopholes and child-appeal flavour tricks – and fully fund enforcement, LGA urges Government
Government needs to write new vape and tobacco rules so tightly that companies cannot find “loopholes and flavour tricks” to keep appealing to children, councils set out today.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 05/10/2026
El-Sayed on Fox: "There is this argument you try to make often is that the best way to take this problem on is more war. How has that worked out for us? The war in Iraq which this channel spent years and years pressing -- has that made us safer? Are we more safe because of the war in Iran?"
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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
They really have no answers. (Deflecting the question doesn't count).
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 05/10/2026
Ofcom rules say broadcasters cannot use politicians as newsreaders, interviewers or reporters in any news programmes. So why is Nigel Farage allowed to host his own primetime show on GB News? Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action ⬇️
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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State Rep. Gene Wu @genefortexas.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
Texans!! It’s the last day to register to vote! Check your voter registration & make sure you are set for this November! Let’s go!! #txlege
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voteinthemidterms.bsky.social @voteinthemidterms.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
TEXANS....
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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
fun fact: The Treaty of Tripoli, 1796, Signed by Prez John Adams, includes: "As the government of the United States of America is *not in any sense founded on the Christian Religion*, as it has in itself no character of enmity against the laws, religion or tranquility of [Muslims].." Just saying.
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
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ebisback.bsky.social @ebisback.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Insanity 😡
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Saul Staniforth @saulstaniforth.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
"Do you have to be white to be English?" That this is even being asked is a sign of how much racism has been legitimised by our media & politics over the last two decades
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The Kyiv Independent @kyivindependent.com · 04/10/2026
⚡️ Germany announces $1.46 billion in aid for Ukraine, including interceptor drones. The package was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a joint press conference in Kyiv.
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Germany announces $1.46 billion in aid for Ukraine, including interceptor drones
The package was announced by President Volodymyr Zelensky and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz at a joint press conference in Kyiv.
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Disillusioned With Conservatives @neverevertory.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Tories planning to make cuts beyond the £47B announced last year if they win the next General Election. Same old Tories! They bring nothing to the table for our country apart from cuts, cuts & more cuts!
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Tories plan to extend cuts beyond £47bn previously pledged, leak reveals
Exclusive: Shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith told party members last year he had discussed making further savings if they win next election
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OSINTRadar @osintradar.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Security forces began detaining protesters at a KPRF rally in Moscow attended by around 2,000 people. Arrests reportedly began after protesters chanted, “Down with the Tsar!"👑 ✅️Follow us for the latest updates
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Pól Micheál O'Slatraigh @pmoslatraigh.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Suella Braverman, consider Walter Tull. Born in Folkestone to an English mother and a Barbadian father. A footballer for Tottenham Hotspur and Northampton Town. A British Army officer who led soldiers into battle and was killed serving his country in 1918.
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Chris Rivers @chrisrivers50.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
“But unlike the Red Sea and Suez Canal, which can be circumvented by taking the long way around Africa, the Persian Gulf is a dead end. If you want to get anything in or out you must sail past Hormuz or lug your cargo hundreds of miles across desert.” apple.news/AMhVqO7cyRcu...
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Opinion: We assumed geography was history — now it’s choking us — The Times and The Sunday Times
For 200 years cheap global shipping was a given. Now it’s clear the West still relies on fossil fuel and remains at the mercy of straits and canals
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Mike Galsworthy @mikegalsworthy.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
The Daily Mail poll on Instagram. A strong pro-EU preference in their (presumably younger) audience.
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The Liberal BoJack @thelibbojack.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Gaza has no army, no air force, no navy, no tanks, no artillery, and no missiles. Stop calling this a war. It’s a genocide. Post Anything Here: InteractInk.com
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NOELREPORTS @noelreports.com · 04/10/2026
Dutch MEP Reinier van Lanschot called on Europe to stop buying Russian gas, transfer frozen Russian assets to Ukraine and establish a no-fly zone over western Ukraine. “Ukraine is helping us, but we don’t say thank you enough,” he said. #Ukraine
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Terry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 04/10/2026
Entirely appropriate. In many pre-colonial societies, before they were corrupted by European homophobia and transphobia, gender non-conforming people were believed to have special spritual powers.
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Acyn @acyn.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Ossoff: The money that they took from you when they slashed Medicaid and defunded hospitals and nursing homes—They’re taking that money to buy corrupt, taxpayer-funded political ads on national television to try to promote the failed and broken president…
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Labor's share of income just hit an all-time low. That means for every dollar a company brings in, workers are taking home smaller and smaller slices. Income keeps shifting to the owners. With @svaneksmith .bsky.social newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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OldManLefty @jonbandit.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
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Timo van Esch @fibonaccieu.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Keep in mind: Ukraine is still being invaded Palestinians are still genocided Iran is still being bombed Cubans are still being starved The USA is CLEARLY the villain in ALL of these stories.
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Kimm Rogers @kimmrogers.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Making good trouble!  www.democracynow.org/2026/9/30/he...
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Interfaith Clergy Begins 8-Day, 96-Mile Pilgrimage Demanding Shutdown of ICE Jails
Clergy leaders of different faiths in California have begun an eight-day, 96-mile pilgrimage demanding the shutdown of ICE jails. The march started Tuesday from the troubled Adelanto ICE jail in the M...
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Carol Hedges @riotgrandma.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧🇪🇺🇬🇧 Reasons to ’rejoin’ the EU: 1. Filling the 55k NHS vacancies 2. Young people going Interrailing 3. Ditto applying to Maastricht uni etc ( cheaper) 4. No airport queues 5.Jobs in Europe for unemployed 6. Dublin Convention reinstated, stopping small boats And 6. Nigel Farage’s face.
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Farrukh @implausibleblog.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Rachel Millward calls for the re-nationalisation of water without compensation as water companies are insolvent and we ought to own our crucial water infrastructure.
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 03/10/2026
Farage is a sitting MP and yet he is allowed to have his own show on GB News. More than 8,000 people have signed the petition to demand that Ofcom take immediate action. Help us reach 10,000 signatures. 📊
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Farage on GB News: Demand that Ofcom takes immediate action - Best for Britain
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JQP @bendtowardjustice.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Countdown to Midterms 31 days until Tues, Nov 3rd Register & Vote!! If you were one of the 1.2 million Texans who were put on a suspense list, you have until Oct 5th to update your address at VoteTexas.gov. If not, you will still be able to vote but will have to take extra steps at the polls.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 03/10/2026
From a brownfield site to a thriving future neighbourhood. Thameside West will help deliver the new homes Londoners deserve, including much-needed social rent housing. This Royal Docks development will combine affordability, high-quality design and generous green spaces.
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Docklands waterfront park and homes plan submitted by developer
The Thameside West regeneration project also includes a seven-acre park, and planting 1,000 trees.
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Mark T. Sneed @marktsneed.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
In the history of all the things that never happened, this never happened the most. SMH. Politicians lie. These politicians lie so often it seems like breathing.
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