Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 10/08/2026Decades of tragic NHS scandals prove our health service needs accountability at the heart of its DNA. Labour’s Health Bill guts hard-won safety measures and lets the NHS mark its own homework. Andy Burnham must urgently put an end to this. 44328
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 07/05/2026Rain or shine, we deliver for our communities and get the job done. We listen to local people, roll up our sleeves and never take you for granted. Vote Liberal Democrat today to elect a strong local champion for your community. 37928
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadBarry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Lib Dems get on with the job to deliver to the communities that they’ve been elected to serve. Reform sow division and their councils are in chaos. Labour are fighting amongst themselves. The Tories are in decline and are led by Kemi Badenoch who thinks they still run councils lost to the Lib Dems 076
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadMark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 28/03/2026A modern canvassing experience, courtesy of a video doorbell: 'Hello, I am Mark, calling from the Liberal Democrats' 'Sorry, I can' talk right now, I am on a train.' 2393
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 05/01/2026A serious issue particularly for the elderly. The telcos have been aware of the issue for years, but have done little. The is issue is not just in areas, it is also town and cities. Ofcom’s hollow statement "exploring further measures to improve the resilience of mobile services". Is pitiful.bbc.co.ukPower cuts leave Goathland 'isolated and vulnerable' - residentsVillagers say the lack of a back-up battery on its mobile mast leaves them unable to make 999 calls. 110
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 04/01/2026Europe is crying out for closer relations with Britain. A customs union would boost growth, restore confidence in bond markets, and save billions in debt costs. 1116770
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadGrumpy Brummie 🔶💻🏉🎵🍺🕵️♂️ @grumpybrummie.bsky.social · 04/01/2026It looks like the only one with any balls unlike Starmer is the French foreign minister, Jean-Noël Barrot who said the operation to capture Maduro “violates the principle of non-use of force that underpins international law”.theguardian.comEuropean leaders appear torn in face of new world order after Venezuela attackLeaders try to focus on what comes next, as backing for ejection of Maduro mingles uncomfortably with voicing of support for international law 095
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadMark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Mapped: Which areas face longer GP waiting times as figures grow under Labourbuff.lyMapped: Which areas face longer GP waiting times as figures grow under LabourLabour has been accused of a ‘damning failure’ with new figures showing 7.6 million people had to wait over four weeks to see a GP 062
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadDr Manuela Perteghella MP @mp4stratford.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Proud 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 👏🔸️⭐️ 👇 0257
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadTerry Weldon @terryweldon.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Established pattern continues. In British local council by-elections, the fight is all between Reform and Liberal Democrats. 073
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 08/12/2025Far too much fly tipping across Solihull. Just short of a year’s worth. (Source Fixmystreet) 000
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadMark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 07/12/2025What people think of their area buff.ly/lJW2Ufybuff.lyWhat people think of their areaWelcome to the 190th edition of The Week in Polls (TWIP), which dusts off some polling from the summer that is relevant to one of the government’s current priorities. 121
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Coming to a council near you if your authority goes Reform. 10 miles per day is a long distance for an 8-year-old. It's like walking from the centre of Solihull to Hockley Heath and back. On top of that is the dark evenings. Parents will be very concerned with this. Absolute madness.coventrytelegraph.netParents 'deeply worried' over calls for children to walk five miles to schoolGeorge Finch, Reform UK leader of Warwickshire County Council, made the suggestion to increase the distance children walk to school before becoming eligible for funded transport to cut spiralling cost... 010
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Labour Ministers sat on their hands again. 020
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 29/10/2025Liberal Democrat MPs just defeated Nigel Farage’s Bill in Parliament to tear up people’s rights and withdraw from the ECHR. Farage wants to do away with the Britain Churchill built and turn it into Trump's America. We won't let him. 20246121
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadMark Pack @markpackuk.bsky.social · 24/10/2025One could perhaps call this... two party politics? 43611
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 25/10/2025I would have thought that spending £75K on either Adult social care, Children's social care, Homelessness, Road maintenance, Libraries etc would have been better use of council funds.independent.co.ukReform-led council slammed over plan to spend £75,000 on flagsThe 164 flags are set to be displayed across 82 locations, costing Nottinghamshire council £475 each 000
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadBarry Howard 🔶h @barryhow2c.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Ed Davey agrees: In a letter to Badenoch, the Lib Dem leader, Ed Davey, called it “deeply concerning and unpatriotic. People who have come to the United Kingdom legally, played by the rules and made it their home do not need to ‘go home’. This is their home.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTory MP criticised after demanding legally settled families be deportedKatie Lam said move would make UK ‘culturally coherent’ and that a large number of people ‘need to go home’ 53414
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 12/05/2025Failed to stop this development, but the point’s raised regarding road safety look like they have been taken onboard. www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/midland...birminghammail.co.ukNew homes approved in Solihull village after much oppositionSolihull planners approve 'much-needed' 50 new Catherine-de-Barnes homes 020
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 30/04/2025Long overdue. Waste criminals and fly-tippers who blight our towns and villages have gone unpunished for too long. www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.comFly-tippers’ vehicles to be crushed in bid to save England from ‘avalanche of rubbish’The scheme, part of policy blitz for local elections, will encourage councils and police forces to work together 020
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 26/04/2025Fly-tipping is out of control thanks to years of Conservative failure. We’re calling for a Fly-Tipping Fighting Fund to help clean up our communities with tougher fines and stronger enforcement. 03612
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 26/04/2025A while back I had a long conversation about not voting with a guy while out leafleting. The conversation was around why it was important to vote. I said 'I didn’t care who he voted for as long as he voted'. He responded 'I will vote and for your party'. Made my day. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukNuneaton woman doubts impact of her vote in Warwickshire electionKiran Latusek says she will vote in Warwickshire's local election but doubts anything will change. 020
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Most of us do the right thing with their waste, but minority continue to spoil our environment. The map below shows just two months (206) of fly-tipping in Solihull. It is sad that fly-tipping is going relatively unpunished. Fines need to be increased and reinvested to pursue the offenders. 021
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Solihull Planning Committee sit on Wednesday 2nd April to decide on building of 50 homes on Lugtrout Ln sitting in the Green Belt. There are concerns over increased traffic, demands on already stretched services etc. To register an objection reference application PL/2024/00037/PPOL 000
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 29/03/2025Flytipping! It's disheartening to see litter like this along our roads in Solihull. However, it is good to see some potential contact details. 022
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 24/03/2025BBC R4 today talking about councils must show how they are improving roads and tackling the "pothole plague" or lose out on millions of pounds in funding. The charity mySociety who run Fixmystreet gives some insight. Below the number of potholes reported in Solihull via FixMyStreet this month. 011
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 06/03/2025Fixmystreet www.fixmystreet.comfixmystreet.comFixMyStreetReport, view, and discuss local street-related problems. 010
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 06/03/2025One of my pet hates is rubbish just dumped, fly tipping in particular. Below is a league table for the last few weeks for the area around Solihull. 110
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 17/02/2025www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukScams: 'Fake bailiffs said they'd take my furniture'Criminals pretending to be bailiffs are tricking people into paying thousands of pounds to settle fictitious debts. 000
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 09/02/2025“We come from Hong Kong. We are afraid that China will use this place to look over us, against us. In Hong Kong, we have many experience of China, the CPP, controlling the freedom and democracy and against the Hong Kong people. We all face this.” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...theguardian.comHundreds protest against Chinese ‘mega-embassy’ in LondonDemonstrators at the proposed site included Hongkongers who fear it could be used to illegally detain dissenters 010
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadEd Davey @eddavey.libdems.org.uk · 05/02/2025At a moment when we desperately need a fragile truce to hold, Trump’s ramblings on Gaza risk having the effect of a bull in a china shop. The UK needs to make clear that these proposals must be rejected, and that we support international law and a two state solution based on 1967 borders. 431294301
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLayla Moran MP 🔶🕊️ @laylamoran.bsky.social · 05/02/2025Trump has clearly not spoken to a single Palestinian about this plan. Gaza is our land. Palestine is our home. Peace cannot come at the cost of our country. I urge the UK and the whole international community to resist him. Recognise Palestine now, before it's too late. 541571511
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadMarysia Kurowski @ishabluebell.bsky.social · 02/02/2025" #OpenAI .,.facing...lawsuits for illegally harvesting data from...across the world to train its #Al model, accused #DeepSeek of stealing its work." If you're British or reside in the UK, as well as writing to your MP you can say what you think about the proposed #AIBill at the bottom of this pagegov.ukCopyright and Artificial IntelligenceThis consultation seeks views on how the government can ensure the UK’s legal framework for AI and copyright supports the UK creative industries and AI sector together. 58740
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadBirkenhead News @birkenheadnews.bsky.social · 29/01/2025Cheshire West and Chester Council warns drivers of risks using QR codes to pay for parking www.birkenhead.news/cheshire-wes...birkenhead.newsCheshire West and Chester Council warns drivers of risks using QR codes to pay for parkingFake QR codes are being stuck on parking machines to try to trick people into handing over their card details. Motorists are being warned about the risks of paying for parking using QR codes d 3107
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 29/01/2025If this government was really serious about growth, it would start negotiating a new UK-EU trade deal with a bespoke customs union at its heart. This is the single biggest lever ministers could pull to turbocharge our economy. The refusal of the Chancellor to even consider is worrying. 517161
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/01/2025It is shocking that the new government has sat on its hands as this ongoing catastrophe has unfolded. The Conservative Party’s legacy of NHS neglect was beyond shameful but the lack of urgency ministers have shown in tackling this has been staggering. 25019
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 25/01/2025"These are the kind of ideas that can help fuel growth." @joshbabarinde.bsky.social on a new UK-EU Customs Union. 15114
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 25/01/2025The Old, vulnerable etc and not so tech savvy need to be connected. I have spoken to elderly urban dwellers who do not have an internet connection or a mobile phone, they just a landline. Internet connections are no good in a power cut. Pease sign this. chng.it/RVQXYNdDXGchng.itWe Can Make an Impact.Save Our Landlines! Stop Forced Digital Switchovers! Keep Heather Safe! 000
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 15/01/2025I blame a Dragon 32 and trying to get games transcribed from magazines to run. Still good at fixing buggy code ;-) 000
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 14/01/2025This resignation was the right decision. You can't have an anti-corruption minister mired in a corruption scandal. After years of Conservative sleaze, people rightly expected better from this government. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...theguardian.comTulip Siddiq resigns as Treasury minister over alleged Bangladeshi financial linksSiddiq was under pressure over her occupancy of properties linked to her aunt, Sheikh Hasina, Bangladesh’s ousted leader 27214
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 06/12/2024It never stops even on a internet facing server in the house ... in just a few hours. Sometimes they get a visit. 070
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadBrian Moore @brianmoore666.bsky.social · 05/12/2024Farage will say this is not what he wants, but what he wants will open the door to it. 1643893
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 05/12/2024“This song Love Is Enough, written by six carers, talking about their experience really moved me and it was interesting listening. When I read the words, I thought, well, that's how I felt.” Ed Davey shares his experience as a chorister and a young carer. youtu.be/EaDHCTyDoEcyoutu.be'Singing was my break as a young carer' - Ed DaveyYouTube video by Liberal Democrats 05920
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadAllison Gill @muellershewrote.com · 01/12/2024The safe way to leave Twitter. lifehacker.com/dont-delete-...lifehacker.comDon't Delete Your X Account (Do This Instead)It's temping to delete your X account now that things have gotten so bad. However, it's not the best move for your security. 51565182273
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 30/11/2024Straight out of the scammers copy book. This time of year, people are more wrapped up in preparing for Xmas than keeping their eyes open for scams. Some people out there will take advantage of this. This was in Coventry so its likely going on in West Midlands. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukDrivers warned over fake QR code parking fine scam in CoventryCoventry City Council says it has received reports of fake penalty charge notices around the city. 021
Reposted by Terry Rich WhiteheadLiberal Democrats @libdems.org.uk · 26/11/2024Nobody should be scared to swim in their local bathing spots for fear of getting ill from sewage. It's time to abolish Ofwat and bring in a real regulator with real teeth to clamp down on this disgraced industry. 110941
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 26/11/2024 This morning on BBC R4 today. Not sure if it was Rachel Reeves, but she said that you people did not know where to look for information of careers. Below would be a good starting point. The link below has been there for years. nationalcareers.service.gov.uk/explore-care...nationalcareers.service.gov.ukExplore careers | National Careers Service 042
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 22/11/2024More of a summer wine but Portuguese ‘Green Wine’ is a real cracker, has a slight fizz. Sounds naff but trust me. 000
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 22/11/2024“Freeholders and their agents, however, are adamant the system is not being abused ...” Really! I think the government needs to look at the relationship between freeholders and the companies supplying insurance via some ‘agents’ WIP www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...bbc.co.ukWhy do we have leasehold properties and service charges?The number of leasehold dwellings has increased by 100,000 a year, figures show. 021
Terry Rich Whitehead @whitehtj.bsky.social · 19/11/2024Pure fabrication from the Chinese Government. ‘conspiracy to commit subversion’ But then that’s what an authoritarian government would spin. Why do I say that, because I’ve known people that have lived and worked in Hong Kong! www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...theguardian.comHK47: dozens of pro-democracy activists jailed in Hong Kong’s largest national security trialThe ‘Hong Kong 47’ were arrested in 2021 after holding an unofficial election primary and have now been sentenced to between four and 10 years in jail 010