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William Tench

@williamten.ch
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Work for a Lib Dem MP but usually found talking about musical theatre, wine or cricket. 📍South Battersea | he/him 🏳️‍🌈

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William Tench @williamten.ch · 17h
I’m sorry but I don’t know who is buying this guff “we are going to lose but the numbers say it’s really close, the problem is getting enough activists to come down” is a classic of the by-election genre and is used solely to get more activists down. www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/labour...
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Labour Increasingly Confident Of Beating Zack Polanski In Crunch By-Election
But the Greens say their “confidence is misplaced” as voters in Keir Starmer’s old seat prepare to go to the polls.
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Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social · 22h
From Politico. That motion is absolute fucking poison and by failing to stand up to it, the Greens have allowed that poison to seep into the party.
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 01/10/2026
MP who spends his time complaining that we're not doing well enough in the north and Labour-facing seats draws the line at capitalising on the government doing an unpopular thing to high turnout voters
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 01/10/2026
Why Ed Davey decided to do weird attacks that don’t land and don’t meet the mood of the country rather than a lap of “Labour have listened to us but must go faster and further” I don’t know
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/09/2026
When did "Great British" become the demonym of choice rather than just British ("Great British Grid", "Great British Energy", "Great British Rail" etc.)
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/09/2026
Never worked from home for any extended period of time before and I do not know how people do this, it’s incredibly lonely and I feel trapped in the house!!! Never been less productive
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/09/2026
I wonder where the cat likes to sit
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 28/09/2026
signing the death warrant of his premiership
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 28/09/2026
evergreen
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 27/09/2026
I just can’t believe we live in a world of health and safety and Clapham Common tube station is just … allowed
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Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
No one with a full-time job should have to turn to a food bank. In-work poverty is all too common and that has to change.
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 24/09/2026
Just had my first-ever juice from Joe & the Juice, and it was aggressively mid (sandwiches are great, though!).
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 23/09/2026
I’ve seen this repeated a lot over the last few days, but it’s a pretty disingenuous point given turnout was down nearly 8%
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 20/09/2026
Had two people at conf yesterday say they knew me through Bluesky which was very nice!
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 19/09/2026
Lib Dem Friends of Hong Kong about to be swimming in money
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 18/09/2026
Sorry but Britain having a view on AI regulation is like an ant having a view on the moon landing
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a rare photo of sean connery signed by roger moore @steamedhamms.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
we need an army on lifestyle influencers who say stuff like “hey chat you gotta turn your phone off at the cinema, say thank you to waiting staff, take your glasses back to the bar too if poss“
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 17/09/2026
It’s possible that we live in the most aggravating time in human history
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 16/09/2026
Conservatives winning Wandsworth must be the most pyrrhic victory in the history of western democracies
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Lambeth Liberal Democrats @lambethlibdems.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Sign our petition below, to tell the minority Green administration to reconsider their cuts! www.lambethlibdems.org.uk/values/our-c...
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Save Lambeth's Libraries from Green Party Cuts - Lambeth Liberal Democrats
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Harry Samuels @harrysamuels.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Nicky Spence has been absolutely terrific. What a revelation!
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 12/09/2026
Later on in the programme Gareth Malone is going to spin the wheel to see if you win your energy bills for a year
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Tom Morrison MP @tommorrisonmp.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
My colleague @lisasmartmp.bsky.social tried to get the government to cap political donations last week, and they stupidly ignored the calls. I fear that we are now past the point of no return and at the beginning of an arms race, with parties chasing bigger and more outlandish donations.
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Lib Dem Peers @libdempeers.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
Capping donations to political parties was a Liberal Democrat manifesto commitment in 2024, and Lib Dem MPs tabled amendments in April to make this happen. Peers will press the same case in the Lords - so that our democracy is protected and everyone's voice can be fairly heard.
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 12/09/2026
I hope Stella Creasy is proud of whatever private concession she got for dropping her amendment on capping political donations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
bbc.co.uk
Reform receives second £36m donation in two days as crypto investor matches record
Cryptocurrency investor Christopher Harborne says he has matched a donation from Ben Delo announced late on Friday.
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 11/09/2026
I think the fundamental problem that the 'pro' side made was that they stopped trying to persuade.
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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
imagine being a teenager excited to visit a faraway country and play cricket, and you find yourself hiding in your hotel room hoping the thugs knocking your door don’t try to break it down then imagine being an asylum seeker put into a hotel room hoping the same thing we should be so ashamed
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Michael @michaeljsc.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
this is just so outrageous. we cannot have a country where any group of non-white people seen in public - whether a visiting youth cricket team, or a group of British nationals, or, yes, asylum seekers - gets a mob sent after them, and the government just ignores it
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 07/09/2026
Reform Yookay
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Ryan Bridge - Founder of "Raise the Colours" flag protests - charged with 14 offences including common assault. Danny Thomas - ringleader of Dover/Portsmouth thuggery - an ex-con jailed for attempted kidnap at knifepoint. Almost like they're not "ordinary people with concerns" but criminals.
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 02/09/2026
Visitors of cornish gift shops don’t help the stereotypes
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 02/09/2026
Just arrived 14 minutes late on a train; devastating.
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Jack @nothingbutflowers.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
For a moment I thought this was Ed Davey
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 29/08/2026
Biblical
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Harry Samuels @harrysamuels.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
POV: Your delicately placed googly is about to get smacked for 6 by @williamten.ch
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Harry Samuels @harrysamuels.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Back at the most beautiful place on the planet
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 27/08/2026
I wish this all the success but I hope they focus less on keeping people safe (as important as that is) and more on the glaring legal absurdity that political parties – organisations formed by beliefs – can’t make determinations based on beliefs. goodlawproject.org/were-defendi...
goodlawproject.org
We’re defending the Greens against a ‘gender critical’ group | Good Law Project
After standing up for trans members, the Greens are facing a legal challenge – so we’re representing them in court
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 25/08/2026
Can’t wait to go on holiday tomorrow during the driest summer in five decades. It will sure be nice to sit by the beach and be cool after being forced to sit in a sweaty office during all of those heatwaves!
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Danny Chambers MP 🔶 @dannychambers.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
Imagine seeing droughts, wildfires and new diseases and thinking that we should abandon climate targets. The Conservatives are now banning candidates from standing in elections if they believe in taking action to protect the environment. We need politicians who follow science.
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Anthony Zacharzewski @anthonyzach.be · 22/08/2026
Vlad Vlad Vlad Putin, Russia’s greatest cash machine.
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 21/08/2026
Lived in SW11 for one day and I’m already being advertised tax avoidance schemes
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Harry Samuels @harrysamuels.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Home ownership: accomplished
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 21/08/2026
Terrible news! Am moving house and the coffee shop at the bottom of my road is trendy and dogshit!
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 21/08/2026
Imagine how much different the world would be if Jeb! Bush was even a little bit charismatic
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Jack Fleming @jfefleming.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Even if you choose to ignore literally all climate science, this finding alone should be enough to convince you that burning fossil fuels is a bad idea. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Ulez led to better lung size and function among London children, study finds
Researchers find capacity stunted by pollution restored after introduction of ultra-low emission zone
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 17/08/2026
You can be reading something in The Times that has absolutely nothing at all to do with trans people, and they will still find a way to put a random paragraph to be rude about trans women for no reason
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DanTechnik @dantechnik.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Can’t think why? Nothing to do with hate peddling racist grifters being given hours of air time to spread their bile could it?
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Will Jennings📉🗳️ @drjennings.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
The BBC is a public sector broadcaster, it doesn't need to publish so many stories online. Maybe it could focus on quality control rather than volume and speed.
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 14/08/2026
I am on an otherwise empty train with a teenager and it’s gone off three times in about 5 minutes
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William Tench @williamten.ch · 14/08/2026
Have to bite my tongue every time I see someone walking their dog in his heat. Plain animal cruelty.
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